Movies by Country - New Zealand (155)| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 6 DaysBased on the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, this action-thriller dramatizes a six-day standoff between armed Iranian Arabs and SAS soldiers ready for a counterattack. | 2017 | Toa Fraser | Action, Drama, History, Thriller | 6.2 (21.5K votes) | 94 | 20220415 |
| 100 Candles Game, TheA group of friends reunited to play a game. Each one of them expects to get something about it. The rules of the game are to tell a story of horror for each candle. | 2020 | Nicolás Onetti, Victor Català, Brian Deane, Oliver Lee Garland, Guillermo Lockhart | Horror | 4.4 (1.3K votes) | 100 | 20231016 |
| 1480 - Radio Pirates [3 Mile Limit]It's 1965 and rock music is shaking up the world but not in New Zealand. Richard Davis a 23 year old journalist is determined to break the Government's monopoly on broadcasting and bring rock n' roll to a younger generation, and a... | 2014 | Craig Newland | Adventure, Drama, Music, Romance | 5.9 (152 votes) | 105 | 20231109 |
| AbandonedIn 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island. | 2015 | John Laing | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (2.8K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| AberrationMutant lizards attack a woman on the run hiding out in a cabin in the woods. | 1997 | Tim Boxell | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.7 (978 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| American, TheAmerican ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina. | 2023 | James Napier Robertson | Drama | 6.8 (517 votes) | 110 | 20240519 |
| Among The CindersTeen Nick is estranged from his family, and blaming himself for his Maori mate's climbing death. He runs away to his straight talking grandfather - who takes him bush - and loses his virginity to Sally. | 1984 | Rolf Hädrich | Drama | 6.6 (57 votes) | 104 | 20230715 |
| Angel at My Table, AnJanet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janet's discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim. | 1990 | Jane Campion (*) | Biography, Drama | 7.5 (7.7K votes) | 158 | 20220414 |
| Angel MineA young and affluent couple become fatally entangled in their own wish-fulfillment world. The topic of the movie itself is interesting. It is set in an Auckland, New Zealand suburb, namely Pakuranga, in your average Lockwood home. In | 1978 | David Blyth | Fantasy | 5.3 (89 votes) | 68 | 20220419 |
| Baby DoneWannabe-adventurer Zoe freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim. As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to rush through her dreams. | 2020 | Curtis Vowell | Comedy | 6.0 (1.7K votes) | 91 | 20231016 |
| Bad BehaviourLucy, a former child actress who seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon, while also navigating the close but turbulent relationship with her daughter, Dylan. | 2023 | Alice Englert | Comedy, Drama | 4.6 (309 votes) | 109 | 20231223 |
| Bad BloodDuring World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people, and the police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country. | 1981 | Mike Newell (*) | Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (370 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Bad TasteThe population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain. | 1987 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (46.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Battletruck [Warlords of the 21st Century]Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age. | 1982 | Harley Cokeliss | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 5.0 (1.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Belief - The Possession of Janet MosesThe true story of how love, fear, culture and belief lead a loving family to tragically kill one of their own during a four day exorcism ceremony. | 2015 | David Stubbs | Documentary, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery | 5.7 (702 votes) | 89 | 20220415 |
| BellbirdIn the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief. | 2019 | Hamish Bennett | Comedy, Drama | 6.4 (360 votes) | 96 | 20221228 |
| Beyond Reasonable DoubtA docu-drama covering one of the most famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm house? Arthur was sure that trusting the police and co-operating fully would p | 1980 | John Laing | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.4 (183 votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Beyond the EdgeTenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation. | 2013 | Leanne Pooley | Documentary, Drama, History | 6.8 (1.8K votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| Black SheepAn experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm. | 2006 | Jonathan King | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (40.3K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Bookworm11-year-old Mildred's world is turned upside down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise, comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther. | 2024 | Ant Timpson | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (469 votes) | 103 | 20241019 |
| Born to DanceComing of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer. | 2015 | Tammy Davis, Chris Graham | Action, Drama, Music, Sport | 5.3 (837 votes) | 96 | 20240407 |
