Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand > Drama: 203 Films to Rent
- Convert, The (2024)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Guy Pearce, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka…
- A British lay preacher finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes in this vivid colonialist epic from dir. Lee Tamahori.
- 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…
- 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…
- Whina (2022)
- Dir. James Napier Robertson, Paula Jones
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Rena Owen, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne…
- A biopic of the trailblazing female Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion innovation,…
- Cousins (2021)
- Dir. Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace-Smith
Feat. Tanea Heke, Ana Scotney, Te Raukura Gray…
- Powerful Kiwi drama from the directors of WARU, following the intertwining lives of three Maori women who are cousins.
While one of them is…
- Justice of Bunny King, The (2021)
- Dir. Gaysorn Thavat
Feat. Essie Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Amelie Baynes…
- A single mother takes on the bureaucracy of NZ social services in this hard hitting drama, an impressive feature debut of director Gaysorn…
- Poppy (2021)
- Dir. Linda Niccol
Feat. Libby Hunsdale, Ari Boyland, Seb Hunter…
- Endearing Kiwi drama about an ambitious teenager who aspires to be a car mechanic despite the hurdles – which include her protective brother…
- Reunion (2020)
- Dir. Jake Mahaffy
Feat. Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, John Bach…
- Beautifully–lensed NZ horror shot in a grand old mansion in Lower Hutt, following an academic studying black magic (Emma Draper, DAFFODILS) who…
- Savage (2020)
- Dir. Sam Kelly
Feat. Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston-Crayford
- Powerful drama inspired by the history of NZ's gangs, following a young boy in three different stages of life from the 1960's to the 1980's, as he…
- Sounds, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
- Dir. Peter Stebbings
Feat. Matt Whelen, Rachelle Lefevre, Matt Nable…
- Kiwi mystery drama series from writer Sarah–Kate Lynch (800 WORDS), about a Canadian couple who move to the Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere region in…