Connection
Films from the country "sri Lanka", sorted by rating
Add to a movie list
Village in the Jungle (1980)
Directed by Lester James Peries
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Joe Abeywickrama, Vijaya Kumaranatunga, Tony Ranasinghe, Henry Jayasena
The lives of a poor family in a small village called Beddagama (literally, "The village in the jungle") as they struggle to survive the challenges presented by poverty, disease, superstition, the unsympathetic colonial system, and the jungle itself. The head of the family is a hunter named Silindu, who has two daughters named Punchi Menika and Hinnihami. After being manipulated by the village authorities and a debt collector, Silindu is put on trial for murder
Demons in Paradise (2018)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events
En 1983, Jude Ratnam, âgé de 5 ans, quitte Colombo avec sa famille pour échapper aux massacres commis à l'encontre des Tamouls par une partie de la population cinghalaise. Revenu plus de trente ans plus tard, il part à la recherche des témoignages de la guerre civile, qui, d'une lutte de libération nationale, s'est transformée en conflit fratricide entre groupes armés. Des civils et des guerrilleros témoignent de la cruauté des affrontements.
Awaragira (1990)
Directed by Lester James Peries
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Joe Abeywickrama, Kamal Addararachchi, Vasanthi Chathurani, Lucky Dias, Swarna Mallawarachchi, Tony Ranasinghe
Abá (2008)
Directed by Jackson Anthony
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Ravindra Randeniya
Anantha Rathriya (1996)
, 1h15Directed by Prasanna Vithanage
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Swarna Mallawarachchi, Ravindra Randeniya, Yashoda Wimaladharma, Tony Ranasinghe
Suwisal (Ravindra Randeniya) arrives at what seems to be an old family house in the middle of the night. The housekeeper explains that the rebels have asked everyone in the village to keep the lights off, and that for all, times have been bad. Suwisal recalls brief memories of the piano and a young girl shyly peering out behind the drapes at him and his aunts.
Changes in the Village (1965)
, 1h45Directed by Lester James Peries
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Henry Jayasena, Gamini Fonseka
Piyal (Henry Jayasena) is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda (Punya Heendeniya), a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because Piyal is of a lower class. Nanda's parents instead push her into a marriage with Jinadasa (Gamini Fonseka), who is of the same class as them. With economic downturn in Sri Lanka, both families lose their status and Jinadasa leaves to try to make a better life for himself; he never achieves his goal and dies penniless. Piyal and Nanda can now finally come together. They have changed however, and the earlier idylic nature of their relationship is not recaptured.
Aadara Hasuna (1986)
Directed by H. D. Premaratne
Origin Sri Lanka
Actors Joe Abeywickrama, Vasanthi Chathurani, Ravindra Randeniya
The Wind Birds (2003)
, 2h5Directed by Enokaa Sathyangani Keerthinanda
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Damitha Abeyratne
Between Two Worlds (1966)
, 1h43Directed by Lester James Peries
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Tony Ranasinghe, Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe
At the onset of the film, Nissanka (Tony Ranasinghe) is engaged to marry Shiranee (Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya), a woman of the same social class.
The City (1993)
, 1h45Directed by H. D. Premaratne
Origin Sri Lanka
Actors Anoja Weerasinghe, Ravindra Randeniya, Cyril Wickramage
Bande (Cyril Wickramage) and wife Siriya (Anoja Weerasinghe) live in a village north of Colombo. They are tenant farmers, reliant on the stability of their landlord. Concurrent with the tenant farming and small businesses in the village, the hunter (Daya Tennekoon), Bande and Siriya's neighbor, grows cannabis in the nearby forest.
challenges (2011)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sheshadre Priyasad, Pubudu Chathuranga, Roshan Ranawana, Lucky Dias, Vasanthi Chathurani, Sangeetha Weeraratne
Hiripoda Wassa (2006)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anarkali Aakarsha, Roshan Ranawana
"The story revolves round three teenagers - Prageeth, a younger, darker version of Hugh Grant, the son of a business tycoon (Vijaya Corea), whose fiance is Veena (Anarkali Akarsha); Sithum, the son of a Postman (Jayalath Manoratne) is in love with Pooja, (Chathurika Peiris) while Ramith who says he comes from the middle class, and is seduced by his biology teacher who as luck would have it lives in an apartment directly opposite his block of flats, nevertheless, voices every teenagers views of life when he says all he wants to do is to take things easy." (Shape eke jeevath venava).
This Is My Moon (2000)
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres War
Actors Dilhani Ekanayake, Hemasiri Liyanage
A Sinhalese soldier (Saumya Liyanage) fighting against rebels struggling for Tamil independence is left behind by his company one night. While hiding in a bunker, he's discovered by a Tamil woman (Dilhani Ekanayake), with whom he experiences a violent sexual encounter. She proceeds to follow the soldier after he comes to the realization that his company isn't coming back, and he decides to leave the fighting behind and return home.
Pilot Premnath (1978)
Directed by A. C. Tirulokachandar
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Thengai Srinivasan, Sundarrajan, Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar, Sridevi
Pilot Premnath (Sivaji Ganesan) has three children — two sons (Vijayakumar and JaiGanesh) and a blind daughter (Sridevi). He is closely attached to his children, especially his daughter. His wife (Malini) dies in an accident.
Flying Fish (2011)
, 1h59Directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Gayesha Perera
The film weaves together three narratives set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War.