Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand > Drama: 202 Films to Rent
- Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Kawa) (2010)
- Dir. Katie Wolfe
Feat. Calvin Tuteao, George Henare, Dean O'Gorman…
- 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…
- Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 6 (2010)
- Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Antonia Prebble…
- Explosive final season of the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
- Russian Snark (2010)
- Dir. Stephen Sinclair
Feat. Stephen Papps, Elena Stejko, Stephanie Tauevihi…
- 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…
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Andy Whitfield, John Hannah, Peter Mensah…
- Outlandish sword–and–sandal serial features Lucy Lawless and a line–up of Kiwi faces in various states of dismemberment and/or…
- Stolen (2010)
- Dir. Britta Hawkins
Feat. Miriama Smith, Scott Wills, George Henare…
- 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…
- Go Girls (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Anna Hutchison, Bronwyn Turei, Alix Bushnell…
- A North Shore equivalent of OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE perhaps, but with considerably less bite, this follows four middle–class 20–somethings as…
- Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 5 (2009)
- Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Charles Mesure, Antony Starr…
- Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
Series 5:…
- Piece Of My Heart (2009)
- Dir. Fiona Samuel
Feat. Annie Whittle, Rena Owen, Emily Barclay…
- TVNZ–commissioned drama focused on the issue of adoption in New Zealand, told through the story of two women who must reconcile their past as…
- Separation City (2009)
- Dir. Paul Middleditch
Feat. Joel Edgerton, Rhona Mitra, Danielle Cormack…
- Kiwi comedy penned by satirical cartoonist Tom Scott , musing on the struggle of long–term relationships among a group of…
- Strength of Water, The (2009)
- Dir. Armagan Ballantyne
Feat. Hato Paparoa, Melanie Mayall-Nahi, Jim Moriarty…
- Ten–year–old twins are separated by tragedy in this evocative, gracefully shot debut for dir. Ballantyne, set in a Maori community on the…