List of New Zealand films

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List of New Zealand films

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A chronology of feature films and feature-length telemovies produced or filmed in New Zealand ordered by year of release:

Contents 1 Key 2 1910s 3 1920s 4 1930s 5 1940s 6 1950s 7 1960s 8 1970s 9 1980s 10 1990s 11 2000s 12 References 13 See also 14 Further reading

[edit] Key

• * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission).
• † = Year given is dates of principal photography rather than release.

[edit] 1910s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1913	Hinemoa				First NZ feature film
1913	Loved by a Maori Chieftess
1914	Hinemoa				note: different to 1913 film
1916	The Mutiny of the Bounty

[edit] 1920s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1921	Beyond (film)
1921	The Betrayer
1922	My Lady of the Cave
1922	The Birth of New Zealand
1923	The Romance of Sleepy Hollow
1924	Venus of the South Seas
1925	Rewi's Last Stand (1925)
1925	The Adventures of Algy
1925	The Romance of Hinemoa
1927	Carbine's Heritage
1927	The Te Kooti Trail
1927	Under the Southern Cross
1928?	Taranga
1928?	The Devil's Pit
1930	The Romance Of Maoriland

[edit] 1930s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1935	Down on the Farm (film)
1935	Primitive Passions
1935	Hei Tiki
1935	New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire	CJ Morton		Scenic	[1]
1935	Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland			Scenic	[1]
1936	Phar Lap's Son
1936	The Wagon and the Star
1936	On the Friendly Road
1937	New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds			Scenic	[1]
1938	New Zealand Review no.5, Mountain Holiday			Scenic	[1]
1939	Rewi's Last Stand (1939)	Rudall Hayward			[2]
1940	One Hundred Crowded Years			Official Centennial film

[edit] 1940s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1949	Sands of Iwo Jima	Allan Dwan	John Wayne, John Agar, Forrest Tucker	War	Location shooting for Hollywood film.

[edit] 1950s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1952	Broken Barrier	John O'Shea
1954	The Seekers (1954 film)	Ken Annakin	Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Inia Te Wiata, Kenneth Williams	Adventure	Location shooting for British film.
1957	Until They Sail	Robert Wise	Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Charles Drake	Wartime Romance	Location shooting for Hollywood film

[edit] 1960s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1964	Runaway (1964 film)	John O'Shea
1964	140 Days Under the World	Geoffrey Scott		Documentary	Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.
1966	Don't Let it Get You	John O'Shea		Comedy/Musical
1969	Young Guy on Mt. Cook (ja:Nyu jirando no wakadaishô)	Jun Fukuda			(Location shooting of Japanese film)

[edit] 1970s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1972	To Love a Maori	Rudall Hayward			Shot on 16mm
1973	Rangi's Catch	Michael Forlong
1974	Games '74	John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard		Sports documentary
1975†	Test Pictures:Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship	Geoff Steven			shot on 16mm
1975†	Landfall (film)	Paul Maunder			shot on 16mm
1976†	Off the Edge	Michael Firth		Skiing
1976†	The God Boy	Murray Reece			Telemovie
1977†	Wild Man (film)	Geoff Murphy
1977	Sleeping Dogs	Roger Donaldson	Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Nevan Rowe, Warren Oates		First NZ film to open in the U.S.A
1977†	Solo (1977 film)	Tony Williams
1978†	Angel Mine *	David Blyth
1978	Skin Deep *	Geoff Steven	Deryn Cooper, Ken Blackburn, Grant Tilly, Alan Jervis	Drama
1978†	Died in the Wool	Brian McDuffie		whodunnit	telemovie
1978†	Colour Scheme	Peter Sharp		whodunnit	telemovie
1979†	Middle Age Spread*	John Reid			(shot on 16mm)
1979†	Jack Winter's Dream	David Sims			telemovie
1979†	Sons for the Return Home*	Paul Maunder
1980	Beyond Reasonable Doubt *	John Laing	David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Martyn Sanderson, Grant Tilly	docudrama
1980†	Squeeze (film)				(shot on 16mm)

