Nothing tugs at the emotional strings of a crowd like real stories. Bigger cinema's spectacular depiction of stories and anecdotes has long been a common film genre cliche. Thai movies include biopics, period pieces, violence, and war stories. You should immediately watch these top Thai movies based on true stories, which are listed below.
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is regarded as one of Thailand's best films. When it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2010–2011, you most likely heard about it. The movie was also named Best Film at the 5th Annual Asian Film Awards and received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes in 2010. The movie is based on a real-life incident involving an abbot by the name of Bonmee who claimed that through his meditational exercises, he was able to revisit all of his previous lives.
2. The Impossible (2012)
Maria, Henry, and their three children decide to spend Christmas in Thailand. However, their luxurious vacation turns into a nightmare when a tsunami unexpectedly swells up, separating the family. The Impossible was inspired by the true story of Mara Belón, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami with her husband Enrique and three children (Lucas, Simón, and Tomás) in Khao Lak, Thailand.
3. The Cave
The true story of twelve boys and their football coach who became trapped in a northern Thailand cave by flood waters and an international team of rescue workers scrambling to save them inspired the film.
4. A Prayer Before Dawn
Billy Moore, a British boxer, is being held in Thailand's most notorious prison. To regain his freedom, he must win a tournament. A Prayer Before Dawn is a narrative film, but it feels more like a documentary, which is director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's style. It follows the true story of English boxer Billy Moore (Joe Cole) as he is imprisoned in Thailand slowly and painfully.
5. Beautiful Boxer
A transgender Muay Thai boxer named Parinya Charoenphol competed in athletics to help pay for her sexual identity sex change surgery. To pay for a sex change, a man enters the violent sport of Thai boxing, terrifying his adversaries with a pre-fight makeup tradition.
6. The Iron Ladies
Youngyooth Thongkonthun directed The Iron Ladies, which was written by Visuttchai Boonyakarnjawa and Jira Maligool. Thongkonthun made his directorial debut with this film. The film is based on the true events of a men's volleyball team made up primarily of gay and kathoey athletes.
7. Still (2010)
All four stories are based on true events from Thai newspapers. The most well-known, "Flame," is based on a nightclub fire in Bangkok that killed 66 people between New Year 2008 and 2009. Four horror stories from Thailand's newspaper headlines include a haunted house, a nightclub fire, a body discovered in a water tank, and a prison death.
8. The Unborn Child
An actual incident involving a woman who claimed to be haunted by the ghost of her aborted child served as inspiration. Eventually connected to a temple and a string of abortions, a paranormal, malevolent presence haunts a couple and their young daughter.
9. The Last Executioner
A biopic of Thailand's last gun executioner, Chavoret Jaruboon, who is devoted to both his family and his work, as well as a passionate musician. The true story of Thailand's last executioner.
10. Saving Private Tootsie
This action-packed comedy, based on a true story from December 1998, follows a group of Katoeys (ladyboys) who become embroiled in a border dispute after their plane crashes. A group of six straight soldiers reluctantly accepts a mission to save them, but first, they must try to overcome their prejudices to complete the task.
