Best Malaysian romance movies

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.

A girl decides to break up with her long-time boyfriend when she realises her boyfriend is having an affair. Then she meets another guy but was heartbroken when she found out that he is married. Meanwhile, widower to her late sister proposes to her. Will she accept or persists to find her true love?

Aleeya Azmeen willingly went to London with her boyfriend five years ago only to get dumped by him in the end. Things became worse when she was thrown out of London's college. Left with nothing, she had no choice but to return to Malaysia. But how will she explain what has happened to her family and friends? A fated meeting at Heaththrow airport with Zariel Daniel, who is willing to become Aleeya's fake husband for a week, leads to many dramatic and hilarious situations.

In the 1940s, Malays were world-renowned for their seafaring skills. Being of Bugis descent, they navigated the sea with natural ease and were often the favored seamen for international shipping lines. Othman, a fisherman from a small village in Malacca, leaves his family behind to sail the world, with hopes to return home one day with worldly riches and deserved pride. After decades at sea, however, his low wages as a deckhand leaves him disillusioned. He contemplates returning home to his family but ended up settling down in Liverpool, England. 60 years later, his grandson, Ahmad, journeys halfway across the world in search of his grandfather.

Laila is a happy go-lucky tomboy and works at a VCD shop, owned by Azam. Secretly, both Azam and Laila are in love with each other but both are loathe to be the first to say it. One day, Laila meets Johan, a dashing gentleman who has just had a fight with his very eccentric girlfriend, Mira. Johan happens to see Laila dolled up like a princess. Laila is doing a favour for Kak Bell, and models in her spare time. She is taken aback by this unsolicited attention from this man, and lies about who she really was. Hence, Isabella is born. Then, begins the adventure of Laila Isabella.

Centered on Aleesya (Yana Samsudin), Sofea (Raja Farah) and Hani (Diana Amir) , three close friends with different backgrounds. They also have different views about Islam, based on the way they were raised by their parents. Aleesya have a basic religious education - can study and know the prayers, Sofea is liberal and Hani is the antichrist. One day Aleesya meet her religious and handsome cousin, Firdaus..

Izzah a simple kampong teacher is sold to a brothel by her uncle on the pretext that they need money for her Aunt's surgery. Her first customer is Rich playboy Hariz whom she begs to marry her and take her out of the rat hole. He marries her, brings her home, the only good deed he has done in a long time. Unknowingly he falls in love with her, and wants to break his engagement to childhood family friend Mila, but due to family pressure has to marry Mila. Thus begins the triangle of a saga which entangles three lives into a myriad of emotions.

Adam and Maya are now married and live happily, but tested when Adam's video was karaoke with an actor, Anita became viral. Maya became popular after her karaoke Smule video became a netizen concern.

This musical tells the story of a girl named Nurul Aiman who possesses a chubby body, less-than-desirable physical features and a naive but kind heart. Despite her looks, she is as much a lady as other girls her age. Her best friends are Lana dan Azadan, whom she has known since childhood and she lives in a backwater village with her mother Lia, her father Hairil and her grandmother Nenda Zaimah. In school, Aiman is friends with a guy named Johari, who is good-looking and smart, and who also secretly harbours feelings for Aiman. At the same time, Lana and the most popular girl in school, Rita, fancy Johari.

A reporter, Saleh finds himself stuck in a kampong after his tyre of his MG was punctured by a strange keris, (with the bone of a hand attached). Within his short stay in the pekan kecil, he finds out that when there is a full moon, each virgin man will disappear from the village.. He meets the beautiful and mysterious Cik Putih, sister to the mechanic Jongkiding, and immediately feel smitten. At the same time, rumours abound quietly in the village of a vampire who is on the hunt for men and their blood. People start disappearing again starting from Cik Rogayah. Who has been kidnapping them? What is the secret of the village that Saleh still doesn't know about?

