Piet Burnama

Jiwo (Angga Dwisaputra), a village boy, meets Maria (Vonny Kristianda), the daughter of a nobleman, when they are in junior high school. But Maria had to separate from Jiwo because forced by her parents. A few years later, they met again with the same question: will their love last this time?

5.2/10

The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of suspected communists by the Indonesian government that cost between 500,000 and two million lives.

7.8/10

A scorned pregnant woman gets decapitated during a black magic battle with her ex-boyfriend, Andre. Her spirit then possesses the body of Andre's new girlfriend, turning her into a blood-sucking seductress.

A murdered pregnant woman possesses her sister's body to get revenge.

After being bitten by a cursed white snake, a model turns into a demon-possessed seductress who causes the death of anyone who sleeps with her.

An ex-Marine finds out a old buddy is leading a private army of mercenaries. When an ex-Marine refuses to join an old friendship's personal army of mercenaries a deadly violent battle erupts between the two men! And this is not good.

4.5/10

Next time you're having a bad day, just remember: It could ALWAYS be worse! Just look at the case of Marni. For starters, she gets gang raped by some thugs at a campground. And then she goes home to be comforted by her caring boyfriend, who recently confessed his love and took her virginity, only to find him in bed with another woman. When she starts acting out, her parents hand her over to an uncle who also rapes her. She miscarries shortly after finding out she's pregnant and is finally put out of her misery after her rapists murder her and then toss her body in a lake. Unfortunately, in death the poor girl can't even rest in peace and she returns as a vengeance-seeking ghost because her body wasn't properly buried. Now that you know all about Marni, don't you feel better?

Kadir and Doyok come to Jakarta looking for jobs. They run up against massive challenges due to their own lack of abilities. After they fail a magicians. They try becoming salesmen, then house painters, and then parking attendants. Finally, Rosa (Baby Zelvia), Kadir’s cousin, tries to help them, but, as usual, the whole thing comes to naught.

Kadir and Doyok are irritated at the behavior of their gossiping wives Yurike and Chintami. The two men work out a strategy designed to get their wives to stop gossiping. Unfortunately, their strategy boomerangs on them. Things get really crazy when Yurike’s old flame, Mamik, comes around when Kadir is out. Trying to convince Mamik that she is really married, Yurike asks Doyok to pretend to be her husband. They make a big show of going into the bedroom together. When all of this is going on, Kadir’s parents arrive for a visit from Madura and witness Doyok and Yurike go into the bedroom together. Major chaos.

Three young friends Lisa (Sally Marcelina), Fanny (Inneke Koesherawati) and Sandra (Febby R. Lawrence) are immoral big city party girls. After Lisa has a big fight with her boyfriend Jacky, Fanny sleeps with him. She also jumps into bed with a music producer in order to get a career as a singer with the full knowledge of the man she loves and eventually marries, Maxi (Alex Kembar), who is a homosexual. Sandra, a photo model has a similar track record, but her circle of lovers is predominantly wealthy older men. Lisa, who is brutalized by Jacky’s friends, is approached by Mirna (Baby Zelvia), an older lesbian, who repeatedly tries to seduce her. Mirna’s husband is even crazier yet. He is always picking up women and bringing them home with him. When Lisa returns to Jacky, Mirna flies into a rage. Jacky is killed. All of this “uncivilized” behavior is simply a vehicle for erotica, with a sprinkling of violence here and there.

An ex-CIA agent living in Indonesia tracks the arms dealer who killed her husband. Along the way, she meets a young boy and his grandfather, who teach her in the ways of the Lady Dragon.

5.1/10

Unang, Miing and Didin (members of the Bagito comedy troupe) own a motorcycle-based delivery company that is not doing very well. They hope to do better business by hiring young women to deliver the things consigned to them.

The story of the efforts of the military commanders of the Singosari Kingdom to prevent the influx of Khubilai Khan’s forces from Mongolia. Five well known warriors, Larang Jagad (Baron Hermanto), Banggokantera (Atin Martino), Kuda Merta (Luthi Tambayong), Galigo (Jack Maland) and Rangga Sakti, who are collectively known as the Five Tigers, or Lima Harimau Nusantara, are called in to help. They go to battle against Penyebar Racun (Risma Salmon), Jubah Merah (Arthur Kaunang) and Kodok Salju (Jabol Mora). The Five Tigers are so powerful that Khubilai Khan’s forces are beaten back and return to their homeland in defeat.

