01 A group of reluctant recruits endure the culture shock of Singapore's mandatory national service.
8 Best Singaporean Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · December 23, 2025
Singapore Drama thought provokingfeel good
Singaporean cinema’s international breakthroughs, led by Eric Khoo and Anthony Chen, tend to look past the country’s wealth toward its migrant workers and cramped public housing, the parts of Singapore tourists rarely see. In Ilo Ilo (2013): A Filipino domestic helper becomes the emotional center of the Singaporean family she works for. Don’t overlook 12 Storeys (1997): Several residents of the same public housing block quietly unravel behind closed doors.
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02 Two friends form a getai singing duo competing in Singapore's colorful festival performance circuit.
03 Several lonely Singaporeans' lives, including a real deaf-blind woman playing herself, quietly intersect.
04 A detective's investigation into a missing migrant worker exposes Singapore's reliance on invisible labor.
05 Several residents of the same public housing block quietly unravel behind closed doors.
06 A Filipino domestic helper becomes the emotional center of the Singaporean family she works for.
07 A widowed Singaporean superfan of Korean dramas gets accidentally separated from her tour group in Seoul.
08 An unhappy Chinese teacher in Singapore forms an inappropriate bond with one of her students.
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