Bored by his mother's insistence on him getting married, Hairi finally agrees on the condition that he could choose his own soul mate. Does the choice of Hairi matches his mother's taste?

19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a street stall selling pirated VCDs. Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with a unique hobby – he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes on a sudden change one day when a 16-year old Malay schoolgirl arrives at his stall in search of Wong Kar-Wai films.

"Great Day" tells the story of two uncles who live in an old folks home. Aggravated by an argument and with the help of Ah Hock and Ultraman, the two men decide to escape from the home and find their children, just to show off whose children are better. The fun catches on with odd circumstances one after another, but in the end of the day it's going to be a big reunion at the old folk's home. This movie open before the Chinese New Year and patrons have difficulty getting tickets to the movie. This movie can be said to be Part 2 of WOO HOO TIGER, both of which comprise of the same cast. Both movie do not relate to each other of course…A must see for everyone.

Three friends want to become warriors. Ramli, Aziz, and Sudin seek to learn Silat from an expert, Pendekar Mustar. Mustar's daughter, Ros, the village teacher, initially thinks they are crooks but soon realizes she is wrong and even falls for Ramli. The second installment of the 'Bujang Lapok' series. This film chronicles the misadventures of the three bachelors as they learn self-defense. Along the way, they discover their shared attraction to their teacher's daughter and their illiteracy.

After taking over Hotel Arjuna, Danny is getting busy making Tiara lonely. Tiara gets annoyed when her grandmother tried to control her movements because her grandmother is worried that Tiara would get miscarriage for the second time. Feeling dissapointed, Tiara ran away from the village. While Kak Sue is busy taking orders but could not afford to complete it during the promised period. Meanwhile, Pali got mentally ill after his parents passed away.

Langit Cinta tells the story of a forbidden love between Aliff, from a well off family, who left behind his families legacy to pursue his love and relationship with a village girl named Khadeja. They pursued their love and eventually ended up in marriage. Aliff’s family had disapprove of his marriage to Khadeja and manage to find a deceitful way to cut relations between the two. Without Aliff by her side, Khadeja had to remain vigilant and move along with her life going through difficult times as a widow. At the point where she had almost lost hope for Aliff to return, Budiman enters her life to be her savior and broken heart with a new sense of hope for happiness. Will she open her heart to accept Budiman’s love or she remains loyal to Aliff?

Karthik is a happy go lucky guy until he meets the beautiful Divya. They hit it off right away and Karthik thinks he finally found the girl of his dream until he realizes she is the biggest problem he ever face.

Luna (Maya Karin) is a popular reality TV host for a show called "Meletups" who runs away after finding out that her boyfriend is cheating on her. Feeling heartbroken, Luna and her assistant Tom set off to a rural village in Kedah where she meets Atan (Remy Ishak), a handsome and kind villager. During her stay in the village, Luna starts to fall in love with the serene and peaceful lifestyle as well as gaining the approval of Atan's family. However, a complication that happened in the city forces Luna to choose between the village life or return to her fabulous lifestyle back in the city.

The sleepy, religious and passionless town of Kampong Bras Basah has suddenly been awoken with the arrival of a lingerie shop called La Luna! But while the villagers slowly begin to welcome the shop owner with open arms, the iron-fisted religious leader of the kampung is hell-bent on driving the shop out of town at all costs!

Thenavan, a pensive man who constantly rejecting women of his mother’s choice including Sheila. Sheila, sweet dark skinned girl who’s often rejected by guys from matrimony falls in love with Thenavan on first meeting over his comforting gestures. The reason behind Thenavan’s rejections slowly unveiled upon his sighting of Kalyani, his school time love. Kalyani’s arrival back to home country is welcomed with a disaster of her handbag being stolen. Thenavan assists throughout her difficulties and requests an hour of conversation as a return favour. The one hour conversation end up as big turning point for Thenavan, Kalyani and Sheila with the presence of former lover of Kalyani, Sathya.

