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1. Night of Sunshine (2008)
15 min | Short, Thriller
A girl, torn apart by memories of a murder she didn't commit, focuses on trying to find the person responsible.
Director: Alan Morrison | Stars: Tania Nolan, Nick Blake, James Butters, Vanessa Byrnes
Votes: 12
2.
Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010)
Episode:
Broken
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When Cara reveals to the group that all the Confessors are dead, and that she personally killed Kahlan's sister Denee, Kahlan attempts to kill her. Under Richard's orders, Cara flees ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Martin-Jones | Stars: Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence, Tabrett Bethell
Votes: 388
3. Emu (2007– )
15 min | Comedy
Stars: Toby Hull, Nick Blake, Bryony Skillington, Julia Robertson
Votes: 13
4. The Killian Curse (2006– )
Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
A group of teenage students who are faced with a menacing curse revolving around the number 21.
Stars: Nick Blake, Frith Horan, Grace MacDonald, Georgia Tabish
Votes: 33
5.
Jane and the Dragon (2005–2006)
Episode:
Tests and Jests
(2006)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
As Jane practices for and frets over an upcoming test in her quest for full-fledged knighthood, she becomes concerned over the young prince's treatment of Pepper. Seems Cuthbert sneaks into... See full summary »
Director: Mike Fallows | Stars: Tajja Isen, Adrian Truss, Mark Rendall, Alex House
Votes: 17
6.
James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018)
Episode:
Home Sweet Murder
(2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Leo Fisher and Sue Duncan were a happily married couple living in McLean, Virginia. But one quiet November evening, while they're preparing dinner, the doorbell rings - and their world changes forever.
Director: Christopher Dudman | Stars: Matthew Chamberlain, Ingrid Park, Kelvin Taylor, Nick Blake
Votes: 24
7. Shark in the Park (1989–1991)
Drama
Drama portraying the personal and professional lives of a group of Wellington police officers.
Stars: Jeffrey Thomas, William Kircher, John Wraight, Joanna Briant
Votes: 33
8. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Cristina Serban Ionda, Nic Sampson
Votes: 7,246
9. District 9 (2009)
R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood
Votes: 717,242 | Gross: $115.65M
10. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - The Peoples and Denizens of Middle-earth (2014 Video)
Documentary
Director: Michael Pellerin | Stars: Michael Andrews, Dimetrius Baccellia, Jim Baltaxe, Rodney Bane
Votes: 33
11. 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: 873,567 | Gross: $303.00M
12. 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: 705,746 | Gross: $258.37M
13. Kiwi (2018 TV Movie)
Drama
This is the enthralling story of Kiwi, the horse a farmer's wife bought for $1000 that went on to win the Melbourne Cup in 1983. An 18-year-old jockey called Jimmy Cassidy was the rider.
Director: Thomas Robins | Stars: Nick Blake, Rachel Bock, Alison Bruce, Patrick Carroll
Votes: 49
14.
Hillary (2016)
Episode:
Standing Tall
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The early life of young Ed Hillary from 1930s Tuakau, up to five years after the war when he meets George Lowe.
Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Morgan Baxter
Votes: 18
15.
James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018)
Episode:
Murder on the Run
(2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A veteran Detective with Omaha Police Department, responds to a horrific double homicide involving an 11-year-old boy and the family's housekeeper. Another murder takes place on the other side of town. Are the two crimes connected?
Director: Christopher Dudman | Stars: Emmett Skilton, Colin Moy, Lisa Chappell, Jason Te Kare
Votes: 29
16.
Shark in the Park (1989–1991)
Episode:
Double or Quits
(1990)
Drama
Barker follows a hunch after a daring bank robbery and Wally waits for news.
Director: Peter Barrett | Stars: Const. Terry Andrews, Nick Blake, Joanna Briant, Anne Chamberlain
Votes: 7
17.
