Joko Anwar (born January 3, 1976 in Medan, Indonesia) is a writer-director who started his career as a journalist and film critic. His works include The Forbidden Door (2009), which received the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and A Copy of My Mind (2015), which competed at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. His film Satan's Slaves (2017) was the highest grossing horror of all time in Indonesia.
Tales of supernatural sci-fi phenomena unfold in this collection of seven mind-bending, interconnected stories imagined by writer-director Joko Anwar.
Release Date2024-06-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Government Official #1
Episode Count5
Vote Count54
After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.
Release Date2017-09-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Dono Budiono
Vote Count323
Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped in the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.
Release Date2025-04-17
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Charactersd Security Guard
Vote Count47
After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.
Release Date2022-07-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Radio broadcasters / Radio callers / Bus passenger
Vote Count77
Emma and Febby, who have different personalities, work together to establish an alternative cinema called CineSpace. Until one night, an incident forces them to stay overnight in the cinema. In the morning, their bodies are swapped with each other. This incident forces them to adapt to life. The quiet Emma with Febby's body must approach Richard, a barista who is liked by Febby. Meanwhile, Febby with Emma's body is required to take a scholarship test and do Emma's work which she is not good at.
Release Date2017-09-11
Charactersd Juri Beasiswa Film #1
Episode Count1
Mak Gondut wants her daughter to marry a nice Batak man, but Gloria has other plans—pursuing her dream of filmmaking while racing against time to fund her passion before tradition catches up with her.
Release Date2013-01-03
Charactersd Produser Hantu
Threatened by Kanjeng Badai and his militant and homophobic political party, a country's safety depends on Adam, a hairdresser.
Release Date2010-10-07
Charactersd Aline
Vote Count3
Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.
Release Date2009-09-16
Charactersd Ubay (voice)
The level-headed owner of a struggling coffee shop finds his future at risk when his partner—a talented but cocky barista—makes a major bet with a wealthy entrepreneur. To save their beloved shop from bankruptcy and overcome their differences, they must find the ultimate perfect cup of coffee.
Release Date2015-04-08
Charactersd Debt Collector
Vote Count12
A B-list actor reconnects with his high school bandmates at a reunion that soon unravels when a group of attendants turns into zombies.
Release Date2018-04-12
Charactersd Joko Anwar
Vote Count10
Six friends are captured and tortured by a murderous family after giving a ride home to a desperate stranger.
Release Date2009-10-08
Charactersd Yuppie #3
Vote Count88
Founded by the power couple, Ali and Sofia Khan, The Light is a training center that claims to be a self-betterment organization, focused on helping youths take charge of their life for a brighter future. But when three best friends join this organization, they soon realize that dark shadows lurk behind The Light and must find a way to escape.
Release Date2021-10-14
Charactersd Joko Liauw
Vote Count14
Three first year junior high school teenagers lives closely in a housing complex since childhood.
Release Date2011-11-17
Charactersd Mr. Tiko
Vote Count1
3Sum like as omnibus films about love, life and death and action, thriller dan drama genres.
Release Date2013-01-31
Charactersd Ali Ferzat
Vote Count1
This film is an adaptation of the novel written by Indi. The story begin when Indi (Velove Vexia), who suffered from scoliosis, her activities became increasingly limited. After being told that she is no longer allowed to participate in sports activities, Indi became even more so quiet. Everything changed when she met Mika (Vino G. Bastian). Indi's spirit start growing. She became more willing to overcome her illness. Mika, who has an optimistic view of life, successfully make Indi to be cheerful once more. In fact, Mika himself has AIDS.
Release Date2013-01-17
Charactersd Dentist
Vote Count1
A lost and disillusioned film director finds himself stuck in creative limbo. A way out presents itself in the form of a peculiar film project.
Release Date2015-04-02
Charactersd Joko
A devoted nun who cares for her elder sisters must choose between upholding her vows or pursuing her forbidden feelings for a fascinating pastor.
Release Date2019-04-11
Charactersd Father Martin
Vote Count10
A group of four friends decide to try and become Youtubers stars to overcome their unpopularity. Their differences put a strain on their friendship.
Release Date2017-08-16
Charactersd Papa Ellie
Vote Count2
After losing a World Cup bet, two hapless buddies must use their wits to pay off their debt to a big Jakarta bookie.
