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- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsNora AunorSpanky ManikanGigi DueñasElsa saw the blessed Virgin Mary who had changed her life and caused a hysteria in a poor isolated village.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJerrold TarogStarsJohn ArcillaArron VillaflorMon ConfiadoSet 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.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsPiolo PascualGerald AndersonJoel TorreInspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates are temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsGina PareñoJaclyn JoseJulio DiazThe Pineda family struggles with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest, and skin irritations in a dilapidated movie theater.
- DirectorLawrence FajardoStarsNico AntonioBangs GarciaArthur AcuñaStealing a middle-class woman's smartphone is the biggest mistake in petty criminal Jestoni "Jess" Biag: it gets him locked up and waterboarded and gives him a crash-course in the workings of the deeply-corrupt system personified by his nemesis, Inspector Domingo. Further, the phone's memory contains an embarrassing video that makes the owner, Grace Rosuello, determined to get it back, and her persistence lands Jess in custody.
- DirectorMark MeilyStarsJericho RosalesAndi EigenmannVandolphThe childhood memories of the author, from his earliest days as a student until his first few years at work.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsNora AunorVilma SantosDindo FernandoA sexy dancer who has been accused of homicide is defended by a female lawyer who tries to keep their relationship professional as the latter struggles with the confusion of thoughts and emotions brought about by her budding affections for the dancer.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsBrenna GarciaBea AlonzoBea BasaFour sisters try to stop their younger brother's wedding; in the process, all discover resentments among one another.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsGio AlvarezLauren YoungRustica CarpioAn image seemingly that of the Virgin Mary appears upon a man. The image begins to speak to the man in whispers. Since then, the man has not been the same.
- DirectorMilo SoguecoStarsMylene DizonRicky DavaoBing PimentelUnlike the former Philippine First Lady, Imelda is indifferent towards shoes. To her, they are fraught with the bittersweet nostalgia of childhood, one that was marred by a difficult relationship with her shoe-maker father, Romeo. Growing up, all of hers were handmade by him. Now a mature woman, she takes a pivotal call from the morgue, spurring her search for the perfect pair of shoes for her dead father. The deeper she searches for the perfect shoes, the more she finds herself.
- 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.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCesar MontanoCaridad SanchezAmy AustriaA Muslim doctor returns to his homeland where the Philippine military is at war against the MILF While he endeavors to lead his family and other civilians to safety, he struggles to reconcile his professional and religious principles.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsJohn Lloyd CruzBea AlonzoJanus Del PradoA couple with a tumultuous romantic past finds married life to be just as difficult.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsJohn Lloyd CruzMeryll SorianoTirso Cruz IIIA family is caught in a financial ruin after being involved in a ponzi scheme.
- DirectorRuel S. BayaniStarsAnne CurtisDerek RamsayCristine ReyesFurniture supplier Ram (Derek Ramsay) is happily married to Charmaine (Cristine Reyes). One day, Ram lands a big client, a new luxury resort. But he needs the help of Kara (Anne Curtis), the daughter of the owner of the resort, to finalize the deal. Kara's help, however, comes with a price, because she fancies Ram to be her lover. Not before long, Kara successfully seduces Ram, even though she knows about his marriage. When Charmaine learns of the affair, she finds ways to fight for her husband's waning attention.
- DirectorCarlos Siguion-ReynaStarsRichard GomezDawn ZuluetaMichael De MesaMistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelBembol RocoLou Salvador Jr.Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsRhed BustamanteNeil Ryan SeseRonnie AlonteIn 1947, those aspiring to be priests are sent to a remote monastery to live in seclusion (Seklusyon) on the last day of their training. The purpose is to shield them from evil of the world. The plot thickens when a mysterious young girl arrives there, but the challenge that awaits the candidates is whether she was really sent by God or by the Devil.
- 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.
- DirectorPeque GallagaStarsCherie GilSandy AndolongLiza LorenaTwo affluent families struggle and learn to survive during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorMarlon RiveraStarsEugene DomingoJM De GuzmanKean CiprianoJocelyn, Rainier, and Bingbong are film-school graduates dead-set on making an Oscar-worthy film. They set out to do a quick pre-production as a courtesy call to their lead actress (Eugene Domingo), and a thorough inspection of their film's major location, the Payatas dumpsite. They believe they have a winning script and the energy and drive to make their dreams come true, no matter what the cost.
