Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Kip Chapman

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.

Stars: Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Charlie Vickers, Markella Kavenagh

Votes: 352,871

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022– )
Episode: A Shadow of the Past (2022)

TV-14 | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Galadriel is disturbed by signs of an ancient evil's return. Arondir makes an unsettling discovery. Elrond is presented with an intriguing new venture. Nori breaks a deeply held community rule.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Amelie Child Villiers, Will Fletcher, Morfydd Clark, Fabian McCallum

Votes: 52,665

3. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)

TV-MA | 750 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.

Stars: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Thomas M. Wright

Votes: 37,761

4. 6 Days (I) (2017)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama, History

Based on the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980, this action-thriller dramatizes a six-day standoff between armed Iranian Arabs and SAS soldiers ready for a counterattack.

Director: Toa Fraser | Stars: Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw

Votes: 24,702

5. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.

Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Cristina Serban Ionda, Nic Sampson

Votes: 7,294

6. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)

TV-14 | 343 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Making of the Mob, is an eight-part docudrama that begins in 1905 and spans more than 50 years, tracing the original five families that led to the modern American Mafia, including the rise ... See full summary »

Stars: Ian Bell, Craig Thomas Rivela, Rich Graff, John Binder

Votes: 2,634

7. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: Paradise Sold (2013)

Unrated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In New Zealand's rugged and mountainous South Island, an unripe 12-year-old pregnant girl is found up to her chest in the lake's glacial waters. She is already five months pregnant, and she keeps the father's name to herself.

Directors: Jane Campion, Garth Davis | Stars: Jacqueline Joe, Dra McKay, Luke Buchanan, Philippa Archibald

Votes: 1,122

8. Shortland Street (1992– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama

A five-night-a-week soap set in an Auckland City hospital that follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff and their families and friends.

Stars: Michael Galvin, Ben Mitchell, Sally Martin, Ben Barrington

Votes: 1,063

9. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: Searchers Search (2013)

Unrated | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Unexpectedly, Tui has mysteriously disappeared, so Robin organises a thorough investigation focusing on possible suspects and someone with a rather dark history, while in the meantime, she pays a visit to Matt who is strangely indifferent.

Directors: Jane Campion, Garth Davis | Stars: Thomas M. Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Darren Gilshenan, Byron Coll

Votes: 943

10. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: The Edge of the Universe (2013)

Unrated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The search for missing Tui continues under GJ's ominous prophecies, fruitless investigations and elusive secrets, while in the meantime, the gruesome finding of a dead man and a concealed small grave will upset Robin.

Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Madeleine Sami, David Wenham, Peter Mullan

Votes: 870

11. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: No Goodbyes Thanks (2013)

Unrated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Miraculously, Tui who is alive returns to the safety of Paradise, while Matt, who takes matters into his own hands combing the mountains with a posse of hand-picked men, seems to be ultimately willing to make a startling confession.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Thomas M. Wright, Calvin Tuteao, Andrew Beattie

Votes: 837

12. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: The Dark Creator (2013)

Unrated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Unexpectedly, Al puts Robin back on Tui's case, and, Johnno is forced to make a sad disclosure as Jude is facing imminent death, while at the same time, the cryptic Jamie is as close as an oyster.

Directors: Jane Campion, Garth Davis | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Thomas M. Wright, Oscar Redding, Phoene James

Votes: 808

13. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2013)

Unrated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Robin is squashed under the burden of Matt's disclosures, nevertheless, she will gather up her remaining strength for a valiant ultimate effort to locate Tui, utterly unprepared however for the inconceivable truth that lies before her.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Peter Mullan, Elisabeth Moss, Loren Taylor, Stephen Lovatt

Votes: 797

14. Westside (2015– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Tales of crime and passion in Auckland, New Zealand, spanning from 1974 through to 1984.

Stars: Antonia Prebble, David de Lautour, Daniel Musgrove, Pana Hema Taylor

Votes: 764

15. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
Episode: The Loved One (2017)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The gruesome sight of a decomposed Asian Jane Doe sends shivers down the spine, furthermore, a long-awaited meeting and an utterly unforeseen finding will give at last a new meaning in life as well as a vigorous thrust in the case.

Director: Ariel Kleiman | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Mark Leonard Winter, Marny Kennedy, Dra McKay

Votes: 642

16. Bellbird (2019)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

In the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief.