This is a story about two boys, Andri and Gempol. Andri is rich, educated but unhappy. Lonely and neglected by his parents, he befriends Gempol whose parents are too poor to send him to school. While Gempol yearns to go to school, Andri envies his freedom and parental love. Andri sneaks food, books, and money to Gempol while Gempol, in return, gives him friendship.

7.5/10

Newlyweds Merry (Lydia Kandou) and Andi (Ray Sahetapy) have to say goodbye to Anita’s parents who are going abroad for a holiday. Aunt and Uncle (Zainal Abidin, Ida Kusumah) have been asked to watch over them. While Merry and Andi are at the airport to see the parents off, a sweet looking girl comes up and kisses Andi and gives him a message for another young woman. Confusion ensues. Merry becomes suspicious. In the midst of this atmosphere of suspicion, Andi has to take part in an office meeting in Puncak. Even worse, after the meeting, Andi’s boss invites him to a party and after that Andi has to go to Bandung on business. Andi calls Merry, who has taken Andi’s joking around with his servant Kadir about women seriously, to inform her of these plans, and she tells him that she wants to separate from him.

In this Warkop DKI comedy, Dono has two girlfriends, Windy and Cindy, so he finds it difficult to arrange dates and they often misunderstand. His sidekicks, Kasino and Indro, are jealous. They ruin Dono’s dating life by degrading Dono in front of the two girls’ parents. Then Dono seeks revenge by tricking the two of them.

6.7/10

About Ario Petak (Pendekar Bukit Tengkorak) revenge Bargo Wirogo's Killed parents him was.

Rhoma tries to pull Ratna out of her dark life. Ratna’s pimp opposes the attempt. In a fight, Ratna is stabbed with a knife. Rhoma is shaken and advised to go to the village to rest. There, he falls in love with Sumi, the village beauty. Misfortune also falls on her when she is attacked with sulphuric acid that ruins her face. Returning to the village, he is surprised to find a woman who is similar to both Ratna and Sumi.

Set in 1896, "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient times as a trade port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch. Tjoet Nja' Dhien, the widow of a rebel leader operating in Aceh in Sumatra, assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Uma is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch. Despite personal obstacles, she remained in the thick of the struggle for ten years.

7.4/10

An anthropologist hires a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot to fly her into the jungle, where she is searching for a scientist who is investigating reports of a tribe of reptile-men.

3.9/10

Wealthy hedonist Budiman turns an inherited property into a brothel, where he rapes girls and turns them into prostitutes when he isn't bartering their services for drugs. An abortion forced upon one of the girls unleashes the spirit of her unborn child, who begins to haunt the establishment.

A man murdered by villagers for bothering a seductive girl returns in the form or a snake. The spirit then possesses a man to use as an instrument for revenge.

Even though he is not a "left wing" student, Nurhadi, nicknamed Hadi, insists on becoming a volunteer in the fight against Malaysia. Wati, his lover, tries to stop him, but fails. She pretends to be pregnant so that Hadi marries her. But Hadi still goes to Malaysia. Hadi’s group is detected by a Malaysian patrol, when they are about to land in Malaysia, which leads to a firefight. Everyone dies except Hadi, who is found unconscious by Latifah at the beach. Hadi is taken care of by Latifah and his father, Somad. He claims that he is a fisherman who has been stranded and is named Mohamad Noor. The confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia then ends. Wati still believes that her husband is alive and goes to Malaysia to find him. She finds Hadi already married to a pregnant Latifah. Wati goes home in disappointment.

7.2/10

Stretching over 21 years, the film begins in Semarang, 1966. And everyone gathers to learn some secrets family history.

A psychopathic and brutal Indonesian despot terrorizes and exploits the rural population. The cruel warlord demands sacrifices from the villagers, slaughtering them when they don’t meet his demands.

5.8/10

This film tells the story of two friends, Jack and Jock, with their principle: "life is a series of games and challenges". The challenge is pretending to be a barber and to cut Alex’ hair (Alex is played by Darto Helm, who was a famous, bald comedian). Jack "plays" with the wife of Alex while Jock is “cutting” his hair. Jack, who gets a crush on Merry, succeeds to get acquainted with Merry through her aunt, by posing as a neurologist since Merry has a psychiatric disorder. Meanwhile, Jock gets acquainted with Lucy, a hotel maid.

A young man becomes possessed by a cobra.

Nurhayati’s husband dies in an accident and she is left with four small children. Nur herself knows that she will not live long, as her doctor reveals that she must undergo a heart and lung transplant, with a little chance of survival. After telling the real situation to her father and to her eldest child, Asih, the children are brought to the families she considers as able to raise them. How lucky she is that the three families are eager to accept her children. On a birthday party of her youngest child, she feels at ease and dies.

