Dorm
2006 1h 51m movie Film Thailand

Dorm

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“Every dorm has a tale but this tale you will never forget.”

Synopsis

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“Every dorm has a tale but this tale you will never forget.”

When 12-year-old Ton transfers to an all-boys boarding school, he's taunted by his peers and terrified by their tales about the ghosts that inhabit the school. Ton is utterly miserable until he befriends a mysterious fellow pupil.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Dorm. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Drama + Horror in Thailand

16 Thailand titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dorm itself).

The 2005–2007 Thailand Window

Dorm holds position #7 of 32 Thailand films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Seasons Change
    #1

    Seasons Change

    ★ 7.9 · 2006
  2. Love of Siam
    #2

    Love of Siam

    ★ 7.3 · 2007
  3. Midnight My Love
    #3

    Midnight My Love

    ★ 7.2 · 2005
  4. Art of the Devil 2
    #4

    Art of the Devil 2

    ★ 6.7 · 2005
  5. Mid Road Gang
    #5

    Mid Road Gang

    ★ 6.7 · 2007
  6. The Unseeable
    #6

    The Unseeable

    ★ 6.6 · 2006
  7. Dorm
    #7

    Dorm

    ★ 6.5 · 2006
  8. Kingdom of War: Part 2
    #8

    Kingdom of War: Part 2

    ★ 6.5 · 2007

The 2000s Thailand Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Thailand, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dorm premiered alongside 9 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 9 other Thailand films in 2006.

The 41st Thailand title from Thailand we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1974).

Our Thailand catalog contains 239 titles in total (190 films).

Audience Engagement

82
Reviews
87th
Review-volume percentile
62nd
Popularity percentile

82 audience reviews — more than 87% of Thailand films in our index.

Review volume (87th percentile) outruns trending popularity (62th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Dorm, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • drowning · 5
  • swimming pool · 5
  • young boy · 5
  • boarding school · 4
  • little boy · 4
  • boys' school · 3
  • dormitory · 1
  • outcast · 1
  • boys' boarding school · 1
  • cry wolf · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • flashback · 28
  • adultery · 20
  • rescue · 13
  • guilt · 11
  • nightmare · 9
  • ghost story · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • friendship · 134
  • ghost · 84
  • coming of age · 78
  • thailand · 56
  • parent child relationship · 46
  • death · 43

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
82
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #97 of 239 Thailand films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Thailand Drama productions specifically: #66 of 120 (top 55%).

Production Details

Primary CountryThailand
Original LanguageThai
Production CompaniesHub Ho Hin Films, GMM Tai Hub (GTH)
Runtime1h 51m
Release DateFebruary 23, 2006
IMDbtt0495824