Release Date2008-08-13
Charactersd Interrogator
Vote Count2
Between divorce, bad relationships and coming out as gay, a group of affluent friends realize that none of their lives are as easy as they seem.
Release Date2003-12-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Restaurant Manager
Vote Count13
Eight years ago, 14 year old May was raped by a group of men. May’s father is devastated, blaming himself for not being able to keep his daughter safe. Traumatized significantly by this incident, May withdraws completely from life.
Release Date2019-04-27
Charactersd Opponent Boxer Manager
Vote Count13
Four high school friends must face the consequences of their video critics after the principal forbid them to have their annual vacation.
Release Date2017-11-09
Charactersd Konji's Dad
Vote Count3
Unfolding the life of a taxi driver that uses his services as a front for extortion rackets and other criminal activities. When his hot-headed younger brother's impulsive behaviour lead the cops and triad to their doorstep. As the eldest, he stops at nothing to protect them all.
Release Date2019-04-11
Charactersd Alan
Vote Count5
Three women from three different social, economic, and ethnic groups discuss their lives in polygamous household.
Release Date2006-03-23
Charactersd The Producer
Vote Count6
Yan (55) is an honest government official. His wife, Rachel (55) is a philosophy professor at a leading university. They have three children who are very different in character. The oldest, Firman, the weakest, just get divorced and in idle condition. The second, Satria, a young contractor, has big ambitions to grow his business. Satria certainly be the golden boy of the family. And the last is Dian, the youngest, beloved of all family members, has been engaged to Hassan, a member of Parliament who is young, hungry and has a lot of connections to government officials. Stress due to rumors around him, Yan decides to resign. Soen does not understand what is going with his son. She also gets stress and then is hospitalized. Soen finally died. Family’s life is changed quickly and become more gloomy and not as warm as before. Money change all: the family’s values begin to collapse and reveal the falsity around them.
Release Date2014-05-08
Charactersd Anggota DPR
Vote Count1
A musical drama inspired by the 1956 classic, Tiga Dara. It tells the story of three sisters—Gendis, Ella, and Bebe—who live with their father and grandmother after their mother passed away. Each of them has a different personality, but they are all independent and focused on their careers. However, their grandmother becomes worried because her granddaughters are still unmarried. She then tries to find them suitable partners, which leads to various comedic situations, family conflicts, and questions about love and freedom.
Release Date2016-09-01
Charactersd Taxi Driver
Two teenagers face demands from their families that do not care about what they want. They only have each other to encourage and pursue their dreams.
Release Date2017-03-09
Charactersd Pak Dedi
Vote Count8
Linda is a young woman of Chinese heritage whose mother converted to Christianity after gaining some fame as a badminton player. Her friend Cahyono is tired of anti-Chinese prejudice and now tells people he's from Japan. Together, they try to make sense of their place in the Indonesian society.
Release Date2008-05-18
Charactersd Yahya
Vote Count14
8 stories about Peter, a gay man living in Jakarta from the age of 10 to 40 and his experiences with love that help to shape the man he is today.
Release Date2012-02-01
Charactersd Peter Umur 36 Tahun
Vote Count2
It tells the story of two people who choose to live on slightly different frequencies from other people. Andrea (Dinda Kanyadewi) has a unique and highly specialized job that requires her to work alone from night to morning in a near-empty office building. Leon (Khiva Iskak) is a writer, who goes out at night after his son falls asleep to write at his favorite coffee shop across from Andrea’s building. The two could begin to notice each other’s presence to their respective windows and they start to wonder about each other and themselves.
Release Date2018-03-14
Charactersd Tito
Vote Count2
A film created and shot by 50 children, about an adventure to find a hidden treasure.
Release Date2013-12-25
Charactersd Polisi 1
Love is a 2008 Indonesian anthology romance film directed by Kabir Bhatia as a remake of the 2006 film Cinta . In Jakarta, five couples of varying ages and backgrounds experience the different stages of romantic love, from its giddy start to its painful end.
Release Date2008-02-14
Charactersd Arya
Vote Count6
Nay, who's pregnant for about 11 weeks now, has to face life's adversities and the true nature of the people around her: her boyfriend Ben, her manager Ajeng, Ben's mother, and Pram - who she thinks is dependable. Shot entirely in a car.
