Maria Isabel Lopez
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 14, 1958
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Isang Kumot, Tatlong Unan
Overview: Passion finds fulfillment in a ménage à trois between two men and a woman.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-05-23
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Unveiling The Horse Demon
Overview: A young man searches for his father and encounters natural and supernatural forces, which ultimately lead him to unveil his true identity.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2017-01-17
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Kinatay
Overview: A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2009-09-23
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Working Girls
Overview: Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-06-07
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Room Service
Overview: Two lovers, thirsty for sex... clash in one story to build an intense passion for love and aspiration.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2004-10-13
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To Ken with Love
Overview: Ken Jones is a flamboyant talk show host who relishes being the "whitest gaysian ever." However, underneath Ken's colorful persona lies a case of internalized racism. So, not only does Ken not want to be Asian but he hates it and tries to stay away from it. Soon, Ken's perfectly curated world of glitz and glamour is rocked by an incident at work, forcing him to reckon with tokenism in the workplace, and the re-appearance of his mother, whom Ken had not seen in over twenty years.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-17
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Daughters of Eve
Overview: In the remote countryside of Ilongo, various women are sexually abused by local men. Two sisters meet Simon, the most attractive man in the village, and fight over him - one constantly haunted by Catholic dogma because of the abuse she suffered previously.
Genres: Horror Drama Crime
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-02-07
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Captive
Overview: A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-09-05
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Curse
Overview: A woman tries to attract her reincarnated lover from her previous life but eventually turns to the aid of an evil sorcerer who rules over a tribe of cannibal midgets.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-01-14
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Molata
Overview: In an idyllic surroundings amidst the rice terraces, young and care-free Ida has a wonderful life. But one night, a group of armed men charges into her home and kills her parents. Worse, these men conspire and accuse Ida of the murder of her folks. Years pass and Ida is on her way to national penitentiary. But a freak accident happens, and Ida manages to escape. Assuming a new identity, Ida who now goes by the name of Molata, returns to her village where people no longer recognize her. And using her body as a lure, she sets out to exact revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1999-01-20
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Ay Ayeng
Overview: A mountain maiden attempts to use education to help solve the problems of an Ifugao village, but finds that outdated traditions and military oppression stand in her way. A photojournalist documents her story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-09-10
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Ika-Sampu
Overview: A story about a descendant of a rich hispanic family that lived in the Philippines in the 1800s (1896). Nine years ago, Alexa Nicole de la Vega started having dreams about a mansion where she always used to play as a child, These dreams gradually turn darker and leading to a part of the mansion which was described in her dreams as a "door she cannot open". Every year, her dreams about the mansion turn darker and more grotesque. One day a lawyer visits in her office informing her that she has inherited a house passed on by her father in his last will. She calls her best friend Daniella, a collector and a curator of a Spanish museum, suggesting to her that there many be many treasures hidden there. This turns out to be a good opportunity to get her dad's company back to its prime. Alexa decides to go to the house she inherited to look for this rumored treasure. She later found nine pieces of golden coins in her great great grandfathers old study - then things start to change.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2010-11-30
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Cuchera
Overview: Based on a true story, Cuchera is about Filipino drug mules, drug couriers and their recruiters. It follows the story of Isabel, a veteran drug mule, in her first attempt at running her own drug transshipment operation between Manila and China. Isabel’s character is based on the story of an actual Filipina drug mule who was caught with eight capsules of heroin lodged in her sex organ, 48 in the rectum and 11 in her abdomen after an x-ray was conducted by Chinese authorities. Cuchera presents an accurate depiction of how some Filipinos end up becoming entrenched in the world of illegal drugs. Currently, the Philippines leads all Southeast Asian countries in the number of nationals arrested for drug smuggling charges in China. As of 2009, there are currently 95 Filipinos languishing in various jails in Chinese territories---four of whom are on death row. Violators include minors who enter China with fake passports.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2011-07-11
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Angustia
Overview: Don Victorino Hernandez, a creole secular priest from Manila, has two passions: botany and the total conversion of the native population particularly the Agtas, who in spite of the rigorous undertakings of Spanish colonialism continue to live in the hinterlands, giving them a notorious reputation in the minds of the lowlanders as well as the colonizers.
