Gordon Pinsent Movies

An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is killed, apparently as he divulges the location of some...

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of...

Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying aerial jump in a car. Not content with a normal jump, Ken...

In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend,...

A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.

The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.

A disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives despite the notable distraction of having kids.

The movie that the TV series was spun off from. When a legendary Canadian Mountie is murdered, his son (and fellow RCMP) Constable Benton Fraser...

Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.

'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between...

It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the...

When American citizens were stranded in Canada on 9/11, their northern neighbors opened their doors.

In a twist on the typical May-October romance, a widow somewhere in her 60s meets a naive country boy who has found his way to the city. He moves...

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland...

Based on fact, this is the story of a notorious Canadian bank-robbery gang.

Through several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships that move cargo through the inland waterway, Mysteries...

This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving...

A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

Video lottery addiction is a serious problem in Canada, but does the government's need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored?...