Ishmael Bernal Movies

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...

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

Ishmael Bernal's caustic drama about kept mistresses.

A fashion model is torn between two men: her young boyfriend who is a self-centered fashion model and an older married man who is estranged from his...

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

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

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

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...

Six beautiful people caught in a deluge of their own raw passions unleashed.

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

This musical-drama revolves around a widower who lived in the US with his only daughter. They returned to the Philippines, where his late wife grew...

A lost film from Ishmael Bernal, originally released in 1976.

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

A story between two women sharing the same man.

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:...

The Delfin family moves to a new house after the husband migrates to Saudi Arabia for work. The family consists of Lorna, her daughter Virgie, their...

A provincial son who just finished law school embarked on becoming a successful man, even if it means leaving behind his former life and seducing a...

Portrait of director Ishmael Bernal