ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NEW ZEALAND FEATURE FILMS ON DVD



The first New Zealand title to find its way to laserdisc would appear to be 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence', the end of 1983 or early 1984. I would appreciate someone helping me with the laserdisc release date. The earliest known New Zealand title to be transfered to dvd is the January 1998 release of 'The Piano'. Since there are arguments about whether 'The Piano' is a New Zealand or an Australian production, with some arguing that the first, all-New Zealand title to find its way to dvd, would be Peter Jackson's 'Braindead - aka: Dead Alive', which had its first dvd showing in September of 1998.

The first HD players were released in April, 2006. Blu-ray players followed in June 2006. The first NZ HD-DVD title is Peter Jackson's 'King Kong', which showed up on HD, 14 November 2006. Again, there are those who will no doubt say that 'King Kong' is not a New Zealand title, although that would be quite a stretch, but if the criterion is that it has to be mostly New Zealand, with little outside money or input, perhaps 'The World's Fastest Indian' would do, released 13 Feb. 2007. As of the first of December, 2007, there are only three films that can be found on HD DVD: 'The Frighteners', 'King Kong' and 'The World's Fastest Indian'. So far, the only title on BluRay DVD is 'The World's Fastest Indian', released 13 Feb. 2007, but it appears that the second is 'Black Sheep' which became available in the UK 31 March 2008 and will be 11 June 2008 in New Zealand. When more NZ titles find their way to HD or BluRay DVD, a seperate listing for them will be added to this database.

As of the end of December, 2007, there are some 134 feature films on dvd that most people would consider New Zealand titles. Valid arguments could be made for adding titles and removing titles from such lists, including the ones found here. However in the end, all such lists are subjective, which leads to the saying: "That's what makes the world go 'round".



NOTE: DVD UPC numbers are given, when known. Mulitple numbers reflect multiple distribution. All are single-sided, except for 'When Strangers Appear' which has a widescreen version on one side and a full-screen version on the other. 'Hot Target' is also a "flipper" as it is packaged with other (non-nz) titles; it also is "double-featured" on the same side with another (non-nz) title. They are indicated "SL" or "DL" as to whether they are single-layered or double-layered. IMDB (International Movie Datebase) ratings are a 1-10 scale - The reason that 'Iris' and 'Quiet Night In' do not yet have an IMDB rating is because IMDBs' required minimum of 5 votes has not been reached - You can help change that with your vote. In the case of 'Men Shouldn't Sing', it has yet to be added to IMDB's database (But they have been given the details).



NOTE: Link to "Sneak Peek Trailers - NZ Films soon to be on DVD.



50 Ways of Saying Fabulous - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2005 - IMDB 5.6


Alex - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1992 - IMDB 6.4

An Angel At My Table - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1990 - IMDB 7.4


Bad Blood - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1982 - IMDB 6.6

BadTaste - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1987 - IMDB 6.7

Beyond Reasonable Doubt - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1980 - IMDB 6.4

Black Sheep - BluRay/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2007 - IMDB 6.1

Braindead - aka: Dead Alive - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1992 - IMDB 7.6

Broken English - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 6.5


Came A Hot Friday - PAL/NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1984 - IMDB 6.8 - COMING SOON ?

Chicken - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 5.0

Chill Factor aka: Lost Samurai - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1988 - IMDB 3.1

Christmas - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 5.1

Chunuk Bair - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1991 - IMDB 5.9

Constance - 1984 - PAL/DVD(SL) - IMDB 5.1

Crooked Earth - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2001 - IMDB 5.6

Crush - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1992 - IMDB 5.8

Cupid's Prey - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2002 - IMDB 3.9


Dangerous Orphans - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1986 - IMDB 3.7

Dead Kids - aka: Strange Behavior - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1983 - IMDB 5.2

Death Warmed Up - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1984 - IMDB 4.3

Desperate Remedies - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1993 - IMDB 6.5

Devil Dared Me To, The - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2007 - IMDB 5.1

Down By The Riverside - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2007 - IMDB 5.4


Eagle vs Shark - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2007 - IMDB 6.9

Event 16 - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2006 - IMDB 3.9

Exposure - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2000 - IMDB 4.0


Ferryman, The - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 2007 - IMDB 4.6

Five - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2007 - IMDB 4.2

Flight of the Albatross - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 5.0

Footrot Flats - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1990 - IMDB 6.9

For Good - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 5.5

Forgotten Silver - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1995 -IMDB 7.6

Fracture - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2004 - IMDB 6.8

Frighteners - NTSC/PAL/DVD/HD(SL-ex. US Dir.Cut-DS/DL)/HD - 1996 - IMDB 7.0

Futile Attraction - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2005 - IMDB 4.3


Goodbye Pork Pie - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1980 - IMDB 6.5

Grasscutter - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1988 - IMDB 6.3


Heart of the Stag - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1984 - IMDB 6.9

Heaven - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1998 - IMDB 6.8

Heavenly Creatures - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1994 - IMDB 7.6

Hercules and the Amazon Women - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 5.7

Hercules and the Circle of Fire - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 5.7

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1994 - IMDB 5.7

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 5.1

Hercules in the Underworld - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1996 - IMDB 5.9

Her Majesty - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2004 - IMDB 6.9

Hidden - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2005 - IMDB 4.6


I'll Make You Happy - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1998 - IMDB 4.7

In My Father's Den - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2004 - IMDB 7.9

Iris aka: Out of Time - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1984

Irrefutable Truth About Demons - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2000 - IMDB 5.6


Jack Be Nimble - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1993 - IMDB 6.2

