Feature Film, New Zealand (Sorted by Title Ascending)
1. #GBW
Thriller | Announced
A financial thriller set immediately before the 1987 sharemarket crash.
2. ...and the Rest is History (2014)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two shady guys in dark suits. A mysterious girl out of nowhere. A gloomy figure in a parking garage. All of them looking for the same thing: A black folder from New York. And all of them ... See full summary »
Director: Niko Kühnel | Stars: Michael Kinzer, Ulrich Jungblut, Heike Zwetz, Isabelle Stolzenburg
3. .ON. (2007)
60 min | Drama
Director: Colin Hodson | Stars: Colin Hodson, Gregory King, Helena Nimmo, George Rose
4. 1nite (2004)
80 min | Drama
From dusk til' dawn on K Road captures the woozy horror of a best-forgotten night out. The filmmakers roam the bars, takeaways and brothels, encountering several night-lifers, none of whom ... See full summary »
Director: Amarbir Singh | Stars: Genevieve Bowers, Jon Brazier, Karlos Drinkwater, Nial Greenstock
Votes: 15
5. 3 Mile Limit (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: 50
6. 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: 160,700 | Gross: $39.57M
7. 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Growing up is mystifying, but Billy discovers all he has to be is himself
Director: Stewart Main | Stars: Andrew Paterson, Harriet Beattie, Jay Collins, Georgia McNeil
Votes: 482
8. 6 Days (I) (2017)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, this action-thriller dramatizes a six-day standoff between armed Iranian Arabs and SAS soldiers ready for a counterattack.
Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw
Votes: 16,858
9. : After
79 min | Drama | Post-production
Director: Boianna | Stars: Xavier Black, René Pinochet, Ignacio Otaíza, Maria Porto
10. A Death in the Family (1987)
50 min | Drama
Andy is dying. His friends in Auckland care for him through his last days.
Directors: Stewart Main, Peter Wells | Stars: Rosie Baysting, Georgina Beyer, Jon Brazier, Bernadette Doolan
Votes: 10
11. A Ghost in Corsets (2018)
83 min | Comedy
Director: Rose Goldthorp | Stars: David Grierson, Craig Hubert, Samantha Lee, Maddison J. Lewis
12. A Maori Maid's Love (1916)
Drama
Director: Raymond Longford | Stars: Kenneth Carlisle, Raymond Longford, Lottie Lyell
14. A Motel and a Hard Place (2014)
79 min | Comedy
A farce comedy set in Gore about 3 guys trying to break their friend out of a police station using a nearby motel room as cover. But with only a weekend in which to complete their task, ... See full summary »
Stars: Kirk Bremner, Rimu Donovan, Axl Scott
Votes: 9
15. A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio (2019)
100 min | Horror
Rod, radio DJ, hosts a popular horror-themed show packed with tales of terror for eager listeners. When he receives alarming calls from a horrified child things start to feel off.
Directors: Oliver Park, Jason Bognacki, A.J. Briones, Joshua Long, Sergio Morcillo, Adam O'Brien, Luciano Onetti, Nicolás Onetti, Pablo S. Pastor, Matthew Richards | Stars: Ian Costello, Michelle Costello, Clara Kovacic, Kera O'Bryon
Votes: 1,108
16. A Small Life (2000)
51 min
Director: Michael Heath | Stars: Lucy Ashford, Hera Dunleavy, Sonny-Cass Hume, Gina Kiel
17. A Soldier's Tale (1989)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
A British soldier falls in love with a French woman wanted by the resistance for crimes against her country.
Director: Larry Parr | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Basler, Paul Wyett, Judge Reinhold
Votes: 191
18. A Song of Good (2008)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After committing a shocking crime, Gary Cradle secretly decides to change his life and become a good person. However deciding is one thing, changing a life is another.
