The best of the best Indonesian movies
6.5There are some best Indonesian movies that I recommend to watch (curated), the rates are above 6.5 with many genres such as action, drama, comedy, adventure, etc. and directed by many talented Indonesian favorite directors of all time. Tbh this list is my personal list but I reveal the list to public. At least you have to watch them once before you die. Go and watch them legally and support our movies.
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- DirectorGina S. NoerStarsAdhisty ZaraAngga YunandaCut Mini TheoA young couple violated the boundary without knowing the consequences. They try to take responsibility for their choices and their innocence is tested when the families who really loved them knew, then forced into their chosen journey.
- DirectorErnest PrakasaStarsJessica MilaReza RahadianYasmin NapperBeing born fat and has dark skins, it feels like a curse for Rara, especially when she worked at the office that has surrounded by pretty girls. Her boss wants her to lose her weight, but there is a man who loves the way she were.
- DirectorJoko AnwarStarsNicholas SaputraMariana RenataRachel Maryam SayidinaA film delivery man promises a beautiful young woman to deliver a film reel on time to a movie theater. But the the whole city seems to conspire against him.
- DirectorAdriyanto DewoStarsJimmy KobogauDewi IrawanYayu A.W. UnruHans was a young man from Serui, Papua, who has a dream to become a professional football player. But things turn out don't come his way, and when Hans had almost lost hope, he met Mak, a restaurant owners.
- DirectorAngga Dwimas SasongkoStarsChicco JerikhoAbdurrahman ArifJajang C. NoerFive years of conflict, thousands of casualties, a boys' football team unites them
- DirectorAngga Dwimas SasongkoStarsJulie EstelleTio PakusadewoRio DewantoA girl named Larasati (Julie Estelle), trying to fulfill her deceased mother's last wish to deliver a box filled with letters from her past to an old guy lived in Prague. A story about forgiveness, tying loose end and bond.
- DirectorIsmail BasbethStarsDeddy SutomoOka AntaraHaydar SalishzWith special agreement with his sister, not so close son agree to accompanied his strictly religious father journey to find "Hilal".
- DirectorMouly SuryaStarsLadya CherylDonny AlamsyahKinaryosihAlisha (Ladya Cheryl) never feel comfortable staying in her cool and spacious home until one day she meets Bari (Donny Alamsyah) who introduces her the meaning of love.
- DirectorRiri RizaStarsCut Mini TheoZulfannyIkranagaraIn 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.
- DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisAnanda GeorgeRay SahetapyA S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
- DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisYayan RuhianArifin PutraOnly a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
- DirectorMouly SuryaStarsMarsha TimothyEgy FedlyTumpal TampubolonMarlina lives quietly in Sumba until one day a man named Markus and his gang try to rob her house and she kills him. Eventually, she is haunted by Markus, and her life turns in 180 degrees.
- DirectorRiri RizaStarsNicholas SaputraDian SastrowardoyoTiti Kamal14 years after their budding romance in high school, Rangga and Cinta reunite in Yogyakarta to have their closure after Rangga had left Cinta with no explanation years prior.
- DirectorWicaksono Wisnu LegowoStarsUbaidillahSlamet AmbariYono DaryonoThe residents of Kampung Tirang live in dilapidated shacks just to earn for their next meal. The hardworking and reliable Turah has been appointed by the cooperative leader to tend to complaints or settle conflicts that arise in the village. Peace in the settlement is disrupted when the alcoholic Jadag starts questioning the governance of the village. His accusations towards the leaders soon land both Turah and the whole village into further trouble.
- DirectorHanung BramantyoIqbal RaisStarsFedi NurilRianti CartwrightCarissa PutriA man who try to get through a complicated relationship in the Islamic way.
- DirectorRiri RizaStarsSherina MunafDerby RomeroDidi PetetAdventure of a little girl who just moved to a new town and meet a new friends.
- DirectorTimo TjahjantoStarsJoe TaslimIko UwaisJulie EstelleIto, a gangland enforcer, is caught amidst a treacherous and violent insurrection within his Triad crime family upon his return home from a stint abroad.
- DirectorYandy LaurensStarsNirina ZubirRinggo Agus RahmanAdhisty ZaraAfter bankruptcy, Abah loses his house and all of his treasures. He also loses his court case, so his family is threatened with living in poverty forever. Abah and his family must get to their new life.
- DirectorErnest PrakasaStarsErnest PrakasaKin Wah ChewGisella AnastasiaJust when everything is going well for Erwin, his father falls sick and asks him to drop everything and help out at the family store, disappointing his irresponsible older brother Yohan.
