This is a list of feature films and pre-1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by the year of release.
Key
- * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission.
- † = Year given is date of principal photography rather than release.
Pre 1910
| Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | ||||||
| Opening of the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ film; lost[1] | |||
| Māori Scenes | Joseph Perry | Documentary | First NZ films of Māori; lost | |||
| Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse † | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | First NZ horse-race filmed;lost[1] | |||
| 1899 | ||||||
| Regatta scene | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | lost[2] | |||
| Maori Canoe Hurdle Race at Waikato | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | lost[2] | |||
| 1900 | ||||||
| The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War | Alfred Henry Whitehouse | Documentary | Oldest surviving NZ film | |||
| The World's First Lady Mayor | Enos Silvanus Pegler | Docu-drama | Re-enactment of 1893 speech | |||
| 1901 | ||||||
| Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand | Joseph Perry | Documentary | lost[1] | |||
| Waimangu Geyser in action | Joseph Perry | Documentary | lost[1] Waimangu Geyser | |||
| Dummy Mace | Franklyn Barrett | staged boxing match | ||||
| 1903 | ||||||
| A Message from Mars | Franklyn Barrett | Drama | First science fiction film made in NZ; lost[1] | |||
| Ally Sloper as a Conjuror | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | Harry Hall of Masterton as Ally Sloper | |||
| Ally Sloper on Holiday | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | shot at Days Bay | |||
| Ally Sloper at the Races | Franklyn Barrett | Comedy | filmed at the old Hutt Park racecourse | |||
| 1908 | ||||||
| The Sea Coasts of New Zealand | Franklyn Barrett | Documentary | ||||
1910s
| Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | ||||||
| Hinemoa | Gaston Méliès | First NZ feature film; lost[1] | ||||
| How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride | Gaston Méliès | lost[1] | ||||
| Loved by a Maori Chieftess | Gaston Méliès | lost[1][3][4] | ||||
| The River Wanganui | Gaston Méliès | Documentary | ||||
| 1914 | ||||||
| Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director;[5] lost[3] | |||
| 1916 | ||||||
| A Maori Maid's Love | Raymond Longford | lost[3] | ||||
| The Mutiny of the Bounty | Raymond Longford | lost[3] | ||||
| The Test | Rawdon Blandford | melodrama | lost[3] | |||
1920s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | ||||||
| Beyond | William Desmond Taylor | Drama | lost[3] | |||
| The Betrayer | Beaumont Smith | Drama | lost[3] | |||
| The Bloke from Freeman's Bay | Rudall Hayward | Comedy | Hayward's first film | |||
| 1922 | ||||||
| The Birth of New Zealand | Harrington Reynolds | Earliest New Zealand film of which footage (fragments only) are known to still exist.[3] | ||||
| My Lady of the Cave | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross | George Tarr | Documentary/travelogue | ||||
| 1923 | ||||||
| The Romance of Sleepy Hollow | Henry J. Makepeace | lost[3] | ||||
| 1924 | ||||||
| Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | fragments only remain[3] | ||||
| Venus of the South Seas | James R. Sullivan | |||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| The Adventures of Algy | Beaumont Smith | |||||
| Glorious New Zealand | Arthur Messenger | documentary | [3] | |||
| 1927 | ||||||
| Carbine's Heritage | Edwin Coubray (Ted) | lost[3] | ||||
| The Romance of Hine-moa | Gustav Pauli | lost[3][6] | ||||
| The Te Kooti Trail | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama | ||||
| Under the Southern Cross | Gustav Pauli | lost[3] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||||
| The Bush Cinderella | Rudall Hayward | |||||
| 1929 | ||||||
| Under the Southern Cross | Lew Collins | a.k.a. The Devil's Pit or Taranga. Only fragments remain[3] | ||||
1930s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | ||||||
| The Romance Of Maoriland | Edward T. Brown | Never released. Intended as New Zealand's first feature-length "talkie". 30 minutes of footage only remain.[3] | ||||
| 1934 | ||||||
| Romantic New Zealand | travelogue | New Zealand's first released "talkie" film.[3] | ||||
