Sam Neill
Also Known As: 山姆·尼尔, 萨姆·尼尔, سم نیل, Nigel Neill
Biography: Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born September 14, 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. He is perhaps best known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. He has also had a number of high-profile roles including: the lead in Reilly, Ace of Spies, the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin in the miniseries Merlin, Captain Vasily Borodin in The Hunt for Red October, Lord Friedrich Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror, and Alisdair Stewart in The Piano. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Birthday: September 14, 1947
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Gender: Male
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Jurassic Park III
Overview: In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-18
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The Horse Whisperer
Overview: The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-01
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The Revengers' Comedies
Overview: After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin the life of the woman who married Karen's boyfriend, while Karen will work as a secretary for the man who took Henry's job. Whether revenge will be sweet – or bittersweet – is anyone's guess.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-09
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The Piano
Overview: When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-18
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The Hunt for Red October
Overview: A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-02
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Bicentennial Man
Overview: Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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Until the End of the World
Overview: In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-09-12
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In the Mouth of Madness
Overview: An insurance investigator begins discovering the impact a horror writer's books has on his fans is more than inspirational.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-03
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Overview: After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-28
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The Jungle Book
Overview: Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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Assassin Club
Overview: In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-24
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The Final Conflict
Overview: Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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The French Revolution: Years of Rage
Overview: Second part of the revolutionary historical drama, which takes up the events that occurred from August 10, 1792 until the end of the reign of terror with the execution of Robespierre.
Genres: Drama War History Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-05-10
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Dead Calm
Overview: An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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Enigma
Overview: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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The Blood of Others
Overview: In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-25
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The Dish
Overview: A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the moon.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-19
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Possession
Overview: A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-05-27
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Ice
Overview: It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacier are causing it to melt. Archer's warnings are ignored, so he heads to the Arctic to find indisputable evidence. Upon arrival, he realizes humankind is under immediate threat, and races home to save his family. The glacier collapses, with devastating consequences. Astonishing weather patterns emerge and plunge the world's temperatures into steep decline.
Genres: Thriller Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-02
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Dirty Deeds
Overview: Set in 1960s Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-18
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Angel
Overview: Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-17
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Wimbledon
Overview: British tennis player Peter clutches to an embarrassingly low position on the tennis-ranking ladder. Handed a wild card for Wimbledon, he expects it to be his final bow.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-13
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Event Horizon
Overview: In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-15
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Yes
Overview: She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-05
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Forgotten Silver
Overview: The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-03
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Overview: When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-18
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The Magic Pudding
Overview: Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.
Genres: Animation Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-14
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Under the Mountain
Overview: Teenage twins battle dark forces hidden beneath Auckland's volcanoes.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-10
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Children of the Revolution
Overview: A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-26
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Sirens
Overview: In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-04
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Little Fish
Overview: Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-19
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Evil Angels
Overview: Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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Restoration
Overview: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Plenty
Overview: David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-20
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Overview: When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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Perfect Strangers
Overview: When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-09
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Framed
Overview: New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile case involving money laundering. Santini plays a major role in capturing Meyers which prompts the wiley criminal to request Santini to be the interrogating officer. The two size each other up in the interrogation room in a thriller that provides a number of unexpected twists.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-13
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Skin
Overview: Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-07
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Attack Force Z
Overview: Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Sleeping Dogs
Overview: Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to maintain an attitude of non-violence while caught between warring factions.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-06
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Death in Brunswick
Overview: A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie, Carl begins dating the attractive woman. Though it seems things are improving for Carl, an unexpected situation leads to the death of Mustafa, a shady coworker, and Carl must figure out how to cover up the incident. Unsure of what to do, Carl enlists the help of his buddy, Dave, to get rid of Mustafa's corpse.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-24
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One Against the Wind
Overview: Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Victory
Overview: Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa 1913. Staying in a German hotel there, Heyst becomes entranced with a member of the hotel's all-female orchestra.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-13
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My Brilliant Career
Overview: A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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In Her Skin
Overview: Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-13
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Ivanhoe
Overview: Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.
