Best Singaporean history movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch history films from Singapore, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed

    Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed 2004

    Marco Polo became a legend after his epic, 24 year trek across Asia. Was he the world's greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar? National Geographic's own legend, Michael Yamashita, used Polo's book as a guide to find the truth.

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  • Poster for 1965

    1965 2015

    A dramatic thriller that tells the engaging and touching stories of immigrants and natives during the time leading up to the independence of Singapore. The protagonists were a part of history in the making; they become the pioneer generation who live to see beyond the prejudice and fear of racial hatred and ultimately face the challenge of nation building - a mirror reflecting the fragility of racial harmony in our world today.

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  • Poster for The Army Series

    The Army Series 1983

    Everything seemed well for the much-respected officer who was getting married and was just promoted to the rank of lieutenant, before an accident at the training ground cost his life.

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  • The Awakening 1984

    It mainly covers the Chinese Singaporean experience in Singapore, from the first generation of Chinese immigrants, who arrived to a relatively undeveloped island, through the Japanese occupation periods, and to the Chinese Singaporeans at the present day (1984), who resides in a developed nation that is radically different from the land their ancestors arrived to.

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