Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand: 791 Films to Rent
Perfect Strangers (2003)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
- Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
Peter Blake - Death on the Amazon (2003)
- Investigative documentary about the death of famed New Zealand yachtsman Sir Peter Blake, who was sailing up the Amazon River in 2001 before being…
Real Middle Earth, The (2003)
- Jim Hickey embarks on a journey into the making the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, touring the NZ countryside and talking with Peter Jackson (and many…
Sylvia (2003)
- Dir. Christine Jeffs
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Blythe Danner…
- A simply formed, yet resonant portrait of the brilliant, doomed poet Sylvia Plath (Paltrow), recounting her years of marriage to (also poet) Ted…
Terror Peak (2003)
- Dir. Dale G. Bradley
Feat. Lynda Carter, Antony Starr, Parker Stevenson…
- An average telemovie set in New Zealand, in which a holidaying American family venture into the mountains but are surprised by an erupting volcano…
Test, The (2003)
- Television documentary celebrating 100 years of rugby with New Zealand's All Blacks.
Includes interviews with various legends of the game –…
Toy Love (2003)
- Dir. Harry Sinclair
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, Kate Elliot
- Under–rated "bedroom comedy" from writer–director Harry Sinclair about the unruly love games played by a circle of flaky, impetuous…
Whale Rider (2003)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton…
- A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
Woodenhead (2003)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- A remarkable and surrealistic melding of New Zealand setting and Germanic sensibility, in which a sad fairytale narrative is enacted, sung and…
7 Worlds Collide (Seven Worlds Collide) (2002)
- Dir. Paul Casserly
- Neil Finn and music–biz pals (Johnny Marr, Lisa Germano, Eddie Vedder and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien & Philip Selway) collided for this 2001…