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Dodo Dayao

Dodo Dayao

Writer and director, also producer

Works as
Writer and director, also producer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 10% in 30 days

What are Dodo Dayao's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Morality
24%
Ideas
19%
Society
16%
Survival
14%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
5
Cathartic
1
Contemplative
1
Cold
1

How their films linger

Unsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dodo Dayao's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Dodo Dayao's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Remotes(2026)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Ride(2025)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Posthouse(2025)

    Script Consultant

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Uninvited(2024)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Kampon(2023)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Cattleya Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer

  • Surrogate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer

  • Midnight in a Perfect World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Story · Writer

  • The Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Writer

  • Ma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Writer

  • Folklore(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • If You Leave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Script

  • Kapatiran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • The End is Bigger Than Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Screenplay

  • Violator(2014)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Lukas the Strange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Dear Wormwood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie (2025)

$696K worldwide

Highest rated

Uninvited (2024)

Midcredits 31st

Most popular right now

Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 19: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting6 of 19: 2 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting15 of 19: 11 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score19thOther crew2 of 19: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

19 titles, 5 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s8 · 1 acting · 7 crew2020s10 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Dodo Dayao's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 22nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

11thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 8 titles are Mixed.

  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director, writer

Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie (2025)

85th percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Uninvited (2024)

Midcredits 31st · 33% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Dodo Dayao work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dodo Dayao's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Elijah Canlas shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers