🎦 for cinephiles: MUBI essential filipino directors
ordered as on MUBI.
missing from MDL ~
• A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965) – directed by Lamberto V. Avellana
• Blessings of the Land (1959) – dir. by Manuel Silos
• The Filbuster [El Filibusterismo] (1962) – dir. by Gerardo de León
• Todo Todo Teros (2006) – co-written & dir. by John Torres
• Shadows (2000) – writ. & dir. by Raymond Red
• Kapatiran [Brotherhood] (2015) – co-writ. & dir. by Pepe Diokno
• Stone Is the Earth [Ang mundo sa panahon ng bato] (2010) – writ. & dir. by Mes De Guzman
cw: see below.
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1. From What Is Before
Filipino Movie - 2016
written and directed by Lav Diaz
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cw for list: for warnings on anything you may find disturbing or offensive (depictions of queerphobias, discrimination, shaming, violence, or other triggering content), please check tags* on the title's page, user reviews, and/or Does the Dog Die (although not all titles are there). [*click "Vote or add tags" to see all - but this will include spoilers.]
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2. Insiang
Filipino Movie - 1976
directed by Lino Brocka
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3. Miracle
Filipino Movie - 1982
[Himala]
directed by Ishmael Bernal
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4. In Just the Wink of an Eye
Filipino Movie - 1981
[Blink of an Eye]
co-written and directed by Mike de Leon
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5. Independencia
Filipino Movie - 2009
[Independence]
written and directed by Raya Martin
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6. Foster Child
Filipino Movie - 2007
directed by Brillante Mendoza
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7. Mondomanila
Filipino Movie - 2012
co-written and directed by Khavn De La Cruz
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8. Three Years Without God
Filipino Movie - 1976
[Three Godless Years]
written and directed by Mario O'Hara
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9. Temptation Island
Filipino Movie - 1980
directed by Joey Gosiengfiao (missing from MDL)
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10. José Rizal
Filipino Movie - 1998
directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
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11. Perfumed Nightmare
Filipino Movie - 1979
written and directed by Kidlat Tahimik
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12. Oro Plata Mata
Filipino Movie - 1982
[Gold Silver Death]
co-written and directed by Peque Gallaga
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13. Burlesk Queen
Filipino Movie - 1977
co-written and directed by Celso Ad. Castillo
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14. Kalayaan
Filipino Movie - 2012
[Wildlife]
written and directed by Adolfo Alix Jr.
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15. Sewer
Filipino Movie - 2008
written and directed by Sherad Anthony Sanchez
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16. The Seventies
Filipino Movie - 2002
[Dekada '70]
directed by Chito S. Roño
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17. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Filipino Movie - 2005
directed by Auraeus Solito
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18. Aguila
Filipino Movie - 1980
directed by Eddie Romero (aka Enrique Moreno)
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19. Markova: Comfort Gay
Filipino Movie - 2000
directed by Gil Portes
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20. Honor Thy Father
Filipino Movie - 2015
directed by Erik Matti
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21. Die Beautiful
Filipino Movie - 2016
co-written and directed by Jun Lana
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22. Ordinary People
Filipino Movie - 2016
directed by Eduardo Roy Jr.
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23. Oro
Filipino Movie - 2016
written and directed by Alvin Yapan
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24. Heneral Luna
Filipino Movie - 2015
[General Luna]
written and directed by Jerrold Tarog
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25. Sunday Beauty Queen
Filipino Movie - 2016
directed by Baby Ruth Villarama
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26. Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay
Filipino Movie - 2011
written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone
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27. The Bit Player
Filipino Movie - 2013
directed and co-written by Jeffrey Jeturian
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28. Colossal
Filipino Movie - 2012
written and directed by Whammy Alcazaren
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29. Bambanti
Filipino Movie - 2015
written and directed by Zig Madamba Dulay
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30. Birdshot
Filipino Movie - 2016
co-written and directed by Mikhail Red
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31. Women of the Weeping River
Filipino Movie - 2016
written and directed by Sheron Dayoc