Herself
A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.
Delia
Delia, a faded movie star, finds out she is dying and looks for someone to care for her chronically ill husband, Sammy. Using their trusty old Mercedes Benz, the two travel far in the hopes of finding acceptance and forgiveness from Sammy's estranged family.
A lonely man gets a second chance at love when he meets a woman during a visit to his wife's grave.
Bobby's mother
Lisa (Santos) and Cita (Cuneta) have a kinship as sisters, but their bond goes far beyond blood. The close-knit two are also best friends -- until a tragic misfortune strikes and the sisters' support system unravels.
Nanay Elena
Lynette is a conservative and religious lady who leads a boring life. So when she gets a marriage proposal from Manuel, whose family is known to be a brood of chauvinists, she was ecstatic.
Doña Josefa Madrigal
Abet Razalo and Ana Maria Gomez were childhood sweethearts. They find each other again, only this time they have to deal with each other on a professional level - Abet is now Anas bodyguard, and he is tasked to watch over her, now a phenomenally successful singer-actress because she is threatened by an obsessed fan. Abet also learns of Anas engagement to Vince Madrigal, a handsome billionaire. As the situation turns more complicated, the two of them are obliged to spend more time with each other, tempting them to rekindle their old flame. But Abet finds out that Ana is no longer the simple girl he promised marriage to ten years ago. Will love be lovelier the second time around for Ana and Abet or will Ana be spending the rest of her life.
Chona
Experiencing problems in their marriages, Dianne and Albert unexpectedly meet and fall and love.
The story is about an orphan named Anna who searched for her long-lost father. With the guardian angel Barbiel's help, Anna was able to see the latter's father even for a moment.
Mrs. Zalameda
A fiercely independent and unflinchingly candid woman connected with a women's crisis and survival center has to raise her two kids with different fathers. Her first husband has left her when their career options failed to converge. She is now stuck in an extramarital arrangement with another man who cannot bring himself to respect and commit to their quite unorthodox relationship.
Eric's Mother
Camille's Mom
A serial killer preying on unfaithful wives sets his eyes on an investigator's wife.The culprit is a debonair director, whose compulsion to prey on married women stems from a deep psychological trauma.
A biopic movie based on the titular figure.
Maruja, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, falls in love with the illegitimate son of a friar.
Serial killer on the loose seducing women.
Mrs. Campos
They are two very different people. She's a strong-willed heiress running away from a loveless arranged marriage; he's a happy-go-lucky biker running away from responsibility. Yet, despite the glaring differences, they are drawn to each other when they meet. They have found in each other a friend, a confidante, a lover; they have found in each other the missing pieces of their own true selves.
Mrs. Eloriaga
A movie about Loretta and her struggles as a woman.
The plight of two ill-fated sisters separated by the need to live a better life. They are re-united by tragedy.
Odette is a single mother who decided never to fall in love again. Until her daughter, Crissy introduced her to Steve, an advertising executive whom the young girl believes to be the right person for her mom.
A woman, who is in a relationship, develops a friendship with a painter. Later, they realized they want each other more than friends, that made the relationship complicated.
A 1993 Filipino drama anthology film by Joey Gosiengfiao.
The serial tells the tragic love story of Vina, a single woman who wants to have a baby despite her advanced age. With the help of her best friend, she met Dave, the man she will eventually fall in love and have a child with. Unknown to Vina, Dave was her best friend's lover, and in the end, Vina would discover that her best friend and the man she loved plotted together to ruin her and her son's lives.
Newlyweds Arnold (Aga Muhlach) and Sofia (Cristina Gonzales) are on their way to their honeymoon when they are assaulted by a gang of bikers. Sofia did not live to tell the tale, but the marks of abuse on her body are enough to surmise how much she suffered. Her death, however, marks the beginning of a series of bizarre murders where the victims happen to be members of the gang who attacked Sofia--and it perplexes both Arnold and the police that they could pinpoint no other perpetrator of these murders than Sofia herself. Everyone who knows of the crime has come to only one conclusion: Sofia will not stop until everyone who violated her falls dead by her hands.
Lydia (segment "Yaya")
A Trilogy-Horror. In "Yaya" a young couple hires a mysterious nanny for their baby. In "Ate" a young woman discovers that her sister has been dead and been made alive again. In "Nanay" a student unwittingly brings home from a beach field trip the egg of a horrible alien monster.
Mrs. Aaron
A nun is ostracized by her superiors after a brutal encounter with a rapist leaves her pregnant.
Atty. Raymunda Agraviador
Pura goes to Manila in search of her dream. She falls into the wrong hands and ends up a prostitute, until she meets a rich man who becomes instrumental in the realization of all her dreams.
Beatrice
Monique is a popular singer disguised as Digna to escape from her stepfather and his stepbrother Gilbert, who slowly killed her mother and also wanted to kill her to seize their wealth. Gilbert and his father thought Monique is already dead until he met Monique in a restaurant as a waitress. Due to this, Gilbert hunts Monique to get her killed. While trying to escape Gilbert's men, she accidentally met Carding, a thief in Ermita with his sidekick Libag. Their love story begins while she stays with Carding's slum along with the kids Carding is taking care of. Gilbert and his father were later caught during police operations and Monique recovered her house and wealth. In the end, Monique keeps Carding's kids in her house and confirmed their love for each other.
Adela
Merlinda is cursed by her Mother after leaving her father on his death bed to be with her rich lover. Abandoned by all she is now pregnant, destitute, and covered in boils. Merlinda gives birth in a Cave to a human daughter and a snake son. The Baby girl is named Madonna. When Madonna grows up she starts turning into a giant murderous snake. Afraid of losing her lover to the monster she is becoming, Modonna is desperate for answers. Together she and her brother she seek out a cure to their damned existence.
A boy grows up not knowing his real identity. One day a mysterious lady, claiming to be his real mother, divulges the truth about his roots. He is caught between leaving his past and living his new life.
A 1990 Filipino romantic drama from Regal Films.
Daniel is a hired assassin of Roman who is the leader of a criminal group. Daniel is torn between choosing to start a new life with Dolores or returning Roman's favors.
Elysse Banal
When Victor Banal becomes the target of his cruel step-mother and brother's evil plot to rob him of his inheritance, he must desperately fight to defend his family against the gunmen hired to end their lives.
Macalintal's Mother (segment "Dear Killer")
Two teen stories in one movie. "Dear Partyline" tells the story of Badong who falls in love with a girl in a Coke commercial who happens to be the other half of their telephone party line. "Dear Killer" tells the story of Lenny and the mysterious disappearance of a girl who was considered the school's best Soprano singer.
Inday
The abduction and rape of the eldest daughter Agnes shattered the once happy Paredes household by the rich and spoiled Romano Barredo. They vowed to get justice for their daughter but changed their plan when Romano offered marriage after it was discovered that Agnes was pregnant. As expected life with Romano was hell and Agnes only managed to keep her sanity for the sake of her baby and peace within her family .But even that was soon to end thanks to Romano's evil schemes. Agnes has a deaf mute sister which Romano was very interested with.
A 1988 Filipino drama film starring Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III.
Sylvia (segment "Katumbas ng Kahapon")
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 honeymoon; the second, "Ang Silid" (directed by Lino Brocka) is about an interior decorator who investigates a forbidden room owned by a mysterious woman whose sister was murdered; and the third, "Katumbas ng Kahapon" (directed by Emmanuel Borlaza) follows a young woman torn between her abusive husband and her former lover who returned from the US.
Leonor (segment "Forever - My Love")
An anthology film featuring the biggest tandem love teams in Philippine cinema.
This melodrama is a true-confession story of one of the country's top models and international-beauty-title holders, who struggles to rise above her deprived childhood and unfortunate relationships.
Madame Claude
A martial arts instructor sets out to rescue his girlfriend who is being held for ransom by a South American warlord.
Filipino comedy starring Roderick Paulate as twins. One macho, one gay. Directed by Mike Relon Makiling.
Donya Eugenea
a film by Luciano B. Carlos.
Loleng
A Filipino fantasy/horror anthology starring Snooky Serna. In "Mga Puting Rosas ni Rosalie", Rosalie dies in a freak accident on the day of her wedding to Mike, who's only after her money. With the help of the white rose, she comes back to earth to correct what is wrong. In "Mga Pulang Rosas ni Rosanna", Rosanna is the daughter of a mausoleum caretaker who happens to be the soulmate of the mysterious heir, Ramil, the victim of a curse of Satan's disciple, Lucila. In "Mga Dilaw Rosas ni Rosario", Rosario or Osang, a maid with an ugly facade, falls in love with a man named Dio.
