Cbc Movies

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

A documentary crew from the BBC arrives in L.A. intent on interviewing Heidi Fleiss, a year after her arrest for running a brothel but before her tria...

The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a...

NiiSoTeWak means “walking the path together.” Tapwewin and Pawaken are 10-year-old brothers trying to make sense of the world, their family and each...

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

In the spring of 2002, filmmaker Joe Berlinger traveled to Vienna to witness the burial of the preserved brains of over 700 children killed at a Nazi...

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st y...

Friends of Gilda was a 1993 ninety-minute television special made by CBC Television to benefit the Genesis Research Foundation, the research fundraisi...

Titanic: The Canadian Story is a special documentary marking the centenary of one of the most tragic shipping disasters of our time. Among the more th...

Besty Bigley, a notorious con-woman of the 1890s, alias Mrs. Chadwick, alias Pelvina de Vere, and a string of other false names, worked her way up the...

This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you we...

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when th...

A richly visual film that explores the impact of colonization on Canada's Indigenous peoples in a manner that's both beautifully simple and profoundly...

Take a closer look at Fraggle Rock in this documentary special hosted by Jim Henson - featuring a glimpse inside Fraggle Rock character design and dev...

Racism, classism, poverty and his own outlandish characters put his artistic ambitions to test. Wanting to pull his family out of these dire circumst...

The Cat in the Hat, Sally, Nick and Fish help a baby reindeer find its way home in time for Christmas.

Take a breathtaking train a ride through Nothern Quebec and Labrador on Canada’s first First Nations-owned railway. Come for the celebration of the po...

A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

Filmmaker Harry Rasky presents an intimate portrait of Arthur Miller, exploring the playwright’s life, influences, and literary achievements. Through...