Best Filipino films
40 best Filipino films by IMDb rating with at least 300 votes. As of 13/08/2020.
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- DirectorJoyce BernalStarsSarah GeronimoNova VillaJames ReidFely is an elderly woman who finds second chance at youth after a visit to a mysterious photo studio.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsRonaldo ValdezAga MuhlachDingdong DantesThe Bonifacio siblings reunite when they learn that their father has been diagnosed with cancer. In the process, they must deal with their unresolved issues before it's too late.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsLorna TolentinoAlbert MartinezGloria RomeroEven though he is not good in school and belongs to a poor and unfortunate family, Magnifico still has a big heart and a large amount of optimism that enabled him to help not only his family, but also the community.
- DirectorIshmael BernalStarsNora AunorSpanky ManikanGigi DueñasElsa saw the blessed Virgin Mary who had changed her life and caused a hysteria in a poor isolated village.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsAJ MuhlachAlan PauleAlex MedinaFelix Ysagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ), established in the Philippines, from its humble beginnings in 1914 through to the present day.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonRoeder CamanagHazel OrencioThe Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsElryan de VeraAngie FerroPen MedinaThe collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelBembol RocoLou Salvador Jr.Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.
- DirectorSigrid Andrea BernardoStarsAlessandra De RossiEmpoy MarquezJunpei YamamotoA blind woman falls in love with a man who uses kindness and humor to make a connection with her.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsPaolo BallesterosChristian BablesJoel TorreFriends attend the wake of Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman. They look back into her life and how she faced the adversities and triumphs of living as a transgender in Filipino society.
- DirectorAntoinette JadaoneStarsJulia BarrettoJoshua GarciaCarmina VillaroelA young woman forms a bond with a terminally-ill young man while on a road trip.
- DirectorAvid LiongorenStarsRhian RamosEnzo MarcosTJ TrinidadA geeky wannabe comic book artist has a hopeless crush on a beautiful and spunky inventor.
- DirectorJerrold TarogStarsJohn ArcillaArron VillaflorMon ConfiadoSet during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid LuceroAngeli BayaniArchie AlemaniaAn embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsJake MacapagalJohn ArcillaAlthea VegaThis riveting crime thriller follows Oscar, a recent emigrant to Manila who gets pulled into a harrowing world of corruption and violence when he takes a job as an armored car driver to support his family (in Tagalog w/ English subtitles).
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCesar MontanoJoel TorreJaime FabregasJose Rizal's life and works are recounted through a series of non-linear flashbacks which reflect on various aspects of his life - as writer, propagandist, lover, friend, brother, doctor, and the man that inspired a revolution.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelMona LisaRez CortezThe life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
- DirectorAntoinette JadaoneStarsAngelica PanganibanJM De GuzmanJoem BasconA story about a broken-hearted girl who meets a boy in a not so normal way. Together, they go to places and find out "where do broken hearts go?".
- DirectorNuel C. NavalStarsAga MuhlachBela PadillaXia VigorJoselito (Aga Muhlach), an intellectually-disabled man, is wrongfully charged with sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder of a little girl. In prison he becomes friends with his fellow inmates and together they form a plan to smuggle his young daughter (Xia Vigor) inside the cell. Years after, his daughter (Bella Padilla) becomes a lawyer and is determined to prove her father's innocence.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsAngeli BayaniPerry DizonRoeder CamanagThree people engage in a strange therapy to get away from their agonies.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsJohn Lloyd CruzBea AlonzoDerek RamsayA long-time couple seem destined for marriage, but frictions and differing ambitions break them apart. As they try to move on with their lives they are continually reminded of what they once had and temptation to go back is never far away.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsKathryn BernardoAlden RichardsMaymay EntrataA bartender romances a domestic helper despite the fact that she is moving to Canada.
- DirectorCathy Garcia-SampanaStarsKathryn BernardoDaniel PadillaJean GarciaA young couple dreams of growing old together as they as they deal with the struggles of being in a long-term relationship.
- DirectorEduardo W. Roy Jr.StarsRonwaldo MartinHasmine KillipJohn Kenji MontoroJane and Aries are teenage parents. They make a living out of stealing on the streets... until fate hits back at them.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsCharo Santos-ConcioJohn Lloyd CruzMichael De MesaAfter 30 years of wrongful imprisonment, a woman plans to take revenge on her former lover.