List of New Zealand films
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This is a list of feature films and pre 1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release.
Key[]
- * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission.
- † = Year given is date of principal photography rather than release.
Pre 1910[]
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] | |||
The Auckland Cup race at Ellerslie † | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ horse-race filmed;lost[1] | |||
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] | |||
1903 | ||||||
A Message from Mars | Franklyn Barrett | Drama | First science fiction film made in NZ; lost[1] | |||
1908 | ||||||
Franklyn Barrett | Documentary |
1910s[]
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][2] | ||||
The River Wanganui | Gaston Méliès | Documentary | ||||
1914 | ||||||
Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director;[3] lost[2] | |||
1916 | ||||||
A Maori Maid's Love | Raymond Longford | lost[2] | ||||
The Mutiny of the Bounty | Raymond Longford | lost[2] | ||||
The Test | melodrama | lost[2] |
1920s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1921 | ||||||
Beyond | William Desmond Taylor | lost[2] | ||||
The Betrayer | Beaumont Smith | lost[2] | ||||
Rudall Hayward | ||||||
1922 | ||||||
The Birth of New Zealand | Harrington Reynolds | Earliest New Zealand film of which footage (fragments only) are known to still exist.[2] | ||||
My Lady of the Cave | Rudall Hayward | |||||
Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross | George Tarr | Documentary/travelogue | ||||
1923 | ||||||
The Romance of Sleepy Hollow | Henry J. Makepeace | lost[2] | ||||
1924 | ||||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | fragments only remain[2] | ||||
Venus of the South Seas | James R. Sullivan | |||||
1925 | ||||||
The Adventures of Algy | Beaumont Smith | |||||
documentary | [2] | |||||
1927 | ||||||
Carbine's Heritage | Edwin Coubray (Ted) | lost[2] | ||||
The Romance of Hine-moa | Gustav Pauli | lost[2][4] | ||||
The Te Kooti Trail | Rudall Hayward | |||||
Under the Southern Cross | Gustav Pauli | lost[2] | ||||
1928 | ||||||
The Bush Cinderella | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1929 | ||||||
Under the Southern Cross | Lew Collins | a.k.a. The Devil's Pit or Taranga. Only fragments remain[2] |
1930s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | ||||||
The Romance Of Maoriland | Never released. Intended as New Zealand's first feature-length "talkie". 30 minutes of footage only remain.[2] | |||||
1934 | ||||||
travelogue | New Zealand's first released "talkie" film.[2] | |||||
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.[2] | ||||
Hei Tiki | Alexander Markey | a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris.[2] | ||||
Cyril James Morton | Scenic | [5] | ||||
Scenic | [5] | |||||
1936 | ||||||
Phar Lap's Son | A. L. Lewis | a.k.a. Phar Lap's Son?. Lost.[2] | ||||
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.[2] | |||
1937 | ||||||
Scenic | [5] | |||||
1938 | ||||||
Scenic | [5] |
1940s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940 | ||||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama/War | [6] | |||
Michael Forlong | Official Centennial film | |||||
1949 | ||||||
Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | War | Location shooting for Hollywood film.[6] |
1950s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | ||||||
Documentary | [2] | |||||
1952 | ||||||
Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | [6] | |||
1954 | ||||||
The Seekers | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting.[6] | |||
1955 | ||||||
Battle Cry | Raoul Walsh | War | Leon Uris novel set in NZ, starring Van Heflin, James Whitmore and Tab Hunter[6] | |||
1957 | ||||||
Until They Sail | Robert Wise | Wartime Romance | Location shooting at Sumner for Hollywood film set in NZ[6] |
1960s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | ||||||
