New Zealand Movies

Set in 1965, a true story of one man’s struggle to bring rock music to a nation, an iconic New Zealand story with a universal ‘David and...

A dad is voted out of his family, and when he mounts a campaign for re-election, he finds out he's not the only one in the running.

Ralph Hotere (Te Aupōuri) is regarded as one of New Zealand's greatest artists. This documentary by Merata Mita provides a perspective on his...

A woman, struggling to find courage in her troubled life, fights for survival, after a skydiving accident leaves her hanging from a 1000-foot-high...

After bungling his suicide attempt, a bankrupt man accidentally embarks on a career of crime. In search of condoms, he becomes involved in a bank...

Leveni, a young Tongan composer is diagnosed with a terminal illness. He must race against the clock to compose his ninth piece.

In May 2022, a commercial fishing vessel sunk off the coast of southern New Zealand. NZSAR continued to search for Noah Higgs for a further two weeks...

Siblings Stellar (23) and Max (17) are living in their car and trying to get back on their feet. When Max makes a drunken mistake and puts their...

A baby is washed up on a Pacific Island and is adopted by a childless woman. The tribal priest takes an instant dislike to the child, proclaiming...

It's Christmas 2006. Wolf's in prison to stay, Judd's in prison and trying to get out. The family is going to Tutaekuri Bay, where they go to every...

Two men undertake a thought-provoking journey to parenthood. Not by adoption or surrogacy, but by Frankie, a trans man, carrying their baby. Made...

Mataara has a soft side when we meet his Kui. Every week he visits his Kui and discovers that she wants to go to a male strip show. This poses a...

A bedridden woman being cared for by her daughter, is preyed on by an unseen creature.

A smug detective introduces his clueless sidekick to the ropes of the trade, but is made to confront the reason he became a private eye in the first...

A mysterious killer leaves a black octopus behind after each murder.

Spooked is a contemporary conspiracy thriller arising from the mysterious death of Kevin Jones, who thought he was just buying second-hand computers,...

A man living in the Antarctic makes a discovery that will change his life and the lives of everyone in the world.

Tatau is about Siaki (Jack), an elderly Samoan man struggling to come to terms with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo and...

A remarkable memoir of resilience, determination and love.Based on filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II...