Mesmerized

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Lee Tamahori

Cast

Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell

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.

Runtime

2h

Director

Jane Campion

Cast

Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Niki Caro

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton

War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memories of a troubled past. He befriends Celia, a curious and aspiring writer, who shares a fascination with his world. When Celia mysteriously disappears, Paul becomes the prime suspect, forci...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Brad McGann

Cast

Matthew Macfadyen, Emily Barclay, Miranda Otto

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed a...

Runtime

2h 38m

Director

Jane Campion

Cast

Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake

'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulati...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Sonny Bono, Divine, Ruth Brown

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce

A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon turning into a nationwide sensation, with a fateful choice between his life and his art.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

John Waters

Cast

Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce