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51. Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
PG | 91 min | Fantasy
A young woman is entranced by an aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.
Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Erica Linz, Igor Zaripov, Lutz Halbhubner, John Clarke
Votes: 8,235 | Gross: $12.50M
52. Heaven (1998)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
Robert'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.
Director: Scott Reynolds | Stars: Martin Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Richard Schiff, Joanna Going
Votes: 891 | Gross: $0.00M
53. The Legend of William Tell (1998)
50 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Witness the legend of Wilhelm Gorkeit of Tellikon (William Tell), who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and led the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Stars: Kieren Hutchison, Andrew Robertt, Nathaniel Lees, Katrina Browne
Votes: 288
54. Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
98 min | Horror, Thriller
As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the supernatural, the fantastic, and the just plain horrific. Featuring nine stories of horror.
Directors: Robert Boocheck, Lee Cronin, Francisco Sonic Kim, Ryan Lightbourn, Marc Martínez Jordán, Kevin McTurk, James Moran, Christian Rivers, Sid Zanforlin | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Barbara Steele, Mika Boorem, Owen McDonnell
Votes: 1,225
55. Alien: Ore (2019)
11 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
When her shift uncovers the death of a fellow miner under mysterious circumstances, a hard-working miner of a planet mining colony is forced to choose between escape or defying management orders and fight for the safety of her family.
Directors: Kailey Spear, Sam Spear | Stars: Mikela Jay, Tara Pratt, Dalj Brar, Steven Stiller
Votes: 870
56. Separation City (2009)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A painful tale about marriage, bad sex and requited love.
Director: Paul Middleditch | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Rhona Mitra, Danielle Cormack, Les Hill
Votes: 982
57. The Patriarch (2016)
103 min | Drama
From the author of "The Whale Rider", a tale of family rivalry and reconciliation, set against the stunning backdrop of rural New Zealand in the 1960s.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty
Votes: 1,031
58. When Strangers Appear (2001)
R | 98 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A man enters a roadside diner run by a young woman and claims he is being chased by murderers.
Director: Scott Reynolds | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Josh Lucas, Barry Watson, Kevin Anderson
Votes: 3,230
59. Stickmen (2001)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Three young men unwittingly become involved in an underground pool tournament.
Director: Hamish Rothwell | Stars: Robbie Magasiva, Paolo Rotondo, Scott Wills, Simone Kessell
Votes: 1,530
60. Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
PG | 91 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.
Director: Anthony Powell | Stars: Anthony Powell, Genevieve Bachman, William Brotman, Michael Christiansen
Votes: 3,739 | Gross: $0.29M
61. Daffodils (2019)
93 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
A bittersweet love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of iconic New Zealand songs.
Director: David Stubbs | Stars: Rose McIver, George Mason, Kimbra, Fen Ikner
Votes: 421
62. The Oscars (2014 TV Special)
TV-14 | 175 min | Comedy, Music, Reality-TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the previous year's (2013) achievements in film.
Director: Hamish Hamilton | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Hathaway, Barkhad Abdi, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 4,137
63. Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997)
87 min | Drama, Comedy
Liz 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 cannot decide which partner... See full summary »
Director: Harry Sinclair | Stars: Danielle Cormack, Joel Tobeck, Ian Hughes, Willa O'Neill
Votes: 396
64. Aberration (1997)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Mutant lizards attack a woman on the run hiding out in a cabin in the woods.
Director: Tim Boxell | Stars: Pamela Gidley, Simon Bossell, Valeriy Nikolaev, Helen Moulder
Votes: 1,051
65. The Ugly (1997)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Scott Reynolds | Stars: Paolo Rotondo, Paul Glover, Chris Graham, Darien Takle
Votes: 3,135
66. Loaded (1994)
R | 96 min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Seven 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, ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Campion | Stars: Oliver Milburn, Dearbhla Molloy, Danny Cunningham, Catherine McCormack
Votes: 578
67. The Locals (2003)
Unrated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Two 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.
Director: Greg Page | Stars: Johnny Barker, Dwayne Cameron, Kate Elliott, Aidee Walker
Votes: 2,173
68. Crush (1992)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama
On 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... See full summary »
Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley, William Zappa
Votes: 564 | Gross: $0.11M
69. Perfect Strangers (2003)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman goes home with the best-looking stranger, only to discover she's been kidnapped.
