Top 20 movies like Angkor — SOS in the jungle

Angkor — SOS in the jungle

The film directed by V. Starošas tells about Angkor, a huge complex of temples, palaces, water reservoirs and canals in Cambodia, built in the jungle in the 9th-13th centuries.

Ankoras – SOS džiunglėse is of 0 hour(s) and 31 minute(s). It is Produced By:  . It was released on 1987-01-01.

Genres: Documentary

1. Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers

During the last half-century, Cambodia has witnessed genocide, decades of war and the collapse of social order. Now, documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh looks at an irreparable tragedy that is less visible, yet no less pervasive: the spiritual death that results when young women are forced into prostitution. Angry and impassioned, PAPER CANNOT WRAP UP EMBERS presents the searing stories of poor Asian women whose lives were violated and their destinies destroyed when their bodies were turned into items of sexual commerce.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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2. Our Hope

Our Hope

Short documentary on the Cambodian Handicraft Association which trains and supports women who have been affected by polio, landmine injuries, deafness or mental trauma.

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3. Kampuchea inför kriget (Kampuchea inför kriget)

Kampuchea inför kriget

Documentary about Cambodia featuring a long interview with Pol Pot

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4. Les Pépites (Les Pépites)

Les Pépites

(Les Pépites)

It has an average vote of 7.226 on TMDB.

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5. S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge)

S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

Documentary of the S-21 genocide prison in Phnom Penh with interviews of prisoners and guards. On the search for reasons why this could have happened.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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6. Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma

Raise the Bamboo Curtain: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Burma

This is the original version of the much heralded "Raising The Bamboo Curtain" narrated and produced by legendary travel filmmaker Rick Ray. . Sneaking his cameras past Burmese and Cambodian customs officials and getting around the country to produce one of the best travel docs ever made, Rick has outdone himself - again!

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7. À la Poursuite des Pilleurs de Temples (À la Poursuite des Pilleurs de Temples)

À la Poursuite des Pilleurs de Temples

(À la Poursuite des Pilleurs de Temples)

It has an average vote of 4.5 on TMDB.

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8. Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer (Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer)

Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer

(Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer)

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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9. Defending Brother No.2 (Defending Brother No.2)

Defending Brother No.2

Two Dutch lawyers, Michiel Pestman and Victor Koppe, travel to Cambodia in 2011 to defend Nuon Chea in an international tribunal. Nuon Chea, also known as Brother No. 2, was the second man after Pol Pot in the Khmer Rouge regime. He is being charged with mass murder and crimes against humanity. For four years, the documentary follows the lawyers in their attempt to give this man a fair trial, but the UN tribunal is beset by local interests and a government which consists partly of other former members of the Khmer Rouge who would really like all of the blame to rest solely on the defendant. What should've been the crowning achievement in the careers of the lawyers turns out very different.

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10. Der vergessene Tempel von Banteay Chhmar (Der vergessene Tempel von Banteay Chhmar)

Der vergessene Tempel von Banteay Chhmar

(Der vergessene Tempel von Banteay Chhmar)

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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11. Mirr (Mirr)

Mirr

(Mirr)

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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12. Narratives of Modern Genocide

Narratives of Modern Genocide

Narratives of Modern Genocide challenges the audience to experience first-person accounts of survivors of genocide. Sichan Siv and Gilbert Tuhabonye share how they escaped the killing fields of Cambodia, and the massacre of school children in Burundi. Mixing haunting animation, and expert context the film confronts our notion that the holocaust was the last genocide.

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13. Bomb Hunters

Bomb Hunters

Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as scrap metal. The film explores the long-term consequences of war and genocide in an attempt to understand the social, cultural, and historical context and experiences of rural villagers who seek out and dismantle UXO for profit. Part of a global economy, these individuals clear UXO from their land in order to protect their families from harm and to earn enough money to survive. Bomb Hunters is an eye-opening account investigating the on-going residual, persistent effects of war experienced by post-conflict nations around the globe, and the complex realities of achieving "peace".

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14. Inside the Khmer Rouge

Inside the Khmer Rouge

Inside the Khmer Rouge takes an in-depth look at the history, domination, and current status of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The film features revealing interviews with soldiers of both the modern Khmer Rouge and those who fight in opposition. A comprehensive timeline of the regime's five-year occupation in Cambodia is dissected and includes a review of key individuals, ideologies, and locations where devastation hit hardest. Following this, the film takes a look at the effects on the Cambodian citizens upon the retraction of Vietnamese forces. Inside the Khmer Rouge continues to investigate the current tactics the modern Khmer Rouge implement and their attempts to persuade followers in order to rebuild and expand their regime. Oppositely, local forces or "jungle soldiers" discuss their devices for assuring the destruction and atrocities once caused by the Khmer Rouge never happen again.

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15. Golden Slumbers (Le sommeil d’or)

Golden Slumbers

Over three million Cambodians died in the genocide between 1975 and 1979. The Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror also decimated a homegrown film industry that had flourished since 1960: movie theaters were bombed, film prints were destroyed and artists were executed. In Golden Slumbers, French-Cambodian filmmaker Davy Chou mourns this loss of lives and culture, but balances the somber material with a playfulness that honors the lush melodramas and mythic adventures of the glory years.

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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16. Phnom Penh Lullaby

Phnom Penh Lullaby

Shickman, the film’s central subject, has been living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 8 years along with his baby’s mama, Saran. He is the soul provider of the pair and earns his meager living by reading tarot cards street side. Saran is Cambodian, drinks often, was once married to a man of which she had several kids with . Aside from having to contend with each other, the two must also be weary of the human vultures that eye their daughters with hopes of turning a profit on the black market. Surely, the future for these people are a bleak one.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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17. Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker (Norodom Sihanouk, roi cinéaste)

Norodom Sihanouk, King and Film-maker

Profile of the Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, at the head of a country that has experienced colonization, the wars of the 20th century and the tragic period of the Khmers Rouge.

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18. John Baumhackl: Chemical Unit

John Baumhackl: Chemical Unit

John Baumhackle recalls the early days of the Vietnam War when more and more troops were being sent into combat every month. In 1968 John's number came up and he was drafted into the conflict. Buying a camera at his company store before shipping off, he captured many battles while in a helicopter. John is near the front lines when President Nixon made the controversial decision to push into Cambodia. In John's view, this saved American lives.

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19. Redlight

Redlight

A powerful feature documentary about child sexploitation, an epidemic happening in every country around the world. Filmed over a four year period, REDLIGHT focuses on the personal stories of young Cambodian victims and two remarkable advocates for change: grass-roots activist Somaly Mam and politician Mu Sochua. Using gritty footage smuggled out of brothels and harrowing testimonials, REDLIGHT follows the plight of several current and former child sex slaves. Some are trying to regain entry into Cambodian society to find some semblance of normality after their horrific experiences. Other stories highlight the plight of victims who are attempting to bring the perpetrators to justice. Their torturous yet ultimately heroic battles to find witnesses and take brothel owners to court are dramatically brought to life in this topical and moving feature documentary.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

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20. The Bamboo Bridge (The Bamboo Bridge)

The Bamboo Bridge

This documentary looks at the stories that take place around a unique 1.5 kilometre long bamboo bridge that for generations has been built every year following the rhythms of nature across the Mekong River to join the rural community of Koh Paen to the city of Kampong Cham in Cambodia.

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