
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
4.0Confident 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
6.4On 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
7.2Two people bound together in the same road and fall for each other in an unexpected way.
Everyday I Love You
2015
2.0After 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
5.5A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.
She's the One
2013
6.9Jackie, 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
1990s · 2 titles
8.0The 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
7.5This second feature film based on the popular television series features two true legal cases. The first is of a nanny accused of kidnapping the child in her care, and the second is about how a rich family tries to cover up the murder of a poor man.
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
1997
Behind the camera
4.0Confident 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
6.4On 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
7.2Two people bound together in the same road and fall for each other in an unexpected way.
Everyday I Love You
2015
2.0After 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
5.5A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.
She's the One
2013
5.5A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.
She's the One
2013
6.9Jackie, 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
6.9Mary 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
7.5Gab 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
6.5An 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
6.9This 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
6.2When 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
7.3Jane, 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
NRUpcoming Filipino Film. Plot TBA.
Remember
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4.4Opposites 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
8.5Mariel 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
NRThe 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
7.5A woman's future self is nothing like she expected herself to be.
Past Tense
2014
6.4A woman asks her best friend to date her playboy ex-boyfriend to save her current relationship.
Must Date the Playboy
2015
