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1. Mortal Engines (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae
Votes: 140,410 | Gross: $15.95M
2. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang
Votes: 493,293 | Gross: $659.68M
3. 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: 872,333 | Gross: $303.00M
4. The Lovely Bones (2009)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 179,811 | Gross: $43.82M
5. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
Directors: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | Stars: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jonny Brugh
Votes: 200,012 | Gross: $3.33M
6. 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 Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott
Votes: 704,595 | Gross: $258.37M
7. Night Raiders (2021)
101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try to rescue her daughter from a state-run institution.
Director: Danis Goulet | Stars: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 1,552
8. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Bilbo 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: 571,175 | Gross: $255.12M
9. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg
Votes: 243,066 | Gross: $77.59M
10. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House
Votes: 141,707 | Gross: $5.20M
11. Lou (I) (2022)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman
Votes: 33,421
12. Shadow in the Cloud (2020)
R | 83 min | Action, Horror, War
A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Director: Roseanne Liang | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith
Votes: 30,510 | Gross: $0.16M
13. Wellington Paranormal (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Sergeant Maaka, and Officers Minogue and O'Leary, are members of the Wellington, New Zealand, police. Their job is to investigate paranormal phenomena.
Stars: Mike Minogue, Karen O'Leary, Maaka Pohatu, Thomas Sainsbury
Votes: 7,841
14. The Warrior's Way (2010)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
Director: Sngmoo Lee | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston
Votes: 27,245 | Gross: $5.66M
15. Mr. Corman (2021)
TV-MA | 285 min | Comedy, Drama
A deep cut into the days and nights of a public schoolteacher in the San Fernando Valley.
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arturo Castro, Aracely Padilla, Jordan Galindo
Votes: 6,181
16. Emperor (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, History, War
As the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, General Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Matthew Fox, Colin Moy, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune
Votes: 14,838 | Gross: $3.35M
17. Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.
Director: James Ashcroft | Stars: Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu
Votes: 7,616
18. The Changeover (2017)
Not Rated | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who threatens her family.
Directors: Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie | Stars: Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine
Votes: 1,784
19. West of Memphis (2012)
R | 147 min | Documentary, Crime
An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Michael Baden
Votes: 10,941 | Gross: $0.31M
20. Savage (II) (2019)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Inspired by the true stories of New Zealand's street gangs across 30 years, SAVAGE follows Danny at three defining moments in his life as he grows from a boy into the violent enforcer of a gang.
Director: Sam Kelly | Stars: Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Seth Flynn
Votes: 2,051
21. Head South (2024)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1979. During a fortnight with his world-weary father, Angus is drawn to the underground post-punk music scene. With the support of his friend Kirsten, ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Ogilvie | Stars: Ed Oxenbould, Benee, Jackson Bliss, Orion Carey-Clark
Votes: 81
22. The Dark Horse (2014)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
Director: James Napier Robertson | Stars: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, James Napier Robertson
Votes: 6,581 | Gross: $0.06M
23. Cleverman (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the very near future, creatures from ancient mythology must live among humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to silence, exploit, and destroy them.
Stars: Hunter Page-Lochard, Rob Collins, Tasma Walton, Rarriwuy Hick
Votes: 3,544
24. Mr. Pip (2012)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, War
As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.
Director: Andrew Adamson | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Xzannjah Matsi, Healesville Joel, Eka Darville
Votes: 4,393
25. Pork Pie (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Pork Pie tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of the New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy hot in their pursuit.
Director: Matt Murphy | Stars: Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings, Antonia Prebble
Votes: 2,410
26. 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: 2,148
27. Fresh Meat (2012)
TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.
Director: Danny Mulheron | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Kate Elliott, Hanna Tevita, Nicola Kawana
Votes: 2,124
28. 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: 858
29. 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: 8,228 | Gross: $12.50M
30. 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
31. Born to Dance (2015)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Music
Coming of age tale told through the eyes of 'Tu', an ambitious young man from Auckland who dreams of being a professional hip-hop dancer.
Directors: Tammy Davis, Chris Graham | Stars: Tia Maipi, Stan Walker, Kherington Payne, John Tui
Votes: 837
32. The Wotwots (2009– )
10 min | Animation, Family
A mix of live-action and computer animation to follow a pair of inquisitive, creative alien siblings as they learn about life on Earth.
