Frans Tumbuan

Two rowdy high school buddies pal around with a music-loving friend and dream of becoming rock stars, but can't escape their stressful family lives.

Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...

A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.

A CIA agent roams the streets of New York haunted by the death of the beautiful woman he fell in love with while on assignment in Jakarta. When he is kidnapped and drugged, the destination is Jakarta once again where he tries to unravel the mystery that is the city which broke him three years earlier.

An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.

A police and a journalist uncover series of murders that lead into one problem: A treasure many parties were fighting for and caused many casualties.

He' s been betrayed by his country, stripped of his honor, and exiled to a foreign land. Now maverick Marine officer John Carter has found a way to get back what was stolen from him. And he'll get it - no matter what it takes.

Theo Staats arrives at his uncle's rubber plantation in 'Our' Indies, The Emerald Belt. He meets Ems, the beautiful singer of the club, and falls head over heels for her. Ems, who comes from a poor Indonesian-European family, does not want to betray her Dutch husband, to whom she owes her status, but she cannot suppress her feelings. The Emerald Belt follows their passionate affair for ten years: from 1939, when the Dutch are carefree and enjoying their colonial power; through the Japanese invasion in 1942 and the difficult war years that will separate the lovers; to the struggle that led to Indonesian independence in 1949, when they are faced with a new choice.

An ex-Marine finds out a old buddy is leading a private army of mercenaries, and when he refuses to join, a deadly violent battle erupts between the two men!

Tiro Mandawa accidentally discovers a mysterious ancient artifact while he is guiding an archaeological mission. The artifact is believed to be the last piece of an ancient inscription related to Indonesian folklore. Prof. Kuncoro, a professor of history on ancient civilization, believes that the artifact is the key to the location of an ancient relic that has an endless powerful force. A giant company, the Madewa Group, headed by Adinoto Madewa is willing to finance the expedition to find the ancient relic. Tiro, and his faithful assistant, Satrio, the head of Madewa Group special staff, Miranda, plus Prof. Kuncoro and his two children, Sandhika and Panji, join this expedition mission. Their work is then obstructed by a treasure hunter, Maulana, who is also after the ancient relic.

A scholar researches the historical significance of a house that serves as a free school in hopes of saving it from being demolished by a developer.

Non has been depressed for some time, as she is not accepted by the family of her husband, Hans Tobing, though they already have three children. Just when Non is finally being accepted in her husband’s family, her happiness is threatened by ovarian cancer. It traumatises the family. Hans has to sacrifice everything that he can to save his wife’s life. Fortunately, Non gets her spirit back when she realises that her children still need her. That spirit is the most important element in the process of her recovery.

A study of middle class life in Jakarta.

Kodrat feels the loss after his friend, Solikhin, is shot dead by the police. They both come from poverty and are brought up in an orphanage. In return, they always donate the money they earn from their crimes to the orphanage. Kodrat wants revenge but his boss gives him an order to execute Solikhin’s girlfriend, Susy. He is not willing to do it. Instead, he brings Susy to the police, and goes to the orphanage to give away everything he owns. Mustakin, the patron of the orphanage, reveals Kodrat’s identity. He also tells Kodrat that the person who shot Solikhin is Sofyan, a friend from the orphanage. The bloody climax is inevitable, and the patron who tries to intervene becomes a victim.

Riri, will be free from her stepmother when she marries Leo and leaves for Jakarta. But Leo is a supplier of women, for a high-class brothel, owned by Mama Rosa. Thus Riri is "forced" to be a resident of the brothel. Ferdi, her friend from the village, who opens a tyre shop near the brothel, abuses her. Ferdi is drunk, and forces Riri to have sex with him. Then, Ferdi is tortured by the brothel bouncers, until he is burning for revenge. He then becomes a waiter at a kick-boxing club, and becomes an amateur boxer, while Riri still continues her profession. One day, they meet each other in a shopping center and Ferdi asks Riri to run away with him. When the men of Mama Rosa finds them, Ferdi knocks them out one by one with a broken beer bottle. He is thrown into jail while Riri waits for him.

Kadarwati, a young Javanese student in 1940s Singapore, is forced to become a 'comfort woman' by the occupying Japanese military

Atiek and Tika are always competing with each other. This rivalry has led to funny situations but also gives trouble to their friends and teachers. Then Atiek and Tika bet on who will be chosen as a movie star by a company casting for an actor. The loser has to kiss her boyfriend in public. In the end, the girls become best friends, class champions and famous movie stars.

Sudarko, a tenacious and stubborn widower, finally manages to become a successful businessman although he suffers from liver disease. His son, Nagara, also has this difficult nature. He refuses to become a businessman and opts to become an artist. Without his father’s support, he is able to study in Paris. On the other hand, Sudarko’s daughter, Andina, is a gentle person. She cannot resist her father’s wish for an arranged marriage with Dr. Budi, the son of Sudarman, his best friend and a specialist who had treated Sudarko in the war era. Apparently, Budi is selfish and a womanizer.

A rare film that was censored for many years, the story featured protesting university students in the process of self-discovery.

A melodramatic suffer-fest that would give Lars von Trier pause. On a quest to find her biological father, teenager Yeni is sidetracked when she's raped by her stepfather and ends up in a nuthouse. After she's released, her prostitute sister takes her to work at a brothel. There, she becomes second wife to an old, miserable man until her stepfather returns and tries to lay claim on her. After unsuccessfully trying to strangle Yeni to death, he and Yeni's mother get in a fight and end up stabbing each other to death. Once Yeni finds out she's pregnant, she's then rejected by her miserly husband, who denies the child is his.