Sine Pilipino
THE DIRECTORS
Lino Brocka
• Santiago! (1970)
• Stardoom (1971)
• Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang (1974)
• Tatlo, dalawa, isa (1974)
• Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
• Insiang (1976)
• Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo (1976)
• Jaguar (1979)
• Ina, kapatid, anak (1979)
• Bona (1980)
• Adultery (1984)
• Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim (1985)
Mike De Leon
• Kung mangarap ka't magising (1977)
• Kakabakaba ka ba? (1980)
• Kisapmata (1981)
• Batch '81 (1982)
• Sister Stella L. (1984)
• Hindi nahahati ang langit (1985)
• Aliwan Paradise (1992 Short Film)
• 3rd World Hero (2000)
Lav Diaz
• West Side Avenue (2001)
• Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
• Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)
• Butterflies Have No Memories (2009 Short Film)
• Century of Birthing (2011)
• Norte, the End of History (2013)
• From What Is Before (2014)
Marilou Diaz-Abaya
• Brutal (1980)
• Of the Flesh (1983)
• Baby Tsina (1984)
• José Rizal (1998)
• In the Navel of the Sea (1998)
• Muro-ami (1999)
• Maging akin muli (2005 TV Movie)
Peque Gallaga
• Oro, plata, mata (1982)
• Virgin Forest (1985)
• Scorpio Nights (1985)
• Aswang (1992) (with Lore Reyes)
• Shake Rattle & Roll IV (1992) (with Lore Reyes)
• Baby Love (1995) (with Lore Reyes)
• Magic Temple (1996) (with Lore Reyes)
Chito S. Roño aka Chito Roño
• Ikaw lang (1993)
• Rage (1995)
• Lea's Story (1998)
• The Seventies (2002)
• Feng shui (2004)
• Caregiver (2008)
• Dynamite Fishing (2013)
Brillante Mendoza aka Brillante Ma. Mendoza
• Foster Child (2007)
• Service (2008)
• Kinatay (2009)
• Grandmother (2009)
• Ayos ka (2010 Short Film)
• Thy Womb (2012)
Mario O'Hara
• Tatlong taong walang Diyos (1976)
• Condemned (1984)
• Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984)
• Woman on a Tin Roof (1998)
• Demons (2000)
• Woman of Breakwater (2003)
Ishmael Bernal
• Salawahan (1979)
• City After Dark (1980)
• Himala (1982)
• Relasyon (1982)
• Shake, Rattle & Roll (1984)
Lamberto V. Avellana
• Sergeant Hassan (1955)
• Anak dalita (1956)
• Badjao (1957)
• A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965)
• Fe, Esperanza, Caridad (1974) (with Gerardo de Leon)
Joel Lamangan aka Joel C. Lamangan
• The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995)
• Why Is There a Yesterday? (1996)
• Hubog (2001)
• Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941 (2004)
• Blue Moon (2006)
Maryo J. De Los Reyes aka Maryo De Los Reyes
• Saan darating ang umaga? (1983)
• Bagets (1984)
• Mga kwento ni Lola Basyang (1985)
• Magnifico (2003)
Laurice Guillen
• Salome (1981)
• Because I Love You (1993)
• Tanging yaman (2000)
• Sa'yo lamang (2010)
Raymond Red
• Bayani (1992)
• Sakay (1993)
• Shadows (2000 Short Film)
• Skies (2009)
Auraeus Solito
• Suring at ang kuk-ok (1995 Short Film)
• The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005)
• Tuli (2005)
• Pisay (2007)
• Palawan Fate (2011)
Lino Brocka
• Santiago! (1970)
• Stardoom (1971)
• Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang (1974)
• Tatlo, dalawa, isa (1974)
• Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
• Insiang (1976)
• Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo (1976)
• Jaguar (1979)
• Ina, kapatid, anak (1979)
• Bona (1980)
• Adultery (1984)
• Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim (1985)
Mike De Leon
• Kung mangarap ka't magising (1977)
• Kakabakaba ka ba? (1980)
• Kisapmata (1981)
• Batch '81 (1982)
• Sister Stella L. (1984)
• Hindi nahahati ang langit (1985)
• Aliwan Paradise (1992 Short Film)
• 3rd World Hero (2000)
Lav Diaz
• West Side Avenue (2001)
• Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
• Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)
• Butterflies Have No Memories (2009 Short Film)
• Century of Birthing (2011)
• Norte, the End of History (2013)
• From What Is Before (2014)
Marilou Diaz-Abaya
• Brutal (1980)
• Of the Flesh (1983)
• Baby Tsina (1984)
• José Rizal (1998)
• In the Navel of the Sea (1998)
• Muro-ami (1999)
• Maging akin muli (2005 TV Movie)
Peque Gallaga
• Oro, plata, mata (1982)
