French-Language Quebec Movies Worth Watching

Quebec has been making its own movies in its own French for more than fifty years, and most of them never get a proper release south of the border. This list is a way in: feature films made in Quebec and spoken mainly in Québécois French, from the 1970s classics that defined the province on screen to recent festival winners. Each one earns its place by doing something only Quebec cinema does well: family dramas with real bite, comedies with a dry streak, and voices you will not hear anywhere else. It runs in release order. If you want a gentle start, try Seducing Doctor Lewis or Starbuck; for the heavier landmarks, go to Mon oncle Antoine, C.R.A.Z.Y. and Incendies. English-language Canadian films are left out, and so is Denis Villeneuve's Hollywood work. Matthew Rankin's Universal Language, the big Quebec awards winner of 2025, is absent too, because it is spoken mostly in Persian.