Movies: Jay Ilagan

Dorina Pineda is a Sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lavinia Arguilles. Lavina with her ego getting big, drives away her fans and even her boyfriend Nico Escobar. He later discovers Dorina as a wonderful si...

Zany foursome Errol, Herman, Tacio, and Peewee merely geared up for a short underwater dive towards Hundred Islands when a series of miscalculations cause them to resurface on the shores of Mexico....

A 1993 Filipino drama anthology film by Joey Gosiengfiao....

The four children find each other after Elisa and her mother, were thrown out of the house by the evil mother-in-law. Left to fend for themselves, they end up living with the mother’s friend, a bar girl, in an informal settlement....

Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father....

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....

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 in the world gave her what she wanted....

A retired police sergeant has an unnatural stranglehold over his wife and daughter. His claustrophobically enclosed world is threatened when his daughter Mila finds herself pregnant and was forced to marry Noel. He attempts to extend his influence ov...

Living near the US Clark Air Base, Corazon de la Cruz dreams of a better life in America… until the unspeakable happens....

Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream film industry of the Philippines. Primarily using interviews with the effusive director himself, Black...

The film OPERATION: GET VICTOR CORPUS, THE REBEL SOLDIER is based on the real-life story of Lt. Victor N. Corpus, a graduate of, and subsequently instructor at, the Philippine Military Academy (PMA, the Philippine equivalent of West Point) who in 197...

The first film adaptation of the iconic Filipino superhero Captain Barbell....

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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 Filipino traditions on love, sex and marriage....

Desiree and Gilbert are in love but no one seems to believe it. Desiree's friends thinks Gilbert is just using her. Gilbert is studying to become a doctor and Desiree is financing his tuition fee and daily expenses. Gilbert's family thinks Desiree is...

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

On a remote island, a plane wreck leaves a woman alone with ten men who are willing to kill to fulfill their desires for her....

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in...

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 deafenin...

A witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which end up hilarious....