Discoveries from Philippines World Cinema

In Lino Brocka's 1981 melodrama, a man's juggling of three women—his wife, his girlfriend, and the wealthy married woman with whom he begins a torrid affair—leads to violent consequences.

Emma was once a prostitute. She fell for her client Ben (Julio Diaz) expecting that he will free her from her work. One day, Ben was murdered and the police is trying to solve the case. Who murdered him? But is he really dead or not?

While driving along the Quezon Province's famed Old Maharlika Highway, which has been referred to as "Bitukang Manok" because of its sharp curves, three groups of strangers find themselves isolated and trapped by mysterious forces. Here, surrounded by a menacing forest, they must confront their psychological demons as they spiral down deeper into their neurosis.

A flamboyant gay teen finds himself in a mind-boggling love triangle while trying to fulfill his dream of becoming a dancer.

A 1997 action film directed by Arturo San Agustin and starring Dan Fernandez, Ara Mina, and Lito Legaspi.

A doctor dedicated her life post-graduate to help the rural community of Mulanay, Quezon. Based on a true story.

A story about a war veteran with a heart problem, after being discharged from the hospital meets his old war buddies and seeks out to meet the parents of a fallen comrade. On the way to the parents, the man fatefully gets into a car accident and meets a rich woman. One day the family lawyer of the woman comes bearing news, the woman should get married in two days or half of her inheritance would be donated to charity.

A young man struggling to support his family enters the world of multilevel marketing.

Six friends. One last epic summer adventure. Join a group of friends, who go on a vacation in La Union and encounter new experiences as they hang out with girls and party.

David asks help from Elise for a special occasion during the pandemic in which everyone is required to stay at home. Will things be successful when unspoken feelings become more visible in one of them?

Two friends face the dilemma of taking their wonderful friendship to the next level.

The motion picture that will make you proud you are a Filipino.

In a failed diamond heist, two hopeless thieves hide out in an apartment taking a ten-year-old boy hostage. With a gang of dirty police closing in on them each thief must decide to what lengths he will go to survive--a decision that will change the boy's life forever.

An Internet scammer falls in love with a wealthy old maid while trying to swindle her using a fake Facebook profile.

A fisherman is found strangled and investigators come to believe it may have been by the irradiated skeleton that was found near his body. The film is often erroneously listed as an alternative title for 1971's "Blood Thirst."

A doomed literature club's pride is tested when an AU writer happens to be their savior.

A biopic based on the life of starlet Delia Dueñas Smith, better known as Pepsi Paloma.

Crisanto and Dolores’ marriage is going through a rough patch. Going through a marital crisis, a couple’s marriage is tested when Crisanto is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease as Dolores sinks deeper into depression. Paglisan tells the story of how a married couple attempt to survive together through fading memories and fleeting identities.

Isko Moreno, a once lowly garbage collector who became an actor and now a government servant who dreams for a better life for every Filipino.

Two Filipinos who coincidentally cross paths in the romantic city of Italy.

Upcoming Filipino Film. Plot TBA.

A young woman hopes to find redemption from a sinful past in the arms of an elderly but genuinely caring lover.

Short film about street kids.

A story of two high school senior students who believes passing the UPCAT will help make their dreams of becoming successful come true.

A larger-than-life cosmic woman sent from above must journey through a peculiar post-apocalyptic world with a human in search of something mystifying yet unfathomable to her.

An action film starring Jestoni Alarcon based on the radio drama by Rey Langit serialized in DZRH.

A painter's passion for his art, his contradictions, frustrations and pains affect his relationship with his wife and his model-lover.

An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and solitude in a place familiar to him. But his dream of rebuilding his shattered past is shaken when a mysterious innocent girl ends up in his front yard. A powerful religious cult headed by an enigmatic leader known as the Ama, is running the town.

Life in a remote village in the Visayas turns upside down when villagers are stricken by an unknown disease. As the village chief and doctor try to control the situation, they discover that the dead are rising from their graves.

a cowboy film by Tony Y. Reyes.

A woman is invited to a dinner party hosted at one of the most expensive mansions in Manila. The woman immediately accepts the invite in hopes to immerse herself in a new environment, meet new acquaintances, and experience fine dining like never before. But the night is not what it seemed – at least for her.

