Best award winning movies with a heavy drama from Malaysia

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a heavy drama from Malaysia! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a heavy drama from Malaysia, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)

A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.

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2019-11-29 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Angelica Lee, Hiroshi Abe

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #332 for
    masochistic character
  2. Ranked #335 for
    heavy-handed
  3. Ranked #371 for
    healing

Trailer

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2 Mat Kilau (2022)

The rise of a Malay warrior named Mat Kilau and his friends against the British colonialists who came to Pahang in 1892. The greed of British officials and policies, which have imposed excessive taxes, confiscated land belonging to the Malays to reap the treasures of Pahang and disrupted the Islamic way in Pahang has caused dissatisfaction among the rulers and the Malays. The patriotic spirit of Mat Kilau and his friends who rose up against British violence had caused Captain Syers to launch an attack on Mat Kilau. Witness the heroic spirit of Mat Kilau, Tok Gajah and Mat Kilau's best friends use their wisdom to fight in the jungle against the British soldiers. Did Mat Kilau and his friends succeed in driving out the barbaric and greedy British army to reap gold and tin in Pahang?

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2022-06-23 | Action / History

Cast

Adi Putra, Fattah Amin

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unique camera angle
  2. Ranked #1 for
    atmospheric lighting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fluid camera movement

Trailer

Mat Kilau trailer
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3 Roh (2020)

Cut off from civilisation, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest.

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2020-08-06 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Farah Ahmad, Mhia Farhana

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #114 for
    suspenseful atmosphere
  2. Ranked #120 for
    Grand-Guignol
  3. Ranked #144 for
    noir atmosphere

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4 Pulang (2018)

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.

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2018-07-26 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Remy Ishak, Puteri Aishah

Rating

rating icon 5.733
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #67 for
    nifty
  2. Ranked #110 for
    like Titanic
  3. Ranked #339 for
    unrealistic

Trailer

Pulang trailer
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5 Mukhsin (2007)

A twelve-year-old Malaysian boy's friendship with a sharp-tongued, assertive little girl moves awkwardly and wistfully into first love in this gently comic prequel to Yasmin Ahmad's "Sepet" and "Gubra."

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2007-03-08 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Syafie Naswip, Sharifah Aryana

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #226 for
    punching bag
  2. Ranked #394 for
    bossy
  3. Ranked #411 for
    bad aftertaste

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Mukhsin trailer
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6 Silat Warriors: Deed of Death (2019)

Ali and Fatimah are frustrated with their younger brother, Mat Arip, when he fails to come home with the grant of their inherited land. Ali will have to find Mat Arip, who has fallen in with the wrong crowd and takes part in illegal gambling and racing, and bring him home to their father, Pak Nayan.

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2019-10-10 | Action / Crime

Cast

Namron, Khoharullah Majid

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    swordsmanship
  2. Ranked #111 for
    gun fu
  3. Ranked #134 for
    dadaism

Trailer

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7 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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2018-09-27 | Action / War

Cast

Hairul Azreen, Ammar Alfian Aziz

Rating

rating icon 7.648
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #149 for
    dumbfounded
  2. Ranked #192 for
    dadaism
  3. Ranked #248 for
    jingoistic

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Paskal trailer
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8 Call If You Need Me (2009)

Gentle, easy-going Or Kia moves from the countryside to Kuala Lumpur to work for his cousin and best friend Ah Soon, a mid-level gangster and enforcer. While Or Kia works hard to put a sister through school, Ah Soon cares for an unstable girlfriend prone to mysterious disappearances. As they both sink deeper into a nocturnal world of debts, drugs, and betrayal, Or Kia's loyalties are strained when Ah Soon falls out of favor with the bosses and tries to escape the business.

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2009-03-28 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Sunny Pang, Pete Teo

Rating

rating icon 10.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #270 for
    recalcitrant character
  2. Ranked #576 for
    like Scarface
  3. Ranked #668 for
    exasperating

Trailer

Call If You Need Me trailer
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9 Possessed (2022)

A teacher must put aside his personal traumas to rally his school in a fight for survival against a group of violent, possessed students.

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2022-09-29 | Horror / Action

Cast

Alif Satar, Ikmal Amry

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    rabid character
  2. Ranked #6 for
    subpar acting
  3. Ranked #10 for
    eye-catching

Trailer

Possessed trailer
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10 Sangkar (2019)

The road to redemption of a fighter, who seeks forgiveness from the very man he destroyed.

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2019-08-29 | Action / Drama

Cast

Zul Ariffin, Remy Ishak

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2571 for
    creative
  2. Ranked #6267 for
    deeply disappointing
  3. Ranked #6439 for
    sadly disappointing

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