Cris Villanueva

Acting

Cris Villanueva

Acting credits

18th Rose poster
7.8

A spirited teen dreaming of the perfect debut makes a deal with a lonely newcomer, but unexpected feelings and revelations may shatter their plans.

18th Rose

2026

Quezon poster
8.5

A historical drama focusing on Manuel L. Quezon years after the Philippine Revolution during the American occupation. When his fight for independence from the United States is put to the test, Quezon finds himself playing the brutal game of politics to outmaneuver his rivals — including Leonard Wood, Sergio Osmeña, and Joven Hernando. In Quezon’s relentless quest for power, he ultimately faces off with Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1935 presidential elections, using charm and favoritism as both weapons and currency, in a campaign that ultimately changes the face of Philippine politics and history.

Quezon

2025

Dead Hungry poster
NR

A grumpy shut-in's third eye accidentally opens after eating an offering meant for a charming but lonely ghost. Now bound together, they discover family secrets, shared heartaches, and a love that blurs the line between life and the afterlife.

Dead Hungry

2026

Calvento Files: The Movie poster
7.0

This movie has two episodes depicted from investigative crime show. Each episode speaks of grotesque deaths, betrayal, and the family members of the victims’ pursuit for justice. Episode 1 : Balintuwad It is the story of an epileptic fifteen-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and later on drowned to death by a group of unknown men. As the rape-slay case comes to close, investigation reveals that the suspects are schoolteachers, who are expected to enhance a good future for children. Episode 2: Inay, May Momo, A young mother and her daughter’s nightmare begin when the husband is man-slaughtered by the mother’s other lover. The widowed wife files criminal case to imprison to killer however instead of surrendering the murderer chases down the mother and her distraught daughter to make them drop the charges against him.

Calvento Files: The Movie

1997

The Healing poster
6.8

A community rushes to a faith healer after learning that one of them was miraculously healed from a deadly disease by the same person. They are torn apart afterwards as the healing brings them a terrible curse that wreaks harm and death.

The Healing

2012

Barcelona: A Love Untold poster
6.3

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?

Barcelona: A Love Untold

2016

The Stepmother poster
8.0

The loving and nurturing Mariel marries Edward after his first wife abandons him and their three children. Mariel strives to win the acceptance and affection of her new stepchildren, even as she tries to define her role in the family.

The Stepmother

1996

No artwork available
8.0

A film about two sibling-streetchildren whose daily sustenance depends on selling rags and wiping windshields of passing motorcars on busy thoroughfares. In spite of being constantly exposed to traffic hazards and other hassles, the two managed to survive and maintain their playful spirit.

Batang Trapo

2002

Third World Hero poster
7.9

Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of Jose Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Fr. Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.

Third World Hero

2000

Maria, Leonora, Teresa poster
6.0

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.

Maria, Leonora, Teresa

2014

Maria, Leonora, Teresa poster
6.0

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.

Maria, Leonora, Teresa

2014

Papa's Girl poster
7.0

Gary Valenciano brings his real-life stardom to the screen where he plays a rock-star. He has a daughter whom his managers keep as a secret from his fans for fear they will abandon him just when things are going well in his career.

Papa's Girl

1990

The Family That Doesn't Weep poster
8.4

Only the famous family that doesn't weep can help reunite a desperate woman with her own.

The Family That Doesn't Weep

2017

Isa Pa, With Feelings poster
8.0

Despite their differences, an aspiring architect falls for her deaf neighbor, who teaches her basic sign language.

Isa Pa, With Feelings

2019

Ang Tag-araw ni Twinkle poster
7.0

A group of soldiers led by then-Colonel Cenon Payawan (Cris Villanueva) attacks an NPA camp deep in the wilderness. Among those killed is a rebel woman carrying a child in a sling. Payawan adopts the child, and eighteen years later, the now-retired general and his wife are dealing with her rebellion. Then, her biological father Ka Ruben (an admirably committed Arnold Reyes) suddenly shows up at their doorstep, claiming that he has cancer, and that his dying wish is to get to know his daughter.

Ang Tag-araw ni Twinkle

2013

U-Turn poster
5.5

A young reporter's investigation into a string of grisly suicides takes a dangerous detour when she follows the clues to a cursed stretch of road.

U-Turn

2020

The Family That Eats Soil poster
5.5

A strange and dysfunctional family sits down three times a day to a meal of soil.

The Family That Eats Soil

2005

I Need You poster
7.4

Celebrity chef Carl returns from New York to marry his supermodel fiancée, Chrissy. But the bride-to-be is delayed in Europe, and as Carl makes wedding plans with her family, he finds himself falling for Chrissy’s sister Lena.

I Need You

2002

Everybody Loves Baby Wendy poster
2.0

Wendy, a former child performer, lost her star after her tantrum went public. She grows up thinking that the world still loves her. Forced to provide to her family, she tries to reclaim her former glory by auditioning to reality shows and contests. When her efforts fail, a secret fan provides her a job as a barista in a coffee shop.

Everybody Loves Baby Wendy

2018

Love Letters poster
10.0

A 1988 Filipino romantic drama anthology film starring the hottest love teams of the time: Lotlot de Leon and Ramon Christopher star in Till Death Do Us Part; Tina Paner and Cris Villanueva team up in Invisible Lover; and Manilyn Reynes and Janno Gibbs pair up in Eternally.

Love Letters

1988

Meg & Ryan poster
NR

Two strangers whose paths crossed at the most unexpected time—hearts drawn closer, and maybe love found. Two souls brought together by a whimsical bet. A man with a careful heart. A woman who lives for reckless dares. And one playful wager that led to a night of chance and connection.

Meg & Ryan

2025

A Plea to God poster
5.3

A nun is ostracized by her superiors after a brutal encounter with a rapist leaves her pregnant.

A Plea to God

1991

Miguel/Michelle poster
3.3

Miguel, a young trans woman from Quezon Province, leaves the Philippines for the US. After seven years, she returns home, where her family discovers she has undergone gender-affirming surgery and now lives as Michelle. She declares she will stay until her family accepts her, even as hostile reactions erupt around her.

Miguel/Michelle

1998

April, May, June poster
NR

A story about three friends, a simple housewife with a bad tempered husband, a busy career wife whose husband want a child, and one who desperately wants to become a wife.

April, May, June

1998