The 10 and 3's top 50 Canadian Films

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Canadian films have often struggled to find a worthy spotlight, even in their own country. But with the Canadian Screen Awards just around the corner, it's an appropriate moment for us to all do our parts to try and change that. And perhaps a good start is this list of 50 Canadian films that data journalism website The 10 and 3 — which aims to "tell compelling and unusual stories about Canada through maps, interactive charts and other interesting visualizations" — decided to put together last month.

Unlike other (and certainly worthy) lists like this recent one from TIFF, The 10 and 3 compiled its list not from critics and academics but from a formula derived from the folks who rated the films on online film database IMDb. They came with an "adjusted rating," based on this confusing but seemingly legit equation:

(v/(v+m))R+(m/(v+m))C, where:
R = average IMDB rating for the film
v = the number of IMDB ratings that the film received
m = parameter that effectively downweights films with very few ratings (in our case m = 1000)
C = average rating across all films in our ranking

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  1. 1 new

    Room

    2015, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Incendies

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 4 new

    Mommy

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 5 new

    C.R.A.Z.Y.

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  5. 6 new

    Les triplettes de Belleville

    2003 — a.k.a. The Triplets of Belleville, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 7 new

    Water

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 9 new

    Les ordres

    1974 — a.k.a. Orderers, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 10 new

    Le violon rouge

    1998 — a.k.a. The Red Violin, in 1 top list Check
  9. 11 new

    The Sweet Hereafter

    1997, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 12 new

    Les invasions barbares

    2003 — a.k.a. The Barbarian Invasions, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 13 new

    Brooklyn

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 14 new

    Shake Hands with the Devil

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 15 new

    Maurice Richard

    2005 — a.k.a. The Rocket, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 16 new

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 17 new

    Les bons débarras

    1980 — a.k.a. Good Riddance, in 1 top list Check
  16. 18 new

    My Life Without Me

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  17. 19 new

    Away from Her

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 20 new

    Snow Cake

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 21 new

    Laurence Anyways

    2012, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 23 new

    Mon oncle Antoine

    1971 — a.k.a. Mon Oncle Antoine, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 24 new

    Léolo

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 25 new

    Saint Ralph

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 26 new

    The Silent Partner

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  24. 27 new

    La guerre des tuques

    1984 — a.k.a. The Dog Who Stopped the War, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 28 new

    The Grey Fox

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 29 new

    Lilies - Les feluettes

    1996 — a.k.a. Lilies, in 1 top list Check
  27. 30 new

    Monsieur Lazhar

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 31 new

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 32 new

    Sunshine

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 33 new

    J'ai tué ma mère

    2009 — a.k.a. I Killed My Mother, in 1 top list Check
  31. 34 new

    Jésus de Montréal

    1989 — a.k.a. Jesus of Montreal, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 35 new

    Atanarjuat

    2001 — a.k.a. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 36 new

    Strangers in Good Company

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 37 new

    Le confessionnal

    1995 — a.k.a. The Confessional, in 1 top list Check
  35. 39 new

    J.A. Martin photographe

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 40 new

    Hard Core Logo

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  37. 42 new

    Les Plouffe

    1981 — a.k.a. The Plouffe Family, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 43 new

    Treed Murray

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 44 new

    It's All Gone Pete Tong

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  40. 45 new

    La guerre du feu

    1981 — a.k.a. Quest for Fire, in 1 top list Check
  41. 46 new

    Café de flore

    2011 — a.k.a. Café de Flore, in 1 top list Check
  42. 47 new

    The Snow Walker

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 48 new

    Amal

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 49 new

    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 50 new

    Still Mine

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 20, 2017; source