Movies: Joseph de Cordova

Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal....

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II....

A big-screen adaptation of D.G. Salonga's novel serialized in Tagalog Klasiks...

Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's b...

Two families are rivals in the funeral business....

Claudo thought that money was everything until Loida taught him that love is not on a cash and carry basis....

When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated li...

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Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body ...

A doctor finds love in a remote resort when he was asked by a friend to be his best man at the wedding. Ric and Gloria met accidentally while fishing at the foot of the mountain. They soon fall in love....

This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers....

A 1984 Filipino Western film by Angel Labra....

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila....

Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job...

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for ...

Simon sets out to avenge his bride's death at the hands of the bandit Martinico and by accident, he captures Martinico's bride-to-be Belen and uses her to find Martinico....

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Ramon is wrongfully imprisoned after killing a man who was attempting to rape a woman he witnessed while driving down a dark highway. That woman, Lydia, fails to testify in his defense and Ramon vows to never forgive that person ever again. Their fat...

In 1985, jeepney driver Ulysses "Boboy" Alega loses his vehicle just as he needed money to pay his rent and buy medications for his child. After he accidentally shoots and kills a person during a fight, Boboy is then imprisoned and tortured by the po...

Four masked men fighting against the evils of this world. A costume picture about a medieval swashbuckler who redeems his family's honor....