This is a list of Canadian films that were released in the 1960s.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1960 Circle of the Sun Colin Low Documentary Frames of Reference Richard Leacock Documentary Universe Roman Kroitor, Colin Low NFB animated/live-action short Nominee at the 33rd Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary Short Subject 19611 + 1 (Exploring the Kinsey Reports) Arch Oboler Leo G. Carroll, Kate Reid, Austin Willis, Douglas Rain, Barbara Hamilton Docudrama 1 + 1 (Exploring the Kinsey Reports) http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=139&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/6/15. The Canadians Burt Kennedy Robert Ryan, John Dehner, Torin Thatcher, Burt Metcalfe Western UK-Canada coproduction Golden Gloves Gilles Groulx NFB short The Hired Gun Lindsay Shonteff Don Borisenko, Tass Tory, Jay Shannon Macbeth Paul Almond Sean Connery CBC-TV drama The Mask Julian Roffman Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Anne Collings, Martin Lavut Horror Morning on the Lièvre David Bairstow NFB short Canadian Film Award – Theatrical Short; Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear for Short FilmMorning on the Lièvre https://www.nfb.ca/film/morning_on_the_lievre Retrieved 8/6/15. Nikki, Wild Dog of the North Jack Couffer & Don Haldane Jean Coutu, Émile Genest, Uriel Luft, Robert Rivard Family film The first of three live-action films made in Canada by Disney, with a Canadian co-producing partner. Very Nice, Very Nice Arthur Lipsett NFB experimental short It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 34th Academy Awards. Wings of Chance Edward Dew James Brown, Frances Rafferty, Richard Tretter, Patrick Whyte Drama Wrestling (La Lutte) Michel Brault, Claude Jutra, Marcel Carrière & Claude Fournier NFB short 1962 À St-Henri le cinq septembre Hubert Aquin NFB documentary Alone or With Others (Seul ou avec autres) Denis Héroux, Denys Arcand, Stéphane Venne Nicole Braun, Pierre Létourneau, Marie-José Raymond Drama Student film and Denys Arcand's first directorial credit Big Red Norman Tokar Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand Family film The third of three co-productions with Disney Day After Day (Jour après jour) Clément Perron Documentary Drylanders Don Haldane Frances Hyland, James Douglas, William Fruet NFB drama NFB's first English-language feature Lonely Boy Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig NFB documentary This National Film Board of Canada production won a Canadian Film Award as top film of the year. Manouane River Lumberjacks (Bûcherons de la Manouane) Arthur Lamothe NFB documentary My Financial Career Gerald Potterton Animated short Nahanni Albert Faille NFB documentary 1963 À tout prendre Claude Jutra Claude Jutra, Johanne Harrelle Drama Best Picture at the 1964 Canadian Film Awards. Amanita Pestilens René Bonnière Jacques Labrecque, Huguette Oligny, Geneviève Bujold Drama Anniversary William Weintraub Walter Pidgeon Documentary The Bitter Ash Larry Kent Alan Scarfe, Lynn Stewart, Philip Brown, Diane Griffith Drama Christmas Cracker Norman McLaren, Jeff Hale, Gerald Potterton & Grant Munro NFB animated short Nominee for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 37th Academy Awards. The Incredible Journey Fletcher Markle Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed Family film The most famous of a trio of live-action animal films from Disney shot in Canada. Pour la suite du monde Michel Brault & Pierre Perrault NFB documentary AV Preservation Trust Masterwork 1964 21-87 Arthur Lipsett NFB experimental short 23 Skidoo Julian Biggs NFB experimental short Canon Norman McLaren, Grant Munro Animated short The Cat in the Bag (Le Chat dans le sac) Gilles Groulx Barbara Ulrich, Claude Godbout, Manon Blain, Véronique Vilbert Drama An essential feature of early Quebec cinema. AV Preservation Trust Masterwork The Earth to Drink (La terre à boire) Jean-Paul Bernier Genevieve Bujold, Pauline Julien, Patricia Nolin, Gilles Pelletier