New Zealand Movies

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.

When a young female scientist discovers that the pharmaceutical company she works for had developed a cure for cancer years earlier, she attempts to...

When a cave in threatens the lives of four miners, including a father and son, it becomes a fight for survival. The superintendent (Mimi Rogers)...

In 1993 David Dougherty was found guilty and imprisoned for the abduction and rape of his 11 year old neighbor. It took two trials, two high court...

Who says being an undead creature of the night is easy? With that in mind, three ancient friends—centuries-old vampires Vulvus, the romantic...

Sweet, chubby, theatrical Billy was never cut out to be a farmer or a rugby player, but as the only son of a ‘good kiwi bloke’ he’s...

An aspiring novelist on the verge of a publishing breakthrough loses his unconventional muse, a tropical fish, sending him and an unstable fisheries...

When 12 year old Ben sets out to win the local trolly derby in memory of his father, he learns what matters in life when he is forced to battle...

After her gender identity was denied in her homeland, Lee Li, a transgender asylum seeker, was forced to leave her country, family, and language to...

When a group of friends accidentally commits murder after smoking abandoned marijuana in remote New Zealand, the drug's cannibalistic side effects...

A harsh winter in Canada’s Muskoka, where players face sub-zero temperatures, contrasts with New Zealand, where hockey is just starting to take...

Race Across New Zealand was the first of three telefilms made for the Rocket Power cartoon series, first transmitted on Nickelodeon in the US on 16...

There are landscapes that hardly anyone has entered or seen: this film takes the viewer through New Zealand from the southern edge to the...

John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The...

This impressionistic, late 1960s survey traces Auckland from volcanic origins to a population of half a million people. Produced by the National Film...

This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some...

Women talk about the circumstances that drove them to seek illegal abortions and the often traumatic result. Interwoven with historical photographs...

A young scientist who is convinced that a dangerous new pathogen threatens the population and tracks it back to her hometown – which is located...

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William....

Short subject documentary about land speed record holder Burt Munro. Produced for NZBC.