Brian Sy

Acting

Brian Sy

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Almost Paradise poster
7.2

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Almost Paradise

2020

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim poster
8.3

A competent secretary and a narcissistic boss fall in love while uncovering a traumatic past that causes them to question whether their feelings are real or the result of a shared trauma.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

2024

Tara, G! poster
8.0

A traditional coffee farmer and his crew strive their hardest to help their elusive town reclaim its glory. But an eccentric city girl arrives and ruins everything, putting the friends back to square one.

Tara, G!

2022

Goyo: The Boy General poster
7.0

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Goyo: The Boy General

2018

GomBurZa poster
7.4

A powerful and moving historical drama that tells the courageous story of three Filipino Catholic priests: Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.

GomBurZa

2023

Lyric and Beat poster
6.0

As she enters a prestigious conservatory, an aspiring singer joins the underdog show choir to try and make it to the nationals. But the journey to the top is steep, and she must go all out with her group to prevent her dream from fizzling out.

Lyric and Beat

2022

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

GomBurZa poster
7.4

A powerful and moving historical drama that tells the courageous story of three Filipino Catholic priests: Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.

GomBurZa

2023

EDJOP poster
NR

Based on the life of Edgar Jopson, a young man from an affluent family, who became an underground activist and confronted President Ferdinand Marcos and his regime of terror.

EDJOP

2026

In My Mother's Skin poster
5.8

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

In My Mother's Skin

2023

My Love Will Make You Disappear poster
8.5

A woman who believes she's cursed meets a troubled landlord while fighting community displacement. As they grow closer, her fear that all her lovers disappear threatens their connection.

My Love Will Make You Disappear

2025

Motel Acacia poster
4.3

In the cold west, Motel Acacia is tasked with exterminating immigrants by the government through a BED, haunted with the spirit of a Filipino tree demon, that eats men and impregnates women. A young Filipino man, JC, is groomed by his tyrannical caucasian Father to take over the business.

Motel Acacia

2020

UnMarry poster
8.0

In the middle of annulment cases and custody battles, Celine and Ivan meet at the law office of a lawyer and YouTube host of “Walang Butas Ang Batas”. What begins as a chance encounter grows into a friendship that helps them navigate heartbreak, family, and the possibility of starting over.

UnMarry

2025

The Cradle of the Brave poster
NR

A collection of interwoven stories about life and violence in the Philippines, following a college professor, a university chancellor, a social worker, a police chief, two students, two mothers, and a lawyer.

The Cradle of the Brave

2023

Woman in the Woods poster
1.0

Fable becomes reality when Jason returns to his father's Homeland of the Philippines after his passing and investigates the stories he grew up hearing. Jason wants to honor his father's home. Once he arrives he finds himself living the myths his father told him as a child. The mysterious Magayon, known as the Woman in the Woods, asks Jason to aid her on her quest to return to her home on a volcanic island in the Philippines. This is the start of a mythical adventure that will change Jason's life.

Woman in the Woods

2021

Midnight in a Perfect World poster
6.8

In the near future, Manila is an almost-utopian city, but they still believe in ghost stories. Nobody survives the mysterious blackouts that happen in random parts of the city after midnight. Nobody believes the horrors in its darkness are even real. Four friends are about to find out that you don’t need to believe, for it to come for you.

Midnight in a Perfect World

2020

Flower Girl poster
9.0

After cruelly insulting a trans woman, Ena is struck by a bizarre curse: in the middle of an intimate moment, she discovers her vagina has vanished. She's given a magical flower and a warning — she must find someone who truly loves her, even without it, before the last petal falls.

Flower Girl

2025

Gulay Lang, Manong! poster
NR

A struggling farmer joins forces with a local policeman to rescue his grandson and take down a marijuana cartel, triggering a deeply personal journey that tests their beliefs and integrity.

Gulay Lang, Manong!

2025

The Blossoming of The Country Maiden poster
NR

A mockumentary about the making of the first Filipino feature film. It's 1919, and inventor Jose Nepomuceno attempts to become the first Filipino filmmaker. He leads a motley crew of filmmakers as they figure out the perils and joys of making movies. Chaos ensues.

The Blossoming of The Country Maiden

2021

An Inconvenient Love poster
5.4

Two young lovers agree to a casual relationship, but this convenient arrangement grows complicated as their romance reaches an expiration date.

An Inconvenient Love

2022

General Admission poster
NR

A movie directed by Jeffrey Hidalgo starring Jasmine Curtis-Smith.

