Philippine Cinema

By: scorpio​rising

my personal favorite Filipino films:
Manila in the Claws of Neon (Lino Brocka, 1975)
Insiang (Lino Brocka, 1976)
The Perfumed Nightmare (Kidlat Tahimik, 1977)
Turumba (Kidlat Tahimik, 1981)
Batch ’81 (Mike de Leon, 1982)
Himala (Ishmael Bernal, 1982)
Batang West Side (Lav Diaz, 2001)
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos) (Raya Martin, 2005)
Heremias (Lav Diaz, 2006)
Death in the Land of Encantos (Lav Diaz, 2007)
Imburnal (Sherad Anthony Sanchez, 2008)
Melancholia (Lav Diaz, 2008)
Now Showing (Raya Martin, 2008)
Century of Birthing (Lav Diaz, 2011)

Notable Directors:
Lino Brocka
Ishmael Bernal
Mike de Leon
Mario O’Hara
Kidlat Tahimik
Lav Diaz
Khavn de la Cruz
Raya Martin
John Torres
Brillante Mendoza
Auraeus Solito
Sherad Anthony Sanchez

• 01
  Sa Tokyo ikinasal
  Manuel Silos
• 02
  Sisa
  Gerardo de León
• 03
  Child of Sorrow
  Lamberto V. Avellana
• 04
  Badjao
  Lamberto V. Avellana
• 05
  Faithful
  Lamberto V. Avellana
• 06
  Blessings of the Land
  Manuel Silos
• 07
  A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
  Lamberto V. Avellana
• 08
  Santiago!
  Lino Brocka
• 09
  Uhaw
  Ruben Abalos
• 10
  Stardoom
  Lino Brocka
• 11
  You Have Been Weighed and Found Wanting
  Lino Brocka
• 12
  Three, Two, One
  Lino Brocka
• 13
  Manila in the Claws of Light
  Lino Brocka
• 14
  Insiang
  Lino Brocka
• 15
  As We Were
  Eddie Romero
• 16
  The Rites of May
  Mike De Leon
• 17
  Three Godless Years
  Mario O'Hara
• 18
  It was a Dream
  Mike De Leon
• 19
  The Perfumed Nightmare
  Kidlat Tahimik
• 20
  My Father, My Mother
  Lino Brocka
• 21
  Jaguar
  Lino Brocka
• 22
  Mother, Sister, Daughter
  Lino Brocka
• 23
  Who Invented the Yo-Yo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
  Kidlat Tahimik
• 24
  Bomba Star
  Joey Gosiengfiao
• 25
  Bona
  Lino Brocka
• 26
  City After Dark
  Ishmael Bernal
• 27
  Fourteen
  Joey Gosiengfiao
• 28
  Batch '81
  Mike De Leon
• 29
  Does Your Heart Beat Faster?
  Mike De Leon
• 30
  Temptation Island
  Joey Gosiengfiao
• 31
  Why Is the Sky Blue?
• 32
  Blink of an Eye
  Mike De Leon
• 33
  Turumba
  Kidlat Tahimik
• 34
  Affair
  Ishmael Bernal
• 35
  Cain and Abel
  Lino Brocka
• 36
  Himala
  Ishmael Bernal
• 37
  Moral
  Marilou Diaz-Abaya
• 38
  Gold, Silver, Death
  Peque Gallaga
• 39
  The T-Bird and Me
  Danny L. Zialcita
• 40
  Broken Marriage
  Ishmael Bernal
• 41
  Carnal
  Marilou Diaz-Abaya
• 42
  To Love Again
  Danny L. Zialcita
• 43
  Joyful Mystery
• 44
  Condemned
  Mario O'Hara
• 45
  Shake, Rattle & Roll
  Ishmael Bernal
• 46
  Sister Stella L.
  Mike De Leon
• 47
  Working Girls
  Ishmael Bernal
• 48
  Snatched From Heaven
  Ishmael Bernal
• 49
  Silip: Daughters of Eve
  Elwood Perez
• 50
  Miguelito: The Child Rebel
  Lino Brocka
• 51
  Scorpio Nights
  Peque Gallaga
• 52
  Prisoner of the Dark
  Mike De Leon
• 53
  Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song
  Nick Deocampo
• 54
  Macho Dancer
  Lino Brocka
• 55
  Orapronobis
  Lino Brocka
• 56
  All Be Damned
  Lino Brocka
• 57
  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
  Kidlat Tahimik
• 58
  Midnight Dancers
  Mel Chionglo
• 59
  The Brief Life of Fire, Act 2, Scene 2: Suring and the Kuk-ok
  Auraeus Solito
• 60
  Woman by the Window
  Chito S. Roño
• 61
  Gangland
  Peque Gallaga
• 62
  Naked Under the Moon
  Lav Diaz
• 63
  Burlesk King
  Mel Chionglo
• 64
  Bayaning Third World
  Mike De Leon
• 65
  Demons
  Mario O'Hara
• 66
  Shadows
  Raymond Red
• 67
  Batang West Side
  Lav Diaz
• 68
  Dekada '70
  Chito S. Roño
• 69
  Hesus the Revolutionary
  Lav Diaz
• 70
  Magnifico
  Maryo J. De los Reyes
• 71
  Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941
  Joel Lamangan
• 72
  Evolution of a Filipino Family
  Lav Diaz
• 73
  Woman of Breakwater
  Mario O'Hara
• 74
