List of Canadian films of 1976
# List of Canadian films of 1976

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1976:

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| The Absence (L'Absence) | Brigitte Sauriol | | Drama | |
| Blackwood | Andy Thomson & Tony Ianzelo | David Blackwood | NFB documentary | Academy Award nominee |
| Breaking Point | Bob Clark | Bo Svensen, Robert Culp, Belinda Montgomery, Stephen Young | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
| Brethren | Dennis Zahoruk | Thomas Hauff, Kenneth Welsh | Drama | |
| The Clown Murders | Martyn Burke | Stephen Young, Susan Keller, Lawrence Dane | Crime, mystery | |
| Cooperage | Phillip Borsos | | Documentary | Canadian Film Award – Theatrical Short |
| Cotton Mill, Treadmill (On est au coton) | Denys Arcand | | NFB documentary | This controversial 1971 documentary about the Quebec textile industry was held back from release by the NFB for 5 years. |
| Death Weekend | William Fruet | Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata | Horror | |
| Dreamspeaker | Claude Jutra | Ian Tracey, George Clutesi, Jacques Hubert | CBC-TV drama | |
| East End Hustle | Frank Vitale | Allan Moyle | Drama | |
| Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) | Claude Fournier | Dominique Michel, Denise Filiatrault | Comedy | |
| The Far Shore | Joyce Weiland | Céline Lomez, Frank Moore, Lawrence Benedict, Sean McCann | Drama | Canadian Film Awards – Supporting Actor (Moore), Art Direction, Cinematography |
| Find the Lady | John Trent | Lawrence Dane, John Candy, Dick Emery, Mickey Rooney | Comedy | |
| For Gentlemen Only | Michael Scott | Ed McNamara, Hugh Webster | Short drama | |
| Goldenrod | Harvey Hart | Tony LoBianco, Donald Pleasence, Gloria Carlin, Donnelly Rhodes | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Director |
| High Grass Circus | Tony Ianzelo, Torben Schioler | | Documentary | |
| Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks | Don Edmonds | Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer | Sexploitation thriller | |
| The Keeper | Thomas Y. Drake | Christopher Lee | Horror | |
| The Last Cause | Alex Cramer | Warren Davis | Documentary | |
| Let's Talk About Love (Parlez-nous d'amour) | Jean-Claude Lord | | Drama | |
| The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Nicolas Gessner | Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen | Horror-thriller | |
| Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas) | Jean-Guy Noël | Claude Maher, Gilbert Sicotte, Micheline Lanctôt | Drama | |
| Mahoney's Last Stand | Harvey Hart | Alexis Kanner, Maud Adams, Sam Waterston | Drama | |
| The Man from the Movies (Le gars des vues) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | | Drama | |
| Mindscape (Le paysagiste) | Jacques Drouin | | Animated short | |
| Naked Massacre | Denis Héroux | Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Christine Boisson | Thriller | |
| A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette) | André Forcier | | | |
| Partners | Don Owen | Hollis McLaren, Denholm Elliott, Michael Margotta, Robert A. Silverman | Thriller | |
| Second Wind | Don Shebib | James Naughton, Lindsay Wagner, Ken Pogue | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Supporting Actress (Moore), Editing |
| Shadow of the Hawk | George McCowan | Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George | Horror | Made with U.S. financing |
| Shoot | Harvey Hart | Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva | Action, adventure | |
| The Street | Caroline Leaf | | NFB animated short based on a Mordecai Richler short story | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Academy Awards; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| The Supreme Kid | Peter Bryant | Frank Moore, Jim Henshaw, Helen Shaver | Comedy | |
| A Sweeter Song | Allan Eastman | Jim Henshaw, Susan Petrie, Susan Hogan, Peter Jobin | Comedy | Eastman's debut, Nick Mancuso's first appearance on screen |
| Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Donald Brittain, John Kramer | Narration by Donald Brittain; readings by Richard Burton | NFB documentary | Academy Award nominee; Canadian Film Awards – Non-Feature Direction, Non-Feature Screenplay, Non-Feature Editing, Non-Feature Sound, Non-Feature Musical Score, Documentary |
