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Batingaw (1974)
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The film tells a story of large rural families suffering from economic insecurity in a remote part of the town of Magdalena, Laguna, where major life events are punctuated by the tollling of the church bells, and the coastal community of Dalahican, Quezon. Both places are homes of large families dealing with the reality of poverty.
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Aliw-iw (1979)
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The story of an indigenous Igorot woman who traverses the complex path of life to the playful line of destiny.
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Tres Ojos (1954)
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A thrilling actioner of a meathead swashbuckling adventurer with a sensitive heart
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Bawal na Pag-Ibig (1977)
Character: Manuel
Jun, an art student, moves away from his family after a fight with his father about his college program. He meets Menchu in class and they fall in love, but Jun struggles to fully commit due to his past trauma. Singing becomes his solace and brings him closer to Menchu. However, a revelation after a family tragedy puts their relationship to the test.
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Roberta (1951)
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Based on the popular comics by Mars Ravelo, Roberta is a battered child taking care of his brother in an impoverished setting.
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In This Corner (1982)
Character: Damian
A 1982 drama by Lino Brocka set in the world of boxing, starring Phillip Salvador, Vic Vargas and Chanda Romero.
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Sugat sa Ugat (1980)
Character: Enteng
A provincial son who just finished law school embarked on becoming a successful man, even if it means leaving behind his former life and seducing a woman beyond his means.
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Uhaw sa Kalayaan (1980)
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Iron-hand discipline imposed by parents on their privileged children is deemed unappreciated and wasted.
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Monghita (1952)
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She had everything a woman would wish for beauty, a man's love, and devotion, security yet, there was that longing for Someone beyond this world.
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Sino ang Maysala? (1957)
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Bankruptcy drove Don Ramon to commit suicide leaving nothing to the family his wife, Rosa, and four children, Carmen, Gloria, Lolita, and Bobby. Carmen, the eldest, filled the gap left by her father and swore to send her siblings to school.
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Waldas (1955)
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Centering on a hedonistic woman’s escapades throughout the urban landscape of Manila.
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Kahapon Lamang (1959)
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The three movie queens of Sampaguita Pictures lead a star-studded adaptation of the popular CBN program.
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Roberta (1979)
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A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed.
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Mother Dearest (1961)
Character: segenent 'The Innocent'
Seven stories contained in letters received by the Mother of Perpetual Help Shrine at Baclaran, Phillippines.
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Tatak ng Tundo (1978)
Character: Tiyo Domeng
Two childhood friends choose different paths in life; one believes in the principle of law and justice and the other believes that only the ruthless survive.
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Nueva Vizcaya (1973)
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A story about a military man who was tasked to make peace with a tribe of head hunters.
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Ang Mangliligpit (1968)
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A story about a guerilla assassin tasked to kill fascist collaborators and sympathizers in the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
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Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa (1979)
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A classic tale of revenge starring Fernando Poe Jr alongside his real-life brothers, Andy, Conrad, and Frederick Poe. Together, four brothers must put their differences aside and band together to avenge the brutal murder of their father by familiar enemies and finally put his memory to rest.
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El Indio (1953)
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Based on Francisco V. Coching's adventure comics novel, the film tells the story of Fernando (Cesar Ramirez), a handsome and dashing Spanish mestizo who goes back to the Philippines to exact revenge on his father whom he believed abandoned him and his mother Blanquita. There, he discovers the cruel and oppressive colonial government and joins the rebels in the fight against the oppressors as El Indio.
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Kerubin (1952)
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St. Peter is exasperated with the antics of Kerubin, a mischievous little angel. So he sends Kerubin to Earth with the proviso that she cannot return to heaven until she makes one sad soul happy. Kerubin settles on Anastacis, a young housewife who wants to have a child but cannot and whose husband is beginning to have a wandering eye.
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Binhi (1973)
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A love story set against the backdrop of a coconut plantation
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Apat na Taga (1953)
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A story about a mother who acquires a disease and how the family dealt with her.
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Siklab sa Batangas (1952)
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Here is the surging drama of three brothers - torn between two flags - Here is the story of Elias Tabak - the fire of vengeance burned in his heart, and - it took one woman to tame the fury of his "tabak".
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Condenado (1958)
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Savage passions run wild - as violent as a condemned man on the loose.
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Ang Mananandata (1965)
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A story of a man who goes on a manhunt after a band of outlaws kills his brother and a child in his hometown.
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Alamat Ng 7 Kilabot (1967)
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A gunslinger was tasked by an antique collector to find a missing treasure, on his way he meets 6 more gunslingers to help him on the task but as they arrived at the town where the treasure was buried, they are mistaken for military aid.
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Balisong (1955)
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A deadly weapon in the hand of a fiery woman only one man could tame it's fast-streaking fury.
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Walang Pagkalupig (1962)
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The story of the heroic exploits of PC Ranger Captain Laudemer Kahulugan tasked to hunt down Huk dissident leader Casto Alejandrino.
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Rodora (1956)
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A story of a mother and daughter separated by fate, the mother who have no memory of the child she bore, and the daughter who hopes to find her long-lost mother.
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Ang Dayuhan (1968)
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A mysterious gunslinger came to town and was mistaken by Donya Isabel to be the person she hired to help her problem with Don Jose, her second husband. Greed consumed Don Jose, enlisted a band of notorious gunslingers to eliminate the daughter to claim the family's wealth.
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Dumagit (1954)
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A story of the boy Dumagit who grows up in the jungle with his guardian and animal friends. Dr. Joaquin Olivar and his pregnant wife Marina hide in a remote island after Olivar was accused of a crime and Marina feared being ostracized. Marina dies after giving birth to a baby boy, David. Olivar takes care of the baby on his own and gives him the nickname Dumagit. Later, Olivar is killed by a group of men who came into the island to hunt animals. Twenty years later, Federico Olivar, brother of Joaquin Olivar, comes to the island to look for his brother. This film is the Philippine version of Tarzan.
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Baril sa Baril (1961)
Character: Alkalde
A story about two childhood friends Mario and Ricardo who are both war heroes, one day a corrupt attorney who desires power uses their good-hearted nature to test their friendship to get rid of each other.
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Perlas ng Silangan (1969)
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Set at the backdrop of the colonization of pre-Hispanic Philippine, this historical epic revovles around the story of Ramir, a half-caste warrior falls in love with Princess Mahalina. Ramir has to reckon with another brave native, Kiram.
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