- DirectorAryanto YuniawanStarsReza RahadianKeagan KangMarlon Dance-HooiMusa, a thirteen-year-old shoe shiner, with Yumna, undergoes destiny through their adventure of waging war during the war time. Will they manage to bring peace among the troops keeping on fighting for nothing?
- DirectorRiri RizaStarsNicholas SaputraJonathan MuliaThomas NawilisSoe Hok Gie is an activist who lived in the sixties. Set in the darkest era of Indonesian modern history, "Gie" is an interpretation of what happened based on his journal.
- DirectorAngga Dwimas SasongkoStarsRio DewantoSheila Dara AishaRachel AmandaThree siblings live in happy-looking families, but one of them changes and gets warned by his parents, prompting the rebellion of the three siblings which led to the discovery of the secrets and great trauma in their families.
- DirectorFaozan RizalStarsReza RahadianBunga Citra LestariTio PakusadewoThis movie is based on the memoir written by the 3rd President of Indonesia and one of the world-famous engineer, B.J. Habibie about his wife, Hasri Ainun Habibie.
- DirectorRudy SoedjarwoStarsDian SastrowardoyoNicholas SaputraLadya CherylA popular girl has to choose whether she wants to stay as a part of her clique or fall for the brooding literature-loving boy in her school.
- DirectorB.W. Purba NegaraStarsPonco SutiyemRukman RosadiLedjar SubrotoMbah Sri (95 years old) is looking for the grave of her husband, who has been missing for decades, with one simple aim: she wants to rest in peace beside her husband's grave.
- DirectorThoersi ArgeswaraRavi L. BharwaniStarsRaihaanunLukman SardiArio BayuFollowing a horrible experience, May has isolated herself and stopped talking. Her father blames himself and tries to live by May's conditions year after year. But one day a hole appears in the wall and through it May discovers a magician.
- DirectorYosep Anggi NoenStarsGunawan MaryantoMarissa AnitaEduward ManaluWiji Thukul, a well-known poet, is designed as a suspect activist. With the police looking for him, Wiji is forced to leave Solo for Borneo, thousands of kilometers away.
- DirectorEdwinStarsDian SastrowardoyoNicholas SaputraHannah Al RashidAn epidemiologist tried to satisfy her obsession with food when she was assigned to investigate a bird flu case.
- DirectorEddie CahyonoStarsSekar SariBintang Timur WidodoTiti DibyoSiti has to find ways and means to care for her son and her husband. By day, she sells snacks; by night, she works as a karaoke guide. Tainted by her nighttime employment, Siti finds her husband no longer wishes to speak to her.
- DirectorPidi BaiqFajar BustomiStarsIqbaal Dhiafakhri RamadhanVanesha PrescillaSissy PriscilliaMilea (Vanesha Prescilla) met with Dilan (Iqbaal Ramadhan) at a high school in Bandung in 1990. An unusual introduction brings Milea to know the uniqueness of Dilan who is smart, kind, and romantic in her eyes.
- DirectorRizal MantovaniStarsHerjunot AliRaline ShahFedi NurilFive best friends try to find out what true friendship is by climbing Mount Semeru, the highest peak in Java.
- DirectorGarin NugrohoStarsSarah AzhariDeni ChristantraChristine HakimThe Indonesian society is seen through a middle-aged lady's eyes in her daily encounters with the street children who work and live off the harsh and sleazy world of adults.
- DirectorUsmar IsmailStarsA.N. AlcaffAstamanAwaludinA hero of revolution returns to civilian life to find the new society very different from the ideals he fought for.
- DirectorBony WirasmonoStarsMuzakki RamdhanAysha Razaana Ocean FajarFenita ArieNussa's life changed when he met a new friend who was much more liked by his friends than himself.
- DirectorEdwinStarsMarthino LioLadya CherylReza RahadianIn a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerStarsAdi RukunM.Y. BasrunVolker HanischA family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
- DirectorKamila AndiniStarsArawinda KiranaAsmara AbigailSekar SariIn her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
- DirectorWregas BhanutejaStarsShenina CinnamonDea PanendraGiulio ParengkuanAfter losing her scholarship when photos of her at a party surface online, a student pairs with a photocopy worker to piece together what happened.
- DirectorGina S. NoerStarsAngga YunandaPutri MarinoSlamet RahardjoRaja and Asia have the same responsibility, taking care of their two single parents respectively. If Raja wants to live independently like his two sisters.