| BoyBoy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago. | 2010 | Taika Waititi | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (25.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Breaker Upperers, TheFor the right price, BFFs Jen and Mel will ruthlessly end any romance. But when one grows a conscience, it threatens to derail their relationship. | 2018 | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Comedy | 5.9 (6.2K votes) | 90 | 20220822 |
| Bridge to NowhereKids on an outing in the forest come up against a mysterious hermit who lives on the other side of a bridge, and he is definitely not happy to see them. | 1986 | Ian Mune | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.3 (238 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Broken EnglishIvan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her lover. Nina works at a restaurant where E... | 1996 | Gregor Nicholas | Drama, Romance | 6.4 (727 votes) | 92 | 20231013 |
| Bush Cinderella, Thenan | 1928 | Rudall Hayward | Drama | nan | 85 | 20211228 |
| Came a Hot FridayThis eccentric rural New Zealand tale follows two con men as they attempt to trick a small town into their illegal gambling scheme. | 1985 | Ian Mune | Adventure, Comedy | 6.7 (207 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Changeover, TheLaura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who threatens her family. | 2017 | Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 5.3 (1.5K votes) | 95 | 20220415 |
| Coming Home in the DarkA schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip. | 2021 | James Ashcroft | Crime, Horror, Thriller | 5.7 (7.3K votes) | 93 | 20231129 |
| CousinsEntwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage. | 2021 | Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith | Drama | 6.9 (640 votes) | 98 | 20231116 |
| CrackheadsFour unlikely friends become addicted to methamphetamine, sending them on a disastrous yet hilarious roller coaster ride that will change their lives forever. | 2013 | Tim Tsiklauri | Comedy | 6.5 (100 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| CrushOn the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, lea | 1992 | Alison Maclean | Drama | 6.0 (503 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| DaffodilsA bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs. | 2019 | David Stubbs | Biography, Drama, Musical, Romance | 5.9 (388 votes) | 93 | 20221228 |
| Dark Horse, TheA brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life. | 2014 | James Napier Robertson | Biography, Drama | 7.5 (6.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Dark of the Night [Mr. Wrong]A small-town woman, fresh to the city, buys a second-hand Jaguar haunted by the ghost of a murdered woman and her killer. | 1984 | Gaylene Preston | Horror, Thriller | 5.4 (224 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Dead Alive [aka Braindead]A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. | 1992 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 7.5 (95.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Dead Lands, TheAfter his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, the teenage son of a slain Maori chieftain looks to avenge his father's murder and bring peace and honor to the souls of his loved ones. | 2014 | Toa Fraser | Action, Adventure | 6.3 (4.9K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Dead Room, TheWhen a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the hous | 2015 | Jason Stutter | Horror, Thriller | 4.8 (4.4K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| DeathgasmTwo teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives. | 2015 | Jason Howden | Action, Comedy, Horror, Music | 6.3 (17.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Desperate RemediesIn a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, | 1992 | Stewart Main, Peter Wells | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | 6.6 (392 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Devil's Rock, TheSet in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day,two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war. | 2011 | Paul Campion | Horror | 5.7 (4.2K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Diagnosis - DeathTwo people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. Andre (an unethical high school teacher) and Juliet (a bookish teenager) soon discover their lives are in more danger than they imagined. The staff are peculiar. The drugs ca... | 2009 | Jason Stutter | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | 4.7 (951 votes) | 82 | 20230830 |
| DottyA stubborn old lady struggles to send a text message to her daughter. | 2012 | Mick Andrews, Brett O'Gorman | Short, Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (112 votes) | 11 | 20211228 |
| Eagle vs SharkThe tale of two socially-awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love: through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games. | 2007 | Taika Waititi | Comedy, Romance | 6.8 (24.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Erebus - Into the UnknownThis is the true story of the men who came face to face with one of the world's worst aviation disasters and became part of one of the most extraordinary police operations in history. On November 28th 1979, a jet with 257 passengers | 2014 | Charlotte Purdy, Peter Burger | Drama | 7.1 (160 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| ExistenceTrapped behind the Boundary Fence, Freya dreams of escape and pursues a dangerous outsider who can free her. | 2012 | Juliet Bergh | Drama | 4.1 (158 votes) | 85 | 20240323 |
