Don Arioli
Writer
Movies11
Movie5.3ComedyThe winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.
Sweet Movie
1974 · 151 votes
Movie6.2Science FictionDramaA mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all...
Agency
1980 · 12 votes
Movie4.1DramaIn this Canadian romance, Scott (David Selby) was so smitten by the looks of a pretty girl that he spends years looking for her. He keeps his searches a secret from his live-in lover, whom he stays with the entire while. When Scott actually meets the girl, he discovers that she has been similarly motivated, even though she is married and has had two children in the meantime. They share a romantic assignation and discover that the ideal figure they were each searching for is absent.
U-Turn
1973 · 7 votes
Movie7.0AnimationAn unconventional version of The Christmas Carol.
The Energy Carol
1975 · 1 votes
Movie7.6AnimationA humorous animation film about a fellow who builds his house in the best suburb he can afford. He has a picture bride, a picture window and a garden as pretty as a picture, but he wanted something special and, like Jack and the Beanstalk, he finally got it! What he got is a moral for all.
Movie8.0AnimationA lonely woodcarver longs for a son, so he builds a wooden puppet and names it Spinnolio
Spinnolio
1977 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryA vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.
Canada Vignettes: McIntosh
1979 · 1 votes
Movie10.0AnimationCanadians in search of the national identity will not find it fully fleshed in this film. An animated cartoon, it sees Canadians as pragmatists, adaptable to whatever climate or history place in their way. It is a boisterous, bubbling analysis of the Canadian character and, although it may not answer the question of the title, it does leave the feeling that being Canadian is not so exhausting as one might expect.
Who Are We?
1974 · 1 votes
Movie10.0AnimationWitty cartoon in a popular idiom about the serious issues that face the world: overpopulation, starvation, and people’s selfishness when confronted with these. Is there any possible solution? A good discussion starter, as relevant now as it was when made.
Tilt
1972 · 1 votes
Movie8.0AnimationComedyMen struggle with day-to-day tasks in a world where all of the women have disappeared.
A Token Gesture
1975 · 1 votes
Movie6.6AnimationComedyThis tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale by Croatian director Zlatko Grgic traces man's checkered history with fire, and shows how growing carelessness in the form of overloaded sockets, smoldering cigarettes and other fire hazards can have highly undesirable consequences.
Hot Stuff
1971 · 7 votes