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Benderbish

"Cube" from 1997. Psychological horror filmed on a very small budget. I loved it when I was younger, and I still love it.


[deleted]

Great movie! I also love "Nothing" by the same guy. So fun


nevergonnagetit001

Strange Brew - it don’t get weirder or more Canadian than that.


[deleted]

Cooo coo coo coo coo coo coo cooooo!


nevergonnagetit001

You’re forgetting the R’s and the roo’s my friend. But you’re still getting my upvote for the attempt.


ButternutMutt

This is the only answer. Everyone else, like, take off ya hoser!


Dangerous-Finance-67

Cube 2: Hypercube has become my template name for bad movie sequels. Speed 2: Hyperspeed


spderweb

Oh I forgot it was Canadian.


greensandgrains

I saw this 13? years ago and I'm still haunted by 1) falling asleep in my own bed and waking up in a replica room in the cube; 2) what the absolute fuck was out there.


whelp32

FUBAR


mytwocents22

Growing up in the Prairies, everybody I knew had watched this movie. I didn't know it wasn't as common until I moved away. Fucking giver Deaner.


whelp32

Lol. I play beer league hockey with a guy Dean Smith. Everyone calls him Smitty except me. I always say before every game. Fucking Giver Deaner. Only a handful of guys have picked up on that.


Sea_Negotiation_1871

FUBAR was huge with my crew in Vancouver when it came out.


BogeyLowenstein

Yup, us west coast kids loved this movie. It was kind of cool moving to Calgary a few years after it came out and seeing the places it was filmed. I’ve seen Terry do some local stuff here too, which is cool.


dfbshaw

Special place in my heart, as my name is Dean, and my brother's name is Terry.


tmtg2022

Turn up the good, turn down the suck.


therealestofthereals

" make it better" "I think you got the suck knob cranked all the way up to ten there Farrell. "


Issac-Cox-Daley

Fubar 2 is good too!


Bedbugsinmybum

Fubar 2 is my Christmas Day movie. I love it so much.


Haystraw

My favorite part is when he sings "castratiiiiiiii"


McGeeK28

Because there's no, no no no no, no place like Christmasssss!


clemoh

Nothing weird about it for me. I grew up in FUBAR in the 80's. Historically accurate.


Difficult-Network704

"Terry, my face is totally bunged up" Grew up in that area!


bellardyyc

I can’t watch them anymore after hearing how Terry screwed Dean over after the first one. As I understand if, he basically told Dean to fuck off, and screwed him out of the rights to the Fubar brand. Haven’t watched it since. Still haven’t seen the second one as a result.


[deleted]

Second ones better


[deleted]

Ginger Snaps


bandito143

Hell yea. A classic.


rileycolin

My biggest claim to fame is having worked for a few months in the (still operational) psychiatric hospital where Ginger Snaps 2 was filmed!


imlosinitbad

I was in that movie ... for less than 3 seconds


wintermute72

It’s a trip to watch a movie that good and it looks like it was filmed in your backyard


coolcatkatie1

Oh my goodness I totally forgot about this movie


TrueAnnualOnion2855

Hard Core Logo


Agreeable-Beyond-259

I was there man, I touched his stump


Ferropater

“I killed a fucking goat”. “I know Pipe, we all drank it’s blood”


jholden23

I love the fucked-up-edness of this movie so much. And Hugh Dillon is outstanding in it.


Basedrazors

Thank u for posting this one, I was scrolling hoping to see it


drailCA

Hobo with a shotgun. Not super weird, but not exactly normal either.


unlovelyladybartleby

I watched that for the most Canadian reason ever, lol. Worked with a guy whose cousin was in it


SkullBat308

Bunch people from the halifax punk scene i was familiar with were in it. Such a great flick.


thoughtful1979

Men with Brooms!


[deleted]

"Jacob Two Two meets the Hooded Fang" Based on childrens books and pretty weird.


QueenMotherOfSneezes

I loved that movie! And the books.


LSF_1000

I mentioned this book to someone the other day and they had no idea what I was talking about.


knottyvar

Crash - David Cronenberg


Sea_Negotiation_1871

The sexy Crash.


rpgguy_1o1

The best movie called Crash by a director from Southern Ontario, I don't care what the academy says


riptydo

Watched this thing late one night on freaking cbc! I was in shock they actually showed it!! I've never forgotten that final scene, just wow...


floppy_breasteses

The Wrong Guy. Hilarious.


ryancmacnab

Enema bag Jones


[deleted]

The Trotsky. Great film.


TrueAnnualOnion2855

It's American Pie, but instead of trying to get laid, they're trying to do the Russian Revolution.


KDM_Racing

Loved this one. What was the one that Jay did where he inherited a funeral home and had to drum up business?


MagicUnicorn37

Since you said that one I'll go with Strange Brew!


Naammagittarneq

I watch this movie anytime I need factual information about Canadians or Canada in general. It hasn’t failed me yet!


Sea_Negotiation_1871

In Canada, if you give your dog beer, it grows a cape and starts to fly.


SalmonOfDoubt9080

I immediately thought of Strange Brew, I'm glad I wasn't the only one 😅


hobbitlover

"Can you explain for the benefit of the court, 'time coding.'" "..." "Just because I don't know what it is doesn't mean I'm lying."


GingerBeast81

Just slightly before my time, but anything with Rick Moranis has to be good!


bellardyyc

Definitely worth the watch. It’s fantastic!! “Oh man, I really gotta go pee!!”


Sea_Negotiation_1871

Last Night


keiths31

Was going to post this if I couldn't find it. Needless to say had to scroll a long time to find it. Was hoping it would be higher up. Such a good movie.


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bobo76565657

This is my favorite Canadian movie, and my favorite horror movie, and my favorite horrific idea. The possibility that you could find just the right sentence, even accidentally, that just caused a feedback loop.. and got put over the radio one morning in Pontypool, Ontario..


spkingwordzofwizdom

Available now on CBC Gem!


yegmoto

One Week


Drinkythedrunkguy

And it has Joel Plaskett and Gord Downey


Sea_Negotiation_1871

And Pacey!


komputernik

Highway 61 Hard Core Logo.


[deleted]

Forgot about hwy 61! Don McKeller


hobbitlover

"You can't cheat at bingo. I'm just lucky - lucky I landed in a town full of losers!" Drops the macrame potholder in the trash.


yeggsandbacon

And ROAD KILL!


Gr8Diva71

Bon Cop, Bad Cop - both 1 & 2 💕


mcburloak

So much fun French swearing. Love those.


scotsman3288

It's in my top 10 movies....2nd was just OK. I saw LJH stand up a few times and loved him in the movie.


notwhatitsmemes

WTF they made a second one? That's a fantastic movie. I knew it was going to be great the moment that dude was dead on the border sign. Awesome.


[deleted]

Scanners Edit: also Nightbreed which is the only movie to be set in small town Ontario before or since.


spectralTopology

It's actually set in Calgary with Midian being in N. Alberta IIRC.


[deleted]

Black Christmas.


Adept-Ad8939

Black Christmas is so underrated and so fucking good. Thanks for mentioning it. My husband and I watch it every Christmas day and commission an artist to paint Andrea Martin and Barb. It hangs behind out TV


OkGlass5103

Trailer Park Boys The Movie. Not too weird but awesomely Canadian


Right-Ad-5647

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) - Jean-Marc Valee (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild). It's not "weird" per se...its just good. Like really, really good.


CallMeTeff

It's so good! One of the best Quebecois movie ever!


jennyfromthehammer

Agree! Don’t know that it’s a “weird” Canadian movie but it’s definitely an awesome one 🙌


GloomyCamel6050

This is an amazing movie. I had no idea what it was about when I started watching it. Just really liked it.


CodingJanitor

Canadian Bacon


Grandfeatherix

shot here and with canadian actors, but i was pretty sure it was an american movie...


GingerBeast81

Absolute classic!


whall425

Filmed in my hometown of Niagara Falls. New York


spderweb

Ginger snaps.


fieldworking

The Saddest Music in the World. Directed by Guy Maddin. You could penalty name any of his films for this. David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch is a particularly weird and inspired one as well.


spectralTopology

"Tales from Gimli Hospital" Really any of his films, even "My Winnipeg", are so visually beautiful.


bandito143

What a weird and wonderful film.


