Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand > Comedy: 175 Films to Buy & Rent
- Bad Behaviour (2023)
- Dir. Alice Englert
Feat. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Englert, Ben Whishaw…
- Jennifer Connelly gives a committed performance as a former child actor who seeks enlightenment at a retreat in Oregon while navigating a…
- Red, White and Brass (2023)
- Dir. Damon Fepulea’i
Feat. John-Paul Foliaki, Haanz Fa’avae-Jackson, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi…
- John–Paul Foliaki leads a lovable ensemble cast in this joyous, uplifting comedy set in the Tongan community of Te…
- Uproar (2023)
- Dir. Paul Middleditch, Hamish Bennett
Feat. Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby, Minnie Driver…
- Set in Dunedin in 1981, a rugby–obsessed country is divided over the arrival of the South African Springboks team, sparking nationwide…
- Nude Tuesday (2022)
- Dir. Armagan Ballantyne
Feat. Jackie Van Beek, Damon Herriman, Jemaine Clement…
- A full–frontal body and sex–positive farce performed entirely in a made–up “gibberish” language (and then subtitled later by…
- Baby Done (2020)
- Dir. Curtis Vowell
Feat. Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Emily Barclay…
- Appealing Kiwi comedy with award–winning stand–up comedian Rose Matafeo playing a reluctant soon–to–be parent in a state of…
- Legend of Baron To'a, The (2020)
- Dir. Kiel McNaughton
Feat. Nathaniel Lees, Uli Latukefu, Nathaniel Lees…
- Ridiculously bad–ass action comedy set in South Auckland where a displaced Tongan man discovers the championship wrestling belt that was a…
- This Town (2020)
- Dir. David White
Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Alice May Connolly, David White…
- Goofy small–town NZ rom–com about a socially awkward man (played by writer–director David White) who finds unlikely romance despite…
- Alien Addiction (2019)
- Dir. Shae Sterling
Feat. Jimi Jackson, JoJo Waaka, Thomas Sainsbury
- Goofball Kiwi comedy starring internet comedy sensations Tom Sainsbury and Jimi Jackson, the latter of whom plays a man from small town Waikato who…
- Bellbird (2019)
- Dir. Hamish Bennett
Feat. Marshall Napier, Cohen Holloway, Annie Whittle
- Charming and quietly restrained comedy drama set on a Northland NZ dairy farm, where a third generation farm owner struggles to cope with the loss of…
- Births, Deaths & Marriages (2019)
- Dir. Beatrice Joblin
Feat. Geraldine Brophy, Tess Jamieson-Karaha, Sophie Hambleton…
- A cancelled wedding in Upper Hutt in 1994 sets the scene for this chaotic yet surprisingly deft domestic farce made on a credit–card…