| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Agency | George Kaczender | Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine, Alexandra Stewart, Saul Rubinek | Drama/thriller | |
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle | Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Al Waxman, Kate Reid, Moses Znaimer, Robert Goulet | A Canadian-French-U.S. crime drama/ romance set in Atlantic City, NJ, | The first Canadian film to receive a Best Picture Oscar nomination. |
| Avoir 16 ans | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Yves Benoît, Louise Choquette, Aubert Pallascio | Drama | |
| Bad Company | Peter Wronski | Clay Borris | Drama | Straight to video |
| Les bons débarras (English title: Good Riddance) | Francis Mankiewicz | Charlotte Laurier, Marie Tifo, Germain Houde, Louise Marleau, Roger Lebel, Gilbert Sicotte | Drama | AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| The Changeling | Peter Medak | George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, Barry Morse | Thriller | Golden Reel Award |
| The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) | Jean-Claude Labrecque | August Schellenberg, Gabriel Arcand | Docudrama | Based on the case of Wilbert Coffin |
| Cordélia | Jean Beaudin | Louise Portal, Gilbert Sicotte, James Blendick | Historical drama | Genie Award – Costumes; based on a novel by Pauline Cadieux |
| Death Ship | Alvin Rakoff | George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid | Horror | |
| Fantastica | Gilles Carle | Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, Serge Reggiani, Claudine Auger, John Vernon | Musical fantasy | Genie Award – Costumes; entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| Final Assignment | Paul Almond | Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith, Colleen Dewhurst | Drama | |
| The Handyman (In French, L'Homme à tout faire) | Micheline Lanctôt | Jocelyn Bérubé, Andrée Pelletier, Marcel Sabourin | Drama | |
| The Hounds of Notre Dame | Zale Dalen | Thomas Peacocke, Frances Hyland, Barry Morse, David Ferry | Drama | Genie Award – Actor (Peacocke) |
| It Rained All Night the Day I Left | Nicolas Gessner | Tony Curtis, Louis Gossett, Jr., Sally Kellerman | Comedy | |
| Jack London's Klondike Fever | Peter Carter | Jeff East, Gordon Pinsent, Lorne Greene, Barry Morse, Rod Steiger, Angie Dickerson | Adventure | Genie Award – Supporting Actor (Pinsent) |
| The Kidnapping of the President | George Mendeluk | William Shatner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Maury Chaykin | Political thriller | Based on a novel by Charles Templeton; made with U.S. financing |
| The Last Chase | Martyn Burke | Lee Majors, Chris Makepeace, Burgess Meredith, Alexandra Stewart | Sci-fi drama | Made with U.S. financing |
| The Lucky Star | Max Fischer | Lou Jacobi, Rod Steiger, Louise Fletcher, Brett Marx, Helen Hughes | Holocaust melodrama | Genie Awards – Adapted Screenplay, Musical Score, Sound Editing |
| Middle Age Crazy | John Trent | Bruce Dern, Ann-Margret, Eric Christmas | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
| Nothing Personal | George Bloomfield | Donald Sutherland, Suzanne Somers, Lawrence Dane, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dabney Coleman | Comedy | Made with U.S. financing |
| Phobia | John Huston | Paul Michael Glaser, Susan Hogan, John Colicos, Patricia Collins | Drama | The American director John Huston’s only Canadian film. His father, Walter Huston, was born in Toronto. |
| Pinball Summer | George Mihalka | Michael Zelniker, Carl Marotte | Teen comedy | |
| Prom Night | Paul Lynch | Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis | Slasher film | Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her early reputation as the ‘scream queen’ with this slasher tale of revenge. |
| Stone Cold Dead | George Mendeluki | Richard Crenna, Paul Williams, Linda Sorenson, Belinda Montgomery | Crime drama | Based on a book by Hugh Garner |
| Suzanne | Robin Spry | Jennifer Dale, Winston Rekert, Gabriel Arcand | Romance, drama | |
| The Sweater | Sheldon Cohen | | National Film Board animated short | Adaptation of Roch Carrier children's story; BAFTA – Animated Short |
| Terror Train | Roger Spottiswoode | Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis | Slasher film | Made with U.S. financing |
| Tribute | Bob Clark | Jack Lemmon, Robby Benson, Lee Remick | Drama based on the play by Bernard Slade | Academy Award nomination – Actor (Lemmon) |
