New Zealand Movies

The courageous story of a tenacious New Zealand woman who would stop at nothing in seeking justice for her brother's murder.

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small...

A 2003 TVNZ documentary on the capture of the criminal responsible for one of New Zealand's most heinous crimes. On June 19, 1987, 6-year-old Teresa...

A lonely backpacker finds herself lost in the pitch black heart of rural New Zealand

This film adaptation of Henry James' Victorian ghost story changes the location to present day Wellington. Set in a theatre over the course of an...

Two balloons fight restlessly to break free.

On the eve of departing overseas Ellen makes the fateful decision to gift her boyfriend a new girlfriend.

In a desperate bid to prevent his older sister from leaving home, Cyrus attempts to recover her stolen dirt bike.

The film rejoices the splendor of nature as the camera eye traverses land and sea in a montage of diverse ecosystems from the Americas to Iceland and...

Mayor Broody hires an expert shark-hunter to track down and eliminate a deadly ghost shark when it returns to terrorize Auckland.

This short animated comedy offers up a pre-Wellywood tale of Hollywood coming down under. In the fictional West Coast town of Whatawhopa, a horror...

This intensely personal documentary embraces the universal themes of courage, willpower and sheer determination. Follow Shaun Quincey as he becomes...

Azrael has guided countless souls into the afterlife, but has never understood why people choose to love, even though it always ends in loss. When he...

A disillusioned sheep dog triallist must come out of retirement and team up with his granddaughter to confront and defeat his nemesis — a...

The true story of Jean Batten is of a daughter determined to live up to a powerful mother, desperate to leave a mark on the world – and...

On the brink of humanity's end, a vacant man finds solace in a kind stranger who's lessons of love echo well into the man's apocalyptic future.

In this captivating animation, a koro leads a desperate chase after the mirumiru (bubbles) of memories that escape his deteriorating wife before...

One man, One cow, One planet exposes globalization and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and...

Two young men travelling the dark roads of New Zealand, have their friendship pushed to the limit when their car breaks down, stranding them in the...

Costa Botes’ portrait of New Zealand writer Michael Morrissey is indeed a tiger-ride – an up-close encounter with an extremely...