Stars: Martin Baynton, Nathalie Boltt, Janet Roddick, Nicholas Parsons
Votes: 111
33. After the Waterfall (2010)
94 min | Drama
A forest ranger is haunted by the disappearance of his four-year-old daughter, and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. He discovers his ex-wife Ana is pregnant to the policeman in charge of his missing daughter's case.
Director: Simone Horrocks | Stars: Dan Broad, Paul Gittins, Vicky Haughton, Elizabeth Hawthorne
Votes: 262
34. Plastic (2008)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Whilst Anna is preparing for a first date with Henry, a man she has secretly loved for years, everything goes wrong until she discovers the impossible - to sculpt her appearance like clay to any shape she desires.
Director: Sandy Widyanata | Stars: Romy Bartz, Don Hany
Votes: 202
35. 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: 415
36. Shopping (I) (2013)
98 min | Drama
In a small town in New Zealand, brothers Willie and Solomon deal with the ordinary desires of youth, a volatile father, and racial tensions before one, as a means of escape, is seduced to the criminal world by an engaging thief.
Directors: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | Stars: Kevin Paulo, Julian Dennison, Jacek Koman, Alistair Browning
Votes: 170
37. 1480: Radio Pirates (2014)
105 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
It's 1965 and rock music is shaking up the world but not in New Zealand. Richard Davis a 23 year old journalist is determined to break the Government's monopoly on broadcasting and bring ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Newland | Stars: Matt Whelan, Daniel Musgrove, Elliot Wrightson, Belinda Crawley
Votes: 159
38. Good for Nothing (2011)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller, Western
A young English woman is immigrating to her uncle's ranch - but is kidnapped on the way by a rugged outlaw who discovers a problem he never knew he had - leading them on a wild ride across the West.
Director: Mike Wallis | Stars: Cohen Holloway, Inge Rademeyer, Jon Pheloung, Richard Thompson
Votes: 846
39. Deano and Nige's Best Last Day Ever (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy
When Nige finds himself in a spot of bother after a series of unfortunate incidents, he is forced to ask Deano for help. The problem is Deano is not really the kind of guy you should turn to in a crisis.
Director: Robert Sarkies | Stars: Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake, Maaka Pohatu, Filip Berg
Votes: 887
40. Super City (2011–2013)
23 min | Comedy
Sami hilariously transforms into acutely observed and very different characters all living in our country's super city. In season two, Ofa is a welfare case-manager demanding everyone ... See full summary »
Stars: Madeleine Sami, Vanessa Riddell, Renee Lyons, Rose McIver
Votes: 87
41. The Rehearsal (2016)
102 min | Drama
First-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.
Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Michelle Ny, James Rolleston, Ella Edward, Erroll Shand
Votes: 315
42. Gary of the Pacific (2017)
87 min | Comedy
A comedy about a real estate agent who becomes the last chief of a sinking pacific island.
Directors: Jarrod Holt, Ryan Hutchings, Nigel McCulloch | Stars: Josh Thomson, Megan Stevenson, Matt Whelan, David Fane
Votes: 135
43. 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
44. Existence (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Trapped behind the Boundary Fence, Freya dreams of escape and pursues a dangerous outsider who can free her.
Director: Juliet Bergh | Stars: Loren Taylor, Peter McCauley, Gareth Reeves, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 159
45. 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: 66
46. Yellow Is Forbidden (2018)
97 min | Documentary, Biography
A brave designer chases the dream - to be crowned haute couture. But she comes from China, the land of knock offs and production lines. Will her Cinderella story end at the Met Ball?
Director: Pietra Brettkelly | Stars: Guo Pei, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Wendi Murdoch, Philip Treacy
Votes: 94
47. Episodes from Apocalypse (2022)
85 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
This gripping sci-fi anthology film features five thrilling stories about space travel and black holes, family and loss, and artificial intelligence.
Directors: Damon Duncan, William Hellmuth, Susie Jones, Lin Sun | Stars: Ray Ashcroft, Steph Barkley, Caroline Dalton, Laura Dixon
Votes: 59
48. 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
49. Human Traces (2017)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Director: Nic Gorman | Stars: Sophie Henderson, Mark Mitchinson, Vinnie Bennett, Sara Wiseman
Votes: 177
50. Chasing Great (2016)
105 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A documentary on New Zealand rugby legend Richie McCaw. The documentary focuses on the All Black's 2015 campaign to win back-to-back World Cups, making the All Blacks the first team to do so.
Directors: Justin Pemberton, Michelle Walshe | Stars: Stuart Barnes, Tom Benge, Aston Bentham, Briea Bentham
Votes: 528