| Fellowship of the RingA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. | 2001 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.8 (1.8M votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Forgotten SilverThe film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888. | 1995 | Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | Comedy | 7.5 (6K votes) | 53 | 20211228 |
| Frighteners, TheAfter a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead. | 1996 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 7.1 (86.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Frog, the Dog, and the Devil, TheA frog gets trapped in a liquor bottle. | 1986 | Bob Stenhouse | Western, Animation, Short | 6.1 (130 votes) | 8 | 20211228 |
| Goodbye Pork PieDumped by his girlfriend, a man joins a reckless youth in a stolen yellow mini and they drive the length of New Zealand, attracting cops and media attention, determined to get to Invercargill. | 1980 | Geoff Murphy | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Hang TimeThree 20-something friends get some much-needed hang time when a cancelled wedding sees them spend a long weekend together on a beautiful vineyard... with all the wine intended for the wedding... the runaway bride's crazy uncle ..... | 2019 | Casey Zilbert | Comedy, Drama | 5.6 (69 votes) | 85 | 20221228 |
| HeavenRobert's wife is divorcing him for gambling etc. A strip club owner offers him work redesigning his club. Robert befriends a dancer there, who has premonitions. | 1998 | Scott Reynolds | Crime, Thriller | 6.6 (853 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Heavenly CreaturesTwo teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge. | 1994 | Peter Jackson (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (62.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Heavenly Vintage, AIn 19th century France, a peasant winemaker endeavors to create the perfect vintage. | 2009 | Niki Caro | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 5.6 (904 votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Her MajestyElizabeth is a popular thirteen year old who can't wait for the day the Queen of England visits her quaint New Zealand hometown. Her excitement becomes almost too much to bear upon learning that she might get to meet the Queen fac... | 2001 | Mark J. Gordon | Family | 6.9 (465 votes) | 107 | 20240803 |
| Hercules in the UnderworldA woman asks Hercules for his help because a hole leading to the underworld has opened up in her village. Hercules wants to help her, despite knowing that she comes from a group of women notorious for leading men to their doom. | 1994 | Bill Norton | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | 6.6 (1.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Hibiscus & RuthlessNo Going Out and No Boyfriends"" - Hibiscus' obedience towards her Mum's rules is put to the test in her final year of University. As guys start to impress Hibiscus, she asks her childhood friend Ruth, to help keep her focused. | 2018 | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Comedy | 5.8 (180 votes) | 97 | 20231022 |
| Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another ObeliskA Maori writer meets a trickster spirit guide and conjures new worlds from the words she inks on a page. | 1994 | Christine Parker | Short, Fantasy | 5.8 (6 votes) | 0 | 20240412 |
| Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies, TheBilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness. | 2014 | Peter Jackson (*) | Adventure, Fantasy | 7.4 (505.6K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| The Hobbit -The Desolation of SmaugThe dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. | 2013 | Peter Jackson (*) | Adventure, Fantasy | 7.8 (641.4K votes) | 161 | 20220423 |
| Hobbit, TheA reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug. | 2012 | Peter Jackson (*) | Adventure, Fantasy | 7.8 (794.8K votes) | 169 | 20211228 |
| HouseboundA young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking. | 2014 | Gerard Johnstone | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | 6.8 (33.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Human TracesWhen a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island. | 2017 | Nic Gorman | Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (128 votes) | 87 | 20220415 |
| Hunt for the WilderpeopleA national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. | 2016 | Taika Waititi | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 7.9 (124.1K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| I Survived a Zombie HolocaustA young runner, on a Zombie film set, has the first day from hell when real Zombies overrun the set. | 2014 | Guy Pigden | Comedy, Horror | 5.0 (1.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| In My Father's DenA disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended. | 2004 | Brad McGann | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (7.6K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Irrefutable Truth About Demons, TheAn Anthropologist's life and reality are ripped apart by a Satanic cult. | 2000 | Glenn Standring | Horror, Thriller, Fantasy | 5.5 (1.4K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Jack Be NimbleJack and Dora, abandoned by their parents as babies, are desperate to find each other after years of adoption. Jack's young life has been spent with a sadistic family. Dora, whose life has been somewhat better, has developed extra-se | 1993 | Garth Maxwell | Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (437 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Jojo RabbitA young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. | 2019 | Taika Waititi | Comedy, Drama, War | 7.9 (351.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| JuniperWhen a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around. | 2021 | Matthew J. Saville | Drama | 6.5 (1.6K votes) | 94 | 20231116 |
| Justice of Bunny King, TheA triumph over adversity tale about women fighting their way back from the bottom of society. | 2021 | Gaysorn Thavat | Drama | 6.7 (662 votes) | 101 | 20231116 |
| Killer SofaA killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion. | 2019 | Bernie Rao | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 3.7 (3.1K votes) | 81 | 20221228 |
| Kim Dotcom - Caught in the WebThe story of the most wanted man online | 2017 | Annie Goldson | Documentary, Biography, Thriller | 7.0 (1.3K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Klynham Summer [The Scarecrow]The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens they cross the murderer's path. | 1982 | Sam Pillsbury | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.6 (186 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Last of the LivingA contagious virus is turning everyone into zombies, and the only hope for survival lies in the hands of three couch potatoes. | 2009 | Logan McMillan | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.7 (1.8K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Last Saint, TheMinka is a teenage Polynesian boy living in the heart of the city. With his P-addicted mother well on the way to going completely off the rails, three people enter his life - each with a promise - each with the power to destroy. | 2014 | Rene Naufahu | Action, Crime, Drama | 5.4 (161 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Last Tattoo, TheDuring WW2 small nation of New Zealand is swarmed with U.S. servicemen who mingle with local female population. In such circumstances nurse Kelly Towne has got a difficult task of tracking down venereal diseases. She meets U.S. Marin | 1994 | John Reid | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War | 5.9 (235 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Legend of Baron To'a, TheFritz, a young Tongan man grappling with his wrestling superstar father Baron To'a's legacy, both metaphorically and literally following in his deceased father's footsteps by fighting for the return of his dad's stolen championshi... | 2020 | Kiel McNaughton | Action, Comedy | 6.4 (394 votes) | 103 | 20231016 |
| Legend Of Johnny Lingo, TheWhen a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. | 2003 | Steven Ramirez | Action, Adventure, Family | 6.3 (790 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| LoadedSeven teenagers retreat to a country house for the weekend to make their epic, an impossibly ambitious Celtic fantasy. As the making of the video drifts from playful hilarity to argument, frustrated ambition and accusation, intima... | 1994 | Anna Campion | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | 4.5 (579 votes) | 96 | 20240622 |
| Locals, TheTwo best friends, Grant and Paul, hit the country road for a night of fun, but unfortunately take a short cut to their fate... where they meet the Locals. | 2003 | Greg Page | Horror, Thriller | 5.5 (2.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Loop TrackIan wants to get as far away from humanity as possible and heads into the New Zealand bush, but a four day journey turns into a fight for survival. | 2023 | Thomas Sainsbury | Thriller | 5.7 (660 votes) | 94 | 20240219 |
| Lost Tribe, TheAn anthropologist disappears in New Zealand while looking for a lost tribe, so his wife and little daughter as well as his shady twin brother who's in love with his sister-in-law go to look for him. Also seeking him are the police... | 1983 | John Laing | Adventure, Horror, Mystery | 5.5 (74 votes) | 114 | 20220531 |
| Love and Time TravelSocially disconnected barista Dan gets cryptic messages on his window, compelling him to intervene in others' lives. As he impacts those around him, his own life transforms. | 2016 | Hayden J. Weal | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.2 (595 votes) | 93 | 20240930 |
| Love BirdsDoug's girlfriend leaves him and he falls apart. He finds a hurt ""not duck"" on the roof and ends looking after it. He meets cute, single bird specialist Holly at the zoo. | 2011 | Paul Murphy | Comedy, Romance | 6.0 (2.1K votes) | 103 | 20240228 |
| Lowdown Dirty CriminalsFollows two naïve young men who are in search of a better life, encountering unsavoury situations and people along the way. | 2020 | Paul Murphy | Comedy | 4.3 (217 votes) | 86 | 20231016 |
| MauriNear the remote East Cape the matriarch lives in her very basic dwelling with real fire in the hearth, where she cooks. We get an insight in the whanau in this saga, where troubles are met with kindmess, except by the pakeha or th... | 1988 | Merata Mita | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.1 (93 votes) | 101 | 20220912 |
| Meet the FeeblesMultiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show. | 1989 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Music, Musical | 6.6 (20.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Mega Time SquadJohn steals money and a bracelet/temporal dislocator from a Chinese antiques shop. Fleeing, he triggers the device and goes minutes back in time. The time travels result in new Johns and they form the Mega Time Squad. | 2018 | Tim van Dammen | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (1.7K votes) | 86 | 20220822 |