Genres: History Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-23
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Gallipoli
Overview: The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using diaries, letters, photographs and memoirs, acclaimed director, Tolga Ornek, traces the personal journeys of Australian, New Zealand, British and Turkish soldiers, from innocence and patriotism to hardship and heartbreak.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-18
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Dean Spanley
Overview: Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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Irresistible
Overview: A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-18
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Daybreakers
Overview: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-06
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Bring Him to Me
Overview: Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member to an ambush execution. There is a long drive ahead.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-02
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The Hunter
Overview: Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Genres: Drama Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-06
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The Vow
Overview: Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-05
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Robbery Under Arms
Overview: Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
Genres: Western History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-28
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The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Overview: This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in special effects development. Narrated by James Earl Jones, it includes footage of the filming process, as well as interviews with director Steven Spielberg, and other members of the cast and crew, who give their insights into what it was like working together on this project and the efforts it took to bring the film to completion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-23
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The City of No
Overview: Two men's friendship has been weakened by their contrasting approaches to life. Bob (Jeremy Stephens) has left his wife to paint pictures of a lover (Shirley Gruar) who is much younger than him. Lawyer Graham (Bill Johnson, who later played Mr Wilberforce in Under the Mountain) is the voice of reason, trying to convince Bob to quit his bohemian lifestyle. But is Graham really acting in his mate's best interests?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Hunt's Duffer
Overview: After prospector Albert Hunt (Ron Burt) registers a gold claim near Ōkārito, he finds himself accompanied by hundreds of fellow miners — who refuse to let Hunt out of their sights, as he returns to the site via water-logged forests and beaches. The darkly poetic tale of what men can do after they smell gold was partly shot on location on the West Coast. The opening features Sam Neill and Close to Home veteran Tony Curran, among Hunt's fireside colleagues.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Good Wife
Overview: In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-14
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Escape Plan
Overview: Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-09
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A Long Way Down
Overview: Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for the reasons to keep on living.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-20
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Country Life
Overview: Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander returns with his beautiful young wife Deborah, revealing himself as an arrogant failure and wanting to sell the farm out from under Jack. Blakemore introduces themes about Australia's separation from England, as well as expanding the pacifist and ecological philosophies espoused by the local Doctor Max Askey.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-27
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Numero Bruno
Overview: Numero Bruno is a warts and all biography of widely popular actor, musician and counter-cultural hero Bruno Lawrence. Lawrence's intense, charismatic screen presence was key to ground-breaking Kiwi films, Smash Palace, The Quiet Earth and Utu. Directed by Steve La Hood, this documentary features interviews with family and friends, and liberal excerpts from Lawrence's film and musical work, including performances by 70s alternative Aotearoa icons Blerta and clips showcasing his seminal collaborations with Geoff Murphy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Iron Road
Overview: A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-24
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From a Far Country
Overview: This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-15
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Stiff
Overview: An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Moloney book it provides a view into the political workings (or lack thereof) of a Brunswick (Melbourne, Australia) Local Member's office.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-19
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The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Overview: Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped, bare-knuckle ride. In this documentary cast and crew recall a communal film set that was "constantly on the go" as they pulled together drama, car chases, and gun battles using mainly ingenuity.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-24
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My Mother Frank
Overview: When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-16
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Submerged
Overview: A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-20
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Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Overview: Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair, spanning an ocean, ultimately producing children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-13
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The Zookeeper
Overview: Jonah Ludovic is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his job to find the staff abandoning the zoo. He joins a skeleton crew that includes an elderly guard and a veterinarian. Their purpose: to keep the animals alive until help arrives from an international zoological mission.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-22
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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artefact that grants limitless wealth—but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-05
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Voice Activated
Overview: A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice activated car on the way to an important delivery.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-15
