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51. The Lighthorsemen (1987)

PG | 131 min | Drama, History, War

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Peter Phelps, Nick Waters, John Larking, Jack Heywood

Votes: 2,036

52. The Breaker Upperers (2018)

90 min | Comedy

For the right price, BFFs Jen and Mel will ruthlessly end any romance. But when one grows a conscience, it threatens to derail their relationship.

Directors: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Stars: Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola

Votes: 6,910

53. Escaping Utopia (2024)

Documentary

New Zealand's most extreme religious cult, Gloriavale, and the true stories of people attempting to break free, including current and former members that have never gone on record before.

Votes: 71

54. All for Love (II) (2016 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

After 73 errors about firefighters in her last romance novel, Jo's publisher, Diana, insists on weeks of research for her next book by training at a military boot camp run by her navy seal brother.

Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Sara Rue, Steve Bacic, Teryl Rothery, Jordana Largy

Votes: 1,810

55. Muru (2022)

104 min | Action, Drama

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an ... See full summary »

Director: Tearepa Kahi | Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell

Votes: 335

56. Under the Mountain (1981)

24 min | Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Teenage twin siblings, Rachel and Theo, on a summer vacation in Auckland visiting their aunt and uncle, meet a certain Mr. Jones, a mysterious man who helped find them when they got lost in... See full summary »

Stars: Kirsty Wilkinson, Lance Warren, Roy Leywood, William Johnson

Votes: 428

57. Sleeping Dogs (1977)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Sam Neill, Nevan Rowe, Ian Mune, Warren Oates

Votes: 1,664

58. Out of the Blue (I) (2006)

103 min | Crime, Drama

Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.

Director: Robert Sarkies | Stars: Matthew Sunderland, Stuart Mathieson, Natalie Ellis, Patrick Paynter

Votes: 3,933 | Gross: $0.00M

59. Pork Pie (2017)

TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Pork Pie tracks the escapades of a trio of accidental outlaws as they travel the length of the New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with a posse of cops and a media frenzy hot in their pursuit.

Director: Matt Murphy | Stars: Dean O'Gorman, James Rolleston, Ashleigh Cummings, Antonia Prebble

Votes: 2,418

60. Mysterious Ways (2023)

90 min | Drama

When a media storm threatens the marriage between a Vicar and his Samoan boyfriend something extraordinary happens.

Director: Paul Oremland | Stars: Nick Afoa, Vincent Andrew-Scammell, Lena Boswell, Elisabeth Easther

Votes: 29

61. Bride Flight (2008)

R | 130 min | Drama, Romance

A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.

Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Pleuni Touw

Votes: 2,794 | Gross: $0.50M

62. Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)

PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A drunken deer hunter, his pilot colleague and his daughter compete with a treasure hunter to reach a lake in New Zealand and uncover a WWII-era plane wreck carrying a fortune in gold.

Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard

Votes: 1,156

63. Perfect Creature (2006)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.

Director: Glenn Standring | Stars: Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Leo Gregory, Scott Wills

Votes: 5,712

64. West of Eden (2017)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance, Western

The affluent farmer's son is everything Billy desires. The farm is everything the head drover wants. A story of forbidden love, revenge and a family torn apart, inspired by true events.

Director: Alastair Riddell | Stars: Kieran Foster, Luke Thompson, Peter Hansen, Vanessa Riddell

Votes: 299

65. Mesmerized (1985)

PG | 94 min | Drama

An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.

Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor

Votes: 1,022

66. Cousins (III) (2021)

98 min | Drama

Entwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage.

Directors: Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith | Stars: Rachel House, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Cohen Holloway, Miriama Smith

Votes: 674

67. Fresh Meat (2012)

TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.

Director: Danny Mulheron | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Kate Elliott, Hanna Tevita, Nicola Kawana

Votes: 2,129

68. Forgotten Silver (1995 TV Movie)

53 min | Comedy

The film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Directors: Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | Stars: Peter Jackson, Jeffrey Thomas, Costa Botes, Leonard Maltin

Votes: 6,326 | Gross: $0.03M

69. Maiden (2018)

PG | 97 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

Director: Alex Holmes | Stars: Frank Bough, John Chittenden, Bruno Du Bois, Pat Edwards

Votes: 2,591 | Gross: $3.01M

70. 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: 2,734

71. Bettie Page Reveals All (2012)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Biography

The world's greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.