| Memory & DesireNiki Caro directed this romantic drama from New Zealand, adapted from Peter Wells' story, Of Memory & Desire, about the doomed affair of a Japanese couple on their honeymoon in New Zealand. The body of Keiji is pulled ashore on a ... | 1998 | Niki Caro | Drama, Romance | 6.5 (180 votes) | 89 | 20231023 |
| Millie Lies LowAnxiety-ridden Millie is on her way from Wellington to New York for an internship at a prestigious architecture firm when a moment of panic causes her to miss her flight. | 2021 | Michelle Savill | Comedy, Drama | 5.7 (169 votes) | 100 | 20231116 |
| Monster Croc Huntnan | 2013 | Kate Siney, Job Rustenhoven | Documentary | 5.9 (15 votes) | 0 | 20240501 |
| Monster Of Mangatiti, TheHeather Walsh tells her story of the time she was an emotional prisoner of Bill Cornelius at his remote farm. | 2015 | Riccardo Pellizzeri, Philly de Lacey | Documentary, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (812 votes) | 70 | 20220415 |
| MosleyA species of creatures known as "thoriphants" rebel against their life of servitude and embark on a treacherous journey to find the fabled city of Uprights. | 2019 | Kirby Atkins | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.5 (968 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Nate and HayesA swashbuckling adventure which takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where bloody raids and battles were once the rule of the day. | 1983 | Ferdinand Fairfax | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 6.1 (2.3K votes) | 99 | 20230424 |
| Never Say DieA young couple are mysteriously pursued by people with increasingly elaborate attempts to kill them; they narrowly escape death repeatedly via a series of car chases and shoot-outs. | 1988 | Geoff Murphy | Action, Comedy | 5.4 (179 votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| NorthspurIn a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife - but to get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers. | 2022 | Aaron Falvey | Action, Drama, Thriller | nan | 100 | 20231129 |
| Nude TuesdayA suburban couple goes to a new-age retreat as a last ditch attempt to save their marriage. Their path to reconnection is riddled with hilarity and humiliation as they seek to find themselves and each other. | 2022 | Armagan Ballantyne | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.7 (713 votes) | 90 | 20231116 |
| OlderOlder is a drama/romance about sex, love, relationships, growing up and how our nostalgic attachment to the past can colour our perception of the present, sometimes for the worse. | 2020 | Guy Pigden | Drama, Romance | 5.7 (505 votes) | 90 | 20231016 |
| Once Were WarriorsA family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. | 1994 | Lee Tamahori | Crime, Drama | 7.9 (33.4K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Orator, The [O le tulafale]Saili, an unassuming villager & taro farmer, lives happily with his beautiful wife Vaaiga and her teenage daughter Litia. Their existence, whilst happy and peaceful; is unconventional. Vaiga has been banished from her ancestral villa | 2011 | Tusi Tamasese | Drama | 6.9 (409 votes) | 110 | 20220414 |
| Out of the BlueBased on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police. | 2006 | Robert Sarkies | Crime, Drama | 7.1 (3.7K votes) | 103 | 20230728 |
| Perfect CreatureThe vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races. | 2006 | Glenn Standring | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.4 (5.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Perfect StrangersA woman goes home with the best-looking stranger, only to discover she's been kidnapped. | 2003 | Gaylene Preston | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 5.2 (1.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Pork PiePork Pie tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of the New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy hot in their pursuit. | 2017 | Matt Murphy | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.4 (2.3K votes) | 105 | 20220415 |
| Power of the Dog, TheCharismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love. | 2021 | Jane Campion (*) | Drama, Western | 6.8 (188.7K votes) | 126 | 20231116 |
| PunchJim is preparing for his first professional fight but begins to rethink his life's trajectory and his sexuality after tangling with Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his days in an old shack down by the beach. | 2022 | Welby Ings | Drama, Sport | 6.3 (977 votes) | 98 | 20231116 |
| Quiet Earth, TheA man named Zac Hobson awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda. | 1985 | Geoff Murphy | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (25.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| RainWhilst on a family vacation on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand, 13-year-old Janey begins to realize that her parents' marriage is on the rocks. | 2001 | Christine Jeffs | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.6K votes) | 92 | 20240319 |
| Rain of the ChildrenPuhi was chosen at age 12 by the great Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana to marry his son, Whatu, and goes on to have an extraordinary life of hardship and wonder showing her fortitude through life and death struggles, walking between spir... | 2008 | Vincent Ward | Documentary, Drama | 6.8 (204 votes) | 98 | 20230328 |
