Pinoy Rebyu's 100 Greatest Pinoy Films of All Time
In 2013, Filipino film blog Pinoy Rebyu invited around 200 film directors, screenwriters, critics, scholars, programmers, and archivists to send in a top 10 of their favourite Pinoy films. They received 81 ballots.
This top 100, published in 2015, is an expanded version of the original top 50 they published in 2013.
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When we conducted our 2013 poll for the Greatest Pinoy Films of All Time, 81 respondents (critics, filmmakers, archivists, academics, etc.) provided us with a total of 204 films, ranging from obscure gems like Kidlat Tahimik’s Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons to the unabashedly campy No Other Woman. We decided then to limit the list to 50 because we had a lot of ties, and it seemed unwieldy to publish a top 100 list with so many ties.
That was before we discovered a sensible method to break ties based on which of the tied films are ranked higher by their respective voters. We have since used that method to rank the 100 Best Performances of the Half-Decade. It’s a pretty boring task to detail the equation we used (you can message us if you want to know how we did it) so let us get on with the more exciting job of revealing which films are the 50 next best.
This top 100, published in 2015, is an expanded version of the original top 50 they published in 2013.
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When we conducted our 2013 poll for the Greatest Pinoy Films of All Time, 81 respondents (critics, filmmakers, archivists, academics, etc.) provided us with a total of 204 films, ranging from obscure gems like Kidlat Tahimik’s Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons to the unabashedly campy No Other Woman. We decided then to limit the list to 50 because we had a lot of ties, and it seemed unwieldy to publish a top 100 list with so many ties.
That was before we discovered a sensible method to break ties based on which of the tied films are ranked higher by their respective voters. We have since used that method to rank the 100 Best Performances of the Half-Decade. It’s a pretty boring task to detail the equation we used (you can message us if you want to know how we did it) so let us get on with the more exciting job of revealing which films are the 50 next best.
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- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelBembol RocoLou Salvador Jr.Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsNora AunorSpanky ManikanGigi DueñasElsa saw the blessed Virgin Mary who had changed her life and caused a hysteria in a poor isolated village.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPeque GallagaStarsCherie GilSandy AndolongLiza LorenaTwo affluent families struggle and learn to survive during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.
- DirectorManuel SilosStarsRosa RosalTony SantosLeroy SalvadorA young married couple, Maria and Jose (Rosa Rosal and Tony Santos) start life together creating a lanzones orchard in the countryside. They have four children - Miguel (Leroy Salvador), Arturo (Carlos Padilla Jr), Angelita (Marita Zobel), and Lito (Danilo Jurado). The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good to them and the children grow up and bring joy to the community. But trouble enters their lives when Jose makes an enemy of Bruno (Joseph de Cordova). Bruno, a widower, is much feared in the village, for it is rumored that he caused the death of his wife. And yet he wants to remarry and is courting Choleng (Mila Ocampo), Jose's niece. But Choleng avoids Bruno and one day, in trying to get away from him, she slips and falls off a cliff and dies. The village is outraged and Bruno hides in the mountains. There, he plots his revenge on the village, particularly on Jose's family.
- 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.
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsChristopher De LeonGloria DiazEddie GarciaSet at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorKidlat TahimikStarsKidlat TahimikMang FelyDolores SantamariaA Filipino jeepney driver (Kidlat Tahimik) who idolizes America's space program comes to reject the rapid encroachment of technology.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsTommy AbuelMario MontenegroMona LisaDuring a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.
- 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.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsElizabeth OropesaDaria RamirezGeorge EstreganIshmael Bernal's opus recreates the quality and slow pace of life in a dying village surrounded by the sea as it is caught in the eternal cycle of love and hate, of fertility and pollution, of birth and death. A bold and successful attempt to depart from the usual commercial fare, it cryptically paints a large, bleak canvas showing rural fold and how their chances at redemption and happiness are irreversibly decimated by poverty, ignorance, neglect and the dark side of big business.
- DirectorCelso Ad. CastilloStarsVilma SantosRosemarie GilRolly QuizonTo support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial acceptance of the audience, she defies her father's admonitions and presents herself to the manager. And thus, becoming the new burlesque queen.
