This is an incomplete, chronological list of films produced in the Khmer language

Khmer language

Khmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language , with speakers in the tens of millions. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious...

. Most films are related to the Cinema of Cambodia

Cinema of Cambodia

Cinema in Cambodia began in the 1950s, and many films were being screened in theaters throughout the country by the 1960s, which are regarded as the "golden age"...

, but it may include films which have been partly produced in other countries but still retain Cambodian links.

For an alphabetical listing, see :Category:Cambodian films. Please note that not all Khmer films are listed and many of the films produced between 1965 and 1975 were destroyed during the Khmer Rouge

Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...

 years.

Notable films

1960s

• Kbone Chivt(1962)...Madam Dy Saveth 1st film
• Chet Madai (1963) oldest existing Khmer film discovered as of 2009
• Apsara(1965)...King Sihanouk's 1st film
• Pao Chouk Sar(1967)
• Puthisen Neang Kongrey(1967)
• Tep Sodachan(1968)
• Thavary Meas Bong (1969)

1970s

• Sovann Pancha(1970)...known as Vann Vannak's only surviving film
• Pous Keng Kong(1970)...Perhaps the most popular Cambodian movie of all time directed by Tea Lim Koun and was released in Cambodia for a second term in 1972.
• Kropeu Charavan(1972)
• Orn Euy Srey Orn
  Orn Euy Srey Orn
  Orn Euy Srey Orn is a highly popular 1972 film directed by Ly Bun Yim of Runteas Pich Pheap Yun. The film is a melodramatic love-triangle between Chea and Sou over a woman named Orn...
  
  (1972)
• Pko Lon Deum Chnam(1972) (1972)
• Panjapor Tevi (1973)
• Chnam Oun 16 (1974)-known for the famous Rock and Roll song "Sweet 16" by Ros Serey Sothea
• Pous Trung Oun Tov (1975)-known as the last existing Khmer film before the Khmer Rouge

1980s

• The Forced Labor of Angkar Leu(1979–1980)
• Kone Euy Madai Ahp(1980 or 1984)
• Chet Chong Cham (1984)
• Tears In a Quiet Purple Evening(1987)...Tep Rundaro
  Tep Rundaro
  Tep Rindaro is known to be the longest starring actor in Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge. His first film was The Secret Tears in the Quiet Purple Night, released in 1987.-Early life:...
  
  's debut film

1990s

• Last Colonel Savath(1992)
• Rice People(1994)
• Peasants In Distress(1994)
• Promat Promong(1994)
• Picheyvongsa(1996)
• Jeat Satrey(1997)...Cambodia's 1st acknowledged TV series and Pich Soporn's last film
• Bopha Pailin(1998)...Chorn Chan Leakenna debut film

2000s (Classic must see Cambodian films of the 2000s)

• Techo Domden(2000)
• The Snake King's Grandchild(2001)...Internationally known sequel to the 1970 film, a joint production between Cambodia and Thailand
• Cheam Anata(2002)...Actors Chea Yuthon and Saom Vansodany's life during the Khmer Rouge
• Tuk Jet Mdai(2002)...Dy Saveth returns to acting for the first time in a long time
• Min Yoke Te Pdei Jass, Saóp Nass Pdei Kmeng(2003)
• Tum and Teav(2003)
• Good Husband/Pdey Laó(2003)
• 3 Ace(2004)
• Ah Lev(2004)
• Neang Neat(2004)
• Moronak Meada(2004)
• Mr. Mao(2005)
• Neang Macha(2005)
• The Blind and the Crippled(2005)
• The Crocodile(2005)
• Mjass Bomnul Kam(2006)
• The Snake King's Grandchild(2006)
• Staying Single When(2007)...KMF's 1st featured film(actual voice)
• Heart Talk(2008)
• Pume Neak Klahan(2009)
• The Twin Diamonds(2009)'

2010s

• Kiles
  Kiles
  Kiles is a 2010 Cambodian Drama film written by local award-winning director, Mao Ayom. With the French colonization period setting during Post-World War II Cambodia, it tells the story of a passion sexual desire of an old rich man named Kiles who deeply fell in lust and love toward his debt...
  
  
• Two Shadows
  Two Shadows
  Two Shadows is an upcoming drama film. It is one of the first films to focus on Cambodian immigrants in the United States seeking surviving family connections in Cambodia since the fall of 1970s communist party, the Khmer Rouge...
  
   (2011)
• The Uninvited Ancestor (2011) (in-production)

See also

• List of Khmer Soap Operas
• List of Cambodian songs
• List of Khmer entertainment companies
• List of Khmer film actors
• List of Khmer film directors

External links

• Films from Cambodia at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
  
  
• Khmer-language films at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
  
  
• Filmography of Norodom Sihanouk
  Norodom Sihanouk
  Norodom Sihanouk regular script was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni...