Budget: $2 million

Box Office: $11.3 million

Visually and topically similar in themes of poverty and struggle with heart. Compelling and Awards worthy Main non- actor.

Budget $1.2 million

Sales $25 million

Focusing on a contemporary Māori family, the lm aptly foregrounds complex issues and is a staple in the indigenous oeuvre.

Budget $900,000

Sales $17 million

This film made a significant impact in a nation-wide conversation on social justice and inequality and launched the director’s career.

Budget $3.3 million

Box Office $49 million

Whiplash premiered in competition in the US Dramatic Category at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014, as the festival’s opening lm and won 3 Academy Awards.