Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.

  • Title: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
  • Popularity: 1.623
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1962-03-08
  • Place of Birth: Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Also Known As: 뻰엑 라따나루앙, เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง, Tom Pannet, Tom, ต้อม, 펜-엑 라타나루앙
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Pen-Ek Ratanaruang Movies

  • 2009
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    Behind the Blur

    Behind the Blur

    4 2009 HD

    An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film history, yet struggles as the industry attempts to move...

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  • 2014
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    Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

    Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

    5 2014 HD

    Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Pen Ek...

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  • 2004
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    Citizen Dog

    Citizen Dog

    6.8 2004 HD

    Follow the life of Pod as he moves to Bangkok from the country. Pod's new life starts with getting a job, losing a finger and dreaming about a girl....

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  • 2014
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    The Master

    The Master

    7.2 2014 HD

    A Thai documentary about 'Van VDO' the VHS shop in 1990s. The shop established the independent cinema scene for Thai audience by selling VHS of...

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  • 2003
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    Last Life in the Universe

    Last Life in the Universe

    7.125 2003 HD

    An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he...

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  • 2003
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    Last Life in the Universe

    Last Life in the Universe

    7.125 2003 HD

    An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he...

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  • 1999
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    6ixtynin9

    6ixtynin9

    6.85 1999 HD

    A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of...

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  • 1999
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    6ixtynin9

    6ixtynin9

    6.85 1999 HD

    A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of...

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  • 2007
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    Ploy

    Ploy

    6.1 2007 HD

    A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman...

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  • 2006
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    Invisible Waves

    Invisible Waves

    6 2006 HD

    After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the...

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  • 1997
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    Fun Bar Karaoke

    Fun Bar Karaoke

    5.7 1997 HD

    Pu is a young woman who is having some bad dreams. Her father, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a karaoke bar hostess girl named Yok who's the...

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  • 1997
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    Fun Bar Karaoke

    Fun Bar Karaoke

    5.7 1997 HD

    Pu is a young woman who is having some bad dreams. Her father, meanwhile, has fallen in love with a karaoke bar hostess girl named Yok who's the...

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  • 2009
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    Nymph

    Nymph

    6.4 2009 HD

    An urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is.

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  • 2009
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    Nymph

    Nymph

    6.4 2009 HD

    An urban husband and wife travel to the jungle and learn just how precious their relationship is.

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  • 2011
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    Headshot

    Headshot

    6.2 2011 HD

    A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything...

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  • 2011
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    Headshot

    Headshot

    6.2 2011 HD

    A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything...

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  • 2001
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    Transistor Love Story

    Transistor Love Story

    6.9 2001 HD

    An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and...

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  • 2009
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    Sawasdee Bangkok

    Sawasdee Bangkok

    3.2 2009 HD

    Thai directors give their take on Thailand's capital city of Bangkok.

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  • 2010
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    The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)

    5 2010 HD

    A man came to Earth to gather water for his planet. A short made from recycled footage.

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  • 2006
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    Twelve Twenty

    Twelve Twenty

    5.5 2006 HD

    One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006. It is a short film based on Beauty and an Airplane, a short story...

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  • 2013
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    Paradoxocracy

    Paradoxocracy

    4.6 2013 HD

    Paradoxocracy, co-directed with Pen-ek's longtime friend and producer, Pasakorn Pramoolwong, begins with the 1932 Siamese Revolution - which...

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  • 2018
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    Samui Song

    Samui Song

    6 2018 HD

    A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.

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  • 2018
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    Samui Song

    Samui Song

    6 2018 HD

    A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.

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  • 1999
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    6ixtynin9

    6ixtynin9

    6.85 1999 HD

    A woman, fired from a financial corporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of...

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  • 2007
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    Ploy

    Ploy

    6.1 2007 HD

    A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman...

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  • 2018
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    Folklore: Pob

    Folklore: Pob

    7.5 2018 HD

    A journalist meets with Pob, a Thai ghost, who confesses to a murder. Finally finding an outlet for complaint, Pob explains how the murder happened...

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  • 2014
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    The Life of Gravity

    The Life of Gravity

    0.5 2014 HD

    A stylish, urban woman ends up castaway on a deserted island, where she meets a rugged hermit. Solitude and detachment soon draw them together.

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  • 2003
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    OK Baytong

    OK Baytong

    6.2 2003 HD

    A monk must learn to live in the world beyond his temple after his older sister is killed and leaves her young daughter behind.

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  • 2001
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    Transistor Love Story

    Transistor Love Story

    6.9 2001 HD

    An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and...

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  • 2006
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    Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her

    Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her

    6.5 2006 HD

    This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of...

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  • 1970
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    The Caterer

    The Caterer

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2018
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    Samui Song

    Samui Song

    6 2018 HD

    A soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.

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  • 2005
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    Ghost Variety

    Ghost Variety

    5.2 2005 HD

    Tom Penlert, a director for horror programs on TV who wants to be noticed as a professional director. Along with his amazing buddy Tik The Star and...

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  • 1970
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    The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi

    The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi

    1 1970 HD

    It tells the secret and mysterious story of two brothers – Lablae and Kaengkhoi, and explores themes of truth and illusion.

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  • 1970
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    Morte Cucina

    Morte Cucina

    1 1970 HD

    A talented female chef who uses her culinary skills to enact revenge on a man who abused her as a teen.

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  • 1970
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    Morte Cucina

    Morte Cucina

    1 1970 HD

    A talented female chef who uses her culinary skills to enact revenge on a man who abused her as a teen.

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  • 2018
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    Folklore: Pob

    Folklore: Pob

    7.5 2018 HD

    A journalist meets with Pob, a Thai ghost, who confesses to a murder. Finally finding an outlet for complaint, Pob explains how the murder happened...

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  • 2006
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    Twelve Twenty

    Twelve Twenty

    5.5 2006 HD

    One of three films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006. It is a short film based on Beauty and an Airplane, a short story...

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  • 2018
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    Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories

    Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories

    1 2018 HD

    Gatlang is the name of a small village at an altitude of 7400 feet located in Nepal. A land that no one has ever mentioned. It was hidden under a...

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  • 2011
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    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    3.8 2011 HD

    An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

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  • 2020
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    Two Little Soldiers

    Two Little Soldiers

    1 2020 HD

    Two rookie soldiers are left at a garrison as other troops head to the city to deal with a protest. Now free, the soldiers smoke, play guitar and go...

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  • 2023
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    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    5.783 2023 HD

    After losing her job, a woman discovers a mysterious package on her apartment doorstep and her life takes a turn for the worse.

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  • 1970
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    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6.5 1970 HD

    Bringing together some of the most talented Asian directors working within the genre sphere, this new anthology series creates an atmosphere unlike...

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  • 1970
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    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6.5 1970 HD

    Bringing together some of the most talented Asian directors working within the genre sphere, this new anthology series creates an atmosphere unlike...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    5.783 1970 HD

    After losing her job, a woman discovers a mysterious package on her apartment doorstep and her life takes a turn for the worse.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    6ixtynin9 the Series

    5.783 1970 HD

    After losing her job, a woman discovers a mysterious package on her apartment doorstep and her life takes a turn for the worse.

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