Thanks to OTT platforms like Netflix and Rakuten Viki, language is no longer a barrier when it comes to enjoying good content from around the world.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen foreign language shows and movies getting increasingly popular in India, with the Hallyu, or Korean, wave leading the revolution. K-dramas have acted as a gateway to a host of foreign language shows and movies, including other East Asian languages like Thai dramas, to get more and more popular each day.
Thai TV shows are fast becoming almost as popular as Korean dramas in the world. With the rise of BL dramas from the country, more and more people are discovering the breadth of content available in the language.
From nail-biting thrillers to swoon-worthy romances (sometimes combined in one drama only), these Thai TV shows need to be on your watchlist now…
Best Thai Dramas To Watch Online
F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (2021)
The Japanese manga series Hana Tori Dango has been remade in several languages, including Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The popularity of the series led to a Thai remake as well. In the show, Gorya, a girl from a less affluent family, gets accepted into a prestigious school, which is ruled by a group of four rich and spoiled boys who call themselves F4. The story follows what happens when an unsuspecting Gorya crosses paths with the F4 and feelings and drama ensue.
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Girl From Nowhere (2018)
The thriller series follows Nanno, a mysterious student, who enrols at different prestigious schools across Thailand and exposes the dark and grisly lies, hypocrisy, and other wrongdoings of the faculty members and students. The unconventional drama got so popular that Netflix commissioned a second season of the show for its platform.
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2Gether (2020)
Also known as Because We Belong Together, the romantic comedy drama is one of the most popular BL dramas of all time and follows student Tine Teeoakorn who asks his school’s most popular guy Sarawat to be his fake boyfriend in order to shake off a persistent admirer. While Sarawat agrees reluctantly to the scheme, they end up getting closer to each other and inevitably develop feelings. The show became so popular that it led to another season and a movie.
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KinnPorsche (2022)
Another incredibly popular BL drama across the world, KinnPorsche has led the main stars Mile Phakphum Romsaithong and Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat to gain global stardom and get courted by luxury brands like Dior for ambassadorships. The action romance series, based on a web novel of the same name by writing duo Daemi, follows down-on-his-luck Porsche who makes a deal with the devil, AKA Mafia leader Kinn, in order to save his brother’s life.
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My Bubble Tea (2020)
This hilarious romantic drama features a chaotic love triangle between a woman who brews her family’s supernatural bubble tea that would make the drinker fall in love with her, her boss who she has a crush on (and the drink’s intended recipient) and her arch nemesis at work who accidentally drinks the bubble tea.
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Love In The Air (2022)
Adapted from the novels Love Storm and Love Sky by Mame, the BL follows two close friends Sky and Rain and their respective turbulent love stories across 13 episodes. The show is divided into two parts, each part focusing on one friend’s love story.
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You’re My Sky (2022)
This BL sports drama follows the lives of the members of a college’s nearly-defunct basketball team, centred around Thorn, an eager and talented basketball player who wants to revive the team and his childhood friend who put his basketball-playing dreams on hold for some reason.
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