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Stories Set in Bangkok
Khao San maps, Chao Phraya ferries, Lumpini fights and sky-bar standoffs — Bangkok runs hot in every genre. These ten span backpackers to hitmen; filter the city's stories by era on StoryTerra's map.
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Browse 12 books, 72 movies, 2 TV shows and 5 games set in Bangkok.

The Hangover Part II
The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However nothing goes as planned and Bangkok…

Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

Kate
A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.

Chocolate
Zen an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

Only God Forgives
Julian who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats.

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge the fearless American…

The Flight Attendant
Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened. In New…

Last Life in the Universe
An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of a young girl and becomes acquainted with her…

Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle a svelte naive young woman is en route to Bangkok where she'll join her new husband. He works for the French Embassy and has a lovely home several dedicated servants and an expensive car at his disposal. Once…
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