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An action film starring Jestoni Alarcon based on the radio drama by Rey Langit serialized in DZRH.
Two men leading similar lives; one from Tondo, the other from Cavite. Both loved and respected by their family and neighbors. They will also risk their lives to defend their town's honor even if it means putting their lives at stake. However, when their paths cross and a misunderstanding errupts, their friendship is put to the test as punches are thrown and bullets fly.
The explosive story behind the girls of today's front pages.
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A 1990 Filipino action film starring Ramon Revilla Jr.
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.
Flashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel Aguila. The Aguila family gathers to celebrate Daniel's 88th birthday, but the old man is nowhere to be seen--he has been missing for a decade. Suspecting that his father is in Mindanao, one of his sons takes off for that region in a determined search. Along the way, his memories of the nation and his father's life tell the story of 80 tumultuous years of personal and historical development.
As Rolando comes to work for the household his mother works for, he meets Florinda, the wife of Rodrigo, who has suddenly disappeared. Strange things suddenly happen to Florinda, and the two begin to discover what is behind it.
The big, brawling story of a crooked man, an honest man, and a young man called Batang Matadero.
Ride along with Nanding, an honest and brave taxi driver whose simple life takes an unexpected turn. Forced to fight for justice and protect his family and friends, he embarks on a journey filled with action and drama.
In the midst of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, a group of five disgraced and imprisoned Filipino soldiers, led by Sergeant Sanchez, are offered a pardon in exchange for a near-suicidal mission. They must intentionally get captured and sent to a brutal Japanese prison camp to rescue two American officers who hold a vital, secret message from General MacArthur. Once inside, they discover the camp is run by the cunning Major Hayashi and that a traitor among the Filipino prisoners is feeding him information, foiling all escape attempts. Realizing their own plan to tunnel out is compromised, Sanchez and his allies devise a new, more audacious strategy: to tunnel directly into the commander's office. The mission culminates in a violent and desperate breakout, where they must secure the message, capture the enemy commander, and fight for their freedom and honor.
Police officer Mediavillo finds himself pursued by multiple assassins instigated by a prominent businessman, who happens to be the brother of the drug dealer accidentally died under the hands of Mediavillo.
After the death of his father, Alex goes back to his native island to find inner peace. There he finds three girls longing for him.
Mauro Reyes is an ex-policeman tag as a sharpshooter to the lawbreaker that managed to cope up with the death of his family and became a rescuer ... In the verge of adversity that has happened to his family, he became so depressed, self-centered and hopeless in lif, until a heinous felony re-awakened his identity. Due to the different rape slays and murders that had arise in their place, he tried to unveil the hidden mystery of the cases... discovering in the end the involvement of the law enforcer in the transgression. Will he be able to resolve everything even if he's an ex-policeman?
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was born to a poor farmer's family in the town of Bogo, Cebu on March 25, 1935, the youngest of the 16 children. Renowned for his boxing skills, speed and ability to slip punches, the famed southpaw became an oriental champion at all weights from bantamweight to lightweight. To this day, Elorde holds the junior lightweight division for the longest title reign of nearly seven-and-a-half years, defending the crown he won with a spectacular 7th round knockout of Harold Gomes before 26,000 screaming fans at the inauguration of the Araneta Coliseum on March 16, 1960, 10 times against the top contenders. Elorde was the first Asian inducted into the New York-based International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993 and was also enshrined in the World Boxing Hall of Fame. With his skills and humility both inside and outside the ring, "Flash" Elorde will always remain a tribute to the sport. He was a quintessential Filipino who "feared no man but was humble before all men."
One stormy night, in a sea side village, a childless couple finds a mysterious beautiful woman in the beach without any consciousness. The next day, the girl wakes up and introduces herself as Isabel.
Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal, the story follows Crisostomo Ibarra, a young Filipino man who returned from his studies in Europe, who discovered that his father was falsely imprisoned and abused by the Spanish friars, including Padre Damaso. While he is making plans to uplift the lives of his fellow countrymen, he faced resistance from the Spanish colonial government.
Mario seeks justice and hunts those who endanger his loved ones in an action-packed adventure filled with twists.
A story about an orphan girl who thinks that a guerilla leader is an angel.
A 1993 Filipino drama anthology film by Joey Gosiengfiao.
A story about Roman a truck driver who meets a woman who tries to hitchhike wanting to escape the man she was arranged to be her husband.
The story revolves around themes of justice and revenge, as an honest doctor gets wrongfully accused of a crime. He then crosses paths with a rebel and freedom fighter. The two team up as fugitives on the run, realizing that they must work together if they are to survive.
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.
A heartwarming story about nine kids who had run away from their homes.
Panday is a blacksmith whose real name is Flavio. When a meteor fell from the sky one night, he forged the metal from the meteor into a dagger, the balaraw. When he raises the dagger to the sky, it magically grows into a sword. He uses this magical sword to fight the evil Lizardo and other supernatural beings.
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, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.