• Virgin Forest (1985)
• Scorpio Nights (1985)
• Aswang (1992) (with Lore Reyes)
• Shake Rattle & Roll IV (1992) (with Lore Reyes)
• Baby Love (1995) (with Lore Reyes)
• Magic Temple (1996) (with Lore Reyes)
Chito S. Roño aka Chito Roño
• Ikaw lang (1993)
• Rage (1995)
• Lea's Story (1998)
• The Seventies (2002)
• Feng shui (2004)
• Caregiver (2008)
• Dynamite Fishing (2013)
Brillante Mendoza aka Brillante Ma. Mendoza
• Foster Child (2007)
• Service (2008)
• Kinatay (2009)
• Grandmother (2009)
• Ayos ka (2010 Short Film)
• Thy Womb (2012)
Mario O'Hara
• Tatlong taong walang Diyos (1976)
• Condemned (1984)
• Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984)
• Woman on a Tin Roof (1998)
• Demons (2000)
• Woman of Breakwater (2003)
Ishmael Bernal
• Salawahan (1979)
• City After Dark (1980)
• Himala (1982)
• Relasyon (1982)
• Shake, Rattle & Roll (1984)
Lamberto V. Avellana
• Sergeant Hassan (1955)
• Anak dalita (1956)
• Badjao (1957)
• A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965)
• Fe, Esperanza, Caridad (1974) (with Gerardo de Leon)
Joel Lamangan aka Joel C. Lamangan
• The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995)
• Why Is There a Yesterday? (1996)
• Hubog (2001)
• Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941 (2004)
• Blue Moon (2006)
Maryo J. De Los Reyes aka Maryo De Los Reyes
• Saan darating ang umaga? (1983)
• Bagets (1984)
• Mga kwento ni Lola Basyang (1985)
• Magnifico (2003)
Laurice Guillen
• Salome (1981)
• Because I Love You (1993)
• Tanging yaman (2000)
• Sa'yo lamang (2010)
Raymond Red
• Bayani (1992)
• Sakay (1993)
• Shadows (2000 Short Film)
• Skies (2009)
Auraeus Solito
• Suring at ang kuk-ok (1995 Short Film)
• The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005)
• Tuli (2005)
• Pisay (2007)
• Palawan Fate (2011)
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- DirectorLino BrockaStarsFernando Poe Jr.Dante RiveroBoots Anson-RoaIn the Philippines during the Japanese occupation, a Filipino soldier who is guilt-ridden over an incident that killed many civilians deserts the rebel army and retreats to a nearby barrio, where he is branded as a coward.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezEddie GarciaHilda KoronelFrustrated, ambitious stage mother Toyang (Lolita Rodriguez) forces her son Joey (Walter Navarro) into a showbiz career and ultimately ends up in a tragedy. 1970s teenage heartthrob, handsome, clean-cut, boy-next-door type Walter Navarro starred as the son, Joey Galvez, who at the peak of his stardom was gunned down by his erstwhile girlfriend Nina (Lotis Key) in a fit of jealousy and anger. Director Lino Brocka directs "Stardoom" for Lea Productions, his "indictment of the corruption of values in the local film industry."
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezLilia DizonEddie GarciaThis landmark film is considered by many to be one of the most important in Philippine cinema. The son of a wealthy man, Junior has everything he could possibly want. But the emptiness of his extravagant lifestyle and the hypocrisy of the town's so-called leading citizens weigh heavily on him, pushing him to reach out to the village outcasts.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsJay IlaganPerla BautistaLaurice Guillen(Tagalog with English subtitles) Filipino cinema lenged, Lino Brocka, directs this compilation of three intimate stories about the perseverance of hope featuring a drug addict, an abandoned daughter and a repressed catholic.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelBembol RocoLou Salvador Jr.Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelMona LisaRez CortezThe life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezBembol RocoMitch ValdezA Monday-to-Sunday cavalcade of song and skin, courtesy of the loving and loveless women of Olonsapo.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorAmy AustriaJohnny DelgadoHe has battled with the screen's heavies, starred opposite its most desirable beauties, lived through the full range of human emotions. Now he is ready for the big time. Phillip Salvador takes the big role in "Jaguar."
