The Beach

2000 PG-13 1h 59m

6.5 /10

4.7K

Genre

Drama Adventure Romance Thriller

Plot

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Director

Danny Boyle

Writers

John Hodge Alex Garland

Stars

Leonardo DiCaprio Virginie Ledoyen Guillaume Canet

Cast & Crew

Peter Youngblood Hills

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

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Gunilla Karlson

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Patcharawan Patarakijjanon

Weeratham 'Norman' Wichairaksakui

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Andrew Carmichael

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Elizabeth Thomas

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Krongthong Thampradith

Woman with Keys

Hélène de Fougerolles

Somchai Santitharangkun

Somkuan 'Kuan' Siroon

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Bindu De Stoppani

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Stacy Hart

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Nina Jacques

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Sheridan Jones

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Michael Thorpe

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Timothy Webster

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Ramon Woolfe

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Raweeporn 'Non' Srimonju

Sumet

User Reviews

GenerationofSwine

4 Dec 2025

I have to go all in on this, I loved the book, and I do love the movie but... OK, it's a bias 100% rating. This wasn't a good film for Leo, not be...

Geronimo1967

30 Jul 2024

We are lucky that the photography depicts some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth as the rest of this adaptation of Alex Garland's book is positiv...

John Chard

29 Jun 2015

Getting away from it all may not be perfection paradise after all? I first viewed this film upon its release and felt that the final third did the ...