"2 Kalimah" tells the story of a couple, Aiman and a Malay-English girl Selena, who decide to return to their hometown. The couple have a secret of their own: Aiman is actually still in love with Humaira, thus he does not want want to wed Selena, but due to her pregnancy, is forced to lie to their relatives and friends that they are married.

In the late 15th century, a forbidden romance blossoms between Gusti Putri, a Javanese Hindu princess and Hang Tuah, a Malay Muslim warrior from Melaka, against a backdrop of war and mysticism.

Pierre Andre's romance drama tells the story of Mia, a girl who loses her fiancee Ilhan in a car accident. To cope with her loss, Mia writes a song especially for him, but when she becomes involved in a car accident, Mia falls into coma for two weeks, only to wake to a memory loss in regards to the song for Ilhan. Try as she might, Mia is unable to remember the song that she wrote for Ilhan, and decides to return to the scene of her accident in hopes of recovering her memories. There, she encounters Izlan, a street musician who happens to be playing Ilhan's favourite song. Through that fateful meeting, the two fall in love. But will it ever be for Izlan and Mia when she cannot seem to forget her first love Ilhan?

A newly married couple’s life is shaken by the arrival of a vengeful Pontianak, forcing them down a dark path of betrayal, witchcraft and murder.

A man born on the leap day of February 29 ages only one year in every four years. Because of this unique trait, he has lived through many historical periods of Malaysia; from the colonial years to the Japanese invasion and Independence. Though some may consider it a gift, the man's long life can also be a curse as he has to face the reality of seeing the ones he loves die.

Mia is a girl who is so obses with hip hop dance. But it is quite impossible for him to realize his dream. But all that changed when Remi presence in his life. Remi is a dancer who is quite talented and charming succeeding Mia attention. They both accompanied with Dafi and Robby who also Mahu realize their dreams along with accompanying dance game across the country.

Three individuals in the city learn the meaning of love, loss and loneliness in this romantic drama. Adam, a successful young chef, expends his energy in creating confectionery masterpieces for weddings, yet has still to find his own bride. Then there is Sufi, who each day runs for miles in an attempt to outrun the memories of his dead wife. Finally, there is Imaan, a young playwright who discovers that theatre is a stage of where her past is finally resolved and her future is unveiled. All three strangers are inevitably linked to a single dramatic moment that transforms their lives forever.

Hamka is a graduate from University Al-Azhar who is engaged to the daughter of his teacher, Saidatul Nafisah, before migrating to Yemen to further his studies. However, in actuality, Hamka just wants to finish writing the whole al-Quran by hand in order to present it as his future wedding gift. Not long after Hamka left for Yemen, a political conflict and a war between Yemen rulers break out, and soon, his family receives reports that Hamka is dead. Despite that, her fiancee, Nafisah continues to wait patiently for Hamka's return, while Attar, a man who longs harboured feelings for Nafisah, begins to approach her. This is the story of one woman's dedication and love to her man that withstands all obstacles.

Zainal, a man feeling pressured and dissatisfied with his current marital life, thinks back to his past when he was a mischievous student who fell in love with Azura, a girl like him whom he betrayed.

The movie is a love story between Adil and Vera who didn't have a good impression towards each other initially, until they are forced to work together on college project, and start to get really close to each other. It turns out that Adil is trying to get back up after being dumped by his girlfriend Mel, so Vera suggests that he joins a busking competition to win back Mel's heart. But as they spend more and more time together, Vera starts to develop feelings for Adil.

Dian (Lisa Surihani), a sweet and naïve blogger, travels to Istanbul in hopes of convincing her medical student boyfriend Azad (Tomok) to propose to her. She rents out an apartment, not knowing that it is already leased to quirky and shy artist Harris (Beto Kusyairy). Despite the unwanted roomate, Dian tries to make the most out of her sticky situation and conceal it from Azad. But when Azad eventually finds out and leaves her, Dian has to decide whether she should run and fight for Azad or stay and discover if Harris is the one who is meant for her.