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezCharito SolisRio LocsinPura, who has been gone for 20 years, returns to her father's house. Her arrival reignites a bitter rivalry she has with her half-sister, Emilia, which sets the entire household astir.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsNora AunorPhillip SalvadorMarissa DelgadoA female movie fan idolizes a movie bit-player who becomes her obsession. Her unrequited love for him leads to a nightmarish end.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsVilma SantosPhillip SalvadorMario MontenegroDreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless brother and her good-for-nothing sister to live-in with her boyfriend Carding, whom she believes could give her salvation. But her plan only gives her more misfortunes. Carding gets jailed for drug peddling. Aida opts for an abortion. She later lives with a wealthy man to feul her ambition. Carding is released from prison and finds out about his wife's illicit affair.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorGina AlajarVenchito GalvezAn apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsChristopher De LeonHilda KoronelLaurice GuillenThe coming-of-age story of young college student, Joey (Christopher de Leon), who has lost all sense of direction and meaning in life, waking up every morning to the same old day that went before; fruitless, senseless, lifeless. He's a carefree kind of guy who just bums around with his friends. The only thing that inspires him is music. The problem is, he has yet to finish writing a song, which turns out to be the movie's theme song, and the theme song of his awakening. Then Joey meets Ana (Hilda Koronel), who immediately sweeps him off his feet. A very sweet friendship develops between them. Suddenly, Joey's world is turned upside-down and his mornings are never the same again.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsChristopher De LeonCharo Santos-ConcioJay IlaganThe film revolves around two couples who find themselves in conflict with the foreign commercial giants that control the Philippine economy, the Japanese and the Chinese.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsCharo Santos-ConcioJay IlaganVic SilayanA crime-drama-suspense genre film not often seen in Philippine cinema. A controlling patriarch loses it over his daughter's marriage and her attempts to escape from their incestuous household.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsMark GilSandy AndolongWard LuarcaThe lives of seven neophytes as they strive to enter a Greek letter fraternity through a difficult hazing process. The entire experience is seen through the eyes of Sid Lucero, one of the neophytes.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsVilma SantosJay IlaganGina AlajarA nun becomes involved in an on-going labor strike. She starts out non-politicized, but later learns about the plight of the simple working man and inevitably, the government's neglect of the poor masses. Filipino Tagalog movie.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsChristopher De LeonLorna TolentinoDina BonnevieA wealthy man comes to terms with his stepsister.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsJohnny DelgadoJulio DiazMelissa De LeonA black comedy set in the semi-futuristic Philippines that now has a Ministry of Entertainment. To be able to find employment, one must not only possess the necessary skills, but to be entertaining as well.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsRicky DavaoJoel TorreCris VillanuevaPart-investigative documentary, part-satire and shot entirely in black-and-white, the film tackles the mystery that surrounds the life and death of the Filipino hero, Jose Rizal.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsYul ServoJoel TorreGloria DiazA Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is more about the Filipino community in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsElryan de VeraAngie FerroPen MedinaThe collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsRoeder CamanagAngeli BayaniPerry DizonFilipino poet Benjamin Agusan (Roeder Camanag) is a hapless native who returns to his hometown Padang to witness the aftermath of the super typhoon. For the past seven years, Benjamin has been living in an old town called Kaluga in Russia. With his grant and residency, he taught and conducted workshops in a university; in the process he published two poetry books of sadness and longing. In Russia, Benjamin shot video collages, fell in love with a Slavic beauty, buried a son, and almost went mad. He came back to bury his dead--father, mother, sister, and a lover. He came back to face Mount Mayon, the raging beauty and muse of his youth. He came home to confront the country that he so loved and hated, the Philippines. He came back to die in the land of his birth. He wanders around the obliterated village meeting old friends and lovers.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsWilly FernandezJoel FerrerLois GoffFerding, Santos and Willy only drink in despair. One day, a Canadian woman's visit changes everything.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonAngel AquinoBart GuingonaAn artist struggles to finish his work. A storyline about a cult plays in his head. Fundamentalism will destroy the world. The artist destroys his muse in the process. He redeems her in the end.