Een opstandige jongen uit de stad vlucht samen met zijn chagrijnige pleegoom de wildernis in van Nieuw-Zeeland. Wanneer de twee verdwalen in de bossen moeten de twee hun meningsverschillen opzij zetten om te overleven. Een nationale klopjacht wordt georganiseerd om het duo te vinden.
Nee, helaas is Hunt for the Wilderpeople nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Barry Crump | Novel |
| Directing | Taika Waititi | Director |
| Writing | Taika Waititi | Screenplay |
| Production | Carthew Neal | Producer |
| Editing | Tom Eagles | Editor |
| Production | Leanne Saunders | Producer |
| Art | Neville Stevenson | Production Design |
| Art | Jon Lithgow | Art Direction |
| Editing | Luke Haigh | Editor |
| Production | Charlie McClellan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sarah Cook | Line Producer |
| Editing | Yana Gorskaya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristin Seth | Costume Design |
| Production | Matt Noonan | Producer |
| Camera | Lachlan Milne | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacinta Driver | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Stu Turner | Casting |
| Sound | Conrad Wedde | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lukasz Pawel Buda | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Samuel Scott | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Taika Waititi | Producer |
| Production | James Wallace | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Glen Levy | Stunt Driver |
| Camera | Kane Skennar | Still Photographer |
