# How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Where to watch: Netflix
Type: Movie
Genres: Drama
Rating: NR
Year: 2024
Runtime: 2h 6m
Curator Score: ★ 96%
Rating count: 275,166
Tagline: Never underestimate a grandma's love for her family.
Director: Pat Boonnitipat
Main stars: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn
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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
A warm, devastating family drama that earns its tears through lived-in detail, cultural specificity, and a carefully calibrated emotional payoff. It balances humor, obligation, greed, and tenderness in a way that makes the central relationship feel painfully real.
Plot overview:
M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance.
Cast: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn, Sarinrat Thomas, Pongsatorn Jongwilas, Tontawan Tantivejakul, Duangporn Oapirat, Himawari Tajiri, Wattana Subpakit, Sumalee Suteeratham, Phichai Prommate, Pachchun Hiranprateep, Buppa Suttisanon, Arnon Puthamilinprateep, Jirayus Kammalaspitak, Somjai Jungsookprasert, Jindarat Saetae, Nutharphob Phobaikoon, Kanyapak Pornsiripitak, Natnapaporn Teerapatmaneechot
Production: GDH 559, Jor Kwang Films
Where to watch: Netflix
Curator Review
Verdict: A warm, devastating family drama that earns its tears through lived-in detail, cultural specificity, and a carefully calibrated emotional payoff. It balances humor, obligation, greed, and tenderness in a way that makes the central relationship feel painfully real.
Best for: Viewers who like intimate family dramas; Audiences looking for a heartfelt tearjerker; Fans of stories about caregiving, inheritance, and intergenerational tension; People who appreciate naturalistic performances and everyday domestic detail
Skip if: You want a fast-paced plot or high-concept premise; You prefer emotionally distant or minimalist dramas; You are looking for light comfort viewing without grief or illness themes; Inheritance/family obligation stories are a turnoff
Overview: This is a deceptively simple premise with a lot of emotional precision underneath it. What starts as a selfish plan slowly turns into something more complicated, as the film watches a grandson and grandmother learn each other in the shadow of illness, money, and family expectations. The result is funny in small, sharp bursts and then suddenly crushing when it needs to be.
Worth noting: The film’s strength is how ordinary it feels. It understands the rhythms of caregiving, the awkwardness of family visits, and the way love can coexist with resentment or opportunism. That realism gives the bigger emotional turns real weight, and the grandmother is written and performed with a presence that makes every scene around her feel alive.
Bottom line: It is also a very effective crowd-pleaser in the best sense: accessible, moving, and grounded without becoming manipulative. If you are open to a tearjerker, this one lands hard because it keeps finding humanity inside the messiest motives.
Top Letterboxd reviews:
- areyouayu: THE WAY M DIDNT SPREAD THE FLOWER PROPERLY AT THE END BC HE WANTS TO GET HAUNTED BY HER
- Farras❀: "sure, sons get assets, daughters get cancer" THE WAY SHE GAGGED HER????😭😭😭😭
- Bara Prima: -Ranked #3 in Letterboxd's Highest Rated Overall Films of 2024- "Amah, You're my first place." There's a scene where Amah is in pain while babbling at night. She then asks her deceased parents to pick her up. (as if asking to die asap)This scene deeply moved me because I can't even imagine that when we grow old, even after having grandchildren and facing illness etc., we might still long for our parents' love and their presence around us. 😭😭😭
- jo: when you realised your grandma is just a girl; and so is your mum 😭
- chefff: more like how to kill yourself in 126 minutes
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Themes: family obligation, caregiving, inheritance, intergenerational relationships, illness and mortality, emotional reconciliation, greed and guilt, domestic realism
Topics: tearjerker, family drama, illness, caregiving, intergenerational, domestic realism, emotional, Thai cinema, coming-of-age, melancholy
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How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Where to watch: Netflix
Movie · Drama · NR
2024 · 2h 6m · ★ 96% (275K)
Never underestimate a grandma's love for her family.
Director: Pat Boonnitipat
Starring: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn
Overview M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill grandmother, in the hope of pocketing an inheritance.
Production GDH 559, Jor Kwang Films
Cast Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn, Sarinrat Thomas, Pongsatorn Jongwilas, Tontawan Tantivejakul, Duangporn Oapirat, Himawari Tajiri, Wattana Subpakit, Sumalee Suteeratham, Phichai Prommate, Pachchun Hiranprateep, Buppa Suttisanon, Arnon Puthamilinprateep, Jirayus Kammalaspitak, Somjai Jungsookprasert, Jindarat Saetae, Nutharphob Phobaikoon, Kanyapak Pornsiripitak, Natnapaporn Teerapatmaneechot
Curator Review
Verdict
A warm, devastating family drama that earns its tears through lived-in detail, cultural specificity, and a carefully calibrated emotional payoff. It balances humor, obligation, greed, and tenderness in a way that makes the central relationship feel painfully real.
