Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand > Comedy: 177 Films to Buy & Rent
Futile Attraction (2004)
- Dir. Mark Prebble
Feat. Michelle Ang, Alistair Browning
- Set around a 'Reality TV' show, whose attempt to follow a couple from arranged date through to consummation is frustrated when the selected twosome…
Insiders Guide to Happiness, The (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Fasitua Amosa, Ben Barrington, Fraser Brown…
- An ambitious, stylish TV series (made on our doorstep) which shows the life–tracks of various contemporary urbanites and suburbanites meshing…
Small Samoan Wedding, A (2004)
- Filmed at the Wellington Opera House, this live show is the latest offering from the Laughing Samoans comedy duo.
Gupta Vs Gordon (2003)
- Dir. Jitendra Pal
Feat. Jitendra Pal
- Sincere Kiwi comedy, set in the Hawkes Bay, portrays the struggles of Indian immigrants attempting to settle into the New Zealand lifestyle. Centred…
Toy Love (2003)
- Dir. Harry Sinclair
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, Kate Elliot
- Under–rated "bedroom comedy" from writer–director Harry Sinclair about the unruly love games played by a circle of flaky, impetuous…
Moon TV (TV Series) (Moon Television) (2002-2006)
- After making a name for himself as the deadpan bloke "That Guy" on "Sports Cafe", Leigh Hart produced this absurd low–budget skit show for TVNZ…
Strip, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Luanne Gordon, RenĂ©e Ellwood, Jodie Rimmer…
- A highly strung corporate lawyer finds her life in disarray upon discovering her husband in bed with another man, so naturally she chucks in her job…
Tongan Ninja (2002)
- Dir. Jason Stutter
Feat. Jemaine Clement, Sam Manu, Linda Tseng
- An engagingly cheesy martial–arts parody that derives freshness from its unique South Pacific flavour and the comic ingenuity of its star and…
Back of the Y - Masterpiece Television (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Chris Stapp
Feat. Matt Heath, Chris Stapp, Phil Brough
- Masterfully original TV–trash that follows in the tradition of BAD TASTE, this enacts a satirical reality–TV show of…
Being Eve (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Fleur Saville
- Spunky, good–natured Kiwi comedy essays the angsty teenage years of girl philosopher Eve Baxter, whose unconventional outlook on life is…