Best Malaysian crime movies
A curated collection of popular crime movies from Malaysia.
Dukun (2018)
Dukun (2018)
In a case that had the nation riveted and human rights organizations the world over up in arms due to a death sentence handed out to the accused, comes a tale about the lure of riches, power, eternal youth, beauty and the blood one must spill to achieve this.
Athigaari (2020)
Athigaari (2020)
Tasked with finding out the truth behind his fellow colleague's death, a police officer begins by reviewing his previous cases. Slowly, he traces the steps of the murderer until he discovers the killer's master plan.
A Place Called Silence (2024)
A Place Called Silence (2024)
Three students from Jing Mu Girls’ Middle School go missing and turn up dead. Xiao Tong, a special education student with speech impairment, feels like someone is watching her. During the rehearsal for the school’s foundation day event, a corpse falls from the ceiling of the auditorium, and Xiao Tong disappears in the midst of confusion. Her mother, Li Han, who has been working at the school to be close to Xiao Tong, begins her pursuit.
M4M4 (2020)
M4M4 (2020)
When her daughter is raped and murdered, a vengeful widow makes it her mission to track down her daughter's rapist and murderer. Her investigation leads her to a group of men responsible for the crime. Will they be brought to justice?
Motif (2019)
Motif (2019)
Motif focuses on a police investigation and its most obvious innovation is the female perspective that the director imposes. Protagonist Dewi (Sharifah Amani) is a police officer who is sent from the capital of Kuala Lumpur to a provincial area, Tanah Merah (lit. “Red Earth”), to investigate the disappearance of the young daughter of the local community’s richest family. From the beginning, her arrival is greeted with distrust by her male colleagues, who are doubly annoyed by the fact of having an outsider who is also a woman intrude in the community.
Imam (2023)
Imam (2023)
IMAM is an adaptation of the script of the National Literary Abdullah Hussain. This film revolves around the struggle of an imam, Haji Mihad who wants to bring about reform in his village. The reforms he wants to bring are opposed by some Muslim parties.
Lenjan (1998)
Lenjan (1998)
Amir, is a successful entrepreneur and finally understands the meaning of true love after marrying Zita. To Amir, Zita is everything a man could ask for in a woman, she is loving, tender and every men’s dream. While on a holiday, Amir saves Zarin who is injured. Unknown to Amir, Zarin is a cunning and ruthless rapist cum murderer who has an ulterior motive on his wife to fulfill his devilish passion. Will Zita be able to save herself from the psychopathic Zarin? Or will lust prevail over true love?
Pulanaivu (2019)
Pulanaivu (2019)
Aishwarya, a young and beautiful woman who is just starting college, is trying to move on from her previous relationship. So she is not interested when one of her new friends falls for her and tries hard to earn her love and attention. As their love story develops, a murder suddenly occurs.
Mantera (2025)
Mantera (2025)
Inspector Zaf is investigating a brutal ritualistic murder that has a connection with an unsolved similar case from years ago. His investigation led him to Tana, who has special abilities to connect humans with the spirit world. Together they try to find the mystery killer to stop any future killings.
Eva (2023)
Eva (2023)
The story tells a lawyer with a personality disorder, freeing a criminal, then becoming a ruthless woman. Trapped in one body, Eva, Mike and Amy are 3 separate individual trapped in one body. Eva is well renowned lawyer who was diagnosed with split personalities. Mike and Amy are her alters developed from her traumatic childhood caused by her own father. Elly, Eva's sister has always been there for her since day one. Miqal, Eva's son too has been well accustom to Eva's alters. Driven by vengeance that her father had caused her, Eva and her alters started to plan to set revenge on the rapist that Eva had set free. Miqal become to get suspicious when he saw weird happening in the house through his "cctv".
Telaga Suriram (2025)
Telaga Suriram (2025)
In a remote village, a young girl named Suriram goes mysteriously missing. Maimon, who is deaf and mute, is the prime suspect in the case because she was last seen with Suriram. The village folks also believed that someone in the village was retrieving a mystical ancient ritual that involves children sacrifices.
Buai Laju-Laju (2004)
Buai Laju-Laju (2004)
Zaiton seduces a drifter named Amran into murdering her elderly husband, Ibrahim, to get his money and land.
