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1. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Cristina Serban Ionda, Karl Willetts
Votes: 7,376
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Votes: 874,833 | Gross: $303.00M
3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
PG-13 | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, their homeland, from the dragon Smaug.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott
Votes: 706,975 | Gross: $258.37M
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Bilbo Baggins 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.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 573,477 | Gross: $255.12M
5. The Luminaries (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Adventure mystery set in the midst of New Zealand's 1860's gold rush period. It has all the stuff that makes a good drama: murder, love and revenge, as men and women travel the world making their fortunes.
Stars: Eve Hewson, Eva Green, Himesh Patel, Marton Csokas
Votes: 4,227
6. The Tribe (1999–2003)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A group of young adults struggle to survive in a world where all the adults have been killed by a mysterious virus.
Stars: Caleb Ross, Victoria Spence, Meryl Cassie, Antonia Prebble
Votes: 3,204
7. Shortland Street (1992– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama
A five-night-a-week soap set in an Auckland City hospital that follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff and their families and friends.
Stars: Michael Galvin, Ben Mitchell, Sally Martin, Ben Barrington
Votes: 1,065
8. Icons Unearthed (2022– )
Documentary
Cast, crew and experts detail the secret histories of the most iconic film and television series of all time.
Stars: Victoria Cheri Bennett, Jeph Loeb, Jenna Busch, Mark Edlitz
Votes: 267
9. Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Five teen sorcerers are called to save the planet from darkness, guided by their mentor and an ancient book. They embark on magical adventures, befriend dragons, battle beasts, face evil, and transform into the Power Rangers Mystic Force.
Stars: Firass Dirani, Angie Diaz, Richard Brancatisano, Melanie Vallejo
Votes: 3,230
10. Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three teenagers from the Pai Zhug Kung Fu Academy are chosen to fight the forces of an opposing academy and all other forces of evil.
Stars: Jason Smith, Anna Hutchison, Aljin Abella, David de Lautour
Votes: 2,151
11. Good Grief (2021– )
Comedy
Two sisters inherit a funeral home - and its eccentric employees - from their koro. While Ellie is keen to uphold her grandfather's legacy, Gwen can't wait to go DJ in Bali. Can they figure out their lives while staring death in the face?
Stars: Eve Palmer, Grace Palmer, Vinnie Bennett, Josh Thomson
Votes: 379
12. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
You play an exiled and depowered Jedi Knight who has returned to the Republic and must restore both your powers and the devastated Jedi Order to challenge the Sith.
Stars: Sara Kestelman, Nicky Katt, Roger Guenveur Smith, Kelly Hu
Votes: 5,550
13. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Extended Edition Scenes (2014 Video)
PG-13 | 25 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Extended scenes from 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Richard Armitage, John Callen, Martin Freeman, Stephen Hunter
Votes: 593
14. Amazon High (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A high school teenager wakes up in a time of Amazons and Gods.
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Selma Blair, Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Claudia Black
Votes: 111
15. Love Birds (2011)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
Doug'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.
Director: Paul Murphy | Stars: Rhys Darby, Faye Smythe, Alvin Maharaj, Wesley Dowdell
Votes: 2,153
16. Rurangi (2020– )
96 min | Drama
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.
Stars: Elz Carrad, Awhina-Rose Ashby, Aroha Rawson, Renee Sheridan
Votes: 240
17. The Adventures of Sleepy the Magical Bear: The Movie (2023)
80 min | Animation, Adventure
On a visit to a toy shop Jenny Onion discovers a bear who turns out to come from Magicville and who is called Sleepy. They then go on a magical adventure in a race against time to save Sleepy's friends from the treacherous Pirate Penguin.
Director: D.M.Rivers | Stars: Keith Hahn, Larnaca Simmonds, Jay Simon, Ian Macnaughton
Votes: 12
18. Straight Forward (2019)
TV-14 | Crime
After a family member is murdered, con woman Silvia decides to get even by robbing the crime boss behind the hit. But things go awry, and she has to flee to New Zealand and start a completely different life.