140 Days Under the World | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.[7] | ||||
Runaway | John O'Shea | Drama | First film appearance for several noted New Zealand media personalities, including , Barry Crump, and Kiri Te Kanawa.[2] | |||
1966 | ||||||
Don't Let It Get You | John O'Shea | Comedy | [8] | |||
1969 | ||||||
(ja:Nyu jirando no wakadaishô) | Jun Fukuda | Location shooting of Japanese film[6] |
1970s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | ||||||
To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm. New Zealand's first colour feature film; Hayward's last film.[6] | ||||
1973 | ||||||
Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | Children's drama | Film debut of Temuera Morrison[2] | |||
1974 | ||||||
Games '74 | John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard | Sports documentary | ||||
Paul Maunder, | Documentary | |||||
1975 | ||||||
Landfall † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm[6] | ||||
: Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship † | Drama | shot on 16mm[6] | ||||
1976 | ||||||
The God Boy † | Drama | Telemovie[6] | ||||
Off the Edge † | Skiing | [6] | ||||
1977 | ||||||
Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/action | First NZ film to open in the U.S. | |||
Solo | Tony Williams | |||||
Geoff Murphy | ||||||
1978 | ||||||
Fantasy | [9] Art New Zealand | |||||
Died in the Wool † | Whodunnit | telemovie | ||||
Colour Scheme † | whodunnit | telemovie | ||||
* | Geoff Steven | Drama | [6] | |||
1979 | ||||||
† | David Sims | telemovie | ||||
Middle Age Spread*† | Comedy | shot on 16mm | ||||
*† | Paul Maunder | Drama |
1980s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | ||||||
Beyond Reasonable Doubt | John Laing | Drama | Based on the true story of the Crewe murders and wrongful conviction of Arthur Allan Thomas | |||
Squeeze | Drama | shot on 16mm | ||||
Historical drama | [10] AKA Lizzie; shot on 16mm | |||||
1981 | ||||||
Bad Blood * | Mike Newell | drama | NZ-British co-production[6] | |||
† | Michael Laughlin | [6] | ||||
Goodbye Pork Pie * | Geoff Murphy | comedy, road movie | [6] | |||
Pictures† * | [6] Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival | |||||
Race for the Yankee Zephyr | David Hemmings | action | Australia - NZ co-production[6] | |||
Smash Palace * | Roger Donaldson | drama | [6] | |||
Wildcat† | , , | shot on 16mm[6] | ||||
1982 | ||||||
† * | comedy | [6] | ||||
The Scarecrow * | Sam Pillsbury | [6] | ||||
Battletruck (reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century) |
Harley Cokliss | action | Hollywood film shot on location[6] | |||
1983 | ||||||
Among the Cinders† * | Rolf Hädrich | Drama | [11] | |||
telemovie[6] | ||||||
† | Drama | [6] | ||||
† * | shot on 16mm[6] | |||||
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | War | location shooting for British-Japanese co-production[6] | |||
Patu!† * | Merata Mita | documentary | [6] | |||
Savage Islands (a.k.a. Nate and Hayes)† | Adventure | [6] | ||||
Second Time Lucky† | Michael Anderson | comedy | [6] | |||
† | [6] | |||||
Trespasses† | [6] | |||||
Utu * | Geoff Murphy | historical action | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival[6] | |||
† * | Drama | [12] | ||||
† | [6] | |||||
1984 | ||||||
Constance | Drama | [6] | ||||
The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | Adventure | Location shooting for Australian/US production[6] | |||
Came a Hot Friday | comedy | [13] | ||||
Death Warmed Up† * | horror/thriller | [6] | ||||
a.k.a. Out of Time | Biography drama | Telemovie[14] | ||||
John Laing | drama | [6] | ||||
* | Drama | filmed in the Cook Islands[15] | ||||
Vigil * | Vincent Ward | Drama | Nominated for Palme D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival[16] | |||
1985 | ||||||
Bridge to Nowhere * | Ian Mune | [6] | ||||
Came a Hot Friday * | Ian Mune | comedy | [6] | |||
* | John Laing | Action | [2] | |||
Denis Lewiston | sex thriller | Location shooting for US film[6] | ||||
