2000s
| Title | Director | Genre | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| The Irrefutable Truth About Demons | Glenn Standring | |||||
| Jubilee | ||||||
| The Price of Milk | Harry Sinclair | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| Crooked Earth | Sam Pillsbury | |||||
| Her Majesty (film) | Mark J. Gordon | coming-of-age | ||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| Rain (2001 film) | Christine Jeffs | coming-of-age | ||||
| Snakeskin | Gillian Ashurst | Thriller / Road Movie | ||||
| Stickmen (film) | Hamish Rothwell | |||||
| Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Action/Drama | Some Scenes Filmed In New Zealand | |||
| 2002 | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| In a Land of Plenty | Alistair Barry | Documentary | ||||
| Tongan Ninja | Jason Stutter | Action comedy | ||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson | fantasy | U.S. & NZ funded film produced in New Zealand | |||
| The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | U.S produced film shot in New Zealand | ||||
| Whale Rider* | Niki Caro | drama | ||||
| Christmas | David Blyth | Drama/Comedy | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Fracture | ||||||
| Without a Paddle | Comedy | |||||
| Murmurs | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
| In My Father's Den | Brad McGann | |||||
| 2005 | ||||||
| 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous | Stewart Main | drama | ||||
| King Kong* | Peter Jackson | adventure | ||||
| River Queen | Vincent Ward | historical drama | ||||
| The World's Fastest Indian | Roger Donaldson | biography | ||||
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Fantasy / Adventure | ||||
| Meet Me in Miami | ||||||
| Memories of Tomorrow (NZ Film) | Amit Tripuraneni | Drama/Thriller | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| No. 2 | Toa Fraser | |||||
| Perfect Creature | Glenn Standring | horror/thriller | ||||
| Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut | Anna Wilding | documentary | ||||
| Sione's Wedding | Chris Graham | comedy / romance | ||||
| Eagle vs Shark | Taika Cohen | Comedy | ||||
| Kissy Kissy | Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough | Drama | ||||
| The Ferryman | Chris Graham | horror | ||||
| Out of the Blue | Robert Sarkies | drama (based on true events) | ||||
| Black Sheep | Jonathan King | Comedy/horror | ||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| The Tattooist | ||||||
| A Song of Good | ||||||
| Down by the Riverside | Marama Killen Brad Davison |
Film Noir-Horror | ||||
| The Devil Dared Me To | ||||||
| Suzie (2007 film) | Warren Matthews | Drama Horror | ||||
| Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film) | ||||||
| We're Here To Help | Jonothan Cullinane | Kafkaesque comedy | ||||
| Men Shouldn't Sing | ||||||
| The Last Magic Show | Andy Conlan | Comedy Romance | ||||
| Pictures of You (film) | ||||||
| 30 Days of Night | David Slade | Horror | ||||
| The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | |||||
| Show of Hands | Anthony McCarten | Romantic Comedy | Filmed in New Plymouth, Nov-Dec 2007 | |||
| 2008 | ||||||
| Second Hand Wedding | Paul Murphy | Romantic Comedy | ||||
| Rain of the Children | Vincent Ward | Documentary | ||||
| Untitled Charles Upham biopic | ||||||
| Last of the Living | Logan McMillan | Comedy Horror | ||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| Avatar (2009 film)* | James Cameron | Principal live photography in Wellington studios, plus digital fx work. | ||||
| The Lovely Bones (film) | Peter Jackson | |||||
| Temeraire (film) | ||||||
| The Strength of Water | Armagan Ballantyne | Drama | ||||
| Separation City | ||||||
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