194 Films & TV Shows Set In Philippines
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Recyclo Transformers
π΅π Philippines The 2020sSet in December 2021, Resiklo is the story of Crisval Sarmiento, an ex-military Colonel who leads a rag-tag group of survivors in the Philippines against the insect-like alien invaders known as the Balangs. Because of the enormous expenditures in resources during the invasion, the humans are forced to scavenge the destroyed landscape for anything that could be recycled and put to use at their secret sanctuary, called Paraiso. However, they are in a race against time, as in addition to the resource gathering, the survivors are fighting to eliminate the Balangs and their human collaborators, the Mutanos, while keeping Paraiso's location secret and along the way, uncovering the truth behind the invasion as well.
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Batanes
π΅π PhilippinesAng pag-ibig ay walang hangganan. (Love knows no borders) β Pam meets Rico an Ivatan, and decides to leave her stressful life in the city to follow him to Batanes to meet his parents Boy and Lydia and marry him. Pam tries to adapt to the Ivatan way of life but hates the sea that Rico loves so much. Her hatred for the sea intensifies when her husband Rico dies in a fishing accident. Pam is devastated and decides to go back to Manila. But when she sensed that the sea was laughing at her failure, she chose to stay in Batanes to be with Rico's family. In one of her trips to the sea, she accidentally meets Kao Ken Chu, a Taiwanese, whom she rescues during a storm. As they spend time together, the two eventually fall for each other despite language barriers and cultural differences.
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Donsol
π΅π PhilippinesAbout two lonely people who met during the whaleshark watching season in Donsol, Sorsogon.
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The Great Raid
π΅π Philippines The 1940sThe most daring rescue mission of our time is a story that has never been told β As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.
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Cavite
π΅π PhilippinesA freshly arrived expat in Philippines is lured into a conspiracy by a mysterious killer, with his mother and sister's lives at stake if he doesn't comply with the demands.
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Ngayong Nandito Ka
π―π΅ Japan π΅π PhilippinesIn the colorful and exciting world of the Baguio music scene, Garie and Rocky share the perfect romance. Garie is a backup singer, while Rocky is a keyboardist they are members of a band that is all set to go to Japan for a contractual gig. Happily in love and brimming with dreams of a future together, Garie and Rocky believe that nothing can come between them; not even the fact that Rocky comes from one of Baguioβs richest and oldest clans, while that Garie only has humble roots. They exchange promises that no matter what happens, they will not let anything get in the way of their love.
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Imelda
π΅π PhilippinesPower, Myth, Illusion β A "beyond the shoes" documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
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Lapu-Lapu
π΅π Philippines The 16th CenturyA film showing the struggles of Lapu-Lapu and how he defended Mactan, Cebu from the invading Spanish forces.
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Ang Alamat ng Lawin
π΅π PhilippinesThe rule "Don't judge a book by its cover" cannot apply in FPJ's "Alamat ng Lawin". For it is as silly as its poster, which resembles Carlo J. Caparas films. Just from the poster.
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Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure
California π΅π PhilippinesIn World War II veteran Lolo Melo enjoys regaling his grandson Jobert with war stories, one of which includes Lolo's participation in burying the famed Yamashita treasure. When Jobert heads to Manila to unearth the cache, little does he know that he has competition: A shadowy G-man and a soldier of fortune are also in pursuit of the loot.
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The Guys from Paradise
π΅π PhilippinesSet in the Phillipines, Takashi Miikeβs βThe Guys from Paradiseβ weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salaryman Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money heβs able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as heβs obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
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A Change of Heart
π΅π PhilippinesThree siblings Danny, Art and Grace are now well settled with their respective families, in widely contrasting lifestyles. The one common thing that binds them loosely together is the love that their mother Dolores "Loleng" Rosales holds for all of them and her grandchildren, albeit expressed in varying ways and degrees, but always equally nurturing and self-giving. Much as they are held together by her, they are in turn separated by physical distance and the sad legacy left behind by their deceased, erstwhile strong-willed, patriarchal father.
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Ang Dalubhasa
π΅π Philippines The 1980s The 1990sJaime de Guzman, a military neurosurgeon, survives a massacre that killed his wife and daughter. He hunts down all perpetrators and is able to kill them except the boss. From returning to a normal life and to the death of a girl after performing a brain operation to her, he hides his guilt to his new life.
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Man on the Moon
New York π΅π Philippines The 1950s The 1970s The 1980sHello, my name is Andy and this is my movie. β The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
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Kiss the Sky
π΅π PhilippinesIn search of paradise they made one mistake... they brought themselves β Two professionals, Jeff and Marty, take a business trip to the Philippines. Their deep dissatisfaction with their lives leads them to forsake their friends and families for a return to the alcohol and drug-induced wanderings of their youth.
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Legacy
π΅π PhilippinesDeception and intrigue in the combat zones of Manila β A photojournalist deported from a war zone in Asia meets up with a woman who is looking for her father. He offers to help her...
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The Suspect
ππ° Hong Kong π΅π PhilippinesLouis Koo plays an assassin who wants to go straight after getting out of prison, so he turns down a job from his former employer Simon Yam to kill a politician. Yam carries out the hit himself and manages to frame Koo for the crime, who then must run from both the cops and criminals as he tries to clear his name.
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Goodbye America
π΅π Philippines The 1990sFor love, For honour, For country, There is Love β It is November 1992 and the US Navy is preparing to surrender its largest overseas facility at Subic Bay, Philippines, after almost a century. For both countries, and for the navy, it is a time of change. Violence erupts shortly after the U.S. Navy announces plans to withdraw from a Philippine base in 1992.
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Why Is There a Yesterday?
π΅π PhilippinesBakit may Kahapon Pa? (Why Is There a Yesterday?) is a 1996 Filipino drama film directed by Joel Lamangan. It is about a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma (Garcia) massacres her family along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed but her mind is yet to recover from the horrible experience. She continues to thirst for revenge and crafts a scheme to exact retribution. She eyes the head of the military mission who instigated the carnage that she survived. He is now a well-admired retiring general who is about to cap his career with the service's highest honors.
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Tough Beauty And The Sloppy Slop
π΅π PhilippinesThree high-octane cops--an unorthodox one from Hong Kong, a straitlaced one from the Mainland, and one from the Philippines--join forces to demolish an insidious counterfeiting ring. Cops-and-robbers action fare taken to its most gleefully bullet-ridden extreme.
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Second Chances
π΅π PhilippinesTwo lovers, who are oceans apart, discover that distance can either make the heart grow fonder or render it numb with grief.
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Escape
π΅π Philippines The 1970sThe Sergio Osmena-Geny Lopez Story β Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman while Serge is more sensitive and outgoing. Both of the young men's parents give all of their money, but the government refuses to free them. Even a mutual hunger strike fails to move their jailers. In desperation, Geny and Serge begin plotting their escape.
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Muling Umawit ang Puso
π΅π PhilippinesMuling Umawit ang Puso? is a 1995 Filipino film and an official entry to the 1995 Metro Manila Film Festival. This is the story of a popular singer-actress (Aunor) who went into seclusion after the traumatic experience of watching her pregnant sister die in the wake of a stampede of her fans. Nearly twenty years later she took in a young girl who wanted to be a star and tried to mold her into a copy of what she was before. With her she also picked up the pieces of the life she placed on hold and now was wishing to resume not as the star she was but as an involved caring and loving person.
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Bodyguard Kiba: Apocalypse of Carnage
πΉπΌ Taiwan Tokyo Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture π΅π PhilippinesKiba is a bodyguard who works to raise money for his master's karate dojo. He gets the assignment to guard a young woman in Taipei...
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Boboy Salonga: Batang Tondo
π΅π PhilippinesBoboy Salonga: Batang Tondo: Directed by Junn P. Cabreira. With Jeric Raval, Monica Herrera, Vic Vargas, Mark Gil.
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