Release Date2015-11-19
Charactersd Pram (voice)
Vote Count1
Eight stories are interwoven including the story of a child who works hard just to get a bottle of clean water and a pair of roller skates. Then there are siblings who sell pirated DVDs and start fighting each other when the younger one only wants to drink Starbucks coffee. The third story is about the daughter of a prostitute who has a crush on her moral studies teacher. Then we meet a Japanese man who is hungry for true love and meets a karaoke girl and we hear the story of a lowly-paid television director who is looking to escape the pressures from his wife and boss. Then there is the story of a female kindergarten principal who is trying to apply the Islamic way of life to defuse the temptations of the material world; or the tale of an expatriate’s former chauffeur who gets into trouble after receiving a farewell gift from the boss.
Release Date2008-10-16
Charactersd Sutradara Film
Adjeng lives alone in an apartment paid for by her boyfriend, a rich businessman. A writer of children's stories, she wishes to write short stories for adults; in this, she is mentored by Asmoro with whom she is also having sex. Meanwhile, Adjeng's mothe handles various aspects of her life, constantly calling her and making surprise visits. This has led Adjeng's friends, Venny and Andien, to tease her about her overbearing mother.
Release Date2007-12-28
Charactersd Bos
A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.
Release Date2020-10-31
Charactersd Self
Vote Count12
This documentary explores how familiar formulas, particularly in the horror genre, continue to dominate Indonesian cinema, raising questions about originality, diversity, and the future of storytelling in a culturally rich nation.
Release Date2026-02-14
Charactersd Self
A documentary about Suzzanna, "the Queen of Indonesian horror" - an actress who starred in many of the country's most iconic and beloved horror pictures.
Release Date2024-10-12
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
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.
Release Date2026-04-16
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count67
Bringing together some of the most talented Asian directors working within the genre sphere, this new anthology series creates an atmosphere unlike anything that’s come out of the region before.
Release Date2018-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count43
Alana discover the truth about her origin: she’s not an ordinary human being. She may be the gift for humanity and become its protector as Sri Asih. Or a destruction, if she can’t control her anger.
Release Date2022-11-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count165
Revisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.
Release Date2019-11-07
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count93
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.
Release Date2024-04-11
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count77
A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.
Release Date2019-10-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count249
A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.
Release Date2009-01-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count60
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...
Release Date2023-11-27
DepartmentCrew
JobThanks
Vote Count11
Suci needs to balance her budding career as a movie stuntwoman, maintaining her grades and scholarship on campus, while saving her own life. She's getting dragged into a complicated situation when she finds out that the ancient powers belong to highly-acclaimed people who are caught in a secret war.
Release Date2023-12-16
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count8
Vote Count5
After surviving a severe accident with lingering amnesia, a micro-painting artist begins to suspect that the woman who visits claiming to be his mother is actually a dangerous stranger.
Release Date2025-11-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Sancaka has lived on the streets since his parents left him. Living a hard life, Sancaka survives by thinking about his own safety. When the condition of the city gets worse and injustice rages throughout the country, Sancaka must decide whether he continues to live to look after himself or rise to become their oppressed hero.
Release Date2019-08-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count346
In the bustling streets and back alleys of Jakarta, a parallel world of bloodthirsty creatures from Indonesian mythology has lived alongside humans for generations. Taking on the appearance of humans themselves, the true identity of these "Demit" has been carefully concealed for centuries by a powerful family of mortals. The arrival of a mysterious supernatural event known only as the Gift will bring this hidden world to the surface. As the day of the Gift approaches, a young street artist named Sarah unexpectedly finds herself in the eye of the storm. Once the Demit realize who Sarah really is, and what she must do, humans and Demit are set on a collision course that could change the balance of their two worlds forever.
Release Date2015-11-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count16
After accidently killing her temperamental father in order to save her mom from his abuse, Viki flees from Medan to Jakarta with her autistic brother, Ara. To make ends meet in Jakarta, Viki poses as a transvestite and works as a striptease dancer. With no one to watch over her brother, Viki brings Ara every night to the club where she works and hide him in one corner of the room at the club. One day, Ara accidently witnesses an act of murder by Haryo, son of an official, and his friends. Realizing his crime action witness by Ara, Haryo and his friends chase Viki and Ara, determined to silene the two before they go to the police. For the sake of saving his brother’s life, Viki secretly flee from one place to another in order to escape Haryo and friends. Will Viki and Ara escape?
