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1. Kiri and Lou (2019– )
TV-Y | 5 min | Animation, Family
Kiri and Lou is an animated series for children, hand-crafted in stop motion with creatures made of clay, in a forest of cut out paper. Each five minute story is told with humour and joy, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jemaine Clement, Olivia Tennet, Rima Te Wiata, Jaquie Brown
Votes: 211
2. Piece of My Heart (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Piece Of My Heart is a drama about reconciliation. Reconciliation between the present and the past, between a mother and her child, between a husband and a wife. Flora Thornley has been in ... See full summary »
Director: Fiona Samuel | Stars: Rena Owen, John Bach, Emily Barclay, Michelle Blundell
Votes: 45
3. RocKwiz (2005–2023)
Game-Show, Music
Hosted by Julia Zemiro, a quiz program where the topic is rock music. More than a quiz show: each episode features well known musical guests who perform songs of theirs with the house band and also compete in the show.
Stars: Peter Luscombe, Brian Nankervis, Julia Zemiro, Mark Ferrie
Votes: 165
4. Street Legal (2000–2003)
60 min | Drama, Crime
A fast-paced drama series focusing on the lives of the partners of the law firm Wyeth & Associated in Auckland, New Zealand, run by Peter Wyeth. The main character David Silesi (Jay ... See full summary »
Stars: Jay Laga'aia, Katherine Kennard, Charles Mesure, Daniel Gillies
Votes: 37
5. Tuesday Night Live: The Big Gig (1989–1992)
60 min | Comedy
The series brought a number of new comedy acts to national prominence and made major stars of its host, Wendy Harmer, who later became a top-rating host on morning radio in Sydney, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Jean Kittson, Glynn Nicholas, Matt Parkinson, Matthew Quartermaine
Votes: 48
6. Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Martin Scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Michel Piccoli, Nagisa Ôshima, Allison Anders
Votes: 94
7. An Angel at My Table (1990)
R | 158 min | Biography, Drama
Janet 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.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn
Votes: 8,695 | Gross: $1.05M
8. The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand's finest lesbian country and western singers and the country's greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
Director: Leanne Pooley | Stars: Jools Topp, Paul Horan, Jean Topp, Peter Topp
Votes: 375 | Gross: $0.02M
9.
He-Play (1990–1992)
Episode:
The Lounge Bar
(1991)
12 min | Short, Drama
A barman, a patron in a head brace and a woman in an otherwise empty bar. They all seem to recognise each other, and the song on the jukebox seems to be telling their story.
Directors: Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair | Stars: Harry Sinclair, Don McGlashan, Lucy Sheehan
Votes: 130
10.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
(1995)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A personal journey through Sam Neill's childhood and memories.
Directors: Sam Neill, Judy Rymer | Stars: Timothy Balme, Melanie Lynskey, Elizabeth Moody, Sam Neill
Votes: 149
11. Dean Spanley (2008)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Peter O'Toole
Votes: 3,825
12. The Sun Came Out (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
An intimate behind the scenes look as Neil Finn, Johnny Marr, KT Tunstall, members of Radiohead and Wilco record an album in three weeks in New Zealand. Proceeds to charity. Witness the music, the humor and the love.
Director: Simon Mark-Brown | Stars: Neil Finn, Liam Finn, Lisa Germano, Glenn Kotche
Votes: 22
13. Walkshort (1987)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Bill Toepfer | Stars: Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair
Votes: 24
14. Linda's Body (1990)
24 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Harry Sinclair | Stars: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair, Yvonne Lawley
Votes: 14
15. Vermilion (2018)
92 min | Drama
A composer starts to see different colours when she plays music, realising a profound change is upon her life.
Director: Dorthe Scheffmann | Stars: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Theresa Healey, Emily Campbell, Goeretti Chadwick
Votes: 26
16. Bliss (2011 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama
The life of Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand writer, who moved to Edwardian England when she was 19 and became part of the modernist circle of writers there like D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.
Director: Fiona Samuel | Stars: Claire Van Beek, Sarah Graham, Kate Elliott, Chelsea McEwan Millar
Votes: 26
17. Orange Roughies (2006– )
Drama
Stars: Nicholas Coghlan, Mark Ruka, Stephen Hall, Zoe Naylor
Votes: 39
18. He-Play (1990–1992)
11 min | Short, Drama
Short plays by male writers new to television drama.
Stars: Ian Deame, Bryan Lawrence, Alan Gilchrist, Michael Maloney
Votes: 5
19. 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
20. Matariki (2010)
92 min | Drama
A random act of violence leaves eight people in crisis, searching for hope and new beginnings, as the Matariki constellation (Maori New Year) rises in the Southern skies.
Director: Michael Bennett | Stars: Jason Wu, Xana Tang, Michael Whalley, Alix Bushnell
Votes: 123
21. Like It Is (1998)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A tough young boxer struggles to come out in England. Having travelled to London, from his smaller town, he meets and falls for a twenty-something music producer. But love doesn't come easy.
Director: Paul Oremland | Stars: Steve Bell, Dani Behr, Ian Rose, Tony Van Silva
Votes: 1,794 | Gross: $0.09M
22. The Grasscutter (1988 TV Movie)
102 min | Crime
A middle-aged landscaper (the grasscutter) pursues a quiet life in New Zealand, but soon the life he left behind -- in Belfast -- catches up to him in a fast-paced and violent conclusion, all his prior convictions ripped to shreds.