| Red House, TheIn a world of rapidly changing cultures and environmental upheaval, one couple from opposite ends of the earth strives to stay true to their values and each other, giving a personal perspective on globalisation. | 2012 | Alyx Duncan | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (37 votes) | 75 | 20220414 |
| Rehearsal, TheFirst-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield. | 2016 | Alison Maclean | Drama | 5.7 (301 votes) | 102 | 20220414 |
| Return of the KingGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. | 2003 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.9 (1.7M votes) | 201 | 20211228 |
| ReunionA pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents' old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying. | 2020 | Jake Mahaffy | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 4.4 (750 votes) | 95 | 20231016 |
| Runawaynan | 1964 | John O'Shea | Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (36 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| SavageInspired by the true stories of New Zealand's street gangs across 30 years, SAVAGE follows Danny at three defining moments in his life as he grows from a boy into the violent enforcer of a gang. | 2019 | Sam Kelly | Crime, Drama | 6.2 (1.9K votes) | 100 | 20221228 |
| Second Time LuckyThere's a new wager between Heaven and Hell. Devil bets God that if God were to pick two young people to be the new Adam and Eve, they'd sin again. God accepts and sends a college couple to various eras, starting with the Garden of E | 1984 | Michael Anderson | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 5.1 (273 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Shadow in the CloudA female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight. | 2020 | Roseanne Liang | Action, Horror, War | 4.9 (22.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Skin DeepIn small-town New Zealand, the gung-ho town council decides that what the town needs to put it on the map is a massage parlour. To this end they bring masseuse, Sandra to town. Her presence in such a conservative village stirs up emo | 1978 | Geoff Steven | Drama | 5.3 (45 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Sleeping DogsA New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution. | 1977 | Roger Donaldson | Action, Drama, Thriller | 6.3 (1.4K votes) | 107 | 20220414 |
| Smash PalaceAfter the break-up of his marriage, a racing driver sets out to get back his daughter - at any cost. | 1981 | Roger Donaldson | Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Starlight HotelIt is Depression era New Zealand and school-kid Kate is missing her father badly. The temptation to seek him out leads her into diverse and intense encounters with fate. | 1987 | Sam Pillsbury | Drama | 7.0 (256 votes) | 93 | 20230619 |
| Status PendingAfter six months with her Tinder guy, an indecisive millennial must overcome the high life expectations she's built from social media to decide today: either take a last-minute voyage, or settle down into a career and relationship... | 2018 | Ben Zolno | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.0 (61 votes) | 85 | 20220822 |
| StickmenThree young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament. | 2001 | Hamish Rothwell | Comedy, Drama, Sport | 6.6 (1.5K votes) | 98 | 20230619 |
| SylviaReal-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner's pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940's. | 1985 | Michael Firth | Biography, Drama | 6.8 (57 votes) | 95 | 20230126 |
| Take Home PayTwo brothers; Alama and Popo, arrive for the first time in NZ as Seasonal Workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their family in Samoa. But things take a turn for the worst when Popo steals Alamas' money and runs awa... | 2019 | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Action, Comedy | 5.3 (168 votes) | 105 | 20221228 |
| Tank, TheAfter mysteriously inheriting an abandoned coastal property, Ben and his family accidentally unleash an ancient, long-dormant creature that terrorized the entire region-including his own ancestors-for generations. | 2023 | Scott Walker | Horror, Thriller | 4.6 (1.6K votes) | 100 | 20230619 |
| Tattooist, TheA young artist unknowingly plays a role in releasing a deadly spirit as he attempts to learn tatau, the Samoan tradition of tattooing. | 2007 | Peter Burger | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.1 (3.1K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| This TownFive years after being acquitted for the murder of his family, Sean is finally ready to move on with life. But the bitter ex-cop who led the investigation remains adamant that he's guilty - and will stop at nothing to bring him down. | 2020 | David White | Comedy | 5.9 (227 votes) | 91 | 20231016 |
| TickledJournalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn't stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction. | 2016 | David Farrier, Dylan Reeve | Documentary, Crime, Mystery | 7.5 (18.2K votes) | 92 | 20220415 |
| Tomorrow I QuitTomorrow I Quit"" depicts a generation struggling with unstable careers, un-affordable housing and the shame of expressing feelings in a new society of superficial success and false happiness. | 2020 | Bertrand Remaut | Drama | 4.3 (54 votes) | 84 | 20240201 |
