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Stories Set in Singapore
At the tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore is a small island city-state built around harbors, housing blocks and parks. Stamford Raffles set up a British trading post here in 1819 and separation from Malaysia in 1965 forced self-rule, which is why stories here weigh order, money and arrival. Crazy Rich Asians and Coming Home sit on its shelf. Open Singapore on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Singapore on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Singapore
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Browse 25 books, 59 movies, 1 TV show and 7 games set in Singapore.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Captain Barbossa long believed to be dead has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
Crazy Rich Asians
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.
Coming Home
Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age,…
Hitman: Agent 47
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Coming Home
Coming Home is a novel about tremendous victory and unprecedented loss, a story of faith and a forever kind of love, love that will stay with you long after the last page. This stand-alone novel will serve as either a…
God of Gamblers
Ko Chun an extremely talented and well known gambler. On the eve of a big confrontation with a famous Singaporean gambler Ko walks into a trap set by Knife an avid but a so-so gambler meant for an Indian servant. Struck…
Shirkers
In 1992 teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later the 16mm film is recovered sending Tan now a…
Gigantic
The Hamburg friends Walter Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in their early twenties and are dreaming of another life when Floyd…
UFC Fight Night 132: Cowboy vs. Edwards
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards (also known as UFC Fight Night 132) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on June 23 2018 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang Singapore.
Ramen Shop
Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father he takes it with him to her native country Singapore hoping to piece together the…
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