Genres: Drama Crime History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-13
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Halaw
Overview: This film exposes the human trafficking operation and journey through the seas of Southern Philippines to neighboring Malaysia. Based on research and interviews, this dramatic narrative provides a kaleidoscope of characters hoping for a better life in Sabah, in spite of the dubiousness of the process, and uncertainty of a true job in Malaysia. It also represents a microcosm of the multi-cultural groupings of Mindanao whose diversity is bound by a common goal, an opportunity to earn a living, as they take that illegal small boat ride from their homeland to that foreign "Promised Land."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-25
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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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Heartache City
Overview: Five young women trek to the city in the quest of better lives but end up instead with broken hearts.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-05-15
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Wandering Butterflies
Overview: Miriam is up for a surprise from her husband after a rift caused by the flirty text message of someone named Alex.
Genres: Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-02
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Masarap Na Pugad
Overview: Masarap na pugad: Directed by Francis Posadas. With Aleck Bovick, Gary Estrada, Joko Diaz, Elizabeth Oropesa.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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Kabaro
Overview: “Kabaro” tells of same-sex relationships, between lesbians (Mara and Krista) and gays (Aldrich and Rockwell).
Genres: Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-02-26
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Flying Kiss
Overview: A young woman is about to achieve her dreams, until everything is put into a halt when she is diagnosed of tuberculosis.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-03-19
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Maria, Leonora, Teresa
Overview: After a tragic incident, a psychiatrist offered Faith, Julio, and Stella life-sized dolls to look after to help cope from the loss of their respective daughters: Maria, Leonora, and Teresa. But the toys appears to be controlled by sinister.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-09-17
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Escort Girls
Overview: a film by Tony Cruz.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-26
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Lorna
Overview: Lorna is sixty year old woman who is constantly searching for the right man, having failed at so many relationships. Having lived close to a lifetime alone, she decides to take another stab at moving on and more importantly, love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-11-09
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Three
Overview: "Faith, Love, Time, and Dr. Lazaro," "Tata Selo," and "Sandaang Damit;" three short stories written by three multi-awarded Filipino fiction writers, Gregorio Brillantes, Rogelio Sicat, and Fanny Garcia, transformed into three short films.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-11-08
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Barang
Overview: A heart-pounding fright movie about a provincial lass whose life and death is shrouded by inexplicable and ghastly events so affecting the whole community of Sta. Barbara. Igan suffers a gruesome death in the hands of a devil worshipper, Nana Ursula. After young Igna incurs the wrath of a spiteful witch, a strong spell leaves the unlucky provincial woman cursed for the rest of her life and her death. Eager to exact revenge from the grave, Igna targets three young visitors. The trio must fight for their lives.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-10-18
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Pagnanasa
Overview: A young travelling salesman Rodel and a young innocent student Aleli. Aleli befriended a mature woman who is expert in love. The lady taught her and lured her to fantasize and to seek the love offered by men. Aleli became curious about the love that this lady is talking about and is out there to find love for herself until she dated Rodel who ended up raping her. After her painful encounter with Rodel, she got addicted to that sexual feeling and affection that he gave to her. This terrible experience made her to crave for more love from Rodel. Is her addiction with making love to Rodel going to stop or will it continue until she becomes a slave to it.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1998-11-16
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Red Roses for a Call Girl
Overview: Manila: Peter, the terminally ill son of the successful architect Klaus Timberg, falls in love with Diana. However, he does not know that his father has hired the prostitute to make his son's last days as exciting as possible. Diana has also fallen in love with Peter. When Peter accidentally finds a receipt for her love services at his father's house, he disowns her in his anger and disappointment. Only when it is already too late for him, he realizes how much Diana really loved him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-10-27
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Hayok
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-03-12
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Dingding Lang Ang Pagitan
Overview: Two neighbors a married man, and a stripper, were involved in an adulterous relationship, which altered their lives. Their daily engagements were unpreventable with only a wall separating them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-07-10
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Kalaro
Overview: Kalaro: Directed by Dante Javier. With Ynez Veneracion, Hazel Espinosa, Rey 'PJ' Abellana, Gino Ilustre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-06
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Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig ni Elias Paniki
Overview: A vampire hunter who has the quest to kill vampires.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-12-25
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When Good Girls Go Wrong
Overview: THIS IS A TRUE STORY - A PROMINENT PSYCHIATRIST TRIES TO "REFORM" THREE WOMAN PERCEIVED BY CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY TO BE "DEVIANTS" - A LESBIAN, A FRIGID WOMAN, AND NYMPHOMANIAC.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1987-10-15