| 1935 | ||||||
| Down on the Farm | Stewart Pitt | New Zealand's first non-documentary "talkie". Fragments only remain. First film shot entirely in the South Island.[3] | ||||
| Hei Tiki | Alexander Markey | a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris.[3] | ||||
| New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire | Cyril James Morton | Scenic | [7] | |||
| Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland | Scenic | [7] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| Phar Lap's Son | A. L. Lewis | a.k.a. Phar Lap's Son?. Lost.[3] | ||||
| On the Friendly Road | Rudall Hayward | drama | Features early New Zealand media personality Colin Scrimgeour in a lead role, playing his radio persona, "Uncle Scrim". | |||
| The Wagon and the Star | J. J. W. Pollard | drama | Only one reel remains.[3] | |||
| 1937 | ||||||
| New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds | Scenic | [7] | ||||
| 1938 | ||||||
| New Zealand Review No.5, Mountain Holiday | Scenic | [7] | ||||
1940s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | ||||||
| Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama/War | [8] | |||
| One Hundred Crowded Years | H H Bridgman | Docu-drama | Official Centennial film | |||
| 1941 | ||||||
| Country Lads | Stanhope Andrews | Patriotic propaganda | National Film Unit | |||
1950s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | ||||||
| 1950 British Empire Games | Sports documentary | [3] 1950 British Empire Games | ||||
| Journey for Three | Michael Forlong | Immigration propaganda | ||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | [8] | |||
| 1954 | ||||||
| Royal New Zealand Journey / A Queen's Royal Tour | Oxley Hughan | Documentary | 1953/1954 royal tour of New Zealand | |||
| The Seekers | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting.[8] | |||
1960s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | ||||||
| 140 Days Under the World | Geoffrey Scott | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.[9] | |||
| Runaway | John O'Shea | Drama | First film appearance for several noted New Zealand media personalities, including Selwyn Muru, Barry Crump, and Kiri Te Kanawa.[3] | |||
| 1966 | ||||||
| Don't Let It Get You | John O'Shea | Comedy | [10] | |||
1970s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||||||
| This is New Zealand | Hugh Macdonald | Documentary | Made for Expo '70 in Osaka, projected over three screens | |||
| 1972 | ||||||
| To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm. New Zealand's first colour feature film; Hayward's last film.[8] | ||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | Children's drama | Film debut of Temuera Morrison[3] | |||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Games '74 | John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard | Sports documentary | 1974 British Commonwealth Games | |||
| 1975 | ||||||
| Landfall † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm[8] | ||||
| Test Pictures: Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship † | Geoff Steven | Drama | [11] | |||
| 1976 | ||||||
| Off the Edge † | Michael Firth | Skiing | [8] | |||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/action | First NZ film to open in the U.S. | |||
| Solo | Tony Williams | |||||
| Wild Man | Geoff Murphy | [12] | ||||
| 1978 | ||||||
| Angel Mine | David Blyth | Fantasy | [13] Art New Zealand | |||
| Skin Deep * | Geoff Steven | Drama | [14] | |||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Middle Age Spread *† | John Reid | Comedy | shot on 16mm | |||
| Sons for the Return Home *† | Paul Maunder | Drama | [15] based on the 1973 book by Albert Wendt | |||
1980s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| Beyond Reasonable Doubt | John Laing | Drama | Based on the true story of the Crewe murders and wrongful conviction of Arthur Allan Thomas | |||
| Squeeze | Richard Turner | Drama | shot on 16mm | |||
| A Woman of Good Character | David Blyth | Historical drama | [16] AKA Lizzie; shot on 16mm | |||
| 1981 | ||||||
| Bad Blood * | Mike Newell | drama | NZ-British co-production[8] | |||
| Dead Kids / Strange Behaviour / Shadowland † | Michael Laughlin | horror | AU-NZ-US co-production[8] | |||
| Goodbye Pork Pie * | Geoff Murphy | comedy, road movie | [8] | |||
| Pictures †* | Michael Black | [8] Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||
