Best Malaysian Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Malaysian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting and serious. Plot: fight, blood, escapades, battles, violence, rivalry, friendship, couple relations, children and teenager. Genre: Drama, Action and Comedy. Country: Malaysia, USA and Indonesia.
Best Malaysian Movies
Best Malaysian Movies
TOP Movies: Anna and the King (1999), Edge of the World (2021), Color Out of Space (2019), Mulan II (2004), Ejen Ali: The Movie (2019), Paskal: The Movie (2018), One Two Jaga (2018), Malbatt: Misi Bakara (2023), Flower in the Pocket (2007), Chinese Eye (2004), Munafik 2 (2018), The Garden of Evening Mists (2019), Mukhsin (2006), Wheely (2018), Stealing Raden Saleh (2022), Gubra (2006), Vikingdom (2013), Reclaim (2014), Girlfriend Kontrak (2015), Realms (2017).

List of Best Movies

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Anna and the King (1999)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just ...
Style: romantic, epic, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: love story, royal family, culture clash, social differences, interracial relations, unlikely friendships, forbidden love, teacher, opposites attract, love and romance, palace, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s, ancient times, year 1999 ...
Place: southeast asia, asia, thailand, madagascar, burma
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Edge of the World (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Biopic about Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head-hunting - only to face charges of murder and piracy himself.
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: pirate, fighting the system, murder, piracy, jungle, battles, escapades, showdown, fighting crime, fight, fight for supremacy, monster ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1930s, 1840s
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Color Out of Space (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Malaysia, Portugal
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land ...
Style: suspense, lovecraft, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mutation, farm, cosmic horror, husband wife relationship, alien invasion, farmhouse, meteorite, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, infected, self mutilation, mind control ...
Time: future
Place: new england, arizona, massachusetts
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 5.6
 29K
Mulan II (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, colorful, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot: princess, female warrior, female protagonist, dragon, disney princess, rescue, friends, heroine, emperor, arranged marriage, friendship, wedding ...
Time: 5th century
Place: china, asia
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Ejen Ali: The Movie (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After being accidentally recruited, 12-year-old Ejen Ali is embracing his role as a MATA spy and the only master of IRIS now. But unknown to Ali, MATA is developing a new improved version of IRIS, the IRIS Neo. When IRIS Neo starts being used for ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, inspirational
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: secret agent, child spy, teenager, spy, adolescence, special agent, teenage life, espionage, spy mission, child protagonist, spy hero, teenage protagonist ...
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Paskal: The Movie (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The true events of Lieutenant Commander Arman Anwar of PASKAL, an elite unit in the Royal Malaysian Navy, and his team's mission to rescue the MV Bunga Laurel, a tanker which was hijacked by Somalian Pirates in 2011.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, inspirational, patriotic
Plot: military, soldier, mission, trap, pirate, assault, terrorist, piracy, military service, rescue mission, swat team, rescue ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s
Place: malaysia, indonesia, africa
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 6.5
 697
One Two Jaga (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the outskirts and back-alleys of Kuala Lumpur, several individuals with money problems struggle to get their lives straight, find their paths unexpectedly intersecting - with fatal results.
Style: exciting, serious, bleak, dramatic, rough ...
Plot: money, police corruption, police, money problems, police partner, police officer, handgun, corrupt cop, weapons, needing money
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Malbatt: Misi Bakara (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 131 min.
Story: In 1993, 19 soldiers from the Royal Malay Soldier Regiment (RAMD), the most senior regiment within the Malaysian army, are sent on a dangerous mission to save 70 US Rangers trapped in the Bakara Market in Somalia during the civil war.
Style: epic
Plot: gunfight, burial, commando, tank, american soldier, commander, trap, bombing, bazooka, car, camp, freedom ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
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Flower in the Pocket (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two boys, Li Ahh and Li Ohm, grow up motherless. Their father, Sui, is a workaholic who shuts himself out of the world. The boys' quest to reach out to their father leads them to adopt a puppy. But when the animal is sent away for being a ...
