Manny Castañeda
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Department: Acting
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Emma Salazar Case
Overview: A 1991 Filipino drama film starring Alice Dixson.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-17
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The Graduates
Overview: Follows a group of young adults as they navigate life after college.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-04-03
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My Pretty Baby
Overview: A woman gets sold by her mother to predatory men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-25
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Darna
Overview: A girl is granted a magical stone by an angel to become the superheroine Darna to combat evil and would later battle Valentina, her future nemesis.
Genres: Horror Action Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1991-12-25
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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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You are Everything to Me
Overview: A young couple's marriage is tested when wife is consumed by her career, and husband finds solace in his son's teacher.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1992-06-21
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To Mama with Love
Overview: A 1983 Filipino drama starring Gloria Romero, Snooky, Maricel Soriano. Janice de Belen, Julie Vega, William Martinez and Manilyn Reynes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1983-05-06
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I Won! I Won! Ang Swerte Nga Naman
Overview: A 1985 Filipino comedy film starring Redford White.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-01-25
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Ako Ba Ang Nasa Puso Mo?
Overview: Ariel is the son of a rich family where Teresa's mother works as a maid. They are childhood friends who had been separated. As time passed by, they meet again and didn't let the status of their life be a hindrance to their love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-05-14
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Regal Shocker (The Movie)
Overview: (PANGAKO) A tragic love story between Lara and her brother Anton’s friend Jimbo. Due to his mom’s health problems, Jimbo had to go back to Davao. Unsure when they will meet again, Lara leaves her locket to Jimbo as a sign of promise that he would come back. Unfortunately, news of Jimbo’s plane crash reaches her but Lara is still holding on to Jimbo’spromise. (KARAMBOLA) Spoiled brat Baby Girl, her best friend, and their love interests, Ernest and TJ attend a birthday party where they get abducted together with the guests. While the gatecrashers who, apparently went into the wrong party, threaten the group, their sheer number makes them outlast the bad guys. (APARADOR) Elizabeth Sta. Maria moves to her new apartment where a cabinet is haunted by a young girl’s disturbed soul. Jenny got trapped inside the cabinet after her brother locked her inside because of jealousy.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-12-24
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Aso’t Pusa
Overview: Driven by a big cash reward, Pamboy requests little Osang to pretend to be a dying rich man's long-lost grandchild. But the plan makes both of them targets of an envious heiress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-11-28
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Kahit May Mahal Ka Nang Iba
Overview: A 1993 Filipino steamy romantic drama starring Cristina Gonzales, Karla Estrada, and Albert Martinez.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1993-02-17
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Mga Paru-Parong Buking
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-02-28
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The Affair
Overview: In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-07-02
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Once Upon a Time
Overview: The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.
Genres: Fantasy Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-04
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Loretta
Overview: A movie about Loretta and her struggles as a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1994-06-22
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Pedro Penduko, Episode II: The Return Of The Comeback
Overview: A man (Janno Gibbs) meets the leader (Ramon Zamora) of a distant land threatened by imminent destruction.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-26
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Tinik sa Dibdib
Overview: Lando is married to Lorna. He took on the huge responsibility of taking care of his widowed aunt Trixia and her two children, the youngest being a moron. Because of his obligations to his aunt's family, his relationship with his wife Lorna has not been as happy and ideal as they would have liked. Aside from being needy and dependent on Lando, Trixia has been very close to Lando, a fact that is very much seen by Lorna. A deep dark secret will be eventually revealed to Lorna: that Lando and Trixia is involved romantically and that Trixia's youngest child is Lando's. In the end, Lorna will be slowly relieved of the thorns that has been weighing down on her chest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-11-06
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Mother
Overview: Joining her friends on a field trip, a student heads out with the rest of her class to a nearby lake only to find one of the students has died after an encounter with a strange being.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1991-12-25
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Pleasure
Overview: Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-11-23
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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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Phone Sex
Overview: A bored young housewife falls prey to the sexy charms of a prank caller. As she finds herself deep into the secret carnal pleasures of phone sex, she likewise finds herself consumed by the fires of the dark, wild and dangerous thrills of promiscuity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-14
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Matakot Ka sa Karma
Overview: About an antique shop where the pieces of the furniture each have their own stories from the past. The new owners get their little piece of horror. Aleli purchases an antique bed, not realizing that its previous owner of the bed is out to claim her son. A couple purchased an antique cabinet where a young man died inside before. An independent woman gets a possessed dresser out to take her soul.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-12-25
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My Monster Mom
Overview: Single-mom Esme gives her daughter for adoption to her elder brother who immediately goes to America. Twenty-seven years later, daughter Abby goes back to the Philippines to meet her real mom. But Abby's excitement is foiled upon knowing that Esme is loud mouthed and worst nightmare. Days spelled hell for Abby, as she discovers that she and her horrific mother are complete polar opposites.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-07-02
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Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo
Overview: Newlywed Jed and Angie this time, they have to take care of their son Raffa with parents who are all too eager to share the job with them. Compounding the problems are Jed having to deal with a hypochondriac mother, Angie having to deal with her mom dating a "balikbayan" guy, and the usual jealousy problems hounding married couples.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2007-12-24
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Bakit Pa?
