Joel Lamangan
Also Known As: Joel C. Lamangan, 조엘 라망간, جوئل لامانگان
Biography: Joel Lamangan (born September 21, 1952) is a Filipino film director, television director and actor. His award-winning films includes The Flor Contemplacion Story, Sidhi, Deathrow, Hubog, Aishte Imasu 1941, Blue Moon and Mano Po.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Birthday: September 21, 1952
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Gender: Male
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Jaguar
Overview: Poldo, a poor man, takes up a job as a security guard at a high-class apartment complex. However, he soon finds himself protecting his employer's son from the violent attacks of a nightclub owner.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1979-08-31
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Kasalanan Bang Sambahin Ka?
Overview: A woman had a one-night stand with soon-to-be-married man and becomes obsessed with him, stalking him to the point of threatening suicide to get his attention.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1990-07-11
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Jesus the Revolutionary
Overview: A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2002-02-06
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Himala
Overview: When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon spreads, tourists, pilgrims, patients and a documentary filmmaker all arrive on a quest to partake in the miracle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-12-25
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Markova: Comfort Gay
Overview: Escaping the torment of growing up with an abusive older brother, he and his friends found further suffering at the hands of Japanese soldiers, forced into sex work to survive. But even after the war, Markova's struggle continued.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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Mother Dear
Overview: This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-06-04
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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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Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister
Overview: A successful couple decide to separate and see other people in this romantic comedy from Lino Brocka.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1981-09-04
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Dung-Aw
Overview: Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless couple is among the landowners denying aid to the Spaniards in thwarting the British. When the Spaniards in retaliation jail Diego, his wife gathers their confederates and leads the uprising herself.
Genres: Drama Music History
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1975-08-05
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Separados
Overview: Six men. Six failed marriage. One wedding to restore their faith in second chances. This is the bittersweet saga of six men who have separated from their wives. Inspired by true stories, their parallel and overlapping tales offer six different portraits of the failure of monogamy in a society where divorce is supposedly not an option. Ironically, fate and circumstance bring them together at a church wedding, where one of them takes a second chance at marital bliss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-08-02
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Lucia
Overview: A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Patayan Files: Ang Pinakamalalaking Murder Cases Ng Dekada '90
Overview: Vizconde Massacre -the trial of the century, Flor Contemplacion's story, the case that outraged Filipinos, and more horrifying deaths. Cheche Lazaro's Probe Archives goes in-depth on the controversy behind the gruesome crimes that shocked the entire country during the 90s.
Genres: Crime Documentary
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2022-08-12
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Violator
Overview: Manila is besieged by the worst typhoon to hit the country. Talk of the world coming to an end hangs in the air. And five men find themselves stranded inside a police station with a prisoner who may o may not be the devil. It's going to be a long night.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-11-09
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Bona
Overview: A young, middle-class girl from the Philippines, Bona drops out of high school to follow Gardo, a minor actor in low-budget films. This decision angers her father, who kicks her out. Hoping for romance, Bona moves in with Gardo, but is treated like a maid, forced to endure his flings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Fight for Us
Overview: In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra, murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-05-24
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Macho Dancer
Overview: Pol moves to Manila for better opportunities after his American lover leaves. However, he gets drawn into the gritty world of gay prostitution and sexual slavery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1989-01-18
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José Rizal
Overview: Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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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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PX
Overview: Lydia, a prostitute, is caught between the love of her long-time partner, Sidro, who is a hired gun, and George Grace, an American soldier stationed at a U.S. military base in Pampanga.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1982-01-23
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Deadma Walking
Overview: A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2017-12-25
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Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?
Overview: A street hustler falls in love with a bar girl. They get married, but separate when the guy gets meted a death sentence after gunning down a rich customer of the bar in a fit of jealousy. The bar girl bears the hustler's child who becomes eventually blind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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Himala Ngayon
Overview: A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time. The revelations about the theory of "Who killed Elsa?" will be answered and also, the impact of the film to the Filipino culture and society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2012-12-04
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AbeNida
Overview: Abe, a woodcarver and artist, loses everything when his wife leaves him for another man. He falls in love with a woman who looks like his wife and calls her by his wife's name Nida, when in reality she is a prostitute named Cecile.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2023-05-11
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Kastilyong Buhangin
Overview: Mario O'Hara's melodrama about an aspiring singer and her ex-convict sweetheart.
Genres: Romance Action Drama Music
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1980-08-22
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School Service
Overview: Maya was walking home in her province when the service stops beside her and offers her to hitch. She innocently takes the ride to reach home faster. To Maya’s horror, the service did not stop at her place. She soon realizes she has been taken, along with the other kids who are inside the crammed school service. Soon, Maya finds herself hours and hours away from home, in an unfamiliar land -Manila. By dusk, the children are dropped off along the national highway to work by begging for alms. Forced to struggle with the harsh conditions of street life, Maya continues to hope for her dreams and chase for her freedom that may never happen.
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Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2018-08-04
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Five and the Skin
Overview: Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-06-02
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The Halt
Overview: Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2019-06-01
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The Year of Living Dangerously
Overview: Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Burlesk King
Overview: Harry leaves Olongapo, the former site of American bases, with his best friend James. They end up in Manila where they soon find work as macho dancers in a gay bar run by Mama Odette. Harry has a troubled past -- his American father used to pimp him and his mother, Betty. When his father accidentally killed his mother, Harry struck out on his own. He made a vow to kill his father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 1999-03-10
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Manoy: Isang Pagsaludo kay Eddie Garcia
Overview: Icons of Philippine entertainment industry pay tribute to the “Manoy” of Philippine Cinema Eddie Garcia in this documentary helmed by internationally-acclaimed director, Jon Red.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-19
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Kumander Dante
Overview: This action drama depicts the political development of one of the most celebrated leaders of the New People's Army "Ka Dante" or Bernabe Buscayno, who availed of the Aquino goverment's political amnesty program.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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