Movies and TV shows set in the philippines – page 4

List of movies set in the philippines

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 5.1
 130
Bedspacer (2024)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Janice's steamy obsession to imitate Lexi propels them to campus stardom. But dark secrets blur the lines between authenticity and seductive deception.
Style: sexy, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, female nudity, seduction, female protagonist, secret, romantic relationship, relationships, social problems, sexual relations, couple relations, seductive woman ...
Place: the philippines
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 7.7
 279
Sweet Love (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story: Destiny intertwines the lives of a rich Italian bella and a poor, hardworking Manila boy who are both in search of their true identity.
Style: psychological, satirical, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot: love, male female relationship, romantic relationship, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, in love, poor, changing lives, problem, couples ...
Place: the philippines
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Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
TV show
Story: Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas was a soap aired by ABS-CBN that premiered on May 19, 2003 and ended July 9, 2004. It is a love story of two star-crossed lovers who suffer for their parents’ long forgotten sins. Christian and Ara battle the odd twists ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, soap opera
Plot: couples, relationships, lifestyle, destiny, love interest, love story, couple relations, star crossed lovers, in love, love affair, fall in love, romantic relationship ...
Place: the philippines
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 5.8
 254
La Luna Sangre (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: La Luna Sangre is the third installment to Lobo, and Imortal, two series that revolve around the tales of wolves, vampires and humans. From Lyka and Noah’s love that defied fate to Lia and Mateo’s love that conquered the long-standing feud ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, scary, tense ...
Plot: supernatural, vampire, supernatural power, vampire vs vampire, vampire bite, revenge, vampire slayer, death, vengeance, good versus evil, vampirism, hunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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 5.3
 206
Ne Zha (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The once dominating LIONS team gradually declined after the death of team leader Lao Shen. Unwilling to retire, Li Yi Fei and his new partner-the first female driver in league history, Lu Li li did not get along, and the two did not give in to each ...
Style: tense, talky, stylized, touching
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, racecar driver, couples, car race, escapades, rivalry, chase, couple relations, fall in love, race, competition, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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 5.7
 105
Dementia (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman who cannot remember begins to see ghosts of the past.
Style: psychotronic, scary, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: dementia, ghost, old woman, evil spirit, haunted by the past, dark past, psychopath, supernatural power, supernatural, mission, characters in danger, exorcism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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Enteng ng Ina mo (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Enteng wants to retire as the hero of Engkantasya and have a normal life with his family without the magical elements. Ina longs to have the right partner to be with her for the rest of her life. One day, Enteng is placed under a powerful evil spell ...
Style: humorous, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, contemplative
Plot: wizard, kingdom, spell, witch, curse, prophecy, love and romance, friendship, witchcraft, friends, escapades, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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 5.4
 381
Block Z (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pre-med student and her friends encounter the death of a patient that exhibited symptoms of rabies. They are soon faced with an even bigger problem as their patient comes back from the dead and infects the people on campus, causing a lockdown and ...
Style: psychotronic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, scary
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, distopia, tough girl, mutation, hell on earth, evil, living dead, bloody violence, mass murder, murder, virus ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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The Year I Did Nothing (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Set in 1985, Manila, 3 siblings spend an extended summer waiting to immigrate to the United States, while their country gets ready to evict their homeland's notorious dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, tagalog ...
Audience: kids
Plot: immigration, revolution, politics, martial law, election, protest, coming of age, summer, activism, life is a bitch, youth, television ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: the philippines
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Can't Help Falling in Love (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Gab de la Cuesta is a high-strung career woman who got recently engaged to her longtime boyfriend. Her well-planned life suddenly becomes complicated when she discovers that she is actually married to a total stranger.
Style: tagalog, captivating, romantic, light, entertaining
Plot: married woman, marriage, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, male female relationship, relationships, romantic triangle, marital problem, love triangle, love story, romantic relationship ...
Place: the philippines
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 4.2
 708
Surviving Evil (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A TV documentary crew arrive on a remote island in the Philippines to film a survival special. Their back-to-the-wild adventure proves to be more terrifying than they ever could have imagined
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: jungle, creature, survival, guide, danger, escapades, filmmaking, murder, monster, woman with a gun, zombie, creature feature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines, south africa
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Noriega: God's Favorite (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: politics, assassination, army investigation, soldier, political unrest, ambition, state affairs, head of state, fighting the system, clergy, revolution, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 90s
Place: the philippines, panama
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 6.0
 48
Stray Cats (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two bestfriends, a gay man and a woman, are always unlucky in finding love.
Style: parody
Plot: gay, novelist, glbt, gay man has sex with a woman, cat, female executive, hopeless romantic, gay subtext, friendship, writers, pickpocket, cemetery ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, year 1983
Place: the philippines, germany, europe, west germany
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 7.0
 160
Kimmy Dora (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kimmy and Dora (both Eugene Domingo) are identical twins but are as different as night and day. Kimmy is the smart, dictatorial type while Dora is the slow, dumb-wit sister. Kimmy has always been jealous of her sister as Johnson (Dingdong Dantes), ...
