Joel Lamangan
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.
Works
Hour of Danger
As the EDSA Revolution unfolds, a mother, son, and daughter who live in a slum near Malacañang Palace grapple with the murder of their patriarch in the hands of corrupt policemen, turning from passive victims of social injustice into active participants in the final hours of the uprising.
Release Date:2023-03-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
My Father, Myself
Robert and his wife have a daughter and an adopted son, Matthew, whose biological father is Robert's deceased best friend and former lover, Domeng. Conflict ensues as Robert becomes sexually attracted to a teenage Matthew while Matthew impregnates his stepsister much to the shame of the family matriarch.
Release Date:2022-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
The Teacher
Araceli Lumawig is sent to reopen the elementary school in the Pag-asa neighborhood. The parish priest and the village chief immediately recognize her as the new teacher. Three years ago, the school was closed after a shootout between soldiers and communist rebels killed a teacher and a student. Then the pandemic came and the closure was prolonged. When only two students show up on the first day of classes, Araceli realizes that there is a lot of work ahead because most of the students dedicate their time to video games and to this, we must add the insecurity of the region.
Release Date:2022-10-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Girl Friday
A wife resorts to sexual explorations in order to save their marriage but when her plan backfires she devises an evil scheme.
Release Date:2022-09-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
Walker
A dark and disturbing story about a family of sex workers…
Release Date:2022-08-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Biyak
Violet reconnects with her biological mother and her half-sister, Samantha. The sisters find their common ground as both of their worlds revolve around drugs and sexual abuse.
Release Date:2022-07-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
Island of Desire
A nurse is assigned to work at an island called Isla Bato, where men treat women with lust. As she experiences the people's madness, she plans a way to get out of the island.
Release Date:2022-04-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:10
Moonlight Butterfly
Story of Eunice aka Moonlight Butterfly, the hottest GRO in Angeles, Pampanga and the three men in her life. She soon learns to play the game of lust and love in order to survive and provide for her family.
Release Date:2022-03-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
Deception
A woman is released from jail ten years after she killed her husband. When she meets a guy that looks exactly as her husband, she starts to connect the dots linked to the night the murder happened.
Release Date:2022-01-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Bekis on the Run
A hoodlum and his gay brother rob a construction firm to fund their guardian's medication.
Release Date:2021-09-17
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Lockdown
The struggles of a young man to survive the pandemic and the naked truth about the life he chose to live in.
Release Date:2021-07-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Silab
The friendship of two men is set on fire as one finds out that his wife is having a steamy affair with the other.
Release Date:2021-07-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
Bhoy Intsik
Two small-time felons with disparate personas cross paths: One's a principled tough gay; the other is a scheming, street-smart teenager. Together, they get caught up in a string of petty exploits while managing to forge a stronger bond. Can they survive the ordeal?
Release Date:2017-03-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Foolish Love
A woman who worries about her love life as she, in a few years will be turning 30, and is obsessed and desperate to meet the one. She then meets a man who, coincidentally, shares the name with the guy in her dreams, making her think that destiny is at work,
Release Date:2017-01-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Dismay
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.
Release Date:2016-10-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:11
That Thing Called Tanga Na
A story about five friends Papa Chui is the eldest among the group and has a boy toy whom he supports financially, more than what he needed. Gerorgette a transsexual who wants to have a child so he can build his own family. Baldo a closet body guard who also has a closet boyfriend. CC the possessive fashion designer who wants to walk the aisle and is friends with Shirley, an event specialist and trying hard singer who has problems with her boyfriend.
Release Date:2016-08-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Sekyu
A security guard jumps to the other side of the fence and turns to crime when his meager pay is not enough to keep his wife and children by his side. How far will he go to secure his future and what will he lose/gain on the way?
Release Date:2016-02-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Felix Manalo
Felix Yzagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ) which is established in the Philippines from its humble beginnings in 1914 through the present day.
Release Date:2015-10-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Your Place or Mine?
One night with a total stranger. And fate brought them together once again. That's where their whirlwind romance started.
Release Date:2015-04-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:2
Justice
A foul-mouthed woman fights for her soul in the belly of the city. Working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate, she sees no evil, hears no evil. In a society like ours, you have only two choices—to be a victim or a victimizer. She makes her choice.
Release Date:2014-08-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Greed
A study on corrupting power of patriarchy, even among the poor, and how it breeds absolute power that corrupts and destroys families, and relationships.
Release Date:2014-07-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Lihis
The film splits itself between two timelines. In 2006, Ada is basing her thesis on a massacre that occurred twenty years prior in a village called Acacia. Her mother Cecilia was part of a fact-finding mission into a massacre, and Ada’s inquiries bring up her history as a member of the NPA. The other timeline traces the relationship of Ka Felix and Ka Jimmy, two rebels who fall in love, despite the movement’s laws against such a pairing.
Release Date:2013-09-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Burgos
Burgos depicts a mother's search for her desaparecido. Ms. Lorna Tolentino plays Editha Burgos, mother of missing activist-farmer Jonas Burgos played by Rocco Nacino. The deeply religious Edith is a member of the House of Prayer, the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites.
Release Date:2013-08-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Bride and the Lover
In the story, Vivian is sole heir to a business empire. Sheila is Vivian's friend who is a lifestyle magazine editor. Meanwhile, Philip is the hottest bachelor in town engaged to be wed to Vivian. However, a scandalous revelation tears the three characters' worlds apart. Time passes by and the supposed bride becomes the lover and the supposed lover is now the bride.
Release Date:2013-05-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Menor de Edad
High school student Jen Guilarman lives in misery with her abusive mother and her mom's lesbian lover. Looking for some escape, she aims to join an all-girl gang which first requires her to undergo a sexual rite. Jen only has one man in mind, and that is her teacher Ariel Basco who has always been sympathetic with her. Suddenly, Jen cries rape and gets her teacher arrested. But behind her tragic fate is a dark truth.
Release Date:2013-01-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
The Mommy Returns
The Mommy Returns tells the story of a mother, Ruby, who dies right on the day of her 25th wedding anniversary with husband, William. With her untimely death, she leaves behind her three children Amethyst, Topaz, and Sapphire. Ruby is also temporarily trapped in PURGA (short for Purgatory) with its guardian, and the pesky Manny, the chicken pet of San Pedro. When Catherine, a younger and prettier woman comes into the life of William, Ruby escapes from PURGA and returns to earth as a ghost to drive Catherine out of the family she left behind.
Release Date:2012-05-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Migrante
The film portrays the true stories of Filipinos, who, due to poverty in their country, are forced to go abroad to look for work, hoping they would find a better life.
Release Date:2012-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Patikul
The long-standing conflict between the military forces and the rebel group Abu Sayaff has severely ravaged the poor town of Patikul in Sulu. Residents have become so accustomed to the armed clashes, that reports of kidnappings and recruitment of young Tausugs to join the rebel groups already became normal news to them. However, Amman, a 33 year old coffee farmer in Sitio Kan-Ague, continues to believe that there is still hope for their town. Amman believes that educating his children would change their present situation.
Release Date:2011-07-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Mamarazzi
Fifteen years ago, Violy Langit (Eugene Domingo), an owner of a small funeral parlor, learns that she is suffering from a medical condition that requires her to undergo a hysterectomy. All her life, she’s wanted to have children, and she realizes that she has to do it before the procedure. But Violy has no man in her life – no husband, no boyfriend, no suitors. She seeks the help of her gay best friend, Mandy (John Lapus). Out of pity and love for Violy, Mandy offers his boyfriend, Carlo (Diether Ocampo) to serve as a sperm donor.
Release Date:2010-08-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Sigwa
A former student activist returns to the Philippines to find the daughter she was forced to leave behind.
Release Date:2010-07-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring curse to Olive's famiily. Because of this, Melinda was not accepted by Uy's family as one of their members. Melinda's struggling as a mother begand when she has nothing else to do but to strive and work more.
Release Date:2009-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Sagrada Familia
A mother works abroad to fulfill the dreams of her family, but when she returns, she finds that her husband and daughter have disappeared. Thus begins a search for her family, leading the mother down shady roads, only to discover a devastating truth.
Release Date:2009-12-23
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Dukot
Junix Etrata and his girlfriend Maricel Salvacruz being abducted by military intelligence agents. Junix is a student activist who decided to dedicate all of his time to the movement. He takes refuge in the mountains to live with the indigenous people. Maricel, on the other hand, left the movement to lead a normal life. Their captors identified them as leaders of the New People's Army (NPA). In order to extract information from them, they were subjected to inhumane torture and despicable harassment.
Release Date:2009-12-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
I Love Dreamguyz
Film about the struggles of Filipino dancers who want to make it big in Japan.
Release Date:2009-11-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7
Heavenly Touch
Jonard is having trouble making ends meet. His mother is suffering from depression, and he and his sister are forced to quit school in order to take care of her. One day, Jonard meets up his friend Rodel, and Rodel introduces him to the world of massage parlors. Rodel teaches him massage, and brings him to Heavenly Touch, a syndicate-run massage parlor that mostly caters to homosexuals.
Release Date:2009-05-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:35
Fuschia
A story about an old woman, a cool hip Lola who likes the color Fuchsia, must deal with her old siblings in matters of life.
Release Date:2009-04-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
When I Met U
A young woman and her pilot are stranded on a remote island after they crash land their plane. The two are contentious at first, but grow affectionate as they work together to survive. But when their rescue arrives, they are instantly brought back to the real world, where they're both in committed relationships.
Release Date:2009-02-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Desperadas 2
The story of Desperadas 2 is about four half-sisters - Isabella, Patricia, Stephanie, and Courtney - who have another big problems in their life. They also found out that they have another half-sister, Lugaluda.
Release Date:2008-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
No Way Out
Joaquin, an unassuming fisherman, is forced to confront his homosexuality when his sex-starved wife Cynthia returns from her overseas job eager to get pregnant. His young and impulsive lover, Waldo, flees to Manila in disgust. After a month of hesitation, Joaquin leaves his wife to follow Waldo. His search takes him on a seamy yet colorful trip through Manila's gay underbelly. He discovers Waldo's dangerous flirtation with Rufo, a bisexual rogue cop who holds the clue to Waldo's disappearance. Rufo lures Joaquin into his home and introduces him to his submissive wife, Beng. A sadist who beats up Beng regularly, Rufo turns Joaquin into a prisoner and sex slave as he did to Waldo. When Joaquin is finally reunited with Waldo, he discovers that Rufo is about to sell them like fish to an international sex trafficking ring, along with his personal harem of male and female captives.