Director: Gaylene Preston | Stars: Rachael Blake, Robyn Malcolm, Madeleine Sami, Jed Brophy
Votes: 1,611
70. Diagnosis: Death (2009)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Stutter | Stars: Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Suze Tye, Bret McKenzie
Votes: 962
71. The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004 TV Special)
225 min | Music
In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Lost in Translation (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Mystic River (2003), and Seabiscuit (2003).
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Troy Miller | Stars: Billy Crystal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Liam Aiken, Denys Arcand
Votes: 1,392
72. Being Keegan (2017)
22 min | Short, Drama, Sport
When a tormented naval officer returns home to Liverpool, the city becomes a landscape for atonement as he is forced to confront a traumatic childhood event.
Director: Stephanie Zari | Stars: Stephen Graham, Adam Perryman, Ryan Barr, Kieron Bimpson
Votes: 68
73. Stray (I) (2018)
104 min | Drama
In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts.
Director: Dustin Feneley | Stars: Luciane Buchanan, Kieran Charnock, Joel Fili, Arta Dobroshi
Votes: 362
74. Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)
TV-PG | 12 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Chronicling the final Beatles song and its journey to completion, Peter Jackson and his team bring The Fab Four's career full-circle with Now and Then.
Director: Oliver Murray | Stars: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Beatles
Votes: 670
75. Rain of the Children (2008)
98 min | Documentary, Drama
Puhi 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Harmony Wihapi, Melody Wihapi, Mikaira Tawhara, Miriama Rangi
Votes: 211
76. The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998 Video)
269 min | Documentary
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Robert Zemeckis, Jim Fyfe, Trini Alvarado, Peter Jackson
Votes: 306
77. All Men Are Liars (1995)
91 min | Comedy
Mick's father, Barry, sells the family piano, causing Mick's mother, Irene to leave. In order to raise enough money to buy the piano back, Mick dresses in his mother's clothes and becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Gerard Lee | Stars: Toni Pearen, David Price, John Jarratt, Carmen Tanti
Votes: 323
78. Freaky (2003– )
Action, Adventure, Comedy
An anthology series consisting of 13 shows, each with 3 stories in each show. The show was broadcast in New Zealand and Australia; and was hosted by Daniel Costello.
Stars: Daniel Costello, Paul Yates, Dylan McKay, Stephanie Reid
Votes: 69
79. Ka Po (2022)
90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young Polynesian woman trapped in an abusive relationship burns down her boyfriend's home. She flees into the mountains where she discovers a mythical creature that guides her back to her ancestral roots.
Director: Etienne Aurelius | Stars: Mojean Aria, Charmaine Bingwa, Jane Davis, Butch Helemano
Votes: 7
80. Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2020)
86 min | Comedy
Follows two naïve young men who are in search of a better life, encountering unsavoury situations and people along the way.
Director: Paul Murphy | Stars: James Rolleston, Rebecca Gibney, Scott Wills, Robbie Magasiva
Votes: 220
81. Street Legal (2000–2003)
60 min | Drama, Crime
A maverick lawyer pushes boundaries for clients while pining for his level-headed partner. When their firm's owner dies, they team up to buy and save the company.
Stars: Jay Laga'aia, Katherine Kennard, Charles Mesure, Daniel Gillies
Votes: 37
82. The Orator (2011)
110 min | Drama
Saili, a little person and taro farmer, has his life turned upside-down when he is denied his father's chiefly status and his family plantation is threatened.
Director: Tusi Tamasese | Stars: Fa'afiaula Sanote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia, Ioata Tanielu
Votes: 450
83. Desperate Remedies (1992)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Stewart Main, Peter Wells | Stars: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 412 | Gross: $0.07M
84. Show of Hands (2008)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jess is a solo mother and reluctant parking warden. Tom is a self-obsessed greeting-card salesman with an addiction to competitions who will do anything to win. They are just two of the ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony McCarten | Stars: Craig Hall, Melanie Lynskey, Stephen Lovatt, Chelsie Preston Crayford
Votes: 168
85. The Last Tattoo (1994)
112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A nurse tracing VD in WWII New Zealand's capital, brought by US soldiers stationed there, crosses path with a US captain looking for the murderer of a US soldier.
Director: John Reid | Stars: Desmond Kelly, Katie Wolfe, Mark Raffety, John Bach
Votes: 258
86. Beyond the Known World (2017)
102 min | Drama
Recently divorced Carl and Julie are not on good terms. When their 19-year-old daughter goes missing in India, they must journey into the Himalayas in search for her.
