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This is a list of feature films and pre-1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by the year of release.
Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
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1898 | ||||||
Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ film; lost[1] | |||
Māori Scenes | Joseph Perry | Documentary | First NZ films of Māori; lost | |||
Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse † | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ horse-race filmed;lost[1] | |||
1899 | ||||||
Regatta scene | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | lost[2] | |||
Maori Canoe Hurdle Race at Waikato | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | lost[2] | |||
1900 | ||||||
The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | Oldest surviving NZ film | |||
The World's First Lady Mayor | Enos Silvanus Pegler | Docu-drama | Re-enactment of 1893 speech | |||
1901 | ||||||
Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand | Joseph Perry | Documentary | lost[1] | |||
Waimangu Geyser in action | Joseph Perry | Documentary | lost[1] Waimangu Geyser | |||
Dummy Mace | Franklyn Barrett | staged boxing match | ||||
1903 | ||||||
A Message from Mars | Franklyn Barrett | Drama | First science fiction film made in NZ; lost[1] | |||
Ally Sloper as a Conjuror | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | Harry Hall of Masterton as Ally Sloper | |||
Ally Sloper on Holiday | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | shot at Days Bay | |||
Ally Sloper at the Races | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | filmed at the old Hutt Park racecourse | |||
1908 | ||||||
The Sea Coasts of New Zealand | Franklyn Barrett | Documentary | ||||
Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
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1913 | ||||||
Hinemoa | Gaston Méliès | First NZ feature film; lost[1] | ||||
How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride | Gaston Méliès | lost[1] | ||||
Loved by a Maori Chieftess | Gaston Méliès | lost[1][3][4] | ||||
The River Wanganui | Gaston Méliès | Documentary | ||||
1914 | ||||||
Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director;[5] lost[3] | |||
1916 | ||||||
A Maori Maid's Love | Raymond Longford | lost[3] | ||||
The Mutiny of the Bounty | Raymond Longford | lost[3] | ||||
The Test | Rawdon Blandford | melodrama | lost[3] | |||
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1930 | ||||||
The Romance Of Maoriland | Edward T. Brown | Never released. Intended as New Zealand's first feature-length "talkie". 30 minutes of footage only remain.[3] | ||||
1934 | ||||||
Romantic New Zealand | travelogue | New Zealand's first released "talkie" film.[3] | ||||
1935 | ||||||
Down on the Farm | Stewart Pitt | New Zealand's first non-documentary "talkie". Fragments only remain. First film shot entirely in the South Island.[3] | ||||
Hei Tiki | Alexander Markey | a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris.[3] | ||||
New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire | Cyril James Morton | Scenic | [7] | |||
Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland | Scenic | [7] | ||||
1936 | ||||||
Phar Lap's Son | A. L. Lewis | a.k.a. Phar Lap's Son?. Lost.[3] | ||||
On the Friendly Road | Rudall Hayward | drama | Features early New Zealand media personality Colin Scrimgeour in a lead role, playing his radio persona, "Uncle Scrim". | |||
The Wagon and the Star | J. J. W. Pollard | drama | Only one reel remains.[3] | |||
1937 | ||||||
New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds | Scenic | [7] | ||||
1938 | ||||||
New Zealand Review No.5, Mountain Holiday | Scenic | [7] | ||||
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1940 | ||||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama/War | [8] | |||
One Hundred Crowded Years | H H Bridgman | Docu-drama | Official Centennial film | |||
1941 | ||||||
Country Lads | Stanhope Andrews | Patriotic propaganda | National Film Unit | |||
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1950 | ||||||
1950 British Empire Games | Sports documentary | [3] 1950 British Empire Games | ||||
Journey for Three | Michael Forlong | Immigration propaganda | ||||
1952 | ||||||
Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | [8] | |||
1954 | ||||||
Royal New Zealand Journey / A Queen's Royal Tour | Oxley Hughan | Documentary | 1953/1954 royal tour of New Zealand | |||
The Seekers | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting.[8] | |||
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1964 | ||||||
140 Days Under the World | Geoffrey Scott | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.[9] | |||
Runaway | John O'Shea | Drama | First film appearance for several noted New Zealand media personalities, including Selwyn Muru, Barry Crump, and Kiri Te Kanawa.[3] | |||
1966 | ||||||
Don't Let It Get You | John O'Shea | Comedy | [10] | |||
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1970 | ||||||
This is New Zealand | Hugh Macdonald | Documentary | Made for Expo '70 in Osaka, projected over three screens | |||
1972 | ||||||
To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm. New Zealand's first colour feature film; Hayward's last film.[8] | ||||
1973 | ||||||
Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | Children's drama | Film debut of Temuera Morrison[3] | |||
1974 | ||||||
Games '74 | John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard | Sports documentary | 1974 British Commonwealth Games | |||
1975 | ||||||
Landfall † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm[8] | ||||
Test Pictures: Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship † | Geoff Steven | Drama | [11] | |||
1976 | ||||||
Off the Edge † | Michael Firth | Skiing | [8] | |||
1977 | ||||||
Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/action | First NZ film to open in the U.S. | |||
Solo | Tony Williams | |||||
Wild Man | Geoff Murphy | [12] | ||||
1978 | ||||||
Angel Mine | David Blyth | Fantasy | [13] Art New Zealand | |||
Skin Deep * | Geoff Steven | Drama | [14] | |||
1979 | ||||||
Middle Age Spread *† | John Reid | Comedy | shot on 16mm | |||
Sons for the Return Home *† | Paul Maunder | Drama | [15] based on the 1973 book by Albert Wendt |
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1980 | ||||||
Beyond Reasonable Doubt | John Laing | Drama | Based on the true story of the Crewe murders and wrongful conviction of Arthur Allan Thomas | |||
Squeeze | Richard Turner | Drama | shot on 16mm | |||
A Woman of Good Character | David Blyth | Historical drama | [16] AKA Lizzie; shot on 16mm | |||
1981 | ||||||
Bad Blood * | Mike Newell | drama | NZ-British co-production[8] | |||
Dead Kids / Strange Behaviour / Shadowland † | Michael Laughlin | horror | AU-NZ-US co-production[8] | |||
Goodbye Pork Pie * | Geoff Murphy | comedy, road movie | [8] | |||
Pictures †* | Michael Black | [8] Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||
Race for the Yankee Zephyr | David Hemmings | action | Australia - NZ co-production[8] | |||
Smash Palace * | Roger Donaldson | drama | [8] | |||
Wildcat † | Ross Prosser, Russel Campbell, Alister Barry | shot on 16mm[8] | ||||
1982 | ||||||
Carry Me Back †* | John Reid | comedy | [8] | |||
The Scarecrow * | Sam Pillsbury | [8] | ||||
Battletruck (reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century) | Harley Cokliss | action | Hollywood film shot on location[8] | |||
1983 | ||||||
Among the Cinders †* | Rolf Hädrich | Drama | [17] | |||
Heart of the Stag † | Michael Firth | Drama | [8] | |||
It's Lizzie to Those Close / Lizzie †* | David Blyth | Historical drama | shot on 16mm[8] | |||
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | War | location shooting for British-Japanese co-production[8] | |||
Patu! †* | Merata Mita | documentary | [8] | |||
Savage Islands / Nate and Hayes † | Ferdinand Fairfax | Adventure | [8] | |||
Second Time Lucky † | Michael Anderson | comedy | [8] | |||
Strata † | Geoff Steven | [8] | ||||
Trespasses † | Peter Sharp | [8] | ||||
Utu * | Geoff Murphy | historical action | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival[8] | |||
Wild Horses †* | Derek Morton | Drama | [18] | |||
War Years † | Pat McGuire | [8] | ||||
1984 | ||||||
Constance * | Bruce Morrison | Drama | [8] | |||
The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | Adventure | Location shooting for Australian/US production[8] | |||
Death Warmed Up †* | David Blyth | horror/thriller | [8] | |||