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid LuceroAngeli BayaniArchie AlemaniaAn embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonRoeder CamanagHazel OrencioThe Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsAmy AustriaGina AlajarCharo Santos-ConcioA woman after killing her husband and his friends goes into post-traumatic shock and withdraws from any form of communication. A feminist journalist becomes interested in the case and resolves to unravel the truth behind the murders.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCharito SolisVic SilayanPhillip SalvadorA groom takes his city bride to his hometown to settle in his father's house. Struck by her uncanny resemblance to his dead wife, the patriarch is driven to lust after his daughter-in-law. When things come to a head, a violent family quarrel ensues and leads to tragedy. A middle-aged spinster recounts the tale to reveal her identity and trace the downfall of the landowning clan trapped in the past.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsVilma SantosRez CortezRolando TinioAlyas Baby Tsina/Alias Baby China (1984) is based on the true legal story of Evelyn Duave Ortega, aka Baby Tsina (She was called this in court documents because she looked Chinese. Otherwise there are no references to anything Chinese in her story or the film.) Duave was found guilty of murder in 1971 and several appeals while on death row culminated in a Supreme Court decision seven years later that declared her innocent and released her from prison.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCesar MontanoJoel TorreJaime FabregasJose Rizal's life and works are recounted through a series of non-linear flashbacks which reflect on various aspects of his life - as writer, propagandist, lover, friend, brother, doctor, and the man that inspired a revolution.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsJomari YllanaElizabeth OropesaChin Chin GutierrezPepito, growing up in a remote fishing village in the Philippines is destined to become the successor of his mother: the only midwife in the whole district, a job given from generation to generation. As Pepito's mother Rosa who is a widow, becomes pregnant she tries everything to abort the baby because of the shame this would bring. This fails and she sees the only way to protect her son is to commit suicide. After a while Pepito falls in love with a teacher from the capitol, Mrs. Santiago. But this relationship cannot have a future.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCesar MontanoPen MedinaJhong HilarioFredo (Cesar Montano) is a fisherman who has endured more than his share of hardship in life: his wife and child both perished in a boating accident, and today Fredo approaches each trip to the sea with the angry determination of a man out for revenge. Fredo commands a crew of young people from poor families as he takes his rattletrap ship into the ocean in search of fish that live along the reefs, snaring catch with an illegal netting system. Not all of Fredo's youthful sailors are willing to put up with his abusive arrogance, however, and even his father Dado (Pen Medina) and close friend Botong (Jhong Hilario) have grown weary of Fredo's tirades. Fredo's body is beginning to betray him as well, and as he and his crew damage the sea's reef beds in search of fish, no one is certain how much longer he will be able to continue.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsMarvin AgustinNoel TrinidadSandy AndolongJun Jun, 26, is a newly-ordained deacon. By tradition, he may now be addressed as "Reverend," a title that sounds better with his full name, Christoper Santos, Jr. But he prefers to be simply Junjun-ordinary, simple, cool. Junjun entered the seminary at age 12, but he nevertheless enjoyed his childhood and teens, managed to have a couple of girlfriends in secret, earned good grades, and taught himself to sing pop songs as well. He has never doubted his vocation, but often wonders if there are ways to live it "outside the box." Music is the language of his heart, the prayer of his soul. After ordination as a deacon, he is sent to his hometown to assist in the parish and gain pastoral experience as a way of preparing for his ordination to the priesthood. There he meets Fr. Salvador Bautista, 65, fluent in Latin and Italian, a product of the "old school." Ordained just as the reforms of the Second Vatican Council were launched, Fr. Doy had served in several parishes before being assigned to the rural Parish of Santiago Apostol the past five years. MAGING AKIN MULI accompanies Junjun on his journey to the priesthood. At Santiago Apostol, he encounters the complexities of life for his fellow pilgrims in the parish -a generous but demanding benefactor, a young lady in distress, a couple whose son is on death row. The lives of these people enrich his own, but also challenge his vocation to be good and holy, to belong to God. The film explores the tension between human freedom, what people decide to do with their lives, and divine wisdom, what God asks of each person.
- DirectorPeque GallagaStarsCherie GilSandy AndolongLiza LorenaTwo affluent families struggle and learn to survive during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.
- DirectorPeque GallagaStarsSarsi EmmanuelleMiguel RodriguezAbel JuradoThe day they raped the virgin--A Spanish Mestizo and the fisherman-lover of an adulterous Indian fight over the woman but decide to bury their differences and instead help other natives prevent the capture of general Emilio Aguinaldo by the Americans.
- DirectorPeque GallagaStarsDaniel FernandoAnna Marie GutierrezOrestes OjedaA college student has an affair with a security guard's passive wife. The husband finds out that his wife is cheating on him, when one day he walks in on them while they are having sex, and shoots them both.