Dum Dum Dumeel (2022)
Dum Dum Dumeel (2022)
A guy who is about to get engaged and eventually get married, goes to an island for a holiday with his friends only to be entangled in unfortunate events with a gang of robbers. This will lead him to change his entire perspective on his life and life decisions.
Nota (2015)
Nota (2015)
Kamal and Erin, a couple facing midlife crisis after prolonged lack of real communication, caused by years of failure at trying to have a baby. On their 10th year anniversary, they decide to have a trip to Bako National Park where they had their trip over 10 years ago to reignite their bond of love and marriage.On their way to Bako, Erin inadvertently discovers that Kamal is drafting a note that implies he is planning to end it all. Shocked, she starts feeling sorry for Kamal and also feels guilty about the situation. But later she finds out Kamal's secret, that makes her infuriated and upset, so she begins to plan the perfect murder, using his note as strong evidence of his death. Her plans goes awry, once a local Sarawakian, Jemat, their boatman to the isolated National Park comes into the picture...
Abang Adik (2023)
Abang Adik (2023)
Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets the fragile balance of their relationship.
Liar Land (2019)
Liar Land (2019)
Based on the idea, "What if Bonnie and Clyde had kids?", the story takes place in the wild midland of Malaysia, in the aftermath of a robbery during which an outlaw couple decide to abandon their kids, Maya and J, in a safe house and make a run for it. Unfamiliar with their surrounding world and eager to be reunited with their parents, Maya and J decide to live their lives on their own terms. As the story progresses, the kids begin to replicate the actions and wild behavior of their parents in an attempt to find a way to get close to them.
15MALAYSIA (2009)
15MALAYSIA (2009)
Fifteen short films with socio-economic subject matter by 15 directors of Malaysia's "New Wave" and "No Wave." 15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.
Jagat (2015)
Jagat (2015)
Set in the early 1990’s, a critical period in Malaysian Indian history, the story subtly underlines the plight of the Indian Malaysians. Forsaken by the estate owners who had employed them for generations and systematically marginalized, they are forced to move to the cities and survive under harsh circumstances. Left out of the nation’s urbanization and development plans, many live in squatters and work at minimum wage jobs…
Penyamun Tarbus (1981)
Penyamun Tarbus (1981)
A rich man, Tuan Syed hides all his business records in a safe to avoid paying taxes. Three thieves, Aziz Satar, Ibrahim Pendek and Sudin steal the records and a fez to get back at Tuan Syed who rejected their job applications on the excuse that they are too old. Tuan Syed dare not report the theft fearing his secret will come out. So he hires private investigators Badul, Raja Ismail, Aznah and Jastina to find the thieves.
What! The Heist (2023)
What! The Heist (2023)
A criminal nicknamed "Godfather" breaks out of jail to complete a mission given to him by his boss, titled "Lottery Heist". After recruiting an unsuspecting actor desperate for money to help his sick daughter, they begin to execute their grand plan. The plan involves swapping out lotto balls to win the jackpot, a prize worth $100 million. As they work through things step-by-step, it soon comes to light that Godfather`s boss plans to kill everyone involved after the mission is completed. Godfather and his new recruit now have to plot to save their lives and keep the money for themselves.
Tiger Ghost (1959)
Tiger Ghost (1959)
Produced by Cathay-Keris, this omnibus of three stories (with different directors) was adapted from mystery tales featuring Detective Inspector Latiff (S. Roomai Noor), a character created Pelham Groom, a former British officer and genre writer who settled in Singapore. Latiff’s ‘Watson’ is a female Chinese forensic doctor (Mary Lim), and the first story 'Mud on Her Shoes' hinges on the romance between an English expat and a Malay woman. The second story is the titular 'Hantu Rimau'. The third tale ’Double Knock Out’, heralded as the first depiction of a local boxing match, was shot in Happy World (later renamed Gay World), one of the night-life amusement parks known as the ‘Worlds’. 'Mud on Her Shoes' directed by L. Krishnan, 'Hantu Rimau' directed by B.N. Rao, 'Double Knock Out' directed by S. Roomai Noor