Other Halves | John Laing | drama | [8] | |||
The Silent One * | Yvonne Mackay | Drama | filmed in the Cook Islands[19] | |||
Vigil * | Vincent Ward | Drama | Nominated for Palme D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival[20] | |||
Trial Run * | Melanie Read | Thriller | First NZ feature film to be written and directed by a woman | |||
1985 | ||||||
Bridge to Nowhere * | Ian Mune | [8] | ||||
Came a Hot Friday * | Ian Mune | comedy | [8] | |||
Dangerous Orphans * | John Laing | Action | ||||
Hot Target | Denis Lewiston | sex thriller | Location shooting for US film[8] | |||
Kingpin | Mike Walker | drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival | |||
The Lost Tribe | John Laing | horror | [8] | |||
Mr Wrong * | Gaylene Preston | horror | [21] | |||
The Quiet Earth * | Geoff Murphy | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | [8] | |||
Shaker Run | Bruce Morrison | Action/thriller | ||||
Sylvia | Michael Firth | biographical film | [8] | |||
1986 | ||||||
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale | Murray Ball | animated film | [8] | |||
Arriving Tuesday * | Richard Riddiford | romantic comedy | [8] | |||
Mark II * | John Anderson | drama | [8] | |||
Pallet on the Floor | Lynton Butler | [8] | ||||
Queen City Rocker * | Bruce Morrison | [8] | ||||
1987 | ||||||
Bad Taste * | Peter Jackson | Comedy/horror/sci-fi | ||||
Illustrious Energy * | Leon Narbey | [8] | ||||
Mauri * | Merata Mita | [8] | ||||
Ngati * | Barry Barclay | [8] | ||||
1988 | ||||||
The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | action/thriller | [8] | |||
Just Me and Mario | Greg Stitt | Comedy | ||||
The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey * | Vincent Ward | fantasy | [8] Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |||
Never Say Die | Geoff Murphy | action | ||||
Send a Gorilla * | Melanie Read | Comedy | [8] | |||
1989 | ||||||
A Soldier's Tale | Larry Parr | Romantic drama | [22] | |||
Meet the Feebles * | Peter Jackson | black comedy | [8] | |||
Zilch! * | Richard Riddiford | thriller | [8] | |||
Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree * | Martyn Sanderson | drama | [8] based on works by Albert Wendt | |||
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||||
An Angel at My Table * | Jane Campion | biography | [8] | |||
Mana Waka | Merata Mita | documentary | ||||
Ruby and Rata * | Gaylene Preston | [8] | ||||
User Friendly | Gregor Nicholas | horror, comedy | [23] | |||
1991 | ||||||
The End of the Golden Weather | Ian Mune | [24] Based on the play The End of the Golden Weather | ||||
Grampire | David Blyth | comedy/horror/kids | AKA My Grandpa Is a Vampire | |||
Old Scores | Alan Clayton | comedy/sport | ||||
Te Rua | Barry Barclay | |||||
1992 | ||||||
Alex * | Megan Simpson Huberman | sport /drama | ||||
Absent Without Leave | John Laing | World War II | Entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival | |||
Braindead | Peter Jackson | Splatter/Horror | ||||
Chunuk Bair | Dale G. Bradley | War | ||||
Crush | Alison Maclean | Entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
1993 | ||||||
Bread and Roses * | Gaylene Preston | biography | ||||
Desperate Remedies | Stewart Main, Peter Wells | surrealist melodrama | Screened at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival | |||
Jack Be Nimble | Garth Maxwell | gothic horror | ||||
The Piano | Jane Campion | drama/romance | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes | |||
1994 | ||||||
Heavenly Creatures * | Peter Jackson | Drama/romance/crime | ||||
Once Were Warriors | Lee Tamahori | Drama | ||||
The Last Tattoo | John Reid | Drama | ||||
Loaded | Anna Campion | Drama | [25] | |||
1995 | ||||||
Bonjour Timothy * | ||||||
Cinema of Unease | Sam Neill, Judy Rymer | Documentary | ||||
Forgotten Silver | Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | mockumentary | ||||
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | [26] | |||
1996 | ||||||
Broken English | Gregor Nicholas | drama/romance | ||||
Chicken | Grant La Hood | comedy | ||||
Jack Brown Genius | Tony Hiles | Produced by Peter Jackson | ||||
Flight of the Albatross | Werner Meyer | |||||
Someone Else's Country | Alistair Barry | Documentary | ||||
The Frighteners * | Peter Jackson | comedy/horror | ||||