Kingpin | drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||
The Lost Tribe | John Laing | horror | [6] | |||
* | Gaylene Preston | horror | [3] | |||
The Quiet Earth * | Geoff Murphy | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | [6] | |||
Shaker Run | Action/thriller | [4] | ||||
Sylvia | biographical film | [6] | ||||
1986 | ||||||
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale | Murray Ball | animated film | [6] | |||
* | John Anderson | [6] | ||||
Pallet on the Floor | [6] | |||||
Queen City Rocker * | [6] | |||||
1987 | ||||||
Bad Taste * | Peter Jackson | Comedy/horror/sci-fi | ||||
* | Leon Narbey | [6] | ||||
* | Merata Mita | [6] | ||||
Ngati * | Barry Barclay | [6] | ||||
1988 | ||||||
The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | action/thriller | [6] | |||
Comedy | ||||||
The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey * | Vincent Ward | fantasy | [6] Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |||
Never Say Die | Geoff Murphy | action | ||||
* | [6] | |||||
A Soldier's Tale | Larry Parr | Romantic drama | [17] | |||
1989 | ||||||
Meet the Feebles* | Peter Jackson | black comedy | [6] |
1990s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | ||||||
An Angel at My Table * | Jane Campion | biography | [6] | |||
* | Martyn Sanderson | drama | [6] | |||
Ruby and Rata * | Gaylene Preston | [6] | ||||
1991 | ||||||
The End of the Golden Weather | Ian Mune | |||||
comedy/horror/kids | AKA My Grandpa Is a Vampire | |||||
Old Scores | comedy/sport | |||||
A Soldier's Tale | Larry Parr | war/drama | ||||
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 | War | |||||
Crush | Alison Maclean | Entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
1993 | ||||||
Bread and Roses* | Gaylene Preston | biography | ||||
Desperate Remedies | , Peter Wells | surrealist melodrama | Screened at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival | |||
The Piano | Jane Campion | drama/romance | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes | |||
The Tommyknockers | John Power | Horror TV Mini-Series | US production filmed in New Zealand[18] | |||
1994 | ||||||
Heavenly Creatures* | Peter Jackson | Drama/romance/crime | ||||
Once Were Warriors | Lee Tamahori | Drama | ||||
1995 | ||||||
Bonjour Timothy* | ||||||
Cinema of Unease | Sam Neill, Judy Rymer | Documentary | ||||
Forgotten Silver | , Peter Jackson | mockumentary | ||||
1996 | ||||||
Broken English | Gregor Nicholas | drama/romance | ||||
comedy | ||||||
Jack Brown Genius | Produced by Peter Jackson | |||||
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 | Horror | Starring Pamela Gidley, | ||||
[19] | ||||||
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | Harry Sinclair | |||||
The Ugly | ||||||
1998 | ||||||
Niki Caro | ||||||
Saving Grace | romance | |||||
1999 | ||||||
Channelling Baby | ||||||
Scarfies* | Robert Sarkies | black comedy | ||||
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | Ian Mune | drama |
2000s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | ||||||
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons* | Glenn Standring | Horror, Thriller | [20] | |||
* | Michael Hurst | Comedy | [21] | |||
The Price of Milk* | Harry Sinclair | Comedy | [22] | |||
2001 | ||||||
Crooked Earth | Sam Pillsbury | Drama | [23] | |||
Phil Davison | [24] | |||||
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 | Thriller/road movie | |||||
Stickmen | ||||||
Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Action/Drama | Some scenes filmed in New Zealand | |||
2002 | ||||||
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
In a Land of Plenty | Documentary | |||||
Tongan Ninja | Jason Stutter | Action comedy | [25] | |||
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 | [26] | |||
Whale Rider* | Niki Caro | drama | ||||
Greg King | Drama/Comedy | |||||
Florian Habicht | Musical/Fairy tale/Drama | |||||
2004 | ||||||
Fracture | Larry Parr | Drama | Based on by Maurice Gee[27] | |||
Without a Paddle | Steven Brill | Comedy | American film shot in New Zealand | |||