Release Date:2008-12-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:10
Manay Po! 2: Overload
Luzviminda Dimagiba (Cherry Pie Picache) and her three gay sons: Oscar (Polo Ravales), Orson (John Prats) and Orwell (Jiro Manio) are back! And now they want to add a new member to their outrageous family – a cute little baby to make their new home happy and complete! But babies don’t just really just fall from heaven or can be fetched from a river, so when the Dimagibas are figuring out this dilemma, Bette (Rufa Mae Quinto) – the ditzy baby maker just came right on time to provide the answer.
Release Date:2008-04-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:9
Desperadas
The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.
Release Date:2007-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! is a 2007 Regal Productions movie starring Maricel Soriano and Eric Quizon. The movie is one of the official entries of the Metro Manila Film Festival.
Release Date:2007-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Silip
Small-town waitress Tess is swept off her feet by dashing salesman Rico, who marries her and takes her to live on his isolated farm. When Rico goes on a sales trip and leaves her all alone, Tess fights off loneliness by befriending Celia. Suspicions that Celia may be having an affair with her husband soon creep into Tess's mind and threaten her sanity.
Release Date:2007-06-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Happy Hearts
Happy Hearts is about true love between a young man and a young woman, a son's love for his father, a father's love for his son, and true love between a man and a man. Alvin (Rayver Cruz) returns to the Philippines with her mom Sarah (Jean Garcia) to visit his father, Enrico (Rustom Padilla) a respected professor of an exclusive university for boys and his godfather Louie (Wendell Ramos), a sing-along master and who happens to be Enrico's live-in partner. Alvin falls in love with Kristine (Shaina Magdayao), a rich and talented girl who lives under the strict hand of a very influential father (Tirso Cruz III). Can love survive the odds? Will Alvin fight for his true love? Will the man get to keep his romance with the man? Will everybody's hearts indeed be happy?
Release Date:2007-03-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
A culinary romance set in Binondo, where Chinese traditions are still very much observed, Mano Po 5: Gua Ay Di is a touching story of how a young Chinese woman fights for the man she loves. She is doomed by strict family traditions to only wed someone of pure Chinese descent. But Charity finds love where she was not supposed to find it... at least according to her cold-hearted mother. Despite being met with resistance by her traditional Chinese family, most especially her mother, Charity continues her relationship with Nathan. Nathan, on the other hand, proves himself and his love to her by making an effort to learn about her background, culture and language resulting into various mishaps, sometimes comical and other times just plain disastrous. Charity finds solace in the kitchen, her cooking interwoven with the story of her ill-fated romance. Will true love prevail in the end? And will she be able to come up with the perfect recipe for love?
Release Date:2006-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Pacquiao: The Movie
Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the high expectations of his countrymen take their toll, he falls from grace. With the help of his wife (Bea Alonzo), will he be able to rise once more to be worthy of being called "the People's Champion"?
Release Date:2006-06-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Manay Po!
Manay Po tells the story of Luz, a small time jeweler who dreams of making it big so as to provide a better life for her family. Her life revolves around her brood of three, namely, Oscar, Orson and Orwell and her live-in boyfriend Gerry. With the help of her good friend and maid Maritess, Luz was able to raise her children normally despite the absence of a husband. In spite of her children's questionable sexualities, their family paints a picture of a happy family - a home filled with laughter and unconditional love.
Release Date:2006-05-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:12
ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh
After experiencing heartache, Adrian a.k.a. Ada - a conservative homosexual, leaves the city with his cousin Aruba. Relocating to a quaint province to start a new life and a parlor business, she meets her assistant Didi, her new secret love Dodong and a multitude of wacky characters including Dodong's brother Poldo, the peculiar couple Aling Britney and Mang Justin and her arch-rival when it comes to Dodong's affections Krystal. When a mysterious stone engraved with the words "Zaturnnah" falls from the sky one night, Ada gulps it down and he is magically transformed into Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, a super heroine with immense strength and extraordinary beauty. In the pursuit of liberty, truth, justice and loads of excellent hair coloring, she fearlessly defends her newfound home from a giant frog, zombies running amok and from the overbearing Amazonistas from Planet X led by man-hater Queen Femina.
Release Date:2006-05-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Blue Moon
Corazon (Boots Anson Roa), an old Filipina who lives in Boston, wrote to each Manuel Pineda in her home a letter. She hopes to find her love again. In the Philippines experiences of the old Manuel Pineda (Eddie Garcia), meanwhile, that he has cancer and has only months to live. He goes in search of his Corazon.There were two Corazons in his life: before the Second World War, he spent (Mark Herras) and his buddy Domingo (Polo Ravales) a lot of time with the shy "Cora" (Jennylyn Mercado) and the lively " Azon "(Pauline Luna).
Release Date:2006-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Mano Po 4: Ako Legal Wife
When Chona Chong (Zsa Zsa Padilla) learns that her wealthy husband Elton (Jay Manalo) is having an affair with two younger women (Cherry Pie Picache and Rufa Mae Quinto) -- and has even fathered a child with one of them -- her once-perfect life lies in ruins. Numbing the pain with Botox, liposuction and breast implants works well enough, at first. But then her only son (John Prats) drops another bomb: He thinks he might be gay.
Release Date:2005-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Mano Po III: My Love
Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her; children whom any parent would be proud of; and the respect & admiration of the most powerful people in the land. But just as Lilia prepares for her 25th wedding anniversary celebration, a chance encounter in Thailand with her first love Michael throws Lilia's life into chaos. So begins the resumption of a relationship that threatens to unravel the delicate threads connecting Lilia to the other people in her life. - Written by regalfilms
Release Date:2004-12-25
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:1
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita
Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander, Ichiru, and is caught between a duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.