  The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
  Auraeus Solito
• 75
  The Island at the End of the World
  Raya Martin
• 76
  The Masseur
  Brillante Mendoza
• 77
  On the North Diversion Road
  Dennis Marasigan
• 78
  The Family That Eats Soil
  Khavn
• 79
  A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (or the Prolonged Sorrow of the Filipinos)
  Raya Martin
• 80
  Tuli
  Auraeus Solito
• 81
  Daybreak
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 82
  Donsol
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 83
  Heremias (Book One: The Legend of the Lizard Princess)
  Lav Diaz
• 84
  The Bet Collector
  Jeffrey Jeturian
• 85
  Our Daily Bread
  Khavn
• 86
  The Teacher
  Brillante Mendoza
• 87
  The Last Priestess of Buhi
  Sherad Anthony Sanchez
• 88
  Summer Heat
  Brillante Mendoza
• 89
  Todo Todo Teros
  John Torres
• 90
  Twilight Dancers
  Mel Chionglo
• 91
  Death in the Land of Encantos
  Lav Diaz
• 92
  Foster Child
  Brillante Mendoza
• 93
  Long Live Philippine Cinema!
  Raya Martin
• 94
  Philippine Science
  Auraeus Solito
• 95
  Pantasya
  Brillante Mendoza
• 96
  The Inmate
  Ellen Ramos
• 97
  Slingshot
  Brillante Mendoza
• 98
  Squatterpunk
  Khavn
• 99
  Temptation
  Dennis Marasigan
• 100
  Track Projections
  Raya Martin
• 101
  Adela
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 102
  Baby Angelo
  Joel Ruiz
• 103
  Imoral
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 104
  Manila
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 105
  Melancholia
  Lav Diaz
• 106
  Next Attraction
  Raya Martin
• 107
  Now Showing
  Raya Martin
• 108
  Ploning
  Dante Nico Garcia
• 109
  Serbis
  Brillante Mendoza
• 110
  Sewer
  Sherad Anthony Sanchez
• 111
  The Thank You Girls
  Charliebebs Gohetia
• 112
  Years When I Was a Child Outside
  John Torres
• 113
  Bakal Boys
  Ralston Jover
• 114
  BoY
  Auraeus Solito
• 115
  Butterflies Have No Memories
  Lav Diaz
• 116
  Clash
  Pepe Diokno
• 117
  Kinatay
  Brillante Mendoza
• 118
  If I Knew What You Said
  Mike Sandejas
• 119
  Independencia
  Raya Martin
• 120
  Manila Skies
  Raymond Red
• 121
  Lola
  Brillante Mendoza
• 122
  Waiting Shed
  Ely Buendia
• 123
  Chassis
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 124
  Noy
  Coco Martin
• 125
  Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song
  John Torres
• 126
  Sampaguita, National Flower
  Francis Xavier Pasion
• 127
  Palawan Fate
  Auraeus Solito
• 128
  Amok
  Lawrence Fajardo
• 129
  Buenas noches, España
  Raya Martin
• 130
  Captive
  Brillante Mendoza
• 131
  Century of Birthing - Part One
  Lav Diaz
• 132
  The Dream of Eleuteria Kirchbaum
  Remton Siega Zuasola
• 133
  Fable of the Fish
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 134
  The Natural Phenomenon of Madness
  Charliebebs Gohetia
• 135
  Niño
  Loy Arcenas
• 136
  Taxicab
  Archie Del Mundo
• 137
  Mapang-akit
  John Torres
• 138
  Of Skies and Earth
  Mes De Guzman
• 139
  Zombadings: Patayin sa shokot si Remington
  Jade Castro
• 140
  Bwakaw
  Jun Lana
• 141
  Forever Loved
  Christopher Gozum
• 142
  Six Degrees of Separation From Lilia Cuntapay
  Antoinette Jadaone
• 143
  Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
  Lav Diaz
• 144
  Jungle Love
  Sherad Anthony Sanchez
• 145
  The Great Cinema Party
  Raya Martin
• 146
  An Investigation on the Night that Won’t Forget
  Lav Diaz
• 147
  Wildlife
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 148
  Colossal
  Whammy Alcazaren
• 149
  Sapi
  Brillante Mendoza
• 150
  North, the End of History
  Lav Diaz
• 151
  On the Job
  Erik Matti
• 152
  Big Boy
  Shireen Seno
• 153
  Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
  Lav Diaz
• 154
  Mater Dolorosa
  Adolfo Alix Jr.
• 155
  Kamera obskura
  Raymond Red
• 156
  Burlesk Queen
  Celso Ad. Castillo
• 157
  EDSA XXX
  Khavn