Director: Mark Mori | Stars: Bettie Page, Hugh Hefner, Olivia de Berardinis, Dita Von Teese

Votes: 1,634 | Gross: $0.10M

72. The Perfect Wave (2014)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

When a surfer is pronounced dead after an accident, he's faced with a choice: remain in the eternal afterlife or return and share his experience with the world.

Director: Bruce Macdonald | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Hendrix

Votes: 1,302

73. Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

A pilot ferrying a crop duster aircraft, from the United States to Australia, gets lost over the south Pacific Ocean and the pilot of a commercial airliner is his only hope of being found.

Director: Roger Young | Stars: Robert Loggia, Scott Bakula, Rebecca Rigg, Alan Fletcher

Votes: 629

74. Firsts (2022)

17 min | Short, Drama

On the eve Chinese New Year, Steven, a closeted Chinese international student living in New Zealand oppressed by the expectations of his parents, plans to lose his virginity to a stranger that he meets online.

Director: Jesse Ung | Stars: David Shi, Kelvin Ta, Esther Wee

Votes: 55

75. Welcome to the Jungle (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Two young couples head into the New Guinea wilderness in an effort to find Michael Rockefeller, the heir to the Rockefeller fortune who disappeared in 1961.

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Sandi Roberts, Veronica Sywak, Callard Harris, Nick Richey

Votes: 2,305

76. The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002 Video)

Documentary

Documentary of the making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic work of fantasy.

Director: Costa Botes | Stars: Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 685

77. Broken English (1996)

NC-17 | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her ... See full summary »

Director: Gregor Nicholas | Stars: Aleksandra Vujcic, Julian Arahanga, Rade Serbedzija, Marton Csokas

Votes: 741 | Gross: $0.48M

78. The Stolen (II) (2017)

TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.

Director: Niall Johnson | Stars: Alice Eve, Jack Davenport, Graham McTavish, Richard O'Brien

Votes: 1,577

79. Vigil (1984)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery

A lonely girl living on an isolated, mist-cloaked farm is confronted with the changes wrought by a stranger that arrives.

Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay

Votes: 889

80. Buddy (2003)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Kristoffer is a billboard hanger, 24 years old and carefree. When his girlfriend Elisabeth dumps him for the boss of her trend bureau, his life falls into pieces. He feels like a loser. By ... See full summary »

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Nicolai Cleve Broch, Aksel Hennie, Anders Baasmo, Pia Tjelta

Votes: 4,655

81. Whina (2022)

112 min | Biography, Drama

A biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land - all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs.

Directors: James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones | Stars: Rena Owen, Vinnie Bennett, James Rolleston, Erroll Shand

Votes: 264

82. Rain (III) (2001)

TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Whilst on a family vacation on the Mahurangi Peninsula in New Zealand, 13-year-old Janey begins to realize that her parents' marriage is on the rocks.

Director: Christine Jeffs | Stars: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning

Votes: 1,636 | Gross: $0.45M

83. Stylebender (2023)

102 min | Documentary, Sport

It follows a boy fighting to become the man he was destined to be. Will he find something to fight for, or will he become what he hates the most?

Director: Zoe McIntosh | Stars: Israel Adesanya, Eugene Bareman, Janet Redmond

Votes: 115

84. Samoan Wedding (2006)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

Four raucous Samoans are banned from their best friend's wedding. To get in, they have to prove themselves as mature individuals by getting and keeping girlfriends.

Director: Chris Graham | Stars: Oscar Kightley, Heto Ah Hi, Shimpal Lelisi, Robbie Magasiva

Votes: 1,625 | Gross: $0.07M

85. The Ferryman (2007)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

The story of a group of twenty-somethings who charter a boat to Fiji for the trip of a lifetime, before stumbling upon an evil that demands vengeance at any cost.

Director: Chris Graham | Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Kerry Fox, Tamer Hassan, Amber Sainsbury

Votes: 1,976

86. Mega Time Squad (2018)

86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

John steals money and a bracelet/temporal dislocator from a Chinese antiques shop. Fleeing, he triggers the device and goes minutes back in time. The time travels result in new Johns and they form the Mega Time Squad.