Adapted loosely from Romeo and Juliet, Pekak is a story about a deaf drug pusher Uda whose dream is to get a cochlear implant so that he can finally hear again. When Uda meets and falls in love with Dara, an innocent school girl, he is even more determined to leave the life he's always known for a future with Dara. But will he be able to break free from the vicious ties that bind him or will he be stuck forever in the same bleak existence?

Botak, the son of a coffee shop owner, is secretly in love with tomboy Fighting Fish, who has grown up with him since she and her mother came to live with them a decade or so ago. Angry at her mother for deserting her no-good father when she was still young, Fighting Fish sets out one day to find him, with Botak in tow.

Haji Zaini and Dato' Osman, two family friends, have promised an arranged marriage between their two children, Fazira and Yusry, when they were still very little. Twenty years later, Yusry returns home from England as a handsome and educated young man. After not seeing each other for seven years, Yusry is appalled to find her childhood sweetheart (and future wife) as an overweight and introvert young woman. Deeming Fazira as not being up to his taste and standards, he rejects and humiliates Fazira in public. A year later, a beautiful model, Erra, turns up and captivates Yusry's heart, but all his attempts to befriend the model are shunned and pushed away.

Afdlin Shauki directs and acts in this movie about a pair who decide to end their marriage after 3 days to please their elders, but then during their time spent together, they start to realise that fate and maintaining their bond may not be so bad and could be the best thing that's ever happened for them

Set in Malaya during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, this film tells the story of a girl, Embun, who's thrown into the forefront of the struggle against the Japanese when her freedom-fighter brother, Bayu, and father are detained by the Japanese. In the midst of it all, she's also attracted to the Japanese army public relations man, Koishi, who is assigned to explain the Japanese propaganda to the Malays and win their support. Koishi also has a personal mission to fulfil in Malaya to find the Malay man who married his mother (in other words, his father) when she served as a Japanese spy prior to the occupation.

A coming of age story of Faye – a post SPM student, and hopefully to start a new stage in her life (college) with her first love, Ben, only to find planning to leave the country to study overseas. She must figure out how to save this relationship or deal with this long distance relationship , and cope with being alone. Exploring the subject matter of how most Malaysians tend to head overseas to further studies, facing the conflict of leaving behind the things they love and are familiar with, and eventually missing home.

The first of the four 'Bujang Lapok' ('Worn Out Bachelor') movies. This first one chronicles the loves and lives of three bachelors living in 1950s Singapore.

Mariam, a well-known dancer from Kampung Paku Laris is caught in a love triangle between the rich, powerful and handsome Marsani and the poor but kind-hearted Danial. When Mariam chooses to marry Danial, Marsani continues to obsessively pursue her. But when tragedy occurs and Mariam is found dead, while Danial's boat sinks at sea, strange things begin to occur. Fast forward 60 years later, and a young girl named Maria bears an eerily striking resemblance to the late Mariam.

Mr. Jabar and his wife are the products of Malay society around 1955-1960. They raise their children, Hassan and Salleh, to express their love of country based on their national and ethnic history. Hassan becomes active in politics, but his political failure and his father's death make him schizophrenic. Their mother tries to rear the boys well, but Salleh turns into a wild young man. He meets Salmah, a cabaret dancer, whom he eventually marries. Relationships within the family worsen...

"Papermoon" tells the story of a poor kite maker, Chen Tian Song, who falls in love with Gao Shi Qin, the daughter of a wealthy family who is in line to inherit the family business. Their innocent and young love eventually evolves into an infinite regret and a poignant love story. Many years later, suppressing his feelings of guilt, Tian Song expresses his painful longing for Shi Qin through the making of (WAU) kites, until that fateful meeting with Gao Man Hua…. In search of Gao Shi Qin’s first love, Gao Man Hua travels all the way to Kelantan to learn about the man who has wounded her mother. The appearance of Man Hua evoked apprehension in the quiet and reserved Tian Song, bringing back yesterday’s memories. Tian Song is uneasy about Man Hua’s constant clinging, but at the same time, he finds himself attracted to her because she carries an uncanny resemblance to her mother, Gao Shi Qin, his teenage sweetheart.

