Director: Colin Goh (co-director), Yen Yen Woo (co-director)

Year: 2006

IMDB Score: 6.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 76%

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Directors Woo Yen Yen and Colin Goh co-helm the ironic drama Singapore Dreaming (AKA Mei Man Ren Sheng). Richard Low stars as lawyer's clerk Loh Poh Huat, who, despite battling dire poverty himself, is forced to repossess goods from consumers who haven't paid off their credit card debts. Fate shifts when Poh Huat wins two million in the local lottery, so his family expects circumstances to ease significantly for them, but then an unforeseen catastrophe pulls the entire clan into a life-or-death struggle. Alice Lim, Dick Su and Yeo Yann Yann co-star. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Director: Anthony Chen

Year: 2013

IMDB Score: 7.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%

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Set in Singapore during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Ilo Ilo chronicles the day-to-day drama of the Lim family - troublesome grade-schooler Jiale and his overstressed parents, Heck and Leng. Comfortably middleclass and with another baby on the way, they hire Teresa, a Filipino immigrant, as a live-in maid and nanny. An outsider in both the family and Singapore itself, Teresa initially struggles to manage Jiale's antics and find her footing in her new community. The two eventually form a unique bond, but just as Teresa becomes an unspoken part of the family, unforeseen circumstances in an uncertain economy will challenge the new normal yet again. (c) Film Movement

Director: Royston Tan

Year: 2007

IMDB Score: 6.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 68%

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The story of two childhood friends who grew up mesmerized by the glitter and glamour of getai. They are The Papaya Sisters, two of the showiest performers on the circuit because the "song stage" with all its pomp and pageantry is a respite from the emptiness and dreariness of their own lives.

Director: Anthony Chen

Year: 2019

IMDB Score: 6.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%

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Wet Season follows the plight of Ling, a Chinese language teacher whose marriage and school life are fraying apart because she is unable to bear a child. But an unlikely friendship with a student helps her reaffirm her identity as a woman.

Director: Jean Yeo

Year: 2008

IMDB Score: 6.2/10

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Li-ann, a dreamer, is a strong believer of the soul mate theory and rejects all men, especially her best friend KS, till she falls in love with Jeremy, at first sight. They tour Chinatown, Singapore, together on February 29 1980. Unfortunately, she is heartbroken when he tells her he is engaged. He decides to make up to her by meeting her same time, same place, every leap year. Their love spans twenty years, as they realize the pain of love until they take the leap of faith...and the leap of love

Director: Erik Khoo

Year: 1995

IMDB Score: 6.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 45%

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Based on a short story and script by local writer Damien Sin, the film casts an uncompromising gaze into the marginal losers of society, following a dim-witted mee pok seller who is obsessed with Bunny, a prostitute who frequents his stall. Bunny dreams of a better life and remains unaware of the man’s affections until circumstances lead to a most unlikely union and a resolution that borders on the macabre.

DISCLAIMER: Contains nudity

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Year: 1979

IMDB Score: 7/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 67%

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In the crime melodrama, Saint Jack by director Peter Bogdanovich, Ben Gazzara plays an American pimp, operating in Singapore. Seeking independence from the local mob, Gazzara is browbeaten--and sometimes just beaten--by the criminal powers-that-be. Resignedly, Gazzara goes to work for a fellow American mobster (played by director Bogdanovich, who is appropriately slimy) and ordered to photograph a crime-fighting senator (George Lazenby) in a compromising position. Gazzara finally develops a conscience, a shade too late. Filmed on location, Saint Jack was produced by the director's former mentor Roger Corman.

Producer: The Science Channel

Year: 2010

IMDB Score: 8.4/10

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Danny Forster takes us to Singapore, where the tiny island nation is doing something that's never been done before - building the first-ever Skypark. A modern version of the hanging gardens of Babylon, this 7000-ton urban oasis will hang 650 feet in the air on top of 3 soaring skyscrapers..

Producer: National Geographic

Year: 2019

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“Inside: Jewel Changi Airport” presents an exclusive look at the creation of Jewel, a game-changing hub for Singapore Changi Airport, the best ranked airport in the world, and a new tourism icon for Singapore. From the installation of a 150-year-old olive tree to testing the world’s largest indoor waterfall, follow the team tasked with delivering a new architectural wonder.

Producer: National Geographic

Year: 2018

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With visionary thinkers and innovators as the guides, City of the Future: Singapore dives deep into the latest innovations and technology being created and implemented to blaze a path into the future.