Ishmael Bernal Movies

When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their...

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

Women cope with various problems while earning a living in the city.

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are...

An anthology of three violent stories: 'Baso' talks about the adventure of three friends who performed Spirit of the Glass and discovered the tale of...

This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. The first episode is about a chance encounter between a...

A witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which end up hilarious.

A playboy and a simple girl from the provinces try to make it in the big city.

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

=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living...

Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.

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...

A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive. Everything in her life...

Ferry owner Benjamin has a regular passenger, Chedeng, who is studying to become a midwife. Chedeng has a friend and neighbour, Maria, and without...

Tisoy is a bohemian balikbayan searching for his father. He gets help from his friends as they scour the immaculately clean Metro Manila as well as...

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...

Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been together for five years. Rex then meets the...

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

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.