Stars: Cecilie Stenspil, Mark Mitchinson, Troels Lyby, Marie Boda
Votes: 316
19. Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1987–1989)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The continuing adventures of the magic scarecrow, only this time he's in New Zealand.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Bruce Phillips, Jonathan Marks, Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler
Votes: 110
20. The Man Who Lost His Head (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
Martin Clunes plays a curator from an English museum who is being asked to return a mystical Maori relic to New Zealand. All sorts of cultural misunderstanding abound as well as an unexpected romantic attraction.
Director: Terry Johnson | Stars: Martin Clunes, John Callen, Gareth Reeves, John Leigh
Votes: 402
21. Love Knots (2021 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Jodie Carpenter is the owner of 'The Loft', her family's sail-making company located near quaint Redmond's Bay Marina. When luxury developer Charles Prescott purchases the port looking to ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Frizzell | Stars: Brooke Williams, Matthew Walker, Beth Alexander, Simbarashe Matshe
Votes: 133
22. The Rainbow Warrior (1993 TV Movie)
PG | 93 min | Drama
This film tells the true story of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior (commanded by Jon Voight), in Auckland Harbor in 1984, and the subsequent investigation by the New ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Jon Voight, Sam Neill, Bruno Lawrence, Kerry Fox
Votes: 311
23. Jackson's Wharf (1999–2000)
TV-14 | Drama
Jackson's Wharf is set in a fictional New Zealand coastal town and revolves around a sibling rivalry between brothers Frank (the town cop) and Ben (a big-shot lawyer).
Stars: Nicole Whippy, Daniel Meade, Dominique Crawford, Brett Coutts
Votes: 27
24. Big Morning Buzz Live (2011–2015)
60 min | Talk-Show
Hosted by Carrie Keagan for it's first nine seasons, then Nick Lachey for its final season, Big Morning Buzz Live is a fun and edgy, one-hour morning talk show on VH1.
Stars: Carrie Keagan, Jason Dundas, Jim Shearer, Janell Snowden
Votes: 163
25. Lindsay Ellis' Essay Collection (2016–2021)
Documentary
Lindsay Ellis dissects film and media topics.
Stars: Lindsay Ellis, Dan Olson, Jenny Nicholson, Angelina M.
Votes: 197
26. June (V) (2021)
15 min | Short, Drama
Willow and David receive serious news causing their world to rapidly disintegrate. This one day in June for the couple holds raw despair, unleashing their carnal natures but a transcendent occurrence offers them the hope of new life.
Director: Dwayne Cameron | Stars: Dwayne Cameron, Sarah James, Brooke Williams, John Callen
Votes: 13
27. Treasure Island Kids: The Battle of Treasure Island (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Family
Part one of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer camp, this is the real Island. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Scott | Stars: Beth Allen, Renato Bartolomei, Alexandra Birchfield, Frank Brown
Votes: 153
28. Touch Wood (2018– )
9 min | Comedy, Drama
Four friends fumble their way through their early 20's in Auckland, New Zealand.
Stars: Jake Pitcher, Andrew Craik, Phoebe McKellar, Savannah Harris
Votes: 10
29. The Pact (III) (2018)
Short, Drama
Faced with a terminal diagnosis, an elderly couple makes a suicide pact but the at the moment of death one betrays the other and breaks it.
Director: Natalie Medlock | Stars: Kate Harcourt, Desmond Kelly, Cameron Rhodes, Bronwyn Bradley
30. Balloons (III) (2016)
Short, Thriller
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Jessi Williams, Beth Alexander, Jarred Blakiston, Dylan Toussaint
31. Syrenia (2015)
77 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Following his parents' untimely deaths, a young filmmaker uses his home-movie camera to escape the harsh realities of life.