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Episode:
The Dark Angel
(2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At an abandoned mental health facility, a young couple stumble upon the body of an elderly man in the old hospital wing strapped to a trolley with electrodes connected to his temples. It would seem he was the victim of electrocution.
Director: Mark Beesley | Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Nic Sampson, Cristina Serban Ionda
Votes: 297
18. Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the mysterious murder of his father, a son's search for answers begins a momentous fight against tyranny.
Stars: Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence, Craig Parker
Votes: 36,299
19.
Hillary (2016)
Episode:
Louise
(2016)
TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Hillary meets Louise, and goes climbing in Nepal.
Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Mick Rose
Votes: 16
20. Broken Glass (2012)
18 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A young boy being bullied at school and with an abusive father at home encounters a mysterious creature when playing alone in the woods that will soon change his life forever.
Director: Chaz Harris | Stars: Rhys Jennings, Rachel Roberts, Nathan Green, Fiona Sutherland
Votes: 14
21.
Hillary (2016)
Episode:
Heartbreak
(2016)
TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Louise travels to Nepal to be with Ed in his recovery. The family and George get more involved with school building in the area. And then tragedy strikes.
Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Alison Bruce
Votes: 17
22. 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: 572,257 | Gross: $255.12M
23. The Hollow Men (2008)
98 min | Documentary
Documentary adaptation of Nicky Hager's book, a journalistic exposé of leaked emails that reveal the manipulative and dishonest plan behind the 2005 election campaign of New Zealand's National Party under leader Don Brash.
Director: Alister Barry | Stars: Nick Blake, Don Brash, John Key
Votes: 6
24. Jane and the Dragon (2005–2006)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The daughter of King Caradoc's chamberlain dreams of being a knight. When Prince Cuthbert is kidnapped by the local Dragon, Jane may have her chance.
Stars: Tajja Isen, Adrian Truss, Mark Rendall, Alex House
Votes: 900
25. Hillary (2016)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
The biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, as a boy, was raised in a strict family, but eventually has to rebel against his stern father's backward ideals, to follow his own convictions. He wants to climb mountains.
Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Kelson Henderson
Votes: 237
26.
Hillary (2016)
Episode:
Home
(2016)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The news of the successful Everest ascent gets out, and a new knight is created. Ed looks to the future and heads to Antarctica.
Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Cameron Rhodes
Votes: 15
27. The Strip (2002–2004)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A corporate lawyer, after finding her husband in bed with his lover, decides her life needs a new direction and chucks in her job, to open a strip club.
Stars: Luanne Gordon, Renée Ellwood, Jodie Rimmer, Mark Sant
Votes: 85
28. The Six Dollar Fifty Man (2009)
15 min | Short, Drama
Set in a 1970s coastal town, follow Andy, a gutsy 8 year-old boy who is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.
Directors: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | Stars: Sam Ahie, Nick Blake, Thomas Kimber, Carmel McGlone
Votes: 485
29. Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 89 min | Drama, History, War
A dramatization of the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms, Ian Mune
Votes: 3,696
30. 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
31. James Patterson's Murder Is Forever (2018)
42 min | Crime, Drama
American anthology drama series by New York Times best seller James Patterson. All True American crimes, ripped from the headlines.
Stars: Nick Blake, Emmett Skilton, Matthew Chamberlain, Ingrid Park
Votes: 174
32. Emilie Richards (2009–2012)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Sunday film series based on stories by American author Emilie Richards about love, happiness and longing in picturesque New Zealand landscapes.
Stars: Craig Hall, Suzan Anbeh, Elisabeth Lanz, Jana Klinge
Votes: 7
33. Love and Time Travel (2016)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When emotionally isolated barista Dan Duncombe starts receiving strange messages on the inside of his bedroom window, he is forced to become involved with the lives of the people around him... See full summary »
Director: Hayden J. Weal | Stars: Nick Blake, Bonnie Bryant, Colleen Cleary, Abby Damen
Votes: 557
34. Catching the Black Widow (2017 TV Movie)
92 min | Crime, Drama
The courageous story of a tenacious New Zealand woman who would stop at nothing in seeking justice for her brother's murder.