Director: Ian Mune | Stars: Terence Cooper, Joel Tobeck, Martin Maguire, James Coyle
Votes: 67
23. The Dead Lands (2014)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure
After 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.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan
Votes: 5,274 | Gross: $0.00M
24. 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
25. Absent Without Leave (1992)
95 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the early days of the war against Japan, Ed marries his pregnant girlfriend Daisy just before joining up with the New Zealand army. Unfortunately for the young couple, Daisy suffers a ... See full summary »
Director: John Laing | Stars: Craig McLachlan, Katrina Hobbs, Judie Douglass, Tony Barry
Votes: 72
26. Derby Dogs (2012)
PG | 87 min | Family
Ben secretly enters the local soapbox derby with a rag-tag group of friends to best school bullies.
Director: Tony Simpson | Stars: Edward Hall, Tikirau Hathaway, Vince Martin, Tandi Wright
Votes: 216
27. Holmes (1989–2004)
30 min | Talk-Show
Weeknight prime-time current affairs interview show hosted by Paul Holmes. Susan Wood filled in for him when he was sick or on holiday. Show finished when Holmes left for a rival network.
Stars: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Bill Hastings, Michael Hurst, Paul Holmes
Votes: 10
28. 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: 1,610
29. Other Halves (1984)
106 min | Drama
A middle-class woman and Maori boy who lives on the streets meet in drug rehab and kindle a friendship.
Director: John Laing | Stars: Lisa Harrow, Mark Pilisi, Fraser Stephen-Smith, Paul Gittins
Votes: 27
30. Mortimer's Patch (1980–1984)
Drama
Stars: Terence Cooper, Don Selwyn, Sean Duffy, Bruce Allpress
31. Don McGlashan: Harbour Bridge (2007 Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Blain Hosford | Stars: Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, John Segovia
32. Songs from the Inside (2012– )
30 min | Documentary
Four New Zealand musicians teach songwriting to prisoners in Rimutaka and Arohata Correctional facilities near Wellington, New Zealand.
Stars: Anika Moa, Maisey Rika, Warren Maxwell, Ruia Aperahama
33. Tick (2002)
7 min | Adventure, Short
Director: Rebecca Hobbs | Stars: Paolo Rotondo, Jeremy Sims
34. Pacific 3-2-1-Zero (1994)
22 min | Short, Music
From 1946 to 1995 the USA, France and the UK detonated over 250 nuclear devices in the Pacific, wreaking massive radioactive devastation. 'Bravo', the biggest nuclear blast in history, was ... See full summary »
Director: Gregor Nicholas | Stars: Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, James McCarthy
35. The Painted Lady (2000)
15 min | Drama, Short
A young girl tries to understand her mother's mental illness.
Director: Belinda Schmid | Stars: Elizabeth Morris, Donogh Rees, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
36. Kaleidoscope (1976–1989)
Documentary
New Zealand arts magazine show.
Stars: Michael Hurst, Sue McCauley, Lorna Hope, Ian Mune
37. Blam Blam Blam: Don't Fight it Marsha, it's Bigger Than Both of Us (1981 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Directors: Andrew Shaw, Harry Sinclair | Stars: Don McGlashan, Mark Bell, Tim Mahon, Michael Hurst
38. Waiata/Anthems (2021)
Documentary
Following on from the 2019 number one album, Waiata / Anthems, iconic musical artists from around Aotearoa translate and record their songs in te reo Maori, sharing untold stories of fear and discovery along the way.
Stars: Melodownz, Bic Runga, Don McGlashan, Ché Fu
39. Don McGlashan: Lucky Stars (2015 Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Ian Hart | Star: Don McGlashan
40. Sunday (1995–1997)
60 min | News
Weekly arts magazine show.
Stars: Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Harry Sinclair, Brian Edwards
41. Don McGlashan: Miracle Sun (2006 Video)
5 min | Short, Music
Director: Paul Taylor | Stars: Don McGlashan, Sean Donnelly, John Segovia, Ross Burge
42. The Mutton Birds: Pulled Along by Love (1999 Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Paul Oremland | Stars: Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, Alan Gregg, Chris Sheehan
43. Auckland Opening Celebration: Rugby World Cup (2011 TV Special)
Directors: Rob McLaughlin, Mike Mizrahi
44. Dominion: Vol I - And Death Shall Have No Dominion (2010)
Documentary, Short
A short documentary about artists, musicians and characters on Dominion Road in Auckland, New Zealand. ... As a road begins to change - a road that was once feared by many - inspired the ... See full summary »
Director: Isaac Knights | Stars: Graham Brazier, Don McGlashan, Douglas Wright
45. Craig Goes Mad in Melbourne (1988)
30 min | Comedy, Documentary
Craig Charles goes behind the scenes at the second annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Stars: Craig Charles, Mark Little, Rod Quantock, Craig Ferguson
46. The Mutton Birds: Nature (1992 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Director: Fane Flaws | Stars: Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, Alan Gregg, David Long
47. Blam Blam Blam: Call for Help (1982 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Stars: Don McGlashan, Mark Bell, Tim Mahon, Ivan Zagni
48. The Mutton Birds: Your Window (1993 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Director: Fane Flaws | Stars: Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, Alan Gregg, David Long
49. The Front Lawn: The Beautiful Things (1993 Music Video)
4 min | Music
Director: Fane Flaws | Stars: Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair
50. The Mutton Birds: The Heater (1994 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Director: Fane Flaws | Stars: Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, Alan Gregg, David Long