| Race for the Yankee Zephyr | David Hemmings | action | Australia - NZ co-production[8] | |||
| Smash Palace * | Roger Donaldson | drama | [8] | |||
| Wildcat † | Ross Prosser, Russel Campbell, Alister Barry | shot on 16mm[8] | ||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| Carry Me Back †* | John Reid | comedy | [8] | |||
| The Scarecrow * | Sam Pillsbury | [8] | ||||
| Battletruck (reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century) | Harley Cokliss | action | Hollywood film shot on location[8] | |||
| 1983 | ||||||
| Among the Cinders †* | Rolf Hädrich | Drama | [17] | |||
| Heart of the Stag † | Michael Firth | Drama | [8] | |||
| It's Lizzie to Those Close / Lizzie †* | David Blyth | Historical drama | shot on 16mm[8] | |||
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | War | location shooting for British-Japanese co-production[8] | |||
| Patu! †* | Merata Mita | documentary | [8] | |||
| Savage Islands / Nate and Hayes † | Ferdinand Fairfax | Adventure | [8] | |||
| Second Time Lucky † | Michael Anderson | comedy | [8] | |||
| Strata † | Geoff Steven | [8] | ||||
| Trespasses † | Peter Sharp | [8] | ||||
| Utu * | Geoff Murphy | historical action | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival[8] | |||
| Wild Horses †* | Derek Morton | Drama | [18] | |||
| War Years † | Pat McGuire | [8] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Constance * | Bruce Morrison | Drama | [8] | |||
| The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | Adventure | Location shooting for Australian/US production[8] | |||
| Death Warmed Up †* | David Blyth | horror/thriller | [8] | |||
| Other Halves | John Laing | drama | [8] | |||
| The Silent One * | Yvonne Mackay | Drama | filmed in the Cook Islands[19] | |||
| Vigil * | Vincent Ward | Drama | Nominated for Palme D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival[20] | |||
| Trial Run * | Melanie Read | Thriller | First NZ feature film to be written and directed by a woman | |||
| 1985 | ||||||
| Bridge to Nowhere * | Ian Mune | [8] | ||||
| Came a Hot Friday * | Ian Mune | comedy | [8] | |||
| Dangerous Orphans * | John Laing | Action | [2] | |||
| Hot Target | Denis Lewiston | sex thriller | Location shooting for US film[8] | |||
| Kingpin | Mike Walker | drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival | |||
| The Lost Tribe | John Laing | horror | [8] | |||
| Mr Wrong * | Gaylene Preston | horror | [21] | |||
| The Quiet Earth * | Geoff Murphy | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | [8] | |||
| Shaker Run | Bruce Morrison | Action/thriller | [3] | |||
| Sylvia | Michael Firth | biographical film | [8] | |||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale | Murray Ball | animated film | [8] | |||
| Arriving Tuesday * | Richard Riddiford | romantic comedy | [8] | |||
| Mark II * | John Anderson | drama | [8] | |||
| Pallet on the Floor | Lynton Butler | [8] | ||||
| Queen City Rocker * | Bruce Morrison | [8] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Bad Taste * | Peter Jackson | Comedy/horror/sci-fi | ||||
| Illustrious Energy * | Leon Narbey | [8] | ||||
| Mauri * | Merata Mita | [8] | ||||
| Ngati * | Barry Barclay | [8] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | action/thriller | [8] | |||
| Just Me and Mario | Greg Stitt | Comedy | ||||
| The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey * | Vincent Ward | fantasy | [8] Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Never Say Die | Geoff Murphy | action | ||||
| Send a Gorilla * | Melanie Read | Comedy | [8] | |||
| 1989 | ||||||
| A Soldier's Tale | Larry Parr | Romantic drama | [22] | |||
| Meet the Feebles * | Peter Jackson | black comedy | [8] | |||
| Zilch! * | Richard Riddiford | thriller | [8] | |||
| Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree * | Martyn Sanderson | drama | [8] based on works by Albert Wendt | |||
1990s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||
| An Angel at My Table * | Jane Campion | biography | [8] | |||
| Mana Waka | Merata Mita | documentary | ||||
| Ruby and Rata * | Gaylene Preston | [8] | ||||
| User Friendly | Gregor Nicholas | horror, comedy | [23] | |||
| 1991 | ||||||
| The End of the Golden Weather | Ian Mune | [24] Based on the play The End of the Golden Weather | ||||
