Patrick Watson Movies

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown...

Based on the true story of Canadian doctor Norman Bethune, this film traces his life from his beginnings with his deeply religious family in Ontario,...

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.

A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of...

For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea...

Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.

Englishman Archie Belaney rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted...

An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.

Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing...

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.

The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.

A sympathetic documentary profile of modern China (the first shot in the People’s Republic of China by a North American television crew)

The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.

The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight...