Straight to the Heart

Living in the slums, Lupe carries her disabled mother while begging outside the Manila Cathedral, before leveraging her singing talent to escape poverty and rise to stardom.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Lino Brocka

Cast

Sharon Cuneta, Tonton Gutierrez, Loretta Marquez

Relationship problems plague a family of siblings in director Catherine O. Camarillo's multilayered indie drama. Businessman Jimmy is reeling from the shock of being dumped by his fiancee, while his sisters cope with their own romantic woes. Leslie can't decide between two eligible bachelors, Annette nurtures a long-distance love, and ...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Cathy Camarillo

Cast

Piolo Pascual, Andrea Del Rosario, Dimples Romana

"Ninja Party" is a coming of age story of two teenage coeds who find themselves in a comprising situation when they get involved in secret debauchery.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Jim Libiran

Cast

Odette Khan, Teresa Loyzaga, Annicka Dolonius

Angela Delmar works as a waitress for one of the seedier bars in Manila. There she meets five patrons of the bar, who also turn out to be a gang specializing in drugging and raping girls and later on selling them to prostitution.

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Lino Brocka

Cast

Hilda Koronel, Johnny Delgado, Celia Rodriguez

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Josep...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Tikoy Aguiluz, Gary dela Cruz

Cast

Jorge Estregan, Carla Abellana, Phillip Salvador