Thailand Synopsis
ฟ้าทะลายโจร
“How the west was won… in the east!”
A homage and parody of 1950s and 1960s Thai romantic melodramas and action films. Dum, the son of a peasant falls in love with Rumpoey, the daughter of a wealthy and respected family. The star-crossed lovers are torn apart for years, but their forbidden love survives. When tragedy strikes, Dum unleashes his rage and becomes the gun-slinging outlaw the "Black Tiger" who will stop at nothing to seek his revenge.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Tears of the Black Tiger. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Romance + Comedy in Thailand
21 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Tears of the Black Tiger itself).
The 1999–2001 Thailand Window
Tears of the Black Tiger holds position #4 of 12 Thailand films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Thailand Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Thailand, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Tears of the Black Tiger premiered alongside 4 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 4 other Thailand films in 2000.
The 7th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).
Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).
Audience Engagement
34 audience reviews — more than 67% of Thailand films in our index.
Review volume (67th percentile) outruns trending popularity (45th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Tears of the Black Tiger, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- asian western · 4
- class society · 2
- teenage crush · 2
- blood brother · 2
- buddha statue · 2
- harmonica · 1
- bangkok · 20
- university · 12
- bandit · 12
- gunfight · 9
- thailand · 56
- love triangle · 55
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #101 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Thailand Romance productions specifically: #27 of 43 (top 63%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Thai |
| Production Companies | Film Bangkok, Five Star Production |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | September 29, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0269217 |