[edit] 1980s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1981	Goodbye Pork Pie *	Geoff Murphy	Kelly Johnson, Tony Barry, Claire Oberman, Bruno Lawrence	comedy, road movie
1981†	Pictures *	Michael Black
1981	Race for the Yankee Zephyr	David Hemmings	Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, George Peppard, Donald Pleasance, Bruno Lawrence	action	Australia - NZ co-production
1981	Smash Palace *	Roger Donaldson	Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Greer Robson, Keith Aberdein	drama
1981†	Wildcat (film)	Ross Prosser, Russel Campbell, Alister Barry			(shot on 16mm)
1981†	Dead Kids / Strange Behaviour / Shadowland	Michael Laughlin
1981	Bad Blood *	Mike Newell	Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, [{Denis Lill]], Donna Akersten, Martyn Sanderson	drama	NZ-British co-production
1982†	Carry Me Back *	John Reid		comedy
1982	Battletruck (reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century)	Harley Cokliss	Michael Beck, Annie McEnrow, James Wainwright, Bruno Lawrence	action	Hollywood film shot on location
1982	The Scarecrow *	Sam Pillsbury
1983	Hang on a Minute Mate!	Alan Lindsay			telemovie
1983	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Nagisa Oshima	Tom Conti, David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi, Jack Thompson	War	location shooting for British-Japanese co-production.
1983†	Wild Horses *	Derek Morton	Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Kevin J. Wilson, Robyn Gibbes, Bruno Lawrence	Drama	[1]
1983†	It's Lizzie to Those Close *	David Blyth	Sarah Peirse, Derek Hardwick, Bruno Lawrence, Ian Watkin, Martyn Sanderson		shot on 16mm
1983†	War Years	Pat McGuire
1983†	Patu! *	Merata Mita		documentary
1983†	Strata	Geoff Steven
1983†	Second Time Lucky	Michael Anderson	Diane Franklin, Roger Wilson, Jon Gadsby, Robert Helpmann	comedy
1983†	Heart of the Stag	Michael Firth	Bruno Lawrence, Terence Cooper, Mary Regan	Drama
1983†	Trespasses	Peter Sharp
1983†	Savage Islands (a.k.a. Nate and Hayes)	Ferdinand Fairfax	Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly	Adventure
1983†	Among the Cinders *	Rolf Hädrich	Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley, Rebecca Gibney	Drama	[2]
1983	Utu *	Geoff Murphy	Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliot, Kelly Johnson, Wi Kuki Kaa	historical action
1984	Came a Hot Friday *	Ian Mune	Peter Bland, Phillip Gordon, Michael Lawrence, Billy T. James	comedy
1984	Constance *	Bruce Morrison	Donogh Rees, Martin Vaughan, Judie Douglass, Donald MacDonald	Drama
1984	Other Halves	John Laing	Lisa Harrow, Mark Pilisi, Fraser Stephen-Smith, Paul Gittins	drama
1984	The Silent One *	Yvonne Mackay	George Henare, Pat Evison, Anzac Wallace, Telo Malase	Drama	filmed in the Cook Islands [3]
1984	Iris a.k.a. Out of Time	Tony Isaac	Helen Morse, Philip Holder, John Bach, Donogh Rees	Biography drama	Telemovie [4]
1984†	Death Warmed Up *	David Blyth		horror / thriller
1984	Vigil *	Vincent Ward	Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Fiona Kay, Gordon Shields	Drama	Nominated for Palme D'Or at Cannes film festival [5]
1986	Pallet on the Floor	Lynton Butler
1984	The Bounty	Roger Donaldson	Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson	Adventure	Location shooting for Australian/US production
1985	Dangerous orphans *	John Laing	Peter Stevens, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand	Action	[6]
1985	Kingpin	Mike Walker	Junior Amiga, Mitchell Manuel, Nicholas Rogers, Judy McIntosh, Jim Moriarty, Terence Cooper	drama	[7]
1985	Mr Wrong *	Gaylene Preston	Heather Bolton, David Letch, Margaret Umbers, Gary Stalker, Danny Mulheron, Michael Haigh	horror	[8]
1985	Shaker Run	Bruce Morrison	Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow, Shane Briant	Action / Thriller	[9]
1985	Hot Target	Denis Lewiston		sex thriller	Location shooting for US film
1985	Sylvia
1985	The Lost Tribe *
1985	The Quiet Earth *
1985	Bridge to Nowhere (film) *	Ian Mune
1986	Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale	Murray Ball
1986	Mark II*
1986	Queen City Rocker *	Bruce Morrison
1987	Bad Taste *	Peter Jackson
1987	Ngati *	Barry Barclay
1987	Illustrious Energy *	Leon Narbey
1987	Mauri *	Merata Mita
1988	Send a Gorilla *	Melanie Read
1988	The Grasscutter
1988	The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey *	Vincent Ward
1990	An Angel at My Table *	Jane Campion
1990	Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree*
1990	Meet the Feebles*	Peter Jackson
1990	Ruby and Rata *	Gaylene Preston

