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Kanopy
83
7.8
/150693/
79
/7619/
76
/2205/
4.1
/345490/
97
/208/
91
/1199/
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.
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Kanopy
82
7.9
/38842/
76
/792/
74
/462/
4.0
/20955/
93
/45/
95
/1698/
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
82
7.5
/100007/
72
/1851/
73
/1598/
3.9
/117198/
90
/72/
86
/2343/
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.
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Kanopy
81
7.5
/45273/
73
/817/
70
/430/
3.7
/26102/
91
/156/
88
/2446/
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
/31187/
75
/1043/
73
/467/
4.1
/91925/
88
/74/
86
/312/
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.
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The Roku Channel
78
7.4
/6808/
71
/255/
63
/144/
3.8
/2991/
97
/65/
82
/72/
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
71
7.4
/384178/
72
/13084/
69
/7327/
3.5
/178974/
65
/286/
66
/7364/
55
/45/
cc age 16+

Cloud Atlas (2012)
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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Kanopy
68
6.7
/29052/
66
/1083/
66
/591/
3.5
/17065/
71
/17/
68
/441/

The Quiet Earth (1985)
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
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Hulu
66
6.4
/6334/
67
/844/
61
/153/
3.2
/3954/
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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Kanopy
61
6.3
/5474/
66
/266/
61
/118/
3.2
/1902/
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
76
60
6.9
/1862/
77
/132/
63
/25/
4.0
/9949/
88
/8/
81
/45/

The Boys (1998)
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.
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Hoopla
60
6.6
/262902/
70
/16621/
65
/6072/
2.8
/158001/
63
/224/
65
/5435/
51
/39/
cc age 12+

Ender's Game (2013)
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
poster
57
6.5
/1811/
49
/23/
54
/26/
3.4
/426/
49
/47/
74
/115/
49
/19/

The Price of Milk (2000)
Lucinda lives a fairytale life with dairy farmer Rob, and his 117 cows. But after a freak car accident she decides to test Rob's love for her by trying to make him angry. He passes her tests until a quilt goes missing from their bed and the price of getting it back is high.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
56
6.4
/2499/
71
/175/
66
/62/
3.3
/1162/
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.
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74
52
6.9
/1514/
66
/43/
70
/30/
3.6
/1713/
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.
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Hulu
74
50
6.7
/1812/
68
/136/
58
/22/
3.6
/5865/
100
/25/
84
/11/
cc age 13+

Uproar (2023)
A 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.
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65
50
6.3
/3923/
68
/96/
66
/58/
3.2
/1014/
67
/130/

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.
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64
50
6.6
/3679/
65
/90/
65
/76/
3.2
/1404/
63
/4613/

In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children's shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film was based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel Captain Grant's Children.
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Netflix
80
48
6.9
/727/
73
/42/
67
/9/
3.8
/1889/
100
/23/
84
/14/
91
/6/
cc age 14+

Cousins (2021)
Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.
poster
66
44
6.3
/1899/
63
/111/
56
/33/
2.9
/2947/
79
/19/
80
/11/

Punch (2022)
Jim 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.
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AMC+
43
5.7
/63669/
63
/2250/
59
/1171/
2.7
/25448/
9
/32/
38
/2550/
41
/12/
cc age 12+

Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
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81
41
7.2
/300/
72
/19/
76
/5/
3.5
/701/
100
/9/
97

Whina (2022)
The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed yet resilient, Whina tells the story of a woman formed by tradition, compelled by innovation, and guided by an instinct for equality and justice whose legacy as the Te Whaea o te Motu (Mother of the Nation) was an inspiration to an entire country.
poster
75
40
6.5
/497/
66
/32/
73
/6/
3.7
/4195/
97
/37/

We Were Dangerous (2024)
Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.
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Kanopy
54
40
5.9
/1889/
62
/84/
60
/52/
3.2
/1192/
45
/49/
45
/41/
45
/15/
cc age 17+

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.
poster
72
35
6.5
/458/
63
/20/
70
/12/
3.6
/1143/
92
/12/

The Raid (2022)
Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, when the Government invoke antiterrorism powers to launch an armed raid on Taffy’s remote Urewera community, on a school day. This gripping action drama is not a re-creation, but a response to the 2007 Tūhoe raids. MURU is a Māori concept for 'forgiveness’.
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Starz
55
35
5.9
/2825/
67
/51/
56
/36/
3.1
/451/
40
/5/
46
/160/

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.
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Hoopla
74
29
6.6
/363/
73
/12/
69
/10/
3.6
/892/
100
/18/
67
/4/

Waru (2017)
Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.
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81
25
7.6
/158/
77
/22/
67
/7/
3.8
/645/
92
/13/
100
/2/

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some never before seen, her youngest child and director Hepi Mita discovers the filmmaker he never knew and shares the mother he lost, with the world.
poster
44
25
5.4
/1633/
61
/168/
54
/76/
2.8
/492/
17
/6/
25
/13/

The Stolen (2017)
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.
poster
42
20
4.7
/2036/
42
/24/
45
/40/
2.9
/273/
20
/77/

The Ferryman (2007)
Out on a dead calm ocean, in a thick fog, a group of tourists on a pleasure craft are about to cross paths with an ancient and terrible evil. Sharing the same ocean, a sick, dying old Greek man drifts alone on a stricken yacht.
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YouTube TV
57
17
6.2
/673/
54
/5/
63
/13/
3.3
/242/
40
/45/

The Decks Ran Red (1958)
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
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The Roku Channel
58
16
4.7
/449/
48
/49/
52
/12/
3.0
/253/
83
/16/

Alien Addiction (2018)
Riko lives in a small town in the middle of nowhere (Waikato, New Zealand). After aliens crash land near his house, an unlikely relationship develops. They are pursued by a fame-hungry blogger and alientologist who has tracked their movements and plans to reveal all to the world.
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Hoopla
62
13
6.4
/374/
58
/19/
58
/6/
3.5
/781/

In the Fire of War (2024)
Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.
poster
53
10
5.5
/433/
48
/10/
51
/14/
3.1
/359/

Women of the World (1963)
A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.
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?
6.1
/67/

Find Your Voice
E wants to write a hit song, but he is a rapper with nothing original to say. Roaming the streets of Sydney, he searches for the meaning of life, running into some seedy characters while trying to find himself. He ends up going on an adventure to learn about his cultural roots but meets a mysterious girl who upends his life so that E must hit rock bottom before he can find his voice.
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?
8.1
/19/
78
/5/
60
/8/

A Soul Frame (2023)
Follow those on the last day of their lives as a photographer tries to capture a portrait of their soul.
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Hoopla
?
6.9
/18/

Trailblazers: The New Zealand Story (2017)
New Zealand is a place of great natural beauty and resources, of pioneering immigrants from the Maori to the more recent settlers. They’re fierce, hardy, and strong, able to withstand challenges like the massive economic challenge they faced in the mid 1980’s. With their economy unraveling, they made huge, controversial changes, including doing away with farm subsidies and protectionist import controls. At first, it hurt. A lot. But now, the farmers and the fishers, the people and the economy, are prospering. And they wouldn’t go back to subsidies, special interests, or support for manufacturers. Travel to New Zealand with scholar Johan Norberg to meet some amazing Kiwis and see how they blazed a trail to economic prosperity.
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?
5.4
/7/

The Adventures of Algy (1925)
Beaumont Smith's latest comedy-drama. The amusing and thrilling adventures of an English Johnny in Australia and New Zealand.
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?
50
/1/

Hiro (2008)
Through Maori poet, filmmaker and activist Henri Hiro's life and work, Tahitians struggle to safeguard their own identity in the face of colonial invasion and nuclear tests in Mururoa.
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?
7.4
/29/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Te Rua (1991)
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Both men are in Berlin where the carvings are stored in a museum. Plans go awry when a group that Peter has assembled breaks into the museum. Rewi persuades the others to let him put his own, more daring plan into action. Tensions build and international media interest broadens when a sniper's bullet hits Peter.
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?
6.7
/11/
10
/1/

The Makutu on Mrs Jones (1983)
Tawhai Bennett, a young Maori boy, goes to work for Mrs Jones, a Pakeha; woman, helping her deliver groceries and mail. However, things take an unexpected turn when he fears that a local Maori elder has placed a curse (makutu) on her.
poster
?
7.1
/15/
60
/1/
50
/1/

Anzacs: In the Face of War (2011)
Archive footage of Australia and New Zealand forces during WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam conflict. Plus home life between the wars, especially focusing on the homage we pay to those who so bravely sacrificed themselves on our behalf. This is all held together by a wonderful script narrated by John Stanton.
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Kanopy
?
10
/1/

Making Utu (1983)
Making of documentary on the set of New Zealand's first epic Utu (1983), working with little money and dealing respectfully with matters of cultural protocol. Merata Mita discusses complex issues of inter-cultural conflict.
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?
100
/1/

How Bizarre: The Story of an Otara Millionaire (2014)
How Bizarre starts with Pauly at the height of his fame, appearing twice on the UK music show “Top of the Pops”, sharing the stage with Cher, the Spice Girls, Bryan Adams, Back Street Boys, Sheryl Crow and other ‘90s music icons, and then rewinds to show his rise from the mean streets of Otara to musical stardom.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
?
7.1
/612/
65
/13/
58
/5/
3.4
/288/

White Lies (2013)
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
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?
5.7
/22/
100
/1/

Redemption (2010)
A love story featuring two young Maoris. A story about growing up and an unusual relationship that is simple, moving and tragic. A boy, a girl… and a step too far into a personal abyss of violence and pain. Survival may not bring a happy ending.
poster
?
7.3
/56/
50
/1/
60
/1/

Working Day (2010)
A giant working man doing the natural wonders of New Zealand is doing his final day at work, but the Maori tribe are not impressed after finding him filling up the water in a lake.
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Kanopy
?
7.8
/37/
52
/4/
60
/3/

In Spring One Plants Alone (1980)
This is the story of Puhi, an aged Maori woman and Niki, her fully grown but wholly dependent son. The world they occupy is not a world of large events but the rituals of everyday life, traditions and interdependence. “In Spring One Plants Alone” documents the minutiae of their very enclosed existence. Filmed over a period of one and a half years, it emerges as a rare, haunting and powerful portrayal of their life together. This is the story of their rituals and of their survival. The small and disconnected instances that we encounter form a lone vision of the rifts and the bond between an old woman and her disturbed son.


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