Movies and TV shows set in the philippines

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in the philippines ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, humorous, light, realistic and tense films and TV shows about / with love and romance, family relations, husband wife relationship, couples, friendship, gays and lesbians, rain, male female relationship, society and love affair plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Philippines, France, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as the philippines: Service (2008), Selina's Gold (2022), Ordinary People (2016), Scorpio Nights (1985), Waves (2015), The Mistress (2012), Crazy Beautiful You (2015), Macho Dancer (1988), The Love Affair (2015), Die Beautiful (2016).

List of movies set in the philippines

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Service (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, France, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A struggling family (Gina Pareño, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin) owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
Style: sexy, serious, atmospheric, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: gay, erection, unsimulated sex, family relations, unwanted pregnancy, family business, family problems, estrangement, realism, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: asia, the philippines
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Selina's Gold (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Selina's father sells her to Tiago who makes her a sex slave. With the help of Domeng, Tiago's blind slave, she plans their way out of this living hell.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, erotic
Plot: sex slave, female nudity, sex slavery, slave, slave girl, slavery, female protagonist, life is a bitch, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, 17 year old, male full rear nudity ...
Time: 1940s
Place: the philippines
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Ordinary People (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 107 min.
Story: ORDINARY PEOPLE is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tragic ending ...
Plot: child, husband wife relationship, family relations, mother child relationship, money, missing child, violence, child abduction, twists and turns, sex scene, life lesson, gays and lesbians ...
Place: the philippines
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Scorpio Nights (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a crowded, multi-appartment house, a young student peeps on his neighbours making love and subsequently develops a steamy affair with the neighbour's wife. The affair slowly becomes an obsession and spins out of control.
Plot: husband murders wife, voyeurism, asian, peeping tom, filipina, adultery, erotica, teenage sexuality, love affair, husband, wife, college ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines
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Waves (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Waves is a romantic drama about the intimate relationship between Ross & Sofia - two old friends passionately in love yet life's cultural, geographical, and emotional obstacles get in the way.
Style: touching, contemplative, psychological, sexy, independent film
Plot: relationships, unfulfilled love, lovers, love, friendship, jealousy, couples, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, bare chested male, cheating girlfriend ...
Place: the philippines
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The Mistress (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A young woman is torn between the affections of her two lovers. One is a young bachelor who brings passion into her life. The other is a married man who has kept her as his mistress for years. Architect JD has a chip on his shoulder about his father ...
Style: tagalog, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, captivating
Plot: mistress, rivalry, large family, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, inheritance, love interest, love triangle, romantic triangle, love story, love affair, romantic relationship ...
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
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Crazy Beautiful You (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A bad girl and a province boy found love in the state of being broken and in the process of healing.
Style: emotional, sincere, sentimental, entertaining, stylized ...
Plot: sexy teenager, province, generation gap, small town, unlikely friendships, love, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, teenager, uncontrollable, understanding, flirting ...
Place: the philippines
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Macho Dancer (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A former American soldier becomes an exotic dancer and male prostitute in Manila.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, erotic, disturbing ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, male prostitution, lgbt, gay, glbt, police corruption, prostitute, gay subtext, male stripper, sexual abuse, teenage life, murder ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
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The Love Affair (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Often in the backseat and a second priority to her partner, a lawyer decides to end her relationship and focuses on herself with a help of a man out of her league.
Style: realistic, romantic, atmospheric, emotional
Plot: extramarital affair, lawyer, marriage, husband wife relationship, infidelity, love triangle, love story, workplace romance, love and romance, life philosophy, adultery, betrayal ...
Place: the philippines
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Die Beautiful (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman, suddenly dies while being crowned in a beauty pageant. Her last wish was to be presented as a different celebrity on each night of her wake.
Style: lgbt cinema, light, psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: transsexual, gay, brother sister relationship, gay slur, father son relationship, gay lead character, family relations, friendship, friendship between men, friend, funeral, drag queen ...
Place: the philippines
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Captive (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, psychological thriller, serious
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, danger, captivity, rescue, journalist, hostage, murder, muslim, religion, military, jungle ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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Clash (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 60 min.
Story: "Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, mayor, politics, vigilantism, moral dilemma, juvenile delinquency, social decay, rivalry, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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Lapu-Lapu (2002)
Genre: Action, Biography, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A film showing the struggles of Lapu-Lapu and how he defended Mactan, Cebu from the invading Spanish forces.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure
Plot: spaniard, king, heroes, hand to hand combat, spanish inquisition, fistfight, translator, historical event, battles, warrior, queen, sword ...
Time: 16th century
Place: the philippines, spain
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The Golden Holiday (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A laid-back countryside detective Byung-su takes his family to the Philippines for his 10th wedding anniversary. In fact, his hidden agenda is to track down his old friend Yong-bae who scammed him and got away a few years ago. In Manila, Byung-su ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing, detective
Plot: scam, partner, rivalry, evidence, society, murder mystery, revenge, law enforcement, clue, uncover truth, violence, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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Bekikang: My Gay Mother (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bekikang is left and abandoned with a baby boy by friend, Fortunato. He loves and raises the child as his own flesh and blood. When things are going so well between Bekikang and the child, Fortunato and the mother of the child after years of absence ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Plot: father son relationship, abandoned baby, parents and children, family relations, family reunited, mother son reunion, eccentric family, mother and son, kids and family, children, humour, male female relationship ...
Place: the philippines
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She's The One (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A television hosts wakes up to her true desires when his best friend's video goes viral.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, tagalog
