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83
7.5
/100471/
72
/1904/
74
/1611/
3.9
/120965/
90
/72/
86
/2344/
89
/20/
cc age 16+

The Piano (1993)
When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.
poster
fuboTV
83
7.8
/151620/
79
/7717/
76
/2229/
4.1
/353676/
97
/208/
91
/1197/
81
/30/
cc age 12+

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.9
/39009/
76
/802/
74
/471/
4.0
/22693/
93
/45/
95
/1703/
77
/20/
cc age 17+

Once Were Warriors (1994)
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.4
/9338/
74
/221/
70
/179/
3.9
/13395/
96
/23/
90
/164/
79
/18/

An Angel at My Table (1990)
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.
poster
82
7.6
/212089/
77
/12134/
76
/3818/
4.1
/586916/
96
/190/
87
/1429/
76
/33/
cc age 16+

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
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Kanopy
81
7.5
/45404/
73
/841/
70
/433/
3.7
/27720/
91
/156/
88
/2447/
80
/31/
cc age 10+

Whale Rider (2003)
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/31323/
75
/1067/
73
/471/
4.1
/94391/
88
/74/
86
/310/
70
/19/
cc age 14+

Boy (2010)
Boy, 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.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.4
/6824/
71
/258/
63
/144/
3.8
/3061/
97
/65/
82
/71/
77
/20/
cc age 15+

The Dark Horse (2014)
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
7.8
/63353/
78
/1957/
76
/846/
3.6
/17476/
83
/141/
89
/1981/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
poster
75
7.4
/109049/
75
/2887/
73
/1789/
3.9
/125563/
89
/45/
87
/5053/
54
/7/

Braindead (1992)
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
72
7.4
/8074/
75
/155/
69
/106/
3.7
/1756/
100
/11/
89
/248/

In My Father's Den (2004)
War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to confront buried secrets and uncover the dark truths of his family and community.
poster
78
70
7.4
/6538/
71
/109/
72
/117/
3.7
/5208/
100
/10/
82
/151/

Forgotten Silver (1997)
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
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Netflix
76
68
7.4
/9469/
74
/606/
72
/168/
3.5
/12753/
83
/18/
85
/14/
cc age 13+

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.
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78
67
7.4
/2278/
74
/145/
66
/65/
3.8
/9292/
96
/190/
87
/1430/

What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005)
Who says being an undead creature of the night is easy? With that in mind, three ancient friends—centuries-old vampires Vulvus, the romantic and temperamental Lord Byron wannabe; Viago, the flamboyant 19th-century dandy; and Deacon, the rebellious 107-year-old youngster—invite a documentary crew to shed light on a vampire’s daily life. Starting from the fateful day of their eternal transformation, these modern-day blood-suckers don’t shy away from answering deeply personal questions about their quirky flatmate situation—after all, this is an interview, not just an excuse for a quick bite.Will we ever truly find out what vampires do in the shadows?
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Amazon Prime Video
67
6.3
/20690/
66
/1524/
62
/632/
3.2
/39879/
88
/33/
67
/138/
65
/10/

Deathgasm (2015)
Two 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.
poster
Hulu
66
6.4
/6451/
67
/863/
61
/161/
3.2
/4087/
81
/47/
50
/18/
66
/13/
cc age 15+

The Convert (2024)
Munro, a soldier turned lay preacher, comes to New Zealand to minister to the first British colonists, but he is converted by the powerful chief Maianui to serve a different purpose.
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FlixHouse
65
6.5
/51085/
66
/1156/
63
/888/
3.3
/43474/
73
/22/
75
/1992/
52
/4/

Bad Taste (1987)
A team from the intergalactic fast food chain Crumb's Crunchy Delights descends on Earth, planning to make human flesh the newest taste sensation. After they wipe out the New Zealand town Kaihoro, the country’s Astro-Investigation and Defense Service (AIaDS) is called in to deal with the problem. Things are complicated due to Giles, an aid worker who comes to Kaihoro the same day to collect change from the residents. He is captured by the aliens, and AIaDS stages a rescue mission that quickly becomes an all-out assault on the aliens’ headquarters.
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Netflix
65
5.9
/7239/
59
/575/
52
/223/
3.0
/12916/
89
/45/
51
/77/
76
/8/
cc age 16+

The Breaker Upperers (2018)
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.
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Plex
73
64
7.1
/4159/
72
/120/
65
/73/
3.6
/1547/
84
/25/
82
/238/
70
/7/

Out of the Blue (2006)
Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.
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Kanopy
71
64
6.6
/4267/
68
/121/
62
/88/
3.4
/3194/
88
/8/
78
/84/

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
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Fandor
63
6.3
/1855/
62
/58/
56
/45/
3.3
/3012/
56
/11/

Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
poster
MUBI
63
6.7
/27428/
66
/741/
64
/321/
3.4
/41803/
56
/110/
67
/3755/
55
/25/
cc age 16+

Eagle vs Shark (2007)
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
5.7
/8947/
61
/693/
57
/212/
3.1
/20683/
92
/63/
45
/73/
64
/4/
cc age 16+

Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
A school teacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters takes him and his family on a nightmare road-trip.
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Netflix
62
5.7
/23920/
65
/1785/
65
/1191/
2.3
/31863/
71
/21/
55
/97/
cc age 12+

Falling Inn Love (2019)
When a San Francisco exec wins a New Zealand inn, she ditches city life to remodel and flip the rustic property with help from a handsome contractor.
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Kanopy
61
6.3
/5491/
66
/270/
61
/118/
3.2
/1941/
68
/50/
57
/53/
59
/14/

The Dead Lands (2014)
Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wirepa, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden “Dead Lands” and forge an uneasy alliance with a mysterious warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
poster
AMC+
60
5.6
/3303/
60
/293/
56
/60/
3.0
/19613/
78
/32/
51
/24/
62
/6/

Grafted (2024)
When an awkward but brilliant Chinese student wins a scholarship into a prestigious New Zealand University, she finds a new way of achieving the popularity she craves one bloody body at a time.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
58
5.8
/43353/
60
/1112/
58
/799/
2.9
/24507/
71
/95/
53
/5312/
62
/17/

Black Sheep (2006)
After a childhood prank by his brother Angus causes Henry to develop a phobia of sheep, he must step up to the onslaught of a genetically-mutated man-eating flock with the help of his friend and a young environmentalist.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
56
6.4
/2513/
71
/177/
66
/62/
3.3
/1197/
100
/10/
78
/21/

Pork Pie (2017)
A trio of accidental outlaws travel the length of New Zealand, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy in pursuit.
poster
73
53
6.9
/1528/
66
/43/
70
/30/
3.6
/1846/
86
/7/
80
/35/

Utu (1984)
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.
poster
65
50
6.3
/3943/
68
/99/
66
/58/
3.2
/1062/
67
/131/

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig's funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
48
5.6
/2683/
60
/103/
55
/69/
3.0
/5664/
80
/10/
45
/32/

Strange Behavior (1981)
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
poster
The Roku Channel
56
48
4.8
/4783/
56
/446/
50
/125/
2.5
/1220/
79
/23/

The Dead Room (2015)
When 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 house's secrets at all costs.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
47
5.7
/4858/
55
/171/
55
/126/
2.8
/1909/
56
/9/
35
/69/

The Devil's Rock (2011)
Set 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.
poster
The Roku Channel
65
45
6.8
/1986/
69
/152/
67
/45/
3.4
/525/
69
/26/
59
/17/
59
/6/

Beyond The Edge (2013)
A 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.
poster
Kanopy
70
43
7.2
/1267/
70
/36/
65
/41/
3.7
/4001/

Kitchen Sink (1989)
From the bowels of the kitchen sink, comes a dark and tender love… An original and full-blooded short film that combines humour with surrealism and leads the viewer towards the fantasy of horror.
poster
Kanopy
71
43
6.8
/1406/
71
/45/
66
/27/
3.4
/1293/
83
/95/

Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
Gerry hires a car in Kaitaia with a stolen licence and travels to Invercargill with John, whose wife has just left him. The ultimate New Zealand road trip adventure.
poster
The CW
51
39
5.3
/5905/
58
/127/
53
/97/
2.8
/982/
36
/400/

Perfect Creature (2007)
The 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.
poster
71
38
7.0
/1106/
73
/46/
68
/23/
3.5
/897/
78
/65/

Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986)
Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats" (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon strip), questions to be answered include: Will Wal Footrot win the affections of Cheeky Hobson over the sleazy Spit Murphy? Will the Dog win the affections of the lovely Jess? Will Wal make a good impression on the selectors at Saturday's rugby match? Can Rangi and Pongo save Cooch's prize stag from the depths of Blackwater Station, home of the Murphys, their vicious dogs and deadly croco-pigs? All this and more will be answered as the small town of Raupo comes to life on the big screen.
poster
82
35
6.6
/64/
70
/4/
62
/5/
3.5
/617/

Anu (2023)
When a recent widow moves to New Zealand from India, she's forced to confront her grief by completing an ordinary ritual in an extraordinary circumstance: quarantine.
poster
65
35
6.5
/1818/
63
/22/
63
/30/
3.4
/938/
67
/6/
67
/11/

Until They Sail (1957)
Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
35
7.0
/1451/
73
/249/
66
/44/
3.4
/544/
48
/5/

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)
The larger-than-life story of Kim Dotcom, the 'most wanted man online', is extraordinary enough, but the battle between Dotcom and the US Government and entertainment industry—being fought in New Zealand—is one that goes to the heart of ownership, privacy and piracy in the digital age.
poster
Starz
58
34
5.9
/2843/
67
/54/
56
/36/
3.2
/472/
46
/159/

River Queen (2005)
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
poster
49
32
5.1
/3336/
55
/80/
51
/61/
2.8
/587/
37
/400/

The Tattooist (2007)
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
30
7.1
/1110/
72
/18/
66
/20/
3.4
/543/
86
/14/
81
/2/

Mahana (2016)
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.
poster
60
29
6.3
/1224/
60
/19/
52
/19/
3.4
/971/
58
/40/

Scarfies (1999)
This dark comedy is set in Dunedin, New Zealand. A university student finds an old "abandoned" house and proceeds to invite other students to share. It even has running electricity. But what is the catch?
poster
84
28
7.2
/397/
82
/12/
95
/2/
3.7
/1088/
100
/14/
82
/3/

Rurangi (2020)
After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rurangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
28
6.4
/493/
63
/26/
68
/8/
3.3
/661/
100
/6/
77
/4/

The Legend of Baron To'a (2020)
‘The Legend of Baron To’a’ tells the story of Fritz, a Tongan entrepreneur who returns to his old neighbourhood and inadvertently causes the theft of his late father’s valued pro wrestling title belt by some ruthless gangsters led by ‘man-mountain’ Tahu. When negotiation and diplomacy fail to get it back, he is forced to embrace his father’s legacy to reclaim the title.
poster
66
27
6.8
/1988/
64
/22/
61
/19/
3.3
/597/
71
/17/

Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.


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