Lino Brocka

Lino Brocka

Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country. Brocka was openly gay and often incorporated LGBT themes into his films.

  • Title: Lino Brocka
  • Popularity: 4.101
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1939-04-07
  • Place of Birth: Sorsogon, Philippines
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Lino Brocka Movies

  • 1980
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    Kasal?

    Kasal?

    6.3 1980 HD

    Laurice Guillen's first attempt as a movie director resulted in a masterful portrayal by a powerful cast on the social changes that challenge the old...

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  • 1998
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    Lino: His Art and Life

    Lino: His Art and Life

    1 1998 HD

    A documentary TV special on the life of Lino Brocka, released in 1998 for Pinoy Blockbuster Original.

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  • 1987
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    Signed: Lino Brocka

    Signed: Lino Brocka

    4.7 1987 HD

    Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream...

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  • 1976
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    Mortal

    Mortal

    1 1976 HD

    Mario O'Hara's surreal debut film about a man recovering from mental illness.

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  • 2024
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    Brocka x Bernal

    Brocka x Bernal

    1 2024 HD

    A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

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  • 1983
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    Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

    Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

    6.6 1983 HD

    Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.

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  • 1975
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    Manila... A Filipino Film

    Manila... A Filipino Film

    1 1975 HD

    Making-of documentary about Lino Brocka's 1975 film "Manila in the Claws of Light," featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.

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  • 2008
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    Omens

    Omens

    8 2008 HD

    Signos (1984) is a Super 8mm film documentary that was a true product of its time, a collaboration by film artists and writers, who, in spite of...

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  • 1986
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    Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema

    Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema

    1 1986 HD

    With interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and...

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  • 1974
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    Weighed But Found Wanting

    Weighed But Found Wanting

    7.182 1974 HD

    A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely leper and a mentally unstable...

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  • 1971
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    Now!

    Now!

    1 1971 HD

    For love is our anthem, our dream and golden flame - to make beautiful tomorrows as we burn yesterday's sorrows.

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  • 1972
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    Cherry Blossoms

    Cherry Blossoms

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    Now!

    Now!

    1 1971 HD

    For love is our anthem, our dream and golden flame - to make beautiful tomorrows as we burn yesterday's sorrows.

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  • 1971
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    Now!

    Now!

    1 1971 HD

    For love is our anthem, our dream and golden flame - to make beautiful tomorrows as we burn yesterday's sorrows.

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  • 1975
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    Manila in the Claws of Light

    Manila in the Claws of Light

    7.2 1975 HD

    Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

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  • 1980
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    Bona

    Bona

    5.6 1980 HD

    Middle class school girl Bona (Nora Aunor) skips class to hang around the sets of bit actor Gardo (Philip Salvador). When her father attempts to beat...

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  • 1980
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    Angela Markado

    Angela Markado

    5.5 1980 HD

    Angela Delmar works as a waitress for one of the seedier bars in Manila. There she meets five patrons of the bar, who also turn out to be a gang...

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  • 1976
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    Insiang

    Insiang

    7.2 1976 HD

    A 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...

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  • 1979
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    Jaguar

    Jaguar

    6.1 1979 HD

    Poldo, a security guard at a publishing firm, becomes the personal bodyguard to his employer's son, Sonny. He later realizes that his boss is not the...

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  • 1982
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    Cain & Abel

    Cain & Abel

    6.8 1982 HD

    In this modern-day version of the biblical legend on Cain and Abel, strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the...

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  • 1989
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    Macho Dancer

    Macho Dancer

    6.2 1989 HD

    Pol moves to Manila for better opportunities after his American lover leaves. However, he gets drawn into the gritty world of gay prostitution and...

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  • 1978
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    My Father, My Mother

    My Father, My Mother

    4.8 1978 HD

    Coring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis. The baby grows up thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems...

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  • 1971
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    Lumuha Pati mga Anghel

    Lumuha Pati mga Anghel

    1 1971 HD

    Fragile as a teardrop - Powerful as a God-given Right.

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  • 1982
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    Mother Dear

    Mother Dear

    1 1982 HD

    This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.

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  • 1974
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    Weighed But Found Wanting

    Weighed But Found Wanting

    7.182 1974 HD

    A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely leper and a mentally unstable...

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  • 1984
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    This Is My Country

    This Is My Country

    7.45 1984 HD

    A laborer gets money for his wife's pregnancy from his boss on the condition that he will not join the union.

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  • 1979
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    Ina, Kapatid, Anak

    Ina, Kapatid, Anak

    6 1979 HD

    When her half-sister Emilia succeeded in seducing her boyfriend 20 years ago, Pura decided to fly to the United States. Now, she returns to her...

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  • 1989
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    Fight for Us

    Fight for Us

    6.4 1989 HD

    Set during the post-Marcos regime in a remote village of Dolores, chronicles the life of Jimmy Cordero, a political prisoner who have just been freed...

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  • 1976
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    Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo

    Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo

    1 1976 HD

    The setting is an Olongapo bar. Lolita Rodriguez is an ex-movie queen trying to earn a living for her son and herself. He is mortally embarrassed by...

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  • 1976
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    Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo

    Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo

    1 1976 HD

    The setting is an Olongapo bar. Lolita Rodriguez is an ex-movie queen trying to earn a living for her son and herself. He is mortally embarrassed by...

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  • 1971
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    Stardoom

    Stardoom

    8 1971 HD

    A stage mother drives her younger son to his ‘stardoom’ to make up for her downward slide from her bourgeois origins.

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  • 1974
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    Three, Two, One

    Three, Two, One

    6.7 1974 HD

    "Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa" is a compilation of three intimate stories directed by Filipino cinema legend Lino Brocka. The films show the perseverance of...

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  • 1991
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    Lampang Kerubin

    Lampang Kerubin

    1 1991 HD

    An aired tv movie about the relationship between a handicapped child and his parents.

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  • 1991
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    Huwag Mong Salingin ang Sugat Ko

    Huwag Mong Salingin ang Sugat Ko

    10 1991 HD

    Delfin is a doctor who returns to his hometown in the hopes of giving medical assistance to the people of Buena Vista who are suffering from leprosy....

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  • 1971
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    Stardoom

    Stardoom

    8 1971 HD

    A stage mother drives her younger son to his ‘stardoom’ to make up for her downward slide from her bourgeois origins.

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  • 1979
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    Init

    Init

    1 1979 HD

    A mother and daughter falls madly in love with mysterious stranger Emil Santos.

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  • 1970
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    Dipped in Gold

    Dipped in Gold

    5 1970 HD

    Lino Brocka's adaptation of Mars Ravelo's "komiks" melodrama about a successful businessman who is terrified of being exposed as a homosexual.

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  • 1985
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    Miguelito

    Miguelito

    1 1985 HD

    This is the story of Miguelito, his estranged mother Auring and the quest for justice against a powerful politician. After ten years of suffering in...

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  • 1970
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    Dipped in Gold

    Dipped in Gold

    5 1970 HD

    Lino Brocka's adaptation of Mars Ravelo's "komiks" melodrama about a successful businessman who is terrified of being exposed as a homosexual.

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  • 1970
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    The Arizona Kid

    The Arizona Kid

    3 1970 HD

    A Filipino immigrant travels the American west searching for his relatives. Although he doesn't speak much English, he winds up getting involved with...

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  • 1981
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    Kontrobersyal

    Kontrobersyal

    6.5 1981 HD

    Brocka's potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes...

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  • 1991
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    Biktima ng Ligaw na Sandali

    Biktima ng Ligaw na Sandali

    1 1991 HD

    A Channel 13 drama special about a cop whose one night of infidelity almost cost him his job and his life.

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  • 1985
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    White Slavery

    White Slavery

    4 1985 HD

    Three poor girls from the provinces of the Philippines are lured to the big city. In Manila they are tricked to work in the sex trade.

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  • 1970
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    Santiago!

    Santiago!

    6 1970 HD

    A nighttime attempt to sabotage a Japanese munitions store in the little town of Santiago goes wrong when Gonzalo (Fernando Poe, Jr.) discovers that...

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  • 1990
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    All Be Damned

    All Be Damned

    7.8 1990 HD

    A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies.

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  • 1979
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    Ina Ka ng Anak Mo

    Ina Ka ng Anak Mo

    1 1979 HD

    A story about a husband who falls in love with his mother-in-law.

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  • 1982
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    Palipat-lipat, Papalit-palit

    Palipat-lipat, Papalit-palit

    10 1982 HD

    Chuck is a TV executive who feels he has achieved his goals far too early in life. He decides to leave his wife Carissa to go on a soul-searching...

