Released Date:
1989-06-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
New Zealand
Runtime:
91 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (34190 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonPeter Jackson
Tony Hiles (additional material)
Ken Hammon (additional material)
Derek and his friends must investigate the missing people in a small village. Then they find out its human formed aliens that are really big headed monsters that used all the people in the small village into their snack burgers. Now, Derek must save the day and the world with his chainsaw before the meat eaters strikes the whole planet. Will Derek kill all the aliens?
Released Date:
1995-09-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
New Zealand
Runtime:
97 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (15177 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh
Stephen Sinclair
Danny Mulheron
Peter Jackson
Heidi, the star of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discovers her lover Bletch, The Walrus, is cheating on her, and with all the world waiting for the show the assorted co-stars must contend with their own problems. These include drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Drug dealing, and even murder. While this is happening the love between two of the stars is threatened by the devious Trevor the Rat, who wishes to exploit the young starlet for use in his porno movie business.
Released Date:
1993-02-12
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
New Zealand
Runtime:
104 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (72564 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonStephen Sinclair (story)
Stephen Sinclair (screenplay)
Fran Walsh (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Lionel, a Mama's boy has the unwanted honor of having to look after his overbearingly evil mother. He ends up falling in love with a local woman who believes that they're destined together. In a moment of intentional sabotage of one of their dates, his mother is bitten by a mysterious creature that ends up zombifying her. It's only a matter of time before she rises from the dead a powerful, bloodthirsty zombie. It's only a matter of time before she starts infecting residents of the town and Lionel has to stop her...and them.
Released Date:
1994-10-14
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
New Zealand, Germany
Runtime:
99 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (47408 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
Released Date:
1997-10-03
Languages:
English, Cantonese
Countries:
New Zealand
Runtime:
53 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (4754 Reviews)
Genres:
ComedyForgotten Silver is a mockumentary which details the prodigious life of "lost" filmmaker Colin McKenzie and his incredible advances that were lost to history...until now. This supergenius filmmaker, posthumously inducted into the pantheon of cinema greats, made incredible advances in filmmaking technology, supposedly making a talkie in 1908 and using color film in 1911, but madness and poverty and the usual industry tolls drove him into obscurity.
Released Date:
1996-07-19
Languages:
English
Countries:
New Zealand, USA
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (64604 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonAfter a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. After losing his wife, he then gave up his job as an architect, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years, and put these skills to use by befriending a few ghosts and getting them to haunt houses in the area to drum up work for his ghostbusting business; Then Frank proceeds to "exorcise" the houses for a fee. But when he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their forehead beforehand, Frank tries to help the people whom the Reaper is after!
Released Date:
2001-12-19
Languages:
English, Sindarin
Countries:
New Zealand, USA
Runtime:
178 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
8.8 (1109724 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonJ.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
Fran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!
Released Date:
2003-12-17
Languages:
English, Quenya, Old English, Sindarin
Countries:
USA, New Zealand
Runtime:
201 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
8.9 (1081144 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonJ.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
Fran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.
Released Date:
2002-12-18
Languages:
English, Sindarin, Old English
Countries:
USA, New Zealand
Runtime:
179 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
8.7 (973663 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonJ.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
Fran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Stephen Sinclair (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
While Frodo and Sam, now accompanied by a new guide, continue their hopeless journey towards the land of shadow to destroy the One Ring, each member of the broken fellowship plays their part in the battle against the evil wizard Saruman and his armies of Isengard.
Released Date:
2005-12-14
Languages:
English
Countries:
New Zealand, USA, Germany
Runtime:
187 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (294302 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Merian C. Cooper (based on a story by)
Edgar Wallace (based on a story by)
Carl Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This 'soon-to-be-unfortunate' soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is its grasps. Carl and Ann's new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts. But Carl has another plan in mind.
Released Date:
2010-01-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, UK, New Zealand
Runtime:
135 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (116441 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Alice Sebold (novel)
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
Released Date:
2012-12-14
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, New Zealand
Runtime:
169 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
(579015 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
Released Date:
2013-12-13
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, New Zealand
Runtime:
161 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
(432062 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to? And what is his secret business to the south?
Released Date:
2014-12-17
Languages:
English
Countries:
New Zealand, USA
Runtime:
144 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (288968 Reviews)
Director:
Peter JacksonFran Walsh (screenplay)
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Peter Jackson (screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
After the Dragon leaves the Lonely Mountain, the people of Lake-town see a threat coming. Orcs, dwarves, elves and people prepare for war. Bilbo sees Thorin going mad and tries to help. Meanwhile, Gandalf is rescued from the Necromancer's prison and his rescuers realize who the Necromancer is.
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