Top rentals: New Zealand's most wanted movies

A list of the most popular movies and TV series that New Zealanders like to watch has been revealed.

Martin Scorsese's 2006 thriller The Departed topped the list of most wanted movies, with Blood Diamond a runner-up.

This makes Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in both films, the most in demand actor.

Kiwis also demonstrated huge demand for New Zealand's own Sione's Wedding which came in at number ten.

Missing from the top tier was New Zealand's biggest grossing movie of all time, Boy.

Babel and The Devil Wears Prada were also hot property.

But a surprise showing in New Zealand's most wanted movies was the 2006 drama based on the regime of brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, The Last King of Scotland.

It leapt in at number five, due to exceptionally strong demand in Otago and Wellington.

Demand for TV shows outstripped that for movies in many regions and the TV mini-series Band of Brothers was the number one TV title requested.

There has also been a surge of interest in HBO series such as Game of Thrones, The Wire and True Blood.

The list was released by Fatso.

Fatso spokesman Rob Berman said it wasn't they list they were expecting.

"For example Boy ranked really high in every region except Auckland," he said.

"We have no idea why, but the lower demand in Auckland means it falls outside of the top 10 nationally".

The Fatso New Zealand's Most Wanted Movies List

1. The Departed
2. Blood Diamond
3. Babel
4. Crash
5. The Last King of Scotland
6. The Notebook
7. The Devil Wears Prada
8. The World's Fastest Indian
9. Sione's Wedding
10. Little Miss Sunshine