Thailand Synopsis
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), Lt. Jim Reardon (Kiefer Sutherland) and Maj. Ian Campbell (Robert Carlyle) are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.
Audience Engagement
141 audience reviews — more than 92% of Thailand films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Thailand films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with To End All Wars. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2000–2002 Thailand Window
To End All Wars holds position #5 of 12 Thailand films in the 2000–2002 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 To End All Wars premiered alongside 4 others.
Drama + War in Thailand
4 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Drama and War genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding To End All Wars itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 4 other Thailand films in 2001.
The 12th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).
Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on To End All Wars, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- traitor · 4
- scotland · 2
- corporal punishment · 2
- freight train · 1
- railway car · 1
- teacher · 26
- jungle · 19
- bushido · 7
- japan · 454
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #116 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Thailand Drama productions specifically: #76 of 120 (top 63%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United Kingdom, Thailand, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | German, English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Argyll Film Partners, Gummshoe Productions, Integrity Partners, Pray For Rain Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | September 2, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0243609 |