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- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelBembol RocoLou Salvador Jr.Júlio Madiaga, a 'provinciano', arrives in Manila to search for his beloved, Ligaya.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelMona LisaRez CortezThe life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsJay IlaganPerla BautistaLaurice Guillen(Tagalog with English subtitles) Filipino cinema lenged, Lino Brocka, directs this compilation of three intimate stories about the perseverance of hope featuring a drug addict, an abandoned daughter and a repressed catholic.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezLilia DizonEddie GarciaThis landmark film is considered by many to be one of the most important in Philippine cinema. The son of a wealthy man, Junior has everything he could possibly want. But the emptiness of his extravagant lifestyle and the hypocrisy of the town's so-called leading citizens weigh heavily on him, pushing him to reach out to the village outcasts.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezCharito SolisRio LocsinPura, who has been gone for 20 years, returns to her father's house. Her arrival reignites a bitter rivalry she has with her half-sister, Emilia, which sets the entire household astir.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorGina AlajarVenchito GalvezAn apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonPhillip SalvadorCarmi MartinA modern-day version of the biblical legend of Cain and Abel. Strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older Lorenzo, whom she blames for her husband's death.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsVilma SantosPhillip SalvadorMario MontenegroDreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless brother and her good-for-nothing sister to live-in with her boyfriend Carding, whom she believes could give her salvation. But her plan only gives her more misfortunes. Carding gets jailed for drug peddling. Aida opts for an abortion. She later lives with a wealthy man to feul her ambition. Carding is released from prison and finds out about his wife's illicit affair.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsJaclyn JoseDaniel FernandoPrincess PunzalanAbandoned by his American lover, a handsome teenager from the mountains journeys to Manila in an effort to support his family. With a popular call boy as his mentor, Paul enters the glittering world of male strippers, prostitution, drugs, sexual slavery, police corruption and murder. Teeming with sex and Asian beefcake, Macho Dancer is a searing indictment of the hypocrisy and police corruption rampant under both the Marcos and Aquino regimes.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsDolphyNiño MuhlachPhillip SalvadorCoring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis (Philip Salvador). The baby grows up (the boy is played by a very young Niño Muhlach) thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems to be smooth until the kid's mother (Marissa Delgado) suddenly shows up to claim her son.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonDina BonnevieCharo Santos-ConcioA smitten young man helps the mistress of a corrupt politician to fight back and reveal the truth about the politician and his government.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLorna TolentinoRichard GomezHelen GamboaIS THE HEART ABOVE THE LAW? - A DAUGHTER UNKNOWINGLY PROSECUTES HER OWN MOTHER IN COURT FOR THE MURDER OF THE DAUGHTER'S FOSTER MOTHER, WHO IT TURNS OUT WAS ACTUALLY KILLED BY HER LOVER IN A FIT OF ANGER.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonSharon CunetaHilda KoronelContented barrio lass Salve is married to aspiring politician Alfred. Alfred meets Via and finds out that they can be very useful to each other's lives; he is set on pursuing a political career, and she is from a powerful political family who wants to continue to govern the land. Together, Albert and Via plan a scheme to get rid of Salve, but she survives--and takes revenge.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsDina BonnevieTonton GutierrezNanette MedvedA newsreporter is involved in an extramarital affair with a city mayor, and things get worse when he suffers a heart attack. The scandal shatters her career, and her life is at risk when the mayor's jealous, domineering wife plots to get back at her after finding out about their relationship.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorDina BonnevieGina AlajarIn 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco), murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group. At the success of the 1986 EDSA revolt, political detainees, led by Jimmy Cordero (Salvador), celebrate the fall of the dictatorship. All political prisoners are released, including Jimmy, an ex-priest-turned-underground revolutionary. Not long, after, Jimmy marries a human rights activist, Trixie (Bonnevie). Jimmy becomes an advocate of human rights. Despite Trixie's protests, her brother, Roland (Lorenzo), and Jimmy go on a fact-finding mission to Santa Filomena to investigate the latest crime committed by the Orapronobis. Jimmy meets Esper (Alajar), his ex-girlfriend. He finds out that he has a son with her, Camilo (Herrera). They agree to keep Jimmy's true identity a secret form the boy. Conniving with the military, the Orapronobis step up their acts of terror. Jimmy's group helps evacuate the townspeople to the town church, then later to Manila. Back in Manila, Jimmy turns down a friend's invitation to rejoin the underground movement. Later, he and Roland are ambushed. Jimmy survives, but Roland does not. He recovers and shortly after that, Trixie gives birth to their child. Soldiers raid the refugee center with a masked man who identifies several of the barrio folk as rebels. The refugees and the human rights activists complain to the government. Esper and her son are abducted by the Orapronobis who accuse Esper of helping the rebels. She is raped and beaten up by Kumander Kontra in front of Camilo. Fighting back, she shoots at Kontra. In a hysterical rage, Kontra goes on a shooting rampage, killing Esper, Camilo and the captured barrio men. Later, the military bring the casualties to the town where Jimmy weeps over the bodies of Esper and his son. The film ends with Jimmy contacting his old colleague from the underground.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezEddie GarciaLuis GonzalesMarried businessman Don Benito (Eddie Garcia) has a steamy affair with driver Diego (Mario O'Hara).
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonLorna TolentinoDina BonnevieRich, beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man with whom she is obsessed, but neither her beauty nor all the money in the world gives her what she wants.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsSharon CunetaChristopher De LeonGina AlajarA mysterious, deadly rapist and murderer spreads terror and chaos among women in the city. But in the midst of intrigues, tensions, and dangers, a lawyer is attracted to a mysterious man and wonders if she will be his next target as she tries to get a congressman's son convicted of rape.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezNora AunorRaul AragonEster Postigo (Nora Aunor) plays a social worker who cannot have a baby. Because of her infertility, her husband Luis (Raoul Aragon) goes to bed with her mother, Renata (Lolita Rodriguez) and she bears a child. Ester brings the matter to court.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsNora AunorPhillip SalvadorMarissa DelgadoA female movie fan idolizes a movie bit-player who becomes her obsession. Her unrequited love for him leads to a nightmarish end.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorLorna TolentinoGina AlajarA woman kept by a powerful man gets involved in an illicit torrid affair with a stranger, with violent consequences.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorAmy AustriaJohnny DelgadoHe has battled with the screen's heavies, starred opposite its most desirable beauties, lived through the full range of human emotions. Now he is ready for the big time. Phillip Salvador takes the big role in "Jaguar."
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsCharito SolisPhillip SalvadorRio LocsinA mother and daughter's routine provincial lives are altered when they take in a man they found unconscious by the shore.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLorna TolentinoChristopher De LeonGabby ConcepcionBrought up with the belief that a woman should only follow one man and their only role is to be a mother and wife, Ciena married Nitoy.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsFernando Poe Jr.Dante RiveroBoots Anson-RoaIn the Philippines during the Japanese occupation, a Filipino soldier who is guilt-ridden over an incident that killed many civilians deserts the rebel army and retreats to a nearby barrio, where he is branded as a coward.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsVic VargasPhillip SalvadorChanda RomeroIt tells the story of the lives of two boxers. One is an underrated boxer, Flash Gonzaga, and the other, a promising talent, Kid Alaminos. In their first fight, the latter wins, which causes two stories to form about them.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsVilma SantosMat Ranillo IIIPhillip SalvadorA soon-to-be-wed woman becomes the object of obsession of a man who will stop at nothing to posses her.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsSharon CunetaTonton GutierrezLoretta MarquezLupe, a poor woman, wishes to terminate her long-suffering and poverty, and improve not only her own life but that of her crippled mother, through her singing. With the help of her three friends (Luming, Tony, and Carding). she is determined to defeat and overcome the ills, traps, and harsh realities of life.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLolita RodriguezEddie GarciaHilda KoronelFrustrated, ambitious stage mother Toyang (Lolita Rodriguez) forces her son Joey (Walter Navarro) into a showbiz career and ultimately ends up in a tragedy. 1970s teenage heartthrob, handsome, clean-cut, boy-next-door type Walter Navarro starred as the son, Joey Galvez, who at the peak of his stardom was gunned down by his erstwhile girlfriend Nina (Lotis Key) in a fit of jealousy and anger. Director Lino Brocka directs "Stardoom" for Lea Productions, his "indictment of the corruption of values in the local film industry."
