John Barnett Movies

  • 2003
    Whale Rider

    Whale Rider

    Whale Rider

    7.12003HD

    On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea,...

    Whale Rider
  • 1984
    Wild Horses

    Wild Horses

    Wild Horses

    41984HD

    Amid the high country of the North Island interior, wild horse roam and breed. With the trees gone, Dan Mitchell and the Sullivan brothers, turn to...

    Wild Horses
  • 2007
    We're Here to Help

    We're Here to Help

    We're Here to Help

    62007HD

    A Kafkaesque docudrama of an actual case involving a Christchurch small businessman and the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Most people can...

    We're Here to Help
  • 1981
    Strange Behavior

    Strange Behavior

    Strange Behavior

    5.41981HD

    When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments...

    Strange Behavior
  • 1981
    Race for the Yankee Zephyr

    Race for the Yankee Zephyr

    Race for the Yankee Zephyr

    5.81981HD

    In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks...

    Race for the Yankee Zephyr
  • 1979
    Middle Age Spread

    Middle Age Spread

    Middle Age Spread

    51979HD

    Colin is the deputy principal of a city high school (Avondale College, Auckland) who reluctantly applies for the principal's job on the latter's...

    Middle Age Spread
  • 1986
    Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale

    Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale

    Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale

    6.71986HD

    Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats" (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon strip), questions to be answered include: Will...

    Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale
  • 1995
    No Contest

    No Contest

    No Contest

    4.91995HD

    A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a...

    No Contest
  • 1980
    Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    6.51980HD

    A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe in 1970.

    Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • 2001
    Lawless: Beyond Justice

    Lawless: Beyond Justice

    Lawless: Beyond Justice

    02001HD

    Two private investigators discover the truth behind a gangland drug deal gone wrong.

    Lawless: Beyond Justice
  • 2010
    Spies and Lies

    Spies and Lies

    Spies and Lies

    3.52010HD

    A true story. 1942. New Zealand is at war. Times are desperate. The Japanese invasion seems imminent. At this perilous moment, confidence trickster...

    Spies and Lies
  • 1987
    Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

    01987HD

    This Kaleidoscope documentary timed in with the release of Nicholas Reid’s book A Decade of New Zealand Cinema. The book cherrypicked Reid's...

    Kaleidoscope