14 Best Filipino Movies to Watch

A hot-tempered general's fight to unite Filipino resistance against American colonisation is undone by his own side.

Directed by Jerrold Tarog · 1h 58m · Rated R

A police cadet's side job with corrupt cops turns into witnessing an actual murder.

Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza · 1h 45m

A family running a rundown adult cinema keeps the business afloat despite crumbling infrastructure.

Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza · 1h 30m

An overseas domestic worker comes home to a family that has grown distant in her absence.

Directed by Rory B. Quintos · 2h 15m

A university fraternity's brutal hazing mirrors the authoritarianism of the Marcos era outside.

Directed by Mike de Leon · 1h 40m

A migrant family's move to the city for work exposes them to an armoured-truck heist scheme.

Directed by Sean Ellis · 2h 00m

A wrongful murder conviction and the real killer's guilt unfold in parallel over four hours.

Directed by Lav Diaz · 4h 10m · Rated NR

A prison inmate is released on temporary leave to work as a contract killer for corrupt officials.

Directed by Erik Matti · 1h 59m · Rated NR

A young woman's rape by her mother's lover sets her on a quiet, devastating revenge path.

Directed by Lino Brocka · 1h 35m

A poor village's claimed religious miracle turns its visionary into a target of both faith and exploitation.

Directed by Ishmael Bernal · 2h 04m

A small-shop owner and her family are arrested for dealing drugs and must scrape together bribe money for their release.

Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza · 1h 50m

A young hunter's accidental killing of a rare eagle exposes a web of corruption inside the local police.

Directed by Mikhail Red · 1h 56m

A young man on a remote island climbs the only mobile signal spot in town to keep his fractured family connected.

Directed by Chito S. Roño · 2h 10m

A hitwoman training her apprentice for the drug war's killings starts to fall for the boy she's meant to shape.

Directed by Mikhail Red · 1h 41m