New Zealand Movies

Two men's friendship has been weakened by their contrasting approaches to life. Bob (Jeremy Stephens) has left his wife to paint pictures of a lover...

A young Māori boy experiences an intense awakening after the arrival of two Mormon missionaries.

A bilingual, contemporary documentary unpacking one man's determination to promote the rights of tangata whenua while negotiating what this means for...

Sam is a sound technician, who must literally walk in the footsteps of the characters on the screen. A "film within a film" that connects the world...

The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed...

In the 1950s thousands of Pacific Islanders came to Aotearoa to meet a labour shortage. They faced racism, and in the 1970s, notorious dawn raids by...

During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is...

A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her...

Two strangers meeting at a crematorium while picking up their loved ones' remains. They decide to spend the day together, killing time and watching...

A Kafkaesque docudrama of an actual case involving a Christchurch small businessman and the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Most people can...

Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty...

In his struggle to balance instability at home and conflict at work, A man tries to protect his kids from the harsh realities of a world that offers...

Mythology goes to church in New Zealand Opera's unique, site-specific staging of Handel's baroque masterpiece. This sensual story explores a love...

Luis, a handsome heir to a hotel fortune, decides to risk everything to pursue his first love, Julia. Ten years earlier, at a wishing well in Miami,...

A small-town criminal finds an ancient Chinese time-travel device that can help him pull off a heist and start a new life-but he may not survive the...

A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Māori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.

In 2024 Niue celebrated 50 years of self-governance, overseen by New Zealand administration. What benefits and what problems has this created for the...

Told over the space of a day and through the eyes of 11 year old Utah, The Dump is a comedy/drama about a boy and the gradual bond he develops with...

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

This haunting, personal film offers a firsthand perspective on the hereditary neurodegenerative Huntington’s Disease. The condition typically...