Director: Gregory King | Stars: Gareth Reeves, Matthew Sunderland, Ian Mune, Danielle Cormack
Votes: 205
19. A State of Siege (1978)
52 min | Drama
Malfred Signal leaves her life of stifling gentility, as an art teacher in a South Island private girls school, and decides to live out her dream: painting alone in the remote North. One ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Anne Flannery, Peggy Walker, John Bullock, Peter McCauley
Votes: 20
20. A War Story (2018)
90 min | Drama
In 1997 Osama bin Laden declared war on the USA. Pulitizer Prize winning CNN correspondent Peter Arnett embarked on a mission to locate and interview him.
Director: John Laing | Stars: John Leigh, Tim Carlsen, George Kanaan, Ben Van Lier
Votes: 44
21. A Woman of Good Character (1980)
74 min | Drama
A young servant girl from England seeks a new life in 19th Century New Zealand.
Director: David Blyth | Stars: Sarah Peirse, Jeremy Stephens, Derek Hardwick, Bruno Lawrence
22. ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Another 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
Directors: Rodney Ascher, Julian Barratt, Robert Boocheck, Alejandro Brugués, Kristina Buozyte, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, Jim Hosking, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Marvin Kren, Juan Martínez Moreno, Erik Matti, Wolfgang Matzl, Julien Maury, Robert Morgan, Chris Nash, Vincenzo Natali, Hajime Ohata, Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Dennison Ramalho, Todd Rohal, Jerome Sable, Bruno Samper, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Sôichi Umezawa | Stars: Eric Jacobus, Andy Nyman, Simon Barrett, Teela LaRoux
Votes: 7,743 | Gross: $0.01M
23. ASYLUM: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales (2020)
Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Brandon prepares to give his last stand-up comedy show. As his stories and jokes pass, the public begins to cheer up. But at that precise moment Brandon will realize that these stories have... See full summary »
Directors: Caye Casas, Alejandro Damiani, Kheireddine El-Helou, Carlos Goitia, Mat Johns, Damien LeVeck, Vincent Paronnaud, Albert Pintó, Denis Walgenwitz, Hendryk Witscherkowsky, Adam O'Brien, Nicolás Onetti | Stars: Ariadna Asturzzi, Germán Baudino, Itziar Castro, Bruno Giacobbe
24. Abandoned (VI) (2015)
TV-14 | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Director: John Laing | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Peter Feeney, Owen Black, Greg Johnson
Votes: 2,276
25. Aberration (1997)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Mutant lizards attack a woman on the run hiding out in a cabin in the woods.
Director: Tim Boxell | Stars: Pamela Gidley, Simon Bossell, Valeriy Nikolaev, Helen Moulder
Votes: 895
26. Abrakadabra (2018)
67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the tradition of giallos of the early 70s a magician finds himself the target of a sadistic serial killer.
Directors: Luciano Onetti, Nicolás Onetti | Stars: Germán Baudino, Eugenia Rigón, Gustavo Dalessanro, Clara Kovacic
Votes: 151
27. Abs in Black (2014)
73 min | Comedy, Family | Completed
Two young fresh graduates,one is overweight and the other is physically fit, and their quest for the FIRST job in a city that has suddenly become all about fitness!
Director: Noble Fares | Stars: Samson Chan-Boon, Ross Mitchell, Petrus Fourie, Carrey Fern
28. 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: 59
29. 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: 210
31. Alex (1992)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Sport
Headstrong New Zealand teen Alex Archer trains to qualify for the 1960 Rome Olympics in the women's 100 freestyle. Unlike the other top swimmers who train only for swimming, Alex takes ... See full summary »
Director: Megan Simpson Huberman | Stars: Lauren A Jackson, Chris Haywood, Josh Picker, Cathy Godbold
Votes: 128
32. Alien Addiction (2019)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
One man, two aliens, same buzz.
