8 Best Singaporean Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · September 25, 2026

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.

Ah Boys to Men (2012) 01

Ah Boys to Men (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.2

A group of reluctant recruits endure the culture shock of Singapore's mandatory national service.

881 (2007) 02

881 (2007)

IMDb ★ 6.5

Two friends form a getai singing duo competing in Singapore's colorful festival performance circuit.

Be with Me (2005) 03

Be with Me (2005)

IMDb ★ 6.9

Several lonely Singaporeans' lives, including a real deaf-blind woman playing herself, quietly intersect.

A Land Imagined (2018) 04

A Land Imagined (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A detective's investigation into a missing migrant worker exposes Singapore's reliance on invisible labor.

12 Storeys (1997) 05

12 Storeys (1997)

IMDb ★ 7.0

Several residents of the same public housing block quietly unravel behind closed doors.

Ilo Ilo (2013) 06

Ilo Ilo (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A Filipino domestic helper becomes the emotional center of the Singaporean family she works for.

Ajoomma (2022) 07

Ajoomma (2022)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A widowed Singaporean superfan of Korean dramas gets accidentally separated from her tour group in Seoul.

Wet Season (2019) 08

Wet Season (2019)

IMDb ★ 6.9

An unhappy Chinese teacher in Singapore forms an inappropriate bond with one of her students.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.