Director: Hamish Bennett | Stars: Marshall Napier, Annie Whittle, Kahukura Retimana, Cohen Holloway

Votes: 378

17. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Episode: Over Her Dead Body (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During the funeral for beloved local poet Declan O'Grady, an unexpected turn of events reveal that his coffin has been occupied by the corpse of an unidentified young woman.

Director: Murray Keane | Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Nic Sampson, Pana Hema Taylor

Votes: 364

18. Hillary (2016)

260 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, as a boy, was raised in a strict family, but eventually has to rebel against his stern father's backward ideals, to follow his own convictions. He wants to climb mountains.

Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Kelson Henderson

Votes: 237

19. Aftershock (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Action, Drama

In the minutes, hours and days after Wellington is struck by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, this drama depicts several parallel plotlines of people faced with different dilemmas in their fight for survival.

Directors: Brendan Donovan, Thomas Robins | Stars: Adam Armstrong, Christopher Brougham, Hamish Brown, Amalia Calder

Votes: 219

20. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Episode: Four Fires and a Funeral (2022)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The charred remains of a body are discovered in a burned out rural shed. Mike and Kristin are tasked with identifying the body; it seems that this is the third in a run of "accidental" deaths, all attended by the Brokenwood Fire Brigade.

Director: Mike Smith | Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Jarod Rawiri, Cristina Serban Ionda

Votes: 206

21. Cave In (2003 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a cave in threatens the lives of four miners, including a father and son, it becomes a fight for survival. The superintendent struggles against the ticking clock to save her crew and family from impending doom.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Mimi Rogers, Ted Shackelford, Bruce Allpress, Paul Gittins

Votes: 179

22. Nothing Special (2005)

11 min | Comedy, Short

Billy just wants to be ordinary. Mistaken as a child as Jesus reincarnate, he leads his life avoiding any kind of attention. But can he ever escape his most zealous devotee - his mother?

Director: Helena Brooks | Stars: Lliam Powell, Emily O'Brien-Brown, Geraldine Brophy, Kip Chapman

Votes: 153

23. The Cult (2009– )

Action, Drama

A group of people try to rescue their loved ones from a mysterious cult called Two Gardens.

Stars: Renato Bartolomei, Latham Gaines, Gareth Reeves, Kate Elliott

Votes: 149

24. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: Capone's First Kill (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Al Capone has his first taste of the underworld in Brooklyn with Johnny Torrio; they reunite in Chicago and start bootlegging, earning the ire of local Irish gangsters.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Deirdre Marie Capone, Laurence Bergreen, Jonathan Eig, William Forsythe

Votes: 89

25. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: A Death in the Family (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

"A Death in the Family" After the killing of "Big Jim" Colosimo, Capone and Torrio expand their criminal empire into bootlegging but are forced to make a truce with the Irish North Side ... See full summary »

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Karen Abbott, William Forsythe, Vincent Pastore, T.J. English

Votes: 75

26. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: Blood Filled Streets (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A betrayal destroys peace in Chicago. Torrio and Capone seek revenge against the Irish gangs. Meanwhile, the Beer Wars make Capone Chicago's top gangster.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Laurence Bergreen, T.J. English, Frank Calabrese Jr., John Binder

Votes: 67

27. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: St. Valentine's Day Massacre (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Capone uses the St. Valentine's Day Massacre to assert his power over his enemies. Meanwhile, President Hoover takes notice; and dispatches Elliot Ness to take on Capone.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Jonathan Eig, David Eisenbach, Laurence Bergreen, John Russick

Votes: 65

28. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: New Blood (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

With Capone in jail, Frank Nitti, Paul Ricca and Joe Accardo take over. Meanwhile, a Hollywood scandal presents Sam Giancana with a chance to prove himself.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Jonathan Eig, David Eisenbach, Michael Green, Frank Cullotta

Votes: 60

29. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: Last Man Standing (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In the second-season finale, Joe Accardo and Sam Giancana have a falling out and the fate of the Outfit rests on the outcome. Meanwhile, Joe Accardo cleans up loose ends before retiring.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Michael Green, T.J. English, Frank Cullotta, Robert Grant

Votes: 59

30. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: Judgment Day (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Al Capone outwits Eliot Ness, but Capone's criminal empire remains in jeopardy when the IRS plants an undercover agent in his gang.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Frank Calabrese Jr., David Eisenbach, Jonathan Eig, John Binder

Votes: 58

31. Hope and Wire (2014– )

90 min | Drama

Hope and Wire is a dramatized edition of what happened to a group of New Zealanders after the 2010 Christchurch earthquakes telling the "real story". They didn't need any extra drama, Christchurch survivors know that.