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsAga MuhlachNida BlancaGloria RomeroA young boy discovers his politician-father's corruption and cruelty as he discovers who his real mother is - a victim of his own father's immorality and violence.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsBembol RocoHilda KoronelPhillip SalvadorHunted. They're tough. They fight hard. Like animals.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsSnooky SernaLloyd SamartinoTom BabautaA 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 came and brought her to Hawaii where she learned unexpected truth about her past.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorCharo Santos-ConcioGina AlajarKONTROBERSYAL is one of the classic masterpieces of acclaimed stage and film director Lino Brocka in the historical period of the 1980s. A story set in the glitter and glamour of the showbiz world. Behind the bright lights, fabulous costumes, and larger-than-life sets, real lives are broken and shattered for the hunger for fame and the thirst for money. Karina Daluz (Gina Alajar) was blinded by the ill promise of success offered by her producer Mers Madsen (played by Charo Santos). Her walk toward the path to stardom entailed her sanity and corrupted her soul. Her innocence was replaced by wickedness and her once good-natured self has become the demon that she feared. No love that is forever, no hope to discover for all the people living in KONTROBERSYAL.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsSarsi EmmanuelleEmily LorenJaclyn JoseThree 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.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsCarmi MartinPhillip SalvadorDennis RoldanA neighborhood bum and toughie helps his police-officer father run after a diamond-smuggling syndicate--and gets romantically involved with the syndicate's courier, a bold lingerie model.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsChristopher De LeonDennis RoldanCarmi MartinTHE PERSECUTED WIFE OF A DEMENTED, CHAUVINIST HUSBAND WHO FALSELY HER OF INFIDELITY TURNS THE TABLE ON HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE ACTUALLY TAKES A LOVER AND PROMPTS THE LATTER TO KILL HER HUSBAND.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsSnooky SernaMiguel RodriguezSamuel ValeroAn actress's past is unraveled after a fan starts stalking her.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPilar PilapilAga MuhlachRonaldo ValdezWhen does a family stop laughing and start crying? Economic depression takes its toll on Mello's family when he's laid off and forced to go to Saudi Arabia to find work, leaving his wife to find work herself. She can hardly make ends meet so she gets involved with other men, something which disastrously affects her family.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsHilda KoronelPhillip SalvadorLeonard UrsoAn unlikely love triangle involving a Filipina hooker, a Filipino gun-for-hire, and an American serviceman adds fire and passion to the equally-volatile tale of crime and corruption inside an American military base in Angeles City in Pampanga.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsLorna TolentinoGary ValencianoRicky DavaoEveryone notices how different Andrew and Gillian looked from their respective sets of parents but no one really made a fuss about it. What is even more surprising is that the two never close with the families they grew up with. Instead, Gillian became more attached with Andrew's parents and Andrew felt the same about Gillian's parents. Little did they suspect that it was because Andrew and Gillian were switched at birth. Andrew's real father a poor family driver decided that Andrew would have a better life growing up with his rich bosses. So he made sure that only he and his wife Gina know that he switched babies when the two mothers gave at a provincial hospital. No amount of pleading from Gina would make him change his mind. Out of frustration, Gina resorted to maltreating Gillian. The latter found comforting arms in Marita, Andrew's mother. And later on with Mark a rich suitor. Jealous at Gillian's new found attention, Andrew decided to forced himself on Gillian. An act which would lead to revelation of the secret of their parentage.