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Plot Summary:
Topan and Raka are two friends. Topan has a lover named Chanisa who turns out to be suffering from lung cancer.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 90 min
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The Publicist (2017)
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Rey is a talented actor whose career is rapidly going down the drain as a result of various self-inflicted scandals ruining his reputations. Erika, being Rey's manager and best friend, alongside with Javier her entourage; desperately struggle to restore Rey's image. They seek help in Julia Tanjung, a high reputation image consultant who instantly refuses Rey's case. Erika's persistency leaves Julia no choice but to hesitantly undertake the challenge despite the pressuring opposition from her good friend Robert. Julia determines to fulfill her agreement with Erika and Rey while in the process struggles to deal with her own rematerializing trauma caused by Rey's uncooperative manners. Will Julia and Rey work out their differences? Or Will Robert succeeds in changing Julia's mind to terminating her contract with Rey and Erika?.
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Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 32 min
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Super Didi (2016)
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In two weeks absence of his wife, a young brilliant architect has to look after his two little girls as a clueless father. In the meantime he got a deadline of the most important project in his career.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 30
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: family comedy
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Quickie Express (2007)
Plot Summary:
A guy become a gigolo in pizza-deliveryman disguise.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy
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Verses of Love (2008)
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Ayat-Ayat Cinta is a beautifully portrayed Islamic love story – a tale of a virtuous Muslim protagonist who overcomes all obstacles of life maintaining pure ideals.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: psychological, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking
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Jakarta, City of Dreamers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Dom came to Jakarta with a hope of becoming an actor. His encounter with Pingkan and Radit brings him deep into the labyrinth of drug trafficking. Will he abandon his dream?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 100 min
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Blood & Orchids (1986)
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Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. Almost immediately everyone suspects they are to blame. When Hester's politically influential mother Doris finds out what really happened, she fearing a scandal, forces her daughter to blame the men who rescued her, of raping and beating her. It's up to detective Curt Maddox, to find out what really happened, and their Hawaiian lawyer to do the impossible. Convince a white court of law, that they are innocent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
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The Sinking of Van Der Wijck (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a young man leaves home to fulfill the wishes of his late father, he meets and falls in love with a woman from a very different background.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: social
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One Day We'll Talk About Today (2020)
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The life of a seemingly well-adjusted family goes through great upheaval when its three overprotected children rebel against their parents, an act that leads to the discovery of a long-kept secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, realistic, contemplative, sad
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De Stille Kracht (1974)
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Based on the novel by Louis Couperus, De Stille Kracht is set at the end of the nineteenth century and concerns the cultural gap between East and West, that is between the Netherlands and their colony on Java. The Dutch colonists, who nominally rule Java, realize that the island maintains its own natural order by way of a hidden force, goena goena, a term denoting magic as well as depths of eastern cultures that westerners cannot probe The original novel contemplated the Dutch people's inability to adapt to the culture and environment of their colony in what is now Indonesia. (Wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 240 min
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Max Havelaar (1976)
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An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is convinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse. Written by [email protected].