| Grampire | David Blyth | comedy/horror/kids | AKA My Grandpa Is a Vampire | |||
| Old Scores | Alan Clayton | comedy/sport | ||||
| Te Rua | Barry Barclay | |||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Alex * | Megan Simpson Huberman | sport /drama | ||||
| Absent Without Leave | John Laing | World War II | Entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival | |||
| Braindead | Peter Jackson | Splatter/Horror | ||||
| Chunuk Bair | Dale G. Bradley | War | ||||
| Crush | Alison Maclean | Entered into the 1992 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| Bread and Roses * | Gaylene Preston | biography | ||||
| Desperate Remedies | Stewart Main, Peter Wells | surrealist melodrama | Screened at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Jack Be Nimble | Garth Maxwell | gothic horror | ||||
| The Piano | Jane Campion | drama/romance | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes | |||
| 1994 | ||||||
| Heavenly Creatures * | Peter Jackson | Drama/romance/crime | ||||
| Once Were Warriors | Lee Tamahori | Drama | ||||
| The Last Tattoo | John Reid | Drama | ||||
| Loaded | Anna Campion | Drama | [25] | |||
| 1995 | ||||||
| Bonjour Timothy * | ||||||
| Cinema of Unease | Sam Neill, Judy Rymer | Documentary | ||||
| Forgotten Silver | Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | mockumentary | ||||
| War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | [26] | |||
| 1996 | ||||||
| Broken English | Gregor Nicholas | drama/romance | ||||
| Chicken | Grant La Hood | comedy | ||||
| Jack Brown Genius | Tony Hiles | Produced by Peter Jackson | ||||
| Flight of the Albatross | Werner Meyer | |||||
| Someone Else's Country | Alistair Barry | Documentary | ||||
| The Frighteners * | Peter Jackson | comedy/horror | ||||
| The Whole of the Moon * | Ian Mune | |||||
| Out of the Dark | Keith Hunter | Documentary | ||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| Aberration | Tim Boxell | Horror | Starring Pamela Gidley, Simon Bossell | |||
| Lost Valley | Dale G. Bradley | [27] | ||||
| Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | Harry Sinclair | |||||
| The Ugly | Scott Reynolds | |||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| Memory and Desire | Niki Caro | |||||
| Saving Grace | Costa Botes | romance | ||||
| When Love Comes Along | Garth Maxwell | |||||
| Heaven | Scott Reynolds | thriller | [28] | |||
| Via Satellite | Anthony McCarten | Comedy | [29] | |||
| 1999 | ||||||
| Channelling Baby | Christine Parker | |||||
| I'll Make You Happy | Athina Tsoulis | [30] | ||||
| Savage Honeymoon | Mark Beesley | [31] | ||||
| Scarfies * | Robert Sarkies | black comedy | ||||
| What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | Ian Mune | drama | ||||
| Punitive Damage | Annie Goldson | documentary | [32] | |||
| Campaign | Tony Sutorius | documentary | [33] | |||
| Getting to Our Place | Gaylene Preston, Anna Cottrell | documentary | [34][35] | |||
| Uncomfortable Comfortable | Campbell Walker | drama | [36] | |||
| Magik and Rose | Vanessa Alexander | drama, comedy | [37] | |||
2000s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| The Irrefutable Truth About Demons * | Glenn Standring | Horror, Thriller | [38] | |||
| Jubilee * | Michael Hurst | Comedy | [39] | |||
| The Price of Milk * | Harry Sinclair | Comedy | [40] | |||
| Wild Blue | Dale G. Bradley | drama | [41] | |||
| Hopeless | Stephen Hickey | comedy | [42] | |||
| Feathers of Peace | Barry Barclay | drama | [43] | |||
| Hotere | Merata Mita | documentary | [44] | |||
| 2001 | ||||||
| Crooked Earth | Sam Pillsbury | Drama | [45] | |||
| Kung Fu Vampire Killers | Phil Davison | [46] | ||||
| Her Majesty | Mark J. Gordon | coming-of-age | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Rain | Christine Jeffs | coming-of-age | ||||
| Snakeskin | Gillian Ashurst | Thriller/road movie | ||||
| Stickmen | Hamish Rothwell | |||||
| Blerta Revisited | Geoff Murphy | documentary | [47] | |||
| 2002 | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Whale Rider * | Niki Caro | drama | ||||
| In a Land of Plenty | Alistair Barry | Documentary | [48] | |||
| Tongan Ninja | Jason Stutter | Action comedy | [49] | |||
| Toy Love | Harry Sinclair | comedy | [50] | |||
| The Maori Merchant of Venice | Don Selwyn | drama | [51] | |||