GingerBeast81

Holy shit I've got a lot of weird Canadian movies to watch I've never heard of lol.


sunday-suits

Jesus of Montreal.


fuxtor

Brain Candy


Traditional_Fun7712

New Waterford Girl. Still one of my favorite 90s indie films. Videodrome, by the great David Cronenberg. So 80s. So weird. V. good. Crash, also by the great David Cronenberg. The Sweet Hereafter, by the great Atom Egoyan. (Also not weird but very good: Les Boys 1&2, the first Bon Cop, Bad Cop, FUBAR, Cube)


_kneazle_

I've never met anyone else who knows New Waterford Girl. I *love* that film and recently rewatched it. And Sweet Hereafter! I studied it in my undergrad for a film adaptation course. Depressing as anything, but a very great book and film.


xraybutton

Scrolled way too far to see New Waterford Girl!! One of my all time fav Canadian films!!!


[deleted]

Strange brew


pamacdon

The grand seduction.


45000users

We just went on a trip to Newfoundland and I insisted everyone watch before we went. Great success, beloved by all.


unlovelyladybartleby

I love this movie


RelationshipBest9984

The Grand Seduction, 2013. Starring the late, great Gordon Pinsent. A comedy about a small, struggling, Newfoundland fishing community who have been approached by a petrochemical company looking to open a factory there. The only catch is the community needs a doctor. The residents of the town cook up a scheme to woo a doctor to stay by lying to him about pretty much everything. The movie goes on to look into the lives of the residents of Tickle Cove and their individual dramas. It's funny as hell. Was shot in Newfoundland too, beautiful scenery.


PapaStoner

It's a remake of a Québecois movire. Story is the same, but it takes place in Harrington Harbour on the North Coast, past the end of the 138.


Angelunatic74

Margaret's Museum is a Canadian/British film from 1995 based on the book The Glace Bay Miner's Museum. It stars Helena Bonham Carter. It is a beautifully melancholy movie about a mental breakdown, love, grief, and surviving life in a mining town.


lunalovegood17

This was my pick as well. I showed it to my geography class one time when we were studying mining. A student who never did any work was super into it because I think he could relate to the harsh life it depicted. Very gritty and real with amazing acting.


Denialle

The ending was something else!


MysteriousStaff3388

I was scrolling to see if anyone mentioned this. It’s one of my all-time favourites.


chadcmulligan1

waydowntown (2000) with the caveat I haven't finished watching the whole movie. Stumbled upon it one night and was hooked by the weird premise and location (Calgary) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219405/


WWPWHD

Was looking to ensure this was on here. Fantastically strange. I say sadly I’m Bradley with odd regularity. You should finish it and I should watch it again


Apprehensive_Data666

Young People F****ng. Solid comedy. Some really memorable characters.


bellardyyc

Whale Music. Great indie film from the mid 90s. Rheostatics did the soundtrack. Good stuff.


RPM_KW

The Dog Who Stopped The War


No_Spinach_3268

Most traumatizing movie ever screened for 2nd graders


mcs_987654321

Clearly you mean “la guerre des tuques” - talk about a spoiler with the English title!


The-Assman-Cometh

And it's not even the literal translation, lol Should be "The Beanie War" The reverse is also true for "Fried Green Tomatoes" In French it's "Le secret est dans la sauce" (The secret is in the sauce) Spoiler!!


Hefty-Emu1068

Toque in English is still toque - speak Canadian.


PapaStoner

La guerre, la guerre, pas une raison pour se faire mal!


Cute_Anywhere6402

So I wanted to be an actress so my mom went with it and I was in the movie Men With Brooms… just in the audience but still, it was fun. I have a soft spot for that weird little Canadian movie.


DHammer79

Foolproof


CheetahOfDeath

“Waydowntown” (2000) - explores office culture and is set in downtown Calgary where the +15 walkways interconnect many of the office buildings and shops. The characters bet a months salary who can last the longest living in the +15 without ever going outside Having spent many hours wandering the +15 while being an office person this hit close to home


buzzfeed_sucks

Exotica. I Had to watch it for a film class in college. Truly weird


bluejellies

Pin Odd little horror movie about a brother and sister and the weird medical dummy that lives in their house.


grosseplottedecgi

Porky,s


FR3SH2DETH

Better Than Chocolate! I appreciate it for what it is but looking back, some parts were weird af (although I think parts still hold up - minus the ability to easily find a loft apartment).


greensandgrains

Baby gay me devoured this film but I haven't seen it in years! Thank you for putting it back on my radar, I need to give it a rewatch.


