Chocolate
2008 1h 33m movie Film Thailand

Chocolate

ช็อคโกแลต

“She's sweet but deadly.”

Chocolate ranks #1 among 32 Thailand films released between 2007–2009.

Synopsis

ช็อคโกแลต

“She's sweet but deadly.”

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

Audience Engagement

439
Reviews
97th
Review-volume percentile
88th
Popularity percentile

439 audience reviews — more than 97% of Thailand films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among Thailand films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Chocolate. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Action + Crime in Thailand

14 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Chocolate itself).

The 2007–2009 Thailand Window

Chocolate tops the 32 Thailand films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.

  1. Chocolate
    #1

    Chocolate

    ★ 7.3 · 2008
  2. Love of Siam
    #2

    Love of Siam

    ★ 7.3 · 2007
  3. Somtum
    #3

    Somtum

    ★ 7.1 · 2008
  4. Happy Birthday
    #4

    Happy Birthday

    ★ 7.1 · 2008
  5. Best of Times
    #5

    Best of Times

    ★ 7.1 · 2009
  6. Art of the Devil 3
    #6

    Art of the Devil 3

    ★ 6.7 · 2008
  7. Slice
    #7

    Slice

    ★ 6.7 · 2009
  8. Mid Road Gang
    #8

    Mid Road Gang

    ★ 6.7 · 2007

The 2000s Thailand Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Thailand, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Chocolate premiered alongside 7 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 7 other Thailand films in 2008.

The 65th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).

Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Chocolate, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • mob · 4
  • martial arts school · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • gang · 26
  • debt · 10
  • autism · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • yakuza · 93
  • thailand · 56

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
439
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #46 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.0 points above the Thailand average of 6.3/10.

Among Thailand Action productions specifically: #3 of 58 (top 5%).

Production Details

Primary CountryThailand
Original LanguageThai
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Thai
Production CompaniesBam-Ram-Ewe, Sahamongkolfilm
Runtime1h 33m
Release DateFebruary 6, 2008
IMDbtt1183252