Drama Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak John Feeney NFB short Academy Award nomineeEskimo Artist https://www.nfb.ca/film/eskimo-artist-kenojuak Retrieved 8/7/15. Fields of Sacrifice Donald Brittain Documentary Geneviève Michel Brault Geneviève Bujold, Louise Marleau, Bernard Arcand Short drama Also released as part of the international anthology film The Adolescents (La Fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes) The Luck of Ginger Coffey Irvin Kershner Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Liam Redmond, Tom Harvey, Libby McClintock Drama Nobody Waved Good-bye Don Owen Peter Kastner, Julie Biggs, Claude Rae, Toby Tarnow, Charmion King, John Vernon Drama An essential feature of early English-Canadian cinema; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork Over My Head (Jusqu'au cou) Denis Héroux Raymond Levasseur, Édith de Villers, Guy Dufresne Drama Student film most noted for pre-political participation of future politicians Pierre Bourgault, Bernard Landry and Pierre Trudeau Return to Oz F. R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn, Larry Roemer Carl Banas, Susan Conway, Peggi Loder, Susan Morse, Larry D. Mann, Alfie Scopp Animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Larry Roemer Animated Sweet Substitute Larry Kent Robert Howay, Angela Gann, Carol Pastinsky Drama Trouble-Maker (Trouble fête) Pierre Patry Lucien Hamelin, Jean Duceppe, Yves Létourneau Drama "1964 Revisited: The Sense of a Beginning". Film in Canada, 2006. Walls of Memory (Mémoire en fête) Léonard Forest Short documentary 1965 60 Cycles Jean-Claude Labrecque NFB documentary Canadian Film Award – Cinematography60 Cycles https://www.nfb.ca/film/60_cycles_en Retrieved 8/9/15. Bethune Donald Brittain Donald Sutherland NFB documentary Bethune https://www.nfb.ca/film/bethune Retrieved 8/8/15. Buster Keaton Rides Again John Spotton Buster Keaton Documentary High Steel Don Owen Documentary Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen Donald Brittain, Don Owen Leonard Cohen NFB documentary Canadian Film Award – TV InformationLadies and Gentleman, Mr. Leonard Cohen https://www.nfb.ca/film/ladies_and_gentlemen_mr_leonard_cohen/ Retrieved 8/8/15. Memorandum Donald Brittain, John Spotton Documentary The Merry World of Leopold Z (La vie heureuse de Léopold Z) Gilles Carle Guy L’Écuyer, Paul Hébert Comedy The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam Beryl Fox Documentary Broadcast on CBC-TV; Canadian Film Award – Film of the YearThe Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam http://femfilm.ca/film_search.php?film=fox-mills&lang=e Retrieved 8/8/15. Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) Fernand Dansereau Jean-Guy Sabourin, Alain Cuny, Jacques Godin, Monique Mercure NFB drama The Railrodder Gerald Potterton Buster Keaton NFB short The Revolutionary (Le révolutionnaire) Jean Pierre Lefebvre Drama Rope Around the Neck (La Corde au cou) Pierre Patry Guy Godin, Andrée Lachapelle, Henri Norbert, Jean Duceppe Drama The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan) Arthur Lamothe Monique Miller, Gilles Vigneault, Jean Doyon, Margot Campbell Docufiction Summer in Mississippi Beryl Fox Documentary Broadcast on CBC-TVSummer in Mississippi http://femfilm.ca/film_search.php?film=fox-summer&lang=e Retrieved 8/9/15. A Trip Down Memory Lane Arthur Lipsett Collage film When Tomorrow Dies Larry Kent Patricia Gage, Douglas Campbell, Neil Dainard Drama Willy McBean and His Magic Machine Arthur Rankin Jr., Kizo Nagashima Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Alfie Scopp Animated Winter Kept Us Warm David Secter John Labow, Henry Tarvainen, Joy Fielding Drama 1966 Angel Derek May Leonard Cohen NFB short CFA – Arts and Experimental The Drag Carlos Marchiori Animated short Footsteps in the Snow (Des pas sur la neige) Martin Green Peter Kastner, Ovila Légaré, Veronica Lake Thriller Ghosts of a River (Trois hommes au mille carré) Pierre Patry, Jacques Kasma Documentary Helicopter Canada Eugene Boyko NFB