Discover the best of Malaysian cinema, film, and television

Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Malaysia. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

The cinema of Malaysia

Malaysian screen culture is a vibrant reflection of the nation itself, a colourful world of timeless legends, modern trailblazers, and huge popular hits. At the heart of its history is a true legend: the incomparable P. Ramlee. A brilliant actor, director, and musician all in one, his timeless black-and-white comedies, musicals, and melodramas from the 1950s and 60s are cherished national treasures that still define the classic era of its cinema. In the new millennium, a different kind of voice emerged, most powerfully in the films of the beloved Yasmin Ahmad. Her beautiful and heartfelt stories of love crossing cultural divides captured the nation’s modern, multicultural soul and won acclaim across the world. Today, that creative spirit has exploded. The local box office is dominated by huge homegrown hits, especially terrifying horror films drawing on rich local folklore, and high-octane action epics. This energy also fuels a thriving television scene, from beloved family dramas to gritty new series made for a global streaming audience. What makes Malaysian storytelling so special is this wonderful mix. It is a cinema where Malay, Chinese, and Indian cultures meet on screen, where classic charm sits alongside modern thrills. It’s a cinema of community, flavour, and immense heart.

Best Malaysian series

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    Hero Seorang Cinderella 2017

    Hero Seorang Cinderella tells a story of a woman by the name of Nura Medina. Living with her cunning and malicious stepmother, Puan Sri Mawar, and her stepsister, Puteri, a vile and hateful yet gullible person, Medina has to endure endless verbal abuse and unjust treatment. Things took a turn in her life when she meets Tengku Ian, a charming, cheeky, and helpful young man, whose background and life is a mystery to her. Despite being someone who is careful with her emotions, Medina finds herself attracted to Tengku Ian without her fully realizing it.

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  • Poster for Black

    Black 2019

    This Black drama revolves around supernatural beings from another dimension, namely elves. This elf character with the name Black is starring Kamal Adli. Black enters the human realm by using the body of a deceased policeman (Detective Malik) to find his friend.

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  • Poster for Kelas Tahanan Cikgu Hiragi

    Kelas Tahanan Cikgu Hiragi 2024

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  • Poster for 7 Hari Mencintaiku

    7 Hari Mencintaiku 2016

    Khuzairi Samad is a humble, dearly respected, filial son, one who always put his loved ones happiness before him who is secretly in love with Mia Adriana an arrogant, insolent, disdain person who always thinks less of other people.

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  • Poster for Jendela Hati

    Jendela Hati 2024

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  • Poster for Club Mickey Mouse

    Club Mickey Mouse 2017

    Follows the journey of the new Mouseketeers as they create new music and choreography and build friendships. Is one of the first programs created entirely for social feeds. The new Mouseketeers are true digital-first creators, selected with talent, authenticity, and attainability in mind.

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Best Malaysian movies

  • Poster for Color Out of Space

    Color Out of Space 2020

    The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.

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  • Poster for BoBoiBoy: Elemental Heroes

    BoBoiBoy: Elemental Heroes 2019

    BoBoiBoy and his friends must protect his elemental powers from an ancient villain seeking to regain control and wreak cosmic havoc.

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  • Poster for Abang Long Fadil 2

    Abang Long Fadil 2 2017

    A story about Fadil who fall into mafia world led by Taji Samprit and his son Wak Doyok. An incident causes Inspector Wahab and Inspector Shuib to suspect Fadil as Tiger, a professional assassin. In the meantime Yana who is a reporter that has done coverage on Tiger's assassination was stuck in the crisis that Fadil are facing. Though he is not a murderer, to solve the crisis Fadil lead the life as professional assassin and attack King Kong which is Taji Samprit's partner in crime who turns to become his enemy. Actions and comedies happen in Fadil's life as professional assassin in his way to clean his name and in finding Tiger's true identity. Can Fadil face all the challenges in his life? Who is Tiger and what mystery lies behind all this while?

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  • Poster for Kimchi Untuk Awak

    Kimchi Untuk Awak 2017

    Based on the novel of the same name by Suri Ryana, the story is about Bella, a student who studies in a South Korean university. During her semester breaks, she decides to spend her free time in Malaysia. However, her calm and peaceful life turns upside down after she gets into an accident with a Malay-Korean guy named Danial Lee Jae Hwan. In the meantime, Bellas sister asks her to make kimchi as a welcome gift for her companys president. However, Bella soon finds out that the company president is Danial. Things get more out of hand when the families from both sides decide to unite both of them as a married couple.

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  • Poster for Polis Evo 2

    Polis Evo 2 2018

    A group of terrorists have taken over a village and are holding the villagers hostage. Special Forces from Malaysia and Indonesia are tasked with handling the incident but their mission fails. Now it is up to Inspector Sani and Inspector Khai to save the hostages and at the same time, take down the terrorist group.

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  • Poster for Paskal

    Paskal 2018

    The true events of Lieutenant Commander Arman Anwar of PASKAL, an elite unit in the Royal Malaysian Navy, and his team's mission to rescue the MV Bunga Laurel, a tanker which was hijacked by Somalian Pirates in 2011.

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