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The Corruption of Melba
Overview: Melba is the wife of a slain farmer-leader whose murder is attributed to an incumbent governor. She goes to the city to appeal the case and to seek out a new life after the tragedy. Working as a staff member at the office of City Councilor, she is introduced to the life inside politics. Eventually she will be deeply involved, as her decision to marry the budding politician lays a carefully planned agenda.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-18
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Super-B
Overview: A Filipino comical superhero movie about Bilma who transforms into Super-B to fight crime.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2002-06-12
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Diamonds in the Sand
Overview: Yoji, a divorced and demoted Japanese man, chooses to head to Manila, believing that nobody is lonely in the Philippines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-30
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Bahay Ampunan
Overview: A pair of brothers encounters violent forces inside the walls of an old orphanage.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2015-02-25
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HIV: Si Heidi, Si Ivy at Si V
Overview: A story about a documentarist who interviews a number of individuals who acquired the HIV virus.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-04
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Alias Baby Tsina
Overview: Baby Tsina a famous underworld figure during the 50's who acquired the nickname because of her ivory skin and slanting eyes. She led the police in a frenetic chase before she was convicted for murder. Ironically it was a crime she did not commit. While in jail though she underwent a transformation and led the other inmates in seeking for reforms in the local penal system. An engrossing film with superior performances from the entire cast.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-18
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Lapu-Lapu
Overview: A film showing the struggles of Lapu-Lapu and how he defended Mactan, Cebu from the invading Spanish forces.
Genres: History Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-25
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Tag-init
Overview: One mystery envelops a group of friends who goes out on a vacation. Will they find the real criminal or be caught with their own mesh?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2004-09-08
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Sana, Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon
Overview: Three friends made their way in the big city. One ended up the mistress of a rich married man. Another became a suicidal prostitute. And the third found true love where it had always been all along despite her long fruitless search. In the end they all thought of the things they should never have done, wondering what might have been had these tomorrows been their yesterdays.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1983-04-28
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Dugong Buhay
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Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1983-11-11
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Dahling Nick
Overview: The story of Nick Joaquin, who only accepted the National Artist Award on the condition that the Marcos administration release a well-known writer who was being unjustly detained during Martial Law.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2015-11-12
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Isla
Overview: Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body to pay off all the men who would help her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-25
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Just the 3 of Us
Overview: An unlikely love story between polar opposites Uno and CJ two strangers, and how one night changes their lives forever. Unforeseen circumstances collide and force Uno and CJ to live under the same roof as they both deal with their sense of responsibility and their yearning for security. Uno is motivated by his sense of family while CJ is governed by an unconditional love that should put her first above everything else. The unlikely thing that binds Uno and CJ together paves the way for them to find in each other the kind of love they never thought they needed.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-04-27
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Ma' Rosa
Overview: Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-11-09
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Batuigas II: Pasukuin si Waway
Overview: Leonardo de los Reyes gets framed by some hoodlums for murder, he escapes from prison and gets revenge to the people who harmed him.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-09
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Ordinary People
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-08-31
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Joy & Joan
Overview: Fashion model Joy is unlucky in love. Having been jilted by the object of her desire, Marc Charoux, she takes a trip to Singapore with the rich and decadent Bruce. Soon, however, Joy implores servant girl Millarca to help her escape from Bruce's grounds. Posing as a tourist, she meets Joan, a tour guide and kindred soul who begins to introduce Joy to brand new ways of passion. But trouble, as well as one of Bruce's man-servants, insists on following Joy & Joan wherever they go.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-06-12
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The Story of Love
Overview: A story about teacher who went to the mountain to teach (NPA).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-22
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Mariposa in the Cage of the Night
Overview: A tale of an innocent woman who unravels horrible truths while in search of her long lost sister in the city.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-11-29
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Barcelona: A Love Untold
Overview: Ely, a young man who can't get over Celine, his past love, meets Mia, a young woman who escaped from a painful past in the Philippines and is trying her luck to rebuild her life in Spain. They meet. They fall in love. But can they overcome the hurt of the past to have a future together?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-09-14