Although she is only an herbalist, Ginah is very attractive. She looks graceful and her friendliness results in many crushes on her.

Samboja, a thug who controls an area, catches Ceking and his friends who are trying to rape two girls, Dyah Setiowati and Marlina. Samboja tries to help and is stabbed. Samboja is thought to be the rapist and is arrested. One of the victims, Dyah Setiowati, defends him to the police and he is released. But this incident makes him an enemy of the drug syndicate, who the rapist Ceking works for. Although his friend, Leo, who also works for the syndicate, defends him, the drug boss orders his men to kill Samboja. Dyah, the daughter of a cultural attaché, sympathises with him, especially when she finds out that he visits the daughter of Astri, the prostitute, in the orphanage.

Abused women rush off into the jungle to oppose their oppressors.

4.4/10

Indonesian film about a Punjabi girl getting tricked into living with a big time pimp. Uncle MG as they call him, abducts virgins, and forces them to submit to his hymen bustin ways. The not so attractive gals get several chances to marry Uncle MG, or it's into his private jail. Old wives become queen bees, and must submit to the guards.

4.4/10

Indonesian fantasy.

7.3/10

A women in prison movie set in a Japanese POW camp during World War 2.

5.1/10

This legend from West Java is told thus: In heaven, among the gods, Minda's teacher, who later became Lutung Kasarung, was penned by his own mother, Sunan Ambu, for wanting to be a human being and a wife as beautiful as her mother. So he turned into a langur. He will turn into a human again when he later meets a woman who loves him.

Badrun’s family often clashes with their maids, as his mother is too strict. One day, the family, and their maids, have to stay at an international hotel, where they receive special treatment. As a result, the maids are curious to know the secrets of the hotel maids. Various funny events occur, since the hotel maids are more educated, and Badrun finally realises his wrong attitude towards the maids.

The King of Parun becomes angry at his adopted son, Tun Utama, who turns down every princess as his future fiancée. So his Majesty orders Tun Utama to find his own choice of a girl. If that fails, he will be severely punished. Tun Utama then returns with a beautiful princess, Siri Syarifah. The beauty of Siri Syarifah captivates even the King himself. They all try to find a trick to separate them. The King pretends to be sick and can be cured only after eating the liver of a bearded weasel. Tun Utama is assigned to find the animal that doesn’t exist. During the absence of Tun Utama, Siri Syarifah remains faithful. She does not react to the persuasions from the King. When Tun Utama fails to accomplish the mission and would end up beheaded, Syarifah manages to save her lover by bringing the bearded weasel in a trunk, hidden inside is a man, a member of the royal family in the palace of Parun.

Simson, a young entrepreneur from Surabaya suspects his girlfriend, Hedy, of having an affair in Jakarta. To compensate for his sadness, Simson goes to Jakarta. Shortly after arriving at the airport in Kemayoran, he immediately books a room in a brothel, to request a special service for a week with beautiful girls, before he deciding to kill himself.

This is the story of one of the heroes of independence from South Sulawesi - Wolter Monginsidi. Monginsidi is portrayed as a flamboyant young man, brave and daring yet emotional at times. He and his troops always ambush the Dutch until they are finally caught. His father is persuaded to sign the clemency form, which turns out to be a trap, set up by the Dutch. He receives the death sentence instead.

A poor man who's mistreated, about to be evicted (along with his mother) and beaten and left for dead by his landlord and his goons, finds a possible remedy for his problems in a "Whip of Fire" family heirloom.

Spoof based (loosely) on an old Indonesian film, which has had the old foreign soundtrack removed and replaced by an over-dubbed English track. Central character is a female wrestler who has decided that she no longer wants to wrestle, but whose mother (a former wrestler herself) wants her to keep wrestling to make money so her brother can have the operation (his seminal vessels run to his skull, rather than his groin, which purportedly will cause his head to explode if he gets too excited). During the course of her story (in which a number of brawls ensue), she is befriended by a Elvis-impersonating martial artist. This recut/redubbed version is 72 minutes long.

5/10

Fantasy based on a Sudanese folk tale.

5.5/10

Renny Basuki (Arnaz) is a young woman and a former judo champion who, after her father's demise, tries to look after her impoverished family. When her younger brother is diagnosed with a deadly disease, she is desperate to afford his surgery costs. One day, Indra (Prima), a professional wrestling manager, offers Renny and her friend Mia (Diana Suarkom) to join a female wrestling troupe. They agree but Renny's mother disapproves her wrestling career.

7/10

This time, the comedy trio of Warkop DKI is joined by another comedian, Mat Solar. Each have their own quirkiness: Kasino the grumpy, Dono the senile, Indro the stutterer, and Mat Solar, deaf in one ear. They work in a hotel run by Paulus. Their quirkiness is the source of humour and misunderstandings, an old tried-and-tested recipe that is still used to attract movie-goers. The highlight is the hotel’s new year event. They appear as performers and call themselves, Wow, It’s Huge. They sing covers of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and some folk songs. In the end, the show is still a mess.

7.8/10

The story of a man who attempts to make his body anti-lightning and succeeded. This success interest the drug syndicate who later kidnaps him to make heroin concoction. The mastermind turns out to be a friend of the man. The man determines to defeat them all.

5.6/10

For this sequel to the unexpectedly successful Ratapan Anak Tiri (Lament of a Stepchild), Susy is bullied by her stepmother, who is her father’s third wife. However, her stepsister Umi, who is the biological daughter of her stepmother, always defends her. Reno, her schoolmate, loves Susy but it is not mutual. On one occasion when he eats at her place and makes the floor dirty, Susy is thrown out of the house, when her stepmother slips, knocks her head and is unconscious. Umi joins Susy and they stay over at a friend’s house. Umi misses her father, so both girls separate. The stepmother, who is looking for Umi, comes across Susy on the streets and verbally abuses her. Susy now dares to fight back and challenges her.

Miranti is left a widow after her pilot husband dies in an accident. She forces herself to work independently, despite feeling alienated. She soon learns that her brother-in-law Dimas cares greatly for her. Miranti ultimately realises that his feelings are more than just pity, and the two can unite.

7.6/10

Wamena is a businessman and widower who has a daughter, Narita. His secretary, Yuni, tries to marry Wamena and also tries to match Narita to Toni, who is actually Yuni’s boyfriend. Together, they plan to seize Wamena’s wealth. Alas, Narita already has a boyfriend, Arman, a poor young man. Yuni tries to manipulate the relationship by sending a fake wedding invitation. This causes Wamena a heart attack, which kills him. Narita is also against her father’s relationship with Yuni, so she storms out and leaves. Then Arman marries Narita and becomes the director of the company. Yuni and Toni resign from the company. Then Yuni tries to trick Arman by sending a pretty woman to seduce him and then takes a photo of them together. With this photo, she manages to trap Arman.

An oplet (a small taxi) driver, Tarno, never feels that he earns enough in his village. So he decides to try his luck in the city and leaves his wife and child at home. His luck doesn’t change much until he starts working as a personal driver. But he then realises that he is working for the boss of a drug syndicate. As he refuses his boss’s order to sleep with Mira, he is locked up. Luckily his friend, who brought him into the syndicate, helps him to escape. Meanwhile, Rose takes her child to look for him to Jakarta. She wanders aimlessly and leaves her child in an orphanage. Fortunately, she is found by a group of street musicians who stumble upon her when she is about to be raped. Rose joins the group because she has a singing ability. Then the leader of The Brims Band discovers her and she becomes an even more popular singer.

In a forest in Mount Bromo, Badra, the Blind Fighter, finds a woman on a stretcher, attacked by a group of villains. Badra quickly acts. Upon her death, the woman asks Badra to take care of the children. So he finds the father of the children. On the way, he is ambushed by his arch enemy and is hurt. The king helps him to recover, then he meets again with his arch enemy.

Barda Mandrawata (Ratno Timoer), also known as The Blind Man From the Ghost Cave, is in the Sarpala area which is being hit by a disaster created by the vile magician Tarub. After finishing his business, Barda intends to leave but is given Narisa, a child who is to be returned to his biological parent, Labone, the leader of Sarpala who has fallen in love with Barda despite being betrothed to Latongga (Torro Margens). Meanwhile, Latongga himself is being chased by Radina (Mila Karmila), a female child from the ascetic Sakti. Narisa is wanted by many warriors from various circles, including Tarub, and once he escapes from Barda's hands, Barda is forced to look for him.

Hetty searches for her father, Syachrin Mulyadi, who left a long time ago to find fortune. She takes with her a necklace that was given by Syachrin to her late mother. Syachrin has become a producer and is making a film titled “Assoy”. During a birthday party of Mrs. Lies, Hetty sings a song that was composed specially by Syachrin for his wife, and this helps them to meet. The film uses songs, top singers, and a touching story, to repeat the successful formula that started with the film Terang Boelan. The singers Elvy Sukaesih, Lies Saodah, and Mansjur are popular Dangdut singers of the time, while Hetty Koes Endang was a rising pop singer. The appearance of the comedy Surya Group was designed as an added attraction, though it becomes more of a distraction.