- DirectorPeque GallagaLore ReyesStarsAlma MorenoManilyn ReynesIce SeguerraAlma Moreno plays the aswang attacking residents of a remote barrio. Catlyn (Aiza Seguerra) and her yaya Veron (Manilyn Reynes) are accompanied in the countryside by family driver Dudoy (Berting Labra).In the midst of their journey they encounter strange, brutal murders and discover that the barrio is being infested with and attacked by an aswang, and Catlyn will be a victim. Together with the barrio residents they fight against the evil spirits, especially the aswang prevalent in their town.
- DirectorPeque GallagaLore ReyesStarsEdu ManzanoManilyn ReynesAljon JimenezShake--a heartthrob campus teacher appeared to be a monster. Rattle--a mysterious creature starts to kidnap children near the park. Roll--In the final episode, a manananggal (mythical creature of Filipino folklore) is haunting and eating the townsmen until a mischievous kid suspects a nun--who appears to be the monster.
- DirectorPeque GallagaLore ReyesStarsEdu ManzanoAnna LarruceaJason SalcedoAndie (Anna Larrucea) and Ira (Jason Salcedo) sincerely think that they are deeply in love and ready to face the world. They attempt to tie the knot and build a life of their own. Their parents are shocked by their children's behavior until they realize that their shortcomings led the kids to run away from their boarding school.
- DirectorPeque GallagaLore ReyesStarsJason SalcedoJunell HernandoMarc SolisJubal, Sambag, and Omar journey to the Magic Temple to battle the evil forces of Ravenal, learning the importance of camaraderie and believing in themselves.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsVilma SantosRonnie RickettsCesar MontanoA librarian's husband and mother-in-law turn out to be psychotically abusive. When her husband mistakenly thinks he has killed her, he dumps her in a river, where she is saved by a fisherman. Desperate for money and needing help to take revenge on her husband, she hooks up--and falls in love--with a bank robber. She takes him to her husband's home and they kill him.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsMaricel SorianoRichard GomezTonton GutierrezLuisa is raped by an unknown assailant a few nights before she is wed to Jake. When Jake discovers Luisa's prenuptial chastity is in question on their first night, violent events unfold. Poor Luisa is a battered victim and reacts chillingly. Tit for tat. Fire against fire. Dreams become nightmares, love turns to rage. Philippines Filipino movie.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsVilma SantosAriel RiveraAlbert MartinezWomen's-rights advocate Lea has two children from two different men. Although her children's fathers find madness in her methods, they pretty much let her have her way as far as their children are concerned.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonPiolo PascualA middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsKris AquinoJay ManaloLotlot De LeonAfter finding a Feng Shui amulet, Joy starts to see a string of fortunate events come her way. Soon, she realizes it is, in fact, a curse. Now she must break the cycle of good fortune and death in order to save her family.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsSharon CunetaJohn EstradaRica PeralejoGrade-school English teacher Sarah Gonzales joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs working in the United Kingdom to support her husband Teddy in making a better living for their family. More than just a chronicle of the Filipino experience working as nurses and caregivers in the U.K., this story also charts Sarah's journey to self-discovery--from a submissive wife who makes sacrifices to make way for her husband's aspirations, to an empowered woman who finds dignity and pride in a humbling job as a caregiver in London.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsJhong HilarioNikki GilDick IsraelActing as a window into how flawed our basic political right has become, the film follows Nonoy as he takes over his Father, the Kapitan's, duties as guardian to committed voters harassed by vote buyers on the eve of the election.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsCherry Pie PicacheKier SegundoEugene DomingoA drama centered on the state of foster care in the Philippines.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsGina PareñoJaclyn JoseJulio DiazThe Pineda family struggles with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest, and skin irritations in a dilapidated movie theater.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsCoco MartinMaria Isabel LopezJulio DiazA young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsAnita LindaRustica CarpioTanya GomezTwo elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond.
