| There are quite a few cinemas in Bangkok that | | | | In the Sukhumvit area, which is popular with |
| show movies with original English soundtracks. | | | | foreigners, the Emporium Shopping Centre has |
| These usually also have Thai sub-titles. | | | | five cinema screens. There is also a cafe on the |
| Occasionally there is a movie with an soundtrack | | | | same level. If you are at the cinema late at night |
| in Thai, Chinese, Japanese, or a European language | | | | you will not be able to go back through the |
| such as French. Listings can be found online at the | | | | Shopping Centre to get to BTS Skytrain. You will |
| Movieseer web site. | | | | have to go outside the Emporium building, and |
| The best cinemas are close to the BTS Skytrain | | | | climb some stairs. If BTS Skytrain has finished for |
| mass transit system. The Siam Paragon complex | | | | the day you will easily find a taxi on Sukhumvit |
| has the most cinema screens. It has an IMAX | | | | Road. |
| screen, digital screens, and normal screens. Some | | | | Bangkok does have a good art house cinema |
| of the theatres are luxurious, and offer almost a | | | | called the House RCA. This is a genuine art movie |
| bed-like viewing experience. One can recline and | | | | house which shows independent and art films. |
| relax to a degree that is not possible in a typical | | | | There is a cafe, books, and some movie titles for |
| cinema. The Siam Paragon Shopping Centre can | | | | sale there. It is harder to get to than other |
| be reached on BTS Skytrain by traveling to the | | | | cinemas because it not close to BTS Skytrain. |
| Siam Station. These cinemas are convenient and | | | | However, one can take BTS Skytrain to the |
| popular with both Thai and foreign audiences. | | | | Asok Station and transfer on to the MRT |
| Just across the road are the Lido, Apex, and | | | | Subway mass transit system. If one travels to |
| Scala Theatres. These cinemas have an art house | | | | the MRT's Petchaburi Station one can come up |
| feel to them, but are older and not of the same | | | | from the subway to ground level through Exit |
| high quality as the Siam Paragon cinemas. They | | | | One. It is then a walk or a short taxi ride to the |
| are also reached by from the Siam Station. One | | | | TOPS Supermarket close to where the House |
| needs to be aware that if a film ends after | | | | RCA cinema is located. |
| midnight, BTS Skytrain will be closed. It operates | | | | The House Cinema had very few customers the |
| from 6 am to midnight on every day of the | | | | one time I visited. I liked this cinema although it is |
| week. However, you will not be stranded in the | | | | in a tatty old building in an area which is showing |
| early hours of the morning because the taxis and | | | | signs of urban decay because it is not close to |
| tuk-tuks will still be operating. | | | | the mass transit systems. It is worth a trip to |
| The MBK Shopping Centre can also be reached by | | | | see a movie of the kind that will probably not |
| traveling to the Siam Station or to the National | | | | show in the more popular cinemas. |
| Stadium Station which is a little further down the | | | | These are some of the cinemas in Bangkok that |
| road. MBK has a cinema at the top of the | | | | visitors can enjoy. There are many others, but |
| shopping levels. The Siam Discovery Centre which | | | | these are the ones that are most suitable for |
| is close to Siam Paragon has the EGV Cinemas. | | | | visitors. Bangkok offers a huge selection of films. |
| Lastly, close to Siam Paragon is the Centralworld | | | | Film listings can be found in the Bangkok Post |
| Complex, another massive shopping centre, and it | | | | from Thursdays onwards in each week. |
| has a group of cinema screens called Major | | | | Sometimes the listings are incorrect however, so |
| Cineplex. Siam Station is definitely the place to go | | | | it is always a good idea to check Movieseer online |
| for access to the highest number of cinemas. | | | | before going to a film. |