and | Drama | |||||
In My Father's Den | Brad McGann | Drama | ||||
Spooked | Geoff Murphy | |||||
2005 | ||||||
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous | drama | |||||
King Kong | Peter Jackson | adventure | ||||
Banana in a Nutshell | Roseanne Liang | Documentary | ||||
River Queen | Vincent Ward | historical drama | ||||
The World's Fastest Indian * | Roger Donaldson | biography | Based on the life of Burt Munro | |||
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Fantasy/adventure | ||||
Meet Me in Miami | Eric Hannah and Iren Koster | Comedy | ||||
Drama/thriller | ||||||
2006 | ||||||
No. 2 | Toa Fraser | |||||
Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring | horror/thriller | ||||
Anna Wilding | documentary | |||||
Sione's Wedding | comedy/romance | |||||
and | Drama | |||||
The Ferryman | horror | |||||
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[28] | |||
Gregory King | [29] | |||||
Down by the Riverside | Brad Davison |
Film noir/horror | ||||
The Devil Dared Me To | Chris Stapp | |||||
Bridge to Terabithia | Gabor Csubo | drama | American film shot in New Zealand | |||
We're Here To Help | Kafkaesque comedy | |||||
Men Shouldn't Sing | Sarah Higginson and Michael Bell | Musical | ||||
Comedy romance | ||||||
30 Days of Night | David Slade | Horror | ||||
The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | |||||
Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten | Romantic comedy | Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007[30] | |||
Eagle vs Shark | Taika Waititi | Romantic Comedy | ||||
2008 | ||||||
Romantic comedy | ||||||
Rain of the Children | Vincent Ward | Documentary | ||||
Drama | ||||||
Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser | Drama | ||||
Ben Hawker | Thriller | |||||
Last of the Living | Comedy horror | |||||
2009 | ||||||
Avatar | James Cameron | Principal live photography in Wellington studios, plus digital fx work | ||||
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 | ||||
Drama | [31] | |||||
Separation City | Paul Middleditch |
2010s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | ||||||
Katie Wolfe | Drama | |||||
Horror | ||||||
Matariki | Michael Bennett | Drama | ||||
Boy | Taika Waititi | Comedy/drama | ||||
Predicament | Jason Stutter | Comedy | Based on the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel[32] | |||
Bloodlines | Crime/Drama | |||||
The Insatiable Moon | Rosemary Riddell | Comedy/drama | [33] | |||
Brendan Donovan | Comedy/family | |||||
2011 | ||||||
The Devil's Rock | Paul Campion | Horror | ||||
Love Birds | ||||||
My Wedding and Other Secrets | Roseanne Liang | |||||
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | Steven Spielberg | Family/adventure | ||||
Documentary | ||||||
The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | Kirstin Marcon | |||||
David Chan | Comedy/drama | [34] | ||||
Tracker | Ian Sharp | Action/Thriller | ||||
2012 | ||||||
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Comedy | Sequel to the Sione's Wedding (2006)[35] | ||||
Good for Nothing | Comedy/Thriller/Western | |||||
Phil Davison | ||||||
Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Drama | Based on Lloyd Jones' novel Mister Pip[36] | |||
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
Drama | ||||||
Tony Simpson | Family/Comedy | |||||
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 | |||
The Confessions of Prisoner T | Micheal Bennett | Documentary | ||||
Rock opera | Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet[37] | |||||
Jess Feast | Documentary | [38] | ||||
Daniel Joseph Borgman | Drama | [39] | ||||
Giselle | Toa Fraser | Documentary | [40] | |||
Curtis Vowell | Drama | [41] | ||||
Kay Ellmers | Documentary | [42] | ||||
Documentary | [43] | |||||
Stephanie Beth | Documentary | [44] | ||||
Jason Stutter | Mockumentary, Comedy | [45] | ||||
Horror, Romance | [46] | |||||
Andy Sophocleus, Tim Tsiklauri | Comedy | [47][48] | ||||
2014 | ||||||
Fantasy/family | ||||||
What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | Comedy/horror | [49] | |||
Housebound | Morgana O'Reilly, Cameron Rhodes | Comedy/horror | [50] | |||
Music/drama | [51] | |||||
The Dark Horse | James Napier Robertson | Drama | Biopic based on the true story of chess player Genesis Potini[52] | |||
Peter Burger, | Docudrama | Based on the true story of the recovery operation of the Mt Erebus disaster | ||||
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 | Documentary | |||||
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
Susy Pointon | Documentary | [53] | ||||
Craig Newland | Drama | [54] | ||||
Devesh Singh | Drama, Romance | Fiji/NZ Bollywood film[47] | ||||
The Cure | David Gould | Action thriller | [55] | |||
Doug Dillaman | Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy | [56] | ||||
Everything We Loved | Max Currie | Drama | [57] | |||
Mathew John Pearson | Action Thriller | [47] | ||||
Beyond the Edge | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | [58] | |||
Paolo Rotondo | Drama | [59] | ||||
Gerard Smyth | Documentary | [60] | ||||
Gavin Hipkins | Essay | [61] | ||||
, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [62] | ||||
Jonathan King | Thriller, Sci-Fi | [63] | ||||
Documentary | [64] | |||||
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 | , | 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 | |||
Abandoned | John Laing | Drama | Based on the true story of the Rose-Noelle | |||
Slow West | John McLean | Action/adventure, Drama | [65] | |||
Wayne Turner | Drama | [66] | ||||
2016 | ||||||
Mahana | Lee Tamahori | Action/drama | Based on the novel Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera | |||
Penny Black (film) | Road Movie | |||||
Paolo Rotondo | Drama | |||||
notes to eternity | Sarah Cordery | Documentary | featuring Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Norman Finkelstein, Sara Roy[67] | |||
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 | ||||
2017 | ||||||
Pork Pie | Comedy/Road Movie | Remake of Goodbye Pork Pie | ||||
Family | ||||||
Waru | Briar Grace-Smith, , Katie Wolfe, , Renae Maihi, , | Drama | ||||
6 Days | Toa Fraser | Drama/Thriller | ||||
Miranda Harcourt, | Fantasy/Thriller | Based on the novel The Changeover by Margaret Mahy | ||||
Human Traces | Drama/Thriller | |||||
Mondo Documentary | ||||||
Bill Direen, A Memory of Others | Documentary | Screened in NZIFF 2017, download with O.S.T. 2019[68] | ||||
2018 | ||||||
The Breaker Upperers | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Comedy | ||||
Broken | Tarry Mortlock | Drama | 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 | |||
Tim van Dammen | Sci-fi, Action, Comedy | [69] | ||||
Status Pending | Ben Zolno | Dramedy | 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 | ||||
Bellbird | Hamish Bennett | Drama | ||||
Come to Daddy | Ant Timpson | Horror | ||||
Brown Boys | Hans Masoe | Comedy | ||||
Take Home Pay | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Comedy | ||||
Capital in the Twenty-First Century | Justin Pemberton | Documentary | ||||
Killer Sofa | Bernie Rao | Comedy horror |
2020s[]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | ||||||
Mulan | Niki Caro | fantasy action | [70] | |||
Savage | Sam Kelly | crime | [71] | |||
Shadow in the Cloud | Roseanne Liang | action/horror | [72] | |||
The Legend of Baron To'a | Kiel McNaughton | drama | [73] | |||
2021 | ||||||
Cousins | Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith | drama | Based on Patricia Grace's eponymous novel.[74] | |||
The Justice of Bunny King | Gaysorn Thavat | drama | [75] |
See also[]
- Cinema of New Zealand
References[]
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Further reading[]
- Dennis, Jonathan & Jan Bieringa, (1996) "Film in Aotearoa New Zealand", Wellington: Victoria University Press. (best source on topic) ISBN 0-86473-309-7
External links[]
Categories:
- Lists of New Zealand films
- New Zealand film-related lists