Plot: best friends in love, best friend, social network, social media, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, love affair, couple relations, friends, relationships, love story ...
Place: the philippines
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Minor (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: High school student Jen Guilarman lives in misery with her abusive mother and her mom's lesbian lover. Looking for some escape, she aims to join an all-girl gang which first requires her to undergo a sexual rite. Jen only has one man in mind, ...
Style: unusual plot structure, sexy, psychological, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot: lesbian, false accusation, jail, lawyer, rape, teacher, revenge, student, teenager, boss, lesbian relationship, school teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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Shake Rattle and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Shake, Rattle and Roll 14 : The Invasion is a 2012 science fiction horror film directed by Chito S. Roño. The film stars an ensemble casts including Janice de Belen, Herbert Bautista, Dennis Trillo, Lovi Poe, Paulo Avelino, Martin Escudero and ...
Style: anthology, tense, scary, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: alien invasion, last will and testament, inheritance, ghost, soldier, haunted house, jungle, bat, uncle, zombie, insect, infection ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: the philippines
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A Secret Affair (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Rafi (Anne Curtis) is happily committed to her lovely partner in life, Mark (Derek Ramsay). She's a bachelorette from a rich family, who belongs to the "Friday Club", the regular get-together of her college friends. Rafi is an ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic
Plot: marriage proposal, living together, unfulfillment, runaway, breakup, bittersweet, one night stand, life turned upside down, love triangle, fall in love, chance meeting, fiance fiancee relationship ...
Place: the philippines
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My Neighbor’s Wife (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Aaron and Giselle are an ambitious couple, but their hard work isn’t enough to provide for the comfortable life they desire. The marriage of their well-to-do bosom buddies, Bullet and Jasmine, also goes from bliss to bleak. Their situation heads ...
Style: psychological, light, tense, captivating
Plot: unhappy marriage, unfaithful husband, marriage, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, adultery, school, marital infidelity, friend turned foe, infidelity, male female relationship, troubled marriage ...
Place: the philippines
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To Wed or Not (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Toni and Uge play close cousins in this movie. One is trying to end her marriage and the other trying to get married. Together they will discover and rediscover the most important lessons on staying married and getting married.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good
Plot: marital separation, marriage proposal, love and romance, couples, friendship, society, wedding preparations and rituals, quarrel, conservative, separation, finance, hiding ...
Place: the philippines
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Way Back Home (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jessica Santiago & Ana Bartolome are two sisters who have lived in separate lives for 12 long years. Jessie, though an excellent student, has grown to feel sorrow of Ana’s lost while Ana, not knowing that she’s an orphan, grew up in a ...
Style: touching, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: siblings, sister sister relationship, missing person, long lost daughter, sibling rivalry, fisherman, missing sister, fishing village, mother daughter relationship, jealousy, young adult, dog ...
Place: the philippines
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Tween Academy: Class of 2012 (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Story: The story revolves around 3 best of friends. Kara, the cosplayer and online retailer. George the boyish football wannabe, Enzo, the Mr. Fix-It
Style: captivating, sincere, humorous, light, romantic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, classmate, teenager, teacher, friendship, laboratory, imagination, fear, high school, parents, parent child relationship, outcast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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The Adventures of Pureza - Queen Of The Riles (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story revolves with Pura, (Melai) who plays the comedic role of a bubbly, caring, kind-hearted, very hardworking “dakilang ate” who wants nothing but only the best for her one and only beloved brother, Ulam, and uplift their dismal life. In ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, unusual plot structure, slapstick ...
Plot: chase, syndicate, kidnapping, brother sister relationship, abduction, chess, delivery man, priest, van, photographer, train, marriage ...
Place: the philippines
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Shake Rattle and Roll 12 (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The first episode "Mamanyiika" plays on the words "mama" and "manyika" which literally means "mother doll". The story of a possessed doll. The second episode, is the tale of three girls, one of them the apple ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, anthology
Plot: mental patient, mental institution, cannibalism, dysfunctional family, missing person, death, doll, psychiatric patient, rain, psychiatric hospital, laptop, grave digger ...
Place: the philippines
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My Amnesia Girl (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Apollo finds himself surrounded by friends who are beginning to settle down, he is faced with the possibility of finding his true love. It all boils down to one name: Irene. It must be fate then, when he once again sees Irene, his ex-girlfriend ...
Style: humorous, tagalog, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: memory loss, breakup, cons and scams, haunted by the past, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lie, friendship, couples, love and romance, girl, switching roles, amnesia ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: the philippines
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Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Angelina is a 7 year old brilliant and talented girl who is spoiled and a bully. Her first yaya (nanny) was hospitalized because of the girl's disobedience (A fire happened before she was hospitalized. Angelina was the cause of the fire because ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, witty, captivating
Plot: rivalry, female boss, television, gangster, kidnapping, father daughter relationship, nanny, student, fired from the job, teacher, hospital, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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Hide & Seek (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After a tragedy, a family moves to an isolated house where strange apparitions appear.
Style: disturbing, sinister, suspense, mystical, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, stepfather, haunted, family relations, dysfunctional family, murder, abandoned house, murder mystery, mysticism, husband wife relationship, patricide ...
Place: the philippines
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One More Chance (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Popoy and Basha had been together forever. Their love story began when they first met as students at university. They had been inseparable and did everything together—eating, studying and attending parties. However, Popoy's incessant planning ...
Style: tagalog, realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: cheerleader, love, new life, chance, longing, regret, breakup, couples, breaking up with girlfriend, society, life lesson, suv ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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Asboobs: Asal Bobo (2003)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ice cream vendor was bullied and thrown on a river.He swore to become a brave soldier. A spoiled brat snaps his adopted uncle and forced him to undergo military training. A barangay tanod is an action freak.He mauled even the well wishers for his ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, captivating, funny
Plot: army, rebel, soldier, sergeant, misfit, escapades, military service, humour, military, military officer, military training, drill
Place: the philippines
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