(All) Best movies (I saw/know) set in Thailand
I traveled all over the world and I really fell in love with Thailand! So much I find myself watching every possible movie set in Thailand even if it's crapy! I enjoyed all the following movies (sometimes because they're great movies, sometimes simply because it's in Thailand).
Please! If you know more movies, let me know!
Enjoy! Thomas
Please! If you know more movies, let me know!
Enjoy! Thomas
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- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTilda SwintonDaniel YorkOn vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise.I think this movie is very underrated! Maybe it's because being a backpacker I can relate to a lot or maybe because I have been to koh Phi Phi... Anyway, I love the story and it's solid acting. Amazing Thai scenery!
- DirectorSeth GrossmanStarsJonno RobertsFlorence FaivreTate EllingtonThe story of two brothers who lead totally different lives. Jake Hunt enjoys life to the fullest in Thailand, while his shy brother Oliver deals with his own depressions back home in the USA. Their dominant mother wants Jake back home and for this reason, Oliver is sent to Thailand to retrieve his brother. Once there, Oliver finds himself in Jake's bizarre life and falls in love with a beautiful girl, Lek. However, it is not a coincidence that she and Oliver have met.Drama Drama Drama... Just the kind of movie I like. Set in Chiang Mai, shows the Thai dream of 2 brothers gone bad. Good stuff!
- DirectorMads MatthiesenStarsKim KoldElsebeth SteentoftLamaiporn Sangmanee HougaardDennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.So pure, so real, I believe this story! In search for love in Pattaya.. mmm.. Not the best idea.. Or is it?
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsGael García BernalMichelle WilliamsMarife NecesitoWhen a father has to leave his family in New York, for a business trip to Thailand in the gaming industry, fatal destinies collid.
- DirectorJeff HareStarsKip PardueJames BrolinNapakpapha NakprasitteBrian, an American businessman, is sent to Thailand in search of local coffee plantations to purchase, but he ends up finding more than just coffee, and that the original purpose of the trip might not even be about coffee after all.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsTony JaaNathan JonesXing JinA young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsJeeJa YaninHiroshi AbePongpat WachirabunjongAn autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
- DirectorEkachai UekrongthamStarsAsanee SuwanSorapong ChatreeOrn Anong PanyawongBiopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsBradley CooperZach GalifianakisEd HelmsTwo years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.Very entertaining, hysterical, amusing,... And Bangkok makes it even better! Bangkok really has me now!
- DirectorNeil MandtStarsNeil MandtMarc CarterGregory PoppenCharlie and Cliff decide they want to go to the Full Moon party in Thailand. Along the way they travel around the world sprinkling the ashes of their dead friend Paul. As they go from country to country they meet a wide variety of crazy people and have insane adventures.2 friends travel the world on the way to the full moon party. Worst acting I ever saw... It's like a home video, that makes you feel like you're there with them. Really enjoyed it. Good movie about backpacking!
- DirectorPrachya PinkaewStarsTony JaaPhetthai VongkumlaoPumwaree YodkamolWhen the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.Awesome martial-arts movie! shows some nice aspects of thai culture!
- DirectorStaffan LindbergStarsPeter MagnussonSusanne ThorsonJenny SkavlanAverage Swedish guy Sven, bored with his life, decides to go to Thailand to write a novel and "get away from the rat race". He meets a range of peculiar characters and learns a few things about love, friendship, and himself.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsNopachai ChaiyanamSirin HorwangChanokporn SayoungkulA cop who becomes a hitman for a group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law finds his world turned upside down by a single a devastating blow.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsClaire DanesKate BeckinsaleBill PullmanTwo women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH DRUGS IN THAILAND! Pretty decent movie/ storie. Doesn't exactly show the most fun part of the country but it's still Thailand so I enjoyed it :p
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsNaomi WattsEwan McGregorTom HollandThe story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsNantarat SawaddikulJaruchai IamaramSophon PukanokStory about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents, who were both doctors, and the director's memories about growing up in the hospital environment.
- DirectorPanna RittikraiPhetthai VongkumlaoStarsPhetthai VongkumlaoPumwaree YodkamolPiphat ApiraktanakornA hapless bodyguard is fired from his client's son for the death of his clients father. The son is then hunted by assassins who do not want him to inherit his fathers company.
- DirectorDanny PangOxide Chun PangStarsNicolas CageCharlie YeungShahkrit YamnarmA hitman who's in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs violates his personal code when he falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy.Typical hollywood action... but beautiful Thai people.. and Bangkok!
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingKristin Scott ThomasVithaya PansringarmJulian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
- DirectorApichatpong WeerasethakulStarsBanlop LomnoiSakda KaewbuadeeHuai DessomA romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around a Thai folk-tale involving a shaman with shape-shifting abilities.
- DirectorNontakorn TaweesukStarsDan ChupongKessarin EktawatkulJason FentonAn action movie about a 7-foot-tall docile man who learns Muy Thai and then uses his new skills to help solve a case of stolen diamonds.
- DirectorRashane LimtrakulStarsJeeJa YaninKazu Patrick TangNui SaendaengA violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After learning their unique martial arts style, Deu helps lure the gang into an epic battle to save the women across Thailand.
- DirectorXavier DurringerStarsEric SavinBruno LópezDao ParateeJean and Polo are two old friends who decide to go to Thailand to change their minds.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsTadanobu AsanoSinitta BoonyasakTakashi MiikeA suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.
- DirectorMark DiSalleDavid WorthStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDennis AlexioDennis ChanKurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.