New Zealand Movies

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata is the final work of director Merata Mita, who passed away suddenly before the film could be completed. The...

Short film by Bill Toepfer

During a rare visit from her tradition-minded grandmother, a young Indian girl lets slip that she's left handed. Horrified, her grandmother and aunt...

Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. They soon discover their lives are in more danger than they imagined. The staff are peculiar....

When the Cows Come Home introduces audiences to Tilly and Maggie, a pair of cows that musician, journalist, artist and cow whisperer, Andrew...

Four of New Zealand's most celebrated artists journey to Fiordland. Over the course of a 5 day voyage they not only explore the most spectacular...

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

When a welfare department’s insidious prejudice can no longer be tolerated, a group of unlikely heroes band together against a narrow-minded...

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

In this experimental super-villain origin story, Oswald, a social outcast tries to find money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion.

Three Axemen. Three tall wooden posts. An epic battle between young and old.

A mysterious gift. An ignored warning. A heavy responsibility. A big secret.

Actor Rawiri Paratene was 16 years old when he joined Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa (Young Warriors) in the early 1970s. "Those years...

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...

Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber...

In the Shadow of the Mountain is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Southern Alps. It was directed by Hugh Barnard in 2011. It...

Wife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the...

Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.

To celebrate the release of The Hobbit, two Lord of the Rings super-fans attempt to walk over 120 miles across New Zealand from the filming location...

A young up-and-coming crook is forced by a mob boss to infiltrate a powerful opposing criminal family, lead by a cutthroat matriarch known as Mother...