Best mind-bending Indonesian movies in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
26 movies in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.8. Newest addition: Ghost in the Cell, added to Prime Video on 21 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 58m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 8.2 (2.8K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesHeartwarmingTwisty
Bagus, a screenwriter, reunites with his high school friend and crush, Hana, who is still grieving from the loss of her husband. He wants to convince her to fall in love once again, just like in the movies.
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2. One Day We'll Talk About Today (2020)
Movie · Indonesian · 2h 1m · Drama · IMDb 7.3 (1.8K votes)
TwistyHeartwarming
Harboring a deep secret, a seemingly happy family confronts the trauma of years past as a clash between generations threatens to separate them.
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3. Photocopier (2021)
Movie · Indonesian · 2h 10m · Drama, Mystery · IMDb 6.8 (4.5K votes)
TwistyMatureDark & grittyCold & detached
When photos of her at a party cause her to lose a scholarship, a student investigates whether something devastating happened to her that night.
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4. Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 54m · Action, Romance · IMDb 6.8 (1.2K votes)
MatureFunnyVisually stunningFast-paced
Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung, Ajo gets beaten black and blue, but he also falls head over heels in love. Will Ajo’s path lead him to a happy life with Iteung, and, e
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5. Fireworks (2023)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 45m · Drama, Science Fiction · IMDb 7.0 (550 votes)
TwistyDark & grittyCold & detachedMature
4 people intend to commit suicide together by blowing themselves up using a large ball of fireworks, but strange events occur, every times they explode, they don't die and return to their initial state.
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6. Ghost in the Cell (2026)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 46m · Horror, Comedy · IMDb 6.5 (4.3K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatCold & detached
In a notorious prison, an invisible force begins killing inmates brutally, compelling enemy gangs and corrupt guards to work together as they try to survive the mounting bloodshed.
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7. Sleep Call (2023)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 40m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (587 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
Loneliness, past trauma and debts keep Dina trapped in a complicated life. Then she found the Sleep Call activity - a happiness and an escape from the real world, but it leads to terror and disaster.
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8. Vengeance in the Dreary Night (2025)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 43m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (674 votes)
Cold & detachedTwistyMatureDark & gritty
Jefri and Sarah are an adulterous couple now desperately trying to create an alibi after the corpse of Sofia, the lawful wife they murdered, mysteriously disappears from the morgue. Arya Pradana, a police investigator, uses all his logic to uncover the truth. Has the corpse come back to life to take revenge on her kill
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9. Kisah Tanah Jawa: Pocong Gundul (2023)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 47m · Horror · IMDb 6.2 (537 votes)
Dark & grittyEdge-of-seatTwistyCold & detached
HAO has retrocognitive ability, an ability to see past events. With his ability, Hao helps SARI, a vocational school student, who was kidnapped by ‘Pocong Gundul’ - a evil pocong figure with a bald head. Together with his best friend RIDA, Hao manages to save Sari, but Hao's actions ignites anger from the Pocong Gundul
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10. KKN: Curse of the Dancing Village - Luwih Dowo, Luwih Medeni (2022)
Movie · Indonesian · 2h 50m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 6.0 (402 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seat
A group of students encounter strange and terrifying events during their community service in a remote village. This film is an extended version of 2022's KKN di Desa Penari.
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11. A Woman Called Mother (2025)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 59m · Horror, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (484 votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedTwisty
After her father’s death, Vira’s mother has a mental breakdown. To start fresh, the family moves to a new city and opens a hair salon together. While the family attempts to adjust to their new lives, Vira’s mother, Yanti, begins exhibiting strange, violent behavior reminiscent of her mental breakdown and becomes partic
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12. Today We'll Talk About That Day (2023)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 58m · Drama, Family · IMDb 5.9 (250 votes)
Low-stakesHeartwarmingLight-heartedTwisty
The lives of Narendra and Ajeng intersect for the first time as past and present come together in this prequel to "One Day We'll Talk About Today."
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13. Panji Tengkorak (2025)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 34m · Animation, Action · IMDb 5.6 (253 votes)
Visually stunningMatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
Panji, who sold his soul to black magic to avenge his wife's death, intended to end his life, but found his body now shackled by black magic that controlled his soul. After wandering aimlessly, Panji met an old warrior who asked for his help to chase a bandit who had seized a sacred heirloom that was said to be able to
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14. The Chanting 3 (2008)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 30m · Horror · IMDb 5.1 (272 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatTwisty
A group of youngsters is on a mission to Ujung Sedo, to find their missing friends in a haunting jungle. Along the way, they met Samantha who's in a personal mission to the a mystical village. They went across the dark woods, a deafening fog, and a deadly cave where strange events followed them. Every twist is connecte
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15. The Draft! (2026)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 24m · Science Fiction, Horror · IMDb 4.9 (239 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seatMature
5 student. An old villa. Old well. Forbidden room. Dark secret of the past. A seemingly omnipotent evil. Survival is the key. Let the battle of wits begins...
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16. Headshot (2016)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 58m · Action, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (17.7K votes)
MatureFast-pacedDark & grittyEdge-of-seat
A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.
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17. Grave Torture (2024)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 57m · A · Horror · IMDb 6.1 (3.9K votes)
MatureDark & grittyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death — a fixation that leads her on a dark quest.
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18. Shutter (2025)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 29m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 5.1 (617 votes)
Dark & grittyCold & detachedTwistyEdge-of-seat
After a senior analog photographer discovers the spectral image of a former college student haunting his photos and coming to life, his girlfriend investigates the phantom, uncovering a horrific past crime that is now claiming his friends' lives one by one.
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19. Vina: Before 7 Days (2024)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 40m · Crime, Horror · IMDb 5.3 (815 votes)
MatureDark & grittyTwistyCold & detached
Victim of atrocities by motorbike gangs in Cirebon, VINA did not accept that her death was called a single accident. Her spirit enters to reveal the facts. Before 7 Days, what actually happened?
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21. Suzzanna: Buried Alive (2018)
Movie · Indonesian · 2h 5m · Horror, Drama · IMDb 5.5 (1.3K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
Satria's employees intend to rob his house when he is out of the country but their robbery turns into murder when they find Suzzanna in the house as they bury her body in the backyard.
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22. 24 Hours with Gaspar (2023)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 38m · Action, Crime · IMDb 4.8 (614 votes)
TwistyEdge-of-seatFast-pacedMature
With only 24 hours left to live, a private investigator follows a trail of confounding clues to uncover the disappearance of his childhood friend.
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23. Possession: Kerasukan (2024)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 34m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 3.5 (354 votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedEdge-of-seat
A young woman leaves her family for unknown reasons. Her husband, determined to find out the truth, starts following her. He initially suspects that a man is involved, but gradually, discovers more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a simple love affair.
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24. May the Devil Take You (2018)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 50m · Horror, Mystery · IMDb 5.9 (6.2K votes)
Dark & grittyTwistyCold & detachedFast-paced
Hoping to find answers to her estranged father's mysterious illness, a young woman visits his old villa and uncovers a horrifying truth from the past.
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25. The Elixir (2025)
Movie · Indonesian · 1h 58m · A · Horror · IMDb 5.3 (7.3K votes)
Dark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seatTwisty
An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
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