The Whole of the Moon * | Ian Mune | |||||
Out of the Dark | Keith Hunter | Documentary | ||||
1997 | ||||||
Aberration | Tim Boxell | Horror | Starring Pamela Gidley, Simon Bossell | |||
Lost Valley | Dale G. Bradley | [27] | ||||
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | Harry Sinclair | |||||
The Ugly | Scott Reynolds | |||||
1998 | ||||||
Memory and Desire | Niki Caro | |||||
Saving Grace | Costa Botes | romance | ||||
When Love Comes Along | Garth Maxwell | |||||
Heaven | Scott Reynolds | thriller | [28] | |||
Via Satellite | Anthony McCarten | Comedy | [29] | |||
1999 | ||||||
Channelling Baby | Christine Parker | |||||
I'll Make You Happy | Athina Tsoulis | [30] | ||||
Savage Honeymoon | Mark Beesley | [31] | ||||
Scarfies * | Robert Sarkies | black comedy | ||||
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | Ian Mune | drama | ||||
Punitive Damage | Annie Goldson | documentary | [32] | |||
Campaign | Tony Sutorius | documentary | [33] | |||
Getting to Our Place | Gaylene Preston, Anna Cottrell | documentary | [34][35] | |||
Uncomfortable Comfortable | Campbell Walker | drama | [36] | |||
Magik and Rose | Vanessa Alexander | drama, comedy | [37] |
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | ||||||
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons * | Glenn Standring | Horror, Thriller | [38] | |||
Jubilee * | Michael Hurst | Comedy | [39] | |||
The Price of Milk * | Harry Sinclair | Comedy | [40] | |||
Wild Blue | Dale G. Bradley | drama | [41] | |||
Hopeless | Stephen Hickey | comedy | [42] | |||
Feathers of Peace | Barry Barclay | drama | [43] | |||
Hotere | Merata Mita | documentary | [44] | |||
2001 | ||||||
Crooked Earth | Sam Pillsbury | Drama | [45] | |||
Kung Fu Vampire Killers | Phil Davison | [46] | ||||
Her Majesty | Mark J. Gordon | coming-of-age | ||||
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
Rain | Christine Jeffs | coming-of-age | ||||
Snakeskin | Gillian Ashurst | Thriller/road movie | ||||
Stickmen | Hamish Rothwell | |||||
Blerta Revisited | Geoff Murphy | documentary | [47] | |||
2002 | ||||||
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
Whale Rider * | Niki Caro | drama | ||||
In a Land of Plenty | Alistair Barry | Documentary | [48] | |||
Tongan Ninja | Jason Stutter | Action comedy | [49] | |||
Toy Love | Harry Sinclair | comedy | [50] | |||
The Maori Merchant of Venice | Don Selwyn | drama | [51] | |||
2003 | ||||||
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | U.S produced film shot in New Zealand | ||||
The Locals | Greg Page | Supernatural Thriller | [52] | |||
Christmas | Greg King | Drama/Comedy | ||||
Woodenhead | Florian Habicht | Musical/Fairy tale/Drama | ||||
Perfect Strangers | Gaylene Preston | Thriller | [53] | |||
2004 | ||||||
Fracture | Larry Parr | Drama | Based on Crime Story by Maurice Gee[54] | |||
Without a Paddle | Steven Brill | Comedy | American film shot in New Zealand | |||
Murmurs | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
In My Father's Den | Brad McGann | Drama | ||||
Spooked | Geoff Murphy | |||||
Kaikohe Demolition | Florian Habicht | Documentary | [55] | |||
2005 | ||||||
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous | Stewart Main | drama | ||||
King Kong | Peter Jackson | adventure | ||||
Banana in a Nutshell | Roseanne Liang | Documentary | [56] | |||
River Queen | Vincent Ward | historical drama | ||||
The World's Fastest Indian * | Roger Donaldson | biography | Based on the life of Burt Munro | |||
Meet Me in Miami | Eric Hannah and Iren Koster | Comedy | ||||
Memories of Tomorrow | Amit Tripuraneni | Drama/thriller | ||||
2006 | ||||||
No. 2 | Toa Fraser | |||||
Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring | horror/thriller | ||||
Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut | Anna Wilding | documentary | ||||
Sione's Wedding | Chris Graham | comedy/romance | ||||
Kissy Kissy | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
The Ferryman | Chris Graham | horror | ||||
The Waimate Conspiracy | Stefen Harris | Drama | ||||
Out of the Blue | Robert Sarkies | drama (based on true events) | Based on the true story of the Aramoana massacre | |||
Black Sheep | Jonathan King | Comedy/horror | ||||
2007 | ||||||
The Tattooist | Peter Burger | Horror | New Zealand and Singapore co-production[57] | |||