- 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 LeonStarsChristopher De LeonLorna TolentinoDina BonnevieA wealthy man comes to terms with his stepsister.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorElwood PerezStarsSarsi EmmanuelleMaria Isabel LopezMyra ManibogA young woman chooses celibacy, turns to religion, and demonizes men in order to control her intense sexual desire. Her sister suddenly visits her seaside village, which opens many old wounds and leads to tragedies.
- 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 BrockaStarsLorna TolentinoRichard GomezHelen GamboaIS THE HEART ABOVE THE LAW? - A DAUGHTER UNKNOWINGLY PROSECUTES HER OWN MOTHER IN COURT FOR THE MURDER OF THE DAUGHTER'S FOSTER MOTHER, WHO IT TURNS OUT WAS ACTUALLY KILLED BY HER LOVER IN A FIT OF ANGER.
- 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.
- DirectorAlbert MartinezStarsDolphyPhillip SalvadorJennylyn MercadoThe film tells the saga of Rosario, a young and liberated woman in the 1920s who has just arrived from New York, and is spending her vacation in their hacienda.There, she meets and falls in love with Vicente, an older man who manages the tobacco plantation owned by Rosario's family. When Rosario's father finds out about his daughter's scandalous affair, he sends Rosario to a convent. She escapes, and elopes with Vicente to Manila where they raise a family. But Rosario's life of married bliss slowly crumbles when Vicente becomes ill with tuberculosis, and she is lured to committing adultery. Temptation and scandal still hound Rosario as she continues to defy the moral restrictions of her time. Based on a true story and set in one of the most colorful periods in Philippine history, ROSARIO is destined to be a modern masterpiece in Philippine filmmaking. It is a monumental yet intimate portrait of a woman's emancipation and the sometimes painful consequences of following one's desires.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsDina BonnevieTonton GutierrezNanette MedvedA newsreporter is involved in an extramarital affair with a city mayor, and things get worse when he suffers a heart attack. The scandal shatters her career, and her life is at risk when the mayor's jealous, domineering wife plots to get back at her after finding out about their relationship.
- DirectorJose Javier ReyesStarsPatrick GarciaZsa Zsa PadillaLaura JamesFormer nightclub singer Tessie is a single mother whose teenage son Christopher longs to meet his American soldier father; meanwhile, Tessie firmly believes that her new boyfriend Dante is the right man for her.
- DirectorOlivia M. LamasanStarsSharon CunetaChristopher De LeonZsa Zsa PadillaA woman marries a man whose marriage has been annulled recently and finds being a stepmother to his children to be very difficult.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsLorna TolentinoDawn ZuluetaTonton GutierrezA woman must fight against the evil will of her selfish sister, even beyond death.
- DirectorRory B. QuintosStarsChristopher De LeonAga MuhlachChin Chin GutierrezA handsome serial killer is on the loose, preying on unfaithful wives... and his next victim might just be the wife of the investigator of his case.
- DirectorAntoinette JadaoneStarsLilia CuntapayGeraldine VillamilAntoinette JadaoneA professional horror movie extra prepares for her first ever acting award nomination.
- DirectorAto BautistaStarsMon ConfiadoAlex MedinaMara LopezNestor works at an electronics shop owned by the unscrupulous Ramiro. He owes his boss a substantial amount of money. Ramiro offers him a way out of his debt; all he asks in return is a video of his wife Luisa taking a bath.
- 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.
- DirectorCelso Ad. CastilloStarsJanet BordonMyrna CastilloPepsi PalomaIn this story, three sisters are raised in a world where men are metaphorically and literally serpents of temptation by their God-fearing father. The girls are educated enough to read from the Bible.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsNathalie HartJoem BasconAdrian AlandyA self-made farmer and rice mill owner causes a rebellion by his two sons when he installs his young mistress as the new woman of the house immediately after his wife's death.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsGina AlajarPhillip SalvadorCogie DomingoNearing New Year's Eve, a widow who has taken control of his husband's illegal operations is forced to contemplate whether to keep them going or to retire for good when the new mayor and his son enter the picture and threaten their businesses.
