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Rental > New Zealand > Drama: 175 Films to Rent on DVD
Sylvia (1985)
- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Eleanor David
- Eleanor David plays Sylvia Ashton–Warner, educational cruasader and best–selling author in the 1940s.
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…
Vigil (Incl. In Spring One Plants Alone & A State Of Seige) (1984)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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…
Utu - Redux (1983-2013)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa…
- With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
Pictures (1981)
- Dir. Michael Black
Feat. Kevin J. Wilson, Peter Vere-Jones, Helen Moulder
- Two rival photographer brothers clash ethics over their respective portraits of the native Maori. Colonialist parable explores the value of art and…
Smash Palace (1981)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson
- One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Angel Mine (1979)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot
- A punk, Bunuel–esque social satire in which a married couple escape their material lives through anarchic fantasies, staged as dream–like…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)
- Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow
- Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…