A Song of Good | Gregory King | [58] | ||||
Down by the Riverside | Marama Killen Brad Davison | Film noir/horror | ||||
The Devil Dared Me To | Chris Stapp | |||||
We're Here To Help | Jonothan Cullinane | Kafkaesque comedy | ||||
Men Shouldn't Sing | Sarah Higginson and Michael Bell | Musical | ||||
The Last Magic Show | Andy Conlan | Comedy romance | [59] | |||
Pictures of You| | [60] | |||||
The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | |||||
Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten | Romantic comedy | Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007[61] | |||
Eagle vs Shark | Taika Waititi | Romantic Comedy | ||||
2008 | ||||||
Second Hand Wedding | Paul Murphy | Romantic comedy | ||||
Rain of the Children | Vincent Ward | Documentary | ||||
Taking the Waewae Express | Andrea Bosshard | Drama | [62] | |||
Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser | Drama | ||||
BLACKSPOT | Ben Hawker | Thriller | [63] | |||
Last of the Living | Logan McMillan | Comedy horror | ||||
Rubbings from a Live Man | Florian Habicht | Drama documentary | [64] | |||
2009 | ||||||
District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | Science fiction action | ||||
The Lovely Bones | Peter Jackson | |||||
Under the Mountain | Jonathan King | Fantasy | Based on the children's book of the same name by Maurice Gee which was also adapted into a television miniseries | |||
Jumping in Puddles | Nick Hitchens and Jonathan Warner | Documentary | ||||
The Strength of Water | Armağan Ballantyne | Drama | [65] | |||
Separation City | Paul Middleditch | |||||
The Man in the Hat | Luit Bieringa | Documentary | [66] | |||
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | [67] | |||
Land of the Long White Cloud | Florian Habicht | Documentary | [68] |
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | ||||||
Kawa | Katie Wolfe | Drama | Based on Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera | |||
After the Waterfall | Simone Horrocks | Drama | ||||
Wound | David Blyth | Horror | [69] | |||
Matariki | Michael Bennett | Drama | ||||
Boy | Taika Waititi | Comedy/drama | ||||
Predicament | Jason Stutter | Comedy | Based on the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel[70] | |||
The Insatiable Moon | Rosemary Riddell | Comedy/drama | [71] | |||
The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell | Brendan Donovan | Comedy/family | [72] | |||
Home by Christmas | Gaylene Preston | Documentary Drama | [73] | |||
Russian Snark | Stephen Sinclair | Comedy | [74] | |||
2011 | ||||||
The Devil's Rock | Paul Campion | Horror | ||||
The Holy Roller | Patrick Gillies | Comedy drama | [75] | |||
Love Birds | Paul Murphy | Romantic comedy | ||||
My Wedding and Other Secrets | Roseanne Liang | |||||
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | Steven Spielberg | Family/adventure | ||||
Operation 8: Deep in the Forest | Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [76] | |||
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | Kirstin Marcon | |||||
Dreamer by Design | David Chan | Comedy/drama | [77] | |||
Tracker | Ian Sharp | Action/Thriller | ||||
Love Story | Florian Habicht | Documentary drama | [78] | |||
2012 | ||||||
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Simon Bennett | Comedy | Sequel to the Sione's Wedding (2006)[79] | |||
Good for Nothing | Mike Wallis | Comedy/Thriller/Western | ||||
Ghost TV | Phil Davison | [80] | ||||
Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Drama | Based on Lloyd Jones' novel Mister Pip[81] | |||
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
The Red House | Alyx Duncan | Drama | [82] | |||
Kiwi Flyer | Tony Simpson | Family/Comedy | [83] | |||
2013 | ||||||
White Lies | Dana Rotberg | Drama | ||||
Eternity | Alex Galvin | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | ||||
Shopping | Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | Drama | ||||
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
Romeo & Juliet: A Love Song | Tim van Dammen | Rock opera | Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet[84] | |||
Gardening with Soul | Jess Feast | Documentary | [85] | |||
The Weight of Elephants | Daniel Joseph Borgman | Drama | [86] | |||
Giselle | Toa Fraser | Documentary | [87] | |||