Director: Tim van Dammen | Stars: Anton Tennet, Jonny Brugh, Hetty Gaskell-Hahn, Charles Chan

Votes: 1,773

87. 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: 1,340

88. Black Hands (2020– )

Drama

On the morning of June 20, 1994, five members of the Bain family were found dead in their Dunedin, New Zealand home. This tells the story of an atrocity that captured a nation, and remains one of New Zealand's most controversial cases.

Stars: Joel Tobeck, Luanne Gordon, Richard Crouchley, Lucy Currey

Votes: 217

89. Goodbye Pork Pie (1980)

R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Dumped by his girlfriend, a man joins a reckless youth in a stolen yellow mini and they drive the length of New Zealand, attracting cops and media attention, determined to get to Invercargill.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman, Shirley Gruar

Votes: 1,319

90. Smash Palace (1981)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller

After the break-up of his marriage, a racing driver sets out to get back his daughter - at any cost.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Anna Maria Monticelli, Greer Robson-Kirk, Keith Aberdein

Votes: 1,170

91. Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1987–1989)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The continuing adventures of the magic scarecrow, only this time he's in New Zealand.

Stars: Jon Pertwee, Bruce Phillips, Jonathan Marks, Olivia Ihimaera-Smiler

Votes: 110

92. The Patriarch (2016)

103 min | Drama

From the author of "The Whale Rider", a tale of family rivalry and reconciliation, set against the stunning backdrop of rural New Zealand in the 1960s.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Temuera Morrison, Akuhata Keefe, Nancy Brunning, Jim Moriarty

Votes: 1,031

93. Sensation (2010)

107 min | Comedy

A naive young Irishman starts a relationship with a sexy call girl; and together they hatch a plan to open a brothel using the proceeds from the farm he recently inherited.

Director: Tom Hall | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Patrick Ryan, Luanne Gordon, Marie O'Neill

Votes: 395

94. Luella Miller (2005)

Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A sexy stranger wreaks havoc on a small New Zealand town in this erotic thriller.

Director: Dane Giraud | Stars: Sara Wiseman, Sia Trokenheim, Phil Brown, Jacqueline Nairn

Votes: 121

95. Anzacs (1985)

165 min | Drama, History, War

The lives of a dozen Australian soldiers who served in the ANZACs. Fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, then on the Western Front for the remainder of WWI, it's the story of the hardships, camaraderie and casualties of war.

Stars: Andrew Clarke, Paul Hogan, Jon Blake, Megan Williams

Votes: 850

96. My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Sent on a trip from California to New Zealand to visit with his eccentric grandfather, Lonny discovers that his grandpa is a vampire. Unnerved at first, he soon discovers that his grandpa is a good vampire.

Director: David Blyth | Stars: Al Lewis, Justin Gocke, Milan Borich, Pat Evison

Votes: 307

97. You Move You Die (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Mike has the girl, the place and the time. The problem is he doesn't have the ring. Before Mike has an opportunity to propose his engagement ring is stolen. Mike is desperate to recover it.... See full summary »

Director: Ketzal Sterling | Stars: Ketzal Sterling, Julian Harrison, Patrick Clarke, Jonathan Allen

Votes: 563

98. The Boy from Andromeda (1991– )

97 min | Family, Sci-Fi

A small alien child lands on Earth and is taken in by several Earth children.

Stars: Katrina Hobbs, Jane Creswell, Fiona Kay, Anthony Samuels

Votes: 68

99. Kunwara (2000)

134 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Raju meets Urmila in New Zealand. They have a fast romance and things are going well until Raju must make a trip back to India. While he is there, he meets Sharmila, pregnant and jilted by ... See full summary »

Director: David Dhawan | Stars: Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Nagma, Om Puri

Votes: 1,101

100. Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (1986)

PG | 71 min | Animation, Comedy

Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats". Questions will be answered as the small town of Raupo comes to life on the big screen.

Director: Murray Ball | Stars: John Clarke, Peter Rowley, Rawiri Paratene, Fiona Samuel

Votes: 1,034