{"id":192375,"date":"2016-06-16T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/?p=192375"},"modified":"2016-06-16T14:45:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T06:45:08","slug":"malaysian-films-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/culture-my\/entertainment-my\/asian-scene-my\/malaysian-films-to-watch-192375.html","title":{"rendered":"What's Hot: 10 Malaysian films every Malaysian should watch"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/tv-and-movies\/finding-dory-star-trek-10-exciting-movies-look-forward-2016-145621.html\" target=\"_blank\">international blockbusters<\/a> that people all over the world know about months before their release, eagerly awaiting\u00a0their premier date and rushing to the cinemas once they're out. And then, there are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/must-watch-10-foreign-romance-movies-86113.html\" target=\"_blank\">local films<\/a> that perhaps not everybody knows about, but when they do actually choose to watch them, they realise how much more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/top-tearjerkers-10-melancholic-movies-good-cry-85459.html\" target=\"_blank\">heartwarming and thought-provoking<\/a> they can be compared to mainstream films. Today, we're here to talk about these amazing movies that we think should be given a lot more attention than they probably get nowadays.<\/p> <p>Malaysian films come in all shapes and sizes. This means that you'll definitely be able to find something you like in the huge collection of local films out there. And we don't see why you should be watching them any less than huge film successes like <em>Avatar\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>X-Men<\/em>. After all, they're all forms of art which have different life lessons to teach.<\/p> <p>So, let's play a game of\u00a0<em>Do You Know Your Malaysian Films?<\/em> Head up to our gallery to see if you can check them all off. If not, you'll probably want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/tv-and-movies\/popcorn-flicks-10-movies-catch-long-weekend-145476.html\" target=\"_blank\">spend this weekend catching up<\/a> on these must-watch movies.<\/p> <p><em>Dione Chen<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You'll need to check if you've watched every film on this list before you can call yourself a true-blue Malaysian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":565,"featured_media":192597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Looking for some cool Malaysian films to binge watch? 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