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Notable films from New Zealand.
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Title↕ | Director↕ | Genre↕ | Notes↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Matariki | Michael Bennett | Drama | |
| Boy | Taika Waititi | Comedy/drama | |
| Predicament | Jason Stutter | Comedy | Based on the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel |
| The Insatiable Moon | Rosemary Riddell | Comedy/drama | |
| The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell | Brendan Donovan | Comedy/family | |
| Home by Christmas | Gaylene Preston | Documentary Drama | |
| Russian Snark | Stephen Sinclair | Comedy | |
| The Devil's Rock | Paul Campion | Horror | |
| The Holy Roller | Patrick Gillies | Comedy drama | |
| 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 | |
| The Most Fun You Can Have Dying | Kirstin Marcon | ||
| Dreamer by Design | David Chan | Comedy/drama | |
| Tracker | Ian Sharp | Action/Thriller | |
| Love Story | Florian Habicht | Documentary drama | |
| Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Simon Bennett | Comedy | Sequel to the Sione's Wedding (2006) |
| Good for Nothing | Mike Wallis | Comedy/Thriller/Western | |
| Ghost TV | Phil Davison | ||
| Mr. Pip | Andrew Adamson | Drama | Based on Lloyd Jones' novel Mister Pip |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand |
| Tongan Ark | Paul Janman | Documentary | NZ Screen Innovation Fund www.publicfilms.works |
| The Red House | Alyx Duncan | Drama | |
| Kiwi Flyer | Tony Simpson | Family/Comedy | |
| Two Little Boys | Robert Sarkies | Comedy | |
| 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 |
| Romeo & Juliet: A Love Song | Tim van Dammen | Rock opera | Based on William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo & Juliet |
| Gardening with Soul | Jess Feast | Documentary | |
| The Weight of Elephants | Daniel Joseph Borgman | Drama | |
| Giselle | Toa Fraser | Documentary | |
| Fantail | Curtis Vowell | Drama | |
| He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan | Kay Ellmers | Documentary | |
| Sheen of Gold | Simon Ogston | Documentary | |
| Us and the Game Industry | Stephanie Beth | Documentary | |
| Edwin: My Life as a Koont | Jason Stutter | Mockumentary, Comedy | |
| Ghost Bride | David Blyth | Horror, Romance | |
| Crackheads | Andy Sophocleus, Tim Tsiklauri | Comedy | |
| Syrenia | Fraser Grut | Fantasy/family | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | Comedy/horror | |
| Housebound | Morgana O'Reilly, Cameron Rhodes | Comedy/horror | |
| The Pā Boys | Himiona Grace | Music/drama | |
| The Dark Horse | James Napier Robertson | Drama | Biopic based on the true story of chess player Genesis Potini |
| 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 | |
| 3 Mile Limit | Craig Newland | Drama | |
| Urban Turban | Devesh Singh | Drama, Romance | Fiji/NZ Bollywood film |
| The Cure | David Gould | Action thriller | |
| Jake | Doug Dillaman | Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy | |
| Everything We Loved | Max Currie | Drama | |
| Contract Killers | Mathew John Pearson | Action Thriller | |
| Beyond the Edge | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | |
| Orphans and Kingdoms | Paolo Rotondo | Drama | |
| Aunty and the Star People | Gerard Smyth | Documentary | |
| Erewhon | Gavin Hipkins | Essay | |
| Hot Air | Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | |
| REALITi | Jonathan King | Thriller, Sci-Fi | |
| Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | |
| 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 | |
| Slow West | John McLean | Action/adventure, Drama | |
| Lexi | Wayne Turner | Drama | |
| The Great Maiden's Blush | Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader | Drama | |
| A Flickering Truth | Pietra Brettkelly | ||
| Herbs: Songs of Freedom | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | |
| 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 | |
| notes to eternity | Sarah Cordery | Documentary | featuring Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Norman Finkelstein, Sara Roy |
| 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 | |
| the heART of the matter | Luit Bieringa | Documentary | |
| Poi E: The Story of Our Song | Tearepa Kahi | documentary | |
| The Rehearsal | Alison Maclean | Drama | |
| On an Unknown Beach | Adam Luxton, Summer Agnew | Documentary | |
| West of Eden | Alastair Riddell | Drama | |
| The 5th Eye | Errol Wright, Abi King-Jones | Documentary | |
| Chronesthesia | Hayden J. Weal | Romantic comedy | |
| This Giant Papier Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy | Christian Nicolson | Science fiction, Comedy | |
| Apple Pie | Sam Hamilton | Documentary | |
| Pork Pie | Matt Murphy | Comedy/Road Movie | Remake of Goodbye Pork Pie |
| Kiwi Christmas | Tony Simpson | Family | |
| 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 | Based on the novel The Changeover by Margaret Mahy |
| Human Traces | Nic Gorman | Drama/Thriller | |
| 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 |
| My Year With Helen | Gaylene Preston | Documentary | |
| What Lies That Way | Paul Wolffram | Documentary | |
| Spookers | Florian Habicht | Documentary | |
| The Stolen | Niall Johnson | Western | |
| The Breaker Upperers | Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek | Comedy | |
| Blue Moon | Stefen Harris | Film Noir | |
| Broken | Tarry Mortlock | Drama | 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 | |
| Status Pending | Ben Zolno | Dramedy | Improvised dialogue (mumblecore) film premiering at Cinequest, Filmed Entirely in Wellington, NZ. |
| The Heart Dances - The Journey of The Piano: The Ballet | Rebecca Tansley | Documentary | |
| Daffodils | David Stubbs | Drama | |
| For My Father's Kingdom | Vea Mafile'o, Jeremiah Tauamiti | Documentary | |
| Bellbird | Hamish Bennett | Drama | |
| Come to Daddy | Ant Timpson | Horror | |
| Brown Boys | Hans Masoe | Comedy | |
| Take Home Pay | Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa | Comedy | |
| Capital in the Twenty-First Century | Justin Pemberton | Documentary | |
| Savage | Sam Kelly | crime | |
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Comedy drama | |
| Killer Sofa | Bernie Rao | Comedy horror | |
| Vai | Nicole Whippy Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki Matasila Freshwater Amberley Jo Aumua Mīria George Marina Alofagia McCartney Dianna Fuemana Becs Arahanga | Drama | |
| The Chills: The Triumph & Tragedy of Martin Phillipps | Julia Parnell Rob Curry | Documentary | |
| Mosley | Kirby Atkins | animated fantasy adventure drama |
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