Fantail | Curtis Vowell | Drama | [88] | |||
He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan | Kay Ellmers | Documentary | [89] | |||
Sheen of Gold | Simon Ogston | Documentary | [90] | |||
Us and the Game Industry | Stephanie Beth | Documentary | [91] | |||
Edwin: My Life as a Koont | Jason Stutter | Mockumentary, Comedy | [92] | |||
Ghost Bride | David Blyth | Horror, Romance | [93] | |||
Crackheads | Andy Sophocleus, Tim Tsiklauri | Comedy | [94][95] | |||
2014 | ||||||
Syrenia | Fraser Grut | Fantasy/family | ||||
What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | Comedy/horror | [96] | |||
Housebound | Morgana O'Reilly, Cameron Rhodes | Comedy/horror | [97] | |||
The Pā Boys | Himiona Grace | Music/drama | [98] | |||
The Dark Horse | James Napier Robertson | Drama | Biopic based on the true story of chess player Genesis Potini[99] | |||
Erebus: Operation Overdue | Peter Burger, Charlotte Purdy | Docudrama | Based on the true story of the recovery operation of the Mt Erebus disaster | |||
Pirates of the Airways | Charlie Haskell | Documentary | Based on the true story of Radio Hauraki | |||
The Dead Lands | Toa Fraser | Action/horror | It was premièred in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival | |||
Hip Hop-eration | Bryn Evans | Documentary | ||||
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
Tūmanako/Hope | Susy Pointon | Documentary | [100] | |||
3 Mile Limit | Craig Newland | Drama | [101] | |||
Urban Turban | Devesh Singh | Drama, Romance | Fiji/NZ Bollywood film[94] | |||
The Cure | David Gould | Action thriller | [102] | |||
Jake | Doug Dillaman | Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy | [103] | |||
Everything We Loved | Max Currie | Drama | [104] | |||
Contract Killers | Mathew John Pearson | Action Thriller | [94] | |||
Beyond the Edge | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | [105] | |||
Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | [106] | |||
Aunty and the Star People | Gerard Smyth | Documentary | [107] | |||
Erewhon | Gavin Hipkins | Essay | [108] | |||
Hot Air | Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [109] | |||
REALITi | Jonathan King | Thriller, Sci-Fi | [110] | |||
Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | [111] | |||
2015 | ||||||
Deathgasm | Jason Lei Howden | Comedy/horror | ||||
The Dead Room | Jason Stutter | Horror | ||||
Turbo Kid | François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell | Action/adventure/comedy/superhero/post-apocalyptic | ||||
25 April | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | ||||
Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws | Andrew Todd, Johnny Hall | Comedy/horror | ||||
Born To Dance | Tammy Davis | Action/sport | ||||
Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses | David Stubbs | Docodrama | Based on the true story of the exorcism of Janet Moses | |||
Slow West | John McLean | Action/adventure, Drama | [112] | |||
Lexi | Wayne Turner | Drama | [113] | |||
The Great Maiden's Blush | Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader | Drama | [114] | |||
A Flickering Truth | Pietra Brettkelly | |||||
Herbs: Songs of Freedom | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | [115] | |||
2016 | ||||||
Mahana | Lee Tamahori | Action/drama | Based on the novel Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera | |||
Penny Black | Joe Hitchcock | Road Movie | ||||
Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | [116] | |||
notes to eternity | Sarah Cordery | Documentary | featuring Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Norman Finkelstein, Sara Roy[117] | |||
Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Taika Waititi | Comedy | Based on the novel Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump | |||
Tickled | David Farrier, Dylan Reeve | Documentary | ||||
Chasing Great | Justin Pemberton, Michelle Walsh | Documentary | [118] | |||
the heART of the matter | Luit Bieringa | Documentary | [119] | |||
Poi E: The Story of Our Song | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | [120] | |||
The Rehearsal | Alison Maclean | Drama | ||||
On an Unknown Beach | Adam Luxton, Summer Agnew | Documentary | [121] | |||
West of Eden | Alastair Riddell | Drama | [122] | |||
The 5th Eye | Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [123] | |||