- DirectorLamberto V. AvellanaStarsRosa RosalTony SantosJoseph De CordovaA war hero meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorDina BonnevieGina AlajarIn 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco), murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group. At the success of the 1986 EDSA revolt, political detainees, led by Jimmy Cordero (Salvador), celebrate the fall of the dictatorship. All political prisoners are released, including Jimmy, an ex-priest-turned-underground revolutionary. Not long, after, Jimmy marries a human rights activist, Trixie (Bonnevie). Jimmy becomes an advocate of human rights. Despite Trixie's protests, her brother, Roland (Lorenzo), and Jimmy go on a fact-finding mission to Santa Filomena to investigate the latest crime committed by the Orapronobis. Jimmy meets Esper (Alajar), his ex-girlfriend. He finds out that he has a son with her, Camilo (Herrera). They agree to keep Jimmy's true identity a secret form the boy. Conniving with the military, the Orapronobis step up their acts of terror. Jimmy's group helps evacuate the townspeople to the town church, then later to Manila. Back in Manila, Jimmy turns down a friend's invitation to rejoin the underground movement. Later, he and Roland are ambushed. Jimmy survives, but Roland does not. He recovers and shortly after that, Trixie gives birth to their child. Soldiers raid the refugee center with a masked man who identifies several of the barrio folk as rebels. The refugees and the human rights activists complain to the government. Esper and her son are abducted by the Orapronobis who accuse Esper of helping the rebels. She is raped and beaten up by Kumander Kontra in front of Camilo. Fighting back, she shoots at Kontra. In a hysterical rage, Kontra goes on a shooting rampage, killing Esper, Camilo and the captured barrio men. Later, the military bring the casualties to the town where Jimmy weeps over the bodies of Esper and his son. The film ends with Jimmy contacting his old colleague from the underground.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsLorna TolentinoGina AlajarSandy AndolongJoey, Kathy, Sylvia, and Maritess, best friends from 1979 to 1982, navigate drug use, singing dreams, unconventional relationships, and housewife roles, depicting personal battles and societal challenges during that period.
- DirectorManuel CondeStarsManuel CondeElvira ReyesInday JalandoniTemujin, who later became Genghis Khan is wise, or sometimes cunning. He goes through several heroic episodes; competing at the Man of Men contest, falling in love with the enemy commander's daughter, and struggling to restore his demolished hometown. Meanwhile his steps guide him to be a great conqueror. Khan's witty, humorous side in his adolescent years before he takes the throne.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsNathan LopezSoliman CruzJR ValentinA young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.
- 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.
- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsIna RaymundoKlaudia KoronelJaclyn JoseA sexploitation flick that leaves the women feeling violated again.
- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsGina PareñoFonz DezaNanding JosefIn this starkly realistic narrative, director Jeffrey Jeturian presents a captivating portrait of a once-proud woman, haunted by memories of a dead son and hounded by the police, and her fragile and lonely life as a "kurador".
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorCelso Ad. CastilloStarsVilma SantosBembol RocoRobert TalabisAs a young woman born in a tradition-bound town but raised in the modernizing atmosphere of Manila, Julie gropes towards maturity without benefit of guidance from understanding elders. Home for the traditional town fiesta, she meets poor boy-next-door Dido Ventura (Bembol Rocco), whose passion and impulsiveness rush them into elopement, but his family has a long-standing grievance against the Monserrats, who through fraudulence in the past had grabbed the Ventura property. When the young lovers ask for permission to marry, Julie's snooty aunts make her choose between her present status as a rich single Monserrat, and an uncertain future as Dido's wife. In a moment of indecisiveness, Julie gives up Dido and returns to her music studies. At university, Julie is visited by the elderly violinist from her hometown whom she idolizes, Maestro Juan Roque (Jonee Gamboa), who has learned she is pregnant and come to announce he is her father--then walk out. When she gives birth, against her aunts' wishes she decides to give the baby to its father. But by this time, it's become impossible for the baby to have its father. Dido has joined the band of Huks headed by Kumander Salome (Lito Anzures). Driven by the desire to help his daughter, Maestro Juan Roque goes to the Huk hideout to effect reconciliation between Dido and Julie. A quick night visit for Dido is arranged, and the lovers reunite--too late, for government agents have learned of the Huks rebel's presence, and a bloody shootout affirms the nihilism of the film's title.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsFernando Poe Jr.Amalia FuentesChristopher De LeonFlashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel Aguila. The Aguila family gathers to celebrate Daniel's 88th birthday, but the old man is nowhere to be seen--he has been missing for a decade. Suspecting that his father is in Mindanao, one of his sons takes off for that region in a determined search. Along the way, his memories of the nation and his father's life tell the story of 80 tumultuous years of personal and historical development.