| 2003 | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | U.S produced film shot in New Zealand | ||||
| The Locals | Greg Page | Supernatural Thriller | [52] | |||
| Christmas | Greg King | Drama/Comedy | ||||
| Woodenhead | Florian Habicht | Musical/Fairy tale/Drama | ||||
| Perfect Strangers | Gaylene Preston | Thriller | [53] | |||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Fracture | Larry Parr | Drama | Based on Crime Story by Maurice Gee[54] | |||
| Without a Paddle | Steven Brill | Comedy | American film shot in New Zealand | |||
| Murmurs | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
| In My Father's Den | Brad McGann | Drama | ||||
| Spooked | Geoff Murphy | |||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous | Stewart Main | drama | ||||
| King Kong | Peter Jackson | adventure | ||||
| Banana in a Nutshell | Roseanne Liang | Documentary | ||||
| River Queen | Vincent Ward | historical drama | ||||
| The World's Fastest Indian * | Roger Donaldson | biography | Based on the life of Burt Munro | |||
| Meet Me in Miami | Eric Hannah and Iren Koster | Comedy | ||||
| Memories of Tomorrow | Amit Tripuraneni | Drama/thriller | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| No. 2 | Toa Fraser | |||||
| Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring | horror/thriller | ||||
| Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut | Anna Wilding | documentary | ||||
| Sione's Wedding | Chris Graham | comedy/romance | ||||
| Kissy Kissy | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
| The Ferryman | Chris Graham | horror | ||||
| The Waimate Conspiracy | Stefen Harris | Drama | ||||
| Out of the Blue | Robert Sarkies | drama (based on true events) | Based on the true story of the Aramoana massacre | |||
| Black Sheep | Jonathan King | Comedy/horror | ||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| The Tattooist | Peter Burger | Horror | New Zealand and Singapore co-production[55] | |||
| A Song of Good | Gregory King | [56] | ||||
| Down by the Riverside | Marama Killen Brad Davison | Film noir/horror | ||||
| The Devil Dared Me To | Chris Stapp | |||||
| We're Here To Help | Jonothan Cullinane | Kafkaesque comedy | ||||
| Men Shouldn't Sing | Sarah Higginson and Michael Bell | Musical | ||||
| The Last Magic Show | Andy Conlan | Comedy romance | [57] | |||
| Pictures of You| | [58] | |||||
| The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | |||||
| Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten | Romantic comedy | Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007[59] | |||
| Eagle vs Shark | Taika Waititi | Romantic Comedy | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Second Hand Wedding | Paul Murphy | Romantic comedy | ||||
| Rain of the Children | Vincent Ward | Documentary | ||||
| Taking the Waewae Express | Andrea Bosshard | Drama | [60] | |||
| Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser | Drama | ||||
| BLACKSPOT | Ben Hawker | Thriller | [61][better source needed] | |||
| Last of the Living | Logan McMillan | Comedy horror | ||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | Science fiction action | ||||
| The Lovely Bones | Peter Jackson | |||||
| Under the Mountain | Jonathan King | Fantasy | Based on the children's book of the same name by Maurice Gee which was also adapted into a television miniseries | |||
| Jumping in Puddles | Nick Hitchens and Jonathan Warner | Documentary | ||||
| The Strength of Water | Armağan Ballantyne | Drama | [62] | |||
| Separation City | Paul Middleditch | |||||
| The Man in the Hat | Luit Bieringa | Documentary | [63] | |||
| The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | [64] | |||
2010s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Kawa | Katie Wolfe | Drama | Based on Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera | |||
| After the Waterfall | Simone Horrocks | Drama | ||||
| Wound | David Blyth | Horror | [65] | |||
| Matariki | Michael Bennett | Drama | ||||
| Boy | Taika Waititi | Comedy/drama | ||||
| Predicament | Jason Stutter | Comedy | Based on the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel[66] | |||
| Bloodlines | Peter Burger | Crime/Drama | ||||
| The Insatiable Moon | Rosemary Riddell | Comedy/drama | [67] | |||
| The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell | Brendan Donovan | Comedy/family | [68] | |||
