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1. Tungijuq (2009)

8 min | Animation, Short, Drama

7.8

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A thought-provoking meditation on the seal-hunt and what it means to the traditional way of life for the Inuit.

Directors: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël | Star: Tanya Tagaq

Votes: 31

2. Reel Injun (2009)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Western

7.5

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63 Metascore

The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

Directors: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes | Stars: Adam Beach, Chris Eyre, Russell Means, John Trudell

Votes: 1,645

3. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

R | 172 min | Drama

7.4

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91 Metascore

The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.

Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk

Votes: 6,860 | Gross: $3.79M

4. On Screen! (2005– )

48 min | Documentary

7.2

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On Screen!, is a documentary series that explores and celebrates the Canadian film industry's most important cultural milestones. Each one-hour program showcases a quintessentially Canadian... See full summary »

Stars: Iris Quinn, Piers Handling, Caelum Vatnsdal, Jason Anderson

Votes: 13

5. One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)

G | 113 min | Drama

7.0

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Noah Piugattuk's nomadic Inuit band live and hunt by dog team, just as his ancestors did. When the white man known as Boss arrives in camp, what appears as a chance meeting soon opens up the prospect of momentous change.

Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Apayata Kotierk, Kim Bodnia, Benjamin Kunuk, Mark Taqqaugaq

Votes: 145

6. Before Tomorrow (2008)

93 min | Drama

6.9

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74 Metascore

An Inuit child and his grandmother are left to fend for themselves when their family perishes from illness.

Directors: Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu | Stars: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Madeline Ivalu, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik

Votes: 204

7. Searchers (2016)

94 min | Drama

6.6

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Inspired by the John Ford film The Searchers, an Inuit woman and her daughter are kidnapped by three Inuit men, while her husband and son are away. The Inuit husband sets out on a journey to find his family and punish the perpetrators.

Directors: Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq | Stars: Benjamin Kunuk, Karen Ivalu, Jonah Qunaq, Apayata Kotierk

Votes: 226

8. The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)

112 min | Drama

6.4

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A portrayal of the lives of the last great Inuit shaman, Avva, and his beautiful and headstrong daughter, Apak. Based on the journals of 1920s Danish ethnographer Knud Rasmussen.

Directors: Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: Pakak Innuksuk, Leah Angutimarik, Neeve Irngaut, Natar Ungalaaq

Votes: 385

9. What We See (2023)

82 min | Drama

4.8

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After experiencing a traumatic event in Igloolik (an Inuit hamlet in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut), Uyarak leaves her community and family in Nunavut to live in Montréal. When ... See full summary »

Directors: Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk | Stars: Carol Kunnuk, Benjamin Kunuk, Mark Taqqaugaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk

Votes: 13

10. Nunavut: Our Land (1995– )

30 min | Drama

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Stars: Pauloosie Qulitalik, Micheline Ammaq, Samueli Ammaq, David Aqqiaruq

11. Going Inland (1991)

58 min | Drama

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For the Igloolik Inuit, summer is the time of Nunaqpa, 'going inland,' that is, hunting for caribou to get sufficient meat provisions for the cold winter ahead. During a summer in the 1930s... See full summary »

Director: Zacharias Kunuk | Stars: David Aqqiaruq, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Titus Ujarashuk, Racheal Uyarasuk