Ramon Estella

Ramon A. Estella son of Filipino composer Jose Estella, was a pre-war Philippines movie director and actor. At the age of 27 years old, he started directing his first film, "Bayan at Pagibig,” in 1938 and in 1941, he was proclaimed Director of the Year by Philippine Cinema and Radio because of the…

Hajji Alejandro

Hajji Alejandro was a Filipino singer and actor born in Alaminos City, Pangasinan Province, Philippines, who was a major pop star in the 1970s and 1980s. Just like another OPM legend, Basil Valdez, he came from the group Circus Band. He was the first winner of the Metro Manila Popular Music Festival.…

Eduardo de Castro

Eduardo de Castro was a Filipino actor and filmmaker of American descent. De Castro is known for directing the 1937 film "Zamboanga", which is among the first studio-type film production in the Philippines. Born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines, de Castro was the son of William Henry Gardner, an American…

Ces Oreña-Drilon

Ces Drilon is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She presented news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation from 1989 to 2020. She is currently the host of the nationally syndicated afternoon public service program Basta Promdi, Lodi via…

Celia Rodriguez

Cecilia Rodriguez is a multi-awarded Filipina actress. She has appeared in more than 130 movies and television shows. She won four FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences) Awards for the films; Kulay Dugo ang Gabi, The Passionate Strangers, Lilet and Magnifico. She also received the Metro…

Bienvenido Noriega Jr.

Bienvenido Noriega Jr. was a Philippine playwright. He was the second child of Bienvenido Noriega and Socorro Munoz of Cauayan and Cabatuan, Isabela, respectively. He finished his secondary education at St. Anthony School, Malate, Manila (Salutatorian, 1968), and his tertiary education at the University…

Naty Bernardo

Naty Bernardo was a Filipino actress with a more than 40 year career. She is known for a variety of roles including as a martyr, character actress, and villain. Singer-songwriter JoAnne Lorenzana is her granddaughter. Bernardo began her career at age 14 as a substitute singer for Sarswela Gabriel in…

Juanita Angeles

Juanita Ángeles was a Filipina silent film actress active from 1923 to 1941. Ángeles portrayed many leading roles. She was often paired with major silent film actors, including Julián Manansala, Marcelino Ilagan, Fernando Poe, Sr., and Ben Rubio. Angeles stopped making movies before World War II…

Pilar Pilapil

Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil-Penas, popularly known as Pilar Pilapil, is a Cebuano actress and former beauty queen. She was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas Universe in 1967. Pilapil starred in Highly Acclaimed Films such as Kailan Ba Tama Ang Mali in 1985, Tinik Sa Dibdib and Nagkapasakit Kuya Eddie…

Roy C. Iglesias

Roy C. Iglesias is a Filipino film writer and director. His most notable works include, among others, the 1976 film Ganito Kami Noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon?, which was directed by National Artist of the Philippines, Eddie Romero, numerous entries in Regal Entertainment's Mano Po anthology film series…

Santa Mesa

10.0

Following his mother's death, Hector arrives in Manila to live with his grandmother. Unable to speak Tagalog, Hector falls in with a street gang before a photographer takes him under his wing. Haunted by memories of…

Kurap

7.0

An indie film about greed and corruption among small-time criminals in the streets of Manila. (Source: TMDB)

Downtown

10.0

ALL ROAD TO LOVE LEADS HERE. In a Chinese community in downtown Manila, we meet a man who has floated through life with his ladylove by his side. But now, times have changed as he begins each day waking up alone on…

Private Park

5.8

Allen Huo becomes the new chairman of HOTA Corporation and the owner of mansion "Private Park" following her father's death. The mansion's butler Liang Yongtai is greedy after her money and tries to control her. One…

Pascalina

10.0

Pascalina, a young nurse in Metro Manila, is insecure and feels unfulfilled. Her boyfriend leaves much to be desired, her sisters make her miserable, her boss won’t let it slide when she dyes her hair Manic Panic…

Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill

10.0

Filipino film loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna who rises through the Manila gang underworld in the 1960s until his murder.

Murmurs From the Somber Depths of Sta. Mesa

10.0

This film is composed of black and white images from the somber depths of Manila’s Sta. Mesa district, which are juxtaposed in the railroad system that metaphorically connects the lives of each individual in the…

The Calling

Ricky is a Filipino laborer who works in Korea to support his family in Manila. In his dream, he sees his passed-away grandmother telling him to return to Manila in order to succeed family vocation, a witch doctor.…

Diary of a Serial Killer

5.0

This is like a CAT III version of the classic sick flick Maniac (1980) but as depressing and mean-spirited as another classic Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986): unable to satisfy his sexual desires with his…

Xiong Zhai Ling Yi Shi Jian

4.0

An entrepreneur who owns a Hong Kong farms bought a villa and a mansion, but his betting addiction made him lose everything, including the village leaving only the mansion, as a result he suffered mental disorder until…