Movie

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

“The fight for a simple love story... that will never be simple.”

★ 6.5(57)20201h 23m

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in New Zealand. Availability checked 25 July 2026.

Where to watch Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

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Good to know

Director: Monica Zanetti
Release date: 2020-07-31
Runtime: 1h 23m
Language: English
Box office: $12,841
Status: Released
Country: Australia
Studio: Cobbstar

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) — trailer

About Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) is a 2020 movie in the Comedy and Romance genres, directed by Monica Zanetti, starring Marta Dusseldorp, Zoe Terakes and Sophie Hawkshaw. It has a runtime of 1 hour 23 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.5/10 from 57 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) in New Zealand — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

School captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate Abbie. Determined to ask her first love to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave. Believing she's been brought back from the dead to be Ellie's fairy godmother, Tara dishes out unwanted dating advice based on her life as an out lesbian in the '80s.

Cast

Marta Dusseldorp

Erica

Zoe Terakes

Abbie

Sophie Hawkshaw

Ellie

Julia Billington

Tara

Rachel House

Patty

Bridie Connell

Miss Trimble

Chiara Gizzi

Faith Underwood

Madeleine Withington

Young Erica

Patrick James

Christopher

Melanie Bowers

Kayla

Olga Markovic

Detective Denton

Michael Wray

Pedestrian

Themes & keywords

coming outself-discoveryaunt niece relationshipfamily secretscoming of agepromdetentionlgbtlgbt teenwoman directormotivational videomother daughter relationshiphigh school crushcivil rights movement