R.H. Thomson Movies

A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

Genre: History

Cast: Gordon Pinsent

A man (Lukas Haas) encounters a childhood friend (Adam Scott) who had an affair with his wife (Molly Parker) five years earlier.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Lukas Haas

A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Amanda Seyfried

An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British...

Genre: Drama

Cast: R.H. Thomson

A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Simon MacCorkindale

A grieving widower and his reluctant, teenage granddaughter embark on a pilgrimage of hope and faith that become a turning point in each of their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: R.H. Thomson

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Matt Frewer

Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Cliff Robertson

During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jason Robards

The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of...

Genre: History

Cast: Aidan Devine

Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Alex D. Linz

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Harris

A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marc Singer

Cosmetics mogul Mary Kay Ash faces competition from a driven newcomer, who plots to take apart her control of the makeup industry.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shirley MacLaine

Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tara Frederick

A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenneth Welsh

Biographic film about Canadian author Ernest Buckler.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: R.H. Thomson

Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto by Frederick Banting...

Genre: Drama

Cast: R.H. Thomson

A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Lorraine Bracco

A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Monique Spaziani

This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Colm Feore

A young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by her stepfather, she shatters the very myths designed...

Genre: Drama

Cast: R.H. Thomson

Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion when he's asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Saul Rubinek

Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kathleen Beller

Set within the fluidity of time, touch, realism and reverie. Some may call this magic realism. Based within Indigenous knowledge and way of life,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: R.H. Thomson

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nick Mancuso

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Keira Knightley

About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matthew Settle

Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However the deceased is not his son but an individual who was...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lino Ventura

A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.

Genre: Drama

Cast: R.H. Thomson

A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kelly McGillis

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Henry Winkler

Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Meredith Baxter

In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Judith Light

Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years. Annie looks back via flashbacks at...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Linda Griffiths

Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Rutger Hauer

Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s darker aspects.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Nigel Whitmey

Back in 1837 in the Northwoods of Canada and beyond, a movement was started among the colonialists to demand the right to own property in the New...

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Cast: Malcolm Black

Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Wendy Crewson

A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband. While she tries to recall, she meets a man and begins a...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Lindsay Wagner

Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until he surprises her and enrolls her in a...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Holly Marie Combs

The Blakes have a rancher in the burbs, 2 kids, a mid-sized American car, a gas barbecue and lawn furniture. Dad works in an office, Mom does...

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Cast: R.H. Thomson

The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Megan Follows

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matthew Modine

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: R.H. Thomson

A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Jeremy Sisto

One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sophie Clément

Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Guy Maddin

An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Patrick J. Adams

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eric Fryer

A British Columbia woman struggles to support herself and her daughter after the death of her husband. Nominated for achievements in editing and...

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Cast: Kate Trotter

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Beau Bridges