Cherie Gil
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Born Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann on 21 June 1963. Cherie Gil was a Filipino actress and is the daughter of Filipino singer-actors Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil, and sister of fellow actors, Michael de Mesa and Mark Gil. She began her career as a child actress at the age of 9, and has received numerous accolades throughout her career. She is best known for her role as Lavinia Arguelles in Bituing Walang Ningning
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
Birthday: June 21, 1963
Deathday: August 05, 2022
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Known For:
No Other Love
Overview: A lover's vow of eternal love is vigorously tested by time.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-03
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Wanted: Wives
Overview: A film based on the files of the Lonely Hearts Club where lonely men and women hope to find company and eventually, life-time partners.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-10-10
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Tayo Na Sa Dilim
Overview: A 1990 Filipino drama starring Janice de Belen, Princess Punzalan, and Cherie Gil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-07-04
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Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
Overview: A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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Problem Child
Overview: Sylvia, the beautiful middle-aged socialite whose string of lovers and public separation made her the center of Manila’s gossip mill.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-02-01
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Jessa: Blusang Itim 2
Overview: The sequel reprises the story of an ugly duckling who turns beautiful with a black dress.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-09-27
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Kung Kaya Mo... Kaya Ko Rin
Overview: A middle-aged married woman falls madly in love with a young painter half her age.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1978-08-25
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God... Save Me!
Overview: A doting father, terminally ill with cancer, spends the remaining days of his life with his young daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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Manila by Night
Overview: The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-11-28
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Pabling
Overview: A playboy and a simple girl from the provinces try to make it in the big city.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-07-17
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Gold, Silver, Death
Overview: Oro, Plata, Mata follows two aristocratic families in Negros during World War II. It is structured in three parts: Oro a life of luxury and comfort in the city, Plata a still-luxurious time of refuge in a provincial hacienda, and finally Mata a toilsome retreat deeper into the mountains.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-01-27
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Ekstra
Overview: A socio-realist drama-comedy film, it follows a seemingly usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as she embarks on yet another shooting day of a soap opera as an extra. As the shoot goes on, we get a glimpse of the truth in the ruling system of the production as well as the exploitation of the marginalized laborers like her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-07-26
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Sonata
Overview: A woman whose whole life is her art, but when she loses it she goes into a self-exile, only to be, hopefully, reinvigorated by a young boy daring to bring it all back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-09-10
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Girlfriend
Overview: A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Working Girls
Overview: Continuing the tradition of national artist Ishmael Bernal's benchmark film Working Girls after 25 years, Working Girls of 2010 depicts the role of women in the new millennium. Seven women of different backgrounds, stories and personalities entwined in a colorful story of family, love and life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2010-04-21
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Darna: The Return
Overview: Valentina, Darna's snake-haired arch enemy, is trying to take over the Phillipines through subliminal messages on religious TV shows. Darna has her own problems, however, as she has lost her magic pearl and with it the ability to transform into her scantily clad super self. Trapped as her alter-ego, the plucky reporter Narda, she must try to regain the pearl and foil Valentina's plans.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1994-05-09
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A Moment In Time
Overview: A painter's new muse becomes his nemesis when he discovers her connection to his past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-02-28
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Devil Woman
Overview: A woman is born with the power to control snakes. She uses these powers to seek revenge on the villagers who killed her parents along with the help of a local gang.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1970-03-07
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Father Jejemon
Overview: Father Jeremiah Jerome Montes has been asked by his old friend Father Baby to help him run the parish of Parmbil. Father Jejemon, as he’s known, has a knack for connecting with the young people of the community. But as soon as he gets there, he only encounters resistance. Father Baby’s sister Violetta doesn’t seem too keen on Father Jejemon running things. Worse yet, the ruthless businessman who owns the town has his sights on demolishing the Church in order to make way for a golf course. But Father Jejemon soldiers on, helping people out and showing them a new way to do things.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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Magno Barumbado
Overview: A story about Magno a fight junkie and his adopted step-sister Teresa.
