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Rental > New Zealand > Drama: 175 Films to Rent on DVD
Kitchen Sink (1989)
- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. Theresa Healy, Peter Tait, Anagretta Christian
- Three shorts from director Alison Maclean. Her 1989 award–winning Gothic horror is here paired with two earlier works, TALKBACK (1987), and the…
Starlight Hotel (1989)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Greer Robson, Bruce Phillips, Alison Fraser
- A young runaway in search of her father and a reluctant fugitive become unlikely partners who manage to keep one step ahead of the police. Shot on…
Mauri (1988)
- Dir. Merata Mita
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Eva Rickard, James Hayward
- Rural slice–of–life centres around an embittered man's search for fulfilment by returning to his roots. It gently illuminates the…
Navigator, The (A Medieval Odyssey) (1988)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Marshall Napier
- A group of 14th Century Cumbrians experience future shock when their mining expedition leads them to contemporary New Zealand. A terrific adventure…
Dangerous Orphans (1987)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Peter Stevens, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- Three orphans act on their plan to avenge the death of their father but must undermine an elaborate crime ring to carry it out. With Peter Stevens,…
Illustrious Energy (1987)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Leon Narbey
Feat. Shaun Bao, Peter Hayden, Peter Chin
- Cinematographer Leon Narbey's debut as a director is a real gem, revealing one of New Zealand's 'hidden societies', that of Chinese gold–miners…
Leading Edge, The (1986)
- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Billy T. James
- Adventure docu–drama that's little more than an excuse to show off some wonderful South Island scenery and awesome ski theatrics. Billy T.…
Queen City Rocker (1986)
- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Matthew Hunter, William Edwardson, Sarah Douglas
- Four days in the life of a young Auckland punk looking to escape the treadmill of violence and crime.
Lost Tribe, The (1985)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. John Bach, Darien Takle, Martyn Sanderson…
- John Bach's performance is the highlight of this mysterious drama in which he plays a man suspected of murdering his anthropologist brother who has…
Mesmerized (1985)
- Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy…
- Jodie Foster plays a young woman in colonial NZ who flees an orphanage but finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage to a much older business man…