Release Date:2004-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
So... Happy Together
Talkative Lianne and colorful gay Osmond become fast friends when they meet at the first Gay Pride Parade in Malate in the early 80's. For the next thirty-plus years of their lives, they'll do everything together, whether it's eating, shopping, discussing life and even looking for the perfect man! So inseparable are their pair that even their mothers become best friends too.
Release Date:2004-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Sabel
After enduring a troubled childhood, a woman struggles to find herself in this provocative tale about life's vagaries and ultimate redemption. The film follows the emotional journey of Sabel, a complex woman portrayed as both bad and good, who permanently alters the lives of those in her orbit and who is eventually charged with murder.
Release Date:2004-06-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
I Will Survive
Four disparate friends one a homosexual strive to be wonderful spouses and parents, yet despite good intentions, they all struggle with personal dramas. While Cynthia and her husband are no longer intimate, Mylene has learned her spouse is sleeping around. In the meantime, Louise fears her daughter isn't pretty enough, and gay foster father Mandy must come out of the closet.
Release Date:2004-05-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Filipinas
Florencia, the matriarch of the Filipinas family, is in poor health, and Yolanda, the eldest of the Filipinas children, finds herself in the unenviable position of keeping her bickering family from disintegration. As the tension rises, Yolanda seeks refuge in a local church. She is critically injured trying to break up a nasty fight between brothers Emman and Samuel, forcing her family to make a life-changing decision.
Release Date:2003-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Ang Huling Birhen sa Lupa
A priest visits a small seaside town. Miling a former nun who now teaches catechism on the island thinks that father Emman is the priest she sent for. She believes that a priest would help revive the townspeople's faith in God by putting up bars and girly joints.
Release Date:2003-06-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Walang Kapalit
Dennis leaving his wife,Joanna to follow his first love Celine in America.That happened eight years ago.Joanna was had difficulty coping up with the separation.
Release Date:2003-05-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Bugbog Sarado
The story opens with Brandon and Shy, negotiating for a lease of an old room owned by Stella. Brix, a travelling salesman and Stella's live-in partner deals with the couple in behalf of the landlady. Little do they know that inside the mysterious house lies a perplexed truth. Bugbog Sarado" shapes up the frames of sadism and masochism. It intensified the sounds of pain and protest in discovering the real encounters inside the bedroom of abused women.
Release Date:2003-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Mano Po
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition. These richly cultured people are the ancestors of a dysfunctional third-generation family whose daughters tell their own stories of joy, struggle, and the complex realities in the life of Filipino Chinese families.
Release Date:2002-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:8
Bahid
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.
Release Date:2002-11-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Magkapatid
Lisa (Santos) and Cita (Cuneta) have a kinship as sisters, but their bond goes far beyond blood. The close-knit two are also best friends -- until a tragic misfortune strikes and the sisters' support system unravels.
Release Date:2002-06-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Wretched Lives
A poor Filipino woman (Assunta de Rossi) tries to take care of her mentally handicapped sister amid the poverty and violence of the shantytown in which they live.
Release Date:2001-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Mila
A dedicated educator caught in the upheaval and needs of the times imparts the basic rudiments of knowledge while being haunted by personal questions that remain unanswered.
Release Date:2001-06-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Deathrow
A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was compelled to join. Unable to prove his innocence and his minor age, he is thrown into the cruel, perilous and horrifying world of death row where he is introduced to other inmates all awaiting their execution by lethal injection. One of them is a 70-year-old man who detests the jungle of jail and is feared by all the convicts. He would serve as the boy’s protector and savior and in the process touch and shape enormously the violated youth’s life in prison and beyond.
Release Date:2000-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:6
Abandonada
After finishing prison sentence in Canada and came back to the Philippines, Gemma wants to recover her son after she was abandoned by her husband, Edwin. To do so, she worked as a nanny and was hired by Cindy, new wife of her husband. Being closer to her son in this household, she plans to escape with her son.
Release Date:2000-11-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Warat
Rex and Rica are G.I. babies born to American fathers they never knew. Raised by a rich, gay adoptive father, Rex grew up feeling worthless and alone. Rica was brought up by an arrogant aunt who always makes her feel like she's a good for nothing bitch. One day, his foster father is killed, and Rex is accused of the crime. Rica, on the other hand, flees from her cruel aunt. Their paths cross as they both try to escape their predicaments. Crime and passion draw them to each other, and the thrill of it all drives them to yearn for more. But truth has its way of signifying itself: the day comes when they both learn that they have the same father
Release Date:1999-06-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Peyri Teyl
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Huwag Mo 'Kong Iwan
The story of two ex-lovers who reunited, only to find themselves separated again when one of them gets embroiled in human trafficking and illegal drug trade.
Release Date:2024-11-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Sisid Marino
A married couple falls into depression after the death of their child. They turn to sex as a coping mechanism, but poverty takes its toll on them.
Release Date:2024-06-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Granny Prostitutes
This is a dramedy that tackles the friendship of five ageing prostitutes who live together in an old house despite their ripe age, they continue being sex trade workers along the bridge that serves as a hang-out spot for customers who are oftentimes tagged as “outcasts”. the story unfolds from the viewpoint of dalena, the central character. by day, she works as an albularyo (traditional healer) outside church, but works as hooker by nighttime. they say she is possessed by mary magdalene. in the midst of their struggles, we get to see how the five friends tackle. life has never been any easy for them… but they live on for the better.
