33 Films & TV Shows Set In Canada During The 1980s
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The Assignment
Quebec 🇫🇷 France 🇦🇹 Austria 🇮🇱 Israel 🇱🇾 Libya The 1980sJack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez.
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Cool Runnings
Alberta 🇯🇲 Jamaica The 1980sOne dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero. — When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
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The Cutting Edge
🇫🇷 France Alberta The 1980s The 1990sThe ultimate love/skate relationship — Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...
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Demonia
Ontario The 1980sNo Evil Deed Goes Undone! — Professor Malcolm Evans leads his archaeological expedition into the Valley of Temples in southeast Sicily. His companion and former student, Liza Harris, is looking forward to her very first dig. But Liza feels a strange sympathy with the valley and her recurring nightmares seem strongly tied to the nearby ruins. She is drawn to the remains of a 16th Century convent and its grisly legend of crucifixion. The local villagers rise to protect the entombed secrets of their ancestors, as Liza's obsession with uncovering the truth takes her deeper into the forbidden ruins and further from sanity!
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The Fly
Ontario The 1980sBe afraid. Be very afraid. — When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
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Covergirl
Quebec The 1980sYoung girl enters the modeling industry wanting to becoming "the face of the '80s."
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Strange Brew
Ontario The 1980sSomething funny is brewing at Elsinore Castle... — Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.
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Star 80
British Columbia The 1970s The 1980sThe price of stardom was more than she bargained for. — Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men.