Overview: The plot revolves around a girl, who manages to get romantically involved with two people - one in real life and one she meets on the internet from the USA, but neither of these men know about each other. The fun starts when her internet lover makes a business trip to the Philippines, where both her lovers meet up and discover that they're going out with the same girl.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1999-02-03
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Dilim
Overview: A nursing student encounters strange occurrences around the dorm where she's staying. She enlists of another student to unravel the mystery of the dormitory.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-10-22
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Anting-anting
Overview: a film by Ipe Pelino.
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-14
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Bahid
Overview: As a ramp and commercial model and a swinging teenager in this movie of sex,wealth and power, Assunta de Rossi as Erika is a sexy appealing face on billboards and on the catwalk but,at home, with her sister Loida, she shares a dark secret with her surrogate father,Mr. Lorenzo Lavares, who is wed to her sister. The house of Lavares features a strange quartet father and son married to the sisters with warped emotions and shocking happenings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-27
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Shake, Rattle & Roll III
Overview: In three tales of extreme horror, a young couple hires a mysterious nanny for their baby; a a young woman discovers that her sister has been dead and been made alive again; and a student unwittingly brings home from a beach field trip the egg of a horrible alien monster.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1991-12-25
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Oo Na... Mahal Na Kung Mahal
Overview: A Filipino coming-of-age film directed by Johnny Manahan.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-29
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Pinay Pie
Overview: A funny story about three female friends. Karen is the smart and fashionable one among the three. Love is the cousin of Karen. She works in the cosmetics section of a department store, and dreams of becoming a beauty queen someday. Yolly is the businesswoman of the group. She is into the buy and sell business. The story runs when Love joins a beauty contest, where they find out that her roommate, Greta, is the new girlfriend of Karen's philandering boyfriend, Artie, and is also the god brother of Yolly's policeman boyfriend, SPO Pablito, who dumped her. Karen, Love and Yolly tire out all their efforts for Love to win the contest and teach their ex-boyfriends a valuable lesson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-03
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Alabok sa Ulap
Overview: Eva is a dancer in a nightclub where Dom frequently stays. One night, Dom brings with him his best friend Winston to show Eva. Winston is smitten with her beauty and decides to pursue her without knowing that Dom is secretly in love with her. Eva and Winston eventually become a couple and Dom become their most trusted friend
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1987-03-26
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Nuwebe
Overview: Inspired by the actual story of one of the youngest mothers in Philippine history, “Nuwebe” follows the story of Krista who at the tender age of 9 got pregnant from the sexual abuse perpetrated by her own father. What follows is a story of struggle and renewal. Krista’s story is complex. She refuses to see herself as a victim. Despite her situation, she demonstrates an incredible level of resilience and determination to overcome the trauma of her past. Her mother on the other hand is torn between her love for her child and her love for her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2013-07-27
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Bago Matapos ang Lahat
Overview: A big screen adaptation of a story serialized in Superstar Komiks
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1991-02-14
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Galawgaw
Overview: The life of tomboy tricycle driver Olga gets thrown for a loop when she collides with the rich Truman, who then makes it his mission to win her heart.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-03-12
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Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid
Overview: Baleleng, an orphan, wished upon a star to find her parents, Little did she know that this same star who lead her to meet Perlita, her guardian - a golden mermaid. With the star as her guide, Baleleng embarks on her quest to find her family.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-01-04
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Why I'd Even Loved You?