- 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.
- DirectorNick DeocampoStarsPaul AlantisTony ÁlvarezThis is Nick Deocampo's masterpiece, a documentary about a gay nightclub performer with an especially lurid "Spider-man" act. Oliver is a female impersonator who supports his family by performing in Manila's gay bars.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsDolphyNiño MuhlachPhillip SalvadorCoring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis (Philip Salvador). The baby grows up (the boy is played by a very young Niño Muhlach) thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems to be smooth until the kid's mother (Marissa Delgado) suddenly shows up to claim her son.
- 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.
- 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 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 BernalStarsMaricel SorianoCharito SolisDante RiveroYoung Carmen Castro (Maricel Soriano) is unmarried and pregnant and informs her cousin Stella (Amy Austria) about her situation. Stella scoffs and recommends abortion, as does Jerry, the child's father. Her overly-religious landlady Juling (Charito Solis), who is busy juggling her religious aims and her legal quarrel with the poor families illegally living on her land, strongly suggests that she keep the baby, as killing it would be a sin against God. Carmen sees signs that would seemingly suggest an answer to her difficult decision. Her poor neighbors struggle for money to feed their children. She sees a physically malformed child vending goods outside the church. She loses her job at a financing company due to the struggling economy during that time. Carmen eventually decides to have an abortion in a deeply moving scene with close-up shots of the cold steel utensils.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsLeopoldo SalcedoJoseph EstradaLilia DizonBased on actual events, "The Moises Padilla Story" tells of a man's gallant stand, courage and struggle to fight an oligarchic governor who commands a private army to enforce his repressions of freedom.
- 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.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsPancho MagalonaCharito SolisTeody BelarminoJuan Crisostomo Ibarra has changed his name and identity to rich jeweler Simoun. In disguise, he travels the world amassing wealth, which he intends to use to topple the corrupt and abusive regime in his native land. But Simoun's real motive is personal. He wants to rescue his beloved, Maria Clara, from the convent and avenge the death of his father. In a forest on Christmas Eve, medical student Basilio recognizes Simoun as the man who helped bury his mother Sisa under a tree over 10 years ago. Simoun is in the forest to retrieve the gems he buried near Sisa's grave. As the film progresses, all the secrets and intrigues are revealed, and the plotters' plan fails. A good Filipino priest throws Simoun's jewels away, thereby eliminating the greed, violence, and other evils they might have provoked.
- 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.
- DirectorGregorio FernandezStarsCharito SolisLeroy SalvadorCarlos Padilla Jr.Story of a family's struggles in life. Rosa lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression, when her drunkard father is run over by a train.
- DirectorRemton Siega ZuasolaStarsDonna GimenoGregg TecsonLucia JuezanA simple island girl is set to marry a foreigner. But a series of events during the island's festival is about to affect her decision whether to stay or to leave.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsNora AunorBembol RocoLovi PoeAn infertile midwife and her husband find a surrogate mother so that they can have a child.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsEddie Del MarEdita VitalJohnny MonteiroEpic screen adaptation of the great Jose Rizal's novel, Noli Me Tangere (otherwise known as Touch Me Not or The Social Cancer) and was taken from a Bible verse.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonOrestes OjedaA WORKING WIFE, A PRODUCTION ASSISTANT IN A TELEVISION NETWORK, AND A JOURNALIST SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURES AND DEMANDS OF THEIR CAREERS AND GIVE UP ON THEIR MARRIAGE.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn TorresStarsOlga AliseichykPusong BughawEarl Drilon
- 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.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsHilda KoronelRio LocsinChanda RomeroHow the daily lives of seven women working different jobs in a big commercial bank in Makati are affected by their ambition for success in their chosen career paths and how this drive affects their personal lives.
- 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.
- DirectorRaymond RedStarsBoy CanlasJon Red
- DirectorAbbo Dela CruzStarsTony SantosJohnny DelgadoRonnie LazaroThe fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain.
- DirectorRaya MartinStarsSid LuceroTetchie AgbayaniAlessandra De RossiMimicking early silent films, Independencia creates a lush metaphor that plays with cinematic illusions and the cultural and mythical history of the Philippines.
- 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.