- DirectorEduardo W. Roy Jr.StarsRonwaldo MartinHasmine KillipJohn Kenji MontoroJane and Aries are teenage parents. They make a living out of stealing on the streets... until fate hits back at them.
- DirectorTikoy AguiluzStarsMichelle AldanaGary EstradaRuby MorenoBy day, Karen is an insurance saleswoman in Manila, but by night she works as an escort in a club. She is very successful at selling insurance to her escort clients. On the weekends she returns to her husband and daughter in the provinces, who are living amongst the volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo. She is forced to take stock of her life when Sonny, a rich car dealer, offers to set her up in an apartment.
- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsIna RaymundoKlaudia KoronelJaclyn JoseA sexploitation flick that leaves the women feeling violated again.
- DirectorJason Paul LaxamanaStarsAlex MedinaJoey ParasAlma ConcepcionGreg is past his heyday as a bodybuilder and now faces problems with his quarreling parents and overbearing girlfriend. He turns to conning people for money using a made-up Facebook account as part of an elaborate scheme devised by his manager Marney. Their operation gets compromised when Greg falls in love with their latest victim Daisy, an older single woman. This is a story of deceptive people and how they feed on other people's needs for love, sex and money.
- DirectorTheodore BoborolStarsJulia BarrettoJoshua GarciaRonnie AlonteSenior engineering student Vince has a crush on go-getter and fellow engineering student Kath. Just when he's about to confess his feelings for her, his varsity-basketball-player cousin James begs to build him up to Kath by pretending to be secret admirer 'Var' through text message. As he becomes James' secret wingman, Vince struggles to restrain his own feelings for Kath. However, as Kath gets to know Vince during internship, she increasingly feels a genuine connection with him -- the same connection she had felt with 'Var'. In this young-love triangle filled with filters, will the three of them ever find the genuine love they all deserve?
- DirectorJose Javier ReyesStarsAra MinaLee Robin SalazarMark Angelo WilsonAn ignored housewife gives in to her desires when a stranger insists on getting ''busy'' over the phone. The lines will definitely be steamy at the moment.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsMaricel SorianoAga MuhlachAngelica PanganibanWhat if you met the woman you wanted to make your wife after you married someone else? Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just coast on 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 than, 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. Wounded from his mother's abandonment when he was 17 and desperate for his father's approval, Ian longed for someone who could and would love him unconditionally. He felt this twice when he met two particular women: Joanna and Karyn. Joanna Villanueva is a picture of quiet confidence and success. Healing from heartbreak caused by an errant ex-husband, Joanna found love again when she rescued Ian from a water-skiing accident in La Union. Being a doctor, Joanna nurtured Ian and showered him with love and attention. With Joanna, Ian found the home he sorely missed and a life of bliss he never thought he could have. But there is also Karyn Torres, a flight attendant he met en route to Macau for a business trip. At 24, Karyn is the epitome of youthful sensuality and worldliness. With Karyn, every moment is filled with excitement and spontaneity. With Karyn, Ian found the life he's always wanted. So he's left with a choice. In the end, Ian, Joanna, and Karyn learn--painfully--the true meaning of unconditional love and forgiveness.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsChristopher De LeonHilda KoronelJay IlaganJoel and Grace are about to get married, but they recall their past loves--how they met and how their relationships ended. And just before their wedding, their former loves meet them.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsHilda KoronelChristopher De LeonRio LocsinPatricia urges Ramon, the father of her out-of-wedlock son Luigi, to spend regular time with him because he's been yearning for his father. Ramon's current partner Mariel becomes suspicious about his frequent absences.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonPiolo PascualA middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsJaclyn JoseJulio DiazBaron GeislerMa' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor Manila neighborhood where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. When they get arrested one day, Rosa and her children are ready to do anything to buy her freedom from the corrupt police.
- 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.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonDina BonnevieCharo Santos-ConcioA smitten young man helps the mistress of a corrupt politician to fight back and reveal the truth about the politician and his government.
- 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.
