List of New Zealand films
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[edit]
- * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission.
- † = Year given is date of principal photography rather than release.
Pre 1910[edit]
Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
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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[edit]
Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
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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[edit]
1930s[edit]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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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[edit]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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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[edit]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
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[edit]
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 | ||||||
We Were Dangerous | Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | drama | [170] | |||
The Mountain | Rachel House | drama | [171] | |||
The Lost Boys of Dilworth | Mary Dunham, Peter Burger | docudrama | [172] |
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Further reading[edit]
- Dennis, Jonathan & Jan Bieringa, (1996) "Film in Aotearoa New Zealand", Wellington: Victoria University Press. (best source on topic) ISBN 0-86473-309-7