Director: Thomas Robins | Stars: Katherine McRae, Phillip Spencer-Harris, Aidee Walker, Summer Robertson
Votes: 238
35. 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: 285
36. 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: 140,985 | Gross: $15.95M
37. 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: 42,112 | Gross: $0.08M
38. 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: 417
39. 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
40. Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015)
89 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
The true story of how love, fear, culture and belief lead a loving family to tragically kill one of their own during a four day exorcism ceremony.
Director: David Stubbs | Stars: Tangaroa Te Ariki, Viv Babbington, Vivien Bell, Nick Blake
Votes: 713
41. Eel Girl (2008)
5 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a secure military laboratory, a Scientist has become obsessed with the strange half-eel, half-human creature he's studying. When she beckons him to her, it's the call of a siren...
Director: Paul Campion | Stars: Julia Rose, Euan Dempsy, Robyn Paterson, Nick Blake
Votes: 420
42.
Emilie Richards (2009–2012)
Episode:
Sehnsucht nach Paradise Island
(2011)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Professional New Zealand treasure hunter Jake Donovan is startled when his adult daughter Kelsey turns up, reporting her mother was buried a month ago and wanted her to meet him, yet acts ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Hezel | Stars: Liane Forestieri, Wayne Carpendale, Helmut Zierl, Peter McCauley
Votes: 32
43. Stolen (2010 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
An emotional thriller based on the real life 2002 kidnapping of Baby Kahu Durie. New Zealand watched the anguish and courage of the parents and the calm forensic approach of the Police as they worked together to bring Baby Kahu home.
Director: Britta Hawkins | Stars: Miriama Smith, Scott Wills, George Henare, Nick Blake
Votes: 88
44. Shortland Street (1992– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama
A five-night-a-week soap set in an Auckland City hospital that follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff and their families and friends.
Stars: Michael Galvin, Ben Mitchell, Sally Martin, Ben Barrington
Votes: 1,063
45. The Rule of Jenny Pen
Thriller | Post-production
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Director: James Ashcroft | Stars: John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees, Thomas Sainsbury
46. Maximilian The Great (2016)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime | Completed
A stage magician with a silver tongue sets up his most elaborate trick with his 'supernatural' powers.
Director: Sebastián R. Melchor | Stars: Nick Blake, Jordan Rivers, Hilary Norris, Mark Matthews
47. The Mouth and the Truth (1991)
14 min | Short
A young woman's visit to the dentist is thick with signs, meanings and metaphors.
Directors: Stuart McKenzie, Neil Pardington | Stars: Nick Blake, Lloyd Scott
48. Friends by the water (2013)
13 min | Short, Drama
The story follows the life of Lucy, a 12 year old girl who lives with her Mother and older sister Frankie. It is 1945 rural New Zealand; WWII is coming to an end. Frankie is undergoing the ... See full summary »
Director: Sandy Augusto Burton | Stars: Vivien Bell, Nick Blake, Aidan Grealish, Zoë Lovell-Smith
49. The Shoe Box (2009)
24 min | Short, Drama
When a woman inherits a shoe box of keepsakes after her grandmother dies, she soon discovers the profound impact the items have on all those left behind.
Director: Chaz Harris | Stars: Jessie Alsop, Annie Whittle, Nick Blake, Ben Mitchell
50. The Silk (2012)
TV-G | 15 min | Short, Drama
The silk is the finest thing that Mr and Mrs Blackie own. They've not dared to take the scissors to this fine length of fabric for over 50 years. But the time has come to transform it. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Nathalie Boltt, Clare Burgess | Stars: Nick Blake, Nathalie Boltt, Kate Harcourt, Don Langridge