List of New Zealand films
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This is a list of feature films and feature-length telemovies produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release:
Key
- * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission.
- † = Year given is date of principal photography rather than release.
1910s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1913 | ||||||
Hinemoa | Gaston Méliès | First NZ feature film [1] | ||||
Loved by a Maori Chieftess | Gaston Méliès | [1] | ||||
How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride | Gaston Méliès | [1] | ||||
The River Wanganui | Gaston Méliès | Documentary | ||||
1914 | ||||||
Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director.[2] | |||
1916 | ||||||
The Mutiny of the Bounty | ||||||
1920s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1921 | ||||||
Beyond | William Desmond Taylor | |||||
The Betrayer | Beaumont Smith | |||||
The Bloke from Freemans Bay | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1922 | ||||||
My Lady of the Cave | Rudall Hayward | |||||
The Birth of New Zealand | Harrington Reynolds | |||||
Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross | George Tarr | Documentary/travelogue | ||||
1923 | ||||||
The Romance of Sleepy Hollow | Henry J. Makepeace | |||||
1924 | ||||||
Venus of the South Seas | James R. Sullivan | |||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1925 | ||||||
The Adventures of Algy | Beaumont Smith | |||||
1927 | ||||||
The Romance of Hine-moa | Gustav Pauli | [3] | ||||
Carbine's Heritage | Edwin Coubray (Ted) | |||||
The Te Kooti Trail | Rudall Hayward | |||||
Under the Southern Cross | Gustav Pauli | |||||
1928 | ||||||
The Bush Cinderella | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1929 | ||||||
Under the Southern Cross | Lew Collins | a.k.a. The Devil's Pit or Taranga |
1930s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1930 | ||||||
The Romance Of Maoriland | ||||||
1935 | ||||||
Down on the Farm | First New Zealand talkie feature. | |||||
Hei Tiki | a.k.a. Primitive Passions | |||||
New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire | CJ Morton | Scenic | [4] | |||
Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland | Scenic | [4] | ||||
1936 | ||||||
Phar Lap's Son | ||||||
The Wagon and the Star | ||||||
On the Friendly Road | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1937 | ||||||
New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds | Scenic | [4] | ||||
1938 | ||||||
New Zealand Review No.5, Mountain Holiday | Scenic | [4] | ||||
1940s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1940 | ||||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | [5] | ||||
One Hundred Crowded Years | Official Centennial film | |||||
1949 | ||||||
Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | War | Location shooting for Hollywood film.[5] | |||
1950s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1952 | ||||||
Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | [5] | |||
1954 | ||||||
The Seekers | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting.[5] | |||
1955 | ||||||
Battle Cry | Raoul Walsh | War | Leon Uris novel set in NZ, starring Van Heflin, James Whitmore and Tab Hunter[5] | |||
1957 | ||||||
Until They Sail | Robert Wise | Wartime Romance | Location shooting at Sumner for Hollywood film set in NZ[5] | |||
1960s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1964 | ||||||
Runaway | John O'Shea | [5] | ||||
140 Days Under the World | Geoffrey Scott | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.[6] | |||
1966 | ||||||
Don't Let It Get You | John O'Shea | Comedy | [7] | |||
1969 | ||||||
Young Guy on Mt. Cook (ja:Nyu jirando no wakadaishô) | Jun Fukuda | Location shooting of Japanese film[5] | ||||
1970s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1972 | ||||||
To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
1973 | ||||||
Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | [5] | ||||
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 [5] | ||||
Landfall † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
1976 | ||||||
Off the Edge † | Michael Firth | Skiing | [5] | |||
The God Boy † | Murray Reece | Telemovie [5] | ||||
1977 | ||||||
Wild Man | Geoff Murphy | |||||
Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/action | First NZ film to open in the U.S. | |||
Solo | Tony Williams | |||||
1978 | ||||||