Chronesthesia | Hayden J. Weal | Romantic comedy | [124] | |||
This Giant Papier Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy | Christian Nicolson | Science fiction, Comedy | [125] | |||
Apple Pie | Sam Hamilton | Documentary | [126] | |||
2017 | ||||||
Pork Pie | Matt Murphy | Comedy/Road Movie | Remake of Goodbye Pork Pie | |||
Kiwi Christmas | Tony Simpson | Family | [127] | |||
Waru | Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Paula Whetu Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene | Drama | ||||
6 Days | Toa Fraser | Drama/Thriller | ||||
The Changeover | Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie | Fantasy/Thriller | [128] Based on the novel The Changeover by Margaret Mahy | |||
Human Traces | Nic Gorman | Drama/Thriller | [129] | |||
The Wizard & the Commodore - Chathams Islands New Zealand | Samuel A. Miller | Mondo Documentary | ||||
Bill Direen, A Memory of Others | Simon Ogston | Documentary | Screened in NZIFF 2017, download with O.S.T. 2019[130] | |||
My Year With Helen | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | [131] | |||
What Lies That Way | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | [132] | |||
Spookers | Florian Habicht | Documentary | [133] | |||
2018 | ||||||
The Breaker Upperers | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Comedy | ||||
Blue Moon | Stefen Harris | Film Noir | [134] | |||
Broken | Tarry Mortlock | Drama | [135] Inspired by true events | |||
Mortal Engines | Christian Rivers | Fantasy/Thriller | Filmed in NZ, a U.S./NZ co-production based on the novel Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve | |||
Mega Time Squad | Tim van Dammen | Sci-fi, Action, Comedy | [136] | |||
Status Pending | Ben Zolno | Dramedy | [137] Improvised dialogue (mumblecore) film premiering at Cinequest, Filmed Entirely in Wellington, NZ. | |||
2019 | ||||||
Daffodils | David Stubbs | Drama | ||||
For My Father's Kingdom | Vea Mafile'o, Jeremiah Tauamiti | Documentary | [138] | |||
Bellbird | Hamish Bennett | Drama | [139] | |||
Come to Daddy | Ant Timpson | Horror | ||||
Brown Boys | Hans Masoe | Comedy | [140] | |||
Take Home Pay | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Comedy | [141] | |||
Capital in the Twenty-First Century | Justin Pemberton | Documentary | [142] | |||
Savage | Sam Kelly | crime | [143] | |||
Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Comedy drama | ||||
Killer Sofa | Bernie Rao | Comedy horror | ||||
Vai | Nicole Whippy
‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki Amberley Jo Aumua Marina Alofagia McCartney Becs Arahanga |
Drama | [144] |
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | ||||||
The Legend of Baron To'a | Kiel McNaughton | drama | [145] | |||
Balance of the Five Elements | Jan-Hinrik Drevs | documentary | [146] | |||
The Girl on the Bridge | Leanne Pooley | documentary | [147] | |||
Rūrangi | Max Currie | LGBT/drama | [148] | |||
LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears | Anna Marbrook | documentary | [149] | |||
This Town | David White | comedy | [150] | |||
Lowdown Dirty Criminals | Paul Murphy | comedy | [151] | |||
Shadow in the Cloud | Roseanne Liang | action/horror | [152] | |||
Reunion | Jake Mahaffy | thriller, horror | ||||
Baby Done | Curtis Vowell | comedy | ||||
Six60: Till the Lights Go Out | Julia Parnell | documentary | [153] | |||
2021 | ||||||
Dawn Raid | Oscar Kightley | documentary | [154] | |||
Coming Home in the Dark | James Ashcroft | thriller | ||||
There Is No "I" in Threesome | Jan Oliver Lucks | drama, documentary, comedy | [155] | |||
Cousins | Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith | drama | Based on Patricia Grace's eponymous novel.[156] | |||
Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | drama | ||||
James & Isey | Florian Habicht | documentary | [157] | |||
Poppy | Linda Niccol | drama | [158] | |||
The Justice of Bunny King | Gaysorn Thavat | drama | [159] | |||
Juniper | Matthew J. Saville | drama | ||||
Mothers of the Revolution | Briar March | documentary | [160] | |||
The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | drama | Nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards | |||
Millie Lies Low | Michelle Savill | drama, comedy | [161] | |||
