Best of the Fest

Experience the best of the fest with this collections of TIFF Award winners!

Director Ryan Coogler's directorial debut follows the true story of Oscar Grant (a brilliant Michael B. Jordan). Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.
Fruitvale Station
  • 2013
Kenneth Branagh's Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay - a poignant story of love, laughter and loss in one boy’s childhood
Belfast
  • 2021
Master filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar crafts a film noir take on the romantic comedy with his "feminist comedy with real bite" (Chicago Tribune)
Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  • 1988
Director Roberto Benigni crafts an earnest, charming, Oscar winning story that ultimately highlights the strength of the human spirit.
Life is Beautiful
  • 1997
Ang Lee's Oscar winning epic. "High art meets high spirits in a rapturously romantic epic that really kicks butt" (Time).
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • 2000
Colin Firth gives a masterful performance as King George VI that earned him an Academy Award. From Oscar winning director Tom Hooper.
The King's Speech
  • 2010
Academy Award nominated, intense and haunting portrayal of Alan Turning (Benedict Cumberbatch). Morten Tyldum’s English-language debut.
The Imitation Game
  • 2014
Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy deliver acclaimed performances in this heartwarming comedy from director Theodore Melfi.
St. Vincent
  • 2014
Damien Chazelle's Oscar and Golden Globe winning original musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
La La Land
  • 2016
Luca Guadagnino’s Oscar winning box office smash, set in 1980s Italy. Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer are unforgettable.
Call Me by Your Name
  • 2017
"Undeniably impressive pic grabs the viewer by the lapels and shakes hard" (Variety) from Director Quentin Tarantino.
Reservoir Dogs
  • 1992
A novice nun uncovers a deep family secret in Pawel Pawlikowski's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film.
Ida
  • 2013
A "sly comic parable" (Variety) constructed by Director Feng Xiaogang, bolstered by a standout performance from lead actress Fan Bingbing.
I Am Not Madame Bovary
  • 2016
An unforgettable work from directing duo Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. "Cinema doesn't get more exhilarating than this" (BBC.com).
City of God
  • 2003
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives takes up the fight against the ravages of climate change, in this eye-opening portrait.
The Island President
  • 2011
Academy Award nominated portrait of an Algerian emigrant who takes over a Canadian classroom after a teacher's tragic death, from Philippe Falardeau
Monsieur Lazhar
  • 2011