Let's admit it. We Canadians, known internationally for being charming, polite and really, really good looking, have gotten a bit cocky in recent years.

Since the Vancouver Olympics, the national mood has resembled a beer commercial with "Paradise City" riffing over the top.

We have no problems rubbing it in to the Americans that we know how to better handle an economy and a hockey puck. Our musicians are taking home the remaining cash in the music industry (Justin Bieber) and the awards too (Arcade Fire).

But for a number of reasons, Canadians remain remarkably humble about our homegrown films -- particularly in English Canada, where they're maybe even a touch negative about them.

While Quebec moviegoers flock to homegrown French-language films, the rest of Canada largely ignores domestic productions.

For the last two years, Telefilm Canada has handed out the Golden Box Office Award to the top-grossing English Canadian films. Those films, "Splice" and the "Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day," earned a grand total of $2.1 million and $2.9 million at the domestic box office.

Considering the perpetually rising cost of making a movie, that's barely popcorn money.

So if you really consider yourself a patriot, instead of buying a box of Molson Canadian on a Saturday night and watching your home team futilely try to make it to the playoffs (sorry, Toronto), maybe you should check out a few more Canadian flicks.

The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival features 34 Canadian features. Here's five to look out for:

A Dangerous Method

Director David Cronenberg once again teams up with Viggo Mortensen. If their previous work together ("A History of Violence," "Eastern Promises") is any indication, "A Dangerous Method" should be considered an early Oscar favourite. Mortensen plays Sigmund Freud, while Keira Knightly costars as a patient who becomes involves with Carl Jung (the always excellent Michael Fassbender). A period piece oozing with sex based on two of the 20th century's most important thinkers, this film is a must watch, Canadian or not.

Afghan Luke

Pity the marketers for this movie because they have their work cut out for them. It's either an "Afghan war stoner comedy" from the creator of Trailer Park Boys (Michael Clattenburg), or a nuanced portrayal of the absurdity of conflict along the lines of "Catch-22" or "M*A*S*H." Nick Stahl (Terminator 3, Sin City) plays a journalist trying to track down a group of Canadian snipers who may or may not be cutting off the fingers of their kills in Afghanistan. What follows is sure to have people talking in the aisles afterwards.

Breakaway

This synopsis is much easier -- it's the Bollywood-Canadian hockey movie! Rob Lowe (what is with this guy and hockey movies?) agrees to coach an all-Sikh Toronto hockey team, whose star player (Vinay Virmani) finds himself stuck between two worlds. Russell Peters costars, guaranteeing the laughs. Toronto hip-hip superstar Drake has a cameo and the film is produced by Paul Gross, so kilogram for kilogram, this might be the most Canadian flick ever screened at TIFF.

Café de Flore

Jean-Marc Vallee, the director of 2005's hit Quebec film, "C.R.A.Z.Y.," returns to his old stomping grounds with "Café de Flore." The film has two overlapping narratives, one about a modern-day Montreal DJ, and the other about a single mom in the 1960s, and is about the little stuff, like soul mates, love and family. As with "C.R.A.Z.Y.," expect a killer soundtrack and consider taking a hanky.

Take This Waltz

Sarah Polley finally returns to the directing chair after her stunning debut in "Away from Her." While her first film, based on an Alice Munro story, looked at a married couple nearing the end of their lives, "Take this Waltz" narrows in on a married couple (Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams) at the start. A dramedy for the Toronto hipster set, it will be worth watching to see how Polley tackles a more personal subject matter set in her hometown.