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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: one man show
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Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang (2012)
Plot Summary:
Corazon revolves around the love story of a married couple during the times of Japanese rule in the Philippines who's having a hard time conceiving a child. After joining traditional fertility rites in honor of certain patron saints, their prayers are eventually answered but unexpected circumstances will lead to their baby's death. At which point the conflict of the story will begin.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, exciting
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Affliction (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young girl develops an unknown infection that causes her to evolve into a horrifying monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: terrifying
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Touch Me Not (1961)
Plot Summary:
Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags:
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Miguelito, the Rebel (1985)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Miguelito, his estranged mother Auring and the quest for justice against a powerful politician. After ten years of suffering in jail for a crime she did not commit, Auring cries out for two things - justice and her son back in her arms. Bravely she faces her powerful oppressors led by the formidable town mayor who also happens to be the father of her son. Being the first film Brocka directed since his highly publicized arrest and detention, Miguelito is one's typical soap opera set in a political backdrop that portrays the social condition of the time.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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River Of Fury (1973)
Plot Summary:
River Of Fury presents the self-discovery and awakening of a young man (Danny Lee), who has been exposed and fallen for the lucrative powers of wealth. Lily Ho played a role in sharp contrast with Lee, which has helplessly fallen prey to the irresistible temptations of wealth under the influence of her mother. Once again, Ho demonstrates her remarkable talent in Chinese opera following her Beijing-opera showcase in The Warlord (co-starring Michael Hui Kwun-man).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Mistah - Mga Mandirigma (1994)
Plot Summary:
Witness the soldiers who risk their lives for the protection of the people. Giving up their personal hapiness to respond to the call of duty, the dedicated servicemen encounter tremendous excitement in the battlefield as the conflict between Christians and Muslims soar in Mindanao. A heartwarmng story about camaraderie and dedication.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags:
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Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Plot Summary:
When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Squalor (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four men, four stories, all intersect in Manila. Episode one is about Ariel, a con-man. Episode two is about Boy, an expectant father. In the third episode, Ronald goes to Manila to sell a building. And in the fourth story Baste saves his sister from Ariel.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Bona (1980)
Plot Summary:
A scorned teenager gets revenge on the aging gigolo who took advantage of her while pursuing other women.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Escape (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman while Serge is more sensitive and outgoing. Both of the young men's parents give all of their money, but the government refuses to free them. Even a mutual hunger strike fails to move their jailers. In desperation, Geny and Serge begin plotting their escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: political drama
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Thy Womb (2012)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching
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Soliloquy (2009)
Plot Summary:
A bus takes-off from urban Manila to the rural southeastern side of the country, carrying a group of mixed passengers from all walks of life, each one has a personal story to tell and they are telling it in their own voice. During the long journey, as the passengers mentally sort out their past & their future, things happen in the present, by choice or by providence, that make their journey memorable—the bus blows a tire, a song elicits tears, a butterfly causes commotion, a picture gets lost, someone's head is stoned, some hearts are broken, some mended. The bus ride poetizes the life journey and poses questions on issues of life and death and where exactly the line is drawn between free will and destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Woman Who Left (2016)
Plot Summary:
After spending the last 30 years in prison, Horacia is immediately released when someone else confessed to the crime. Still overwhelmed by her new freedom, she comes to the painful realization that her aristocratic former lover had set her up. As kidnappings targeting the wealthy begin to proliferate, Horacia sees the opportunity to plot her revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 226 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, black and white
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The Seventies (2002)
Plot Summary:
A middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: political, tagalog
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Batas Ng Lansangan (2002)
Plot Summary:
