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1. 30 Days of Night (2007)
R | 113 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster
Votes: 189,650 | Gross: $39.57M
2. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.
Director: Gabor Csupo | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick
Votes: 173,635 | Gross: $82.27M
3. The Frighteners (1996)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin
Votes: 95,656 | Gross: $16.76M
4. The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell
Votes: 58,701 | Gross: $5.13M
5. Black Sheep (2006)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Oliver Driver, Nathan Meister, Tammy Davis, Matthew Chamberlain
Votes: 42,127 | Gross: $0.08M
6. Boogeyman (2005)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has never stopped haunting him.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 32,608 | Gross: $46.75M
7. Boy (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore
Votes: 29,579 | Gross: $0.26M
8. 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: 27,275 | Gross: $5.66M
9. 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: 14,868 | Gross: $3.35M
10. 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: 8,233 | Gross: $12.50M
11. Battlefield 4 (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, War
In Battlefield 4, players once again step into the role of the U.S. Marines. They will experience nail biting single player missions and competitive multiplayer action ranging from areas across the world.
Directors: Lars Gustavsson, Tom Keegan | Stars: Andrew Byron, Elena Nikitina Bick, Daniel Curshen, Kevin Dorman
Votes: 7,989
12. The Other Side of Heaven (2001)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
John Groberg, a farm kid from Idaho Falls, crosses an ocean to become a missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan islands during the 1950s.
Director: Mitch Davis | Stars: Christopher Gorham, Anne Hathaway, Joe Folau, Nathaniel Lees
Votes: 4,734 | Gross: $4.72M
13. 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: 4,401
14. NieR: Automata (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world.
Director: Yoko Taro | Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Natsuki Hanae, Ayaka Suwa, Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Votes: 3,755
15. 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: 3,730 | Gross: $0.29M
16. 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: 3,226
17. Jack of All Trades (2000)
30 min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
Jack Stiles, American spy stationed on a South Pacific island in the early 19th century, teams up with no nonsense British agent Emilia Rothschild to stop Napoleon's colonizing efforts. Jack's alter ego is the Zorro-esque Daring Dragoon.
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Angela Marie Dotchin, Stuart Devenie, Stephen Papps
Votes: 3,114
18. Cleopatra 2525 (2000–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
An exotic dancer is frozen in 2001 and unfrozen in 2525 by two female warriors fighting against robots that have taken over the world. The three join forces and try to escape from the underground caves to which humanity has been banished.
Stars: Gina Torres, Victoria Pratt, Jennifer Sky, Elizabeth Hawthorne
Votes: 2,277
19. Under the Mountain (2009)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Teenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives after their mother suddenly dies. They find an alien environment and overhear Mr. Wilberforce talking about something stirring beneath the ground - the fire-raiser.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Tom Cameron, Sam Neill, Sophie McBride, Oliver Driver
Votes: 2,236
20. 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: 2,171
21. 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: 2,152
22. The Price of Milk (2000)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Lucinda, Rob and their 117 cows lead a charmed existence in a magic land. He milks, she's the honey. But Lucinda is worried that their happiness cannot last. She tests their love with a game of sabotage that threatens to curdle everything.
Director: Harry Sinclair | Stars: Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Willa O'Neill, Michael Lawrence
Votes: 1,771 | Gross: $0.11M
23. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian-produced anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Stars: Ray Bradbury, Michael Copeman, Frank Whitten, Desmond Kelly
Votes: 1,716
24. 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
25. 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: 1,528
26. A Girl and an Astronaut (2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
An astronaut's return after a 30-year disappearance rekindles a lost love and sparks interest from a corporation determined to learn why he hasn't aged.
Stars: Vanessa Aleksander, Jedrzej Hycnar, Jakub Sasak, Magdalena Cielecka
Votes: 1,436
27. The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2002)
G | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor.
Director: Steven Ramirez | Stars: George Henare, Rawiri Paratene, Joe Folau, Alvin Fitisemanu
Votes: 852
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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: 448
31. My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Sent on a trip from California to New Zealand to visit with his eccentric grandfather, Lonny discovers that his grandpa is a vampire. Unnerved at first, he soon discovers that his grandpa is a good vampire.
Director: David Blyth | Stars: Al Lewis, Justin Gocke, Milan Borich, Pat Evison
Votes: 306
32. Kids World (2000)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Ryan figures out a way to make his parents dissappear, but something goes wrong when his friend, Holly, starts disappearing too.
Director: Dale G. Bradley | Stars: Todd Emerson, Christopher Lloyd, Blake Foster, Michael Purvis
Votes: 305 | Gross: $0.01M
33. 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
34. Memory & Desire (1998)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Niki Caro directed this romantic drama from New Zealand, adapted from Peter Wells' story, Of Memory & Desire, about the doomed affair of a Japanese couple on their honeymoon in New Zealand.... See full summary »
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Norman Forsey, John Hancox, Ian Hughes, Rome Kanda
Votes: 181
35. Fracture (2004)
107 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
The story of how one man's crime ruins the lives of two families forever.
Director: Larry Parr | Stars: Kate Elliott, Jared Turner, Timothy Lee, Miranda Harcourt
Votes: 169
36. 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
37. Drop of Gold (2013)
11 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
As a pirate enters the Kingdom of the Dead he encounters its beautiful Queen. She captures his heart, but hers is not so easily won.
Director: Christophe Peladan
Votes: 157
38. 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: 147
39. Toy Love (2002)
88 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
A young man lusts after an unpredictable woman.
Director: Harry Sinclair | Stars: Dean O'Gorman, Kate Elliott, Marissa Stott, Michael Lawrence
Votes: 144
40. 32 Sounds (2022)
95 min | Documentary
Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.
Director: Sam Green | Stars: Edgar Choueriri, Joanna Fang, Sam Green, Annea Lockwood
Votes: 141
41. Savage Honeymoon (1999)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Mark Beesley | Stars: Nicholas Eadie, Perry Piercy, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Sophia Hawthorne
Votes: 136
42. The End of the Golden Weather (1991)
100 min | Drama
Family drama set in New Zealand about Geoff Crome, a young boy (Fulford) who immerses himself in his own private fantasy world where he meets Firpo (Papps), a strange being who dreams of ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Mune | Stars: Stephen Fulford, Stephen Papps, Paul Gittins, Gabrielle Hammond
Votes: 125
43. Channelling Baby (1999)
92 min
After a domestic tragedy, a couple separate to reunite later, over a period of time spanning the 70's to the 90's as Cormack's character loses her eyesight.
Director: Christine Parker | Stars: Jodie Rimmer, Danielle Cormack, Stephen Hall, Donogh Rees
Votes: 118
44. 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
45. 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
46.
A Girl and an Astronaut (2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
two F-16 pilots compete for one girl's heart as well as for their lifelong dream of going to space
Director: Bartosz Prokopowicz | Stars: Vanessa Aleksander, Jedrzej Hycnar, Jakub Sasak, Magdalena Cielecka
Votes: 86
47. Saving Grace (1998)
87 min | Drama
Set in Wellington NZ, Grace is a disturbed, antisocial, 19 year old street kid. She pushes in front of Gerald in the Income Support line and keeps bumping into him after that. Gerald is a ... See full summary »
Director: Costa Botes | Stars: Kirsty Hamilton, Jim Moriarty, Denise O'Connell, Costa Botes
Votes: 83
48.
Cleopatra 2525 (2000–2001)
Episode:
Quest for Firepower
(2000)
TV-14 | Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
In a dystopian future of 2525, deadly machines hunt for surviving humans. Helen and Sarge, two warriors on the run from a shapeshifting terminator, find a clueless cryogenically frozen girl named Cleopatra, who went under before the war.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Gina Torres, Victoria Pratt, Jennifer Sky, Patrick Kake
Votes: 83
49.
Jack of All Trades (2000)
Episode:
The People's Dragoon
(2000)
22 min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
Jack and Emilia must steal back a gold shipment that Governor Croque stole from the U.S.
Director: Josh Becker | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Angela Marie Dotchin, Stuart Devenie, Stephen Papps
Votes: 69
50.
A Girl and an Astronaut (2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2023)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Director: Bartosz Prokopowicz | Stars: Vanessa Aleksander, Jedrzej Hycnar, Jakub Sasak, Magdalena Cielecka
Votes: 65