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Stories Set in Indonesia
Bali's "love" chapter, Jakarta's 1965 intrigue, high-rise raids and colonial reckonings — the archipelago holds epics on every island. Start with these ten, then open Indonesia on StoryTerra's map.
Open Indonesia on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Indonesia
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Browse 189 books, 231 movies and 5 games set in Indonesia.
The Raid
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of…
The Raid 2
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life SWAT team member Rama goes undercover joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect…
The Act of Killing
Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating the crime.
The Big 4
A by-the-book female detective teams up with four down-on-their-luck assassins to investigate her father's murder.
Gold
Kenny Wells a modern-day prospector hustler and dreamer is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose last-ditch effort: to find gold deep…
The Look of Silence
A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
Ticket to Paradise
A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
Eat Pray Love
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband a house and a successful career – yet like so many others she found herself lost confused and searching for what she really wanted in…
The Bourne Objective
After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission- to find out who is trying to assassinate him. In the process, Bourne begins to question who he…
The Night Comes for Us
After sparing a girl's life during a massacre an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
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