Army Major RUBEN MEDRANO was once a part of an elite anti-kidnapping task force. An unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter MARISSA who has been living with his dead wives sister MARIEL. Marissa refuses to recognize her father because of all his shortcomings in the past. Nevertheless, Ruben decides to remain in the area. He soon discovers the presence of drug pushers and decides to do something about them. The drug lord who controls these pushers hires a hit-man named CARLOS to hunt down Ruben for meddling in his affairs. Soon the small community turns into a war-zone a Ruben tries to defend himself and those close to him from the attacks of these gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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The One-Armed Executioner (1981)
Plot Summary:
An Interpol agent is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. After his training, Ortega hunts down his adversaries for a final reckoning.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: absurd, grindhouse
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Aahuti (1978)
Plot Summary:
Film from 1978.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags:
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Anger (1981)
Plot Summary:
Three women captured and imprisoned by a gang of white slavers lead a bloody rebellion, aided by a detective investigating the gang.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: detective
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Bukas Bibitayin Si Itay (1995)
Plot Summary:
Elmo is an ex-convict who swears on his mother’s remains to live uprightly. After his life in prison, Elmo makes sure to avoid any conflict despite the mistreatment he receives from people. His wife Cathy seems discontent with the meager money her husband makes. Until one time, Cathy finds fancy to Arthur, a rich arrogant brother by their town’s mayor. One day, Elmo catches Arthur abusing his Cathy in their house. He beats up Arthur but the people on the neighborhood stops Elmo from killing him. Arthur escapes from Elmo. However Arthur is murdered by his battered wife Sylvia. Because of Arthur’s brutal death, people wrongly accused Elmo as the killer. Elmo then is sent back to the prison and was sentenced to death. Will Elmo learn to defend himself and fight for justice?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 20
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Utol (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Filipino crime drama film directed by Toto Natividad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Birador (1998)
Plot Summary:
Mike Santana is technically as person for he uses his position as a policeman to savagely murder people; he also manhandles his wife Gina. His partner in service is Frankie, a young loyal police who sticks with him through thick and thin. But in end he betrays him for good. Because of that he pours out all of his frustrations to his wife, and as he continues to be rude, his wife Gina finally leaves him for her family. His teenage gets gang-raped by men. As he gets to live all alone, with all the people blaming him for their shortcomings; he starts to realize his mistakes which will transform from being soulless to a sensible human being. He would also meet Michelle who teaches him not to regret the act of forgiveness. Suddenly, his crooked ways backfire on him when he gets accused of killing a pro-laborer advocate. As he tries to come clean and liquidate the real criminals, another threat would come to take his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Cain & Abel (1982)
Plot Summary:
In this modern-day version of the biblical legend on Cain and Abel, strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older Loren whom she blames for the death of her husband. Ellis grows up cowardly and spoiled while Loren becomes a responsible family man despite his increasing resentment towards his mother. What began as a sibling rivalry develops into a deep feud that would later escalate into a large-scale war - with all the mayhem and bloodshed.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 469
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Ekis: Walang Tatakas (1999)
Plot Summary:
A reluctant kidnapper tries to leave his life of crime behind in this sexy thriller. Gene works for the local underworld syndicate but always treats his abductees with kindness. He begins a dangerous affair with ex-bar girl Dolor, who's routinely beaten by her rich husband. When the cops move in on Gene's gang and Dolor's husband winds up dead, the couple flees with the law and their enemies in hot pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: erotic, crying
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Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose parents with strict Christian upbringing would not accept both Abbas and Emma to their family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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The Clutch of Power (1977)
Plot Summary:
A rogue swordsman known as "Soul of the Sword" kills the father of a young Kung Fu expert, who teams up with a Drunken Monk to put an end to Soul of the Sword’s reign of terror, and thwart the Mongol invasion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Manila's Finest (2015)
Plot Summary:
A film based on the life of retired Western Police District Colonel Jimmy Tiu, who last served as Sta. Mesa Police Station Commander.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Muthers (1976)
Plot Summary:
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dama de Noche (1998)
Plot Summary:
A woman who was maltreated during her younger years gets revenge on the people who abused her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min
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Chennakesava Reddy (2002)
Plot Summary:
Chennakesva Reddy (Telugu: చెన్నకేశవ రెడ్డి) is a 2002 Tollywood Faction Film, directed by V.V. Vinayak, released on 25 September 2002. The movie stars Nandamuri Balakrishna in double role father-son characther, while Shriya Saran and Tabu play the female lead.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags:
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Sivakasi (2005)
Plot Summary:
Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film