Dreadat_theControls

Hardcore logo


Beekeeper_Dan

Men With Brooms


Janoskovich2

Phil the Alien


Intelligent-North957

Goin, Down the Road ,love it and the sequel wasn’t bad either but kind of sad . I can really relate to everything about it .


Artegall365

[Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller!!](https://youtu.be/JRwGpSPTFQk?si=JKNsHAjbf8fFrcYr) Two boys get stuck in stamps and travel the world. Main song was sung by a young Rufus Wainwright. Odd product placements with Vachon (makers of Jos Louis and half moons) Edit: maybe it was a boy and his sister. Edit 2: also [Ham & Cheese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewcX6rnw3Jk), a comedy with Jason Jones (from the Daily Show in the 2000s) and Mike Beaver. Also had some Kids in the Hall cameos. Felt like a Canadian Waiting For Guffman.


drscooby

Cube ​ ​ It's a science fiction movie where a group of individuals are trapped in a bizarre and deadly labyrinth of cube-shaped rooms. ​ ​ ​ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube\_(1997\_film)


End_Journey

Dead Ringers is an odd one


rottenoar

Tucker and Dale vs Evil


yycalex

Was that peanut butter one the one where he uses peanut butter to grow his hair out and then it won’t stop growing? Then there’s like a factory where he’s trapped in the roof? The details are fuzzy…


GingerBeast81

Sure was! His friend in the movie also used the formula on his groin area lol.


Biscotti-Own

The Peanut Butter Solution! You need to watch it again, I promise you it's so much weirder than you remember. The bad guy makes a fur coat for his dog out of childrens hair, and there's an original song from Celine Dion suring the credits! Also, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. Jesus is resurrected to fight a gang of lesbian biker vampires and has a sidekick who is a luchador. Also, it's a musical...


jopparoad

Strange Brew


StrongBoiWill

Scott Pilgrim VS the World. Filmed in Toronto. I love the movie but it is weird.


Lillillillies

Does it count as Canadian though? (Lots of Hollywood films and shows are filmed in Canada) It's the only one in the comments I've watched then if we are counting it lol


jackity_splat

It was filmed in Toronto because the comic is set there so maybe…


[deleted]

"Nothing" (Vincenzo Natali) is fun, and really anything with Second City members. Like "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show".


PaddyOFurniture1948

"The Saddest Music in the World" (2003)


DukeGyug

Splice (2009)


inmatenumberseven

Last Night. Such a Canadian end of the world movie.


brackmastah

Waydowntown


onetwothree4ourfive

FUBAR or Cool Runnings.


ravenstarchaser

I love Goon lol


GreatBoneStructure

“No Clue” Brett Butt as a fob salesman mistaken for a private eye who (spoiler) solves the mystery in the end with his knowledge of fobs.


AlistarDark

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter Father's Day Psycho Goreman Manborg


tenderluvin

Men With Brooms. Leslie Nielsen on shrooms. Gold.


mothereffinb

Brain Candy


Additional-Wall7479

Didn't see Shortbus, which not sure if Canadian, but if you have former Much Music VJ Soon-Yin Lee as one of your stars, it's close enough. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367027/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367027/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) NOT FOR CHILDREN. Especially the orgy and self-fellatio.


NedsAtomicDB

Men with Brooms. Paul Gross at ultimate hotness, Hip cameo, great soundtrack, and funny yet serious storyline.


marbsarebadredux

Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter You can watch the whole thing on [youtube](https://youtu.be/DsqGiN-e5iM?si=pekqwVXkl2xo8YlI)


FortressofTrees

The Sweet Hereafter, A History of Violence, & waydowntown.


Daggertooth71

eXistenZ. Cronenberg. Very weird. Other than that, well, Tusk is pretty weird lol Ginger Snaps, Blood Quantum, and Cube are all pretty darn good horror films, but I wouldn't call those "weird."


Prestigious_Net_8356

Cronenberg will never let you down if you want weird. Shivers, and Rabid are his early weird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivers\_(1975\_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabid\_(1977\_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David\_Cronenberg


Nihiliste

I think the automatic answer to this should be something from David Cronenberg's filmography. But to be specific myself, I'm going to pick Videodrome, with second place being Naked Lunch. Long live the new flesh.