Skin Deep * | Geoff Steven | Drama | [5] | |||
Died in the Wool † | Brian McDuffie | whodunnit | telemovie | |||
Colour Scheme † | Peter Sharp | whodunnit | telemovie | |||
Angel Mine | David Blyth | Fantasy | [8] Art New Zealand | |||
1979 | ||||||
Middle Age Spread*† | John Reid | Comedy | shot on 16mm | |||
Jack Winter's Dream † | David Sims | telemovie | ||||
Sons for the Return Home*† | Paul Maunder | |||||
1980s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1980 | ||||||
Beyond Reasonable Doubt * | John Laing | docudrama | ||||
A Woman of Good Character | David Blyth | Historical drama | [9] AKA Lizzie; shot on 16mm | |||
Squeeze† | Richard Turner | shot on 16mm | ||||
1981 | ||||||
Goodbye Pork Pie * | Geoff Murphy | comedy, road movie | [5] | |||
Pictures† * | Michael Black | [5] Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||
Race for the Yankee Zephyr | David Hemmings | action | Australia - NZ co-production [5] | |||
Smash Palace * | Roger Donaldson | drama | [5] | |||
Wildcat† | Ross Prosser, Russel Campbell, Alister Barry | shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
Dead Kids / Strange Behaviour / Shadowland† | Michael Laughlin | [5] | ||||
Bad Blood * | Mike Newell | drama | NZ-British co-production [5] | |||
1982 | ||||||
Carry Me Back† * | John Reid | comedy | [5] | |||
Battletruck (reissued as Warlords of the 21st Century) | Harley Cokliss | action | Hollywood film shot on location[5] | |||
The Scarecrow * | Sam Pillsbury | [5] | ||||
1983 | ||||||
Hang on a Minute Mate! | Alan Lindsay | telemovie [5] | ||||
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Nagisa Oshima | War | location shooting for British-Japanese co-production[5] | |||
Wild Horses† * | Derek Morton | Drama | [10] | |||
It's Lizzie to Those Close† * | David Blyth | shot on 16mm [5] | ||||
War Years† | Pat McGuire | [5] | ||||
Patu!† * | Merata Mita | documentary | [5] | |||
Strata† | Geoff Steven | [5] | ||||
Second Time Lucky† | Michael Anderson | comedy | [5] | |||
Heart of the Stag† | Michael Firth | Drama | [5] | |||
Trespasses† | Peter Sharp | [5] | ||||
Savage Islands (a.k.a. Nate and Hayes)† | Ferdinand Fairfax | Adventure | [5] | |||
Among the Cinders† * | Rolf Hädrich | Drama | [11] | |||
Utu * | Geoff Murphy | historical action | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival [5] | |||
1984 | ||||||
Came a Hot Friday | Ian Mune | comedy | [12] | |||
Other Halves | John Laing | drama | [5] | |||
The Silent One * | Yvonne Mackay | Drama | filmed in the Cook Islands [13] | |||
Iris a.k.a. Out of Time | Tony Isaac | Biography drama | Telemovie [14] | |||
Death Warmed Up† * | David Blyth | horror/thriller | [5] | |||
Vigil * | Vincent Ward | Drama | Nominated for Palme D'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival [15] | |||
The Bounty | Roger Donaldson | Adventure | Location shooting for Australian/US production[5] | |||
1985 | ||||||
Came a Hot Friday * | Ian Mune | comedy | [5] | |||
Dangerous Orphans * | John Laing | Action | ||||
Kingpin | Mike Walker | drama | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival | |||
The Lost Tribe | John Laing | horror | [5] | |||
Mr Wrong * | Gaylene Preston | horror | ||||
Shaker Run | Bruce Morrison | Action/thriller | ||||
Hot Target | Denis Lewiston | sex thriller | Location shooting for US film[5] | |||
Sylvia | Michael Firth | biographical film | [5] | |||
The Quiet Earth * | Geoff Murphy | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | [5] | |||
Bridge to Nowhere * | Ian Mune | [5] | ||||
1986 | ||||||
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale | Murray Ball | animated film | [5] | |||
Pallet on the Floor | Lynton Butler | [5] | ||||
Mark II* | [5] | |||||
Queen City Rocker * | Bruce Morrison | [5] | ||||
1987 | ||||||
Bad Taste * | Peter Jackson | Comedy/horror/sci-fi | ||||
Ngati * | Barry Barclay | [5] | ||||
Illustrious Energy * | Leon Narbey | [5] | ||||
Mauri * | Merata Mita | [5] | ||||
1988 | ||||||
Send a Gorilla * | Melanie Read | [5] | ||||
The Grasscutter | Ian Mune | action/thriller | [5] | |||
The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey * | Vincent Ward | fantasy | [5] Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |||
Just Me and Mario | Greg Stitt | Comedy | ||||
1989 | ||||||
Meet the Feebles* | Peter Jackson | black comedy | [5] | |||
1990s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1990 | ||||||
An Angel at My Table * | Jane Campion | biography | [5] | |||
Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree* | Martyn Sanderson | drama | [5] | |||
Ruby and Rata * | Gaylene Preston | [5] | ||||
1991 | ||||||
A Soldier's Tale | Larry Parr | war/drama | ||||
Grampire | David Blyth | comedy/horror/kids | AKA My Grandpa Is a Vampire | |||
Old Scores | Alan Clayton | comedy/sport | ||||
Te Rua | ||||||
The End of the Golden Weather | Ian Mune | |||||
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 | |||
The Piano | Jane Campion | drama/romance | Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes | |||
The Tommyknockers | John Power | Horror TV Mini-Series | US production filmed in New Zealand [16] | |||
1994 | ||||||
Heavenly Creatures'*' | Peter Jackson | Drama/romance/crime | ||||
Once Were Warriors | Lee Tamahori | Drama | ||||
1995 | ||||||
Bonjour Timothy* | ||||||
Cinema of Unease | Sam Neill, Judy Rymer | Documentary | ||||
Forgotten Silver | Costa Botes, Peter Jackson | mockumentary | ||||
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 | ||||||
Someone Else's Country | Alistair Barry | Documentary | ||||
The Frighteners* | Peter Jackson | comedy/horror | ||||
The Whole of the Moon* | ||||||
1997 | ||||||
Lost Valley[17] | ||||||
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | Harry Sinclair | |||||
The Ugly | ||||||
1998 | ||||||
Constance * | Bruce Morrison | Drama | [5] | |||
Memory and Desire | ||||||
Saving Grace | Costa Botes | romance | ||||
1999 | ||||||
Channelling Baby | Christine Parker | |||||
I'll Make You Happy | ||||||
Savage Honeymoon | ||||||
Scarfies* | Robert Sarkies | black comedy | ||||
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? | Ian Mune | drama | ||||
2000s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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2000 | ||||||
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons* | Glenn Standring | |||||
Jubilee* | ||||||
The Price of Milk* | Harry Sinclair | |||||
2001 | ||||||
Crooked Earth | Sam Pillsbury | |||||
Kung Fu Vampire Killers | Phil Davison | [18] | ||||
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 | |||||
Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Action/Drama | Some scenes filmed in New Zealand | |||
2002 | ||||||
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
In a Land of Plenty | Alistair Barry | Documentary | ||||
Tongan Ninja | Jason Stutter | Action comedy | [19] | |||
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 | [20] | |||
Whale Rider* | Niki Caro | drama | ||||
Christmas | David Blyth | Drama/Comedy | ||||
2004 | ||||||
Fracture | ||||||
Without a Paddle | Comedy | |||||
Murmurs | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
In My Father's Den | Brad McGann | |||||
Spooked | Geoff Murphy | |||||
2005 | ||||||
50 Ways of Saying Fabulous | Stewart Main | drama | ||||
King Kong | Peter Jackson | adventure | ||||
River Queen | Vincent Ward | historical drama | ||||
The World's Fastest Indian * | Roger Donaldson | biography | ||||
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Fantasy/adventure | ||||
Meet Me in Miami | ||||||
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 | ||||
Eagle vs Shark | Taika Cohen | Comedy | ||||
Kissy Kissy | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
The Ferryman | Chris Graham | horror | ||||
Out of the Blue | Robert Sarkies | drama (based on true events) | ||||
Black Sheep | Jonathan King | Comedy/horror | ||||
2007 | ||||||
The Tattooist | ||||||
A Song of Good | ||||||
Down by the Riverside | Marama Killen Brad Davison | Film noir/horror | ||||
The Devil Dared Me To | ||||||
Bridge to Terabithia | ||||||
We're Here To Help | Jonothan Cullinane | Kafkaesque comedy | ||||
Men Shouldn't Sing | ||||||
The Last Magic Show | Andy Conlan | Comedy romance | ||||
Pictures of You | ||||||
30 Days of Night | David Slade | Horror | ||||
The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | |||||
Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten | Romantic comedy | Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007 [21] | |||
2008 | ||||||
Second Hand Wedding | Paul Murphy | Romantic comedy | ||||
Rain of the Children | Vincent Ward | Documentary | ||||
Taking the Waewae Express | Andrea Bosshard | Drama | ||||
Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser | Drama | ||||
BLACKSPOT | Ben Hawker | Thriller | ||||
Untitled Charles Upham biopic | ||||||
Last of the Living | Logan McMillan | Comedy horror | ||||
