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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-06-06</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000921582</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>IMAX CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>IMAX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001132859</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DOUGLAS KEVIN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>125 E. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., STE 400</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LARKSPUR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94939</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>13(d)(3) group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001268475</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>JAMES &amp; JEAN DOUGLAS IRREVOCABLE DESCENDANTS TRUST</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>125 E. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., STE 400</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LARKSPUR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState></rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94939</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>13(d)(3) group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001268476</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DOUGLAS JAMES E III</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>125 E. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., STE 400</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LARKSPUR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94939</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>13(d)(3) group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001268474</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DOUGLAS FAMILY TRUST</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>125 E. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BLVD., STE 400</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LARKSPUR</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94939</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>13(d)(3) group</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-06-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5787</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3939603</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2584441</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants' Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1451989</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Douglas Family Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>923645</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By James E. Douglas III</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These securities are held directly and jointly by Kevin Douglas and his wife, Michelle Douglas.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each of the reporting persons hereunder (individually, a &quot;Reporting Person&quot; and collectively the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;) may be deemed a member of a &quot;group&quot; within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) or Rule 13d-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act, with one or more of the other Reporting Persons.  Although the Reporting Persons are reporting such securities as if they were members of a &quot;group&quot;, the filing of this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission by any Reporting Person that such Reporting Person is a beneficial owner of any securities other than those directly held by such Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These securities are held directly by the James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants' Trust and indirectly by Kevin Douglas. Kevin Douglas and Michelle Douglas, husband and wife, are each a co-trustee of the James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants' Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These securities are held directly by the Douglas Family Trust and indirectly by Kevin Douglas.  James E. Douglas and Jean A. Douglas, husband and wife, are each a co-trustee of the Douglas Family Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These securities are held directly by James E. Douglas III and indirectly by Kevin Douglas.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Includes 62,652 shares held by an intentionally defective grantor trust (the &quot;KGD IDGT&quot;).  Kevin Douglas, as the settlor of the KGD IDGT,  has the right to substitute property of equivalent value in return for the shares held by the KGD IDGT and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the KGD IDGT.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Includes 62,652 shares held by an intentionally defective grantor trust (the &quot;MMD IDGT&quot;).  Michelle Douglas, as the settlor of the MMD IDGT,  has the right to substitute property of equivalent value in return for the shares held by the MMD IDGT and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over the shares held by the MMD IDGT.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Restricted stock units granted to Kevin Douglas which were vested on the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Wheatman, attorney in fact for Kevin Douglas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Wheatman, attorney in fact  for Douglas Family Trust</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Wheatman, attorney in fact for James Douglas and Jean Douglas Irrevocable Descendants' Trust</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Eileen Wheatman, attorney in fact  for James E. Douglas III</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-06-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