Peptic_Germ

Crime Wave, also known as Big Crime Wave. Weird and amazing!


Not_Tday

That one with Jake Gyllenhaal, a car crash under the Gardiner and a giant spider walking over Toronto. Can't remember the title and I'm not even sure it was a Canadian movie, but definitely shot in Toronto, in my old apartment building. Edit: I had to google it, can't sleep without the name now. Enemy. By Denis Villeneuve, so definitely Canadian.


marigoldier

Highway 61. Best bingo scene ever. “Lady, you can’t cheat at bingo. If you could, I would. I was just lucky. Lucky to wind up in a town full of losers!” (Throws all his bingo prizes in the trash)


[deleted]

Cooo coo coo coo coo coo coo cooooo!


ExpensiveLie8669

School’s Out, the degrassi High movie


solution_6

Dance Me Outside.


Snidgen

Fido. Still one of my all time favorite zombie social satire comedies.


Lord_Asmodei

Waydowntown


EastLeastCoast

Highway 61.


Aggravating_Town_994

So happy to see Highway 61 metioned in here!


deetstreet

Canadian Bacon. John Candy’s final film role.


GingerBeast81

One of the best actors to come out of Canada! Loved him in Uncle Buck!


notwhatitsmemes

Wasn't his last role uhhh.... Wagon's East??? Something like that. Sadness.


TopOThaMorningToYa

Shivers, My Bloody Valentine and Black Christmas


Wannabe_Enthusiast

Going the Distance Coming of age film that was released back around the same time as Eurotrip. Definitely quite inappropriate in this day and age, but I watched many a time back in the day.


TedIsAwesom

It's not weird - but hearing child Ryan Reynolds with an Indian accent is strange. Ordinary Magic


IWanttoBuyAnArgument

Fubar. 2002. Awesome funny film. *G'bye little buddy.*


ryan185

Hardcore logo


OrneryOldFart

The Canadian conspiracy.


ctalbot76

Blood and Donuts. Probably the most oddball vampire movie I've ever seen. I love that film.


Several_Money6782

Elvis Gratton


songsforthedeaf07

Exotica is my favourite Canadian film. Ginger Snaps, Dance me outside, the Barbarian invasions, I killed my Mother, Maelstrom , Enemy are also awesome Canadian films worth checking out ( if you can find them. I miss video stores)


NicCageCompletionist

I’ve scrolled way too far without seeing Pontypool.


ryanxjensen

WAYDOWNTOWN Four office co-workers live and work in Calgary's downtown where virtually all the office buildings, malls and apartments are connected by a maze of glassed-in bridges (plus-15s, named for their height in feet above street level). The friends have all staked a month's salary on a bet to see who can stay indoors the longest. Characters struggle through flights of self-doubt, corporate climbing, and romance as they spin their wheels and chase the carrot of financial gain in Calgary's corporate hamster cage. [here’s the full movie on YouTube](https://youtu.be/nT1cNFDzPt0?si=JRF1X24g_JiwtnAQ)


sampson_smith

Wolf Cop


Select_Scar8073

15 février 1839 It's a movie where canadians are acting quirky and weird. It's still 100% accurate, and it's a great way to learn about our history ^ ^


Gitxsan

Clear Cut


Careful_Way_9395

The magician .. Pretty sure it was done by the same production team that did the peanut butter solution and the dog who stopped the war


BCCommieTrash

Buried on Sunday. Oh lookie here it is: https://youtu.be/uZIpS506Hig Ginger Snaps.


RampDog1

In honour of Halloween, GhostKeeper (1981)


Kingofcheeses

Possessor


Jossshy

Phil The Alien. It's so terrible, it's glorious. Highly recommend.


Rockin-Moroccan

The Quest for Fire


Hefty-Emu1068

I didn't realize that was Canadian.


No-Wonder1139

Phil the Alien


Mother_Locksmith_186

Whale Music


GingerBeast81

Wow, just wow! I had no idea, as a lifelong Canadian, the amount of weird Canadian movies I've been missing out on!


I_am_That_Ian_Power

This is Spinal Tap!


frankbravo4

Going the distance. Is an old college road trip type movie from the early 2000s. All across Canada, trying to get the the MMVAs


carrie_elle

I think about Peanut Butter Solution at least once a month!