Best movies on Prime Video (Nouvelle-Zélande) : our Top 20

2003 · Peter Jackson

Armies converge for a decisive clash that will determine the world's fate as ancient forces of Light and Darkness vie for supremacy. One member of the Fellowship is unmasked as the rightful heir to the throne of Men, yet the only real hope against the coming shadow rests with a small, brave hobbit. Frodo, guided by his devoted friend Sam and trailed by the pitiful, treacherous Gollum, pushes into the black heart of Mordor on a desperate, seemingly impossible mission to obliterate the Ring of Power.

With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett

2024 · Kenji Kamiyama

Wulf, a cunning and treacherous lord of Rohan consumed by vengeance for his father's death, unleashes a surprise assault that drives King Helm Hammerhand and his people back into the ancient Hornburg, where they must mount a desperate, last-ditch defense.

With Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Lorraine Ashbourne and Yazdan Qafouri

2001 · Peter Jackson

After his uncle Bilbo leaves him a strange and powerful ring, young hobbit Frodo Baggins must leave the safety of his home to keep it from being seized by the evil force that forged it. A diverse band of companions forms around him to guard the ring-bearer and guide the perilous trek to Mount Doom—the only place where the ring can be destroyed.

With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Sean Bean and Cate Blanchett

2002 · Peter Jackson

Separated and traveling different routes, the members of the Fellowship press on with their mission to end the Ring’s threat. Their journeys converge on two strongholds: the black tower of Orthanc in Isengard, where the traitorous wizard Saruman broods, and Sauron’s iron fortress Barad-dûr buried in the wastelands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam push into the enemy country, bearing the burden of destroying the Ring, while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli track the orcs who have taken Merry and Pippin. All the while Saruman schemes within his tower, ready to intercept and undermine any who dare approach.

With Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis and Cate Blanchett

2013 · Peter Jackson

Having fled the dangers of the Misty Mountains, the company—dwarves accompanied by Bilbo and Gandalf—presses onward toward the Lonely Mountain; Bilbo now carries the mysterious One Ring as they seek to reclaim their stolen treasure from the formidable dragon Smaug.

With Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Lee Pace

2012 · Peter Jackson

A comfort-loving hobbit is pulled from his quiet life by a wise wizard and a company of thirteen determined dwarves on a perilous journey to reclaim their ancestral mountain stronghold from the dragon Smaug.

With Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Ken Stott and Dean O'Gorman

2024 · Lee Tamahori

A former soldier who has become a lay preacher, Munro travels to New Zealand intending to minister to the fledgling British colonists, but he is persuaded by the influential chief Maianui to abandon that path and commit himself to a very different cause.

With Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Lawrence Makoare and Dean O'Gorman

2010 · Lee Seung-moo

A powerful crime boss summons representatives from every New York gang, proposing they put aside neighborhood feuds and seize control of the city together. When a rival strikes him down during the summit, a small Coney Island outfit called the Warriors is falsely accused of the murder. Hunted by both the police and hostile crews, the Warriors must race through the boroughs to survive and clear their name.

With Jang Dong-gun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Ti Lung, Tony Cox and Analin Rudd

1993 · Jane Campion

Sent to New Zealand’s untamed 19th-century frontier by an arranged marriage, Ada and her headstrong daughter confront life far from home; Ada fights a controlling husband while a fierce, forbidden attraction to a rugged frontiersman sparks a tense clash of wills.

With Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker and Ian Mune

2005 · Roger Donaldson

A portrait of New Zealander Burt Munro, a relentless tinkerer and racer who spent decades rebuilding and modifying a 1920 Indian motorcycle until, in 1967, his ingenuity and perseverance earned him the land-speed world record on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.

With Anthony Hopkins, Walton Goggins, Diane Ladd, Bruce Greenwood, Iain Rea, Tessa Mitchell and Aaron Murphy

2014 · Peter Jackson

After Smaug's assault on Lake-town, Bilbo and the band of dwarves struggle to protect the vast hoard within the Lonely Mountain from rival claimants — the desperate survivors of the ruined town and the wood-elves of Mirkwood. At the same time, Azog the Defiler gathers a massive orc army to march on Erebor, spurred by the darkening influence of Sauron. Forced into an uneasy alliance, dwarves, elves and men must stand together, and the fate of Middle-earth increasingly rests on Bilbo's courage.

With Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans and Lee Pace

2003 · Niki Caro

In contemporary times, a spirited young Māori girl fights to claim a destiny her grandfather refuses to acknowledge, facing rejection and heartbreak while finding love, resilience, and, ultimately, victory.

With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu and Rachel House

2011 · Steven Spielberg

Plucky young reporter Tintin and his faithful terrier Snowy uncover a vessel hiding a deadly secret and are swept into a centuries-old mystery. Accused by the mysterious Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine of stealing a priceless relic, Tintin—joined by the irascible Captain Haddock and the bumbling, well-meaning detectives Thompson and Thomson—must race across continents. Pursued by shadowy foes and confronted with legends of an old curse, they hunt for the sunken ship called the Unicorn, whose submerged holds may conceal both vast wealth and grave danger.

With Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Cary Elwes and Tony Curran

2005 · Peter Jackson

Set in 1933 New York, a relentless film producer strong-arms his cast and a hired ship's crew into voyaging to the remote Skull Island, where they come upon Kong, a towering ape instantly enthralled by the leading actress.

With Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis

2010 · Ian Sharp

An Australian woman, accompanied only by her loyal dog and a small caravan of four camels, seeks to satisfy a deep longing for solitude by undertaking a solitary crossing of the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

With Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison, Andy Anderson, Gareth Reeves, Mark Mitchinson, Dan Musgrove and Tim McLachlan

2015 · John Maclean

A seventeen-year-old Scotsman in the untamed American frontier of the Old West partners with an enigmatic gunslinger and sets out across dust-choked towns and open prairie to find the woman who has captured his imagination. As they chase clues and confront danger, the unlikely duo’s fragile alliance is tested by violence, secrets and the cost of a love that may be nothing more than a dangerous infatuation.

With Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, Rory McCann, Eddie Campbell and Brooke Williams

2009 · Neill Blomkamp

In 2010, amid Paris’s impoverished neighborhoods, a deep-cover police officer and a reformed street fighter embed themselves within a violent gang to locate and neutralize a stolen neutron warhead before it can be detonated.

With Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner and William Allen Young

2023 · Scott Walker

A Tiger tank crew is sent deep behind enemy lines to recover Lieutenant Paul von Hardenburg from a secret bunker. Crossing a deadly no-man’s-land, they face artillery and ambushes, but the real threat comes from within: fear, guilt and buried resentments that begin to fracture their unity. Numbed and driven on by military-issue methamphetamine, the men find their mission slipping into chaos as survival becomes a test of conscience and sanity.

With Luciane Buchanan, Matt Whelan, Jaya Beach-Robertson, Mark Mitchinson, Ascia Maybury, Holly Shervey and Graham Vincent

2007 · David Slade

In a remote Alaskan settlement where the sun disappears for a full month each year, a prolonged night falls and with it a nightmare: a savage band of vampires descends on the town, unleashing a relentless wave of bloodshed. With supplies scarce and fear spreading, the remaining inhabitants face annihilation—only the town’s married sheriffs, working side by side, stand between the survivors and total destruction.

With Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall and Amber Sainsbury

2014 · Gerard Johnstone

Fleeing a scandal, a glamorous Italian woman conceals her past by taking a job as the live-in housekeeper for a widowed father struggling to raise his three children.

With Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Harper, Cameron Rhodes, Millen Baird and Bruce Hopkins