Nur Kasih The Movie is a story of how a family faces every test from God. Death of Aidil's wife had a profound impact, especially on Aidil own. He was accompanied by his two children, namely Illyas and Mariam. Aidil's brother named Adam and his wife Nur Amina also helped to inspire Aidil. After Aidil recovered, Adam and Nur Amina returned to the city to live normal lives. After many attempts, finally Nur Amina was pregnant. This good news has make everyone happy, especially Adam himself. But that happiness is not long lasting because it was a miscarriage.

Saari a teacher in Ulu Klang school also play music at the Copacabana Nite Club because of his love for music. This led him back to his room on late morning and often fall asleep while teaching. Since it had been six times found asleep in the classroom by the headmaster (professor Basar), the teacher Saari has been given an ultimatum by Mr Basar.

Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2 is the sequel to the movie of the same title in 2004. The story continues after the "pontianak" (banshee/vampire) has avenged her death by eliminating her murderer (Marsani) and his entire bloodline. The story also explains her possesion of her own daughter and the end of her revenge. The story also sees Meriam coming to terms with her death before releasing her daughter from possesion and dealing with the obsession of her killer's son (Zali). Although the movie is still classified in the horror genre, this sequel delves more into sad emotions compared to the rage inflicted in the first movie.

The famous ideal couple of Metrowealth College has been the talk of all students. They are the college idols amongst the students. But Adam’s relationship with Farah is envied by many others especially Maya a beautiful student who wants to take over Farah’s popularity. Apart from that Maya also has affections for Adam. At the same time the enrolment of a new student named Farid may disrupt Adam’s popularity. As a new student he mingles around with all kinds of people. One night Maya seduced Adam to go out with her and took intimate photos of them both to show their affection towards each other. The pictures were then distributed through e-mails and were found out by Farah which made her very jealous. The only solution to end this is by seeking revenge in trying to seduce Farid in order to make Adam jealous.

Daniel's family story just broke also be the reason for all subsequent actions. Everything is about the lives of the students who did not study but makes other things in their life at a college.

In five interwoven stories, couples and families living in Kuala Lumpur navigate the complexities of love in all its forms.

Izwan is a single father and he determined to provide a comfortable living for his son, Biko. As a lorry driver, he works hard for a dream to buy Biko a house but he was cheated by a property agent. To make matters worse, they were thrown out from their rented flat when they could not pay the rent. Homeless, they stayed in Izwan`s lorry for the time being. Knowing that they are desperate for cash, Sherry, Izwan`s best friend and Biko`s godmother brought Biko to an audition with a famous internationally renowned singer, Sara. Unbeknownst to all, Izwan and Sara have a past.

Nurul is a 22-year-old orphan who lives with her mom Ainon and step-siblings Farah and Zamil, but the trio treat her like their maid instead. Meanwhile, Zamil is taken with Nurul's beauty and is only waiting for the right time to make his move. Salman is the wealthy playboy son of Datuk Mohktar, a well-known corporate bureaucrat. One day, Zamil confesses his feelings to Nurul, but when she rejects them, he tries to rape her. Nurul manages to escape and hides herself in Salman's room, but when she is found out, the villagers give the two a choice: either get charged in the Syariah court or get married and leave the village. In order to protect his reputation, Salman agrees to the latter option, but Nurul soon realises that Salman also treats her like his maid.

This movie adaptation of the popular theatre musical "Gerimis Mengundang" tells the story of a young man who is a pilot, played by Malaysian newcomer Kamal Adli. A chance meeting with the daughter of the Indonesia embassy officer who is played by Olivia Jensen Lubis, leads to a romance sparking between the two. However, with their different societal standings, will the two star-crossed lovers end up together?

