01 Four childhood friends are banned from a family wedding unless they can each find a respectable date.
11 Best New Zealand Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · December 5, 2025
New Zealand Drama thought provokingfeel good
New Zealand’s film industry punches well above its size, producing an Oscar-winning period drama, a deadpan vampire mockumentary, and the deadpan comedies that eventually made Taika Waititi a Marvel director.
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02 Two awkward misfits stumble through a romance neither of them is equipped to handle gracefully.
03 A kid's idealized image of his absent father collapses the moment the man actually shows up.
04 Two teenage girls' intense friendship spirals toward a real, shocking 1954 murder.
05 A young girl fights to prove she can lead her tribe despite a leadership tradition reserved for boys.
06 A documentary crew embeds with a household of ancient vampires navigating modern flatmate drama.
07 An elderly enthusiast builds a record-breaking motorcycle in his garage and takes it to Utah.
08 A foster kid and his reluctant guardian become the target of a nationwide manhunt in the bush.
09 A Māori family in urban Auckland is shattered by a father's alcoholism and violence.
10 A mute woman communicates only through the instrument she refuses to leave behind.
11 A woman sentenced to house arrest at her childhood home becomes convinced the place is actually haunted.
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