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My Magic (2008)
, 1h15Directed by Eric Khoo
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama
Francis, séparé de sa femme, décide de modifier son style de vie pour le bien de son fils. Pour cela, il renoue avec son précédent métier de magicien.
Directed by P. Ramlee
Origin Singapore
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors P. Ramlee, S. Shamsuddin, Datuk Aziz Sattar
The films follows Pak Belalang, a lazy man who loathes hard work. He has a young son named Belalang, who is smarter and more hardworking than his father. During his way home from work one day, Belalang encounters two thieves, Badan and Nyawa, who were just on their way back from stealing two cows. Using his wits, he scares them away and takes the cows back with him. He tells his father about it who panics and tells him to return the cows to their rightful owners. Belalang retorts that without knowing who they were, they couldn't do the right thing even if they wanted to. He then suggests that he would go to the mayor's house to seek out the rightful owners who would presumably go to report the loss of their cows to the mayor. Belalang could then tell them to come and see Pak Belalang who could pretend to be psychic and tell them the cows' whereabouts. Pak Belalang agrees and all goes as planned with a reward in place for both of them.
Old Cow Vs Tender Grass (2010)
, 1h35Origin Singapore
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Alaric Tay
At 49, Singaporean taxi driver Moo (Henry Thia) is still trying to find a lifelong companion. He encounters the young but eccentric Moon (Crystal Lin), who is always seen with her pet, Bubbles (the dog), and feeding stray animals, after taking her as a passenger, and takes a liking. Meanwhile his best friend and colleague, also a taxi driver (Jack Lim), is also trying to find love and finds success when he meets a dashing beer girl from China with the name of Xiao Hong (Siau Jia Hui).
The Three Bachelor Warriors (1959)
Directed by P. Ramlee
Origin Singapore
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Musical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Musical films
Actors S. Shamsuddin, Datuk Aziz Sattar, P. Ramlee
Ramli, Ajis and Sudin are a trio of bujang lapok (worn-out bachelors) waiting at a jetty for a boat to arrive and lead them across the river. The boat company is owned by a rich man named Ahmad Nisfu, who employs thugs to run the business and keep the passengers "in line". The thugs only allow certain people to take the boats early, while others have to wait a long time. An old man called Pendekar (meaning "master" or "warrior") Mustar wants to cross the river, but he is ill-treated by the thugs. When he continues to insist to be allowed to cross the river, he is dragged away to be beaten up, but he defeats all the thugs thereby scaring the rest into letting him ride the boat he wants. After bearing witness to the damage done by the pendekar, the trio decide to follow him and become his students. They proceed to create chaos at the jetty so that the thugs may get distracted and they then use the boats to sail their way to Kampung Pinang Sebatang.
Perth: The Geylang Massacre (2004)
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Lim Kay Tong
Sex.Violence.FamilyValues. (2013)
, 47minutesDirected by Ken Kwek
Origin Singapore
Actors Tan Kheng Hua, Ken Kwek
Billed as "three dirrrty stories from the world's cleanest city", Sex.Violence.FamilyValues is described by its makers as a film that "pitches political correctness out the window of Singapore mainstream cinema."
Siam Burma Death Railway (2014)
Origin Singapore
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
This documentary film opens with WWII war between the Allied forces, comprising America – Australia – Netherlands, under the leadership of Great Britain, fought against the Axis countries of Germany – Japan and Italy. On such super-power Japan, which had been waiting for a long time, expecting an opportunity to materialize its plan of Greater Asia. It's Japan’s dream plan to extend its reign via Singapore, Malaya, Thailand and Burma up to India. On 8th Dec 1941, Singapore fell at the hands of Japan, which had begun the war in the name of Asian independence. Immediately, Japan decided to carry out its plan of Greater Asia. As a first step, Japan planned to lay the Siam – Burma railway line connecting Siam(i.e., Thailand) and Myanmar.
Sing to the Dawn (2009)
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama, Musical, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Jajang C. Noer, Ria Irawan, Joko Anwar
Dana (Gita Gutawa) is a little girl who lives in a small village in Batam. She lives with sister little, Rai (Patton Latupeirissa), father its Somad (Uli Herdinansyah) and grandmother commonly called "Oma" (Jajang C. Noer).
Singapore Dreaming (2006)
, 1h45Origin Singapore
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Yeo Yann Yann
Poh Huat (Richard Low), the father of the Loh family, works as a lawyer's clerk. He is married to Siew Luan (Alice Lim), a housewife who likes to brew liang teh (herbal tea) for the family. Poh Huat has a habit of buying lottery tickets in hope of winning and enjoying a better life. He also keeps newspaper cuttings of car models and condominiums and stores them in a box in his room.
Tatsumi (2011)
, 1h36Directed by Eric Khoo
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama, Historical, Animation
Themes La bande dessinée, Seafaring films, Transport films
The film follows the career of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, as he begins to work as a comics artist in post-war occupied Japan, meets his idol Osamu Tezuka, and invents the gekiga genre of Japanese comics for adults. Interweaved with the biographical material are segments based on Tatsumi's short stories "Hell", "Beloved Monkey", "Just a Man", "Good-Bye" and "Occupied".
That Girl in Pinafore (2013)
, 1h55Directed by Chai Yee Wei
Origin Singapore
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
The story was set in the 1990s. Secondary school student, Jiaming (Daren Tan) was coping with both his O-level examinations and his parents' bar business, the Dream Boat. He and his mates Cao Gen (Seah Jiaqing), Hao Ban (Kenny Khoo) and Xiao Pang (Kelvin Mun) were studying. When a dare to get the numbers of two nearby girls, Jayley and Hayley Woo, went awry, the boys ran away. Jiaming bumped into the twins' friend, May (Julie Tan), while doing so, consequently dropping his Xinyao booklet.
The Best Bet (2004)
Origin Singapore
Genres Comedy
Actors Mark Lee, Christopher Lee, Margaret Lee, Cheryl Chin
The movie focuses on the three main characters — Tan Chun Huang (Mark Lee), an illegal bookie and "super gambler" who leaves the running of his family's bak kut teh stall to his younger sister, Hui Min (Joanne Peh); Lee Yong Shun (Christopher Lee), an ambitious but unlucky man who abhors gambling; and Richard (Richard Low), a white-collar executive who is indecisive and easily influenced, but does not listen to his wife's (Chen Liping) pleas not to gamble.
The Blue Mansion (2009)
, 1h40Directed by Glen Goei
Origin Singapore
Actors Tan Kheng Hua, Chacko Vadaketh, Patrick Teoh
The Blue Mansion is a quirky murder mystery about a wealthy Asian tycoon who dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances and returns as a ghost to try to uncover the secret of his death. Two eager detectives investigate the death, chasing all leads and suspects, including the dead man's three children. The ghost witnesses his own funeral wake, attended by jealous relatives and business competitors as well as the police investigation that unveils hidden family secrets.