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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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Remittance (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Marie takes a job as a maid in Singapore to support her family in the Philippines, she trades one set of hardships for another. Betrayed by her husband, she begins to build a new life for herself. As she gets caught up in the new life she is building for herself in Singapore, she needs to choose between her personal aspirations and her family responsibilities.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: Singapore, USA, Philippines
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neorealism
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Foster Child (2007)
Plot Summary:
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family. Thelma's current foster child John-John (Kier Segismundo) is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time—bathing John-John, feeding him, and bringing him to school where the boy participates in a school presentation.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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A Speck in the Water (1976)
Plot Summary:
Nunal sa Tubig is a story of a community living on an island where fishing is the main source of livelihood and how they are affected by progress.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Wailing in the Forest (2016)
Plot Summary:
An indigenous family, one of the last forest people of old, copes with the unusual changes in their environment including the imposing lifestyle and customs of the more sociable tribes on the plains.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious
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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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Donsol (2006)
Plot Summary:
About two lonely people who met during the whaleshark watching season in Donsol, Sorsogon.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Mano Po (2002)
Plot Summary:
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition. These richly cultured people are the ancestors of a dysfunctional third-generation family whose daughters tell their own stories of joy, struggle, and the complex realities in the life of Filipino Chinese families.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Sister Stella L. (1984)
Plot Summary:
A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: political
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Way Back Home (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jessica Santiago & Ana Bartolome are two sisters who have lived in separate lives for 12 long years. Jessie, though an excellent student, has grown to feel sorrow of Ana’s lost while Ana, not knowing that she’s an orphan, grew up in a far-flung fishing village. When they meet in a swimming competition, the Santiagos exert effort to bring Ana back. But when Ana returns home, Jessie feels more abandoned & lovelorn. With their relationship turning sour, Jessie’s life is terribly put in danger. In the end, the two sisters find home where their hearts truly lie.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, suspense, psychological, disturbing
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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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Caregiver (2008)
Plot Summary:
A grade school English teacher Sarah Gonzales joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs working in the United Kingdom to support her Husband, Teddy Gonzales in making a better living for their family. More than just a chronicle of the Filipinos experience working as nurses and caregivers in the UK, this story also charts Sarah's journey to self-discovery from a submissive wife who makes sacrifices for her Husband; Teddy's aspirations to an empowered woman who finds dignity and pride in a humbling job as a Caregiver in London.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: inspirational, tagalog
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The Pawnshop (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follows the lives of four different people, each linked to the other by the house of business. Olivia, owner of the establishment, yearns for her late husband and denies the onset of old age. She lives with her appraiser Amy, a romantic who is doing almost everything for love. Kanor serves as the pawnshop security guard. He holds Olivia in high esteem for letting him and his wife stay in the apartment above the shop. Kanor opens his house to boarder David, a seaman in transit.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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I'll Be There (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around Maxi dela Cerna, a young, aspiring New York-based fashion designer who returns to the Philippines shortly after her mother’s death to find her father. She had been swindled by her ex-boyfriend and hopes to pay off her debts by selling the piece of provincial land that her parents co-owned. But this means spending time with her father whom she hates for walking out on her and her mother 15 years ago. As the uptight and guarded Maxi struggles to immerse herself in farm life and deal with a father she despises, she crosses paths again with Tommy, her childhood friend, now an architect who is trying to heal from his own mistakes in the past with his 7-year-old son.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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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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Children Metal Divers (2009)
Plot Summary:
The heart-tugging story of children who scavenge for metal scraps in the murky waters of Manila Bay, often risking their lives in the process.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Boatman (1985)
Plot Summary:
An erstwhile boatman wants to do a little more than paddle his own canoe in the town famed for its waterfalls. He leaves the village of his roots for the city and lands a job as a live-sex actor called toro in street lingo derived from the Spanish term for bull. Quick successes in his newfound profession delude him into regarding that the measure of a man is in his trousers. He has a partner on stage and off. Despite her cynicism and tough veneer, she sees in him a way out of the slums and the red light district.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags:
