Movies: Joseph de Cordova

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II....

A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago....

When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated li...

A big-screen adaptation of D.G. Salonga's novel serialized in Tagalog Klasiks...

Gerardo de Leon's masterpiece of an adaptation of Jose Rizal's gothic revenge novel....

Maria and Jose, a young married couple begin life together in an orchard in the countryside. It isn't long until they have four children: Miguel, Arturo, Angelita, and Lito. The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good for the family and the chil...

Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal....

Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body ...

A 1983 Filipino action film about the Bangsamoro struggle and Mindanao....

Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's b...

A story about two feuding families, whose loves and hates are as big as the great outdoors, a drama of cattle barong, of men fast on the draw and ladies just as deadly as they are charming....

A 1984 Filipino film starring Jess Lapid Jr. and Redford White...

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Two families are rivals in the funeral business....

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila....

A 1980 Filipino action film starring Lito Lapid and Melanie Marquez....

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for ...

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About an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate (Leopoldo Salcedo) tortured and killed during election season....

Two people from two different Polynesian groups fall in love at first sight....