Release Date:2024-04-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Apo Hapon: A Love Story
With the help of a historian eager to write his first book, a Japanese vlogger travels to the Cordillera region to discover the truth about her great grandfather—a soldier who deserted the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II and lived the next half-century among the Igorot people.
Release Date:2024-03-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Fall Guy
A sexy political drama about a man who's blamed for a crime he didn't do. Will justice be ever served to small people like him?
Release Date:2023-05-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
AbeNida
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.
Release Date:2023-05-11
Patayan Files: Ang Pinakamalalaking Murder Cases Ng Dekada '90
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.
Release Date:2022-08-12
Character:Self
Madawag Ang Landas Patungong Pag-Asa
Araceli Lumawig is sent to reopen the elementary school in the Pag-asa neighborhood. The parish priest and the village chief immediately recognize her as the new teacher. Three years ago, the school was closed after a shootout between soldiers and communist rebels killed a teacher and a student. Then the pandemic came and the closure was prolonged. When only two students show up on the first day of classes, Araceli realizes that there is a lot of work ahead because most of the students dedicate their time to video games and to this, we must add the insecurity of the region.
Release Date:2022-07-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Manoy: Isang Pagsaludo kay Eddie Garcia
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.
Release Date:2021-03-19
Son of Macho Dancer
This is the story of Inno, the son of Pol, the original Macho Dancer.
Release Date:2021-01-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
One More Rainbow
A former seaman long presumed dead returns to the Philippines and tries to reconnect with his wife and three children with the help of his gay best friend.
Release Date:2020-12-25
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:1
Beauty Queens
Miss Universe 1969 Dahlia Rodriguez-De Veyra throws an intimate dinner party to celebrate the centennial birthday of her late mother, who was crowned Miss Philippines 1939 and Manila’s last Carnival Queen. Leading the guest list are her three headstrong daughters who are all international beauty pageant titlists, with the youngest son being a transwoman whom the domineering Queen Mother disowned, ultimately tearing the family apart. In her attempt to reconcile with her daughters, will Dahlia be able to bring her family back together, or will it only reopen old wounds and reveal three generations of secrets and lies?
Release Date:2020-07-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:6
Once Before
After a tragic car crash, Gabby finds herself in a love triangle with the ghost of her fiancé and a friend seeking more than a platonic relationship.
Release Date:2020-03-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:5
In the Name of The Mother
The mother, Carmen, is a woman of three kids who was abused and abandoned by her husband. But she learns how to move on as a grade school teacher who puts up her own business and succeeds as an empowered woman.
Release Date:2020-02-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Because I Love You
Summer is a typical girl raised by a firefighter father which inspired her to follow his footsteps. She then meets Rael by chance a couple of times. Rael realizes he actually likes Summer but proving this to her is much more difficult and challenging.
Release Date:2019-06-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
The Halt
Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
Release Date:2019-06-01
Character:President Nirvano Navarra
Vote Count:18
Rainbow's Sunset
Ramon, an 84-year-old retired politician, shocks his family with his decision to live with and take care of his gay, childhood best friend, Fredo, who’s dying of cancer. As it turns out, the two men are romantically in love.
Release Date:2018-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Pamilya Roces
Release Date:2018-10-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:50
Onanay
Sisters Maila and Natalie have different approach to their mother, Onay who has Achondroplasia. Maila is a nice and attentive daughter, while Nataile is arrogant and disobedient. Besides their different upbringing, they have a different father as well.
Release Date:2018-08-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:160
Vote Count:2
School Service
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.
Release Date:2018-08-04
The Significant Other
The story of a rising fashion model who catches up and becomes BFFs with her catwalk idol. But all hell breaks lose when they realize that they are in love with the same man.
Release Date:2018-02-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Deadma Walking
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.
Release Date:2017-12-25
Character:Eulogist
Vote Count:4
This Time I’ll Be Sweeter
Erika and Tristan fell in love in their younger years. When they meet again, will Erika be willing to risk her heart again?
Release Date:2017-11-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Bes and the Beshies
It tells the story of four friends: a single mom hoping to complete her family, a martyr wife who will do anything to keep her family from falling apart, a mistress who is desperate to have her own family, and a young woman who fully supports them.
Release Date:2017-10-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Violator
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.
Release Date:2014-11-09
Character:Benito Alano
Vote Count:5
Separados
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.
Release Date:2014-08-02
Bawat Sandali
Two lonely people meet under unusual circumstances. Was it destiny or mere chance that brought them together? After their love affair ends in tragedy, the answer to that question would forever remain a mystery -- unsolved by the man and unresolved by the woman.
Release Date:2014-02-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
When I Fall in Love
A story about Fely and Armando, a year before their 40th wedding anniversary, Armando, a doctor, is diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Resigned to the fact that his chances of recovery are slim, he chooses to spend the little time he has left with Fely and his three children: Ricky, Nica, and Louie.
Release Date:2014-02-11
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Lady Next Door
A troubled teen and a lonely older woman unexpectedly find solace and happiness in each other. She makes him see the world; he makes her feel alive. But will their love survive knowing that time is not on their side?
Release Date:2014-02-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Madam Chairman
Release Date:2013-10-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:100
Himala Ngayon
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.
