Ishmael Bernal Movies

The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's...

A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist.

A scheme of two sisters fell through when the one falls for the other's estranged husband.

Virginal Ninay becomes a woman as an object of desire for liberation, but she's confused about her gender.

It is a story of Angeli (Maricel Soriano), an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony (Eddie Garcia). Angeli's hardships as a child left her...

The life of tomboy tricycle driver Olga gets thrown for a loop when she collides with the rich Truman, who then makes it his mission to win her heart.

A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.

Boy Kodyak is detective Teo Rosa, a young plainclothesman still embued with idealism. When he finds out that a small-time punk named Rogel is...

A story between two women sharing the same man.

Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses.

Si Popeye, atbp (Popeye etc.) is an unofficial Popeye film released in the Philippines in 1973. A live-action film, it consists of three stories:...

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.

A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives.

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.

The Delfin family moves to a new house after the husband migrates to Saudi Arabia for work. The family consists of Lorna, her daughter Virgie, their...

A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect...

In this sequel, which assumes a more political bent, are blue-collar workers, salesladies, and common laborers.

A group of high school students navigate their lives and loves in this ensemble film from Ishmael Bernal.

Walang Katapusang Tag-araw focuses on two strong-willed women, Matilde and Binyang, who clawed themselves up, in almost simultaneous and parallel...