Living near the American military-controlled Clark Air Base, Corazon dreams of a better life in America until the unspeakable happens.
Living near the American military-controlled Clark Air Base, Corazon dreams of a better life in America until the unspeakable happens.
Two 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.
When a struggling high school student is confronted with the painful fracture of her family, she seeks refuge far from the noise of her parents’ world. In the company of her grandmother and an old friend, she begins to see life from a distance---both tender and selfless. Her lessons and realizations are things that cannot be learned from books, but only from a life lived.
A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely man with leprosy and a mentally distressed homeless woman.
Narcisa is pledged by her mother as security for a loan to a family that owns a gambling den.
Joel, Dennis and Sonny are three poor, handsome brothers who support their parents by working as "macho" dancers in the lively gay club scene of Manila in this dramedy that was originally banned in the Philippines.
A 1976 Filipino drama film by Danny L. Zialcita
Poldo, a poor man, takes up a job as a security guard at a high-class apartment complex. However, he soon finds himself protecting his employer's son from the violent attacks of a nightclub owner.
Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was convicted of murder.
A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.
Set during the Philippine-American War, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.
This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers.
Living in the slums, Lupe carries her disabled mother while begging outside the Manila Cathedral, before leveraging her singing talent to escape poverty and rise to stardom.
Jojo grew in the house of his wicked Lola Susana who never taught him to be a rightful person. He became an image of his grandmother--- deceitful, arrogant and very greedy. He intentionally destroys the lives of his brothers and his sister without knowing that his own actions leads to his own downfall.
A mother’s life is destroyed when her two sons, both altar boys, are accused of a crime they didn't commit. As the local authorities hunt them down and her family is torn apart, the trauma drives her into a state of madness as she wanders the town searching for them.
This second feature film based on the popular television series features two true legal cases. The first is of a nanny accused of kidnapping the child in her care, and the second is about how a rich family tries to cover up the murder of a poor man.
Raquel did not hesitate to break off her engagement with Mon when he asked her to go beyond her limitations. Even with all daring endeavors as a doctor, Raquel still believed in chastity. She longed for the man who would respect her ideals during these modern times. Soon enough she meets Brian, an attractive bachelor who showered her with love and affection. Undoubtedly, Raquel found the man of her dreams in Brian so she decides to marry him. But it was only after they tied the knot that Raquel discovered that Brian was no knight in shining armor but a nightmare who will haunt her for the rest of her life.
One stormy night, in a sea side village, a childless couple finds a mysterious beautiful woman in the beach without any consciousness. The next day, the girl wakes up and introduces herself as Isabel.
The silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates dishes for her family, her friends, even enemies and strangers. Through cooking, she gets to know the people around her, and in return, reveal herself to them.
The story of the Filipina domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film that operates on various personal, social, and political levels. Both controversial and critically acclaimed, it has brought Nora Aunor numerous citations for her intense portrayal as the fallen heroine of the story.
A love story about a guy with and a broken family a girl who slept with her professor.
After he was released from prison, Bombo vowed never to allow himself to take part in any form of violence again. He just wants to live a simple life and spend all his time watching over his wife Cecile and his daughter. Now he stays in the remote town of Sta. Fe where two warring families are at the height of attacking each other. And just when he was mending his ways and trying his best to be good an incident involving his wife and daughter forces him to turn back from being upright. Now Bombo cries for justice and he's out to get it at all cost.
The film is very, very loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna (Jeorge Estregan). Once upon a time, he was known as Boy Anino, notorious leader of the Bahala Na gang. But rival gangster Tony Razon (John Estrada) attacked him in his home, leaving his entire gang and his family dead in the ruins. But Porcuna survived, and now he returns under a new alias, Boy Golden, and he seeks revenge against those that did him wrong. Along the way, he meets Marla D (KC Concepcion), a dancer who also has a bone to pick with Razon. Together, the two carry out a dangerous plan to take on Manila’s toughest gangsters.
Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1974 to 1978. It was made into a film by Larry Santiago Productions and catapulted Julie Vega into fame.
A 1977 drama film starring Vic Vargas, Alma Moreno and Armida Siguion-Reyna.
Jessa Rodriguez is a successful TV personality whose top rating show features dark stories of poverty and hardship. She meets Cara, a lady in a club, whose story will have a big impact on her own life.
A 1962 Filipino action drama starring Vic Vargas and Lolita Rodriguez.
One night with a total stranger. And fate brought them together once again. That's where their whirlwind romance started.
A story about a guerilla hired who is tasked to liquidate collaborators and Japanese forces.
Gloria Sevilla plays a woman who works hard to tend to her child and sick husband in the seaside town of Danao, Cebu. After an incident, the woman must face the court in this classic Visayan melodrama from 1969.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
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