List of New Zealand films
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This is a list of feature films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release.
Key
- * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission.
- † = Year given is date of principal photography rather than release.
1910s
Title | Director(s) | Genre | Notes | |||
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1913 | ||||||
Hinemoa | Gaston Méliès | First NZ feature film; lost[1] | ||||
How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride | Gaston Méliès | lost[1] | ||||
Loved by a Maori Chieftess | Gaston Méliès | lost[1][2] | ||||
The River Wanganui | Gaston Méliès | Documentary | ||||
1914 | ||||||
Hinemoa | George Tarr | Romance | First feature film with a NZ producer and director;[3] lost[2] | |||
1916 | ||||||
A Maori Maid's Love | Raymond Longford | lost[2] | ||||
The Mutiny of the Bounty | Raymond Longford | lost[2] | ||||
The Test | Rawdon Blandford | melodrama | lost[2] |
1920s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1921 | ||||||
Beyond | William Desmond Taylor | lost[2] | ||||
The Betrayer | Beaumont Smith | lost[2] | ||||
The Bloke from Freemans Bay | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1922 | ||||||
The Birth of New Zealand | Harrington Reynolds | Earliest New Zealand film of which footage (fragments only) are known to still exist.[2] | ||||
My Lady of the Cave | Rudall Hayward | |||||
Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross | George Tarr | Documentary/travelogue | ||||
1923 | ||||||
The Romance of Sleepy Hollow | Henry J. Makepeace | lost[2] | ||||
1924 | ||||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | fragments only remain[2] | ||||
Venus of the South Seas | James R. Sullivan | |||||
1925 | ||||||
The Adventures of Algy | Beaumont Smith | |||||
Glorious New Zealand | Arthur Messenger | documentary | [2] | |||
1927 | ||||||
Carbine's Heritage | Edwin Coubray (Ted) | lost[2] | ||||
The Romance of Hine-moa | Gustav Pauli | lost[2][4] | ||||
The Te Kooti Trail | Rudall Hayward | |||||
Under the Southern Cross | Gustav Pauli | lost[2] | ||||
1928 | ||||||
The Bush Cinderella | Rudall Hayward | |||||
1929 | ||||||
Under the Southern Cross | Lew Collins | a.k.a. The Devil's Pit or Taranga. Only fragments remain[2] |
1930s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1930 | ||||||
The Romance Of Maoriland | Edward T. Brown | Never released. Intended as New Zealand's first feature-length "talkie". 30 minutes of footage only remain.[2] | ||||
1934 | ||||||
Romantic New Zealand | travelogue | New Zealand's first released "talkie" film.[2] | ||||
1935 | ||||||
Down on the Farm | Stewart Pitt | New Zealand's first non-documentary "talkie". Fragments only remain. First film shot entirely in the South Island.[2] | ||||
Hei Tiki | Alexander Markey | a.k.a. Primitive Passions, A Saga of the Maoris.[2] | ||||
New Zealand's Charm: A Romantic Outpost of Empire | Cyril James Morton | Scenic | [5] | |||
Magic Playgrounds in New Zealand's Geyserland | Scenic | [5] | ||||
1936 | ||||||
Phar Lap's Son | A. L. Lewis | a.k.a. Phar Lap's Son?. Lost.[2] | ||||
On the Friendly Road | Rudall Hayward | drama | Features early New Zealand media personality Colin Scrimgeour in a lead role, playing his radio persona, "Uncle Scrim". | |||
The Wagon and the Star | J. J. W. Pollard | drama | Only one reel remains.[2] | |||
1937 | ||||||
New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds | Scenic | [5] | ||||
1938 | ||||||
New Zealand Review No.5, Mountain Holiday | Scenic | [5] |
1940s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1940 | ||||||
Rewi's Last Stand | Rudall Hayward | Historical drama/War | [6] | |||
One Hundred Crowded Years | Official Centennial film | |||||
1949 | ||||||
Sands of Iwo Jima | Allan Dwan | War | Location shooting for Hollywood film.[6] |
1950s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1950 | ||||||
British Empire Games 1950 | Documentary | [2] | ||||
1952 | ||||||
Broken Barrier | John O'Shea | Drama | [6] | |||
1954 | ||||||
The Seekers | Ken Annakin | Adventure | Location shooting for British film with NZ setting.[6] | |||
1955 | ||||||
Battle Cry | Raoul Walsh | War | Leon Uris novel set in NZ, starring Van Heflin, James Whitmore and Tab Hunter[6] | |||
1957 | ||||||
Until They Sail | Robert Wise | Wartime Romance | Location shooting at Sumner for Hollywood film set in NZ[6] |
1960s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1964 | ||||||
140 Days Under the World | Geoffrey Scott | Documentary | 1965 Academy Award Nominee: Documentary Short.[7] | |||
Runaway | John O'Shea | Drama | First film appearance for several noted New Zealand media personalities, including Selwyn Muru, Barry Crump, and Kiri Te Kanawa.[2] | |||
1966 | ||||||
Don't Let It Get You | John O'Shea | Comedy | [8] | |||
1969 | ||||||
Young Guy on Mt. Cook (ja:Nyu jirando no wakadaishô) | Jun Fukuda | Location shooting of Japanese film[6] |
1970s
Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
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1972 | ||||||
To Love a Maori | Rudall Hayward | Shot on 16mm. New Zealand's first colour feature film; Hayward's last film.[6] | ||||
1973 | ||||||
Rangi's Catch | Michael Forlong | Children's drama | Film debut of Temuera Morrison[2] | |||
1974 | ||||||
Games '74 | John King, Sam Pillsbury, Paul Maunder, Arthur Everard | Sports documentary | ||||
1975 | ||||||
Landfall † | Paul Maunder | shot on 16mm[6] | ||||
Test Pictures: Eleven Vignettes from a Relationship † | Geoff Steven | Drama | shot on 16mm[6] | |||
1976 | ||||||
The God Boy † | Murray Reece | Drama | Telemovie[6] | |||
Off the Edge † | Michael Firth | Skiing | [6] | |||
1977 | ||||||
Sleeping Dogs | Roger Donaldson | Drama/action | First NZ film to open in the U.S. | |||
Solo | Tony Williams | |||||
Wild Man | Geoff Murphy | |||||
1978 | ||||||
Angel Mine | David Blyth | Fantasy | [9] Art New Zealand | |||
Died in the Wool † | Brian McDuffie | Whodunnit | telemovie | |||
Colour Scheme † | Peter Sharp | whodunnit | telemovie | |||
Skin Deep * | Geoff Steven | Drama | [6] | |||
1979 | ||||||
Jack Winter's Dream † | David Sims | telemovie | ||||
Middle Age Spread*† | John Reid | Comedy | shot on 16mm | |||
Sons for the Return Home*† | Paul Maunder | Drama |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
See also
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- Leonard Maltin's 2007 Movie Guide
Further reading
- Dennis, Jonathan & Jan Bieringa, (1996) "Film in Aotearoa New Zealand", Wellington: Victoria University Press. (best source on topic) ISBN 0-86473-309-7