| Home by Christmas | Gaylene Preston | Documentary Drama | [69] | |||
| Russian Snark | Stephen Sinclair | Comedy | [70] | |||
| 2011 | ||||||
| The Devil's Rock | Paul Campion | Horror | ||||
| The Holy Roller | Patrick Gillies | Comedy drama | [71] | |||
| Love Birds | Paul Murphy | Romantic comedy | ||||
| My Wedding and Other Secrets | Roseanne Liang | |||||
| The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | Steven Spielberg | Family/adventure | ||||
| Operation 8: Deep in the Forest | Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [72] | |||
| The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | Kirstin Marcon | |||||
| Dreamer by Design | David Chan | Comedy/drama | [73] | |||
| Tracker | Ian Sharp | Action/Thriller | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Simon Bennett | Comedy | Sequel to the Sione's Wedding (2006)[74] | |||
| Good for Nothing | Mike Wallis | Comedy/Thriller/Western | ||||
| Ghost TV | Phil Davison | [75] | ||||
| Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Drama | Based on Lloyd Jones' novel Mister Pip[76] | |||
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| The Red House | Alyx Duncan | Drama | [77] | |||
| Kiwi Flyer | Tony Simpson | Family/Comedy | [78] | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| White Lies | Dana Rotberg | Drama | ||||
| Eternity | Alex Galvin | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | ||||
| Shopping | Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland | Drama | ||||
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| The Confessions of Prisoner T | Micheal Bennett | Documentary | ||||
| Romeo & Juliet: A Love Song | Tim van Dammen | Rock opera | Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet[79] | |||
| Gardening with Soul | Jess Feast | Documentary | [80] | |||
| The Weight of Elephants | Daniel Joseph Borgman | Drama | [81] | |||
| Giselle | Toa Fraser | Documentary | [82] | |||
| Fantail | Curtis Vowell | Drama | [83] | |||
| He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan | Kay Ellmers | Documentary | [84] | |||
| Sheen of Gold | Simon Ogston | Documentary | [85] | |||
| Us and the Game Industry | Stephanie Beth | Documentary | [86] | |||
| Edwin: My Life as a Koont | Jason Stutter | Mockumentary, Comedy | [87] | |||
| Ghost Bride | David Blyth | Horror, Romance | [88] | |||
| Crackheads | Andy Sophocleus, Tim Tsiklauri | Comedy | [89][90] | |||
| 2014 | ||||||
| Syrenia | Fraser Grut | Fantasy/family | ||||
| What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | Comedy/horror | [91] | |||
| Housebound | Morgana O'Reilly, Cameron Rhodes | Comedy/horror | [92] | |||
| The Pā Boys | Himiona Grace | Music/drama | [93] | |||
| The Dark Horse | James Napier Robertson | Drama | Biopic based on the true story of chess player Genesis Potini[94] | |||
| Erebus: Operation Overdue | Peter Burger, Charlotte Purdy | Docudrama | Based on the true story of the recovery operation of the Mt Erebus disaster | |||
| Pirates of the Airways | Charlie Haskell | Documentary | Based on the true story of Radio Hauraki | |||
| The Dead Lands | Toa Fraser | Action/horror | It was premièred in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival | |||
| Hip Hop-eration | Bryn Evans | Documentary | ||||
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Tūmanako/Hope | Susy Pointon | Documentary | [95] | |||
| 3 Mile Limit | Craig Newland | Drama | [96] | |||
| Urban Turban | Devesh Singh | Drama, Romance | Fiji/NZ Bollywood film[89] | |||
| The Cure | David Gould | Action thriller | [97] | |||
| Jake | Doug Dillaman | Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy | [98] | |||
| Everything We Loved | Max Currie | Drama | [99] | |||
| Contract Killers | Mathew John Pearson | Action Thriller | [89] | |||
| Beyond the Edge | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | [100] | |||
| Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | [101] | |||
| Aunty and the Star People | Gerard Smyth | Documentary | [102] | |||
| Erewhon | Gavin Hipkins | Essay | [103] | |||
| Hot Air | Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [104] | |||
| REALITi | Jonathan King | Thriller, Sci-Fi | [105] | |||
| Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | [106] | |||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Deathgasm | Jason Lei Howden | Comedy/horror | ||||
| The Dead Room | Jason Stutter | Horror | ||||