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  • 1990
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    If Eternity Were Finished

    If Eternity Were Finished

    10 1990 HD

    A young man achieves success as a singer, affecting everyone around him.

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  • 1991
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    Makiusap sa Diyos

    Makiusap sa Diyos

    4 1991 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    Santiago!

    Santiago!

    6 1970 HD

    A nighttime attempt to sabotage a Japanese munitions store in the little town of Santiago goes wrong when Gonzalo (Fernando Poe, Jr.) discovers that...

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  • 1978
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    Wake Up, Maruja

    Wake Up, Maruja

    1 1978 HD

    At the turn of the century, Maruja Isable Sevilla y Mira poisons herself when forced to marry a man she does not love. Several decades later, she is...

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  • 1987
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    Maging Akin Ka Lamang

    Maging Akin Ka Lamang

    1 1987 HD

    The rich and beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man she had become obsessed with. Still, neither her beauty nor all the money...

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  • 1987
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    I Carry the World

    I Carry the World

    3 1987 HD

    A riches story amidst the filth and squalor of the Smokey Mountain. A scavenger among the garbage who had to carry her crippled mother on her back...

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  • 1982
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    PX

    PX

    1 1982 HD

    Lydia, a prostitute, is caught between the love of her long-time partner, Sidro, who is a hired gun, and George Grace, an American soldier stationed...

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  • 1988
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    Three Faces of Love

    Three Faces of Love

    1 1988 HD

    Three stories of love starring Sharon Cuneta. The first, "I Love You, Moo-Moo" (directed by Leroy Salvador), is about a young bride who died on her...

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  • 1978
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    Rubia Servios

    Rubia Servios

    1 1978 HD

    A woman becomes the object of obsession of a man who will stop at nothing to possess her.

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  • 1981
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    Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister

    Dalaga si Misis, Binata si Mister

    1 1981 HD

    A successful couple decide to separate and see other people in this romantic comedy from Lino Brocka.

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  • 1990
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    Dirty Affair

    Dirty Affair

    4.7 1990 HD

    A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get...

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  • 1970
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    Santiago!

    Santiago!

    6 1970 HD

    A nighttime attempt to sabotage a Japanese munitions store in the little town of Santiago goes wrong when Gonzalo (Fernando Poe, Jr.) discovers that...

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  • 1988
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    God Is Still Asleep

    God Is Still Asleep

    1 1988 HD

    Wanting a better life for his baby, a driver switches his son for his employers’ newborn girl, forever entwining the futures of both families...

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  • 1977
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    Inay

    Inay

    1 1977 HD

    Upon her retirement from being a school teacher, a mother slowly realizes that her children are already grown-up and she now is faced with the...

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  • 1985
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    Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?

    Ano ang Kulay ng Mukha ng Diyos?

    1 1985 HD

    A street hustler falls in love with a bar girl. They get married, but separate when the guy gets meted a death sentence after gunning down a rich...

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  • 1991
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    Above Everything Else

    Above Everything Else

    4 1991 HD

    Famous TV commentator Maia Robles finds herself caught between having an affair with a politician and reporting on social issues, especially...

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  • 1989
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    Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita

    Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita

    6 1989 HD

    Salve, a content barrio lass, is married to Alfred, an aspiring politician. Alfred meets Via finds out that they can both be very useful to each...

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  • 1983
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    Hot Property

    Hot Property

    1 1983 HD

    This official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1983 directed by Lino Brocka and starred Carmi Martin, Phillip Salvador, Dennis...

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  • 1986
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    Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie

    Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie

    1 1986 HD

    A typical story of a hopeless Filipino worker whose last resort is to work abroad to save his family from poverty. Melo trudge the desert to look...

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  • 1977
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    Tahan Na Empoy, Tahan

    Tahan Na Empoy, Tahan

    1 1977 HD

    Because his mother is too poor to feed her young children, Empoy is sent to work for his exploitative and cruel aunt.

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  • 1978
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    Mananayaw

    Mananayaw

    1 1978 HD

    A simple love story between two souls, a beerhouse dancer and her lover, intensely in search for their place in the sun

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  • 1990
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    Biktima

    Biktima

    4 1990 HD

    The story of an unsuccessful attempt to convict a congressman's son of rape takes an unexpected twist, as the accused pursues a friendship with the...

