Guy Maddin Movies

Guided by the spirit of “The Cuadecuc Manifesto” (coined by co-director Evan Johnson and inspired by Pere Portabella’s 1970...

A father and son rescue the sole survivor of a train crash.

A woman sent is sent to an electric chair that reads the images of her mind.

A medieval cult travels to the 20th century and kills people in an attempt to bring about the end of the world. The policeman must stop them by...

The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s expressionist movie.

Two paranoid brothers are consumed with murderous fantasies after a horse convinces them that they are each others’ enemies. Starring Guy...

This featurette documents a 2008 screening of 'My Winnipeg' at the Royal Cinema in Toronto, for which director Guy Maddin provided live narration.

Sailors in repose on an island paradise seemingly have no worries of war or danger — until a playful gesture is interpreted as an act of wilful...

Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to...

The patriarch of a troubled clan dies, but the resentment and yearning of the eldest son conspire to bring the errant father back for periodic visits...

A jovial shirtless man attempts to rouse a contingent of lethargic dancers to life in NUDE CABOOSE. His highjinks really get the deadbeats bustin'...

At the height of the October Revolution during the 1919 allied intervention in Arkhangelsk, the exploits of one-legged Canadian soldier Lt. John...

An anthology film following different stories around the theme of invisibility in the modern world.

The camera’s roving eye seems to warp and bend a mysterious white room in this unsettling excerpt from a film Guy Maddin created for the...

The shield maiden of Gimli yearns for the drowned fisherman Mundi while her acolytes in mourning aid her in this fact-based account of a tragic...

After a bad day at work, a fairground performer sets out to disprove the theory of heredity so that he can marry his sister.

The explosive story of how a stubborn band of independent filmmakers started a film co-operative that became the most highly respected and...

Acclaimed Canadian artist Cliff Eyland looks back on his life after a successful double lung transplant.

A deceased filmmaker experiences a posthumous dream in which he attempts to reunite with his wife. (Homage to Italian film director Federico Fellini...

A surreal short film featuring a zookeeper with a large moustache.