| Turbo Kid | François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell | Action/adventure/comedy/superhero/post-apocalyptic | ||||
| 25 April | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | ||||
| Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws | Andrew Todd, Johnny Hall | Comedy/horror | ||||
| Born To Dance | Tammy Davis | Action/sport | ||||
| Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses | David Stubbs | Docodrama | Based on the true story of the exorcism of Janet Moses | |||
| Slow West | John McLean | Action/adventure, Drama | [107] | |||
| Lexi | Wayne Turner | Drama | [108] | |||
| The Great Maiden's Blush | Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader | Drama | [109] | |||
| A Flickering Truth | Pietra Brettkelly | |||||
| Herbs: Songs of Freedom | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | [110] | |||
| 2016 | ||||||
| Mahana | Lee Tamahori | Action/drama | Based on the novel Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera | |||
| Penny Black | Joe Hitchcock | Road Movie | ||||
| Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | [111] | |||
| notes to eternity | Sarah Cordery | Documentary | featuring Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Norman Finkelstein, Sara Roy[112] | |||
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Taika Waititi | Comedy | Based on the novel Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump | |||
| Tickled | David Farrier, Dylan Reeve | Documentary | ||||
| Chasing Great | Justin Pemberton, Michelle Walsh | Documentary | [113] | |||
| the heART of the matter | Luit Bieringa | Documentary | [114] | |||
| Poi E: The Story of Our Song | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | [115] | |||
| The Rehearsal | Alison Maclean | Drama | ||||
| On an Unknown Beach | Adam Luxton, Summer Agnew | Documentary | [116] | |||
| West of Eden | Alastair Riddell | Drama | [117] | |||
| The 5th Eye | Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | [118] | |||
| Chronesthesia | Hayden J. Weal | Romantic comedy | [119] | |||
| This Giant Papier Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy | Christian Nicolson | Science fiction, Comedy | [120] | |||
| Apple Pie | Sam Hamilton | Documentary | [121] | |||
| 2017 | ||||||
| Pork Pie | Matt Murphy | Comedy/Road Movie | Remake of Goodbye Pork Pie | |||
| Kiwi Christmas | Tony Simpson | Family | [122] | |||
| Waru | Briar Grace-Smith, Casey Kaa, Ainsley Gardiner, Katie Wolfe, Chelsea Cohen, Renae Maihi, Paula Whetu Jones, Awanui Simich-Pene | Drama | ||||
| 6 Days | Toa Fraser | Drama/Thriller | ||||
| The Changeover | Miranda Harcourt, Stuart McKenzie | Fantasy/Thriller | [123] Based on the novel The Changeover by Margaret Mahy | |||
| Human Traces | Nic Gorman | Drama/Thriller | [124] | |||
| The Wizard & the Commodore - Chathams Islands New Zealand | Samuel A. Miller | Mondo Documentary | ||||
| Bill Direen, A Memory of Others | Simon Ogston | Documentary | Screened in NZIFF 2017, download with O.S.T. 2019[125] | |||
| My Year With Helen | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | [126] | |||
| 2018 | ||||||
| The Breaker Upperers | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Comedy | ||||
| Blue Moon | Stefen Harris | Film Noir | [127] | |||
| Broken | Tarry Mortlock | Drama | [128] Inspired by true events | |||
| Mortal Engines | Christian Rivers | Fantasy/Thriller | Filmed in NZ, a U.S./NZ co-production based on the novel Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve | |||
| Mega Time Squad | Tim van Dammen | Sci-fi, Action, Comedy | [129] | |||
| Status Pending | Ben Zolno | Dramedy | [130] Improvised dialogue (mumblecore) film premiering at Cinequest, Filmed Entirely in Wellington, NZ. | |||
| 2019 | ||||||
| Daffodils | David Stubbs | Drama | ||||
| For My Father's Kingdom | Vea Mafile'o, Jeremiah Tauamiti | Documentary | [131] | |||
| Bellbird | Hamish Bennett | Drama | [132] | |||
| Come to Daddy | Ant Timpson | Horror | ||||
| Brown Boys | Hans Masoe | Comedy | [133] | |||
| Take Home Pay | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Comedy | [134] | |||
| Capital in the Twenty-First Century | Justin Pemberton | Documentary | [135] | |||
| Savage | Sam Kelly | crime | [136] | |||
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Comedy drama | ||||
