Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand > Drama: 208 Films to Buy & Rent
- Broken Hallelujah (2014)
- Dir. Alastair Riddell
Feat. Vanessa Riddell, Ben Mitchell, Greg Smith
- Thoughtful New Zealand drama inspired by Leonard Cohen's iconic song follows three families' intertwining lives.
- Dark Horse, The (2014)
- Dir. James Napier Robertson
Feat. Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, Kirk Torrance…
- Cliff Curtis turns in a magnificent performance in this accomplished and powerful story of speed chess champion Genesis Potini, his battles with…
- Hope and Wire (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Rachel House, Joel Tobeck, Chelsie Preston-Crayford…
- Gaylene Preston directs this contentious, though humanly compelling medley of stories based on first–hand accounts of the direct aftermath of…
- Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted (2014)
- The heroics of Wellington–born Nancy Wake, aka 'The White Mouse', are given a pulpy treatment in this doco–drama celebrating the famed…
- Pa Boys, The (2014)
- Dir. Himiona Grace
- A small, nicely formed road movie of following a three–piece Wellington reggae band as they tour the North Island. At its heart a celebration…
- Fantail (2013)
- Dir. Curtis Vowell
Feat. Sophie Henderson, Stephen Lovatt, Jarod Rawiri
- A fine small–scale New Zealand drama following the life of a young Pakeha woman who identifies as a Maori as she works graveyard shift at a…
- Golden Hour, The (2013)
- Superb 'Sunday Theatre' docu–drama relives the inspirational story behind New Zealand's greatest–ever day at the Olympics, in which…
- Harry (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Oscar Kightley, Sam Neill, Hunter Kamuhemu…
- Oscar Kightley plays a grieving South Auckland detective swamped by a series of armed robberies in this dark, authentic local policier, a welcome…
- Mt. Zion (2013)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
Feat. Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith
- Singer Stan Walker plays a humble potato picker who dreams of performing the opening act to Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1979 Auckland concert, in…
- Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song (2013)
- Dir. Tim van Dammen
Feat. Derya Parlak, Christopher Landon
- The Bard's most iconic play is performed with colloquial gusto in this inventive musical transposing of the tale of star–crossed lovers to an…