# List of Thai submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Kingdom of Thailand has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1984, when it became the second independent nation in Southeast Asia to join the competition, after the Philippines. The award is given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
To date Thailand has submitted thirty-one films to AMPAS for Oscar consideration but thus far no Thai candidate has received an Oscar nomination. Four submissions were directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, a member of the Thai nobility, and four were directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
In 2024, corresponding to the 97th Academy Awards, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies made history by becoming the first Thai film to be listed in the December shortlist.

## Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.
Thai Oscar submissions are selected annually by the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand. All submissions were made in Thai.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
| 1984 (57th) | The Story of Nampoo | น้ำพุ | Euthana Mukdasanit | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | The Elephant Keeper | คนเลี้ยงช้าง | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | Song for Chao Phraya | น้องเมีย | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Not nominated |
| 1995 (68th) | Once Upon A Time...This Morning | กาลครั้งหนึ่ง เมื่อเช้านี้ | Bhandit Rittakol | Not nominated |
| 1997 (70th) | Daughter 2 | เสียดาย 2 | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Not nominated |
| 1998 (71st) | Who Is Running? | ท้าฟ้าลิขิต | Oxide Pang | Not nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) | 6ixtynin9 | เรื่องตลก 69 | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
| 2001 (74th) | The Moonhunter | 14 ตุลา สงครามประชาชน | Bhandit Rittakol | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Monrak Transistor | มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์ | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
| 2003 (76th) | Last Life in the Universe | เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | The Overture | โหมโรง | Itthisoontorn Vichailak | Not nominated |
| 2005 (78th) | The Tin Mine | มหา'ลัย เหมืองแร่ | Jira Maligool | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | Ahimsa...Stop to Run | อหิงสา จิ๊กโก๋ มีกรรม | Kittikorn Liasirikun | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | King of Fire | ตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช ตอนประกาศอิสรภาพ | Chatrichalerm Yukol | Not nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | Love of Siam | รักแห่งสยาม | Chookiat Sakveerakul | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Best of Times | ความจำสั้น แต่รักฉันยาว | Youngyooth Thongkonthun | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Kon Khon | คนโขน | Sarunyu Wongkrachang | Not nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Headshot | ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Not nominated |
| 2013 (86th) | Countdown | เคาท์ดาวน์ | Nattawut Poonpiriya | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | The Teacher's Diary | คิดถึงวิทยา | Nithiwat Tharathorn | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) | พี่ชาย My Hero | Josh Kim | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Karma | อาปัติ | Kanittha Kwanyu | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | By the Time It Gets Dark | ดาวคะนอง | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | Malila: The Farewell Flower | มะลิลา | Anucha Boonyawatana | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | Krasue: Inhuman Kiss | แสงกระสือ | Sitisiri Mongkolsiri | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Happy Old Year | ฮาวทูทิ้ง ทิ้งอย่างไรไม่ให้เหลือเธอ | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Not nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | The Medium | ร่างทรง | Banjong Pisanthanakun | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | One for the Road | วันสุดท้าย ..ก่อนบายเธอ | Nattawut Poonpiriya | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Not Friends | เพื่อน(ไม่)สนิท | Atta Hemwadee | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies | หลานม่า | Pat Boonnitipat | Shortlisted |
The selection committee of the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand generally has chosen movies that highlight key moments in Thai history or important social issues.
* Thailand's five earliest submissions all dealt with contemporary social problems included Nam Poo (drug abuse), The Elephant Keeper (environmentalism and illegal logging), Song of the Chaophraya (prostitution and rural migration to Bangkok), Once Upon A Time (child poverty) and Daughter 2 (AIDS).
* Four Thai submissions were fact-based period dramas – King Naresuan Part 2 was a lavish costume drama set in the sixteenth century about one of Thailand's most distinguished kings; The Overture tells the life story of one of Thailand's greatest classical musicians from the 1880s until the 1940s; The Tin Mine is about a spoiled rich kid who ends up working in the titular mine in Southern Thailand in the years following World War II; The Moonhunter followed a band of controversial, leftist rebels in the 1970s.
* Three Thai submissions were fast-paced thrillers, two of which incorporated strong elements of Buddhism and karma into their plots, namely Who is Running? and Ahimsa...Stop to Run. Also submitted was 6ixtynin9, about a recently laid-off woman who finds a huge cache of stolen money.
* Two submissions were romantic comedy-dramas that were box office hits domestically. Love of Siam featured a gay teen romance, and Best of Times featured two potential couples, one in their 20s and one in their 60s.
* Also submitted were a bittersweet genre-bending musical-comedy-drama-romance (Monrak Transistor in 2002) and a surreal, artsy drama in Japanese, English and Thai (Last Life in the Universe in 2003).