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List of New Zealand films

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This is a list of feature films and pre-1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by the year of release.

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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

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]

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]

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]

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

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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]

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]

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

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
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
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

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]

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]

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 Matasila Freshwater Amberley Jo Aumua Mīria George Marina Alofagia McCartney Dianna Fuemana Becs Arahanga	Drama	^[137]

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]