Murni (Susanna Caecilia) divorces her husband and travels to Jakarta, where she moves in with eight widows with modeling aspirations.

An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people he is in charge of, but circumstances soon make him realize just how out of touch he really is, and it doesn't take long for things to go from bad to worse.

7/10

Farm workers, Ateng and Iskak, have won a lottery that makes them millionaires overnight. They desert their village for Jakarta. One day, they meet Vivi, the daughter of a hotel CEO, Eddy Sud, and she introduces them to him. He manages to convince Ateng and iskak to return to their village.

Sarah is a lounge singer who works to support her husband, Paul Lasut, a gambler. In an intersection, her car nearly runs into the car of David Panggabean, the director of a bank. The event leads to them falling in love. Lasut is shot and dies on the gambling table. Sarah thinks that Lasut dies because of the money that David gave him. Sarah avoids David, who still persistently visits her place of work. David also has problems with his work, due to his assistant. All the problems are finally resolved when David and Sarah are married.

This time Ateng and friends are dressed in costumes recalling Baghdad’s sultanate. The story is similar to Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The poor Ali Baba becomes suddenly rich after finding a treasure in a cave that actually belongs to the King of Robbers. After hearing about the treasure, Ali’s brother goes into the cave to take some but forgets the magic password and is trapped inside. When the King of Robbers arrives, he learns that Ali Baba has found out their secret. So a duel ensues between Ali Baba and the King of Robbers, and in the end the police apprehends them. Ateng and friends are hilarious and the Baghdad set and costumes bring back the nostalgia of old stage performances.

A married man has two daughters with his mistress and then abandons her. Years later, the mother is killed in a train accident while the now-grown daughters become involved with prostitution, pimps, rape and incest.

Two sisters, Hanifah and Latifah/Ipah have different attitudes toward life in Jakarta. While Hanifah is content working as a teacher, Ipah, who works as a shopkeeper, is obsessed with living a high life. She leaves her boyfriend, Adi, feeling that her sister’s way of thinking is too conservative, and changes her name to Eva. Eva then becomes a runway model and gets famous. She has an affair with an older man named Abas, gets pregnant, has an abortion and becomes a high class prostitute. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend, Adi, has an affair with Lily, Abas’ wife. One day, she meets again with Adi who is looking for a prostitute for his friend. Offended, Eva stabs Adi. She is then sentenced to 18 years in prison. Her father and her sister, Hanifah, come to the court and give her a mukena (a kind of hijab used by female Muslims for praying) before she goes to prison.

This first Indonesian international award winning film is about a story about a woman with her unhappy life who seeks for something.

Set in the real event of the sinking of the KRI Macan Tutul in the Trikora area, Wahab Abdi is an officer of that boat. As he is pronounced dead, his girlfriend, Liliana, marries another man. But Wahab is not dead; he is hospitalised in the navy hospital. Later, his nurse, Shinta Dungga, falls in love and marries Wahab at the end.

Tabung realises that he must free his fellow villagers from the extortion by loan sharks, Jontro and Sadar. But Tabung, is a cripple, so he gets the help of the Farmer and Fisherman Cooperative Bank. He commutes to the city to handle the villager's credit, and is supported by his neighbour, a war widow. He expects Mardi's assistance, but Mardi is afraid to help for fear of losing his girlfriend, Narsih, who is actually Jontro's daughter. Finally, Tabung establishes the cooperative and the villagers gain the courage to fight off Jontro. Jontro now loses his livelihood so he begins to extort from Mardi, whose parents owe him money. Then Mardi comes to his senses. So does Jontro's right hand, Sadar. In the end, Sadar and Jontro have a face-off, and both are killed in the brawl.

Devoted to the heroes who fought for their homeland’s freedom in the 1947 Indonesian war of liberation.

6.2/10

Kusumo lives happily with his wife and his two kids; Tati and Toto, in Surabaya. Their happiness is interrupted when Kusumo meets Maryati; a widow from Yogya. They meet when she falls victim to some pickpockets when she is shopping. They decide to marry and Kusumo leaves his family, without telling them anything. Sulaiman; a friend of Kusumo, brings him back to his senses and succeeds in persuading Kusumo to return to Surabaya. On the way, Kusumo crashes his car. When his first wife visits him in hospital, he asks for forgiveness before he dies.