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The Pixar Story
Overview: A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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Family Pictures
Overview: Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a collection of pictures taken by her father and herself, she reflects on how the pictures illustrate the nature of families. She begins to tell the story of how her parents discovered their son Randall was autistic and how each reacted to that. Her mother had three more kids, all daughters, "the perfect children." The controversy over that and Randall's treatment pulls the parents apart. It also forces Nina and her older brother Mack to re-evaluate their relationship with each other and each parent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-20
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Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Overview: Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic World" franchise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-04
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Cowboys of Culture
Overview: Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local film industry from the ‘she'll be right' days when filming permits were unknown, and all that was needed to get a picture up were a Bolex camera, enthusiasm and ingenuity.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III'
Overview: A very in depth look at the making of the movie, a look at the special effects and animatronics made for the motion picture, Jurassic Park III (2001). Interviews with the cast and crew give us a sneak peek at the film. The movie used many different new dinosaurs compared to the first two films, here they examine how they'll look in the final product
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-11
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For Love Alone
Overview: Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricken Latin tutor Johnathan Crow, without realising he merely considers her a pleasant diversion and nothing more, and eventually follows him from Sydney to London. En route she meets the gentle banker James Quick. Whilst navigating her relationships in London, including with a political poet bound for the Spanish Civil War, she experiences a transformation in her understanding of love. Based upon Christina Stead's best-selling Australian novel.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-22
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Thor: Love and Thunder
Overview: After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-06
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United Passions
Overview: An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. Spanning the tumultuous 20th Century, this timeless saga celebrates the event that became the most popular sporting event in the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-19
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Shadow of China
Overview: A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-12
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The Rainbow Warrior
Overview: Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When a bomb rips open the vessel, killing a crew member, he must convince the police superintendent that this is an act of terrorism. Determined not to allow outside forces to threaten their harbor, the police embark on a pursuit of the persons responsible. The events that follow nearly bring down an allied nation's government.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-28
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Scarygirl
Overview: As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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Fever
Overview: Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team up to save the woman they love.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-11
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Hostage
Overview: A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-10
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Voyage of the Nautilus
Overview: A photographic journey compiled from journals, archival footage and photographs of an Australian military photographer, Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1931 as he went from New York to the North Pole in an old WWI submarine to explore the Arctic Ocean. Included on dvd are a brief history of the submarine and photographic gallery of Wilkins.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Backtrack
Overview: Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.
Genres: Mystery Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-25
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The Daughter
Overview: In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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Why Anzac with Sam Neill
Overview: Sam Neill examines the enduring myths of the Anzac legend, sharing his family's war stories and uncovering forgotten truths that haunt us still today.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-21
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Peter Rabbit
Overview: Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-07
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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Overview: Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an older rabbit who ropes him into a heist.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-25
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MindGamers
Overview: A group of young bio-engineers discover they can use quantum physics to transfer motor-skills between human brains. Believing this to be a first step towards a new intellectual freedom, they freely distribute the technology. But as the mysterious past of one of their group is revealed, dark forces emerge that threaten to subvert this technology into a means of mass control. DxM takes the mind-bender thriller to the next level with an immersive narrative and breath-taking action.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-04
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Jurassic Park
Overview: A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-11
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Jessica
Overview: The Bergman sisters could not be more different. Jessica is a feisty tomboy who loves to help her father work their farmland. Her beautiful sister Meg is eagerly being groomed by her mother Hester (Lisa Harrow) to be the perfect wife, so that she can marry her way out of poverty. However, when the man, Jack Thomas, who Meg has set her sights on falls in love with Jessica and gets her pregnant, Hester schemes to wrench the couple apart to claim Jessica's son, Joey for Meg. Later she commits Jessica to a mental asylum. It is here that Jessica receives news of her lover's death and almost loses hope, but after enlisting the help of Mr. Runche, a down and out lawyer battling alcoholism, she is eventually released. Years later, it is the reformed Runche who gives Jessica the courage to fight for the return of her child. Eventually Meg and Hester call an uneasy truce with Jessica, and allow her to play a role in Joey's life as his aunt.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-18