| Topless Women Talk About Their LivesLiz has missed an appointment to have an abortion. She has to keep her child, and neither her boyfriend Geoff nor child's father Neil are too happy about it. She can not decide which partner is better for her, and Neil makes a propos | 1997 | Harry Sinclair | Drama, Comedy | 6.6 (378 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| TrackerAn Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his fugitive, only to learn that he's innocent of ... | 2010 | Ian Sharp | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western | 6.5 (4.2K votes) | 102 | 20231101 |
| TrespassesA puritanical widower is outraged when his daughter runs away to join a free-loving commune. | 1984 | Peter Sharp | Drama | 5.8 (34 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Truth About DemonsAn Anthropologist's life and reality are ripped apart by a Satanic cult. | 2000 | Glenn Standring | Horror, Thriller, Fantasy | 5.5 (1.4K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Two Towers, TheWhile Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. | 2002 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.7 (1.6M votes) | 179 | 20211228 |
| Ugly, TheA female psychologist wants to understand the minds of a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state. | 1997 | Scott Reynolds | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.1 (3K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Under The MountainTeenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives after their mother suddenly dies. They find an alien environment and overhear Mr. Wilberforce talking about something stirring beneath the ground - the fire-r... | 2009 | Jonathan King | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 4.8 (2.2K votes) | 90 | 20240416 |
| UproarA 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity. | 2023 | Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett | Drama | 7.4 (337 votes) | 110 | 20240329 |
| UtuIn 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge. | 1983 | Geoff Murphy | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.0 (1.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Venus And MarsA young police detective is attacked in his home and the house burned down. Palmerston North police investigate, revealing unexpected facts that turn the case around. | 2015 | John Laing | Drama | 6.6 (74 votes) | 90 | 20220415 |
| VigilA lonely girl living on an isolated, mist-cloaked farm is confronted with the changes wrought by a stranger that arrives. | 1984 | Vincent Ward | Drama, Mystery | 6.8 (760 votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| Warriors Way, TheA warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission. | 2010 | Sngmoo Lee | Action, Fantasy, Western | 6.3 (26.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| WaruA powerful, challenging story surrounding the tangi (funeral) of a small Waru boy who dies at the hands of his caregiver and how his death impacts the community. | 2017 | Ainsley Gardiner, Casey Kaa, Renae Maihi, Awanui Simich-Pene, Briar Grace Smith | Drama | 6.6 (299 votes) | 86 | 20220415 |
| Water Horse, TheA lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend. | 2007 | Jay Russell | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, War | 6.4 (42.8K votes) | 112 | 20240210 |
| West of EdenThe affluent farmer's son is everything Billy desires. The farm is everything the head drover wants. A story of forbidden love, revenge and a family torn apart, inspired by true events. | 2017 | Alastair Riddell | Drama, Romance | 4.8 (264 votes) | 118 | 20220415 |
| Whale RiderA contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize. | 2002 | Niki Caro | Drama, Family | 7.5 (42K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| What the Waters Left Behind - ScarsAn Anglo-American indie rock band ends up stranded in the desolate city of Epecuén. Their conflicts between themselves and their bad luck are quickly forgotten when they begin to discover the bloody hell that awaits them. | 2022 | Nicolás Onetti | Horror | 4.1 (248 votes) | 85 | 20240722 |
| What We Do In The ShadowsViago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts. | 2014 | Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | Comedy, Horror | 7.7 (174.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| When Night FallsA Thriller set in 1932 about two nurses trapped in a country mansion with their invalid patient whilst a killer is on the loose. A series of unexplainable events start to occur and the nurses begin to wonder if they are no longer alo | 2007 | Alex Galvin | Horror, Thriller | 5.6 (513 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| WhinaA biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land - all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs. | 2022 | James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones | Biography, Drama | 7.3 (245 votes) | 112 | 20231116 |
| WoodenheadAn innocent rubbish tip assistant, Gert, is given the task of escorting a beautiful mute "princess", Plum, on a perilous journey to meet her prospective husband. Their journey is fraught with danger, challenges, romance and discovery | 2003 | Florian Habicht | Fantasy, Musical, Romance | 6.3 (131 votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| Worlds Fastest Indian, TheThe story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. | 2005 | Roger Donaldson | Biography, Drama, Sport | 7.8 (53.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Zombie MovieNew Zealand, 1986. The zombie apocalypse is here and three mates are stranded. The trusty Holden is out of gas. With only fast food scraps and a few cigarettes for sustenance, surviving each other may prove harder than facing the und | 2005 | Ben Stenbeck | Short, Comedy, Horror | 6.7 (335 votes) | 15 | 20211228 |