Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand: 787 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.
Mountain, The (2024)
- Dir. Rachel House
Feat. Elizabeth Atkinson, Reuben Francis, Terence Daniel…
- A young girl, raised outside of her Maori culture, is determined to fulfil her mission of connecting with her mountain in the hope they can heal her…
We Were Dangerous (2024)
- Dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
Feat. Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall…
- A striking Kiwi fable about three teenage girls who plot to escape an oppressive school for delinquents on an isolated island in the 1950s, it's the…
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…
Gloriavale (2022)
- Dir. Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth
- A moving exposé of human exploitation in our own backyard, which continues within the infamous Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast of…
Mister Organ (2022)
- Dir. David Farrier
- A real–life game of cat–and–mouse ensues when Kiwi journalist and film–maker David Farrier ("Tickled") tries to hold an…
Muru (2022)
- Dir. Tearepa Kahi
Feat. Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett…
- A riveting local action–thriller that boldly fictionalizes events surrounding the Nga Tuhoe raids of 2007.
Our finest actor Cliff Curtis…
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…