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Emmanuelle Béart, David Wenham, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Vinnie Bennett
Votes: 143
87. Looking Up (2019)
147 min | Drama
When his space shuttle flight has an accident, an astronaut remembers the lessons his father taught him growing up.
Directors: Chao Deng, Baimei Yu, Zhuang Jieqiong | Stars: Chao Deng, Yu Bai, Suxi Ren, Xi Wang
Votes: 577 | Gross: $0.08M
88. Hope and Wire (2014– )
90 min | Drama
Hope and Wire is a dramatized edition of what happened to a group of New Zealanders after the 2010 Christchurch earthquakes telling the "real story". They didn't need any extra drama, Christchurch survivors know that.
Stars: Bernard Hill, Rachel House, Jarod Rawiri, Miriama McDowell
Votes: 56
89. 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Growing up is mystifying, but Billy discovers all he has to be is himself
Director: Stewart Main | Stars: Andrew Paterson, Harriet Beattie, Jay Collins, Georgia McNeil
Votes: 531
90. Naming Number Two (2006)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Ruby Dee, Mia Blake, Rene Naufahu, Miriama McDowell
Votes: 610
91. Snakeskin (2001)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A hitchhiker takes two kids on the ride of their dreams, but they soon learn that their newfound hero is just as capable of delivering nightmares.
Director: Gillian Ashurst | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Boyd Kestner, Dean O'Gorman, Oliver Driver
Votes: 543
92. Home by Christmas (2010)
95 min | Biography, Romance, War
A film memoir based on NZ filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences.
Director: Gaylene Preston | Stars: Tony Barry, Martin Henderson, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Tai Berdinner-Blades
Votes: 87
93. Feeder (2015)
17 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A songwriter must decide what lines he's willing to cross when a dark entity starts providing him with inspiration in exchange for an ever increasing price.
Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Cohen Holloway, John Landreth, Loren Taylor
Votes: 129
94. The Ballad of Maddog Quinn (2022)
15 min | Short, Action, Adventure
An unlikely outlaw wreaks hell across the dusty dystopia of The State on a wild quest to save what is held most dear.
Director: Matt Inns | Stars: Maggie Pirie, Jed Brophy, John Bach, Ben Stewart
Votes: 46
95. The Returning (1991)
91 min | Horror
A lawyer moves in to a rural homestead, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more engrossing than his everyday world and girlfriend.
Director: John Day | Stars: Phillip Gordon, Alison Routledge, Max Cullen, Jim Moriarty
Votes: 36
96. Second Hand Wedding (2008)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
A small film with a big heart, SECOND HAND WEDDING is a bittersweet dramatic comedy set in the present, in a time when trademe and e-bay threaten the primeval urge for a firsthand crack at ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Murphy | Stars: Vivien Bell, Jimmy Best, Nick Blake, Charlie Bleakley
Votes: 286
97. Orphans & Kingdoms (2014)
74 min | Drama
One night. One house. One Island. Everything changes for a lonely man and three delinquent kids.
Director: Paolo Rotondo | Stars: Colin Moy, Calae Hignett-Morgan, Hanelle Harris, Jesse James Rehu Pickery
Votes: 101
98. The Chosen (1998 TV Movie)
Drama
The Chosen is a fanatical religious sect held firmly under the spell of a charismatic leader. Opposition is silenced in weird and sometimes bloody ways. It seems as if the whole town has ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Sims, Cliff Curtis, Radha Mitchell, Chris Bailey
Votes: 33
99. Tupaia's Endeavour (2020)
119 min | Documentary, History
The filmmakers attempt to uncover the history of Tahitian high priest and navigator Tupaia's journey on Cook's HMS Endeavour; colonial history from a Polynesian perspective.
Director: Lala Rolls | Stars: Michel Tuffery, Kirk Torrance, Paora Tapsell
Votes: 9
100. The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006 TV Special)
214 min | Music
Films contending for the annual awards include Brokeback Mountain (2005), Capote (2005), Crash (2004), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) and Munich (2005).
Directors: Louis J. Horvitz, Roger Goodman, Troy Miller | Stars: Jon Stewart, Amy Adams, Moustapha Akkad, Jessica Alba
Votes: 1,226