Style: independent film
Plot: coming of age, single father, bully, lost child, drawing, children, x ray, mannequin, pet dog, workaholic, muslim, puppy ...
Place: malaysia
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 7.3
 633
Chinese Eye (2004)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a street stall selling pirated VCDs. Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with a unique hobby – he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes ...
Plot: asian woman, schoolgirl, middle class, slum, bazaar, motorcycle accident, fast food restaurant, interracial romance, unplanned pregnancy, party, pop culture, cell phone ...
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 5.6
 2K
Munafik 2 (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ustaz Adam has to help a friend whose village is corrupted by a group of misguided religionists lead by a sinister sorcerer. To make matter worse, Adam himself is also being mysteriously haunted by evil apparitions that keeps disturbing him from ...
Style: suspense, bleak, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: exorcism, woman, ghost, supernatural power, mission, supernatural, hunting, peril, good versus evil, evil, revenge, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: malaysia
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The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, period drama
Plot: female protagonist, secret, life is a bitch, teacher student relationship, war crime, dream, war, post war, fight for supremacy, male female relationship, war criminal, gardening ...
Time: post world war two
Place: malaysia, southeast asia
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 7.3
 474
Mukhsin (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A twelve-year-old Malaysian boy’s friendship with a sharp-tongued, assertive little girl moves awkwardly and wistfully into first love in this gently comic prequel to Yasmin Ahmad’s "Sepet" and "Gubra".
Style: captivating, semi serious, entertaining, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: first love, friend, teenage love, adolescence, teen romance, teenage life, friendship, teenager in love, relationships, romantic relationship, teenager, friends ...
Place: malaysia
Is relevant ?
 4.0
 700
Wheely (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In an imaginary world where vehicles are the citizens, one underdog cabbie attempts to become king of the road in his hometown, Gasket City. He soon discovers that staying true to oneself is a greater pursuit than personal glory. When threatened by ...
Style: light, captivating, sweet, colorful, inspirational ...
Audience: toddlers, kids, family outing
Plot: anthropomorphism, racecar driver, car, auto racing, friends, abduction, friendship, anthropomorphic vehicle, taxi, fast car, sports car, fighting crime ...
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Stealing Raden Saleh (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 154 min.
Story: To save his father, a master forger sets out to steal an invaluable painting with the help of a motley crew of specialists.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense, indonesian
Audience: teen drama
Plot: caper, heist, robbery, fight, painting, criminal, burglar, mission, parkour, thief, escapades, forgery ...
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 231
Gubra (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seven years after Jason, Orked is now married to a much older guy, Arif. Everything seems ideal in their marriage at first glance. One fateful morning, Orked is awakened by a distressing phone call from Mak Inom with news that Pak Atan has become ...
Plot: rural setting, social commentary, hiv, dark humor, flashback, little boy, infidelity, loan shark, promise, hospital, dentist, servant ...
Place: southeast asia
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 3.3
 4K
Vikingdom (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Malaysia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A warrior fleeing the violence of his past must take up the sword and risk everything to face a god of incalculable power.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, epic
Plot: viking, conquering, medieval, imaginary kingdom, supernatural, good versus evil, imaginary, legends and myths, supernatural ability, knight, norse mythology, nordic ...
Is relevant ?
 5.2
 7K
Reclaim (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Malaysia, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: couples, missing child, adoption, uncover truth, investigation, kidnapping, daughter, cons and scams, chases and races, dishonesty, couple relations, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: puerto rico
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Girlfriend Kontrak (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Girlfriend Kontrak tells a story of kampung girl, Alisa (Nur Risteena) and her mission to save fireflies and their habitat from being demolished to make way for an architectural project. In her mission to save the fireflies, she decides to leave ...
Style: romantic, captivating
Plot: village, millionaire, class differences, businessman, business, salvation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, romantic relationship, relationships, couple relations, male female relationship ...
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 3.6
 1K
Realms (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Supernatural/Horror set against the backdrop of Bangkok, Thailand. After a high-speed police chase leads to an unexpected crash, two Americans bank robbers and their three local hostages take shelter in a mysterious manor in the woods. As the ...