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-04-25
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Prisoner in the Dark
Overview: Mike de Leon's only video feature to date, a personalized adaptation of John Fowles' chilling The Collector.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Panakip Butas
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Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-08-19
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Jack & Jill
Overview: When the old man became ill Jack took over her father's job of chauffeuring for a handsome millionaire whose rather eccentric mother had decided to adopt Jill so she could fulfill her dream of having a daughter. But Jill was really Jack's sister or brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1987-06-10
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Agaton & Mindy
Overview: "Agaton & Mindy" tells the story of two young dancers from different background. Mindy (Louise De Los Reyes) is from rich family and suffers from depression. Agaton (Chase Vega) is from poor family and is searching for his mother (Dina Bonnevie) who abandoned him while he was a young child. Both meet in a dance class handled by Tanya Dolokhov (Cherie Gil) who pairs them up in a dance recital. A brilliant and devotional teacher, Tanya encourages her students to tap into their wild sides for inspiration, and this is also the time when their romance blossoms... (filmasia.blogspot.com)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-27
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Elehiya
Overview: Celine, a grieving widow returns to her estranged husband’s family’s island estate to scatter his ashes and claim her inheritance. Paeng and Celine de Miranda, both doctors, seemed to be the perfect couple, beloved by the islanders who were beneficiaries of their many medical missions. But the marriage fell apart, marked by her being unable to bear children and rumors of his infidelities. The once idyllic island is now mired in poverty, squalor, and decadence. It is now up for sale to Korean investors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon
Overview: Ancestral home to a wealthy family is being haunted by malevolent spirits. On other side of town, evil creatures are lurking.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-07-10
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Sugatang Puso
Overview: A divorced man who marries a widowed wife. De Leon's previous wife suddenly develops problems, and De Leon is forced to bring his son back home to live with him, his wife and her own son.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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Donsol
Overview: About two lonely people who met during the whaleshark watching season in Donsol, Sorsogon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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For the Hopeless Romantic
Overview: A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2015-05-13
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Dark Is the Night
Overview: Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2018-08-15
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Lastikman: Unang Banat
Overview: Adrian, a teenager tried to prevent illegal logger from cutting the tree in the forest. He was mauled and was left life less under a rubber tree. The tree revived him an bestowed him the powers of elasticity and morphing. Adrian decided to use his powers for good and becomes the superhero Lastikman. His main villain was who possesses the same powers.
Genres: Romance Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-25
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Madaling Araw Mahabang Gabi
Overview: The film is about the entangled stories of a group of young people who happen to be in a bar in Puerto Princessa, Palawan on the eve of All Souls' Day. As midnight approaches, we become complicit as each of them takes the challenge of the Pangangaluluwa, a seemingly innocent Palawan tradition of honoring the dead by stealing something from the living. A young guitarist battles with crabs; an Indian guy gets caught in a crossfire; a hot cougar meets her match; Cosplayers battle for road supremacy; a religious woman finds true faith in a strange kiss; and a bartender prepares a drink that results in the most bitter of brews. The movie holds up a mirror to this dark night and bear witness to the inevitable consequences that mark the choices of the young
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-07-21
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Sosy Problems
Overview: The problems of 4 rich, beautiful women from Manila.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-12-25
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Bilibid Boys
Overview: =The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living their regular free, luxurious lives outside the cold bars of the prison, in open air, able to go where they want when they want. Four of the men - Nandong, Noel, Butch, and Caloy - are gay men who feel attracted to Steve Guanzon and eventually sodomize and rape him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-01-16
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The 13th Chapter
Overview: A story of good versus evil revolving around a young woman. When Angela is born to David and Sara they are full of joy but as she grows up, she proves to be more of a curse than a blessing. Angela herself is confused and is only sure of one thing ... she doesn't want the dark powers which she cannot control.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2000-08-23
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Sugatang Puso
Overview: A divorced man who marries a widowed wife. De Leon's previous wife suddenly develops problems, and De Leon is forced to bring his son back home to live with him, his wife and her own son.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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My First Romance
Overview: The first episode is entitled One Love. Jackie is the campus queen, rich, beautiful and liked by everyone except Che, who thinks that Jackie is just a shallow brat. After being forced to work together for school activities, Jackie made it a personal goal for Che to like her. Two Hearts is the second episode. Enzo is a star soccer player at school who loves the attention that he gets. However, he takes many things for granted, this changes when he gets a heart problem and doctors say that only a transplant can save his life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-29
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Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita?