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The Man in the Hat
Overview: An affectionate portrait of a very significant human being, art-dealer Peter McLeavey who continues, after 40 years, to run his gallery in the centre of Wellington, New Zealand.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Ordained
Overview: About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-01
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Overview: Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-31
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The Journalist
Overview: Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics of the 1970's. A somewhat lesser Australian film comparable to the American film Shampoo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-15
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Just Out Of Reach
Overview: This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman who retreats from cold British parents into an equally uncommunicative relationship with a former teacher who aspires to be a poet. Cathy's self-destructive behavior is presented as a legacy of her (British) family and past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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Alcatraz
Overview: In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-16
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Tommy's Honour
Overview: In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honor - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-07
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Strong Medicine
Overview: TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
Overview: Isolated from the rest of the world since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s magnificent wildlife has been left to its own devices for 80 million years, with surprising consequences. This series reveals New Zealand’s rich and intriguing wildlife stories, from the bustling communities of penguins hiding away in giant daisy forests to the kakapo – Earth’s only species of flightless nocturnal parrots. New Zealand was also the last place to be discovered and settled by people who brought with them new animals, like merino sheep and new predators like the stoat. Finally the series meets the pioneering conservation heroes who are fighting to save some of its most endangered species.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-19
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The Commuter
Overview: A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
Genres: Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-11
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SuperCroc
Overview: Paleontologist Paul Sereno and reptile expert Brady Barr are doing a research on "Sarcosuchus Imperator", a 40 feet long prehistoric relative of crocodiles. The story about the creature is presented through CGI animation as well.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-25
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T. REX
Overview: From the team behind the NSF-supported prehistoric hits Dinosaurs Alive, Titans of the Ice Age, and Dinosaurs of Antarctica comes the planet’s most famous dinosaur — the hit-maker, the headliner, the apex attraction — TYRANNOSAURUS REX.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-21
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Inside The Living Daylights
Overview: The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a new generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-17
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Thor: Ragnarok
Overview: Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-02
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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Overview: A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963 and onto his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy. All of this reflects a passionate engagement in a uniquely Australian medium. Parallel and at the heart of the series is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema – both behind the camera and in front of it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-09
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The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Overview: The Making of Event Horizon, a five-part documentary: Into the Jaws of Darkness, The Body of the Beast, Liberate Tutume Ex Infernis, The Scale to Hell, The Womb of Fear
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-18
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Sweet Country
Overview: In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
Genres: Western Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-25
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Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Overview: Documentary by Frank H. Woodward.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-28
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Ride Like a Girl
Overview: The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-26
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Overview: The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-17
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The Country Girls
Overview: The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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Mystery Ride
Overview: A woman unravels a small town conspiracy of silence surrounding the murder of a hitchhiker and falls in love with a handsome, brooding Maori guy, she increasingly fears may be the killer.
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Original Language: en
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The Guinea Pig Club
Overview: Surgeon Archie McIndoe risks his life and career to save injured British pilots during World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
Overview: Oft-derided across the dutch for its vowel-mangling pronunciation (sex fush'n'chups anyone?) and too fast-paced for tourists and Elton John to understand, is New Zealand's unique accent. Presented by Jim Mora, New Zild follows the evolution of New Zealand English, from the "colonial twang" to Billy T. Linguist Elizabeth Gordon explains the infamous HRT (High Rising Terminal) ending our sentences, and Mora interprets such phrases as 'air gun' (how are you going?). Features Lyn of Tawa in an accent face-off with Sam Neill and Judy Bailey.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-25
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Blackbird
Overview: A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-06
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The Making of Daybreakers
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the 2008 science ficiton/horror film, Daybreakers featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and delving into every aspect of the feature including early development, pre-production, production and post-production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-11
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Return to Jurassic Park
Overview: A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).
