🎦 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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![From What Is Before]()
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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![Insiang]()
2. Insiang
Filipino Movie - 1976
directed by Lino Brocka
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![Miracle]()
3. Miracle
Filipino Movie - 1982
[Himala]
directed by Ishmael Bernal
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![In Just the Wink of an Eye]()
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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![Independencia]()
5. Independencia
Filipino Movie - 2009
[Independence]
written and directed by Raya Martin
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![Foster Child]()
6. Foster Child
Filipino Movie - 2007
directed by Brillante Mendoza
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![Mondomanila]()
7. Mondomanila
Filipino Movie - 2012
co-written and directed by Khavn De La Cruz
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![Three Years Without God]()
8. Three Years Without God
Filipino Movie - 1976
[Three Godless Years]
written and directed by Mario O'Hara
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![Temptation Island]()
9. Temptation Island
Filipino Movie - 1980
directed by Joey Gosiengfiao (missing from MDL)
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![José Rizal]()
10. José Rizal
Filipino Movie - 1998
directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
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![Perfumed Nightmare]()
11. Perfumed Nightmare
Filipino Movie - 1979
written and directed by Kidlat Tahimik
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![Oro Plata Mata]()
12. Oro Plata Mata
Filipino Movie - 1982
[Gold Silver Death]
co-written and directed by Peque Gallaga
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![Burlesk Queen]()
13. Burlesk Queen
Filipino Movie - 1977
co-written and directed by Celso Ad. Castillo
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![Kalayaan]()
14. Kalayaan
Filipino Movie - 2012
[Wildlife]
written and directed by Adolfo Alix Jr.
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![Sewer]()
15. Sewer
Filipino Movie - 2008
written and directed by Sherad Anthony Sanchez
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![The Seventies]()
16. The Seventies
Filipino Movie - 2002
[Dekada '70]
directed by Chito S. Roño
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![The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros]()
17. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Filipino Movie - 2005
directed by Auraeus Solito
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![Aguila]()
18. Aguila
Filipino Movie - 1980
directed by Eddie Romero (aka Enrique Moreno)
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![Markova: Comfort Gay]()
19. Markova: Comfort Gay
Filipino Movie - 2000
directed by Gil Portes
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![Honor Thy Father]()
20. Honor Thy Father
Filipino Movie - 2015
directed by Erik Matti
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![Die Beautiful]()
21. Die Beautiful
Filipino Movie - 2016
co-written and directed by Jun Lana
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![Ordinary People]()
22. Ordinary People
Filipino Movie - 2016
directed by Eduardo Roy Jr.
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![Oro]()
23. Oro
Filipino Movie - 2016
written and directed by Alvin Yapan
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![Heneral Luna]()
24. Heneral Luna
Filipino Movie - 2015
[General Luna]
written and directed by Jerrold Tarog
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![Sunday Beauty Queen]()
25. Sunday Beauty Queen
Filipino Movie - 2016
directed by Baby Ruth Villarama
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![Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay]()
26. Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay
Filipino Movie - 2011
written and directed by Antoinette Jadaone
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![The Bit Player]()
27. The Bit Player
Filipino Movie - 2013
directed and co-written by Jeffrey Jeturian
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![Colossal]()
28. Colossal
Filipino Movie - 2012
written and directed by Whammy Alcazaren
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![Bambanti]()
29. Bambanti
Filipino Movie - 2015
written and directed by Zig Madamba Dulay
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![Birdshot]()
30. Birdshot
Filipino Movie - 2016
co-written and directed by Mikhail Red
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![Women of the Weeping River]()
31. Women of the Weeping River
Filipino Movie - 2016
written and directed by Sheron Dayoc