Overview: A marriage which started on the wrong foot, compromised by her boyfriend agreed to marry family friend in order to save face. In turn he entered into marriage to get away from his aggressive clinging girlfriend. But the truth was that he was really in love with her but lacked the nerve to tell her. He saw the marriage of convenience as the best way to win her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-28
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Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas
Overview: Three women united by friendship. Three women connected by music. Three women divided by fame. They were three women struggling to make a living when fate smiled at them. From anonymity, they were thrust into a world of glittering lights and deafening adoration. But much that celebrity brought them good things, it too, began to destroy them. They became too consumed by their fame that, one day, without them knowing, the friendship that had been their anchor was fast crumbling down?
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-07-30
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Begging for Love
Overview: On the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call home theirs is a relationship waiting to crumble. They have been waiting a child for so long but the wife does not have the capacity to bear a child. And when her husband cannot take it any it any longer he decides to end his misery once and for all.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-05-14
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Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig?
Overview: Made pregnant by Ric, Estella was forced to marry his brain-damaged younger brother played by Val to save herself from the shame of having an illegitimate child. But what was intended as a marriage of convenience became a fulfilling relationship that eventually opened the eyes and hearts of everybody into the beautiful soul hidden inside the young man nobody wanted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1987-09-02
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Bagets 2
Overview: Set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-30
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Baka Siguro Yata
Overview: An intertwined love stories within a dysfunctional extended family for three generations. It tells how each generation understands and perceives the idea of love.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2015-11-09
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Sa Hirap at Ginhawa
Overview: A young couple eloped, got married and then must cope with problems like money, living on their own, trying finish school and raising a baby. not to mention the fact that even young married couples do get bored sometimes.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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Bituing Walang Ningning
Overview: Dorina Pineda is a Sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lavinia Arguilles. Lavina with her ego getting big, drives away her fans and even her boyfriend Nico Escobar. He later discovers Dorina as a wonderful singer and eventually falls in love with her. A simple die-hard fan at first, Dorina rose to the ranks and become the biggest singing star in the country, even becoming more famous than her idol Lavinia.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-02-14
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Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit
Overview: Aning is a maid in the Cuevas household. She is raped by an unknown assailant and comes home to the province pregnant. Her older sister Dinya serves the Cuevas household to search for the culprit. She catches the culprit but at the cost of her own vitrue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1988-01-04
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Kahit Isumpa Mo Ako
Overview: A drama film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-06-07
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A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Overview: Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Adventure History
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-03-26
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Kahit Wala Ka Na
Overview: A story about a separated woman and the challenges she encounters when she faces the real world alone with her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-05-31
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Streetsmart
Overview: The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's last film that is an attack on the religious establishment. Together, they become a part of Manila's petty underworld. After all the ordeals they encounter, they realize that they lost their innocence as they brush with evil and corruption. But they still survive the ordeal and make a new life somewhere else.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1994-04-21
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Ngayon at Kailanman
Overview: Ayra comes home to bury her dead father and later discovers that her family's estate had been taken over by Edwin, her childhood sweetheart and the son of their former overseer. Though terribly disappointed, she agrees to marry Edwin just so she could keep her hands on what was supposed to be inheritance
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1992-04-23
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It Started from the Heart
Overview: A young college student is in a heated affair with his college professor. He attempts revenge after being stricken with grief and resentment by his professor's mother, and takes revenge on his professor's now settled family only to obtain her for himself
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-03-27
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Rosenda
Overview: A plucky middle-class girl gets pregnant out-of-wedlock but refuses to let her misfortunes dampen her spirit and love of life. Against all odds, Rosenda brings up her daughter all by herself, rejecting offers from Robert Cuevas, the father of her baby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-10-12
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Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)
Overview: This drama is based on the serialized comics of Nerissa Cabral.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-12-25
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Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
Overview: A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-03-26
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Mana
Overview: Amidst the vast sugar plantations of Negros in Southern Philippines, a matriarch lies in the throes of death. Her children rush home to confront the crisis as news of the impending death of their well-loved mother spreads among the community. There, in their ancestral house, the siblings are forced to deal with the issues of inheritance, tradition and the family legacy. It is a familiar tale. After all, every family has its story. And to each one, its own deserved secrets.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-19