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I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Destiny. Is it beyond our control? Or do we make our own? These questions and other musings about the past and the future set the tone as we sail into the year's most anticipated film about love and life. Six people are brought together on a seven-day cruise that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Trap (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on the struggles of a mother who lost their children.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, weird
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Playing with Fire (2000)
Plot Summary:
Ding tells the story of his life and how it was shaped by three women which includes his godmother, her adopted daughter and his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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From What Is Before (2014)
Plot Summary:
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 houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 338 min
Plot tags: bleak, atmospheric, serious, realistic, stylized, captivating, intense, independent film, black and white, visual
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Ordinary People (2016)
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ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a month into parenthood, their child is stolen from them. In order to retrieve the child, the young couple is forced to take desperate measures.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tragic ending, tagalog, crying, tragic
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My Neighbor’s Wife (2011)
Plot Summary:
Aaron and Giselle are an ambitious couple, but their hard work isn’t enough to provide for the comfortable life they desire. The marriage of their well-to-do bosom buddies, Bullet and Jasmine, also goes from bliss to bleak. Their situation heads further south when Bullet ends up in bed with a distraught and inebriated Giselle! Many confrontations later, Jasmine is seen sharing late-night trysts with Aaron while their repentant spouses patiently wait for them at home! With friends like these, who needs enemies?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, light, captivating
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Minor (2013)
Plot Summary:
High school student Jen Guilarman lives in misery with her abusive mother and her mom's lesbian lover. Looking for some escape, she aims to join an all-girl gang which first requires her to undergo a sexual rite. Jen only has one man in mind, and that is her teacher Ariel Basco who has always been sympathetic with her. Suddenly, Jen cries rape and gets her teacher arrested. But behind her tragic fate is a dark truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, touching, unusual plot structure, suspenseful
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Adela (2008)
Plot Summary:
Adela, (Philippines' screen legend Anita Linda) a former radio personality, celebrates her 80th birthday. Alone, and without support, she longs for the family and stability of years gone by. Mundane events take on heightened meaning as Adela gauges her life against those of the sea of humanity. Adela is about the quiet moments in life that can fill us with either joy or sorrow.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 91
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy, neorealism
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Independence (2009)
Plot Summary:
Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her home.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Drama
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, gloomy, black and white
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The Significant Other (2018)
Plot Summary:
Directed by Joel Lamangan, “The Significant Other” follows the story of a rising fashion model (Erich Gonzales) who catches up and becomes BFFs with her catwalk idol (Lovi Poe). But all hell breaks lose when they realize that they are in love with the same man (Tom Rodriguez).
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: captivating, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Clash (2009)
Plot Summary:
"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, disturbing, bleak, realistic
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Magnifico (2003)
Plot Summary:
With a daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy and a son who's lost his much-needed scholarship, an impoverished married couple begins to abandon their faith and courage in the face of such misfortune. But when a gifted young boy called Magnifico uses his goodness to magically transform their lives for the better, the family's belief in miracles is restored. Suddenly, living with adversity doesn't seem like such a burden.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, emotional, uplifting, serious, realistic, surprise ending, sad, tagalog, contemplative
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Red Leaves (2014)
Plot Summary:
An Ethiopian immigrant, sets out on a journey through his children's homes after losing his wife. Coming to know some of life's harsh new realities, he tries to survive in his own way.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, tense
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The Masseur (2005)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his father and a chance meeting with an abusive romance novelist, a masseur working in a gay massage parlor struggles to make sense of his unfulfilling relationships while simultaneously assisting his mother in preparing his father for burial. Twenty-year-old Iliac may not be the best masseur in the parlor, but when he catches the eye of a cold and calculating romance novelist looking for a cheap thrill, the icy indifference displayed by his paying lover does little more to warm the spirits than his sexually charged but emotionally distant girlfriend. Despite the resentment Iliac feels towards his late father for abandoning the family and embarking on a suicidal alcohol binge, the lovelorn youth nevertheless makes the journey home to be there for his grieving mother in her time of need.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy, queer cinema