Ishmael Bernal Movies

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...

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

A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend.

The story of Annie Batungbakal, who dances in a disco bar.

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...

A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth.

Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather.

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

A 1970 Philippine film directed by Eddie Rodriguez featuring Ishmael Bernal's first writing credit.

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

An innocent young woman who sells flowers in a small-town cabaret frequented by down-and-out prostitutes is lusted after by the son of a school...

A young woman and her mother fight over one man in this dramatic film about three people who genuinely love each other yet express their affection...

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

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

Celia, a daughter of a housekeeper of the Regattas, finds an unknown man- Edwin - in one of their huts. As she helps the man, the two grew close to...

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 re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during...

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