New Zealand Movies

An end of days comedy animation about an amorous cricket and a starving hedgehog who wants to eat the last cricket left in the world.

An only son tries to woo the girl of his dreams with the unwanted help of his deceased father.

Tells the Māori legend of Uenuku and his affair with the mist maiden Hinepūkohurangi. A story of love, betrayal, and rainbow redemption....

On December 9, 2019, New Zealand's most active volcano erupted, engulfing 47 day trippers in a toxic ash cloud. 21 lost their lives that day and in...

In the 1950s thousands of Pacific Islanders came to Aotearoa to meet a labour shortage. They faced racism, and in the 1970s, notorious dawn raids by...

Plagued with relationship anxiety, Rachel ditches from a date only to engage in familiar banter with the ghost of her ex-boyfriend. Seeking solace in...

Andy has asked Evelyn out - will she say yes, or no?

In May 2022, a commercial fishing vessel sunk off the coast of southern New Zealand. NZSAR continued to search for Noah Higgs for a further two weeks...

Video diary footage as found by New Zealand police.

Richard Turner made Squeeze to break the "conspiracy of silence" about homosexuality. A pioneering early portrait of Auckland's LGBT scene, Squeeze...

A girl named Ana (Jaime Passier-Armstrong) asks about a photo in a family album and gets an awkward brush off from her mum. When the family receives...

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...

The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maori wars, the stage coaches,...

Three young men owe money to a local crime lord - but who in New Zealand could they rob to pay off the debt?

Through talent and hard work, Halvard Solness has achieved no small measure of fame and fortune. But the unexpected return of Hilde Wangel to his...

After months of abuse from her violent partner, Selene knows her time is running low to get out. One drive will change everything. A warrior's fight...

an avant-garde comedy about a group of evolutionary losers who have a message for Homo Sapiens: don’t f*ck up the world.

Change is afoot in New Zealand as creative forces take on the ultimate Kiwi icon. But all is not well in paradise, and the nation is divided. Whilst...

We call ourselves Kiwis. But do we really know where "our" bird came from? The answer is astounding... and rather disturbing. To trace the origins of...

Five American mobsters sit in a diner and discuss the sexual politics of the fairytale: "Little Red Riding Hood".