15 Movies Like Mekong Hotel
Loved Mekong Hotel? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

My Dearest Assassin
Hunted for her rare blood type, a caged woman vows to fight alongside the assassin she loves to protect their future when an old enemy resurfaces.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Jan Dara: The Beginning
Jan, a young boy, grows up without a mother and is often insulted by his father. He struggles with his life as he longs to be with several women, even Madame Boonleung, his father's lover.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

PlayBoy (and the Gang of Cherry)
The gay mafia Gang of Cherry is residing at a construction site somewhere in Thailand. One of its most notorious members is Mac aka PlayBoy, a gay male prostitute with an addiction for sm sex. Bipolar Cherry is the gang’s leader. The situation escalates when a shipment of drugs disappears.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Jan Dara
Jan is a boy growing up in 1930s Siam in a wealthy, dysfunctional family where sex has a huge impact on everyone's lives. Jan is viewed by his father as cursed, since his mother died giving birth to him.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

The Protector
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Love Syndrome: The Beginning
Day seeks revenge on Itt for a plan that led to his brother Night's assault, but their twisted dynamic sparks unexpected feelings.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

The Red Line
Three women fall prey to a ruthless phone scam. To settle the score, they'll take on the criminal network that stole their money — and their dignity.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Tee Yai: Born to Be Bad
In 1980s Bangkok, a wily thief stages a series of daring heists, baffling the authorities and the public — until one cop sets out to take him down.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Bad Genius
Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Stillwater
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Mekong Hotel.

Uranus 2324
Bonded in their youth and separated by tragedy, an astronaut and a free diver bend the laws of space and time in their efforts to be together again.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

The Paradise of Thorns
When his partner Sek dies, Thongkam loses his property to his late love's eager family and must fight to reclaim the home they built together.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Jan Dara: The Finale
As a grown up, Jan recounts the abuse he experienced as a young boy at the hands of his sadistic father, Luang Wissanandacha. He decides to seek revenge and depose him.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Mekong Hotel.

Light of My Life
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Mekong Hotel.