Cinemas throughout Thailand are popular venues for entertainment, especially in Bangkok. The movie theaters tend to be multiplex facilities offering many other forms of entertainment besides movies, such as tenpin bowling, karaoke, restaurants and small shops.

The films showing in Thai cinemas throughout Thailand are usually first run Hollywood feature movies, which tend to dominate the box office scene. The Thai film industry makes dozens of films each year that are increasingly popular with local audiences, and routinely outpace the Hollywood films at the box office.

In central Bangkok and cities with many tourists and foreign residents, such as Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Phuket, foreign films (including Hollywood releases) will have the original soundtrack with Thai subtitles. Outside of the tourism areas and in some suburban Bangkok cinemas, foreign films, including Hollywood blockbusters, will generally be dubbed into Thai language.

The Grand EGV Siam Discovery opened in 2000 on the sixth and seventh floors of Siam Discovery Centre. The cinema is connected with the SkyTrain Siam station through the Siam Center. Major Cineplex combined with the EGV chain, is the largest operator of cinemas in Thailand. Their main operations are concentrated throughout Bangkok.

The flagship branch for the Major Cineplex chain opened in December 2006. It includes a 22 lane bowling alley, ice skating rink, shops and restaurants. The complex is near Bangkok's Metro Cultural Centre station. Major Cineplex Sukhumvit is a shopping center anchored by the movie theater with restaurants, shops, tenpin bowling alley and karaoke. The Sukhumvit branch sometimes has late shows. It is near the Sky train’s Ekamai station, opposite the Eastern Bus Terminal Bangkok.

Major Hollywood is a small chain of cinemas in suburban Bangkok, Ramkhamhaeng Road, and Bang Kapi. The three story complex has a shopping arcade, snack shops, 18 lane tenpin bowling alley and karaoke facilities.

Paragon Cineplex is located in the Siam Paragon shopping mall Bangkok, and is operated by the Major Cineplex Group. Opened in early 2006 on the fifth floor of the shopping mall, the Cineplex includes the Siam Pavalai, a 1,200 seat theater and six smaller, luxury ultra screen cinemas with reclining seats.

SF Cinema City is the second largest cinema chain in Thailand with operations concentrated in Bangkok and Eastern Thailand. The SF Cinema City Pattaya is located in the Central Festival Centre, third floor, Pattaya. The cinema has English soundtrack films and late shows until 1:00 - 2:00 a.m. daily SFX Cinema City, Central Festival Phuket, also has first class cinema facilities with digital capability.

Movieseer Thailand their website provides details of all movies available throughout Thailand including video clips and release dates of all new movies including the latest Hollywood releases.