| Killer Sofa | Bernie Rao | Comedy horror | ||||
| Vai | Nicole Whippy ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki Amberley Jo Aumua Marina Alofagia McCartney Becs Arahanga | Drama | [137] | |||
2020s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||||
| The Legend of Baron To'a | Kiel McNaughton | drama | [138] | |||
| Balance of the Five Elements | Jan-Hinrik Drevs | documentary | [139] | |||
| The Girl on the Bridge | Leanne Pooley | documentary | [140] | |||
| Rūrangi | Max Currie | LGBT/drama | [141] | |||
| LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears | Anna Marbrook | documentary | [142] | |||
| This Town | David White | comedy | [143] | |||
| Lowdown Dirty Criminals | Paul Murphy | comedy | [144] | |||
| Shadow in the Cloud | Roseanne Liang | action/horror | [145] | |||
| Reunion | Jake Mahaffy | thriller, horror | ||||
| Baby Done | Curtis Vowell | comedy | ||||
| Six60: Till the Lights Go Out | Julia Parnell | documentary | [146] | |||
| 2021 | ||||||
| Dawn Raid | Oscar Kightley | documentary | [147] | |||
| Coming Home in the Dark | James Ashcroft | thriller | ||||
| There Is No "I" in Threesome | Jan Oliver Lucks | drama, documentary, comedy | [148] | |||
| Cousins | Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith | drama | Based on Patricia Grace's eponymous novel.[149] | |||
| Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | drama | ||||
| James & Isey | Florian Habicht | documentary | [150] | |||
| Poppy | Linda Niccol | drama | [151] | |||
| The Justice of Bunny King | Gaysorn Thavat | drama | [152] | |||
| Juniper | Matthew J. Saville | drama | ||||
| Mothers of the Revolution | Briar March | documentary | [153] | |||
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | drama | Nominated for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards | |||
| Millie Lies Low | Michelle Savill | drama, comedy | [154] | |||
| Fiona Clark: Unafraid | Lula Cucchiara | documentary | [155] Documentary on photographer Fiona Clark | |||
| Whetū Mārama – Bright Star | Toby Mills, Aileen O'Sullivan | documentary | [156] | |||
| Signed, Theo Schoon | Luit Bieringa | documentary | [157] | |||
| 2022 | ||||||
| We Are Still Here | Beck Cole, Chantelle Burgoyne, Dena Curtis, Richard Curtis, Mario Gaoa, Danielle MacLean, Miki Magasiva, Renae Maihi, Tracey Rigney, Tim Worrall | drama | ||||
| Nude Tuesday | Armağan Ballantyne | comedy | [158] | |||
| Whina | James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones | biographical drama | [159] | |||
| Muru | Tearepa Kahi | action, drama | ||||
| Kāinga | Julie Zhu, Asuka Sylvie, Michelle Ang, Nahyeon Lee, Yamin Tun, Ghazaleh Golbakhsh, HASH, Angeline Loo | drama | [160] Anthology film | |||
| Punch | Welby Ings | drama | ||||
| Gloriavale | Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth | documentary | Documentary on the Gloriavale Christian Community | |||
| A Boy Called Piano | Nina Nawalowalo | drama documentary | [161] | |||
| When the Cows Come Home | Costa Botes | documentary | [162] | |||
| Fire and Fury | Paula Penfold | documentary | [163] | |||
| Mister Organ | David Farrier | documentary | ||||
| Dame Valerie Adams: More than Gold | Briar March | documentary | Documentary on Valerie Adams | |||
| No Māori Allowed | Reikura Kahi | documentary | [164] | |||
| Web of Chaos | Justin Pemberton | documentary | [165] | |||
| We Came Here For Freedom Part I | Alistair Harding | documentary | [166] | |||
| 2023 | ||||||
| Bad Behaviour | Alice Englert | comedy | ||||
| Boiling Point | Corin Dann | documentary | [167] | |||
| Red, White & Brass | Damon Fepulea'i | comedy | ||||
| Stylebender | Zoe McIntosh | documentary | Documentary on Israel Adesanya | |||
| We Came Here For Freedom Part II | Alistair Harding | documentary | [166][168] | |||
| River of Freedom | Gaylene Barnes | [169] | ||||
| Uproar | Hamish Bennett, Paul Middleditch | drama | ||||
| The Convert | Lee Tamahori | drama | ||||
| Joika | James Napier Robertson | drama | ||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| The Mountain | Rachel House | drama | [170] | |||
See also
References
- Leonard Maltin's 2007 Movie Guide
Further reading
- Dennis, Jonathan & Jan Bieringa, (1996) "Film in Aotearoa New Zealand", Wellington: Victoria University Press. (best source on topic) ISBN 0-86473-309-7
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