- DirectorButch PerezStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonRio LocsinA man returns to his home town where he becomes involved with two women: one he has known since his childhood and the other one, a mysterious woman he met in the town cemetery while visiting the grave of his departed mother.
- DirectorDitsi CarolinoStarsEddie RenomeronPen Renomeron
- DirectorJohn TorresStarsCiriaco GibraltarTope GrabatoChe VillanuevaA young girl goes through villages as a debt collector and in the process, lends herself to play roles to others, as an elemental, revolutionary, lover.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsAga MuhlachNida BlancaGloria RomeroA young boy discovers his politician-father's corruption and cruelty as he discovers who his real mother is - a victim of his own father's immorality and violence.
- DirectorMel ChiongloStarsAlex Del RosarioGandong CervantesLawrence DavidThree young and good-looking brothers live with and support their parents in Manila; they dance at the male Club Exotica and work as "call boys." Joel has a wife and child; he and Dennis are saving money to buy back lost family land. Sonny has dropped out of university and sees dancing as a way to make money for now. Joel has a regular boyfriend as well; Sonny spends time with Michelle, a transvestite; Dennis and his pals steal car radios. When their nanay takes in a homeless youth who is not what he appears to be, a chain of events is set in motion that brings tragedy. Is there any salvation in this late-night world of "macho dancing" and prostitution?
- DirectorManuel CondeStarsManuel CondeTessie QuintanaAdorable LiwanagAn adventure in LAUGHTER with the most lovable character in Philippine Folklore. BUT behind the humor is the face of the nation.
- DirectorIshmael BernalEmmanuel H. BorlazaPeque GallagaStarsJoel TorreRey 'PJ' AbellanaArlene MuhlachFilipino horror anthology in three parts.
- DirectorRory B. QuintosStarsVilma SantosClaudine BarrettoJoel TorreFilipina Overseas Contract Worker is forced to leave her family and take a higher-paying job in a more-prosperous Asian country, unaware of her husband's death.
- DirectorRuel Dahis AntipuestoJerrold TarogStarsPublio Briones IIIJerrold TarogGreg FernandezA documentary filmmaker from Manila sets out to cover the Sinulog Festival in Cebu, but gets in over his head when he meets a retired, corrupt politician who is ready to tell all. Mixing both Cebuano and Tagalog dialects (with English subtitles) and having one of the most renowned festivals in the Philippines as a backdrop, the film explores how people deal with deceit and how the Filipino spirit is actually not unlike any of that country's parades.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsPinky De LeonElizabeth OropesaBeth BautistaZIALCIA'S SOPHISTICATED COMEDY TAKES TO THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE EVEN AS IT UPHOLDS THE LATTER IN THE END.
- DirectorSherad Anthony SanchezStarsJelieta Mariveles-RucaMarilyn RoqueJun LizadaGigi (Jelieta Mariveles-Ruca) from Arakan Valley is a rebel who teaches young comrades the facets of their struggle as they remain in waiting after they are ambushed. In a nearby village, Junjun (Jun Lizada) and his fellow soldiers take a rest. He attempts to chance upon a girl he longs for, but instead encounters a balyan/tagbawian (shaman) in a very disturbing situation. Somewhere, two kids, Abyan and Busaw, trek the forest back to their mother. "Huling Balyan ng Buhi : O Ang Sinalirap nga Asoy Nila" weaves the tales of rebels in waiting, playful soldiers at rest and a troubled balyan (village healer) in an ambiguous predicament. A quandary ushers them all to one encounter that can brings to light questions of transcendence.
- DirectorRaya MartinStarsNess RoqueAdriana AgcaoiliVia Antonio
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsChristopher De LeonJomari YllanaAngelu De LeonThe dark, harsh reality of life for the urban poor and how the weak become prey for the stronger.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsCesar RamirezCynthia ZamoraAura AureaEXPLOSIVE - THE WHOLE TOWN IS TALKING ABOYT IT.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsJiro ManioCoco MartinKristoffer KingFrom Filipino bad-boy director Brillante Mendoza comes Slingshot, an exhilarating portrayal of teenage thugs and petty thieves, all out to get what they can in the teeming slums of Asia's notorious city of sin, Manila.
- DirectorArmando LaoStarsAlan PauleCarl GuevaraIsabelle De LeonA bus takes-off from urban Manila to the rural southeastern side of the country, carrying a group of mixed passengers from all walks of life, each one has a personal story to tell and they are telling it in their own voice.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsAnita LindaReynaldo DanteEddie Del MarA mother makes sense of the realities in the Philippine islands under colonial times.