Style: bleak, tense, scary, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: robbery, child, haunted house, couple relations, darkness, supernatural power, woman, supernatural, organized crime, evil, reincarnation, car chase ...
Place: bangkok thailand, thailand
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Clash of Empires: The Battle for Asia (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Based loosely on the 16th century historical document entitled ‘The Malay Annals’, ’The Chronicles of Merong Mahawangsa’ is an action-packed epic feature film, with mythical characters, magical moments and dazzling visual-effects sequences. ...
Style: epic, exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient history, roman empire, heroes, martial arts, battles, state affairs, destiny, heroic mission, wizards and magicians, tough heroes, master warrior, head of state ...
Place: asia, malaysia, arabia, china
Is relevant ?
 4.1
 736
Ribbit (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Malaysia, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A frog who hates the water and jumping wishes that he could be like the other animals in the Amazon rainforest.
Style: humorous, feel good, sincere, captivating, mockbuster ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, obsessive quest, self discovery, imaginary, misfit, animal life, escapades, jungle, youth, rivalry, insect, animal ...
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 847
Qodrat (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A former clergyman finds himself back in his old boarding school where the disturbances experienced by its community might help him regain his faith and tie up loose ends in regards to his son's death by a deadly spirit.
Style: captivating, tense, mystical, dark
Plot: boarding school, village, islam, terror, supernatural, ghost, haunting, paranormal, mysticism, paranormal activity, problem, paranormal phenomena ...
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 8.1
 24
Crayon (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Adam and Rafaat are room-mates studying in a prestigious University in Singapore. Adam an Asean scholar is a Chinese Malaysian over achiever and Rafaat is a Malay Singaporean who's an IT genius. On the surface you see them being on opposites ...
Plot: fire, friendship, concert, volunteer, land developer, tragedy, acceptance, charity, orphanage, worker, tolerance, hopes ...
Is relevant ?
 4.7
 3K
Eden (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, exciting
Plot: struggle for survival, survival, island, stranded, fight, desperation, starvation, mercy killing, hostility, soccer, trapped, team ...
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 118
Gol & Gincu (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Putri is determined to win back her sports-mad ex-boyfriend, Eddy by turning into a futsal heroine herself. Facing prejudice and ridicule, and discovering, through her motley futsal team, the many difficulties faced by women in sports, Putri ...
Plot: cheerleader, gymnasium, college student, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, college, girl, cat, makeover, tournament, tomboy, youth, dream ...
Place: malaysia
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Claypot Curry Killers (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Mrs. Chew and her three daughters run a small but flourishing restaurant. Most of the customers come for the house specialty: Homemade Curry - cooked from an old family recipe. Nobody suspects that the special ingredient that turns Mrs Chew's ...
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, scary, bleak
Plot: cannibal, restaurant, psychopath, murder, escapades, characters killed one by one, chase, revenge, serial murder, violence, cannibalism, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: malaysia
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War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia, Japan, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Fifteen years have passed since the Martians’ first failed invasion of Earth. The year is 1914, and at the eve of World War I, Mars launches a sudden and more devastating second attack. A small defense force, A.R.E.S., is Earth’s only hope. The ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: evil alien, battles, human versus alien, save the world, man versus machine, survival, good versus evil, chaos and mayhem, danger, space and aliens, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, year 1914
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 5.2
 84
Walid (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Story about a kind teacher who voluntarily teaches the underprivileged children in a quaint village. All hell break loose when one of his student were kidnapped by gangsters from a human trafficking syndicate.
Plot: car, motorcycle, student, children, gangster, betrayal, village, teacher, kidnapping, rage, machete, religious ...
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Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Indonesia, France, Malaysia, Thailand
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After encountering a group of bandits with plans to rape and steal from her, a young widow ventures into the wilderness in search of justice.
Style: suspenseful, art house, scenic, uplifting, anthology ...
Plot: female protagonist, remote village, feminist, travel, trip, murder, redemption, poverty, widow, childbirth, criminal gang, chase ...
Time: year 2017
Place: indonesia
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