- DirectorBrillante Mendoza
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsNora AunorBembol RocoLovi PoeAn infertile midwife and her husband find a surrogate mother so that they can have a child.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsNora AunorChristopher De LeonBembol RocoA woman falls in love with a Japanese soldier during the Japanese Occupation in the Philippines; the whole town turns against her.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsNora AunorGina AlajarGloria RomeroA hired killer is hounded by the head of his own criminal group as he gradually unravels the syndicate's tightly-guarded secret.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsNora AunorGina AlajarCelia RodriguezThe story of a woman named Angela who was accused of aggravated murder finds herself in difficult desperate situation inside prison while meeting different kinds of women who were penalized for different kinds of crimes. She soon finds out that she is pregnant and escapes the prison to deliver her baby, but when the police realize that she's gone, they chase after her, and when they find her, to their surprise she is delivering her baby in a zoo.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsAya MedelMike MagatAnita LindaA newly-wed movie stuntman and his wife resides in a cemetery where they become aquainted with an assortment of characters.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsHilda KoronelAnita LindaMatet De LeonA story about young lovers, rich girl Nena and Jose, a poor boy who works in the fishponds owned by Nena's family. The film traces their relationship as it develops, from prosperity into recession, from a time of peace into a time of political turmoil.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsGardo VersozaYoyoy VillameLou VelosoIn a poor village by the Manila Bay breakwater, brothers Buboy and Basilio come to the city to escape from the violence at home. They meet a prostitute named Pakita and become close with her when Basilio treats her wounds. All they want is to lead normal lives, but the town's leader Dave has knavish interruptions that await them.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsRio LocsinRita GomezJay IlaganA witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which ends up hilarious. One of the most quotable Filipino films ever due to its sexual innuendos and ambiguity.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsCharito SolisAlma MorenoLorna TolentinoThe hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families' conflicts are radically pitted against each other as they live in the night streets rampant with drugs and prostitution. The outstanding narrative explicitly unravels the various characters and episodes. This landmark film of Ishmael Bernal depicts the darkness of city life so vividly that it was once prohibited to use the word 'Manila' on its title.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsNora AunorSpanky ManikanGigi DueñasElsa saw the blessed Virgin Mary who had changed her life and caused a hysteria in a poor isolated village.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonJimi MelendezThe story follows the trials of a woman as she risks to build a meaningful relationship with a married man despite the different hurdles that abound.
- DirectorIshmael BernalEmmanuel H. BorlazaPeque GallagaStarsJoel TorreRey 'PJ' AbellanaArlene MuhlachFilipino horror anthology in three parts.
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaP. RamleeStarsP. RamleeSaadiahJins ShamsuddinSergeant Hassan counteraction against the Japanese colonial rule over the Malaya
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaStarsRosa RosalTony SantosJoseph De CordovaA war hero meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaStarsRosa RosalTony SantosLeroy SalvadorHassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala-amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala-amai and vice versa, the Moros plot to break up the union of the happy couple.
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaStarsDaisy H. AvellanaNaty Crame-RogersConrad ParhamA story that explores family conflict between 2 sisters and their painter father before the World War 2, in Intramuros, Old Manila.
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaGerardo de LeonCirio H. SantiagoStarsNora AunorDindo FernandoRuben RustiaA trilogy featuring Nora Aunor giving life to the stories of 3 women: Fe, an emerging movie Superstar who has an invalid husband; Esperanza, a young wife living in a middle-class neighborhood in the city; and Caridad, a young novice who was seduced by the devil himself.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsNora AunorVina MoralesIan De LeonA Filipno domestic helper is accused of murdering her fellow domestic helper, and her employer's son in singapore.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsNora AunorDawn ZuluetaMelisse SantiagoKarina Salvacion (Nora Aunor), a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderrama (Eddie Garcia) massacres her family along with the peasants of the town of San Marco accused of sympathizing with the Communists, seeks revenge for this massacre when she has grown up. Her body has healed, but her mind is still recovering from the horrible experience and she thirsts for revenge. She crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived; he is now a well-admired retiring general about to cap his career with the service's highest honors. The man is at last within her reach--the drama of revenge is nearing its climax--now Karina will set it into action.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsAssunta De RossiAlessandra De RossiJay ManaloVanessa is a cosmetics consultant who is forced to care for her troubled and mentally challenged sister after their mother's death. Her hustler boyfriend, Olivier, seems unreliable and Vanessa soon abandons him for Uno, a liberal and caring substitute. But Uno isn't exactly as he seems. Set during the reign of Joseph Estrada in the Philippines, the film offers up a society in hellish microcosm.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsJudy Ann SantosRaymart SantiagoDennis TrilloInya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander Ichiru, and is caught between duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsEddie GarciaChristopher De LeonDennis TrilloCan a love that bloomed under a Blue Moon truly last forever? In a quiet house in Boston, Massachusetts, elderly Filipina Corazon is writing a love letter. Knowing she has little time left, she is writing to every man named Manuel Pineda listed in the Philippine directory, identifying herself as his long-lost love. In the Philippines, an elderly man named Manuel Pineda is diagnosed with cancer and told he only has a few months to live. Manuel decides that before he dies, he wants to find the woman he loves most, whom he hasn't seen in decades: Corazon. "Blue Moon" follows Manuel's daunting search for Corazon all over the Philippines. He's joined by his emotionally-distant son Rod and recently-separated grandson Kyle. As Rod and Kyle accompany Manuel in his search for his lady love, they discover that there were actually two ladies named Corazon in Manuel's life: the nurse whom Manuel married after World War 2, and the spunky girl who was Manuel's first love in 1938. The blossoming of young love between the dashing young Manuel and the two Corazons in the 1940s is counterpointed with the dying Manuel's present-day search for his one true love. But which Corazon is it, and will he find her before he joins his Creator?
