List of the best Pete Smith movies: The Quiet Earth(1985), What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?(1999), Crush(1992), The Legend of Johnny Lingo(2003) ... ...
Sci-Fi
New Zealand
1985
90 Minutes
Bruno Lawrence Alison Routledge Pete Smith Anzac Wallace Norman Fletcher Tom Hyde
scientist young woman maori survivor dreamy offbeat auckland, new zealand laboratory church countryside beach motel apocalypse isolation suicide attempt love triangle scientific experiments radiation mystery sacrifice
A man named Zac Hobson awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
Drama
New Zealand
1999
102 Minutes
Temuera Morrison Clint Eruera Nancy Brunning Pete Smith Lawrence Makoare Rawiri Paratene Julian Arahanga Edna Stirling Tammy Davis Tahei Simpson Rena Owen
father mother brother son gang member friend bleak brooding new zealand household alcoholism father/son relationship maori culture violence gangs redemption revenge wretched excess rivalry 1990s
Jake Muss' oldest son is killed in a gang fight and the younger son wants revenge, but Jake doesn't want to lose his other son to violence as well.
Drama
1992
96 Minutes
Marcia Gay Harden Donogh Rees Caitlin Bossley Pete Smith William Zappa
Lust and revenge bind three women (Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley) and a man thrown together by a car crash in New Zealand.
Kids & Family, Adventure
New Zealand
2003
91 Minutes
George Henare Rawiri Paratene Joe Falou Alvin Fitisemanu Kayte Ferguson Hori Ahipene Sima Urale Tausani Simei-Barton Fokikovi Soakimi Pete Smith
outcast young boy chief drunk trader father cheery engaging spirited island hut canoe sea bad luck romance family friendship relationships island life discovery
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor.