Mae Cruz-Alviar

Directing

Mae Cruz-Alviar

Born

1974-04-30 (52)

Place of birth

Manila, Philippines

Known for

Directing

Credits

21 titles

Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar (born 30 April 1974) is a Filipino director. She is best known for directing the films Bride for Rent (2014), Crazy Beautiful You (2015), Can't Help Falling in Love (2017), Four Sisters Before the Wedding (2020), and Rewind (2023)

Known for

Love You So Bad poster
4.0

Confident college senior Savannah must choose between wild bad boy L.A. and ambitious Vic while facing personal growth and past hurts, all while staying true to herself.

Love You So Bad

2025

Bride for Rent poster
6.4

On the eve of his 25th birthday, the day he’s set to receive money from his trust fund, Rocco parties, gets drunk and loses all his money on a poker match. His dilemma: He has to produce the amount, otherwise he will lose the client he needs to defeat his father’s TV commercial production company. Meanwhile, Rocky also needs money to pay the rent, otherwise her family will be homeless. There’s only one way for Rocco to be able to get money from his trust fund: Fulfill the conditions set by his grandmother and that is to get married. Rocky agrees to act as Rocco’s pseudo wife in exchange for a “talent fee.” They seal the deal. As they live like a married couple, Rocco and Rocky face one problem after another, forcing them with no alternative but to reconcile their differences and work with each other. Complication arises when they start to feel for each other, with their bond getting closer.

Bride for Rent

2014

Everyday I Love You poster
7.2

Two people bound together in the same road and fall for each other in an unexpected way.

Everyday I Love You

2015

Love or Money poster
2.0

After being swept off her feet by a persistent Leon, ambitious Angel must choose between true love and her dreams of a luxurious life.

Love or Money

2021

She's the One poster
5.5

A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.

She's the One

2013

Crazy Beautiful You poster
6.9

Jackie, an undisciplined 19-year-old girl, is sent to a medical mission camp by her father. Soon, she begins to change when she meets Kiko, who exposes her to a different side of life.

Crazy Beautiful You

2015

Film credits

Behind the camera

Love You So Bad poster
4.0

Confident college senior Savannah must choose between wild bad boy L.A. and ambitious Vic while facing personal growth and past hurts, all while staying true to herself.

Love You So Bad

2025

Bride for Rent poster
6.4

On the eve of his 25th birthday, the day he’s set to receive money from his trust fund, Rocco parties, gets drunk and loses all his money on a poker match. His dilemma: He has to produce the amount, otherwise he will lose the client he needs to defeat his father’s TV commercial production company. Meanwhile, Rocky also needs money to pay the rent, otherwise her family will be homeless. There’s only one way for Rocco to be able to get money from his trust fund: Fulfill the conditions set by his grandmother and that is to get married. Rocky agrees to act as Rocco’s pseudo wife in exchange for a “talent fee.” They seal the deal. As they live like a married couple, Rocco and Rocky face one problem after another, forcing them with no alternative but to reconcile their differences and work with each other. Complication arises when they start to feel for each other, with their bond getting closer.

Bride for Rent

2014

Everyday I Love You poster
7.2

Two people bound together in the same road and fall for each other in an unexpected way.

Everyday I Love You

2015

Love or Money poster
2.0

After being swept off her feet by a persistent Leon, ambitious Angel must choose between true love and her dreams of a luxurious life.

Love or Money

2021

She's the One poster
5.5

A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.

She's the One

2013

She's the One poster
5.5

A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.

She's the One

2013

Crazy Beautiful You poster
6.9

Jackie, an undisciplined 19-year-old girl, is sent to a medical mission camp by her father. Soon, she begins to change when she meets Kiko, who exposes her to a different side of life.

Crazy Beautiful You

2015

Rewind poster
6.9

Mary loves John for as long as she can remember. But after years of marriage, John's priorities shift, leading to a strained relationship with Mary, which causes a tragic accident that takes away Mary's life. Until one day, John gets an extraordinary proposition - to rewind time and save the life of the woman he loves.

Rewind

2023

Can't Help Falling in Love poster
7.5

Gab de la Cuesta is a high-strung career woman who got recently engaged to her longtime boyfriend. Her well-planned life suddenly becomes complicated when she discovers that she is actually married to a total stranger.

Can't Help Falling in Love

2017

Catch Me... I'm in Love poster
6.5

An advocate for the poor begins a rocky romance with the president's spoiled son while accompanying him on an immersion trip to a rural community.

Catch Me... I'm in Love

2011

Bcuz Of U poster
6.9

This movie encloses three intertwining love stories of six different people through a vintage car: Ria and RJ share the perfect relationship until she chickens out on their wedding. Years after, she decides to win him back. But the indecisive and the new RJ is now the most sought-after model in town. He wants nothing of her anymore. Will their love prevail over the pain they cause each other? Cara never takes a chance on falling in love because she believes that it will only break her heart. That was until she meets Roni but only to find out that he is the kind of man she's been trying to avoid. Will she take the risk this time? Louie, a tourist guide, meets April a Korean girl who gets lost in the city and is left with no choice but to pretend that she is a famous actress in her hometown only to survive. Will it be possible for two very different individuals find home in one another?

Bcuz Of U

2004

Four Sisters Before the Wedding poster
6.2

When their parents' marriage threatens to crumble, the teenage Salazar siblings plot to reconcile them before their 20th wedding anniversary.

Four Sisters Before the Wedding

2020

24/7 In Love poster
7.3

Jane, a die-hard fan, wants to win tickets to Billy Fernandez's concert. To do this she must answer the question, "What would you do if it was the end of the world?" In search for this answer she meets different people with different love stories: a 40-year old virgin named Virgie who meets a gigolo named Charles; a hopeless romantic secretary, Barbara who is helping her boss, Ken with "personal issues"; Belle who is in love with her gay best-friend, Butch, an active-executive; Verna who falls in love with a waiter named Elvis in Vietnam; Jomar who is trying to court Ayie with the help of a 35 year old mentally-challenged man named Pipoy; Patty who traces her first love, Alvin to become a model for her company.

24/7 In Love

2012

Remember poster
NR

Upcoming Filipino Film. Plot TBA.

Remember

Babe, I Love You poster
4.4

Opposites attract in this satisfying Filipino romance, which centers on Nico (Sam Milby), a handsome and wealthy architecture professor who cannot stop himself from falling in love with free-spirited Sasa (Anne Curtis), a beautiful promo girl with a shady past. Effectively combining humor with heartfelt emotion, this enchanting love story also features Laurice Guillen as Nico's disapproving mother

Babe, I Love You

2010

Unbreakable poster
8.5

Mariel and Deena were strangers until they became the best of friends because of the similarities in the pain that they had experienced. Their friendship is put to the test when one of them decides to get married.

Unbreakable

2019

Every Breath U Take poster
NR

The movie Every Breath U Take is a story of a woman looking for love and a man who doesn’t care much about love. Angelica Panganiban plays the role of Majoy, a “virgin-virginan” looking for signs and waiting all these years for her one true love to come. Piolo Pascual plays the role of Leo, a playboy who doesn’t want to take love seriously. They will meet on a Valentine’s Day and love, or something like it, starts to blossom. How far can Majoy go for love? And when will Leo finally admit to himself that he is in love?

Every Breath U Take

2012

Past Tense poster
7.5

A woman's future self is nothing like she expected herself to be.

Past Tense

2014

Must Date the Playboy poster
6.4

A woman asks her best friend to date her playboy ex-boyfriend to save her current relationship.

Must Date the Playboy

2015