Release Date2007-03-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
A prequel tracing a demonic pact to its origins, beginning with an outbreak of mass hysteria in 16th-century Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire, then moving to a haunted lighthouse on Java's southern coast in the 17th century.
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
A woman has to stay awake.
Release Date2016-11-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Two young siblings starts a small business -- selling rays of sun.
Release Date2012-08-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A film delivery man promises a beautiful young woman to deliver a film reel on time to a movie theater, but the the whole city seems to conspire against him.
Release Date2005-04-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count24
The incredible journey when 4 best friends meet up for a promise thing.
Release Date2017-08-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Plot TBA.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A father on vacation wakes up separated from his family and races through the woods to find them.
Release Date2012-04-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count115
A woman gets challenged from a child to play Bloody Mary.
Release Date2016-09-05
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Riani, a teenager who is forced to reveal her hidden powers when several mysterious cases occur and turn the city into chaos.
Release Date2023-03-02
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count8
Martin and Dara have lost intimacy after 17 years of marriage. In confusion, they decide to try sexual therapy, hoping to rekindle their connection. But instead of help, the clinic traps them-sending actors to lure them into hotel rooms. Martin and Dara are made drunk, caught "cheating," and recorded-then blackmailed by the clinic.
Release Date2025-06-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
The new romance between a beauty salon worker and a subtitle writer for pirated DVDs gets pulled into danger when they view a forbidden recording.
Release Date2016-02-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count19
Toni, Aghi, Bubu, and Saras get the task of making essays. They create a free school for street children but they chose to earn money than learn.
Release Date2017-04-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count9
When a sheltered young woman becomes enamored with a struggling writer, she goes to great lengths to become involved in his creative process.
Release Date2008-06-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count16
Three siblings and their mother discover delights — and downsides — of sudden wealth when their father dies and his secret fortune is revealed.
Release Date2019-01-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count14
Mourning the death of his serial killer father, a boy enters his dad's casket and soon finds himself buried alive.
Release Date2012-10-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count10
DepartmentWriting
JobCreative Producer
Plot TBA.
DepartmentWriting
JobCreative Producer
The Sequel of Gundala (2019)
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A police and a journalist uncover series of murders that lead into one problem: A treasure many parties were fighting for and caused many casualties.
Release Date2007-04-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count15
A young woman probes her boyfriend after he didn't show up at dinner with her family, and can't decide if he's lying or telling the truth. Spontaneous DIY film made while visiting the Swiss Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival.
Release Date2009-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A girl tries to 'move on' from a devastating break up with her ex, by practicing “7 Steps to Move On” with the help of her best friend.
Release Date2012-12-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
A woman with a dark past dedicates herself to taking care of multi-handicapped children. When a young musician comes into her life, she is forced to face her history, or it will destroy her future.
Release Date2003-03-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobSecond Assistant Director
Vote Count5
A single independent girl met a cute geek who managed to steal her heart. After they started dating, though, she realized she had to put an effort to steal his heart away from his precious laptop.
Release Date2012-12-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Jojo is an unemployed. He decides to become a gigolo for an escort company. Everything works smoothly until he falls in love with a medical student.
Release Date2007-11-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count9
The First Bumilangit Cinematic Universe Team-Up Movie
DepartmentWriting
JobCreative Producer
A man with a childhood heartbreak needs to learn to unleash himself free of his past, for a woman who loves him. Through the small events during a man’s journey of life, through colors, textures, and shapes -- will he realize that their hearts are meant to be united?
Release Date2013-11-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Plot TBA.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Plot under wraps.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the National Gallery Singapore. Each of the five directors – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Ho Yuhang and Joko Anwar – handpicked a masterpiece from the 19th and 20th century as inspiration for their short films.
Release Date2016-10-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
After starting their traveling coffee business, friends Ben and Jody reopen their shop in Jakarta, where new opportunities and challenges begin to brew.
Release Date2017-07-13
Vote Count7
Yahya, a low-class employee, finds a suitcase on an empty street. The suitcase is suspected to contain robbed money from a bank. This results in everybody giving the once invisible Yahya the royal treatment, with the hope to get a little reward in return. But Yahya is determined to keep the suitcase, until a series of events in his life prompt him to consider his decision.
Release Date2006-08-31