Release Date:2012-12-04
Vote Count:1
Enchanted Garden
Enchanted Garden is a Philippine fantasy-drama TV series aired on TV5. It is also aired during Weekdays at 6:30 pm and it has a weekly marathon during Sundays at 10:30 am with no commercial breaks.
Release Date:2012-07-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:113
Valiente
Valiente is a Philippine drama television series, aired and broadcast on TV5. It is the remake of the 5-year original epic drama of the same name that tells the story of love, hatred, vengeance and friendship. It returns with a cast led by JC de Vera, Oyo Boy Sotto, Niña Jose, Nadine Samonte, Jaclyn Jose and Michael de Mesa. It is written by Phil M. Noble from the original story of highly acclaimed writer Gina Marissa Tagasa and is directed by multi-awarded film and television director Joel Lamangan. It is produced by Archangel Productions and TAPE Inc. and aired on February 13, 2012, after Wiltime Bigtime. It recounts the epic tale of two families whose lives are intertwined by their desire to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs. Gardo and Theo from the two conflicting families of Valiente and Braganza; are two men who used to be best of friends but came to be mortal enemies brought by the ambitious Donya Trining and how will she use her wealth and power in manipulating the life of Gardo Valiente, the real Braganza.
Release Date:2012-02-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:100
Pahiram ng Isang Ina
Pahiram ng Isang Ina or Children in My Heart is a Philippine drama series created and developed by GMA Network, starring Bea Binene and Jake Vargas with Maxene Magalona and Carmina Villaroel. It premiered on August 15, 2011 replacing Blusang Itim on GMA's Dramarama Sa Hapon blocked and on August 17, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV, two days after its original premiere. It ran of Total of 65 episodes on November 11, 2011 will be replacing by Kokak.
Release Date:2011-08-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:65
Deadline - Reign of Impunity
Ross Rivera is a writer whose cynicism has converted him into a government apologist, is suddenly forced to reassess his role as journalist when he finds himself right in the middle of unearthing a conspiracy linking Muntazir Ghazi, a local warlord, with election fraud and the sporadic killing of journalists in various parts of the country. While Ross wrestles with the his conscience and attempts to convince Greta Manarang, television newscaster and grieving girlfriend of a recently murdered journalist, of his newfound integrity in Manila, Azad and Claire, local journalists who are keep into the tracks of Ghazi, are hunted down by Ghazi's henchmen. Their stories eventually intertwine, revealing a more frustrated than concerned outlook of the state of free speech in a country that supposedly fosters democracy.
Release Date:2011-07-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Magic Palayok
Magic Palayok is a Philippine drama-fantasy-comedy series from GMA Network featuring Angeli Nicole Sanoy, Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann and at the helmed of Joel Lamangan. The show premiered February 28, 2011 replacing Bantatay. The show premiered on GMA Pinoy TV on March 2, 2011, two days after its original premiere.
Release Date:2011-02-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:88
Deadline
Ross Rivera, a writer whose cynicism has converted him into a government apologist, is suddenly forced to reassess his role as journalist when he finds himself right in the middle of unearthing a conspiracy linking Muntazir Ghazi, a local warlord, with election fraud and the sporadic killing of journalists in various parts of the country. While Ross wrestles with his conscience and attempts to convince Greta Manarang, television newscaster and grieving girlfriend of a recently murdered journalist, of his newfound integrity in Manila, Azad and Claire, local journalists who are deep into the tracks of Ghazi, are hunted down by Ghazi’s henchmen. Their stories eventually intertwine, revealing a more frustrated than concerned outlook of the state of free speech in a country that supposedly fosters democracy.
Release Date:2011-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Beauty Queen
Beauty Queen is a Philippine drama directed by Joel Lamangan. The series stars Iza Calzado, Katrina Halili and Maggie Wilson as rival beauty queens. It premiered October 18, 2010 on GMA Network, replacing Endless Love on GMA's telebabad block. The show also broadcast internationally through GMA Pinoy TV and premiering on October 20, 2010. Premiere September 12, 2013 it currently re-airs via GMA Life TV it's English-dubbed version worldwide. The series aired on TodayTV in Vietnam beginning June 13, 2011.
Release Date:2010-10-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:80
Basahang Ginto
Mars Ravelo's Basahang Ginto or Golden Heart is a Philippine drama and a Sine Novela offering produced by GMA Network starring Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann. It premiered on May 24, 2010 on GMA Network's Dramarama sa Hapon and on May 28, 2010 worldwide on GMA Pinoy TV. It is a TV remake of the 1951 film which was based on the comic by Mars Ravelo. From February 4, 2013 until May 10, 2013, GMA Life TV aired its English-dubbed version worldwide.
Release Date:2010-05-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:90
Vote Count:1
Working Girls
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.
Release Date:2010-04-21
Character:Jun Palakol
Vote Count:1
Ikaw Sana
Ikaw Sana is a Philippine drama series produced by GMA Network. The series features Jennylyn Mercado, Mark Herras, and Pauleen Luna and directed by Joel Lamangan. The series premiered on September 21, 2009 and ended on February 5, 2010. It was aired worldwide, with a two-day delay on GMA Pinoy TV. From August 29, 2011 until January 13, 2012 the series was re-aired on GMA Life TV worldwide.
Release Date:2009-09-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:100
Adik Sa'Yo
Adik Sa'Yo or International Title: Love Games is a Philippine romantic comedy created and developed by Denoy Navarro-Punio for GMA Network. The show premiered on June 8, 2009 under the direction of Joel Lamangan. It was originally planned to end on September 4, 2009 but was extended for another week and officially ended on September 11, 2009. The series was internationally aired with a two-day delay on GMA Pinoy TV.