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 988
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia, Netherlands
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, epic, period drama
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R: King, Queen & Secrets (2018)
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A student grieving the loss of her parents joins an extracurricular club and becomes entangled in a romance with a classmate who has secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 98 min
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The Heaven None Missed 3 (2021)
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Meirose strives to create heaven in her family, with her husband and their two children. One day, Ray, a man from her past, returns and wants to build his lost paradise with Meirose and Akbar.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 120 min
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What We Lose to Love (2022)
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Satria has to face a harsh reality. His first love, Dara, even prepares a wedding with a new lover, namely Rendra. In fact, they have been dating for five years. However, the happy plan just stopped when Dara suddenly "disappeared". Dara can't touch anything around her and can't be seen by anyone, except Satria.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 34 min
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Heart (2006)
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Rachel is a tomboy girl whose childhood friend is Farel. Their friendship is tested when Farel falls in love with Luna, a feminine girl that makes Rachel wrecked by jealousy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Taksu (2014)
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Chihiro is depressed and obsessed with his own mortality. Him and his wife, Yuri (Yoko Mitsuya), decide to take a trip to Bali, Indonesia to see his pregnant sister, Kumi (Kiki Sugino). They hope the trip can bring about change.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, road movie, independent film
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Gie (2005)
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Gie is a 2005 Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza. The film tells the story of Soe Hok Gie, a graduate from University of Indonesia who is known as an activist and nature lover. The film is based on a diary Catatan Seorang Demonstran written by Soe himself. The plot of this film is an interpretation of the filmmakers, and scenes portraying Soe's private life may be partly fictionalised for dramatisation.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, political, cult film
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Something in the Way (2013)
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Ahmad, a porn obsessed taxi driver from Jakarta, falls for the beautiful young prostitute Kinar and struggles with sexual frustration and misguided piety.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, touching, serious, bleak, sincere, realistic, gloomy
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A Copy of My Mind (2015)
Plot Summary:
A female cheap salon worker and a pirated DVDs subtitle maker fall in love during the turbulent presidential election in Indonesia.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 975
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, tragic
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Preman Pensiun (2019)
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After three years, the business of Muslihat, who has retired as a thug, has a problem. Sales decline. Muslihat also faces new problems when Safira, her only daughter, grows up in adolescence and begins to be visited by boys. A bigger problem: frictions between his former subordinates.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, humorous, exciting, entertaining
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The Rainbow Troops (2008)
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In the 1970s, a group of 10 students struggles with poverty and develop hopes for the future in Gantong Village on the farming and tin mining island of Belitung off the east coast of Sumatra.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, gloomy, inspirational, cult film
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What's Up with Cinta? (2002)
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A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, teen, entertaining
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The Black Velvet Gown (1991)
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In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, period drama
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Going Home (1993)
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Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown up there as son of colonial official Hendrik, now missing. Their adventures intertwine with Johan's childhood memories, especially concerning his native best friend, Oeroeg, who joined the rebellion, as well as their nanny and later de facto stepmother. Conflicting loyalties become tangible in extreme situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Indonesia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, non-linear
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Virgin 2: Not a Porn Movie (2009)
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A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Under the Protection of Ka'Bah (2011)
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Growing up in West Sumatra in the 1920s, Hamid and Zainab comes from families from very different social classes. Hamid is poor, while Zainab is wealthy. Hamid receives a scholarship from Zainab’s father and Hamid’s mother works for Zainab’s family. Hamid and Zainab fall in love and dream of finding a way for society to accept their union, and also to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (2015)
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The poor outlying districts of Bangkok are a world where you grow up very quickly. After both their parents die, 11-year-old Oat, his little sister and his older brother Ek move in with their aunt. Ek works in a bar for male prostitutes and transvestites. His relationship with Jai, the son of rich parents, began when he was still at school. Their uneven love for one another is put to the test when the day of the annual conscription arrives; this is when a lottery decides who must do military service and who can stay at home. Young Oat steals money from the local mafia boss in order to buy their beloved brother and family breadwinner out of the army. His actions have dramatic and traumatic consequences. Told from the younger brother's point of view, the film takes a refreshingly unadorned and impartial look at an essentially loving environment where social conditions are governed by venality, corruption and false ideals.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Drama
Country: Thailand, USA, Indonesia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sentimental, sincere, melancholic, contemplative, queer cinema
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Bloodbrothers (1978)
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A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sincere, talky, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, clever, contemplative
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The Gathering (2003)
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A successful architect, Sakti (Tora Sudiro), is uncertain about his sexuality, but when he meets magnetic and gay Nino (Surya Saputra), he realizes he prefers men. When Meimei (Cut Mini Theo), one of Sakti's closest female friends, reveals she's attracted to Nino, it causes complications in their social circle. Weighing whether or not to come out of the closet, Nino is mindful of fragile Meimei, who's dealing with the breakup of her marriage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 899
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, sexy, offbeat, sexual, campy
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Miss Sloane (2016)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: political, suspense, clever, tense, intellectual, factual, suspenseful, entertaining, thought provoking, feel good
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The City Below (2010)
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A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja's husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Roland’s actions, Svenja now ceases to resist.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative