Netflix has lined up its most ambitious slate to date for Thailand, with four films, three series and its first ever local documentary feature all set for release in 2026.
The lineup spans a wide range of genres from prestige drama and psychological thriller to action to heartfelt comedy and investigative non-fiction.
Last year, more than 90% of Netflix members in Thailand watched local content. The appetite for Thai stories was equally strong globally. Some 33 Thai titles have charted in the streamer’s global top 10, including 17 Thai Netflix originals such as Hunger, Master Of The House and last year’s breakout sensation Mad Unicorn.
The creative teams of the above three titles are debuting new works this year, including feature The Red Line by Hunger director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri, which tackles one of Thailand’s most pervasive modern threats – call centre scams. Set for release on March 26, it follows a group of women who take justice into their own hands when they fall victim to a sophisticated operation.
Mad Unicorn director Nottapon Boonkrapob returns with The Evil Lawyer, a legal drama series that explores power, morality and the grey spaces within Thailand’s justice system through a young attorney who pairs with a lawyer known for bending the rules. Master Of The House director Sivaroj Kongsakul returns with Empress Of Flames (aka Ploeng Phra Nang, the only previously announced title), a lavish period drama series about a fallen princess who seeks to reclaim the throne.
My Dearest Assassin is the latest from Taweewat Wantha, the famed director of Death Whisperer and Death Whisperer 2, two of Thailand’s biggest ever box office hits. The high-stakes action film follows a young woman raised by contract killers but who never trained as one until a brutal attack claims many of those close to her.
Further film titles are Surapong Ploensang’s The Debt Collector, starring Nadech Kugimiya from the Death Whisperer franchise, who plays a former debt collector racing against a terminal illness to avenge injustices against victims of loan sharks, and Overacting from comedy director Prueksa Amaruji, a family comedy about an aspiring actress who stages fake missions for his retired father when his memories slip back to his days as a top cop.
Chompoo: Lost & Forgotten by Doi Boy director Nontawat Numbenchapol is Netflix Thailand’s first local documentary feature, co-produced with Singapore’s Beach House Pictures and Thai Film Works. When a young girl goes missing in a remote Thai village, the accused becomes an overnight celebrity. The film traces how a criminal investigation became a cultural spectacle and examines the forces that propelled it.
Rounding out the slate is Chayan Laoyodtrakool’s Delusion, a psychological family drama series about a small-town schoolteacher who races to uncover the truth as her aging father is made the prime suspect after a spate of murders.
Netflix has been investing heftily in Thai content. From 2021 to 2024, it invested $200m in local content and employed more than 13,500 cast and crew across Thailand.
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