- DirectorRaya MartinStarsThe Barasoain Kalinangan Theater GroupLemuel GalmanMark Joshua MaclangThe lives of three people change during and after the 1986 Philippine revolt.
- DirectorJose Javier ReyesStarsMark Anthony FernandezJomari YllanaClaudine BarrettoHappy-go-lucky teenage friends Francis (Mark Anthony Fernandez), Chipper (Jao Mapa), Mackie (Jomari Yllana), Abe (Gio Alvarez), Lester (Victor Neri), and Carol (Nika Valencia) are known as party animals. Nadine (Claudine Barretto), who belongs to a troublesome family and always wants to find peace that she cannot find in her own home, hates their group of friends, believing that they are too immature. Yet, Nadine finds herself falling in love with Mackie, who shows her that he is not as bad as she thinks. As the two become a couple, Mackie realizes that Nadine bears too much anguish in her heart. Mackie struggles to cope with Nadine's up-tightness and her constant nagging. As their fights become too frequent, Chipper enters the picture and has Nadine's back when Mackie withdraws. As Nadine and Chipper develop a deeper friendship, Mackie feels betrayed and confronts Chipper. As the two friends argue over a woman, their whole group will be torn about taking sides. Can their friendship surpass this challenge?
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsSharmaine ArnaizDante RiveroJoel TorreMilagros is a prostitute who becomes the maid of a family of four men. With them, she finds the family she never had. With her, each man finds the salvation he needs. Together, they begin to tear each other apart.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsHilda KoronelElizabeth OropesaBeth BautistaEddie Garcia heads an all-star cast in a searing drama about a millionaire patriarch and the power he wields among the people in an entire town.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsAlbert MartinezElizabeth OropesaYul ServoThe triangle that develops between a man, his wife, and his best friend.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsJohn Lloyd CruzBea AlonzoDerek RamsayA long-time couple seem destined for marriage, but frictions and differing ambitions break them apart. As they try to move on with their lives they are continually reminded of what they once had and temptation to go back is never far away.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsRita GomezVic VargasEddie GarciaA taxi dancer (Rita Gomez) and taxi driver (Vic Vargas) are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director (Eddie Garcia). The obsession with success forces them to affect images as movie stars, which suppress and eventually destroy them as persons and lovers.
- DirectorCelso Ad. CastilloStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonEddie GarciaA young lonely girl. A lost young man. A house on a deserted beach. This was the beginning.
- DirectorJoey GosiengfiaoStarsDina BonnevieAzenith BrionesJennifer CortezThis is a story about a group of beauty-contest finalists stranded on a desert island without food, water, or shelter.
- DirectorSari Raissa Lluch DalenaStarsMyra BeltranHayuma Habulan
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonPhillip SalvadorCarmi MartinA modern-day version of the biblical legend of Cain and Abel. Strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older Lorenzo, whom she blames for her husband's death.
- DirectorCelso Ad. CastilloStarsGloria DiazVic VargasElizabeth OropesaA drifted mysterious beautiful woman (Gloria Diaz) starts to wreak havoc and ruin the lives of the people living in a peaceful island.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonStarsJose Padilla Jr.Lilia DizonDanilo MontesIn a remote fishing village, a wealthy landowner calls on the Snake Devil to protect his priceless family treasures, but this isn't enough to stop the bandit Sanda Wong from attempting the raid when he learns about the treasure.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezNora AunorRaul AragonEster Postigo (Nora Aunor) plays a social worker who cannot have a baby. Because of her infertility, her husband Luis (Raoul Aragon) goes to bed with her mother, Renata (Lolita Rodriguez) and she bears a child. Ester brings the matter to court.
- 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.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsDindo FernandoGloria DiazEddie GarciaA story of married couples but leaves their own spouses for their relationship.
- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsAna CapriMarcus MadrigalHarold PinedaA slice of daily life in the slums of the Philippines. Gina, a poor but honest young girl sells banana slices. She lives with her grandmother and her younger brother and sister, her father being in jail. Nonoy, a water boy, delivers water up six floors to the rich Mrs. Alano. Nonoy is in love with Gina, but she desires her classmate, Jimboy, a handsome flirt, who is the son of Mrs. Alano.
- 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.