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Sales > New Zealand > Drama: 45 films to Buy
- Bad Behaviour (2023)
- Jennifer Connelly gives a committed performance as a former child actor who seeks enlightenment at a retreat in Oregon while navigating a…
- DVD $29.95
- Uproar (2023)
- Set in Dunedin in 1981, a rugby–obsessed country is divided over the arrival of the South African Springboks team, sparking nationwide…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Justice of Bunny King, The (2021)
- A single mother takes on the bureaucracy of NZ social services in this hard hitting drama, an impressive feature debut of director Gaysorn…
- DVD $29.95
- Poppy (2021)
- Endearing Kiwi drama about an ambitious teenager who aspires to be a car mechanic despite the hurdles – which include her protective brother…
- DVD $29.95
- Savage (2020)
- Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- Stray (2018)
- Moody, taciturn local drama in which two damaged strangers cross paths in mountainous Central Otago.
- DVD $29.95
- Waru (2017)
- An outstanding and confronting film exploring the subject of domestic child abuse in New Zealand.
Eight female Maori directors have each…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- A feel–good comic misadventure in which a rebellious city kid and his reluctant foster uncle become subjects of a manhunt after they "go bush"…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
- 800 Words (TV Series) (2015)
- From the writers of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE come this gentle dramedy that follows the travails of a widowed Sydney columnist as he up sticks for life in…
- DVD $49.95
- Westside (TV Series) (2015-2019)
- A period prequel to OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. Legendary safe cracker and career criminal, Ted West and his first wife Rita Build their fortune in the slums…
- DVD $24.95, $29.95, $39.95, $44.95
- When We Go To War (TV Mini-series) (2015)
- Historical saga that tells the story of six young men and women whose plans for the future are thwarted as New Zealand enters World War I. Events…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
- Dark Horse, The (2014)
- Cliff Curtis turns in a magnificent performance in this accomplished and powerful story of speed chess champion Genesis Potini, his battles with…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Kiwi Flyer (2012)
- Amiable family fun follows twelve–year old Ben as he sets out to win Nelson's annual trolley derby, but he's up against some stiff Aussie…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- What Really Happened: Votes for Women (2012)
- Another edifying take on a key turning point in New Zealand history (following What Really Happened: Waitangi), this Sunday Theatre commission…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011)
- Dir. Roseanne Liang adapts her winning documentary (BANANA IN A NUTSHELL) on the struggle to get her traditional Chinese parents to accept her Kiwi…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Nothing Trivial (TV Series) (2011)
- An agreeable and endearingly performed 'singles' comedy by way of modern day Auckland, centred on the romantic hang ups of five friends who compete…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Home By Christmas (2010)
- The director of WAR STORIES returns to the subject for this deeply personal yet affecting docu–drama focusing this time on a single story…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Love Story (2010)
- Ebullient Kiwi filmmaker Florian Habicht creates his own 'New York Story' by turning his camera to a beautiful Russian model and his own creative…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Kawa) (2010)
- Psychological drama of a family man coming to terms with his homosexuality and whose decision to come out plunges his family into crisis. Based on…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 6 (2010)
- Explosive final season of the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
- DVD $24.95
- Russian Snark (2010)
- A pair of Russian refugees settle in Auckland to make art and a new home in this eccentric yet accessible 'art comedy' from screenwriter and…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Stolen (2010)
- TV thriller based on the real life 2002 kidnapping of Baby Kahu Durie, which saturated NZ media at the time. Held for $3 million ransom, the child…
- DVD $19.95
- Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 5 (2009)
- Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
Series 5:…
- DVD $24.95
- Separation City (2009)
- Kiwi comedy penned by satirical cartoonist Tom Scott , musing on the struggle of long–term relationships among a group of…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Until Proven Innocent (2009)
- Credible homegrown teledrama tells the true story of the crusade to free David Dougherty, wrongly imprisoned for the rape and abduction of an…
- DVD $25
- Vintner's Luck, The (2009)
- Contentious, opulent NZ–made adaptation of the much–loved Elizabeth Knox novel, ostensibly about the relationship between a guardian…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Apron Strings (2008)
- Acclaimed short film director Sima Urale makes her feature film debut with this drama about fractious maternal connections that contrast two…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Dean Spanley (2008)
- This Kiwi–British production cross–breed is a charmingly eccentric, surprisingly moving 'drawing room' drama set in Edwardian Britain in…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Second-Hand Wedding (Secondhand Wedding) (2008)
- Sweet–natured Kiwi suburban rom–com that was a surprise hit at the local box office, with large audiences responding to a highly…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Show of Hands (2008)
- Quaint but contrived Kiwi rom–dram set in New Plymouth in which a grab–bag of townsfolk compete for new 4–wheel drive by keeping…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Out of the Blue (Aramoana) (2006)
- A moving, uncomfortably harrowing account of New Zealand’s worst mass murder, bringing the trauma of 1990’s Aramoana massacre to the screen with…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (2005)
- Rural New Zealand forms a stylised background to this unusual rites–of–passage drama which combines whimsy, pathos and cruelty for a…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Insiders Guide to Love, The (TV Series) (2005)
- Adopting the whimsical style of series forerunner INSIDERS GUIDE TO HAPPINESS, this spiffy companion–piece assembles an entirely new set of…
- DVD
$49.95 $37.45
- River Queen (2005)
- Both underrated and overblown, dir. Vincent Ward's (VIGIL) ambitious historical drama depicts the journey across heart, soul and land–scapes of…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- In My Father's Den (2004)
- Achieving a new high watermark in production terms at least, this vivid New Zealand melodrama harnesses the complexities of Maurice Gee's…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Memories of Tomorrow (2004)
- An artful psychological thriller set around a man's (Thompson) frustrating amnesia of a past which seemingly involves commando training and…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Christmas (2003)
- Structured around a grueling family Christmas in suburban New Zealand, this stark and uncompromising drama is one of the best low–budget…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Whale Rider (2003)
- A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Her Majesty (2001)
- A little–known, but sincerely crafted tale is set in 1950s New Zealand around a young girl's (Andrews) infatuation with Queen Elizabeth II,…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Rain (2001)
- Adapted from the acclaimed novel by Kirsty Gunn, this visually crafted evocation of a seaside holiday in the 1970s – bach, suntan lotion, whiskey…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Flight of the Albatross (1995)
- Teenager Julia Brendler migrates from Germany to New Zealand to renuite with her mother, a scientist studying the albatross colony on a remote island.
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95, $24.95 $18.70
- Once Were Warriors (1994)
- As sensational as it is important, Lee Tamahori's adaptation managed to transform Alan Duff's relentlessly down–beat novel about domestic…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Piano, The (1993)
- A romantic masterpiece set in pioneering New Zealand worthy of its reputation and phenomenal success. Worth a second glance for the cast's impeccable…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Constance (1983)
- Donogh Rees gives a restrained performance in this post–war period drama as a school–teacher whose fanciful dreams are realised and then…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Utu - Redux (1983-2013)
- With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
- DVD
$24.95 $14.95, $39.95 $24.95, $39.95 $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95 $34.95