Fiona Clark: Unafraid | Lula Cucchiara | documentary | [162] Documentary on photographer Fiona Clark | |||
Whetū Mārama – Bright Star | Toby Mills, Aileen O'Sullivan | documentary | [163] | |||
Signed, Theo Schoon | Luit Bieringa | documentary | [164] | |||
Ayukawa: The Weight of a Life | Tu Rapana Neill, Jim Speers | documentary | [165] | |||
Mark Hunt - The Fight of His Life | Peter Brook Bell | documentary | [166] | |||
A Mild Touch of Cancer | Annie Goldson | documentary | [167] | |||
MILKED | Amy Taylor | documentary | [168] | |||
Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place | Kathleen Gallagher, Kate Goodwin | documentary | [169] | |||
2022 | ||||||
We Are Still Here | Beck Cole, Chantelle Burgoyne, Dena Curtis, Richard Curtis, Mario Gaoa, Danielle MacLean, Miki Magasiva, Renae Maihi, Tracey Rigney, Tim Worrall | drama | ||||
Nude Tuesday | Armağan Ballantyne | comedy | [170] | |||
Whina | James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones | biographical drama | [171] | |||
Muru | Tearepa Kahi | action, drama | ||||
Kāinga | Julie Zhu, Asuka Sylvie, Michelle Ang, Nahyeon Lee, Yamin Tun, Ghazaleh Golbakhsh, HASH, Angeline Loo | drama | [172] Anthology film | |||
Punch | Welby Ings | drama | ||||
Gloriavale | Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth | documentary | Documentary on the Gloriavale Christian Community | |||
A Boy Called Piano | Nina Nawalowalo | drama documentary | [173] | |||
When the Cows Come Home | Costa Botes | documentary | [174] | |||
Mister Organ | David Farrier | documentary | ||||
Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold | Briar March | documentary | Documentary on Valerie Adams | |||
We Came Here For Freedom Part I | Alistair Harding | documentary | [175] | |||
Geoff Dixon: Portraits of Us | Glenis Giles, Claire O'Leary | documentary | [176] | |||
Juliet Gerrard: Science in Dark Times | Shirley Horrocks | documentary | [177] | |||
Ka Pō | Etienne Aurelius | drama | [178] | |||
Shut Eye | Tom Levesque | drama | [179] | |||
2023 | ||||||
Bad Behaviour | Alice Englert | comedy | ||||
Red, White & Brass | Damon Fepulea'i | comedy | ||||
Stylebender | Zoe McIntosh | documentary | Documentary on Israel Adesanya | |||
We Came Here For Freedom Part II | Alistair Harding | documentary | [175][180] | |||
River of Freedom | Gaylene Barnes | documentary | [181] | |||
Uproar | Hamish Bennett, Paul Middleditch | drama | ||||
The Convert | Lee Tamahori | drama | ||||
Joika | James Napier Robertson | drama | ||||
Billion Dollar Heist | Daniel Gordon | documentary | [182] | |||
Building Bridges: Bill Youren's Vision of Peace | John Christoffels | documentary | [183] | |||
Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams | Robin Greenberg | documentary | [184] | |||
Home Kills | Haydn Butler | [185] | ||||
King Loser | Cushla Dillon, Andrew Moore | documentary | [186] | |||
Loop Track | Tom Sainsbury | comedy horror | [187] | |||
Ms. Information | Gwen Isaac | documentary | [188] | |||
Red Mole: A Romance | Annie Goldson | documentary | [189] | |||
2024 | ||||||
We Were Dangerous | Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | drama | [190] | |||
The Mountain | Rachel House | comedy drama | [191] | |||
The Moon Is Upside Down | Loren Taylor | comedy | [192] | |||
Ka Whawhai Tonu | Michael Jonathan | war drama | [193] | |||
Bookworm | Ant Simpson | comedy drama | [194] | |||
Went Up the Hill | Samuel Van Grinsven | thriller | [195] | |||
Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara | Kent Belcher | documentary | [196] | |||
Grafted | Sasha Rainbow | horror | [197] | |||
The Haka Party Incident | Katie Wolfe | documentary | [198] | |||
Head South | Jonathan Ogilvie | coming-of-age, drama | [199] | |||
The House Within | Joshua Prendeville | documentary | [200] | |||
Marimari | Paul Wolffram | documentary | [201] | |||
A Mistake | Christine Jeffs | drama | ||||
Never Look Away | Lucy Lawless | documentary | [202] | |||
Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers | Whetu Fala | documentary | [203] | |||
Maurice & I | Rick Harvie, Jane Mahoney | documentary | [204] | |||
The Rule of Jenny Pen | James Ashcroft | thriller | [205] | |||
Went Up the Hill | Samuel Van Grinsven | thriller, horror, drama | [206] |
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