Super Islaw was a young crippled boy who was granted mystical powers because of his good heart. He used these abilities to protect the innocents of his town, battling supernatural beings such as vampires.
Ariel is pursued by two groups the first one, is a group of three notorious gunslingers headed by Rufo and his two men, Labuyo and Mario. The fanatical Rufo was too obsessed to face Ariel to determine who between them was the fastest gun in the land after Ariel gunned down Diegong Kidlat, known for his fast draw; the second one, a posse led by a sheriff named Hepe also keen to find and arrest him on Diegong Kidlat’s death. Diegong Kidlat was the one responsible for the death of Ariel’s wife named Erlinda. Ariel had Erlinda’s name engraved on his gun and vowed vengeance and justice.
A 1977 film directed by Maria Saret
A story about a sergeant held captive by fugitives searching for a treasure hidden in a remote village.
In the era of American occupation in the Philippines, the story follows Teodoro Asedillo, a nationalistic school teacher who transforms into a revolutionary leader. Asedillo's unwavering belief in social justice and workers' rights leads him to challenge the oppressive system. Dismissed from his position as a police chief due to his principles, he forms the Anak Pawis movement, fighting for the rights of the oppressed.
Orphan Hernan becomes a ward of a fencing master and learns to be a skilful sword fighter. He crosses swords with the ruthless, Ignacio de la Vega who will stop at nothing until he has acquired the title "maestro".
St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.
Sisters live in a remote island when a group of sideshow performers washes ashore.
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.
Celso Ad. Castillo's film about villagers retelling the story of their hero and the revolt he waged in the countryside.
All the flesh, the fire and ardour of a mother's love, a mother's grief, a mother's TEARS.
August 1950. The fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain. They rush to the crash site along with all the villagers, not to help the victims but to plunder their valuables. A dead American passenger carried a large amount of money in his briefcase, which Mesiong, Ponsoy, and Jamin find and avariciously keep for themselves. But the town mayor gets greedy and, with his hirelings, abducts the three to divest them of their booty.
An impotent husband, a fierce choreographer, and a dastardly host of a paranormal investigation show stay at a house up in Baguio City.
Young Guiller and his mother were sold as slaves to a rich miner after their ship was captured by armed men who also killed their family patriarch. After Guiller escapes the enslavement and was marooned on an unknown island, he then plots his revenge to regain his family's honor.
Leon Guererro is a legend a hero in that little barrio but when he died, a group of bandits again ruled the place abusing the women and getting their harvest. People wrapped in fear could not think of anything but pray that another Leon Guerrero would come in and save them. Manuel, a meek son of a drunkard was chosen to play the role of the next Leon Guerrero. His appearance adds to and strengthens the anger of Gancho, the leader of the bandits. Harder to believe but in the end, everybody has to. It is not impossible for anyone to be a Hero.
After a prison spell earned avenging the murder of his parents, Pepe (Revillas Sr and Jr) is struck by magic lightning and left with electric superpowers. After a spell healing the sick he turns vigilante.
A story of a cop who put the law in his hand to avenge the death of his own family and parents.
Lady Lotus, an evil sorceress, attempts to retrieve an ancient katana possessing great power from Naguchi, a martial arts master. Meanwhile, a group of friends are planning a camping trip to follow an all-girl class who are in turn on their own camping trip with their strict teacher. After several mishaps the friends are left stranded in the mountains. While navigating their way back, they stumble across a hidden cavern, where an old ninja master lives. The boys are selected to become ninjas and retrieve the katana that Lady Lotus is searching for.
Expect the unexpected when dramatic actress Vilma Santos tried her hand at comedy and joined the wacky trio of Tito Vic Joey in this hilarious hospital romp. The foursome played bumbling orderlies whose work method was enough to send patients out of the hospital or to undeserved calamity although they were in truth caring and kind-hearted and were only trying to do good.
The arrival of foreign created with an eye on the sky and came to conquer the world with the aim to return in the next life the Lord of Darkness Lizardo.
Against overwhelming odds, nine men fought like hell to uphold a glorious tradition of courage and heroism.
A story about a lone gunslinger and a bounty hunter who teams up to fight a deranged gang leader.
A story about a group searching for Japanese treasures and meeting an old man living with his gorgeous daughter.
A driver hits a feisty strong headed woman's bike and fate draws them closer when the man was fired and later searches for a place to stay while he pursues his dream of being a writer.
A story about two brothers from a simple family living in an impoverished area and are striving to make life a little better for them. The elder is a popular fist-fighter in their community and the younger is a vendor who dreams of becoming a singer.
In this Filipino Western, Lito Lapid plays a cowboy who trains a group of apprentices who want to be cowboys someday.
The billiard ball is round... like the life of Carding which revolves around the billiard table for the survival of his small family. As a master of the game, he's prey to the big bets and vices of rich gamblers. He seeks revenge on them when he was falsely accused of playing the game backward.
A story about Barbaro Cristobal a blind gunslinger and boy who acts as his eyes.
Fernando, a homicidal killer with a bent childhood is quickly sought out by the police. In hiding, he poses as a bus driver for an all girls high school, as they make their way to a retreat for relaxation and self discovery. The murderer raises the body count with the class' fodder, while keeping his 'protective' eyes singled on Chiqui.
Emong Sanchez is the defender of the people through peaceful means. He remains a quite man until he is pushed to violence.
A gunslinger seeks revenge for the murder of his father, after killing the murderer he learns that the man had a son, he brings him to adventure with him.
A story about Nanding, a bounty hunter out to get a wanted man, Ramon who took refuge in his hometown of Tierra Verde. Ramon was loved by his folks and will do anything to protect him. But Nanding will do anything to get his man.
Flavio returns as the heroic blacksmith who uses his magical sword in fighting eveil
After Luisa married Antonio, a man twice her age, her mother decided to left them. Enter Fidel, Antonio's son who not only bugged him with his financial problems but also on how to introduce him to his new wife. Things then turned more farcical after Fidel ended up marrying Luisa's mom and thus becoming his father-in-law.
A story about a small-town good guy who meets his new neighbor, a cop and his feisty sister.
A story about a gallant band of masked swordsmen who swore loyalty to the king reunites to help the beleaguered King from the evil plot of his brother out to overthrow him.
The plot revolves around the rivalry between three cattle ranches, with an enemy ranch owner scheming to turn the other two against each other.
Now the Hunter, soon the Hunted... A man in a fantastic race with quick guns, fast women, and swift death, and always, blood soaked the sands.
A story about a driver of a kalesa or calesa; two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage who falls in love with a fish vendor.
Carling is a skilled mechanic who falls for Trining, the daughter of a carnival owner. Their budding romance is complicated by the presence of Lando, a troublemaker who also has his eyes on Trining. As Carling tries to win Trining's heart, he also has to deal with Lando and his gang, leading to a series of comedic and action-packed situations within the vibrant backdrop of the carnival.
A story about Ando a garbage collector and a college girl.
Fernando Poe, Jr. is back for the fourth time as Panday Flavio to combat evil once more.
A love story salvaged from the chaos of war. It tells the drama between two individuals who meet at a moment when one is about to be married to a vocation.
A story about Orlando who was held captive by a vagrant group so that they would learn how to read. Eventually, he falls in love with the daughter of the group leader.
Matang Bato is a small village which kept many dark mysteries in its past and they are starting to haunt them once again. Our unlikely hero, Tikboy was a frail teenager seeking to make his grandfather proud by joining in his Moro-Moro stage play. But little did he know there was more to his life than just being a stage actor. Suddenly monsters were appearing left and right, revived and controlled by their leader, Conde Regalado, they struck terror to the village. Acquiring the aid of old hermit, Tinyente Kulog, he learned about his past and how it will help save the villagers. Transformed into Kumander Bawang, armed with garlic bombs and superhuman strength, he ventured forth to end the battle that his father has started twenty years ago.
A story about a man and his eleven hunchbacked warrior buddies.
A 1988 Filipino comedy film starring Nora Aunor, Tirso Cruz III, and Roderick Paulate.
“Brando Bandido” avenges for his father who was betrayed and killed by a Don Venerando, a lawless mastermind.
The town of San Bernardo was under the grip of a greedy landowner, Don Cosme and his band of hired gunslingers. Two men, Daniel and Kardo arrived separately and in incognito, with one purpose to get Don Cosme at all cost.
A handful of soldiers holed up on a hilltop to repel the horde of advancing Japanese troops, sacrificing their lives for their beloved country.
A story of a man who joined the guerilla in World War 2.
A story about a guerilla assassin tasked to kill fascist collaborators and sympathizers in the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Dan Alvaro plays Addon, the quintessential Filipino anti-hero, the bastard son of a corrupt police officer who purposely meddles in the very dirty political war between the governor and a town mayor in an unnamed province.
The legend of the golden .45 and the men who possessed it.
Cora is Susie, happy, carefree teenager. Rosita is Sylvia, socialite who cannot make up her mind until she meets the right man. Nena is Salud, a helpless invalid who believes in just one love.
The King of Action, Fernando Poe Jr, and the King of the Ring, Flash Elorde team up in this knock-out classic as two street fighters seeking fame and glory in the national boxing circuit.
A story about a military man who was tasked to make peace with a tribe of head hunters.
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.
A story about a man falsely convicted of a crime, who then escapes and does his best to prove his innocence.
He's the king.
Alberto is a man unjustly and falsely accused of a crime. He was arrested and convicted, he then escapes and did everything to get the culprits and clear his name.
A story about two brothers Mando a thief and Carding a lawyer.
A story about a good-natured common man, one day the devil tempts him to give powers of sinister origin. However, the price is the former's soul.
A true story about a conniving sociopathic mass murderer named Napoleon Agra one of the most wanted men ever in the Philippines.
Based on the work serialised in Liwayway Magazine.