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Brocka x Bernal
Overview: A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2024-08-08
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My Kontrabida Girl
Overview: Isabel Reyes (Rhian Ramos) is an infamous soap opera villain in the country. Everyone simply loathes Isabel which makes her the most condemned personality in the world of television. But by some weird twist of fate, Isabel's life turns upside down when she encounters a near-death accident. The wicked antagonist experiences a sudden change of heart and being the top kontrabida of her soap opera, Isabel couldn't just deliver her heartlessness and cruelty in front of the camera. Her over-the-top villainous persona disappears and she finds herself powerless to kick and slap the lead star. Isabel's show hits a major ratings slump and the network advises her to take a break from work with hopes of reigniting her passion. To solve her dilemma, Isabel seeks the help of the biggest kontrabida icon in the country, no less than Ms. Bella Flores. She finds her on YouTube and says that for Isabel to get herself back, she needs to find the person who hurt her the most.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-03-14
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Immortal
Overview: Vilma Santos and Christopher De Leon portray two star crossed lovers, meeting each other across several lifetimes, hoping that in each cycle they can break down the walls that keep them apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-12-25
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Dancing Master
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Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-05-31
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Citizen Jake
Overview: A drama of the personal saga of a young man struggles with the contradictions within his own social class and the demands of a dysfunctional political family in the Philippine Islands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2018-03-10
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Free to Love
Overview: A story of hurt pride, obsession, vengeance, and love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-10-09
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Bakit Ikaw Pa Rin?
Overview: Paul and Jenny eloped at the tender age of 17 and overcame their difficulties. Things eventually take their toll as Paul's sister, Sylvia schemes to separate them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-02-28
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Single/Single: Love Is Not Enough
Overview: It picks up where the series left off in its final episode as the relationship of Joee and Joey moves on to the next level. Joee is about to give birth while Joey remains in love with her and tries to become a responsible foster father.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2018-05-02
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Ang Babaeng Nawawala sa Sarili
Overview: When a conservative woman is possessed by a vengeful spirit, she becomes sexually promiscuous and seduces a lot of men.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-10-04
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The Wedding
Overview: Lia is set to marry Cebu's most eligible bachelor and mayoral candidate Philip. Conflict begins when Lia's ex boyfriend Wado works for them in a project that will potentially help Philip win the elections.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2018-05-16
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Just a Stranger
Overview: A story of a woman and a man, half of her age being in love with each other despite the fact that they are both tied with someone else.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2019-08-21
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Tía Madré
Overview: Tia Madre is a horror story told through the eyes of a child: a clingy, hyper-imaginative and slightly twisted 10-year old girl named Camille whose mother Emilia inexplicably changes into something else, something more sinister, something more violent, something more distant, something that isn’t her mother anymore and quite possibly isn’t human.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2019-11-07
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Sensitive and in Love
Overview: A millennial writer from San Francisco travels to the Philippines where she and her brother, a music producer, must come face to face with their traumatic childhood and embrace their seemingly unbearable trait.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-29
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Kaputol
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2019-12-01
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Gayuma
Overview: A dark tale of fatal obsession and erotic passion, centers on a young student artist mesmerized by a beautiful and mysterious figure drawing model in his art school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2015-10-23
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Beerhouse
Overview: Three distinct yet interwoven stories of various women and their ordinary experiences living not-so-ordinary lifestyles. Seedy, realistic, and raw.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-07-08
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Sugar Daddy
Overview: A story about the hardship of a naive young village girl falling in love with the son of a landlord who promises to marry her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1977-11-04
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Sana'y Ikaw na Nga
Overview: This love triangle story is about love, music, and drugs. Jessica was an upcoming singer who met Gary, a lead singer of a band, and Karlo, Gary's older brother who was an ex-convict.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1993-01-19
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Puga
Overview: Three fugitives struggle to survive life outside prison. They face a dilemma when they are forced to take on one last assignment.
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-04-18
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Too Young
Overview: A story about a young girl caught in the crossfire when his father plans to testify against a syndicate boss.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-04-19
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Magikland
Overview: On Christmas eve, four lonely kids are chosen to save Magikland, a fantastic and magical world where all the world’s toys and games come from.
Genres: Action Adventure Family
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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Deadly Brothers
Overview: Two Brothers living in a small town gets themselves involved with a city girl escaping a crime syndicate.
Genres: Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-02-05
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