After a karmic blunder, a man is given a second chance at life by a kindly cupid. Next, he must learn to live in the now by opening his heart to love.

A young Chinese Malaysian woman becomes involved in the sordid world of human trafficking as she tries to make a better life for herself with a dream of moving to Taiwan.

Boy meets girl at school, brother of girl not too keen, ending in mud-wrestling.

This film tells the story of Ella was a singer in a pub is trying to be a famous singer. Incidentally also a song from Syarikat footage publisher EMI, Michael Nasir has seen keupayaan Ella singing. He convinced the singer Ella may be more victorious and offers a reputable accompanying Ella rakamannya. At the same time Ella has a boy friend Hans a very small actor aspires to become a famous actor and winning grace. Ella victorious become a famous singer, but their relationship after it faced problems. What more Ella began meeting with Michael on grounds affairs footage.

A story about role models and idols, "Idola" tells the tale of Farah, a lawyer and the elder sister of Nana. Trouble brews when Nana starts to idolised Elise, a popular singer, which is a big no-no for Farah, who thinks that people from the entertainment world should not be trusted, let alone be role models.

The story of three best friends Triz, Tiha and Nina, who like gossiping about Razak's life. Razak is a doctor and was married to a flight attendant named Nora, but the marriage did not last long. Razak is good friends with Solomon, the adopted brother of Nina who later becomes his wife. Although the three best friends act crazy at times, they will never run away from the trials in their lives.

Hamid has live in poverty since young and is often ridiculed due to his poor condition. Nevertheless, his will to live grows stronger as he fights for his family`s survival at Hutton Road, Penang. Hamid is then put under the care of a Tomoi master and his Uncle Don. He trains to become the best. His heroic virtues gain him respect among his friends and cause terror among his enemies. However, troubles begin to unfold as Hamid gets involved in the world of gangsterism, headed by his Uncle Don in Chowrasta. After a near-death experience, Hamid finally turns a new leaf. Agreeing to his mother`s request to pursue his studies, he enrolls as an engineering student at ITM.

Aku Bukan Tomboy" is a story of a tomboy (Scha Alya) who was raised by her single-parent father after the loss of her mother when she was just a child. Deep down inside, she has crushes on guys and fancies them, just like any other girl. Unknowingly, she is in a love triangle with two guys - Harry (Shaheizy Sam) and Burn (Syamsul Yusof).

Zaiton seduces a drifter named Amran into murdering her elderly husband, Ibrahim, to get his money and land.

romantic comedy that tells the tale of Nani, a bubbly 21-year old girl, and her unique pet turtle, Nico. Nico is one of the rare Green Crown Sea Turtle species... but more importantly, Nico has the ability to talk to humans... if he so chooses to do so. Nani has recently moved in with her brother, Amir, ans seems to be falling for their budding musician neighbor, Adam. Disturbed by any budding romance, Nico dos everything possible to sabotage Adam's efforts to woo Nani.

Cinta Paling Agung is about Khairi (Aaron Aziz) and Amyza (Siti Saleha) who has been married for almost ten years and had a daughter, Hanna. However, their marriage was unhappy and increasingly problematic. Khairi then falls in love with a woman named Dewi (Zaskya) . Because of Dewi, Khairi could decide to divorce his wife. Amyza was shocked by the decision and then decide to agree provided each morning Khairi have to carry her every day for 30 days.

The story follows Gina (Maya Karin) and Joe (Bront Palarae) who embark on a trip for personal self reflection and peace in Phuket after being let down by their respective partners. They are mere strangers to one another, but somehow find solace in each other by talking about their past relationships.

A dark time-travel love story about Joe, a directionless youth whose life and ambitions are saved by the beautiful Yen, who claims she has mysterious ties to another dimension. Joe is both intrigued and frightened by the strange woman, but she nonetheless guides the unstable young man to take control of his own fate.