# The best Thai films of all time

From Nang Nak to How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies: the Thai films that broke box-office records and won critics over (beartai, TrueID).

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- Sep 11, 2024 · shopper_curious
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## Top 12

1. **Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Palme d'Or.
2. **Bad Genius (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A brilliant student and an international exam-cheating scheme.
3. **Nang Nak (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nonzee Nimibutr's take on the Mae Nak legend.
4. **My Girl (2003)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Childhood memories in a provincial town.
5. **Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters (1997)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nonzee Nimibutr's 1950s gangsters.
6. **Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A colour-saturated Thai western.
7. **Pee Mak (2013)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The highest-grossing Thai film of all time.
8. **How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A grandson cares for his sick grandmother hoping for an inheritance.
9. **The Legend of Suriyothai (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chatrichalerm Yukol's historical epic.
10. **Ong-Bak (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tony Jaa and Muay Thai without wires.
11. **Tom-Yum-Goong (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tony Jaa searches for his elephant in Sydney.
12. **Shutter (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Photographs with a mysterious shadow.
13. **Death Whisperer (2023)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A ghost in a Kanchanaburi village; a box-office horror hit.

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