Best for
Viewers who like intimate family dramas
Audiences looking for a heartfelt tearjerker
Fans of stories about caregiving, inheritance, and intergenerational tension
People who appreciate naturalistic performances and everyday domestic detail
Skip if
You want a fast-paced plot or high-concept premise
You prefer emotionally distant or minimalist dramas
You are looking for light comfort viewing without grief or illness themes
Inheritance/family obligation stories are a turnoff
Overview
This is a deceptively simple premise with a lot of emotional precision underneath it. What starts as a selfish plan slowly turns into something more complicated, as the film watches a grandson and grandmother learn each other in the shadow of illness, money, and family expectations. The result is funny in small, sharp bursts and then suddenly crushing when it needs to be.
Worth noting
The film’s strength is how ordinary it feels. It understands the rhythms of caregiving, the awkwardness of family visits, and the way love can coexist with resentment or opportunism. That realism gives the bigger emotional turns real weight, and the grandmother is written and performed with a presence that makes every scene around her feel alive.
Bottom line
It is also a very effective crowd-pleaser in the best sense: accessible, moving, and grounded without becoming manipulative. If you are open to a tearjerker, this one lands hard because it keeps finding humanity inside the messiest motives.
Top Letterboxd reviews
areyouayu (5★) · 15604 likes
THE WAY M DIDNT SPREAD THE FLOWER PROPERLY AT THE END BC HE WANTS TO GET HAUNTED BY HER
Farras❀ (5★) · 7406 likes
"sure, sons get assets, daughters get cancer" THE WAY SHE GAGGED HER????😭😭😭😭
Bara Prima (4.5★) · 6287 likes
-Ranked #3 in Letterboxd's Highest Rated Overall Films of 2024- "Amah, You're my first place." There's a scene where Amah is in pain while babbling at night. She then asks her deceased parents to pick her up. (as if asking to die asap)This scene deeply moved me because I can't even imagine that when we grow old, even after having grandchildren and facing illness etc., we might still long for our parents' love and their presence around us. 😭😭😭
jo (4.5★) · 5420 likes
when you realised your grandma is just a girl; and so is your mum 😭
chefff (5★) · 5132 likes
more like how to kill yourself in 126 minutes
Recommended similar titles
2019 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 40m · PG
A similarly tender, funny, and painful family story built around illness, cultural expectations, and what relatives owe one another.
1953 · Drama · 2h 17m · Where to watch: Max
The classic benchmark for intergenerational family distance, duty, and the quiet ache of aging.
1983 · Drama, Comedy · 2h 12m · PG · Where to watch: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo, MGM Plus
A major emotional family drama that balances humor, conflict, and terminal illness with strong audience appeal.
1999 · Drama · 1h 52m · G · Where to watch: Disney Plus
A gentle, deeply moving film about family bonds, aging, and the dignity of care.
1952 · Drama · 2h 23m · NR · Where to watch: Max
A profound meditation on mortality and the meaning of time, with a humane emotional register.
2011 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 55m · R
A family drama where inheritance, responsibility, and grief collide in a grounded, humane way.
2003 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 21m · PG-13 · Where to watch: fuboTV, Philo, MGM Plus
A domestic family film that finds warmth and tension in a holiday gathering shaped by illness and regret.
2007 · Drama, Comedy · 1h 54m · R
A sharp, compassionate look at adult children managing an aging parent and the emotional mess that follows.
2002 · Drama, Comedy · 2h 5m · R
A bittersweet character study about aging, family distance, and the search for meaning late in life.
2020 · Drama · 1h 37m · PG-13
For viewers drawn to the emotional reality of aging and family caregiving, though in a more disorienting, severe mode.
2018 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · 2h · R · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
A warm, morally complex family drama about care, survival, and the fragile bonds that hold people together.
2011 · Drama · 2h 3m · PG-13 · Where to watch: Hulu
A family conflict drama where duty, money, and moral compromise steadily intensify the emotional stakes.
Themes
family obligation, caregiving, inheritance, intergenerational relationships, illness and mortality, emotional reconciliation, greed and guilt, domestic realism
Topics
tearjerker, family drama, illness, caregiving, intergenerational, domestic realism, emotional, Thai cinema, coming-of-age, melancholy
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