Discover the best of Cambodian cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Cambodia. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Cambodia
The story of Cambodian cinema is one of the most poignant in all of film history, a tale of a lost golden age and a remarkable, ongoing revival. In the 1950s and 60s, the nation experienced a vibrant cinematic boom, producing hundreds of films and nurturing a star system. In a truly unique twist, its greatest champion and most prolific filmmaker was the country's own leader, King Norodom Sihanouk. This flourishing film culture, full of romance, comedy, and myth, was the pride of the nation. This creative world was brutally and systematically destroyed by the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Archives were burned, cinemas were demolished, and a generation of actors and directors tragically lost their lives. From these ashes, Cambodian cinema has been reborn, driven by an incredible spirit of resilience. The leading voice of this new era is the internationally acclaimed director Rithy Panh. His Oscar-nominated masterpiece The Missing Picture powerfully used clay figurines to bear witness to a past that had been physically erased, an act of breathtaking artistic courage. Today, a new generation of filmmakers is crafting popular local horror films and thoughtful dramas, rebuilding a national film culture brick by brick. What makes Cambodian cinema so profoundly moving is its role as a vessel for memory. It is a powerful testament to survival, healing, and the unbreakable spirit of storytelling.
Best Cambodian series
The Memories 2023
Phano is having the worst sort of day. Everything seems to be going wrong so he enters a nearby coffee shop to have a soothing drink to calm his nerves. There he meets Prince, whose cheery disposition and bright personality are an immediate and welcome distraction.
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Don't Mess With Senior 2024
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And That Is You 2021
Seavheng is a boy who is in love with Jennie, whom he has been trying to flirt with for several months. But what he doesn't know is that Jennie is madly in love with another boy, Vanna. When Seavheng finds about it, he will do everything to attack him but as they meet, he will get closer to him and start to appreciate him.
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Best Cambodian movies
A Prayer Before Dawn 2018
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.
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Flight Crew 2016
A story about bravery, self-sacrifice and human dignity put on trial by the merciless power of nature. A young pilot is fired from military air force after disobeying an absurd order. He gets a job as a co-pilot with a civil airline. Being brutally honest and direct, he is not on best terms with his new colleagues. During a flight to Asia his crew receives a distress message from a volcanic island and makes a decision to attempt a rescue mission. Will it be a success? Will they survive the disaster? They have a single chance to find that out: by being a team and sticking up for one another.
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Hex 2018
A couple's holiday romance is thrown into chaos as they are afflicted by a malicious force.
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The Missing Picture 2013
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
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Jailbreak 2017
What started as a simple escort mission will soon turn to chaos as the prisoners of Koh Kla take over the prison grounds. A special task force gets trapped in the prison will have to fight their way out for survival, to protect a key witness.
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Enemies of the People 2009
The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected his own family for years, Sambath's work comes at a price. But his is a personal mission. He lost his parents and his siblings in the Killing Fields. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia's tragedy.
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