New Zealand Movies

A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt in New Zealand for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who...

A 66-year-old mother has an unusual ritual of returning to her old family home to care for stray cats.

On the wild west coast of Auckland in New Zealand we follow one man's enforced isolation. Pacing the beach, he wonders if those dear to him will ever...

A young film librarian Ray receives a letter from her father asking if should meet with him after 20-years of silence. She and her coworker Mack...

A psychological drama of a family in crisis. Kawa, a successful Māori businessman in Auckland, New Zealand, is forced to reveal his lifelong...

A documentary portrait of life in the Cook Islands, focusing on Rarotonga and neighboring islands. The film records traditional fishing, weaving,...

The tragedy of Gallipoli is exposed

A woman struggles to survive in the Alaskan frontier after separating from her family because of an earthquake.

Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped,...

Faye, a young student living on her own, experiences reality-blurring effects after she faints. As she recovers, strange events begin to occur and...

In a family of sheep rustlers, a 15-year-old must go up against his domineering father to help his younger brother keep the lamb left orphaned by...

The story of jaded swimming coach and a spirited seven-year-old delinquent who comes under his instruction.

Operation 8 examines the so-called 'anti-terror' raids that took place around New Zealand on October 15, 2007 - asking how and why they took place...

A romcom with a time-travel twist. Daniel Duncombe is not a committer. When he’s not working at a café or running to stay in shape,...

Mirabelle and her traveling family band, the Veggietones, are determined to make their next gig at Vegtable Square Garden. On their journey, a fierce...

On an isolated space station, when a man loses the will to live, his big hearted dog overcomes his own anxieties to save them both.

Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi (Mt Zion) and starring Maaka Pohatu (The Modern Maori Quartet, Two Little Boys) the film tells the story of...

Out on a dead calm ocean, in a thick fog, a group of tourists on a pleasure craft are about to cross paths with an ancient and terrible evil. Sharing...

In New Zealand, a Tongan father in his seventies labours through the unchanging rhythm of construction work, long after his children have grown and...

When a welfare department’s insidious prejudice can no longer be tolerated, a group of unlikely heroes band together against a narrow-minded...