It's the year 2037 — a young man's curiosity ceases to recognize the realities of the outside world inside a dark bunker swamped under deep thought.

A 1992 Filipino action film starring Ronnie Ricketts and Mark Gil.

Two lifelong friends have their lives shaken up when one of them discovers that he has cancer. Quick to lose hope in the face of his deteriorating health, it's left to his best friend to help him get through these troubled times.

Behind the crown and beyond the glamour, ambitious hopefuls chase their Miss Universe Philippines dreams, facing fierce competition and great sacrifice.

After a doctor's wife died, a former patient charged him of parricide. Is he guilty or is the patient just jealous that the doctor married another woman?

Maricel, Dina, and Snooky are in for exciting times as they hit the college campus! They meet cute guys, join organizations, fall in love with their professor, and get into all sorts of mess.

Orphan Hernan becomes a ward of a fencing master and learns to be a skilful sword fighter. He crosses swords with the ruthless, Ignacio de la Vega who will stop at nothing until he has acquired the title "maestro".

Aries and Chai sign up for a couple’s retreat program where they are given free rein to fix their marriage in whatever way possible or impossible.

A film about Andres Bonifacio.

The Isnag tribes, whose existence revolves around farming near the dam and mountains, find inspiration in their livelihood. They draw strength from the land, cherishing their connection to nature and relying on it for sustenance. Their unwavering spirit and dedication serve as an inspiration to others.

Filipino horror movie from 1973.

A successful couple decide to separate and see other people.

Lockerboys is all about what boys do when left alone inside the locker/dressing room. Inspired by personal requests from followers of the Queeriosity Projects, Pinoy Indie Film Locker Boys presents some very steamy solo scenes to fulfill a queer young man's fantasy.

Based on the life story of Isabel Aquino.

The film, set in the 1980s, is centred upon a young student, from 1982 as a freshman and ending in 1986. The background is the last years of Martial Law in the Philippines where the Marcos dictatorship was at its peak.

Francis, an inexperienced rider, meets a veteran habal rider, Dindo, and forms an unlikely brotherhood. In the process of taking their passengers to their whereabouts, can they also take themselves and find their ways to their life’s ultimate destination?

A 1998 Filipino comedy film starring Ogie Alcasid, Alma Concepcion, and Earl Ignacio.

In a world where people wander all over the globe for survival and no home can any longer be called home, three rootless lonely souls try to connect.

Fidel is a "closet" gay and Julie is a flaming "queen," but they are bosom buddies. Fidel has been paying for the education of young Efren, but is unable to confess his love for him--until events conspire for him to do so, with painful consequences.

Blondie (Vivian Velez) is personified as three things: a hardworking businesswoman, a wife who’s been cheated on, and a mother of three. She is a 50-something woman with poor eyesight who works as an upfront candle vendor outside Quiapo church and sells Cytotec, an abortion pill, on the side.

Influencer and vlogger Andrew Magsilang's crew tries to recall the events leading up to his mysterious disappearance. And in doing so, they paint a vivid picture of who he is.

The once illustrious Lopez-Aranda family has faded. Celia, once the darling of Philippine opera, and Gaspar, a distinguished ex-congressman, lacked the shrewdness to maintain their once elegant status. Saddled with a failed marriage, a vanishing career and mounting debt, Celia sold her share of their house to Gaspar, now bedridden. She managed to stay for free in exchange for being Gaspar’s caregiver. Gaspar loves listening to Celia’s arias. This idyllic arrangement is shattered when he slips into a coma. His daughter, Raquel, comes home from the US, determined to sell the house to salvage her own economic woes abroad. This signals Celia’s impending homelessness. With only a few heirlooms to sell, she is at her wits’ end. A fervent believer of the Sto. Nino, she hopes for a miracle. She dresses up her grandson, Antony, in Sto. Nino robes to prepare him for the coming fiesta.

Joko Diaz plays a mysterious agent of justice in this gripping action film. A brutal ambush on an honest police lieutenant makes him lose his wife and children. With many thinking he had died as well, he assumes a masked persona to make his attackers pay.