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsNida BlancaNestor De VillaMaricel SorianoA family's source of joy becomes the cause of all their grief. After years of trying to have a son, a couple finally decides to adopt one. While Shayne their only child is receptive at first, she finds herself getting increasingly jealous of Joel who has become the couple's center of attention. Shayne realizes that her adopted brother is no threat at all when he demonstrates his affection for her. But just when harmony is restored in the family, tragedy strikes during a beach excursion. Acting on a dare by Joel, Shane's father drifts afar from the shore and drowns. Shane's mother suffers a breakdown and blames Joel for the tragedy. Albeit Shane tries to hold the family together, the mother becomes inconsolable and demands that she return the boy to the orphanage. Now, Shayne must make the painful choice whether to keep her brother or submit to her mother's wishes.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsWilliam MartinezHerbert BautistaJ.C. BonninFive chaste adolescents attempt to navigate the wild and unpredictable drama of their final year of high school, only to discover that their friendship is what keeps them afloat.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsChichayRobert CamposDante CastroAnthology features three family-friendly fantasy-horror tales; "Sleeping Beauty", "Zombies" and "Querubin: Maria Leonora Theresa." It's an adaptation of the radio drama series written by Severino Reyes, which was popular in the 1950s.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsLorna TolentinoAlbert MartinezGloria RomeroEven though he is not good in school and belongs to a poor and unfortunate family, Magnifico still has a big heart and a large amount of optimism that enabled him to help not only his family, but also the community.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsGina AlajarJohnny DelgadoDennis RoldanA persistent suitor is stabbed to death by Salome, the wife of a coconut farmer. From the simple crime of passion three conflicting versions of the truth are given - by Salome herself, by the people of the small fishing village, and by her own husband. Each version contributes a piece and facet of the truth, and slowly reveals to us the real character of Salome and her husband, and the true nature of their relationship.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonCharito SolisDolzura Cortez has had several men in her life. One returns as an AIDS researcher and Dolzura is to be his unwitting subject. He encourages her to come out into the public so that she can dispel the social stigma that comes with the disease.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsGloria RomeroHilda KoronelDina BonnevieThe decision of three siblings to sell their ailing mother's property causes deeply burried resentment to resurface as each of them also faces difficulties within their own families.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsLorna TolentinoChristopher De LeonBea AlonzoAs the eldest sibling, Dianne Alvero (Bea Alonzo) acts as a mother to her family. After 10 years of absence, her father Franco (Christopher De Leon) returns to live with his family. All accept him without hesitation--except for Dianne. She's worried about what future trauma her father might bring them. The family secrets are yet to be revealed. family who accepts him without hesitation except for Dianne. She's worried about what future trauma her dad may bring to the family. The family secrets are yet to be revealed. "Sa'yo Lamang" is a Filipino Star Cinema film.
- DirectorRaymond RedStarsJulio DiazRaymond AlsonaGrace AmilbangsaA tale about the rise, fall and resurection of the "Katipunan" and its Supremo. A semi-biography of Philippine hero Andres Bonifacio.
- DirectorRaymond RedStarsJulio DiazTetchie AgbayaniLeopoldo Salcedo(Tagalog with English subtitles) From acclaimed filmmaker Raymond Red-the first Filipino director to win at Cannes with his short-comes this true to life story of Macario Sakay, founder of the Tagalog Republic.