2009 | ||||||
Avatar | James Cameron | Principal live photography in Wellington studios, plus digital fx work | ||||
The Lovely Bones | Peter Jackson | |||||
Temeraire | ||||||
The Strength of Water | Armagan Ballantyne | Drama | [22] | |||
Separation City |
2010s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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2010 | ||||||
Kawa-Nights in the Gardens of Spain | Katie Wolfe | Drama | ||||
Tracker | Ian Sharp | Action/adventure | ||||
Wound | David Blyth | Horror | ||||
Matariki | Michael Bennett | Drama | ||||
Boy | Taika Waititi | Comedy/drama | ||||
Predicament | Jason Stutter | Comedy | Based on the Ronald Hugh Morrieson novel[23] | |||
The Insatiable Moon | Rosemary Riddell | Comedy/drama | [24] | |||
The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell | Brendan Donovan | Comedy/family | ||||
2011 | ||||||
The Devil's Rock | Paul Campion | Horror | ||||
Love Birds | Paul Murphy | |||||
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 | [25] | |||
Billy | Peter Burger | Biopic based on the true story of comedian Billy T. James | ||||
Bliss | Fiona Samuel | Biopic based on the true story of author Katherine Mansfield | ||||
Rage | Danny Mulheron | Drama | Based on events of the 1981 Springbok Tour | |||
Tangiwai: A Love Story | Charlie Haskell | Based on the true story of the Tangiwai disaster | ||||
2012 | ||||||
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Simon Bennett | Comedy | Sequel to the Sione's Wedding (2006)[26] | |||
Compound | Dale Stewart | Horror | Filmed at Spookers, Auckland | |||
Ghost TV | Phil Davison | |||||
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
The Red House | Alyx Duncan | Drama | ||||
Siege | Mike Smith | Drama | Based on the true story of the 2009 Napier shootings | |||
2013 | ||||||
Eternity | Alex Galvin | Drama/sci-fi/mystery | ||||
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Peter Jackson | Fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
2014 | ||||||
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 | |||||
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 | |||
2015 | ||||||
25 April | Leanne Pooley | Documentary | ||||
Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws | Andrew Todd, Johnny Hall | Comedy/horror | ||||
Born To Dance | Tammy Davis | Action/sport |
See also
- Cinema of New Zealand (lists New Zealand movies from 2003)
References
- 1 2 3 FilmNZ History
- ↑ "Hinemoa". The New Zealand Film Archive. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ "A New Zealand Romance". The New Zealand Film Archive. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 NZFA Events Calendar
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 "Feature Films made in New Zealand since 1939". New Zealand Film Commission. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- ↑ "Awards for 140 Days Under the World". IMDb. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ "Don't Let It Get You (1966)". IMDb. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ Ward, Diana (1978). "David Blyth's new film Angel Mine". Art New Zealand 11. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ NZ film commission
- ↑ Wild Horses (1983)
- ↑ Among the Cinders (IMDB)
- ↑ "Came a Hot Friday". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ The Silent One (1984)
- ↑ Out of Time (1984) (TV)
- ↑ Vigil (IMDB)
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/lost-valley-the
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887752/
- ↑ Tongan Ninja at IMDB
- ↑ The Locals at IMDB
- ↑ "New movie lures Melanie Lynskey home". Taranaki Daily News. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ Calder, Peter (27 August 2009). "The Strength of Water". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ Kara, Scott (2010-08-12). "Predicament in the making for local film". New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Reaching for the Moon". Otago Daily Times. 2010-10-02.
- ↑ "Dreamer by Design (2011)".
- ↑ "Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012)".
- 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
- Martin, Helen, and Edwards, Sam, (1997) New Zealand film, 1912-1996. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
External links
- IMDb Guide for New Zealand
- Informational site dedicated to New Zealand feature films on DVD, Blu-ray, Streaming
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