New Zealand Maori
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1. This Way of Life (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
A lionhearted father struggles valiantly to create a life of idyllic simplicity for his family.
Director: Thomas Burstyn | Stars: Peter Karena, Colleen Karena, Llewelyn Ottley-Karena, Aurora Ottley-Karena
Votes: 496
2. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House
Votes: 141,948 | Gross: $5.20M
3. Boy (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore
Votes: 29,546 | Gross: $0.26M
4. Whale Rider (2002)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Family
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 44,041 | Gross: $20.78M
5. The Strength of Water (2009)
86 min | Drama, Fantasy
When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody are forced apart. Kimi must find the strength to let go of what he loves the most.
Director: Armagan Ballantyne | Stars: Isaac Barber, Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, McCarthy Pearse
Votes: 265
6. The Dark Horse (2014)
R | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
Director: James Napier Robertson | Stars: Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance, James Napier Robertson
Votes: 6,585 | Gross: $0.06M
7. Two Cars, One Night (2003)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Rangi Ngamoki, Hutini Waikato, Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards, Riwai Waka
Votes: 2,894
8. The Insatiable Moon (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
When Arthur, self-proclaimed son of God, sets off on a mission to find the Queen of Heaven, his world changes.
Director: Rosemary Riddell | Stars: Rawiri Paratene, Sara Wiseman, Ian Mune, Greg Johnson
Votes: 230
9. Utu (1983)
Unrated | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1870, a Maori warrior working with the British finds his village massacred, and vows revenge.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott, Kelly Johnson
Votes: 1,332
10. Once Were Warriors (1994)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga
Votes: 36,857 | Gross: $2.20M
11. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jake Muss' oldest son is killed in a gang fight and the younger son wants revenge, but Jake doesn't want to lose his other son to violence as well.
Director: Ian Mune | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Rena Owen, Clint Eruera, Nancy Brunning
Votes: 3,769
12. Kawa (2010)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Romance
An apparently happy family man must reveal a lifelong secret - that he is gay.
Director: Katie Wolfe | Stars: Calvin Tuteao, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare, Vicky Haughton
Votes: 409
13. River Queen (2005)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 2,728
14. Kaitangata Twitch (2010–2011)
23 min | Family, Fantasy
It's fifty years since Shelly Gentry disappeared and 50 is one of those numbers that seem to mean something. People celebrate fifty. In pre-European New Zealand, the tiny Island of ... See full summary »
Stars: Te Waimarie Kessell, George Henare, Charles Mesure, Miriama Smith
Votes: 52
15. The Pa Boys (2014)
93 min | Drama, Music
The adventures of a small-time reggae band on the road as they learn more about life and themselves.
Director: Himiona Grace | Stars: Francis Kora, Matariki Whatarau, Tola Newbery, Juanita Hepi
Votes: 89
16. Mt. Zion (2013)
96 min | Drama
Turei's family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley's 1979 tour. But it's a dream ... See full summary »
Director: Tearepa Kahi | Stars: Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith, Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson
Votes: 270
17. Rain of the Children (2008)
98 min | Documentary, Drama
Puhi was chosen at age 12 by the great Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana to marry his son, Whatu, and goes on to have an extraordinary life of hardship and wonder showing her fortitude through life ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Harmony Wihapi, Melody Wihapi, Mikaira Tawhara, Miriama Rangi
Votes: 211
18. Crooked Earth (2001)
100 min | Drama
Forces of tradition and tribal pride collide with government authority.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Lawrence Makoare, Jaime Passier-Armstrong, Quinton Hita
Votes: 254
19. White Lies (I) (2013)
99 min | Drama
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
Director: Dana Rotberg | Stars: Whirimako Black, Rachel House, Antonia Prebble, Nancy Brunning
Votes: 574
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