- DirectorRaymond RedStarsEddie GarciaRonnie LazaroJohn ArcillaIn Manila, a solitary man from a far-away province lives in poverty. The only thing he has is a camera, and he stays at churches hoping people will hire him to take their photographs. During one day, he has three encounters that change his life: the first, with a smooth-talking young man who's standing by the church door who berates him for wasting his life in church, the second with a boy who offers to take his picture, and the third with a Mercedes-driving man who's been stuck in traffic and has no patience left. Is there any deliverance from the soullessness of the city?
- DirectorRaymond RedStarsRaul ArellanoJohn ArcillaRonnie LazaroInspired by a true news account, this is the astounding story of a lone deranged hijacker who has struggled to survive in the chaos of modern Philippine society.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsRowena BascoEury ZuluetaAimee Santos
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsNathan LopezSoliman CruzJR ValentinA young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsDesiree Del ValleBembol RocoCarlo AquinoTuli (Filipino for circumcise) is the story of Daisy's life in an isolated Philippine province. Daisy's father is responsible for the circumcision of almost all the males in town. Daisy's father is also a drunkard who abuses his wife and Daisy; this is making Daisy hate her father and all men. Her father forces her into an arranged marriage, but she doesn't want to marry the man her father chose for her. Meanwhile, Daisy's best friend is also suffering. Tradition in this isolated Philippine town dictates that Daisy must succeed her father as the town's official circumciser. must be the town's official circumciser. Daisy challenges the status quo and rebels against everything that she hates--and a young man defends her. Tuli is also the story of two best friends who deepen their relationship beyond friendship and a young man willing to give Daisy everything he has. In this rite-of-passage tale Daisy tells her brutal and painful story - Tuli.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsGammy LopezAnnicka DoloniusCarl John BarramedaAmidst the chaos of Martial Law in this Third World country in the 1980s, six teenagers in the top high school for the sciences discover themselves as they go through the joys and pains of adolescence. They were the top two hundred students from all over the Philippines who passed the examination for the Philippine Science High School, which was created for the purpose of giving an education highly enriched in the Sciences to exceptionally gifted Filipino children. Selected from the best and brightest from all over the country, they endure college-level courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics from their sophomore year onwards. Those who can make it are hailed as the future science and technology leaders of the New Republic, those who don't are deemed unfortunate victims of natural selection. They all learn however that they are neither isolated from the real world, nor are they exempted from living real lives. They find the world outside, erupting into the People Power revolution in 1986 against the Marcos dictatorship, being replicated within the school as they struggle to graduate, contend with teachers, classmates, family, school officials, and a new classification to segregate students meeting the high standards of excellence from those who do not.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsAlessandra De RossiClifford BañagaleDax AlejandroA mythical drama that revolves around a young Palawanon's search for a healer to cure her sister and the strangers who helped them along the way.
- DirectorMark HartleyStarsRoger CormanJohn LandisPete TombsA fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
- DirectorAndrew LeavoldStarsTikoy AguiluzRoy ArabejoTilman BaumgaertelThe bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond superstar Weng Weng.
- DirectorJordan ClarkStarsJordan ClarkPeque GallagaMaricel SorianoWhat would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real. In the Philippines for the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has been used as propoganda and social control by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine Administration, and even the CIA.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsEiji FunakoshiMantarô UshioYoshihiro HamaguchiIn the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsJake MacapagalJohn ArcillaAlthea VegaThis riveting crime thriller follows Oscar, a recent emigrant to Manila who gets pulled into a harrowing world of corruption and violence when he takes a job as an armored car driver to support his family (in Tagalog w/ English subtitles).
- DirectorJun LanaStarsEddie GarciaPrincessRez CortezGruff and cynical Rene is no stranger to loneliness, living an emotionally detached life with his dog, Bkawaw. Yet a connection with a middle-aged taxi driver begins to soften his outlook on life.
- DirectorJoyce BernalStarsRobin PadillaMichael De MesaAlden RichardsA senator is forced to go on the run after killing a judge and fights to clear his name.
- DirectorPoklong AnadingSigfreid Barros-SanchezYeye CalderonStarsPing MedinaBella FloresPen MedinaImahe Nasyon is a groundbreaking, conceptual omnibus film by 20 alternative filmmakers who were tasked to present their personal visions on national issues. Renowned line producers Jon and Carol Red hatched the idea of revisiting the 1986 EDSA revolution, challenging directors to answer the question "What happened after 1986?" with a short film not longer than five minutes each. Despite individual techniques, the same goal is shared: to depict a truthful image of the nation at present.