Once, There Was a Mother

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. But Rafael's brother is the head of the local guerillas, and considers anyone who cooperates with the Americans to be a traitor. Rafael quickly finds himself forced to make the impossible, potentially deadly decisions faced by ordinary civilians in an occupied country.

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Quadruplets are split into pairs and raised apart by their parents. They meet as adults by accident and have a tough choice to make when one needs a liver transplant.

In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra, murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group.

Surrounded by a string of deaths, an older woman relives her romance with a mysterious, ageless lover as an inspector closes in on their dark secret.

A mother, who loves watching K-dramas, decides to stop her chemo treatment after losing hope of getting better. Her only dream before dying is to meet her ultimate K-drama idol, who is visiting Manila for a series of events. Her four children agree to work together with the condition that once their mother meets their idol, she will undergo therapy before her time runs out.

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.

When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon spreads, tourists, pilgrims, patients and a documentary filmmaker all arrive on a quest to partake in the miracle.

A Bajau midwife copes with the irony of her own infertility amid the deprivations of her gypsy community in Tawi-Tawi. A saga of island life stuck between the devil of passion and the deep blue sea of tradition.

Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.

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 story about a Filipina immigrant nurse's struggle to survive in the United States.

"In His Mother's Eyes" follows the story of Tim, a special child who was left in the care of his uncle Bibs by his working mother Lucy for several years. When Lucy returns, she attempts to regain the affection of her son and brother. Unfortunately, it is not as easy as she thought. Despite her best efforts to make up for her absence, her attempts fail and only make things worse.

Living near the American military-controlled Clark Air Base, Corazon dreams of a better life in America until the unspeakable happens.

Bingbong, son of the Governor of Ilocos Sur, used to make headlines terrorizing people in their province with guns, goons, and gold. Eventually, he paid for his misdeeds in Muntinlupa when he was charged with double life imprisonment for arson. During his stay in jail, the once-notorious political terror was better known as Bingbong. Now he is a Filipino politician; he is the incumbent congressman of the 1st congressional district of Quezon City, Philippines, having served in the 13th Congress of the Philippines; re-elected, he serves for the 14th Congress.

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.

Ted dreams of becoming rich and powerful. So he certainly doesn't want to marry his equally poor girlfriend, Nina. But when Ted introduces Nina to his rich, sick and old boss, Don Edmundo, his boss becomes infatuated with her. Ted persuades Nina to marry Don Edmundo, hoping for the old man's death and inheritance. Edmundo's daughter Lolit returns from the States and Nina is horrified when Ted marries her.

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 young woman has three men in her life: one has impregnated her, another offers her refuge in her darkest hour, and the third almost destroys both of them.

Gabriel is torn between the woman he’s married with and another woman whom he has fallen deeply in love with while she was away.

Three stories of love starring Sharon Cuneta. The first, "I Love You, Moo-Moo" (directed by Leroy Salvador), is about a young bride who died on her honeymoon; the second, "Ang Silid" (directed by Lino Brocka) is about an interior decorator who investigates a forbidden room owned by a mysterious woman whose sister was murdered; and the third, "Katumbas ng Kahapon" (directed by Emmanuel Borlaza) follows a young woman torn between her abusive husband and her former lover who returned from the US.

In 1775 during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, nuns attempts to survive the night after an unknown evil was set free in their cloister. Meanwhile in 2025, a group of friends attend a Halloween masquerade ball which was attacked by a serial killer. Fast forward to the future in 2050, a post-apocalytic Philippines is ruled by the aswang.

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.

A controversial thriller set within the shadowy, insular, and institutionally shielded world of fraternities and sororities and its banned tradition of hazing.

The mysterious death of a family patriarch during Holy Week forces his three estranged granddaughters to return to their ancestral home, where their simmering resentments explode just as a vengeful supernatural presence—anchored to a sinister religious statue known as the 13th Apostle—begins to terrorize them, exposing a truth far more terrifying than any ghost.

As the carnival turns into a death trap, the guests must survive challenges while carnival freaks hunt every single one of them.

As current as today's headlines...the gripping saga of a small man's uphill fight against the dreadead Japanese mafia.

A Fil-Am soldier goes AWOL from his camp to find and get revenge on his father after causing their family's ruin. Later on, he learned that the world isn't as black and white as it seems. Would he find the compassion in his heart to forgive his father?

Amid the cutthroat world of showbiz, a team of talent agents juggles celebrity egos, industry politics, and personal ambitions — revealing the chaos behind the spotlight. This is a film cut of the first two episodes of Call My Manager!, based on the French series Call My Agent!

Divided into three "short films", each one pokes fun to a particular genre. Episode 1: Bala Sa Bala, Kamao Sa Kamao, Satsat Sa Satsat. Episode 2: Shake, Shaker, Shakest. Episode 3: Asawa ni Marie.

The Heiress centers on the story of Luna, a mambabarang or a powerful demon sorceress, who will stop at nothing to keep to herself her young niece, Guia.

It is about a group of investigative journalists from a sub-par TV station who accidentally scores a scoop that a 21-year-old boy is looking around for his identity… he claims to be the son of the late director Lino Brocka, a known gay filmmaker.

Two young boys discovered an ancient book in a dilapidated mansion. Unaware, they have unleashed the cursed warrior character in the book upon reading. The bloodthirsty demon went on a killing spree in the darkness of night. Discovering that the murders were done by the halimaw in the book, Kokoy, the protagonist, must act fast to put an end to the unwanted trespasser and protect his home and family. Subsequent to this is a variant story of an ancient jar which dated to a period when the dead were buried in jars. This particular jar was cursed as, a lady believed to be, a witch was killed and buried in it. The witch pledged vengeance in her awakening, thereby freeing her spirit gradually from the jar as it traps anyone who unluckily chances upon the jar.

Three tales of unbridled terror follow a couple vacation on a secluded island where strange forces are at work to keep them there; a young woman whose boyfriend is ill meets a handsome young man in the woods who seems to exhibit magical powers that can cure her sick friend, on the condition that she stay with him forever; and a family who move into a new apartment, unaware of a supernatural tragedy that occurred there.

Three terrifying tales follow a young groom in Baguio for his honeymoon is possessed by a homicidal spirit when he discovers a cursed ring and decides to wear it; in the eerie halls of a mysterious hospital, a doctor practices voodoo and dead bodies wander in the night; and a student who learns, while a guest at a town fiesta in a remote province, that the locals' hospitable ways leave her clueless about a mysterious nightly ritual.

A Manila professional determined to unearth the mysterious disappearance of her younger brother. Plagued by guilt over neglecting and ignoring the needs of her brother, she takes a bitter and scary journey to the island of Panay where her brother was last seen. On her way to the dreaded town of Panitan, Maricel runs into a group of students who are on a research project to disprove the existence of witches in that town.

Comedy movie starring Maricel Soriano, William Martinez and Roderick Paulate.

In the heart of Manila, a rookie pickpocket crosses paths with Baldo, the so-called "king of pickpockets".

a film by Tony Cruz.

In three tales of extreme horror, a young couple hires a mysterious nanny for their baby; a young woman discovers that her sister has been dead and been made alive again; and a student unwittingly brings home from a beach field trip the egg of an alien monster.