Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand: 787 Films to Rent
Among the Cinders (1984)
- Dir. Rolf Haedrich
Feat. Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
- A tender chronicle of a 16–year–old's rite–of–passage who finds first love with an older woman embittered by her experience…
Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series) (1984)
- Feat. Sarah Dunn, Jason Wallace, Hamish Bartle…
- Beloved New Zealand sci–fi series following 12–year–old Gretchen (Dunn) who discovers a link to an extra–extraterrestrial…
Grasp Of Wind, A (1984)
- Dir. Robert Franken, Russell Campbell
Feat. Neal Gunn
- Dutch born New Zealand visual artist Robert Franken's one–and–only directorial effort is a quietly surreal, wordless fable in which a…
Heart of the Stag (1984)
- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Terence Cooper, Bruno Lawrence
- A harrowing drama that deals frankly yet sensitively with the subject of incest. Terence Cooper plays a brutish farmer whose dreadful secret is soon…
King Pin (1984)
- Dir. Mike Walker
Feat. Nicholas Rogers, Junior Amega, Mitchell Manuel
- Polynesian juveniles experience bonding, rivalry and violence at a child welfare training facility. Though budget constraints are evident, it's…
Other Halves (1984)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Mark Pilisi
- An unlikely relationship blossoms between a 32–year–old white woman and a polynesian street–kid half her age.
Silent One, The (1984)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. George Henare, Pat Evison, Teraki Tokorangi
- An endearing and visually striking tale of a gifted young mute boy who becomes ostracised by his isolated Pacific community, but finds solace in the…
Trial Run (1984)
- Dir. Melanie Read
Feat. Annie Whittle
- Eerie occurences manifest into the worst nightmare for a wildlife photographer posted at an isolated cottage. Annie Whittle gives it heck as the…
Vigil (Incl. In Spring One Plants Alone & A State Of Seige) (1984)
- Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr…
- A young girl's world is transformed when her father dies and a enigmatic stranger arrives in his wake. Our unique landscape provides a magnificent…
Constance (1983)
- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Donogh Rees
- Donogh Rees gives a restrained performance in this post–war period drama as a school–teacher whose fanciful dreams are realised and then…