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Tahan na, Empoy, Tahan (1977)
Character: N/A
Because his mother is too poor to feed her young children, Empoy is sent to work for his exploitative and cruel aunt.
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Higit sa Lahat (1955)
Character: Kumadre
A story about a father's love for his family, making a supreme sacrifice to give them a new lease on life.
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Sonny Boy (1955)
Character: N/A
A touching drama of parental love that prolific filmmaker Susana de Guzman adapted from her own serialized novel in Liwayway magazine.
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Taong Paniki (1952)
Character: Bentang
A couple with a baby decided to live in the mountains, but on their way there it began to rain so the couple decides to seek shelter in a cave, inside the couple meets their fate when a large bat creature attacks and slays them but the baby was spared. One day two farmers were bewildered to see a wild kid running about and decide to bring them to town not knowing what kind of secret the kid holds.
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Oh! Sendang (1961)
Character: N/A
A story about widower Mang Nano and his special child Bitoy. Every time a mishap happened the father would cry out to the picture of his departed wife Sendang.
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Nukso Nang Nukso (1960)
Character: N/A
A prequel to Oh! Sendang. Mang Nano is a wily, scheming but lovable swindler who concocts the most ingenuous scams to finance his little vices, like jueteng or cockfighting. Bitoy, his overgrown child, unwittingly exposes the scams perennially getting his father into trouble with Aling Rosa.
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Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay (1953)
Character: Carding's Mother
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 brother-in-law who shoots Carding in the arm foiling his attempt to escape the military.
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Faithful (1958)
Character: Isabel
This strikes straight at the heart because it is a tender story of four people, each deserving a Purple Heart.
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Tia Loleng (1952)
Character: N/A
A story about a young man who disguises himself as middle-aged matron in order to woo a young woman under the constant watch of her strict father. The plan suffers a setback when the girl’s father falls in love with Tia Loleng.
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Aklat ng Buhay (1952)
Character: N/A
A heart-touching story about the hardship of a grandmother and her two parentless grandkids.
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Pag-asa (1951)
Character: Aling Teria
A story about Celing and her kid brother Pidingare recently orphaned and they come to Manila to find work in the home of their late parents' hacienda landlord. But they are treated miserably by the landlord's ill-tempered wife, Doña Esperanza.
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あの旗を撃て (1944)
Character: N/A
This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the Japanese invasion and takeover of their country.
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Tumbalik Na Daigdig (1953)
Character: N/A
A story about a young architect and his friend who goes to the province to build a church Upon their arrival they notice something peculiar, it seems that the place was primarily inhabited by women they soon learn that it was due to most men enlisted and perished in the war. Lacking the manpower to build the church he started to hire women as construction workers, he then meets this particular woman.
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Sa Paanan ng Bundok (1953)
Character: Gloria mother
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.
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Satur (1951)
Character: N/A
Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to Sendong, a young farmer. When Cristina's mother is taken suddenly ill and there appears to be no hope of recovery, Satur says that can cure her in exchange for Cristina being promised to him. Desperate, Cristina agrees and her mother pulls through. Cristina and Sendong soon find out that she may have well made a deal with the devil.
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Fe, Esperanza, Caridad (1974)
Character: Aling Rosa (segment "Esperanza")
A trilogy featuring Nora Aunor giving life to the stories of 3 women: Fe - an emerging movie Superstar who has an invalid husband, Esperanza - a young wife living in a middle class neighborhood in the city & Caridad - a young novice who was seduced by the devil himself.
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Tinimbang ka Ngunit Kulang (1974)
Character: N/A
A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely leper and a mentally unstable homeless woman.
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The Moises Padilla Story (1961)
Character: N/A
About an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate (Leopoldo Salcedo) tortured and killed during election season.
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Anak Dalita (1956)
Character: Tinay
A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.
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