The Billionaire
A determined Thai teenager turns gaming, street vending, and relentless product experimentation into a high-stakes path toward becoming a billionaire.
Overview
A young man's journey from failure to fortune reveals the true cost of ambition.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- inspirational
- hopeful
- grounded
- motivational viewing
- entrepreneurship study
What critics said
Audience reception is broadly positive, with critics and viewers responding to its accessible, motivational dramatization of Top Ittipat’s entrepreneurial rise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Top Ittipat progresses from online gaming and chestnut selling to founding a dominant seaweed business.
Top repeatedly risks failure while developing and distributing Tao Kae Noi despite debt, rejection, and limited resources.
The plot marks Top’s development through his teenage ventures, family bankruptcy, product launch, and later corporate success.
Top’s seaweed product reaches thousands of 7-Eleven branches and becomes a major Thai consumer brand.
Films like The Billionaire, and why
The Pursuit of Happyness
shared biographical rise-to-success narrative, youthful ambition, and business perseverance
Joy
shared entrepreneurial coming-of-age structure, family pressure, and determined self-made protagonist
The Social Network
shared true-story business drama focused on ambition, commercial risk, and personal sacrifice
Movie Details
- Director
- Songyos Sugmakanan
- Release Date
- 2011-10-20
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (47)
Cast
- Pachara Chirathivat
- Somboonsuk Niyomsiri
- Walanlak Kumsuwan
- Thanom Assawarungrueng
- Karnsiree Kulkaweewu
- Chaiwat Anutrakulchai
- Poramaporn Jangkamol
- Panupan Jantanawong
- Boonkiet Chokwatana
- Pannee Boonprakob
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Billionaire about?
- A determined Thai teenager turns gaming, street vending, and relentless product experimentation into a high-stakes path toward becoming a billionaire.
- What is The Billionaire like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Billionaire as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Billionaire violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Billionaire.
- What did critics think of The Billionaire?
- Audience reception is broadly positive, with critics and viewers responding to its accessible, motivational dramatization of Top Ittipat’s entrepreneurial rise.
- Which films are like The Billionaire?
- Films with a similar feel include The Pursuit of Happyness, Joy, and The Social Network.
- How long is The Billionaire?
- The Billionaire runs 124 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Billionaire?
- In United States, The Billionaire is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store.