- DirectorSigrid Andrea BernardoStarsAlessandra De RossiEmpoy MarquezJunpei YamamotoA blind woman falls in love with a man who uses kindness and humor to make a connection with her.
- 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.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsJaclyn JoseDaniel FernandoPrincess PunzalanAbandoned by his American lover, a handsome teenager from the mountains journeys to Manila in an effort to support his family. With a popular call boy as his mentor, Paul enters the glittering world of male strippers, prostitution, drugs, sexual slavery, police corruption and murder. Teeming with sex and Asian beefcake, Macho Dancer is a searing indictment of the hypocrisy and police corruption rampant under both the Marcos and Aquino regimes.
- 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.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsVilma SantosTommy AbuelRonaldo ValdezSarah (Vilma Santos) is forced to defer her wedding when her scheduled flight is delayed. At a hotel where she is staying, Sarah encounters Eric (Ronaldo Valdez), a regular guest who forces himself on her.
- 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.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsNora AunorJulio DiazAaron RiveraAfter the Supertyphoon Haiyan, which plunged the city of Tacloban in the Philippines into its horrendous state, the lives of Bebeth, Larry, and Erwin intertwine. The survivors are left to search for the dead while keeping their sanity intact and protecting what little faith might be left. A series of events continues to test their endurance.
- 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 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.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsKlaudia KoronelJoel TorreElizabeth OropesaA priest estranged from the holy vows marries Clara and starts raising a family. After several incidents, he becomes wracked with melancholia and wanders aimlessly, unable to come to terms with his personal truths.
- 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.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsGloria DiazAlona AlegreLiza LorenaAfter 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?
- 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.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsPinky De LeonChanda RomeroJanet BordonIN THE BEGINNING - THERE WAS MAN AND THEN, WOMAN WAS CREATED TO TAME MANKIND.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsDindo FernandoGloria DiazEddie GarciaA story of married couples but leaves their own spouses for their relationship.
- DirectorDanny L. ZialcitaStarsRonaldo ValdezGloria DiazRio LocsinTeenager Anna falls in love with and gives her womanhood to the middle-aged womanizer Eric who promises her marriage. Upon her brother's insistence to meet the man, she realizes then that Eric is married and eventually commits suicide. Outraged, Martin (brother), who is a sex-change surgeon, abducted and performed an operation on Eric. Shameful of his inadequacy, Eric evades his wife's sexual needs and sexual attractions to other women.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsDaniel PadillaKathryn BernardoRichard GomezAthena Dizon plays a trick on campus heartthrob and bad boy, gangster, Kenji de los Reyes. Setting up an arrangement to pretend as lovers-to make his ex jealous-they found themselves falling to each other yet falling apart.
- DirectorCelso Ad. CastilloStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonEddie GarciaA young lonely girl. A lost young man. A house on a deserted beach. This was the beginning.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPrime CruzStarsRyza CenonMartin Del RosarioVangie LabalanJewel is a mysterious woman who lives alone in the city. She has a secret which has led her to settle into a lonely existence. That is, until she meets Nico, a broken-hearted, down-and-out guy who also feels unlovable like she does. Jewel is torn between wanting to love him and wanting to save him from herself. Will he accept her if he knew the truth about her? Can she ever find love, or is she destined to be alone forever?
- DirectorSamantha LeeStarsJasmine Curtis-SmithLouise Delos ReyesKate AlejandrinoA young creative is secretly in love with her childhood best friend, who is a budding actress. As the truth unfolds, they decide to confront the feelings they have for each other.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsKris AquinoClaudine BarrettoWendell RamosSandy and Phil, both Overseas Workers in Dubai, are busy preparing for their wedding. Upon reaching her home, Sandy learns from her mother Daisy what happened to her friend Helen: a short time after Helen's father died, Helen proceeded with her wedding. A few weeks after the wedding, Helen's husband died in a plane crash. On her way to the crash site, she died in a bus accident. A few weeks later, Helen's mother suddenly disappeared inside her house. None of the bodies have been recovered. Sandy proceeds with her own wedding. During the ceremony, she gets a nosebleed and starts seeing glimpses of a ghostly flower girl. It turns out that she is not the only one who saw it. Maja, the psychic daughter of her husband's cousin, also saw the flower girl. Hours later, Sandy and Phil learn that the van carrying some of the secondary sponsors met an accident. When they get to the site, the bodies of the victims could not be found. Instead, they see a bridal cord. Sandy's relatives and friends disappear one by one. Things become more mysterious when Sandy receives their respective wedding photos. The people who died are headless in the photos. They realize that all the headless people in the photos are bound to die. Joya tells Sandy that she is cursed by the "sukob." Sandy is shocked--nobody in her family has died recently, nor has anybody gotten married. Searching for the truth, Sandy unearths a dark family secret. Now she must find a way to end the curse before it takes away anybody else she loves.