Director: Fraser Grut | Stars: Tom Grut, John Callen, Charlie Fry, Emily McKenzie
Votes: 27
33. Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island (2006)
Not Rated | 82 min | Family
Conrad has invented an airship like never seen before and a strange mood has fallen over the campers. Ashoka, a boy from India, has gone missing and the girls have discovered an ancient ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Keith Adams, Beth Allen, Alexandra Birchfield, Frank Brown
Votes: 60
34. The Road to Jerusalem (1997 TV Movie)
74 min | Documentary
Director: Bruce Morrison | Stars: Jacqui Baxter, Brian Bell, John Callen, Sam Hunt
35. Roche (1985)
30 min | Drama
In this part we enter the shady city of Warioville and work on taking it back from Koopa town.
Stars: John Bach, Denise O'Connell, Andy Anderson, Deidre O'Connor
36. Twenty One Points (2018)
13 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Twenty-One Points is a light-hearted and eccentric buddy movie between a grown man, his imaginary friend, and his Mum. Set over a single day in suburban New Zealand.
Director: Pete Circuitt | Stars: John Callen, Rohan Glynn, Sai Law, Robyn Malcolm
Votes: 23
37. Vivir de cine (2012–2013)
News
Stars: José Ignacio Cuenca, Guillermo del Toro, Hugo Weaving, Amy Adams
Votes: 40
38. Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Family
In The Monster of Treasure Island, the kids and adults on Treasure Island battle to save themselves from a terrifying monster and in doing so learn to accept newcomers as friends.
Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Nicko Vella, Sasha Tilley, Frank Brown, Rohan Oberoi
Votes: 89
39. Inside Straight (1984)
Action, Comedy, Crime
Stars: Phillip Gordon, Roy Billing, Joanne Simpson, Silvio Famularo
40. Rencontres de cinéma (2007– )
Stars: Laurent Weil, Gilles Lellouche, Kad Merad, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 40
41. The Kiwi Who Saved Britian (2010)
Documentary
The Kiwi Who Saved Britain is a fully dramatized account of Keith Park's battles in the summer of 1940. The documentary fuses war archive, scripted drama and feature film footage to bring ... See full summary »
Director: John Callen | Star: Kirsten Ibbetson
43. The Feathers of Peace (2000)
82 min | Drama
Director: Barry Barclay | Stars: John Callen, William Davis, Alan de Malmanche, Star Gossage
Votes: 17
44. Sunday (1995–1997)
60 min | News
Weekly arts magazine show.
Stars: Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Harry Sinclair, Brian Edwards
45. Moynihan (1976–1977)
60 min | Drama
Drama series based around the character of Moynihan who was in charge of a carpenters union in Wellington New Zealand and dealing with problems he faced both at work and in his private life... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Mune, Louise Pajo, Walter Brown, Peter Gwynne
46. Moe's Christmas (2017 TV Movie)
Family
Directors: Jeremy Dillon, Meghan Synott | Stars: Jeremy Dillon, Sarah Thomson, Simon McKinney, John Callen
47. Pictures (1981)
87 min | Drama
The story of the brothers Alfred and Walter Burton, who founded an influential photography studio in late 19th-century New Zealand and captured an important period in the country's history.
Director: Michael Black | Stars: Kevin J. Wilson, Peter Vere-Jones, Helen Moulder, Elizabeth Coulter
Votes: 27
48. Send a Gorilla (1988)
91 min | Comedy
The busiest day in the year for three young women and their singing telegram service. St Valentine's Day at the Send A Gorilla Singing Telegram Company has started badly, very badly. The ... See full summary »
Director: Melanie Read | Stars: Carmel McGlone, Katherine McRae, Perry Piercy, John Callen
Votes: 15
49. ScreenTalk (2008–2021)
Short
Interviews with the stars and creators of New Zealand film and television.
Stars: Rena Owen, Taika Waititi, Sara Wiseman, Robyn Malcolm
50. The Hobbit: Video Blog 1 - Start of Production (2011 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Richard Armitage, Jed Brophy, Adam Brown, John Callen
Votes: 11