Release Date:2009-06-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:70
Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?
Paano Ba Ang Mangarap? or Without Your Love is a Philippine drama on GMA Network. This is the twelfth installment of Sine Novela. The original movie was released in 1983. The series was aired internationally on GMA Life TV.
Release Date:2009-02-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:78
Una Kang Naging Akin
Una Kang Naging Akin or When You Were Mine is a Philippine drama on GMA Network. This is the tenth instalment of Sine Novela. The original movie was released in 1991. The series stars Angelika dela Cruz, Wendell Ramos, and Maxene Magalona. From September 22, 2011 until January 5, 2012 it was re-aired on GMA Life TV dubbed in English and renamed as When You Were Mine.
Release Date:2008-09-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:80
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita
Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita or Sweet Revenge is a Filipino drama television series created by Gilda Olvidado, developed by Don Michael Perez and produced by GMA Network. The series is a remake of a 1989 movie with the same title and stars Yasmien Kurdi, JC de Vera, Marvin Agustin, Angelika dela Cruz and Dina Bonnevie and directed by Joel Lamangan, it aired on GMA Network from March 24, 2008 until June 27, 2008. From March 31, 2008 until July 4, 2008, the series was aired internationally, with a one-week delay, on GMA Pinoy TV.
Release Date:2008-03-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:70
Vote Count:1
Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig
Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig is a Philippine drama that airs on GMA Network. This is the fourth instalment of Sine Novela. The original movie was released back in 1987. For the TV remake of the movie GMA negotiated with Viva films that they would keep the elements of the old movie but use the comic elements of Pablo Gomez to make the story more fitting for its TV remake.
Release Date:2007-09-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:89
Sinasamba Kita
Sinasamba Kita or All for You is a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network. The series is the first instalment of Sine Novela, a series of remake of films. The original movie was released back in 1982. The series was aired internationally, with a two-week delay, from May 14, 2007 until August 10, 2007 on GMA Pinoy TV.
Release Date:2007-04-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:65
Vietnam Rose
Vietnam Rose is a television series that was aired on the Philippine station, ABS-CBN.
Release Date:2005-09-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:105
Narito Ang Puso Ko
Narito Ang Puso Ko is a Filipino drama series produced by GMA Network and directed by Enrico Quizon and actress, Gina Alajar. This is also Jolina Magdangal's very first drama series in GMA Telebabad. The series premiered May 9, 2003, replacing Kung Mawawala Ka and concluded January 24, 2004.
Release Date:2003-06-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:175
Kung Mawawala Ka
Kung Mawawala Ka was an award-winning epic political thriller and love story Philippine drama produced by GMA Network and directed by Joel Lamangan, in his first TV series. It re-aired internationally on GMA Pinoy TV and recently on GMA Life TV.
Release Date:2002-04-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:298
Jesus the Revolutionary
A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta.
Release Date:2002-02-06
Character:Col. Simon
Vote Count:8
Markova: Comfort Gay
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.
Release Date:2000-12-25
Character:Konsehal JJ
Vote Count:3
Bulaklak ng Maynila
A woman who falls under the sway of a crime boss plots to bring him down after a horrible betrayal in this drama from the Philippines. Azun (Elizabeth Oropesa) is a wife and mother living in a dangerous neighborhood in Manila, where she peddles goods on the street. Azun's husband Roque (Bembol Roco) becomes involved in a burglary that goes awry, leading to a lengthy jail sentence. With few options, and needing safety and support, Azun becomes involved with Timo (Christopher De Leon), leader of a local crime syndicate. But Timo's protection does not extend to Azun's teenage daughter Ada (Angelu De Leon); Timo rapes Ada, then forces her to leave her boyfriend (Jomari Yllana) and start dancing in his strip club. When Azun learns what Timo has done to Ada, she makes plans to get her revenge.
Release Date:1999-12-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Mister Mo, Lover Ko
A film about sexual frustrations, middle-aged problems, workplace tensions, and other challenges that beset married and unmarried couples.
Release Date:1999-06-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Burlesk King
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.
Release Date:1999-03-10
Character:Odette
Vote Count:9
Sidhi
Ana is a mute woman living in a remote mountain area with father, Badong. Badong is sick and is searching for a man that will marry his daughter. He finds Michael, a man who expresses interest to wed Anna, because of the land he could inherit from her father. In the absence of her traveling husband, Ah meets Mayang, with whom she forms a great friendship. Soon, Ana discovers that Mayang is also married to Michael.
Release Date:1999-02-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
José Rizal
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.
Release Date:1998-12-25
Character:Gobernadocillo
Vote Count:2
Soft Hearts
When Annie sets her sights on her co-worker Ron she gets a few drinks in him at an office party and then has her way with him in car. A few weeks later she's expecting and is ready to set up housekeeping. Only problem? Ron's boyfriend Nick doesn't like the idea.
Release Date:1998-04-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Desire
Three women who come from different backgrounds work hard to earn a living in Manila, but realize that they are victims of sexual exploitations. A television producer is forced to have sex with her boss in exchange for an opportunity to produce a new programme. That almost costs her marriage. A temporary teacher and her colleagues are sent by their principal to give a dance performance at a ministry officer's birthday party. They are gang-raped or almost gang-raped by the officer and his guests. A bus ticket seller accidentally kills one of the men who tries to gang-rape her, but all the bus passengers who witness the scene refuse to go to court to help her defending the charge of murder. Although the three women do not know each other, they end up taking the same bus leaving Manila and heading to the rural area.