Donya Romina Samaniego
An intense rivalry has always existed between Gladys and her older sister Maureen whom her parents had adopted before she was born. The father Gilbert believed the girls should be treated as equals but Clara the mother thought otherwise. As a result Gladys grew up a scheming selfish brat who wanted everything for her particularly those belonging to Sharon. Eventually this would include getting the man Maureen learned to love.
A man masters the ancient art of arnis with the help of his grandfather to get revenge on a group of crooks who attempted to beat him to death.
Mrs. Tuazon
Three women united by friendship. Three women connected by music. Three women divided by fame. They were three women struggling to make a living when fate smiled at them. From anonymity, they were thrust into a world of glittering lights and deafening adoration. But much that celebrity brought them good things, it too, began to destroy them. They became too consumed by their fame that, one day, without them knowing, the friendship that had been their anchor was fast crumbling down?
A young man avenges his mother's fate in the hands of her philandering husband by seducing the latter's daughter from an earlier marriage.
Charo and Raffy are lovers when she starts seeing another man, Paul. Charo knows what she is doing is wrong. Enraged, one-night Raffy not finding Charo, drives his car to look for her. He met an accident and died instantly. Raffy's family blames Charo for their son's early demise. To save face, Charo avoids Paul. After all, it's her infidelity that drove Raffy crazy.
Julita
After a string of unsuccessful relationships, Corina married Teddy, an old widow whose daughter, Ana and sister Julita never approved of his new wife. An assertive young stepmother, a rebellious stepdaughter, and a working wife whose career provides tension between the wife and her husband are the portraits of the strong-willed woman of the 1980s.
Mother of Aldrin
When Aldrin returns from the States, everyone is as ecstatic as his grandfather. But his reason for going home is not because of his lolo but his sister who is in an asylum. His vow is to take her away from their grandftaher who caused the early death of their parents. To avenge for what happened to his family, Aldrin plans a final revenge and that's when Jenna comes into his life.
Mercedez
Five young women trek to the city in the quest of better lives but end up instead with broken hearts.
A love triangle between a female teacher and student over a male teacher.
Mrs. Vergara
The story revolves Jake, a young movie maker who was hospitalized for drug overdose. He recovers and together with his good friend Dave and Donald (two brothers), who are also movie makers, they make their way to a hilly tribe to make a short film. Accompanied with them includes Dave and Donald's girlfriend. They rented a house and the landlord told them not to enter his deceased daughter, Byens, bedroom. The night the lived in, they could sense something unusual is going on in the house.
Soledad (segment "Baso")
Shake, Rattle and Roll is the first of the popular series of Filipino horror movies composed of three episodes. 'Baso' talks about the adventure of three friends who performed Spirit of the Glass and discovered the tale of a tragic love triangle. 'Pridyider' revolves around a refrigerator that seemed to be "alive". 'Manananggal' is about a teenager who courts a barrio lass without his knowledge that this lass is a monster. She eventually causes chaos to his family.
Ermat
Set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college.
Doña Patricia
This time, its Lauro's turn to doubt his wife fidelity. He chooses to stay in the house to keep an eye on his wife, who hired a hunky helper.
A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star ("bold star" in the Philippines), her abusive husband and their new next-door neighbor.
Ermat
Experiencing the forbidden. Experiencing rejection. Hating your parents. Hating the world around you. Discovering what's hot. Discovering what's cool. Discovering your first true love. Discovering who you are. Growing up can be such a wild time. But not when you've got the best guys to hang out with. Five chaste young men immerse themselves in the superficialities and superfluity of adolescence over the course of their last year in high school. But as they make their gradual transition from boyhood to manhood, they realize it is their formidable bond that stands as the real deal.
A story of friends who got entangled in the ironies of falling in love. Fate decides to play a trick on the quartet. Sharron and Jackie are close friends with contrasting personalities. On the other hand William and Rowell are students in the same school who are close to one another as the two girls are. Sharon and Rowell fall for each other and jealousy rears its ugly head on their relationship. Jackie and Rowell felt left out.
Doña Matilde
King Dalmacius has three sons by his first wife. His new Queen Farida is pregnant so he prays she gives him a daughter. When her child is stillborn a hermit tells him she can have a daughter if she drinks the nectar of the Golden Flower.
Mother
Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was convicted of murder.
Doña Teresa
Celia, a daughter of a housekeeper of the Regattas, finds an unknown man- Edwin - in one of their huts. As she helps the man, the two grew close to each other and fell in love. However, they must first solve their problems: Celia must obtain her father's properties while Edwin must clear his name's bad reputation.
Mrs. Ledesma
Classes clash in this 1981 teen romantic comedy by Lino Brocka about a streetwise college dropout attempting to win the heart of a privileged, wealthy girl.
Almeda
La Luna
Ancestral home to a wealthy family is being haunted by malevolent spirits. On other side of town, evil creatures are lurking.
Three fugitives struggle to survive life outside prison. They face a dilemma when they are forced to take on one last assignment.
Sylvia, the beautiful middle-aged socialite whose string of lovers and public separation made her the center of Manila’s gossip mill.
The bitter-sweet love affairs of four sisters with different outlooks and temperaments end in simultaneous weddings.
Burdened with a traumatic childhood, Nympha Monteverde suffers from nymphomania. Whenever she sees a man, she shakes and sweats. There is an uncontrollable fire that burns within her. Can Nympha be cured of this illness?
Story of Tonyong Bayawak who was given strong powers but in return turns him into a wild boar whenever he gets angry.
A love triangle involving a young woman, her elderly husband and the husband's illegitimate brother. Tears, recriminations and bloodshed characterize this moving tale.
A story about a young woman who wants to be a nun but after the death of her father was forced by her mother to live a life as a socialite.
Attractive women must escape from a jungle prison.
Virgie Nite
To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial acceptance of the audience, she defies her father's admonitions and presents herself to the manager. And thus, becoming the new burlesque queen.
IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR SPOUSE OF BEING UNFAITHFUL A STORY AS NEW AS TODAY AND AS OLD AS TRUTH--YET NEVER TOLD BEFORE.
Three distinct yet interwoven stories of various women and their ordinary experiences living not-so-ordinary lifestyles. Seedy, realistic, and raw.
Concordia
Set at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.
Fight Batman Fight! is an unauthorized 1973 Filipino Batman action-fantasy film produced by Pacific Films (Philippines). It stars famous Philippine actors such as action star Victor Wood as Batman, Rod Navarro as Joker, comedians Roderick Paulate as Robin, German Moreno, Ike Lozada, drama actresses Gloria Romero, Rosemary Gil, Lotis Key as Cat Woman and Pinky Montilla as Bat Girl.
A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend.
A story about a man who grew up as a branded slave when his father lost in gambling, and escapes seeking revenge.
Extremely obscure Filipino horror flick centers around an evil Satur.
Margarita (segment 1)
The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five segments with an all-star cast, directed by five directors with a running time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Young Guillen and his mother were sold as slaves to a rich miner after their ship was captured by armed men who also killed their family patriarch. After Guillen escapes the enslavement and was marooned on an unknown island, he then plots his revenge to regain his family's honor.
Katrina
A 1974 film starring Amalia Fuentes, Vic Vargas, and Alona Alegre
Involves a killer disembodied hand.
Barbara
Dr. Paul Morgan is stunned to discover witchcraft and voodoo being practiced in the 20th century. while treating the citizens of a small village in the Philippines, Morgan falls for pretty young widow Elena, who becomes the target of a black witch who has swiped a valuable ring from the grave of Elena's late husband. (IMDb)
Manda
A kung fu master battles an evil snake queen and her army of savage little people.
Criselda
As Rolando comes to work for the household his mother works for, he meets Florinda, the wife of Rodrigo, who has suddenly disappeared. Strange things suddenly happen to Florinda, and the two begin to discover what is behind it.
An everyman farmer gifted special powers must save his community from demons.
A film that stars Joseph Estrada, Pilar Pilapil and Rosemarie Gil based on Marcos' war on drugs.
Francisca, Lope's mother
La historia se centra sobre la bella líder de un culto que puede convertirse en cobra cuando quiere. Para mantener su belleza exterior debe tener un suministro continuo de jóvenes...
A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect images as movie stars, which suppress and eventually destroy them as persons and lovers.
Ompong who is really born and famous for his extraordinary laziness and not-always-funny stupidity was put into a hard challenge when he promised his mother that he will not stop until he finds a job that would change his life. His whole life turns anew when he was luckily hired as one of the firemen in their town. His innate attitudes were still present and even blamed as ingredients to a lot of trouble. His only consolation though considered a grand prize is winning the heart of Margarita which even inspired him to do exemplary things even putting his job being a fireman on a noticeable pedestal.
