Pee Mak (2013)

The one comedy on the list, and the exception that proves the rule. Banjong Pisanthanakun retells the Mae Nak legend from the other side: Mak comes home from war with four army friends who slowly suspect that his devoted wife and newborn child are no longer among the living. It became Thailand's highest-grossing film on release, and in Singapore it was the top-grossing Thai movie in five years. Watch it after Nang Nak, because the jokes land hardest when you know the tragic version, and the ending argues for love over fear in a way few takes on the legend do.