Genres: Documentary Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-05
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The Show Must Go On
Overview: The Show Must Go On is a personal journey behind the scenes that confronts the epidemic of mental health issues in the Australian entertainment industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-08
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Rams
Overview: In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley—so the brothers must work together to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-15
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Palm Beach
Overview: A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding drama. The good times roll, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and fantastic music, but slowly tensions mount and deep secrets arise.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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Jurassic World Dominion
Overview: Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-01
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Landfall
Overview: Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him in their garden. After this pivotal event, distinctions between reality and fantasy become increasingly blurred.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Overview: Lindy Chamberlain recounts the panic and the chaos of the night her baby Azaria was taken by a dingo at a campground near Uluru 40 years ago in a new documentary – a tragedy that would become one of the biggest stories in Australian history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-27
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Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
Overview: Between a jagged cliff face and a roaring ocean, lives a colony of Australian Sea Lions. In an environment equally as harsh as it is beautiful, be immersed in a classic coming of age tale guided by one of Australia’s most unique, intelligent, and playful animals. Take an intimate journey inside the colony where a life of great intimacy, tenderness, and clumsiness, must often give way to a life of great sacrifice and bravery. Dive into the world of an endangered Australian Sea Lion pup - and meet the people that are trying to save her species.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-04
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Split Enz: Spellbound
Overview: Sam Neill narrates this documentary plotting the career of one of Aotearoa's most successful bands: from formation by Mike Chunn, Phil Judd and Tim Finn at Auckland University in 1971 to their demise in 1984, when Neil Finn walked away. The major players talk freely about good times and bad — art rock, the wayward genius of Judd (including a rare interview), Noel Crombie’s spoon playing and costume design, hard times in England and the punk backlash, the big pop hits after Neil joined, Tim’s solo album, an obsession with paper darts, and the pre-gig ritual of One For One.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-08
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River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
Overview: James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely unknown to him. Travelling more than 1,000 miles from the tip of the North Island down to the South, the actor finds out more about the place he has called home, visiting areas of natural beauty and learning about the nation's history and traditions. Along the way, he meets former All Blacks player the late great Jonah Lomu, takes a trip around film star Sam Neill's vineyards in Queenstown, catches up with Peter Jackson and goes Base-jumping from the tallest building in Auckland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Architect Athfield
Overview: Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield. The film provides a portrait of the architect and his work both in New Zealand and his project to design housing for 140,000 squatters from the Tondo area of Manila in the Philippines, for which Athfield won an international competition in 1975.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Question of Faith
Overview: A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat the disease.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-06
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Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
Overview: When an unbearably adorable, eternally optimistic Quokka named Daisy wants to achieve the impossible – to win the annual ‘World’s Scariest Animal’ championship, she enlists the guidance of a washed-up, former champion, a grouchy Saltwater Crocodile, to help her achieve her dreams and prove that champions can come in all sizes.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-04
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Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Overview: Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-10
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Ashes
Overview: Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society.
Genres: Drama Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-17
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The Water Cycle
Overview: An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-09
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Surf Sail
Overview: A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-04
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Four Shorts on Architecture
Overview: A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-10
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The Dragon Pearl
Overview: Josh and Ling were expecting a boring vacation visiting each of their parents at an archaeological dig in China. But the new friends soon discover they're right in the middle of an adventure when they find a Chinese Golden Dragon.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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The Portable Door
Overview: Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-23
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Colin McCahon: I Am
Overview: This documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon. The first excerpt looks at McCahon's beginnings in Timaru and Dunedin, and his explorations of modernist techniques in paintings that reconceived 'the promised land' in an endemic landscape. The second excerpt covers McCahon's time in Muriwai in the 60s and 70s, and the influence of the environment and Māori spirituality on his work. Sam Neill reads from McCahon's letters and writings. Directed by Paul Swadel, it won Best Documentary at the 2005 Qantas Awards.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-18
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Overview: Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind the scenes look at how the visual effects were created for popular films of the era.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-22
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The French Revolution: Years of Hope
Overview: First part that includes the beginnings of the French Revolution. The film begins by recounting the events that led to the convocation of the States General in 1789 and ends with the assault on the Tuileries Palace, which occurred on August 10, 1792.
Genres: History Drama War Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-05-10
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Inside 'The Piano'
Overview: This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill; and producer Jan Chapman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Overview: A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-05
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