General Admission

2021

2010s · 10 titles

Goyo: The Boy General poster
7.0

With this film (the second war trilogy set during the Filipino-American war in the early 1900s), the revolution marches on against the Americans after the bloody death of General Antonio Luna. The conflicted philosophies behind the heroic struggle continue and become personified in the colorful character of General Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar.

Goyo: The Boy General

2018

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

The Woman in the Septic Tank 3: The Real Untold Story of Josephine Bracken (Movie Cut) poster
NR

Actress Eugene Domingo plays a fictionalized version of herself as an actress who really wants to be a director. Unfortunately, she encounters the most enormous stumbling block of all: her ego.

The Woman in the Septic Tank 3: The Real Untold Story of Josephine Bracken (Movie Cut)

2019

How to Be Yours poster
7.4

A story about two people who met and fell in love. Niño, a sales agent who's bent on attaining stability and Anj, a self-taught cook who dreams of working in a high-end restaurant someday.

How to Be Yours

2016

Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo poster
8.0

10-year old Meng loves one thing: Patintero. The only hitch is that she’s terrible at it and her reputation has earned her the title of the neighborhood “patalo” (loser). But in the continuing struggle against the high school team that has one-sidedly claimed the territory of the local sari-sari store, Meng forms an unlikely team of fellow losers to finally challenge these high schoolers in the biggest game of their lives.

Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo

2015

Those Long Haired Nights poster
7.3

At night, Manila’s red light Burgos district starts shining and its shops get busy welcoming tourists and women from different countries. The life of Tuesday, Amanda and Barbie is also here. Providing sexual services, the three transgender women are close friends. Tuesday hopelessly longs for romantic love. Wise Amanda visits her hometown to attend her ex-girlfriend’s son’s christening. She told her family that she works for a bank and her parents have been renovating their home with her money. To her parents, she is a great son or daughter. To her friends, she is an object of both envy and temptation. Recklessly ambitious Barbie tries to make money through drug dealing, but she feels threatened by dangers hidden everywhere. Pursuing love, success and dreams, their lives become part of a confusing night.

Those Long Haired Nights

2017

Single/Single: Love Is Not Enough poster
5.3

It picks up where the series left off in its final episode as the relationship of Joee and Joey moves on to the next level. Joee is about to give birth while Joey remains in love with her and tries to become a responsible foster father.

Single/Single: Love Is Not Enough

2018

Can We Still Be Friends? poster
6.1

Digs a no fuss, no frills kind of guy and idealistic achiever Sam who are friends turned lovers turned exes. Their relationship as a couple lasted for almost eight years until they both decided on an amicable breakup.

Can We Still Be Friends?

2017

The Write Moment poster
NR

A heartbroken writer tries to get back with an ex through his romantic comedy hugot script but fails and instead finds himself magically living-out the scenes he has written. He’s forced to follow everything verbatim or else face being stuck in an existential loop of scenes that repeat over and over again.

The Write Moment

2017

Singing in Graveyards poster
6.0

Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – write a love song.

Singing in Graveyards

2016

Series credits

Almost Paradise poster
7.2

A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in the local police department or running into people from his old life. And the problem is: he likes it.

Almost Paradise

2020

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim poster
8.3

A competent secretary and a narcissistic boss fall in love while uncovering a traumatic past that causes them to question whether their feelings are real or the result of a shared trauma.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

2024

Tara, G! poster
8.0

A traditional coffee farmer and his crew strive their hardest to help their elusive town reclaim its glory. But an eccentric city girl arrives and ruins everything, putting the friends back to square one.

Tara, G!

2022

Lyric and Beat poster
6.0

As she enters a prestigious conservatory, an aspiring singer joins the underdog show choir to try and make it to the nationals. But the journey to the top is steep, and she must go all out with her group to prevent her dream from fizzling out.

Lyric and Beat

2022

The Four Bad Boys and Me poster
6.0

A nerdy loner girl finds herself caught up in the world of the notorious school heartthrobs called APAT. Will chaos ensue or will love bloom?

The Four Bad Boys and Me

2020

The Tapes poster
NR

The year is 1999. In a cold sleepy town in the Philippine mountains, Officer Sonny Cruz begins receiving mysterious voyeuristic videotapes of a missing woman who vanished three years prior. As he begins to investigate the tapes with his partner Officer Alice Lagaac, the two regular cops become entangled in a world of mystery, supernatural and the occult.”

The Tapes

2020

No artwork available
NR

Chronicles the activities of Asia's biggest drug empires operating from inside Philippines security prison.

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