Watch 2023 Movies Online in New Zealand
Explore the best 2023 movies in New Zealand. From box office hits to fan-favorite films, discover top-rated titles, trending picks, and hidden gems that made 2023 a standout year for entertainment.
Take a trip back to 2023 and relive the best in entertainment in New Zealand. Browse a wide variety of movies, including award-winning blockbusters, trending releases, and critically acclaimed favorites. Whether you're looking for action-packed thrillers, heartwarming dramas, laugh-out-loud comedies, or captivating documentaries, 2023 delivered something for everyone. Use Popcorn Time to easily find titles by genre, popularity, or release date, and rediscover the magic of 2023.
From the big screen to small-screen hits, explore the year's most memorable releases and create your own playlist of 2023's greatest entertainment. Start streaming now and see why 2023 remains a favorite among movie and TV lovers.
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Two high school students form an intense connection as they navigate the challenges of discovering and expressing their truest selves.
Fanfic (2023 )
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When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.
The Burial (2023 )
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Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets the fragile balance of their relationship.
Abang Adik (2023 )
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When his husband Gabriel files for divorce, Nicky fights for custody of their 8-year-old son Owen, as he struggles to come to terms with what it means to love someone and what it means to be a father.
Our Son (2023 )
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Things get unnerving when a suave realtor and his sick daughter take refuge in a mysterious mansion after a medical emergency in the middle of nowhere.
A Green Fever (2023 )
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Polish WWII resistance fighter Witold Pilecki infiltrates Auschwitz, is imprisoned and interrogated by communist officials post-war, depicting his wartime experiences, incarceration, torture, and 1948 execution for opposing Soviet regime.
Pilecki's Report (2023 )
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Keem’s internal battle leads us through fragments of memory and temptation as he navigates the depths of The Melodic Blue.
The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem (2023 )
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Harold Fry is an unremarkable man who has made mistakes with all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. And now, well into his 60s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. Until, one day – Harold learns his old friend Queenie is dying. Harold leaves home, walking to his post office to send her a letter. And out of the blue, Harold decides to keep walking, all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023 )
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Jide and Hauwa Pedro accidentally run over a teenage girl while having a lover’s spat on their way from an event. Jide refuses Hauwa's request of taking the girl to a hospital having thought of the doom that awaits his political career and family name.
In Bed with the Pedros (2023 )
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Following the story of Ran, who confronts a mysterious organization by participating in a no-rules deathmatch after discovering her missing younger sister Yuzuki is involved in a crime. With danger at every corner, Ran must trade in her boxing gloves for brass knuckles. Will she save her sister?
Knuckle Girl (2023 )
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A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Uproar (2023 )
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968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas and other Chola enemies who have joined forces. Also, at play are the rumours of Ponniyin Selvan’s death at sea, the powerful Pazhuvettarayar’s betrayal, and the tragic destiny of Aditha Karikalan, whose heart was long lost to the vengeful Nandini.
Ponniyin Selvan: Part II (2023 )
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Mila and Kia are a pair of teenage best friends and aspiring professional footballers. When the girls get a new demanding football coach, they slowly start to drift apart.
Forever (2023 )
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A pregnant single mother, with two children in foster care, embraces her Bay Area community as she fights to reclaim her family.
Earth Mama (2023 )
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Good-hearted teenager William always lived in hope of following in his late father’s footsteps and becoming a storm chaser. His father’s legacy has now been turned into a storm-chasing tourist business, managed by the greedy and reckless Zane Rogers, who is now using William as the main attraction to lead a group of unsuspecting adventurers deep into the eye of the most dangerous supercell ever seen.
Supercell (2023 )
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Kizito, a self righteous, legalist preacher is mandated to take a one month soul winning trip to Mboko, a dreaded and godless ghetto, to validate his eligibility for ordination. He is rescued and aided by an infamous prostitute, Bisona who houses him for as long as he carries his assignment. This unlawful combination breeds a rare type of chemistry that eventually sparks to love. He later discovers Mboko means much more to him than just an assignment destination.
Half Heaven (2023 )
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A notorious smuggler Waltair Veerayya is hired by a CI Seethapathi, reaches Malaysia with the ostensible mission of kidnapping a drug mafia leader named Solomon, who escaped India after wreaking havoc on the RAW agents and local policemen. Veerayya manages to pummel Solomon, who is fiercely protected by his ruthless gang-lord brother Kaala. Tables are turned, when Veerayya reveals that he shares a turbulent past with Kaala & an ACP Vikram Sagar who is hell-bent on ending his smuggling activities.
Waltair Veerayya (2023 )
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Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.
Fremont (2023 )
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After a drug dealer schemes against them in secret, two student gangs ignite a bitter feud that triggers a chain of violent consequences.
4 Kings II (2023 )
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An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Call Me Chihiro (2023 )
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Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen meets Oto, who comes to Chiharu’s shop looking for a gun. Jigen finds out about Oto's secrets and the mysterious organization that’s after her. After Oto is kidnapped, Jigen gets into a desperate battle to save her.
Jigen Daisuke (2023 )
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A retired sex worker on the run, moves to a small town and starts a lingerie-making business (made from her signature adire material) which inevitably empowers the conservative women. Only to anger the self instilled leader, the deaconess and wife to the preacher of the town's local church. She soon discovers the most unusual friendships and love in the unlikeliest of places. Her paradise is cut short by Captain, her former pimp whose money she stole to start a new life.
Adire (2023 )
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Once-menacing, anger fueled, trained martial arts fighters Robert, Dony and Xavier settle down to peaceful lives, after a significant event prompts them. Fate orchestrates their reunion and return from exile to their fighting ways, when their history linger ominously and one of them faces a violent attack.
RDX: Robert Dony Xavier (2023 )
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A prodigious young soccer player from rural Queenstown must face the return of his washed-up, pro-footballer father, and navigate the choice between his team's success and his own dreams.
The Queenstown Kings (2023 )
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After being raised and abused in the foster care system, twin brothers find refuge with a group of misfits who turn out to be a violent band of criminals. Now on the the run for their lives, they find themselves in a small town in Utah where they meet a family that will prove to change their lives forever by providing the spiritual guidance and love that they have so desperately sought for.
The Last Page (2023 )
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A gunned down Navy SEAL Master Chief must guide a child to safety through a gauntlet of hostile Taliban insurgents and survive the brutal Afghanistan wilderness.
Warhorse One (2023 )
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Timi, a gifted clergyman turns into an old lonely curmudgeon when his family is tragically taken from him. Until Elijah, a humble man with big dreams of becoming a priest, comes into his life. Through Elijah, Timi not only learns to live again, but also realizes purpose for all his gifts and wealth.
Breath of Life (2023 )
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As her Parkinson's disease progresses, a woman leads a relentless investigation into finding those responsible for the sudden death of her daughter.
Elena Knows (2023 )
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Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.
A Thousand and One (2023 )
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Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
Big George Foreman (2023 )
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When a pair of newlywed musicians get trapped in a storm on their island honeymoon, they must face difficult truths that could tear their marriage apart.
What If? (2023 )
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17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
The Starling Girl (2023 )
