Thailand Synopsis
ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.
Audience Engagement
324 audience reviews — more than 97% of Thailand films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 87th percentile among Thailand films.
The 2009–2011 Thailand Window
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives holds position #7 of 28 Thailand films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1A Little Thing Called Love
★ 7.8 · 2010
#2Hello Stranger
★ 7.3 · 2010
#3Best of Times
★ 7.1 · 2009
#4Yes or No
★ 7.0 · 2010
#5Whores' Glory
★ 6.8 · 2011
#6Slice
★ 6.7 · 2009
#7Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
★ 6.6 · 2010
#8Who Are You?
★ 6.6 · 2010
The 2010s Thailand Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Thailand, 102 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives premiered alongside 9 others.
Drama + Fantasy in Thailand
9 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 9 other Thailand films in 2010.
The 86th Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).
Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- animism · 2
- bed · 1
- dying man · 1
- buddhism · 22
- food · 21
- reincarnation · 13
- thai · 11
- fish · 9
- lgbt · 73
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #86 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Thailand average of 6.3/10.
Among Thailand Drama productions specifically: #57 of 120 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Thailand |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Thailand, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands |
| Original Language | Thai |
| Spoken Languages | French, Lao, Thai |
| Production Companies | Illuminations Films, Anna Sanders Films, Kick the Machine, The Match Factory, Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion (GFF) |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | June 25, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1588895 |