New Zealand Movies

A comedy about a Chinese immigrant family and the impossible expectations they have for their 8-year-old daughter.

A dress rehearsal turns in to every performer's worst nightmare. But somehow, even with forgotten lyrics, infidelities, concussion, laryngitis,...

GOOD FOR NOTHING is an adventurous romp set in the sweeping Old West from Mike Wallis in his directorial debut. Inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns...

Provocative and powerful — join Stacey Morrison and Tāmati Rimene-Sproat as they unpack bias and racism in Aotearoa with experiments,...

This impressionistic, late 1960s survey traces Auckland from volcanic origins to a population of half a million people. Produced by the National Film...

After surviving 15 years trapped in an underground cave system, a young woman returns to the surface to reclaim the family she believes is hers, no...

1981. A summertime day in the life of a Samoan kid in West Auckland touches on wider conflict and grief. A simple story perfectly told.

An amateur historian is reported missing after unearthing an ancient artifact. The Detective is called to help investigate. He was last seen earlier...

When the New Zealand Government enforce mandatory vaccination on the workforce, many rebel. They convoy to Parliament in protest but are ignored by...

From the land of early Peter Jackson comes another Braindead movie in bad taste. It’s the third day of shooting the low budget horror...

This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some...

A comedy about a real estate agent who becomes the last chief of a sinking pacific island.

Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs...

Sam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfill her mission of connecting with her mountain. She hopes...

A workman gets some unexpected help from two people of vastly different sizes.

Matt’s getting a new flatmate. He’s got the ground rules squared away, so it should be good as gold – so long as everyone’s...

After spending three years in prison for the manslaughter of his best friend, a young man is released and knocks on the door of his best...

A journey through a cultural minefield, navigating the divide between the traditional values of immigrant parents and the contemporary aspirations of...

An independently shot pilot for what, eventually, became THE MILLEN BAIRD SHOW.

A young scientist who is convinced that a dangerous new pathogen threatens the population and tracks it back to her hometown – which is located...