Stars: Bernard Hill, Rachel House, Jarod Rawiri, Miriama McDowell

Votes: 56

32. The Making of the Mob (2015–2016)
Episode: Chicago: Sin City (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Joe Accardo sets his sights on Las Vegas, but when Sam Giancana incurs the wrath of young attorney Robert F. Kennedy, The Outfit is threatened.

Director: John Ealer | Stars: Robert Grant, Frank Calabrese Jr., Michael Green, Meyer Lansky II

Votes: 56

33. The Hothouse (2007)

Drama

The Hothouse follows the complicated lives of five 20-somethings who share a run down inner-city Wellington dwelling.

Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Tania Nolan

Votes: 34

34. Serial Killers (2004– )

Comedy

Serial Killers is a satirical comedy, following the lives of a group of TV writers and actors on and off the screen of popular Medical Soap Opera, 'Heart of Hearts'.

Stars: Robyn Malcolm, John Leigh, Oliver Driver, Kayte Ferguson

Votes: 28

35. Inside (2020– )

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Stars: Morgana O'Reilly, Josh Thomson, Sam Snedden, June Van Griffin

Votes: 20

36. From the Bottom of the Lake (2013)

52 min | Documentary

The creative process at the heart of creating TV series Top of the Lake (2013). From the writing process with long-time collaborator Gerard Lee to shooting in New Zealand, filmmaker Jane Campion struggles and rises to the occasion.

Director: Clare Young | Stars: Jane Campion, Gerard Lee, Holly Hunter, Garth Davis

Votes: 15

37. Hillary (2016)
Episode: Race to the Pole (2016)

TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Ed is spending the winter in Antarctica, setting up Scott Base and getting itchy feet. Meanwhile, Bunny is dragging his heels at Shackleton and wants Ed to sit around and wait. And when that's all over, Nepal beckons once again.

Stars: Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood, Joel Tobeck

Votes: 15

38. Interrogation (2005– )

60 min | Crime

Interrogation is a 13-part series that, each week, tells a completely different crime story. Interrogation is described by the producers as a "guerilla drama".

Stars: Luanne Gordon, Scott Wills, Toni Potter, Claire Chitham

Votes: 13

39. Nightline (1990–2013)

30 min | News

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Stars: Michael Hurst, Ali Ikram, Samantha Hayes, Tova O'Brien

Votes: 13

40. The Graffiti of Mr. Tupaia (2008)

15 min | Short, Drama

When a Cook Island school cleaner answers an unusual message on the wall of a girls' toilet cubicle, his life, and the life of the mysterious author, will never be the same again.

Director: Christopher Dudman | Stars: Kip Chapman, Alex Hunter, Kristie O'Sullivan, Rawiri Paratene

Votes: 9

41. The Cult (2009– )
Episode: The Calling (2009)

44 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Peter Burger | Stars: Renato Bartolomei, Latham Gaines, Gareth Reeves, Kate Elliott

Votes: 8

42. Rusting Falling (2010)

Short, Music

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Director: Ian Brown | Stars: Kip Chapman, Kelly Maracin Krieg

43. Headliners (2004–2005)

30 min | Documentary, News

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Stars: Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Rajeev Varma, Kip Chapman

44. Headliners (2004–2005)
Episode: Episode dated 30 March 2004 (2004)

Documentary, News

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Stars: Kip Chapman, Jennifer Ward-Lealand

45. The Hothouse (2007)
Episode: Domestic Disturbance (2007)

Drama

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Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Tania Nolan

46. The Hothouse (2007)
Episode: Misconduct (2007)

Drama

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Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Tania Nolan

47. The Hothouse (2007)
Episode: Flight Risk (2007)

Drama

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Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Kelson Henderson

48. The Hothouse (2007)
Episode: Restitution (2007)

Drama

Neru tries to buy the blind man a dog called mickey. Dan also make peace with Bruno.

Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Kelson Henderson

49. The Hothouse (2007)
Episode: Just Cause (2007)

Drama

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Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Wiebe Marinus

50. The Hothouse (2007)
Episode: Release (2007)

Drama

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Stars: Kip Chapman, Ioelu Fili, Hannah Gould, Wiebe Marinus