Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand > Drama: 211 Films to Buy & Rent
Westside (TV Series) (2015-2019)
- Feat. Antonia Prebble, David de Lautour, Reef Ireland
- A period prequel to OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE. Legendary safe cracker and career criminal, Ted West and his first wife Rita Build their fortune in the slums…
When We Go To War (TV Mini-series) (2015)
- Feat. Ido Drent, Sophia Huybens
- Historical saga that tells the story of six young men and women whose plans for the future are thwarted as New Zealand enters World War I. Events…
Anzac Girls (TV Mini-series) (2014)
- Feat. Georgia Flood, Antonia Prebble, Laura Brent
- Honouring the centenary of the commencement of World War One, this six–part mini–series is based on true stories of Australian and New…
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…