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Seroks
Overview: While trying to cozy up to the sexy and mysterious Mina, who recently moved into the boardinghouse above his shop, unlucky Xerox operator Lito is unwittingly placing his life in grave danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-11-24
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Dismay
Overview: A self-made farmer and rice mill owner who faces a rebellion by his two sons when he installs his young mistress as the new woman of the house immediately after the death of his wife. Complicating matters further is the fact that the older son is already living with his common-law wife in the same house.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-10-03
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Corazon: Ang Unang Aswang
Overview: 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
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-14
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Fidel
Overview: A Filipino worker is on the death row for killing his employer. Because of a lady reporter who is bent on doing a full story about him, government officials are now trying to help him. But Fidel insisted that he killed his employer on purpose. Vega learned about his past- a boy-next-door type of person who grew up with a loving family. His profile doesn't fit the picture of a killer. Sister Lourdes, the Filipino nun who visits Fidel regularly wants to know the truth too.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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Swipe
Overview: When a CCTV is installed in an apartment, it starts to record their activities and show the tenant's private lives. It tells the story of Loida who is a lady guard, Gloria whose marriage has recently been annulled, Frank who is a married man and actively engaging into gay dating sites and Janet & Edward who are the new tenants hoping to make a clean start in their marriage.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2017-02-01
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Dune Warriors
Overview: After the end of the world, Earth is a thirsty planet ruled by vicious warlords. One woman is brave enough to fight back; she bands together five warriors to save her town and their precious water
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-18
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The Black Cobra 3
Overview: Shipment of American weapons is stolen in the Philippines. An American named Hawkins tries to find the weapons. Hawkins ends up dead. Chicago policeman Bob Malone is called in to investigate. Along with Interpol agent Greg Duncan, Malone travels the streets of Manila, tracking down leads. Criminals always seem to know where Duncan and Malone will be, which leads them to suspect a traitor in their midst.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-01
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Ritual
Overview: A story about a faith healer, Madam Celia, who amazed a small rustic town with her miraculous healing. She was very much respected and revered by the townsfolk. So when she offered them a job in the USA, as apple pickers–everybody grabbed the opportunity. But little did they know that their American Dream will turn into a Nightmare.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-17
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Kapirasong Dangal
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1986-08-14
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Your Body Is Mine
Overview: A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star ("bold star" in the Philippines), her abusive husband and their new next-door neighbor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1984-06-22
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Mission Manila
Overview: Web is a desperate man with a dangerous mission. His young brother Tony has mysteriously vanished with a million dollars worth of heroin that belongs to the mob. The mob wants the drugs back...and Tony dead. In the back alleys of Manila, his search leads him to three beautiful women, each one hiding a clue to Tony's disappearance, but only one will help him. As a vicious network of thugs closes in, Web battles to unravel the mystery and save his brothers life. But a fortune in drugs with a criminal empire at stake makes Web's life dispensable and the action explodes in MISSION MANILA.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-21
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Lola Igna
Overview: Lola Igna is a foul-mouthed and stubborn woman who is eager to die but her neighbors are hung up on her winning "the oldest living grandmother in the world." Her long-lost great-great-grandson, Tim, is an aspiring vlogger who wants to latch on her now-famous grandma but ends up giving her a new reason to live.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Sex Files
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2002-11-13
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Naked Rose
Overview: The movie is typical of lower budgeted sexy-erotic films made in the Philippines at this time. There is no style, no visuals, no good story, nothing particularly memorable..
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-04-25
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Hello Lover, Goodbye Friend
Overview: Two friends face the dilemma of taking their wonderful friendship to the next level.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-15
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Sa Kuko ng Agila
Overview: Tonyo (Joseph Estrada), a mini-bus driver in Olongapo, opposes U.S. military bases in the Philippines. He saw the changes of the city after the military bases were established. Social problems of corruption, prostitution, poverty, and the plight of fishermen after the base appropriated much of the land and sea. The movie depicts his struggle between principle and practicality, a battle of healthy past and promising future and the quest for freedom and nationalism.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-05
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Hukom .45
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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The Last Checkout
Overview: A widower and a runaway secretly meet at a hotel one stormy night. The two bond in a way they would've never expected.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-29
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