A Christmas Story (1983)
Peter Billingsley plays Ralphie. The film operates as memory instead of plot.
Filming Location: Toronto
Films in this library shot in Toronto, a city that doubles for American ones more often than it plays itself. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
CanadaScrooged (1988)
Scrooged is Richard Donner's 1988 American comedy adaptation of A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray as a cynical television executive producing a live Christmas Carol broadcast on Christmas Eve who is himself visited by three spirits over the course of…
CanadaThe Santa Clause (1994)
A divorced father inadvertently kills Santa Claus and discovers a contractual clause requiring him to take over the role permanently. The Santa Clause is John Pasquin's 1994 American Christmas comedy about Scott Calvin, a divorced toy company executive who inadvertently…
CanadaBlack Christmas (1974)
A sorority house is terrorized by an unseen caller during Christmas break, in the proto-slasher that preceded Halloween by four years. Black Christmas is Bob Clark's 1974 Canadian horror film depicting a sorority house during Christmas break terrorized by an…
CanadaThe Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg's body horror about a scientist whose teleportation experiment merges his DNA with a housefly. The Fly is David Cronenberg's 1986 American body-horror film, a substantial remake of the 1958 Kurt Neumann original, depicting a scientist whose teleportation experiment…
Canada
CanadaCrimson Peak (2015)
Guillermo del Toro's 2015 Edwardian gothic. Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain.
CanadaChicago (2002)
Rob Marshall's 2002 jazz-age murder musical. Won six Academy Awards including Best Picture.
CanadaThe Corruptor (1999)
James Foley's 1999 NYC Chinatown thriller. Chow Yun-fat in mainstream American production with Mark Wahlberg.
CanadaCruel Intentions (1999)
Cruel Intentions is the best classical adaptation American teen cinema has produced. The 10 rating is honest evaluation.
British ColumbiaSucker Punch (2011) Review
Zack Snyder's nested-reality female ensemble. Combat fantasy short stories with common thread.
CanadaX-Men (2000) Review
Bryan Singer's foundation of modern superhero cinema. Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman's debut.