Indonesia Buffalo Boys is a Indonesia–Singapore co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape along with his nephews Jamar and Suwo, the newborn sons of Hamza, one of the last Indonesian sultans fighting against foreign tyranny. In 1860, after wandering for years on the plains of the American Wild West, Arana and the two brothers return to Indonesia to avenge their dead loved ones and punish the evil man who caused their misfortune.
Indonesia × Singapore Co-Production
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Buffalo Boys. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2017–2019 Indonesia Window
Buffalo Boys holds position #8 of 26 Indonesia films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Indonesia Landscape
2018 was the decade’s peak output year for Indonesia — 11 titles released, including Buffalo Boys. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (38 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 10 other Indonesia films in 2018.
The 39th Indonesia title from Indonesia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1976).
Our Indonesia catalog contains 67 titles in total (63 films).
Audience Engagement
47 audience reviews — more than 75% of Indonesia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 79th percentile among Indonesia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Buffalo Boys, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- asian western · 4
- java · 3
- small town · 13
- brother brother relationship · 12
- indonesia · 9
- martial arts · 369
- 19th century · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #21 of 67 Indonesia films indexed here (69th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Indonesia average of 6.3/10.
Among Indonesia Drama productions specifically: #11 of 28 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Indonesia, Singapore |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Indonesian |
| Production Companies | Infinite Studios, Zhao Wei Films, Bert Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | July 19, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt6917210 |
| Official Site | zhaowei.com |