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.
Ja! de film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Barry Crump | Novel |
| Writing | Taika Waititi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Taika Waititi | Director |
| Production | Carthew Neal | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kristin Seth | Costume Design |
| Editing | Tom Eagles | Editor |
| Art | Jon Lithgow | Art Direction |
| Production | Sarah Cook | Line Producer |
| Production | Leanne Saunders | Producer |
| Art | Neville Stevenson | Production Design |
| Production | Matt Noonan | Producer |
| Production | Charlie McClellan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stu Turner | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacinta Driver | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Luke Haigh | Editor |
| Camera | Lachlan Milne | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yana Gorskaya | Editor |
| Sound | Lukasz Pawel Buda | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Conrad Wedde | 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 |
| Visual Effects | Kevin Andrew Smith | Visual Effects Supervisor |