Director: Shae Sterling | Stars: Jimi Jackson, Thomas Sainsbury, JoJo Waaka, Harry Summerfield
Votes: 60
33. All About Reinalda (2002)
108 min
Once upon a time, in a tiny French village, little Reinalda had dreams of a bright future on the stage - being one half of a singing, dancing musical troupe with her father. But her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Lambert | Stars: Richard Lambert, Lucy Gay, Anne-Elise Smithson, Christopher Whitehead
34. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Thriller | Announced
In a gritty future reality a government provided drug has left a generation of children catatonic by the time they hit puberty, a dogged police officer, awaiting the moment that her teenage... See full summary »
Director: Nic Gorman
35. Almost Big (2010)
51 min | Comedy
Almost Big is an 2010 NZ Reality Mockumentary Film Project by Alex Gilbert. It was filmed as a homemade video and was a low budget intentionally silly movie.
Director: Alex Gilbert | Star: Gemma Vine
36. Amiri & Aroha (2011)
47 min | Drama
'Amiri & Aroha' began as a Maori version of Romeo & Juliet and evolved into a poignant love story, set against a background of gang rivalry and tribal hostility, filmed on the beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: David Whittet | Stars: Kristel Day, Michael Hollis, Shayne Biddle, Mariel Ceballos
Votes: 69
37. Amiri's Child (2014)
61 min | Drama
A Maori take on David and Goliath, a story of bitter rivalry between the children of gang rivals. Arapeta and Koriata were brought up to be enemies, now they are both key executives in the ... See full summary »
Director: David Whittet | Stars: Lisa Beach, Shayne Biddle, Mariel Ceballos, Alexandra Christie
Votes: 138
38. Among the Cinders (1984)
R | 104 min | Drama
Teen Nick is estranged from his family, and blaming himself for his Maori mate's climbing death. He runs away to his straight talking grandfather - who takes him bush - and loses his virginity to Sally.
Director: Rolf Hädrich | Stars: Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley, Rebecca Gibney
Votes: 40
39. 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: 6,377 | Gross: $1.05M
40. An Hour Apart
Horror | Announced
A dying woman presents her friend with an antique doll with the instructions that she must keep it until her own demise, for to do otherwise would be to unleash an evil of drastic ... See full summary »
Director: Dimi Nakov
41. Anagram (1991)
93 min | Horror
Director: Gerben Cath | Stars: Terence Cooper, Nadine Kalmes, K.C. Kelly, Martin Howells
43. Angel Mine (1978)
68 min | Fantasy
A young and affluent couple become fatally entangled in their own wish-fulfillment world. The topic of the movie itself is interesting. It is set in an Auckland, New Zealand suburb, namely ... See full summary »
Director: David Blyth | Stars: Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot, Michael Wilson
Votes: 70
44. Anthony Wilding
100 min | Biography | Announced
The incredible life of iconic sporting legend and first man to take a motorbike sole around Europe, war hero Captain Anthony Wilding.
Director: Anna Wilding
45. Aotearoa
Drama | Announced
When two culturally opposite cousins, one a closeted farmer and the other an addled skinhead, are pushed together, an expected shared love of wine allows them to gradually accept their differences, their kinship, themselves and find love.
46. Apple Pie (2016)
81 min
Apple Pie is a feature length artist film shot on super 16mm in New Zealand, Samoa, and at a remote mountaintop astrophysics observatory in the Western US desert. Both an experimental ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Hamilton
47. Apron Strings (2008)
90 min | Drama
Celebrity Chef Anita hasn't seen her family for twenty years. That is until her son Michael decides to do some soul searching and track down his aunt.
Director: Sima Urale | Stars: Laila Rouass, Scott Wills, Jennifer Ludlam, Nathan Whitaker
Votes: 117
48. Ara
Sci-Fi, Thriller | Post-production
The year is 2050, In a Dystopian world where immortality is just at reach, A terminally ill biotech Software Engineer Jason Andrews has to choose between saving his daughter Sam and risking... See full summary »
Director: Dimi Nakov | Stars: Tony Scahill, Maria Hewitt, Alison Titulaer, Anthony Ray Parker
49. Arriving Tuesday (1986)
84 min | Romance
Ok I do agree with the conditions
Director: Richard Riddiford | Stars: Judy McIntosh, Peter Hayden, Rawiri Paratene, Heather Bolton
Votes: 16