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51. One Thousand Ropes (2017)
98 min | Drama
When a father reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter, he is given a rare chance to reshape the future of his family in unexpected ways.
Director: Tusi Tamasese | Stars: Frankie Adams, Lagi Farani, Beulah Koale, Nathaniel Lees
Votes: 146
52. Jigsaw Girl (2008)
7 min | Short, Drama
14 year old Caitlyn's world is thrown upside down when she stumbles across a woman she believes to be her mother - a woman who supposedly died when Caitlyn was just a baby... Rejecting her ... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Testro | Stars: Tanja Bulatovic, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Paul Kelman
Votes: 103
53. Morning Hate
Short | Post-production
Director: Dean O'Gorman | Stars: Matthew Sunderland, Sadwyn Brophy, George Cassells, Richard Crouchley
54. Predicament (2010)
98 min | Comedy, Crime
Coming of age crime comedy set in 1930's New Zealand. Adaptation of the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel.
Director: Jason Stutter | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Heath Franklin, Hayden Frost, Tim Finn
Votes: 231
55. 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: 55
56. 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
57. Voices of the Land: Nga Reo O Te Whenua (2014)
100 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Richard Nunns has been a primary figure in retrieving taonga puoro, the traditional instruments of the Maori, from the silence of the museum. Archivist, researcher, composer and performer, ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wolffram | Stars: Richard Nunns, Horomona Horo, Brian Filntof, Hirini Melbourne
Votes: 6
58. Cradle (I) (2016)
15 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Eade is a fourteen year old girl who has spent her entire life in space on the spaceship Cradle. Eade and her dad are on the return journey to earth when an explosion cripples the craft and... See full summary »
Director: Damon Duncan | Stars: Jacqueline Joe, Matthew Sunderland, JJ Fong, Rachel House
Votes: 53
59. Crossing Rachmaninoff (2015)
79 min | Documentary, Music
'Crossing Rachmaninoff' follows aspiring piano soloist Flavio Villani as he prepares Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 for his first orchestral performance.
Director: Rebecca Tansley | Star: Flavio Villani
Votes: 79
60. Impossible (V)
Short, Musical, Romance | Completed
Across cultures and generations, love makes kindred spirits of us all.
Director: Gabriel Reid | Stars: Paul Norell, Vanessa Rare, Paul Willis, Julia-Ruth Smith
61. Russian Snark (2010)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
A Russian immigrant is obsessed with his experimental film-making forcing his wife to take a job as a stripper to cover their financial needs. A Polynesian woman draws him from his self-destructive bent, allowing him to reconnect.
Director: Stephen Sinclair | Stars: Stephen Papps, Elena Stejko, Paul Glover, Mark Huston
Votes: 24
62. The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell (2010)
77 min | Drama
The hopes and dreams of Gazza
Director: Brendan Donovan | Stars: William McInnes, Robyn Malcolm, Josh McKenzie, Joel Tobeck
Votes: 55
63. Four (I) (2008)
18 min | Short, Comedy
Free love, friendship, family and fondue. Two couples with troubled marriages embark on a plan of enlivening their relationships. Together. They swing. After all, more love is better than ... See full summary »
Director: Erin White | Stars: Myles Pollard, Kelly Butler, David Lyons, Krew Boylan
Votes: 33
64. Notes to Eternity (2016)
147 min | Documentary
'notes to eternity' is a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict centering on the lives and ideas of four renowned critics of Israeli policy: Noam Chomsky, Sara Roy, Norman Finkelstein and Robert Fisk.
Director: Sarah Cordery | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Robert Fisk, Sara Roy
Votes: 44
65. Tatterson (2007)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A short military action-drama film based on the life of Australian World War 2 Military Cross recipient, Captain Vincent Leslie Tatterson.
Director: Michaela Danby | Stars: Warwick Allsop, Michael Beaumont, Tim Green, Stephen Kleinitz
Votes: 6
66. The Great Maiden's Blush (2016)
108 min | Drama
When Bunny and Aila face the challenges of new motherhood, they develop a precarious friendship leading each to confront her past and come to terms with the paternity of her baby.
Directors: Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader | Stars: Renee Lyons, Miriama McDowell, K.C. Kelly, Carl Drake
Votes: 43
67. Brother Number One (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Through Olympian Rob Hamill's personal story, Brother Number One explores how and why nearly 2 million Cambodians were killed by a fanatical left-wing regime known as the Khmer Rouge.
Directors: Annie Goldson, Peter Gilbert | Stars: Rob Hamill, Kulikar Sotho, Guek Eav 'Comrade Duch' Kaing, Rachel Hamill
Votes: 70
68. The Heart Dances - the journey of The Piano: the ballet (2018)
98 min | Documentary
An iconic film is re-imagined by celebrated Czech dancers Jirí and Otto Bubenicek for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, setting the stage for a voyage into uncharted territory for everyone involved.
