Ishmael Bernal Movies

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

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

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 Filipino aristocrat loves his wife but he has a little fun with a chorus girl.

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.

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...

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...

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

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...

Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.

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

A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive. Everything in her life...

Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses.

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.

A martial arts film co-directed by Ishmael Bernal and released in 1975.

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

Si Popeye, atbp (Popeye etc.) is an unofficial Popeye film released in the Philippines in 1973. A live-action film, it consists of three stories:...

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

A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.