Jack Brown, Genius - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1995 - IMDB 5.4

Jubilee - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2000 - IMDB 4.6


Kids World - PAL/NTSC/DVD(SL) - 2001- IMDB 4.4

King Kong - PAL/NTSC/DVD/HD(DL)/HD - 2005 - IMDB 7.7

Kombi Nation - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2001 - IMDB 4.7


Land Has Eyes, The - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2004 - IMDB - IMDB 6.0

Last Tattoo, The - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1994 - IMDB 5.2

Loaded - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1995 - IMDB 4.6

Locals, The - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 5.7

Lord Of The Rings - Fellowship Of The Ring - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2001 - IMDB 8.7

Lord Of The Rings - Return of the King - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2003 - IMDB 8.8

Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2002 - IMDB 8.6

Lost Valley - PAL DVD(SL) - 1998 - IMDB 3.4

Luella Miller - 2005 - PAL/NTSC/DVD - IMDB 2.8


Magik and Rose - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1999 - IMDB 5.4

Meet the Feebles - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1990 - IMDB 6.5

Memories of Tomorrow - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2005 - IMDB 4.0

Memory & Desire - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1997 - IMDB 7.0

Men Shouldn't Sing - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2007

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL & Ced-DL) - 1984 - IMDB 7.1

Mesmerized aka: Shocked - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1984 - IMDB 4.7

Mr Wrong aka: Dark of the Night - 1985 - NTSC/PAL/DVD - IMDB 5.2


Navigator - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1988 - IMDB 7.1

Nemesis Game - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 5.6

No. 2 - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2006 - IMDB 6.5

No One Can Hear You - PAL/NTSC/DVD(SL) - 2001 - IMDB 4.0


Offensive Behaviour - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2006 - IMDB 5.8

Once Were Warriors - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1994 - IMDB 7.9

Orphans and Angels - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 5.6

Out of the Blue - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2006 - IMDB 7.6

Ozzie - PAL/NTSC/DVD(SL) - 2001 - IMDB 4.2


Perfect Creature - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 2006 - IMDB 5.5

Perfect Strangers - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 5.1

Piano - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL & Ced-DL) - 1993 - IMDB 7.4

Price of Milk - PAL/NTSC/DVD(SL) - 2000 - IMDB 6.6


Quiet Earth, The - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1985 - IMDB 7.1

Quiet Night In - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2006


Race for the Yankee Zephyr aka:Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1981 - IMDB 5.3

Rain- NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2001 - IMDB 7.1

Rainbow Warrior - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1993 - IMDB 5.3

Restless aka: Hot Target - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1985 - IMDB 4.4

Returning, The - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1990 - IMDB 3.7

River Queen - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2005 - IMDB 6.2

Ruby and Rata - PAL/DVD(SL) -1990 - IMDB 5.1


Savage Honeymoon - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2000 - IMDB 5.6

Savage Islands aka: Nate and Hayes - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1983 - IMDB 6.0

Scarecrow - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1982 - IMDB 5.0

Scarfies - aka: Crime 101- NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1999 - IMDB 6.4

Second Time Lucky - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1984 - IMDB 4.5

Seekers, The aka: Land of Fury - 1954 - NTSC/DVD(SL) - IMDB 5.4

Shaker Run - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1985 - IMDB 4.7

Shrimp on the Barbie - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1990 - IMDB 5.1

Silent One, The - 1984 - NTSC/PAL/DVD IMDB 4.9

Sione's Wedding - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2006 - IMDB 6.4

Sleeping Dogs - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1977 - IMDB 6.8

Smash Palace - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1981 - IMDB 7.5

Snakeskin - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2001 - IMDB 5.5

A Soldier's Tale - NTSC/DVD(SL) - 1991 - IMDB 6.0

Solo - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1977 - 6.0

Spooked - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2004 - IMDB 4.5

Starlight Hotel - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1987 - IMDB 7.2 - COMING SOON ?

Stickmen - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2001- IMDB 6.5


Tattooist, The - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2007 - IMDB 5.1

Terror Peak - NTSC DVD(SL) - 2003 - IMDB 3.6

This Is Not A Love Story - PAL/DVD(DL) - 2002 - IMDB 4.3

Tongan Ninja - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2002 - IMDB 5.5

Topless Women Talk About Their Lives - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1997 - IMDB 6.6

Toy Love - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2002 - IMDB 6.2

Tyrannical Love - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2005 - IMDB 6.5


Ugly - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1997 - IMDB 6.3

User Friendly - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1990 - IMDB 6.0

Utu - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1983 - IMDB 6.9


Vector File, The - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 2002 - IMDB 4.3

Via Satellite - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1998 - IMDB 5.5

Vigil - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 1984 - IMDB 7.0


Waimate Conspiracy, The - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2006 - IMDB 2.0

Waiting Place, The - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2001- IMDB 5.0

We're Here To Help - PAL/DVD(SL) - 2007- IMDB 7.0

Whale Rider - PAL/NTSC/DVD(DL) - 2002 - IMDB 7.7

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1999 - IMDB 6.1

When Love Comes Along - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1998 - IMDB 6.1

When Strangers Appear - NTSC/PAL/DVD(wide/full) - 2001 - IMDB 6.4

Wild Blue - PAL/DVD(SL) - 1999 - IMDB 4.3

Wild Horses - NTSC/PAL/DVD(SL) - 1984 - IMDB 2.8

Woodenhead - NTSC/PAL/DVD(DL) - 2003 - IMDB 6.5

World's Fastest Indian, The - NTSC/PAL/DVD/HD/Blu - 2005 - IMDB 8.0




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