Thailand Mon-Rak Transistor ranks #1 among 12 Thailand films released between 2000–2002.
Synopsis
มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์
An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and joins a pop music troupe but soon after his wife tracks him down his life spirals out of control.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mon-Rak Transistor. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedMatrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women
★ 7.3 · India
3 sharedBang Rajan
★ 6.3 · Thailand
2 sharedRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedGodzilla
★ 5.6 · Japan
2 sharedRanma ½: The Movie — The Battle of Nekonron: The Fight to Break the Rules!
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedDeath of Me
★ 5.0 · Thailand
Other Titles From Cinemasia
The 2000–2002 Thailand Window
Mon-Rak Transistor tops the 12 Thailand films we index from this three-year window. Cards below list the runners-up in descending audience order.
The 2000s Thailand Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Thailand, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mon-Rak Transistor premiered alongside 4 others.
Comedy + Music in Thailand
4 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Music genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mon-Rak Transistor itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 4 other Thailand films in 2001.
The 15th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).
Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).
Audience Engagement
19 audience reviews — more than 40% of Thailand films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 34th percentile among Thailand films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Mon-Rak Transistor, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- employer employee relationship · 4
- forgiveness · 2
- drunkenness · 2
- singing competition · 1
- draft · 1
- military draft · 1
- transistor radio · 1
- cane cutter · 1
- abandoned by husband · 1
- military · 23
- pregnancy · 22
- jail · 14
- accidental death · 11
- singer · 10
- co-workers relationship · 9
- singing · 6
- love · 123
- musical · 71
- thailand · 56
- village · 46
- marriage · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #70 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Thailand average of 6.3/10.
Among Thailand Comedy productions specifically: #36 of 70 (top 51%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Thai |
| Production Companies | Cinemasia, Five Star Production |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | December 28, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0306359 |