//Lav Diaz
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1. Serafin Geronimo: Ang kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion (1998)
132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man appears to a female reporter and claims that he is the famous kidnapper who has the world astir and promises to turn himself in if she listens to his story. Though she is suspicious ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Raymond Bagatsing, Tonton Gutierrez, Angel Aquino, Ana Capri
Votes: 83
2. Burger Boy's (1999)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Four high-school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and 'rakenrol', in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Gerald Madrid, Marcus Madrigal, Marco Salvador, Tricia Roman
Votes: 40
3. Naked Under the Moon (1999)
TV-MA | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Klaudia Koronel, Joel Torre, Elizabeth Oropesa, Isabel Granada
Votes: 119
4. West Side Avenue (2001)
315 min | Crime, Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Yul Servo, Joel Torre, Gloria Diaz, Angel Aquino
Votes: 214
5. Hesus, rebolusyunaryo (2002)
112 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Hesus Mariano is caught in a deadly match between his mentor Rebel Leader Miguel Reynante and military Colonel Arnold Simon. Drawing inspiration from his childhood sweetheart Hilda, Hesus ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Mark Anthony Fernandez, Donita Rose, Joel Lamangan, Ronnie Lazaro
Votes: 83
6. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Not Rated | 625 min | Drama
The collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Elryan de Vera, Angie Ferro, Pen Medina, Marife Necesito
Votes: 507
7. Imahe nasyon (2006)
130 min
Imahe Nasyon is a groundbreaking, conceptual omnibus film by 20 alternative filmmakers who were tasked to present their personal visions on national issues. Renowned line producers Jon and ... See full summary »
Directors: Poklong Anading, Sigfreid Barros-Sanchez, Yeye Calderon, Neil Daza, Mes De Guzman, Emmanuel Dela Cruz, Lav Diaz, Dennis Empalmado, Tad Ermitaño, Topel Lee, Milo Paz, Robert Quebral, Ellen Ramos, Raymond Red, R.A. Rivera, Roxlee, Lyle Sacris, EJ Salcedo, Ogi Sugatan, Paolo Villaluna | Stars: Ping Medina, Bella Flores, Pen Medina, Janice Jurado
Votes: 18
segment Nang Matapos Ang Ulan
8. Heremias, Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess (2006)
519 min | Crime, Drama
A wandering peddler separates from his fellow salesman and becomes involved with criminals in the jungle.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Ronnie Lazaro, Jordan, Sid Lucero, Dante Balois
Votes: 200
9. Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga engkanto (2007)
540 min | Drama
Filipino 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Roeder Camanag, Angeli Bayani, Perry Dizon, Dante Perez
Votes: 267
10. Melancholia (2008)
Not Rated | 450 min | Drama
Three people engage in a strange therapy to get away from their agonies.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Angeli Bayani, Perry Dizon, Roeder Camanag, Dante Perez
Votes: 555
11. Visitors (2009)
108 min | Drama
Part of the Jeonju Digital Project, Visitors consists of three films from three different directors. "Lost in the Mountains," by Hong Sang Soo. "Koma" by Naomi Kawase, and "Butterflies have no Memories" by Lav Diaz.