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  • 1972
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    Villa Miranda

    Villa Miranda

    1 1972 HD

    Drama among family and friends unfold in Villa Miranda, a town in the world of false glories and true defeats.

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  • 1991
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    Spark in the Dark

    Spark in the Dark

    6 1991 HD

    The lives of a newly married couple and their mutual friend unravel after the wife becomes the victim of a gang rape during a honeymoon.

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  • 1992
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    Lucia

    Lucia

    10 1992 HD

    A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.

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  • 1980
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    Nakaw na Pag-ibig

    Nakaw na Pag-ibig

    10 1980 HD

    Corazon Rivera is a factory worker in a textile company owned by Cynthia Ocampo's family. Her live-in partner and co-worker, Robert de Asis, is an...

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  • 1979
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    Init

    Init

    1 1979 HD

    A mother and daughter falls madly in love with mysterious stranger Emil Santos.

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  • 1981
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    Burgis

    Burgis

    6 1981 HD

    After his expulsion from college Juni Locsin (Gabby Concepcion) is forced to continue studies at Eastern College Of The Republic, an ordinary...

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  • 1984
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    Adultery

    Adultery

    5 1984 HD

    Dreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless...

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  • 1984
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    Experience

    Experience

    9 1984 HD

    An actress's past is unraveled after a fan starts stalking her.

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  • 1990
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    Ama... Bakit Mo Ako Pinabayaan?

    Ama... Bakit Mo Ako Pinabayaan?

    1 1990 HD

    After her mother dies in childbirth, a blind little girl has to learn to live with her wealthy father’s new wife—her new...

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  • 1970
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    Wanted: Perfect Mother

    Wanted: Perfect Mother

    1 1970 HD

    It tells of a couple, Dante and Elsa who hires a new governess, Carla to care for their four children. The governess quickly establishes rapport with...

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  • 1970
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    Wanted: Perfect Mother

    Wanted: Perfect Mother

    1 1970 HD

    It tells of a couple, Dante and Elsa who hires a new governess, Carla to care for their four children. The governess quickly establishes rapport with...

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  • 1983
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    Strangers in Paradise

    Strangers in Paradise

    1 1983 HD

    A girl grew up alone in a secluded island, ostracized by the people for being born out of wed lock. A young Hawaii-based Filipino-speaking tourist...

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  • 1989
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    When Will Sin Be Washed Away?

    When Will Sin Be Washed Away?

    1 1989 HD

    A driver sells his baby to his wealthy childless employers, causing consequences years later.

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  • 1984
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    Your Body Is Mine

    Your Body Is Mine

    1 1984 HD

    A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star ("bold star" in the Philippines), her abusive husband and their new...

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  • 1978
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    Hayop sa Hayop

    Hayop sa Hayop

    6 1978 HD

    Alice, Benjie and Andro are bank robbers who go into hiding in the jungle after one of them kills a civilian during a heist.

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  • 1982
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    In This Corner

    In This Corner

    1 1982 HD

    A 1982 drama by Lino Brocka set in the world of boxing, starring Phillip Salvador, Vic Vargas and Chanda Romero.

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  • 1981
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    Hello, Young Lovers

    Hello, Young Lovers

    1 1981 HD

    Classes clash in this 1981 teen romantic comedy by Lino Brocka about a streetwise college dropout attempting to win the heart of a privileged,...

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  • 1971
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    Cadena de Amor

    Cadena de Amor

    1 1971 HD

    Adapted from Mars Ravelo’s serialized “komiks,” this 1971 melodrama by Lino Brocka stars Rosemarie Sonora, Dante Rivero and Hilda...

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  • 1981
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    Caught in the Act

    Caught in the Act

    2 1981 HD

    In Lino Brocka's 1981 melodrama, a man's juggling of three women—his wife, his girlfriend, and the wealthy married woman with whom he begins a...

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  • 1975
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    Dung-Aw

    Dung-Aw

    8.3 1975 HD

    Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish...

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  • 1993
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    How Are The Kids?

    How Are The Kids?

    1 1993 HD

    A UNICEF-sponsored six-film anthology depicting childhood horrors around the world. "Hassane" - a malnourished child in Niger needs help from the...

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