Director: Rebecca Tansley
Votes: 42
69. Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Murray Baxter is a cop who goes undercover. He aims to get the goods on his oldest rival. But both men are in their seventies. The cop investigates crime in a rest home. When one of the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Simon Pattison | Stars: Bruce Allpress, John Bach, Tony Barry, George Beca
Votes: 27
70. Fiona Clark: Unafraid (2021)
82 min | Documentary
When Fiona Clark, a young queer photographer exhibits her photography of the LGBTQI community in 1975, she and her friends face the systemic backlash of an oppressive New Zealand society. ... See full summary »
Director: Lula Cucchiara | Star: Fiona Clark
Votes: 16
71. Frosty Man and the BMX Kid (2010)
3 min | Short, Comedy
On a distant clifftop somewhere in the wilds of New Zealand, a grumpy old man and a cheeky young Maori boy take a leap of faith.
Director: Tim McLachlan | Stars: Bruce Allpress, James Rolleston
Votes: 57
72. Ra'satste (2016)
10 min | Short, Drama
Awatea, a Maori woman is readying herself for a homebirth accompanied by her loving Samoan husband Fala, her daughter Aroha and her annoying brother Te Hau. As her midwife Linty constantly ... See full summary »
Directors: Sonia Bonspille Boileau, Mike Jonathan, Jeremiah Tauamiti | Stars: Sonia Bonspille Boileau, Kiri Danielle, Mike Jonathan, Renae Maihi
73. Look Sharp (2006)
9 min | Short, Drama
After spending a drunken night together, Jo, a photographer, is compelled to capture the emotional truth beneath the rough exteriors of sharpie gang members, Darren and Jason. But to what ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Gebhardt | Stars: Rhondda Findleton, Charlie Garber, David Lyons
Votes: 14
74. The Inheritance (2014)
70 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
An intimate story of a courageous family ultimately strengthened despite a dehumanising hereditary disease that takes no prisoners.
Director: Jeffrey McDonald | Stars: Bridget Lyon, Deborah Eve Rea, Edward Wild
75. Ebony Society (2011)
12 min | Short, Drama
Director: Tammy Davis | Stars: James Ru, Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson, Duane Evans Jr., Aaliyah Papata
Votes: 28
76. Everything We Loved (2014)
101 min | Drama
A shy magician coaxes his once happy wife back to life with his greatest illusion - a little boy. But the loving family they create is threatened when they become hunted as child abductors.
Director: Max Currie | Stars: Brett Stewart, Sia Trokenheim, Ben Clarkson, Patrick Garbett
Votes: 89
77. Rope Burn (2008)
8 min | Short, Drama
The show is dangerous and exhilarating and Charlie, the circus rigger, is responsible for the safety of the trapeze artists; her girlfriend Simone and co-performer Bella. Moments before the... See full summary »
Director: Melvin J. Montalban | Stars: Valerie Berry, Amelia Best, Ella Scott Lynch, Eloise Oxer
Votes: 9
78. Shihad: Beautiful Machine (2012)
101 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
A film about four friends that almost took the biggest industry in the World by storm.
Director: Sam Peacocke | Stars: Karl Kippenberger, Phil Knight, Tom Larkin, Jon Toogood
Votes: 58
79. Blankets (2013)
11 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Teenager Jack relives magic moments with his girlfriend, reflecting on what his world would be without her.
Director: Louise Leitch | Stars: Leon Wadham, Carly Owen, Chad Moffitt
80. Manurewa (2010)
19 min | Short, Drama
A multi-stranded, narrative impression of a tragic robbery that took place in Manurewa, New Zealand in 2008.
Director: Sam Peacocke | Stars: Suivai Autagavaia, Bevan Connell, Mark Dass, Hera Dunleavy
Votes: 19
81. Nine of Hearts (2011)
16 min | Short, Drama, Family
After great tragedy, what would you wish for? Trembling with energy and a kind of hybrid Maori-Pakeha spiritual magic, Nine of Hearts is a short film unlike any other to emerge from New ... See full summary »
Director: Briar Grace Smith | Stars: Sunny Amey, Ruby Arahanga, Mairehau Grace-Smith, Gentiane Lupi
82. Skoha (2016)
9 min | Short, Drama
Anzac is a Maori guy living by himself in a small town. He is at home to look for a birthday present for his girlfriend' s daughter when he gets a phone call from his "unwell" son who ... See full summary »
Directors: Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Tainui Stephens, Rima Tamou | Stars: Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Tainui Stephens
83. Zero (II) (2010)
15 min | Short, Drama
A volatile teenager struggles to detach himself from the influence of his imprisoned father.