Overview: The plight of two ill-fated sisters separated by the need to live a better life. They are re-united by tragedy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1994-06-01
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Arayyy!
Overview: Working student Lorena is left with no choice but to turn to prostitution when her the misfortunes of her family hit hard
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2000-11-08
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Iisa Pa Lamang
Overview: Arman is torn between two women, a woman who came from a decent family or the one who kept it a secret of being a first-class prostitute.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1992-04-24
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Pinoy/Blonde
Overview: Two cousins accomplish the final wish of their dying uncle to deliver a brown paper bag to a seedy, run-down hotel crawling with shady characters and retrieve in exchange a mysterious package.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2005-07-13
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Haw Waw De Karabaw
Overview: Living a simple lifestyle in the barrio of Maisan farming a small-sized field, Sebyo has no other inspiration aside from Coring. Her homecoming to serve as their new Municipal Health Officer (as a full-pledge doctor) started the thrill, excitement and a slight complication to Sebyo's life not to mention the hidden treasure said to be buried at the backyard of Coring and Tiya Belen's house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-17
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Wow... Multo!
Overview: Kuya Joe, a radioman gets into a fight with a kid-smuggling syndicate led by Paquito who gets rid of Kuya Joe for good. Kuya Joe succeeds in haggling with St. Peter's high-tech heaven for a 3-day earth bound sojourn as an invisible soul.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-01-11
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Paalam... Bukas Ang Kasal Ko
Overview: Charo and Raffy are lovers when she starts seeing another man, Paul. Charo knows what she is doing is wrong. Enraged, one-night Raffy not finding Charo, drives his car to look for her. He met an accident and died instantly. Raffy's family blames Charo for their son's early demise. To save face, Charo avoids Paul. After all, it's her infidelity that drove Raffy crazy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-06-19
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Hospicio
Overview: A troubled young woman enters a rehab facility that houses a deadly secret.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Tangga and Chos: Beauty Secret Agents
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-09-28
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Reyna
Overview: A story of a sad and insecure woman, who feels a need to win in a beauty pageant to prove herself worth and to fulfil her mother dying wish.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-12-06
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Mama Dito sa Aking Puso
Overview: This is an adaptation of the Palanca award-winning play written by Maria Angela Barrios about a mother and her Amerasian daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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Bakit Ako Mahihiya
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Scorpio Nights 2
Overview: Andrew is meticulous almost to the point of obsession. From the way he carries his clothes to the manner he delivers his Physics lectures, Andrew is methodical in everything he does. But his ordered existence is suddenly disrupted when one sexually adventurous student, Valerie, starts seducing him. Andrew gives in to the temptation, and soon, the two are caught in an explosive relationship that knows no bounds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1999-02-02
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Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal
Overview: This movie is Lea Salonga's first movie in the Philippines after her Miss Saigon stint. It was an acid test if Salonga has the acting ability that Filipino critics are demanding. The Tony-awardee did not win any awards for this movie, but her two leading men grabbed major awards. Aga Muhlach won the best actor in the 1992 MMFF, while singer Ariel Rivera, in his movie debut, grabbed the 1992 MMFF best supporting actor award. The movie is produced by Octo Arts, the same company that produced Lea's 1988 self-titled album.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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Yes, Yes, Yo Kabayong Kutsero!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1991-07-04
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Schoolgirls
Overview: Maricel, Dina, and Snooky are in for exciting times as they hit the college campus! They meet cute guys, join organizations, fall in love with their professor, and get into all sorts of mess.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-01-29
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Desire
Overview: The movie tells a tale of a young Filipino woman who believes that her American father has died, but gets romantically involved with a man who might possibly be her father.Bessie is a young woman who was raised by her widowed mother, who tells her that her American air force father died in a car accident shortly before her birth. As Bessie nears graduation, she rebels against the plans of her devoted mother. Being strong-willed and romantic, she dreams of a challenging career and plans to seek out her late father's relatives in America. To earn money for the trip, she works as a model/dancer in a Manila disco. During one of her performances she meets Joe Hale, an American, who is in Manila to work in a friend's advertising firm. Joe and Bessie are attracted to each other, but before the attraction is acted upon, Bessie discovers that Joe might be her father. An investigation into the past is launched in order to find the truth about Bessie's parentage.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-25
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