- DirectorReal FloridoArturo San AgustinStarsNora AunorRicky DavaoJC De VeraA powerful politician enforces her ideal lifestyle to the masses. Causing dismay to the public, she founds a way to handle it.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsJohnny DelgadoCherry Pie PicacheAngel AquinoThe story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of woodcarver Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers. Youngest daughter Grace marries mama's-boy Conrad and faces the reality of leaving her ancestral home, to which she is deeply rooted, to live with her in-laws. Grace. Much against her will, to the point of staging an escape, she yields to the dictates of tradition. Yet she manages to cope with married life, and in her fourth year of marriage she's pregnant with her second child. Middle daughter Lourdes, married to weakling Andy Pineda with whom she has a daughter, has an illicit affair with a bank manager, which gives Mang Rudy a heart attack and confines him to bed. For a while numbed by his wife's infidelity, Andy realizes his insignificance and retaliates by beating up and nearly killing Lourdes. Lourdes atones for her guilt by ministering to Andy's wounds after he joins the rituals of the flagellants during the Holy Week. However, they both decide to separate. Eldest daughter Jess is a lesbian whose bitter luck in life is being unwanted by her own father. Yet she serves Mang Rudy to the hilt after he gets bedridden, and she lets her girlfriend Rowena move in with them, not as much for their conveniences as lovers but so Rowena can help with the chores and looking after Mang Rudy. But when a conflict arises between Lourdes and Rowena, Mang Rudy sends Rowena away. A year later, Mang Rudy succumbs to a second attack and when he dies several months later, Rowena sets foot in the ancestral house to pay her last respects. At the wake, Rowena realizes that, like Andy, she has never belonged and decides to leave Jess. She realigns herself with normal procedures by getting married while Jess and her sisters move on with life. The story is told in three segments, each segment told from a different sister's viewpoint. Attached to each segment are social occasions popularly observed in the Philippines, each with a symbolic motif represented by the elements sun, fire, water, air, blood, moon, and earth. With Rowena's wedding at the end of the film, as in Grace's wedding at the start, a full cycle of life has transpired.
- DirectorLoy ArcenasStarsJoanna AmpilRachel AlejandroPaulo AvelinoIn a musical tale about standing together against materialism, two impoverished sisters anguish over whether or not to sell a painting, the final masterpiece by their recluse father. A bitter struggle for survival against betrayal set in pre-World War II Manila.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid R. CorpuzCenon PalomaresStarsJudy Ann SantosElora EspañoAngeli BayaniThe silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates dishes for her family, friends, even enemies and strangers. Through cooking, she gets to know the people around her.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsKim ChiuMatteo GuidicelliChristian BablesAfter receiving an unusual business proposal, a young woman experiences strange phenomena.
- DirectorAvid LiongorenStarsRhian RamosEnzo MarcosTJ TrinidadA geeky wannabe comic book artist has a hopeless crush on a beautiful and spunky inventor.
- DirectorMico MichelenaStarsAlbie CasiñoJerald NapolesCris MichelenaThree funny, sometimes absurd and sometimes terrifying stories make up "Triptiko."
- 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.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezEddie GarciaLuis GonzalesMarried businessman Don Benito (Eddie Garcia) has a steamy affair with driver Diego (Mario O'Hara).
- 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.
- DirectorJason Paul LaxamanaStarsBela PadillaJC SantosDennis PadillaThroughout his four years in college, Fidel, a stuttering student, tries to finish 100 poems dedicated to Stella, an aspiring but frustrated rock star, to win her heart.