[edit] 1990s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
1991	A Soldier's Tale
1991	Chunuk Bair
1991	Grampire
1991	Old Scores
1991	Te Rua
1991	The End of the Golden Weather
1992	Alex*
1992	Braindead
1993	Desperate Remedies
1993	Map of the Human Heart*
1993	The Piano
1993	Bread and Roses*
1994	Heavenly Creatures'*'
1994	Once Were Warriors
1995	Bonjour Timothy*
1995	Cinema of Unease
1995	Forgotten Silver
1996	Broken English
1996	Chicken
1996	Flight of the Albatross
1996	Someone Else's Country
1996	The Frighteners*
1996	The Whole of the Moon*
1997	Lost Valley
1997	Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
1998	Memory and Desire
1998	Saving Grace
1999	Channelling Baby
1999	I'll Make You Happy
1999	Savage Honeymoon
1999	Scarfies*
1999	What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
2000	Jubilee
2000	Stickmen (film)
2000	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*
2000	The Price of Milk

[edit] 2000s

Year	Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
2001	Crooked Earth
2001	Her Majesty (film)
2001	Rain (film)
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
2002	Tongan Ninja
2003	Kombi Nation
2003	The Last Samurai
2003	Whale Rider*
2004	Fracture
2004	In My Father's Den
2005	50 Ways of Saying Fabulous
2005	King Kong*
2005	Perfect Creature
2005	River Queen
2005	The World's Fastest Indian
2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005	Meet Me in Miami
2006	No 2
2006	Perfect Creature
2006	Buddha Wild Monk in a Hut
2006	Sione's Wedding
2006	Eagle vs Shark
2006	The Ferryman
2006	Out of the Blue
2006	Black Sheep
2006	John	Astrid Glitter	James L West Lucas Dahlin Roger Beresford	Adult Film	100% kiwi made gay adult film
2007	The Tattooist
2007	A Song of Good
2007	The Lovely Bones (film)
2007	Down by the Riverside	Marama Killen Brad Davison	Rebecca Trelease	Film Noir-Horror
2007	The Devil Dared Me To
2007	Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film)
2007	Be Very Afraid
2007	The Last Magic Show
2007	Pictures of You (film)
2007	30 Days of Night
2007	The Vintner's Luck
2008	Dambusters (2008 film)
2008	Avatar (film)*
2008	Untitled Charles Upham biopic
2009	Temeraire (film)
2009	Untitled Bruce McLaren biopic

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} http://events.filmarchive.org.nz/event.php?eventInstanceID=1412&eventID=288
2. ^ http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/downloads/feature%20films%20since%201940%20by%20yearfinal.doc

• Leonard Maltin's 2007 Movie Guide

[edit] See also

Cinema of New Zealand

[edit] 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
• Martin, Helen, and Edwards, Sam, (1997) New Zealand film, 1912-1996. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1List of New Zealand feature films

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