Release Date:1997-01-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Why Is There a Yesterday?
Bakit may Kahapon Pa? (Why Is There a Yesterday?) is a 1996 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. It is about a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma (Garcia) massacres her family along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed but her mind is yet to recover from the horrible experience. She continues to thirst for revenge and crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived. He is now a well-admired retiring general who is about to cap his career with the service's highest honors.
Release Date:1996-09-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Ikaw Naman ang Iiyak
Elaine killed her stepfather while trying to defend her boyfriend Santi. After serving in prison for years, she is now out to fight and try to bring back her life, including Santi who already married another woman.
Release Date:1996-08-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Muling Umawit ang Puso
This is the story of a popular singer-actress (Aunor) who went into seclusion after the traumatic experience of watching her pregnant sister die in the wake of a stampede of her fans. Nearly twenty years later she took in a young girl who wanted to be a star and tried to mold her into a copy of what she was before. With her she also picked up the pieces of the life she placed on hold and now was wishing to resume not as the star she was but as an involved caring and loving person.
Release Date:1995-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
The Flor Contemplacion Story
The story of the Filipina domestic who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film which operates on various personal, social and political levels. Both controversial and critically acclaimed, it has brought Nora Aunor numerous citations for her intense portrayal as the fallen heroine of the story.
Release Date:1995-06-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Silakbo
Victims of a serial killer seem to be connected to NBI agent Andy Gil.
Release Date:1995-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Anghel Na Walang Langit
Two women who are unrelated and have never met but very much alike found their lives intertwined when people close to them mistook them for one another. Angela Pelayo was an innocent girl from the province trying to find a better life with a good job in the city while Anita Cornejo was a prostitute and girlfriend of a cold-hearted pimp. Both their lives are in danger but only one will be saved.
Release Date:1994-11-02
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Pangako Ng Kahapon
Three strong-willed sisters face tough choices.
Release Date:1994-04-22
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Kapantay ay Langit
Odette is a single mother who decided never to fall in love again. Until her daughter, Crissy introduced her to Steve, an advertising executive whom the young girl believes to be the right person for her mom.
Release Date:1994-02-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Kadenang Bulaklak
Jasmin, Violy, Baby and Daisy are sisters that were separated in their youth.
Release Date:1993-11-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Sa Isang Sulok ng mga Pangarap
Desperate to pursue her love affair, Rosette resorts to transforming a woman who pretends to be the wife and mother of the family she will leave behind.
Release Date:1993-11-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Ikaw
Anna, a bright and dedicated doctor, crosses path with a sensitive and talented composer named Eric.
Release Date:1993-08-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Hanggang Saan Hanggang Kailan
On the death of their father, the heiress, Dina, sent her illegitimate sisters Ester and Jocelyn out of her vast hacienda and even deprived them from what is rightfully theirs. A few years later, the hardworking and determined Alice returned, ready to turn the tables on her wicked sister.
Release Date:1993-04-30
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Hiram na Mukha
Alicia is an unattractive woman who is transformed into a beauty by a plastic surgeon. She soon realizes that beauty is not all that matters in this world.
Release Date:1992-07-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Ngayon at Kailanman
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
Release Date:1992-04-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Lucia
A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.
Release Date:1992-01-01
Vote Count:1
Darna
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.
Release Date:1991-12-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Kasalanan Bang Sambahin Ka?
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.
Release Date:1990-07-11
Vote Count:1
Fight for Us
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.
Release Date:1989-05-24
Character:Colonel Mateo
Vote Count:7
Macho Dancer
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.
Release Date:1989-01-18
Character:Mother
Vote Count:11
Tatak Avellana
The musings and works of artist Lamberto V. Avellana.
Release Date:1988-12-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Portraits of the Filipino Artist: Tatak Avellana
A documentary on the life of Filiipino filmmaker and National Artist for Cinema Lamberto Avellana, produced by the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Release Date:1988-10-14
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Kumander Dante
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.
Release Date:1988-09-01
Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?
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.
Release Date:1985-12-25
Character:Plainclothes cop
Mga Kalapating Musmos
Joel Lamangan's debut.
Release Date:1985-09-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Working Girls
Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.
Release Date:1984-06-07
Character:Khris
Vote Count:7
Himala
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.
Release Date:1982-12-25
Character:Priest
Vote Count:19
The Year of Living Dangerously
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.
Release Date:1982-12-17
Character:Security Man No. 1
Vote Count:332
Mother Dear
This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.
Release Date:1982-06-04
Character:Neighbor
Five and the Skin
Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past.
Release Date:1982-06-02
Vote Count:9
PX
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.
Release Date:1982-01-23
Character:Gimo
Vote Count:1
Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister
A successful couple decide to separate and see other people in this romantic comedy from Lino Brocka.
Release Date:1981-09-04
Bona
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.
Release Date:1980-12-25
Character:Director
Vote Count:8
Kastilyong Buhangin
Mario O'Hara's melodrama about an aspiring singer and her ex-convict sweetheart.
Release Date:1980-08-22
Character:Badong
Vote Count:1
Jaguar
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.
Release Date:1979-08-31
Character:Press
Vote Count:8
Dung-Aw
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.
Release Date:1975-08-05
Vote Count:5
Obra
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:1