Jim Moriarty

Night of the Juggler (1980)

An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Butler
CAST:  James Brolin  •  Cliff Gorman  •  Richard S. Castellano  •  Linda Miller

An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Butler
CAST:  James Brolin  •  Cliff Gorman  •  Richard S. Castellano  •  Linda Miller

The Returning (1990)

A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes upon a stately, but neglected, homestead. He moves in, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Day
CAST:  Phillip Gordon  •  Alison Routledge  •  Max Cullen  •  Jim Moriarty

A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes upon a stately, but neglected, homestead. He moves in, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Day
CAST:  Phillip Gordon  •  Alison Routledge  •  Max Cullen  •  Jim Moriarty

A Difficult Woman (1999)

Anne (Caroline Goodall) is a successful pathologist for a top pharmaceutical corporation, and her life couldn't be better. That is, until one of her oldest and dearest friends is murdered, turning Anne's world upside down. Not satisfied with the status of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Tilse
CAST:  Caroline Goodall  •  Peter Feeney  •  Bill Hunter  •  Tara Morice

Anne (Caroline Goodall) is a successful pathologist for a top pharmaceutical corporation, and her life couldn't be better. That is, until one of her oldest and dearest friends is murdered, turning Anne's world upside down. Not satisfied with the status of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Tilse
CAST:  Caroline Goodall  •  Peter Feeney  •  Bill Hunter  •  Tara Morice

Saving Grace (1998)

Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate relationship develops. He helps her repair her shattered self-esteem and she begins to feel loved and secure. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa Botes
CAST:  Kirsty Hamilton  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Denise O'Connell  •  James Moriarty

Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate relationship develops. He helps her repair her shattered self-esteem and she begins to feel loved and secure. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Costa Botes
CAST:  Kirsty Hamilton  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Denise O'Connell  •  James Moriarty

Mahana (2016)

It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Tamahori
CAST:  Temuera Morrison  •  Akuhata Keefe  •  Nancy Brunning  •  Jim Moriarty

It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Tamahori
CAST:  Temuera Morrison  •  Akuhata Keefe  •  Nancy Brunning  •  Jim Moriarty

The Strength of Water (2009)

When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody are forced apart. Kimi must find the strength to let go of what he loves the most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armağan Ballantyne
CAST:  Isaac Barber  •  Hato Paparoa  •  Melanie Mayall-Nahi  •  McCarthy Pearse

When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody are forced apart. Kimi must find the strength to let go of what he loves the most.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armağan Ballantyne
CAST:  Isaac Barber  •  Hato Paparoa  •  Melanie Mayall-Nahi  •  McCarthy Pearse

No Petrol, No Diesel (2009)

A small town, on State Highway 1, where nothing ever happens...then Rex Devlin dies in a suspicious car wreck and a mysterious stranger moves into the Temuka Hotel. Why is one of the world's biggest multinational corporations so desperate to buy a dowdy little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Mark Hadlow  •  David McPhail

A small town, on State Highway 1, where nothing ever happens...then Rex Devlin dies in a suspicious car wreck and a mysterious stranger moves into the Temuka Hotel. Why is one of the world's biggest multinational corporations so desperate to buy a dowdy little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Mark Hadlow  •  David McPhail

The Gravedigger of Kapu (2018)

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice who respects his uncle and doesn’t mind the physical work. However he finds the spiritual side of the job unnerving. Hone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Libby Hakaraia
CAST:  Jim Moriarty  •  Tanira Cooper

Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice who respects his uncle and doesn’t mind the physical work. However he finds the spiritual side of the job unnerving. Hone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Libby Hakaraia
CAST:  Jim Moriarty  •  Tanira Cooper

Kingpin (1985)

Willie, a likeable kid, forms a friendship with Rikki, a new arrival at the reform school. Willie discovers that Rikki is maybe tough enough to take on Karl, the kingpin. Although Rikki is strong, he does not like to fight, but tensions mount as Karl's bullying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Walker
CAST:  Mitchell Manuel  •  Junior Amiga  •  Nicholas Rogers  •  Judith McIntosh

Willie, a likeable kid, forms a friendship with Rikki, a new arrival at the reform school. Willie discovers that Rikki is maybe tough enough to take on Karl, the kingpin. Although Rikki is strong, he does not like to fight, but tensions mount as Karl's bullying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Walker
CAST:  Mitchell Manuel  •  Junior Amiga  •  Nicholas Rogers  •  Judith McIntosh

Mark II (1986)

Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from drug dealers, whom he had crossed. Various mini-adventures occurs as they make their way down the North Island, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Anderson
CAST:  Nicholas Rogers  •  Mitchell Manuel  •  Junior Amiga  •  Jeff Boyd

Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from drug dealers, whom he had crossed. Various mini-adventures occurs as they make their way down the North Island, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Anderson
CAST:  Nicholas Rogers  •  Mitchell Manuel  •  Junior Amiga  •  Jeff Boyd

The Waimate Conspiracy (2006)

The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  David McPhail  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Janice Gray

The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefen Harris
CAST:  David McPhail  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Helen Pearse Otene  •  Janice Gray

Fog (2007)

Sixteen year old Ricky lives in a small fishing village with his parents. He dreams of leaving the town but is hindered by his father's expectations to follow in his footsteps. Ricky meets Telly, an older local girl who encourages him to sneak out of his house and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Salmon
CAST:  Joe Dekkers-Reihana  •  Chelsie Preston Crayford  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Tina Cook

Sixteen year old Ricky lives in a small fishing village with his parents. He dreams of leaving the town but is hindered by his father's expectations to follow in his footsteps. Ricky meets Telly, an older local girl who encourages him to sneak out of his house and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Salmon
CAST:  Joe Dekkers-Reihana  •  Chelsie Preston Crayford  •  Jim Moriarty  •  Tina Cook

Cousins (2021)

Separated as children, three cousins with an unshakable bond confront their painful pasts and embark on an emotional journey to find each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Briar Grace Smith  •  Ainsley Gardiner
CAST:  Tanea Heke  •  Rachel House  •  Briar Grace Smith  •  Chelsie Preston Crayford

Separated as children, three cousins with an unshakable bond confront their painful pasts and embark on an emotional journey to find each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Briar Grace Smith  •  Ainsley Gardiner
CAST:  Tanea Heke  •  Rachel House  •  Briar Grace Smith  •  Chelsie Preston Crayford

The Witch & the Woodsman (2010)

A woodsman must rescue his young daughter from an evil witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Story
CAST:  Mia Bailey  •  Mikaela Devitt  •  Ben Fransham  •  Jim Moriarty

A woodsman must rescue his young daughter from an evil witch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Story
CAST:  Mia Bailey  •  Mikaela Devitt  •  Ben Fransham  •  Jim Moriarty