The Best NFB Films of the 1980s

With 3000+ films that you can stream for free, picking a starting point can be tricky!

Enjoy a (subjective) list of the 10 best NFB films from the 1980s!

Flamenco at 5:15

Be mesmerized by a group of young ballet dancers as they learn the centuries-old art of flamenco from icons Susana and Antonio Robledo. This short won the 1984 Best Short Documentary Oscar®.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/flamenco_at_515/

Peep and the Great Wide World

Hop along for a series of wild adventures with these 3 short films featuring Peep the chicken, Chirp the robin and Quack the duck. Narrated by Peter Ustinov.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/peep_and_the_big_wide_world

Shipbuilder

Watch this short re-enactment about Tom Sukanen, a Finnish immigrant who settled in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and spent 10 years building an iron ship to carry him back to Finland. (Hint: It didn’t quite work out).

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/Shipbuilder/

The Big Snit

Hilarious and poignant, this Oscar® nominated short by Richard Condie depicts the high-voltage intersection between a domestic quarrel and global nuclear war.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/big_snit

The Cat Came Back

You know the plot: the cat just keeps on coming back. But the zany details of this oppressed cat-owner’s efforts to get rid of his scheming pet are absurdly hilarious every time.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat-came-back/

The Defender

Take a wild ride with Bob Diemert, a Manitoban man with a dream to build the world’s next great fighter plane for only $25,000. Can he do it?

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/defender

The Devil At Your Heels

Some people are content leading placid lives; others only feel alive building rocket-powered cars to jump across mile-wide stretches of the St. Lawrence River. Ken Carter belonged to the latter category.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/devil_at_your_heels

The Great Buffalo Saga

Watch this compelling combo of live-action footage, eyewitness accounts and archival photos depicting the story of the buffalo’s revival on the North American plains.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/great_buffalo_saga

The Sweater

A young Canadiens fan mistakenly gets a Leafs jersey… and it feels like the end of the world! Based on The Hockey Sweater, a book Wayne Gretzky used to read to his children.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/

Waterwalker

Join naturalist Bill Mason on a journey by canoe that begins on Lake Superior and explores winding river waters to the meadowlands of the river’s source.

oehttps://www.nfb.ca/film/waterwalker/

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