Director: Leo Woodhead | Stars: Emily Barclay, Hunter Macdonald, Erroll Shand
Votes: 8
84. Blood Orange (III) (2017)
15 min | Short, Drama
A blind man tormented by the mysterious disappearance of his dog, is one day visited by a sadistic childhood friend, igniting a disturbing journey of self discovery.
Director: M.P. Wills | Stars: Rahel Romahn, Matt Levett, Richard James Allen, Michael Denkha
Votes: 23
85. The Hollow Tree (2007)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
After crashing his car, a man runs into the nearby woods carrying a mysterious sack. While its contents seem to weigh on him physically and emotionally, he is reluctant to let go - even ... See full summary »
Director: Ed Coy | Star: Timothy Wilde
86. The Finding (2021)
20 min | Short, Drama
A teenager's efforts to reconnect with her estranged father forces them to confront a secret in their past.
Director: Rebecca Tansley | Stars: Matthew Sunderland, Ruby Walton, Sara Georgie, Grace MacRae
Votes: 6
87. Die Like a Shark (2019)
15 min | Short, Drama, Sport
An aging fighter's life falls apart as he refuses to face the end of his once bright career.
Director: Nick Epstein | Stars: Shane Rangi, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, Laura Thompson
88. Meathead (2011)
11 min | Short, Drama
Mick is a 17-year-old who gets a job at the local meatworks. The place is challenging and his fellow workers don't exactly welcome new blood. It soon becomes clear that his first day won't ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Holst | Stars: Jesse James Rehu Pickery, Greg Smith, Mick Innes, Eddie Ruckus
Votes: 43
89. Parting Moments: Following Minutes of a Separation (2008 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Investigating the process of the performers and artists as they present a multi-media theatrical work in Switzerland.
Director: Ben Briand | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, Gavin Robins, Ingrid Kleinig
90. Where There Is Life (2017)
80 min | Documentary, Romance
The ultimate grown-up love story
Director: Gwen Isaac
91. Parasites (III) (2016)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Parasites is a film about the pressure society places on women to have a baby and the fight for body-autonomy. When Jude turns thirty everyone thinks they know what's the best thing for her to do with her body.
Director: Michael Cannon Miller | Stars: Serena Cotton, Hera Dunleavy, Santeria Healey-Diaz, Mayen Mehta
92. Sweet As (2010)
3 min | Short, Comedy
Two competitive elderly ladies pit their grandsons against each other in a race to see who can visit the most countries.
Director: Aya Tanimura | Stars: Milo Cawthorne, Kate Harcourt, Luke Hawker, Helen Moulder
Votes: 11
93. Shot Open (2009)
19 min | Short
In 19th century Australia, an exiled Polish thief struggles to get to Sydney to start a new life. When he takes refuge with a young woman his understanding of the world, and his role within it, is permanently altered.
Director: Scott Pickett | Stars: Maeve Dermody, Aden Young, William Zappa
94. Darryn Exists (2010)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Romance novelist Penelope Island fears she might die before ever knowing the joys of love, so she embarks on a perilous quest to find the man of her dreams.
Director: Jamie Lawrence | Stars: Jed Brophy, Anna Kennedy, Liz Kirkman, Ginette McDonald
Votes: 11
95. Fear Incarnate (2022)
Short, Fantasy
To protect his family, a teenage boy musters incredible courage to confront his greatest fear, manifested in physical form before him as a terrifying spirit known only as - The Beast.
Director: Dylan Coburn | Star: Bo Liew King
96. Bleeders (2008)
13 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Finn harbours secret dreams of a boxing career, but he is frozen by his guilt over the pain he causes outside of the ring as standover man for a shady property developer. When Finn is ... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Richards | Stars: Joe Bugner, Anthony Hayes, Robert Mammone, Peter Millynn
Votes: 20
97. I Will Not Write Unless I Am Swaddled in Furs (2018)
6 min | Short, Comedy
A fussy writer battles his large ego and high expectations to create a work of art.
Director: Wade Shotter | Stars: Alexis Dubus, Louise Tu'u
Votes: 31
98. Eve (II) (2006)
8 min | Short, Drama
It's Valentines Day and Eve's boyfriend Jack presents her with a microwave oven. Jack has unofficially moved into Eve's housing commission room and together they plan to move forward from ... See full summary »
Director: Hannah Hilliard | Stars: Oliver Ackland, Mia Wasikowska
99. Sech'el (2016)
10 min | Short, Drama
Two mates spend the last day together before one leaves town for good. During the day we see the fondness and deep bond they share, but by evening the reality of one of them leaving is too ... See full summary »
Directors: Trevor Mack, Cornel Ozies, Chelsea Winstanley | Stars: Jay Hall, Trevor Mack, Cornel Ozies