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Best Movies from Thailand

Thailand's catalogue on Celluloid runs to 11 films spanning 2003–2025 in Thai, led by How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (84%) and A Useful Ghost (82%). Every title is ranked by our four-input Celluloid Score with critic consensus and expert reviews on each film page.

Quick Answer

The highest-rated Thailand film on Celluloid is How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024) with an 84% Celluloid Score — Recommended.

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Guide to Thailand Movies on Celluloid

Each film from Thailand in our catalogue includes a Celluloid Score from up to four verified inputs, original verdict text, and linked editorial reviews where available. Audience sentiment is separate.

Titles are indexed by original language and country of production for easier discovery.

Essential Thailand Picks

Top 5 by Celluloid Score
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies 2024 · Pat Boonnitipat · Thai

The Thai phenomenon that crossed borders with its blunt title and softer heart — critics praised Putthipong Assaratanakul and Usha Seamkhum for making elder-care grief feel universally legible without sentimental shortcuts.

84%
Celluloid Score Recommended
A Useful Ghost 2025 · Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke · Thai

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s Cannes-winning Thai ghost comedy took Silver Hanoman at JAFF 2025 — absurdist social satire with festival heat.

82%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Bad Genius 2017 · Nattawut Poonpiriya · Thai

Thailand's smartest export of the decade — a taut exam-cheating heist that played Cannes and proved Southeast Asian youth cinema could fuse social critique with blockbuster pacing.

82%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Syndromes and a Century 2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Thai

Apichatpong’s hospital diptych is a cornerstone of contemporary Thai cinema — essential viewing beside Uncle Boonmee and the Bangkok festival’s regional focus.

81%
Celluloid Score Recommended
Tropical Malady 2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Thai

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s queer jungle fable — Cannes Jury Prize — remains the international face of Thai art cinema that Bangkok’s world festival champions at home.

81%
Celluloid Score Recommended

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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024) ★★★★★

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies Review: Tender Math

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is Pat Boonnitipat's Thai family drama about a grandson chasing an inheritance, and a quietly devastating one.

Yes. It is funny, unsentimental and deeply moving. Ideal for anyone who has cared for an ageing relative, and for fans of intimate family drama.
Bad Genius (2017) ★★★★★

Bad Genius (2017) Review: An Exam Played Like a Heist

Bad Genius is Nattawut Poonpiriya's Thai thriller about a gifted student who turns exam cheating into a business, staged with all the tension of a great heist film.

Yes. It is one of the most gripping thrillers of its decade, a heist film about school exams that works for teenagers and adults alike and has real bite about class.
A Useful Ghost (2025) ★★★½☆

A Useful Ghost (2025) Review: Haunting by Vacuum Cleaner

A Useful Ghost is a Thai comedy about a dead woman who returns inside a vacuum cleaner, a deadpan love story that turns into sharp satire about memory.

Mostly yes. It is a bold, strange and often very funny Thai satire, best for adventurous viewers who enjoy deadpan absurdism and can ride out a long, uneven second half.
Syndromes and a Century (2006) ★★★½☆

Syndromes and a Century Review: Memory in Two Hospitals

Syndromes and a Century is Apichatpong Weerasethakul's tender, mysterious film inspired by his doctor parents, a Thai hospital story told twice in two different worlds.

Yes, for adventurous viewers. Art-house audiences open to slow, dreamlike cinema will find it quietly enchanting; anyone who needs plot or clear meaning will likely drift.
Tropical Malady (2004) ★★★½☆

Tropical Malady (2004) Review: A Romance That Turns Feral

Tropical Malady is Apichatpong Weerasethakul's two-part Thai fable, a tender gay romance that becomes a hypnotic jungle legend; mesmerising, if deeply elusive.

Yes, for adventurous viewers. Its split structure and slow, dreamlike second half will lose some audiences, but few films evoke desire and mystery so vividly.
Scala (2022) ★★★½☆

Scala (2022) Review: A Movie Palace Turns Off the Lights

Scala is Ananta Thitanat's short Thai documentary about the final days of Bangkok's beloved Scala cinema, a tender elegy told through the staff who return to close it.

Yes, especially for cinephiles and anyone who misses single-screen cinemas. It is brief and quietly moving, though viewers wanting a full history may find it slight.
The Medium (2021) ★★★★☆

The Medium (2021) Review: A Goddess, a Camera, a Curse

The Medium is a Thai-Korean mockumentary about a shaman family in rural Isan, a slow-burning folk horror that turns genuinely frightening before an extreme finale.

Yes, for committed horror fans. It is among the scariest Asian horror films of recent years, but its long build and punishing final act will not suit everyone.
Ong-Bak (2003) ★★★½☆

Ong-Bak (2003) Review: Muay Thai With No Safety Net

Ong-Bak is the Thai martial arts film that made Tony Jaa a star, a thin revenge story carried by bone-crunching Muay Thai stunts performed for real.

Yes, with reservations. The stunts and fights are astonishing and essential for action fans, but the plot, acting and comic relief are strictly functional.
Hunger (2023) ★★★☆☆

Hunger (2023) Review: Class Warfare, Plated

Hunger is a sleek Thai kitchen drama about a young street-food cook drawn into Bangkok's elite catering world. Striking to look at, heavy-handed in its message.

It depends. Chutimon is excellent and the food scenes are gorgeous, but the class satire is blunt. Best for fans of intense kitchen dramas.
The Protector (2005) ★★★½☆

The Protector (2005) Review: Tony Jaa Breaks Everything

The Protector (Tom Yum Goong) sends Tony Jaa to Australia after a stolen elephant; the story is flimsy, but its fight scenes remain some of the best ever filmed.

Yes, for martial arts fans. The plot is thin and the tone lurches, but Tony Jaa's fights, including a famous single-take brawl, justify the whole film.

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