documentary Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 39th Academy Awards. Le Misanthrope Louis-Georges Carrier Guy Provost, Albert Millaire Drama A film record of a stage performance of the Molière play, thought to be the first in Canada, produced and distributed by Quebec’s film office and Ministry of Education.Le Misanthrope http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=169&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/8/15. Never a Backward Step Donald Brittain, Arthur Hammond, John Spotton Documentary Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail Don Owen Michèle Chicoine, Jackie Burroughs Short drama Notes on a Triangle René Jodoin NFB animated short BAFTA – Animated ShortNotes on a Triangle https://www.nfb.ca/film/notes_on_a_triangle Retrieved 8/9/15. The Offering David Secter Kee Faun, Ratch Wallace Drama The Offering http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=200&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/9/15. Op Hop - Hop Op Pierre Hébert Animated short Paddle to the Sea Bill Mason NFB animated short Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards. The Scribe John Sebert Buster Keaton Comedy short The Trap Sidney Hayers Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed Adventure Transfer David Cronenberg Mort Ritts, Rafe Macpherson Short drama What on Earth! Les Drew, Kaj Pindal Narrated by Donald Brittain NFB animated short Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards. YUL 871 Jacques Godbout Charles Denner, Andrée Lachapelle, Paul Buissonneau, Jean Duceppe Drama YUL 871 http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=183&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/9/15. 1967 Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce) Michel Brault Claude Gauthier, Geneviève Bujold, Paul Gauthier, Robert Charlebois Drama Canada '67 Robert Barclay Documentary A Child in His Country (Un enfant...un pays) Pierre Moretti Animated short Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate John Howe Ed Begley, Bruno Gerussi, Al Waxman Drama Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) Jean Pierre Lefebvre Drama The Ernie Game Don Owen Alexis Kanner, Judith Gault, Jackie Burroughs, Derek May Drama CBC-TV/NFB co-production. La Fleur d’âge: Geneviève Michel Brault Geneviève Bujold, Louise Marleau, Bernard Arcand Short Flowers on a One-Way Street Robin Spry NFB documentary The Fox Mark Rydell Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir Dullea Drama From the Drain David Cronenberg Short High Larry Kent Lanning Beckman, Peter Mathews Drama The House that Jack Built Ron Tunis NFB animated short Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 41st Academy Awards. In the Labyrinth Roman Kroitor, Colin Low, Hugh O'Connor Multi-screen Major attraction at Expo 67 precursor to IMAX The Paper People David Gardner Marc Strange, Marigold Charlesworth Drama A Place to Stand Christopher Chapman Short Academy Award, Best Documentary Short Subject nominee and winner for Best Live Action Short Subject.The Sweet and the Bitter James Clavell Yoko Tani, Torin Thatacher, Jane Mallett Drama The Bitter and the Sweet http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/canadian-feature-film-database/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=146&DotsIdNumber= Retrieved 8/9/15. The Things I Cannot Change Tanya Ballantyne Kenneth Bailey, Gertrude Bailey Documentary This Is No Time for Romance (Ça n'est pas le temps des romans) Fernand Dansereau Monique Mercure, Marc Favreau Short drama The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) Pierre Perrault NFB documentary The Vulture Lawrence Huntington Akim Tamiroff, Broderick Crawford Horror Canada-U.K. co-productionThe Vulture http://hammerandbeyond.blogspot.ca/2009/03/vulture-1967.html Retrieved 8/10/15. Waiting for Caroline Ron Kelly Alexandra Stewart, François Tassé, Sharon Acker Drama CBC-TV/NFB co-production Warrendale Allan King Documentary Wavelength Michael Snow Hollis Frampton, Joyce Wei