Best Kiwi crime movies
A curated collection of popular crime movies from New Zealand.
Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
Munkie (2021)
Munkie (2021)
Munkie follows a vengeful daughter whose violent plan of revenge against her domineering "tiger parents" spins out of control.
The Scarecrow (1982)
The Scarecrow (1982)
The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens they cross the murderer's path.
Lawless: Beyond Justice (2001)
Lawless: Beyond Justice (2001)
Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.
A Game With No Rules (1994)
A Game With No Rules (1994)
For Kane Harris and Vera Smith, what starts as an easy task of murder becomes a tangled web of deception and betrayal. Their target, Kane's wife, is no easy victim.
The Boogieman (2022)
The Boogieman (2022)
A serial killer with an obsession for the 70s is on the loose. Detectives Tim and Tam are on the case, all the while having a good time and busting out good moves.
Siege (2012)
Siege (2012)
On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done countless times. What was meant to be an ordinary procedure turned into three of New Zealand’s darkest days and ended with one police officer dead, two officers critically injured and a member of the public fighting for his life. In some fifty hours Jan Molenaar made a permanent and devastating imprint upon the national psyche of New Zealand as he changed the lives of individuals, families, a police community, and a city. The siege was one of the worst and unexpected cases of violence both Napier and New Zealand had witnessed and it was all the more shocking because of its ordinary suburban backdrop.
Out of the Blue (2006)
Out of the Blue (2006)
Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.
Broken (2018)
In Dark Places (2018)
In Dark Places (2018)
In Dark Places is the gripping story of an innocent man, imprisoned for two decades for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to win him his freedom.
Safe House (2012)
Safe House (2012)
Safe House is the story of a struggle for survival in an unfamiliar and threatening world, based on the true life experience of a woman in the early days of the witness protection programme in New Zealand. TV Movie
Savage (2019)
Bloodlines (2010)
Bloodlines (2010)
In 1999, South African emigrant psychiatrist Colin Bouwer murdered his wife in what he thought was an undetectable manner. He was not counting on the skills and tenacity of New Zealand police and his colleagues in the medical profession.
Home Kills (2023)
Home Kills (2023)
It's desperate times for a small rural home kills and butchery service, as big business begins to threaten their livelihood the owners fall into offering a new service - killing people, to make ends meet.
Chinese Whispers (1996)
Chinese Whispers (1996)
Vincent, a young Chinese-Kiwi, is rescued from a group of racist punks in a spacies parlour by a mysterious Asian, then drawn into a seedy Triad underworld.
Wrong (2013)
Wrong (2013)
Two mates walk past a carpark when they witness a potential violation of a women. Lucky for her there hunch was right.