Directors: Lav Diaz, Naomi Kawase, Hong Sang-soo | Stars: Kazuki Kitamura, Yûko Nakamura, Dante Perez, Lee Sun-Kyun
Votes: 231
segment Butterflies Have No Memories
12. Walang alaala ang mga paru-paro (2009)
40 min | Short, Drama
Ferding, Santos and Willy only drink in despair. One day, a Canadian woman's visit changes everything.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Willy Fernandez, Joel Ferrer, Lois Goff, Kristine Kintana
Votes: 173
13. Century of Birthing (2011)
Not Rated | 360 min | Drama
An artist struggles to finish his work. A storyline about a cult plays in his head. Fundamentalism will destroy the world. The artist destroys his muse in the process. He redeems her in the end.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Perry Dizon, Angel Aquino, Bart Guingona, Hazel Orencio
Votes: 299
14. Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
A woman from the end of the 19th century visits modern day Philippines and observes three interwoven stories: that of a prostitute, a group of criminals and a musician.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Hazel Orencio, Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, Evelyn Vargas, Dante Perez
Votes: 164
15. Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
Not Rated | 360 min | Drama
In a rural area, a father forces his daughter into prostitution. Somewhere else, two men embark on a quest for a buried treasure.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Hazel Orencio, Kristine Kintana, Noel Sto. Domingo, Willy Fernandez
Votes: 266
16. Norte, the End of History (2013)
TV-MA | 250 min | Crime, Drama
An 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.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, Soliman Cruz
Votes: 2,286
17. From What Is Before (2014)
TV-MA | 338 min | Drama
The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Perry Dizon, Roeder Camanag, Hazel Orencio, Karenina Haniel
Votes: 843
18. Storm Children: Book One (2014)
Not Rated | 143 min | Documentary
On 8 November 2013, the city Tacloban on Leyte Island, Philippines, was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, causing the death of 6,201 people.
Director: Lav Diaz
Votes: 209
19. Fragment (III) (2015)
130 min | Drama
Fragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each story distinctively embraces the other's... See full summary »
Directors: Wesley Leon Aroozoo, Lav Diaz, U-Wei Haji Saari, Lucky Kuswandi, Kan Lume, Kavich Neang, Sherman Ong, Chui Mui Tan, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Stars: Faye Kingslee, Hazel Orencio, Pete Teo, Luke Lee
Votes: 11
segment The Day Before the End
20. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)
485 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The search for the body of Andres Bonifacio.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz, Hazel Orencio, Alessandra De Rossi
Votes: 351
21. The Woman Who Left (2016)
TV-MA | 226 min | Drama
After 30 years of wrongful imprisonment, a woman plans to take revenge on her former lover.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Charo Santos-Concio, John Lloyd Cruz, Michael De Mesa, Nonie Buencamino
Votes: 1,626 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Season of the Devil (2018)
Not Rated | 234 min | Drama, Musical
A young and fearless doctor opens a clinic for a poor community in a remote village of the Phillipines. However, she disappears without a trace. Her husband, a poet and teacher seeks the truth of her vanishing.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Bituin Escalante, Pinky Amador
Votes: 406
23. Lakbayan (2018)
118 min | Drama
"Lakbayan" tells three tales of Filipino journeys. An unemployed cameraman joins a protest march of farmers asking the government to help them reclaim their ancestral land stolen by the ... See full summary »
Directors: Lav Diaz, Brillante Mendoza, Kidlat Tahimik | Stars: Bart Guingona, Hazel Orencio, Joem Bascon, Soliman Cruz
Votes: 44
24. The Halt (2019)
279 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Joel Lamangan, Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Pinky Amador
Votes: 382
25. Genus Pan (2020)
150 min | Crime, Drama
A look at how much human beings are like animals.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, Don Melvin Boongaling, Hazel Orencio
Votes: 390
26. Liminal (IV) (2020)
65 min
A FICUNAM commission for four directors, Liminal seeks to play with poetic affinities between film and music. Moving across aesthetic and generational differences, the film-makers explore ... See full summary »
Directors: Manuela De Laborde, Lav Diaz, Óscar Enríquez, Philippe Grandrieux
Votes: 23
segment The World is Cold
27. History of Ha (2021)
250 min | Drama
1957. Hernando Alamada, Filipino vaudeville great and a former socialist cadre, fulfills the last leg of his performing tour on the Mayflower cruise ship. He knows that the Philippines is ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: John Lloyd Cruz, Teroy Guzman, Mae Paner, Dolly De Leon
Votes: 86
28. A Tale of Filipino Violence (2022)
409 min | Drama
This film portrays a poignant family saga in an explosive dictatorship era in the Philippines.
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: John Lloyd Cruz, Bart Guingona, Agot Isidro, Hazel Orencio
Votes: 49
29. When the Waves Are Gone (2022)
187 min | Drama, Thriller
Lt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: John Lloyd Cruz, Ronnie Lazaro, Shamaine Buencamino, Don Melvin Boongaling
Votes: 205
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