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Carpi Asturias
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5.4When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
7.1A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
Insiang
1976
10.0A woman becomes the object of obsession of a man who will stop at nothing to possess her.
Rubia Servios
1978
3.8Satan saves Joseph Ashley from death on the condition that he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).
The Beast of the Yellow Night
1971
6.4Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal, the story follows Crisostomo Ibarra, a young Filipino man who returned from his studies in Europe, who discovered that his father was falsely imprisoned and abused by the Spanish friars, including Padre Damaso. While he is making plans to uplift the lives of his fellow countrymen, he faced resistance from the Spanish colonial government.
Noli Me Tángere
1961
5.0In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II, fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade themselves inside the walls of Intramuros, the ancient Spanish walled city of Manila. In a suicidal last stand, the Japanese hold many thousand Filipinos captive within the fortress, despite the incessant bombardment of United States artillery. An American war correspondent, Murray, arrives at the front line where a guerrilla unit led by American Lieutenant Sorenson makes contact with a young Filipino fighter, Nardo, who has escaped the fortress through a sewer passage. Nardo proposes a plan to rescue the prisoners through the tunnel.
The Walls of Hell
1964
NRThe biggest anti-crime picture of the year.
Wanted: Johnny L
1966
NRThe movie that made newcomer starlet Janet Bordon a big star in 1977! It deals with the sensitive issue of transsexualism, where Bordon plays the role of a man who undergoes sexual reassignment surgery in secret — and wrecks havoc on the people who have wronged her, as a woman!
Ako si Emma, Babae!
1977
8.0A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed.
Roberta
1979
8.0A 1975 action film directed by Augusto Buenaventura. It is distinguished for being the movie to win the Best Picture award in the very first Metro Manila Film Festival.
Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa
1975
10.0Fragile as a teardrop - Powerful as a God-given Right.
Even the Angels Cried
1971
10.0The story starts as a seemingly simple crime of passion, Jimmy, the persistent suitor, is stabbed to death by Salome, the young and pretty wife of Kario, an ordinary farmer. But as the story unfolds, conflicting versions of the crime are given.
Salome
1981
7.0A teacher and garbage collector fall in love.
Bago Lumamig Ang Sabaw
1976
8.0Alice, Benjie and Andro are bank robbers who go into hiding in the jungle after one of them kills a civilian during a heist.
Hayop sa Hayop
1978
7.0Love story in the midst of politics and contreversy and envy. Two lovers fought through all obstacles of rumors and false accusations.
Makahiya at Talahib
1976
8.5Babette Gomez and her family just moved to the city. Meeting the neighbors, a man instantly hooked her. She is insterested. Only then that she discovered that he's mentally ill. He is being chained by his family.
Why Is the Sky Blue?
1981
NREvery emptiness that sadness makes, clears a little more room for happiness.
Leslie
1969