Style: tagalog
Plot: twins, business tycoon, kidnapping, cockroach, dog, swimming pool, sister sister relationship, escape, lawyer, swat, mistaken identity, scarecrow ...
Place: the philippines
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Almost Paradise (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A former DEA agent forced into early retirement runs a gift shop in in the Philippines. Despite his best efforts to begin a tranquil new life, he’s pulled back into a world of dangerous people and deadly situations, either through his friends in ...
Style: heroic, disturbing, visually appealing, suspense, detective
Plot: police protagonist, police, private investigator, betrayal by friend, brawl, buddy, gang of thieves, villain arrested, assassination attempt, good versus evil, haunted by the past, police investigation ...
Place: the philippines
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Bonifacio, the First President (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The true story of Andres Bonifacio, a man who rose as a leader in the fight against the Spanish oppressors, and would gain the enmity of even those fighting for the same cause.
Plot: marxist, hanging, cannon, sword fight, freemason, murder, newspaper, election, church, raid, teacher, freedom fighter ...
Time: 19th century
Place: the philippines
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The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a civil war in the Philippines breaks out, a gay man born into a military family is forced to enlist in place of his ailing father.
Style: humorous, captivating, not serious, realistic
Plot: gay soldier, gay interest, following a dream, ambition, terrorist, patriotism, machismo, soldier, scientist, gay slur, father son relationship, crush ...
Place: the philippines
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Your Only Mother: This Is The Last! (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A few months after Ina left the position as the President of the Philippines, she is back in the media limelight as she releases a book of her life in her journey as a mother to her children and as a mother to the people of the Philippines. Ina now ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, parody, independent film, queer cinema
Plot: mother, parent child relationship, motherhood, female protagonist, illness, death, family feud, anxiety, family problems, family relations, terminal illness, obsession ...
Place: the philippines
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 6.8
 20
Ben & Sam (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them.
Plot: gay interest, college, gays and lesbians, lgbt, male homosexuality, gay subtext, gay slur, male objectification, homosexuality, gay, gay relationship, college student ...
Place: the philippines
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 5.7
 153
Heavenly Touch (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jonard (Joash Balejado) is having trouble making ends meet. His mother is suffering from depression, and he and his sister are forced to quit school in order to take care of her. One day, Jonard meets up his friend Rodel (Paolo Serrano), and Rodel ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: gay, lgbt, drug, gay relationship, drug bust, criminal syndicate, gang, gay lead character, criminal, bandit, gays and lesbians, masseur ...
Place: the philippines
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 6.2
 212
The Inmate (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Set in two contrasting enivronments that undeline the same premise of imprisonment, Selda tells the story of Rommel (Sid Lucero), a young man who accidentally kills a boy, resulting in his incarceration. Inside the jail, he befriends another inmate, ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: jail, prison, prison sex, farmer, gay, friend, husband wife relationship, murder, friendship between men, friendship, little girl, gay slur ...
Place: the philippines
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 6.8
 10K
Mammoth (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story: While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the ...
Style: melancholic, depressing, thought provoking, sincere, multicultural ...
Plot: pedophilia, doctor, loneliness, life philosophy, family problems, moral dilemma, maid, corporate world, parents and children, rich and poor, social differences, couple relations ...
Time: year 2009, 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, thailand, the philippines, usa, asia ...
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 6.2
 74
Agent X44 (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The plot revolves around a secret agency with Reserve Agent King Aguila tasked to recover the Philippines' most important artifact. The artifact is the bolo of Lapu-lapu which he used to kill Magellan in 1521.
Plot: spy, agent, secret, amazon river, spying, princess, millionaire, arab, crime boss, spy hero, yakuza, surveillance ...
Place: the philippines, asia
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 6.9
 136
All My Life (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Sam and Louie meet aboard the Star Cruise. Despite being strangers and complete opposites, with Sam being carefree and Louie being obsessive-compulsive, they become unlikely acquaintances and eventually friends. Both pained on carrying life’s ...
Style: captivating, romantic, rough, tagalog
Plot: cruise ship, romantic friendship, male female relationship, romantic relationship, relationships, in love, love interest, love affair, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, meeting ...
Place: the philippines
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I Will Survive (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Four disparate friends one a homosexual strive to be wonderful spouses and parents, yet despite good intentions, they all struggle with personal dramas. While Cynthia and her husband are no longer intimate, Mylene has learned her spouse is sleeping ...
Plot: gays and lesbians, friendship, infidelity, adultery, photographer, friend, wedding, father son relationship, extramarital affair, adoption, husband wife relationship, cybersex ...
Place: the philippines
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 5.5
 8K
Naked Weapon (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female assassin, hitman, female killer, assassination, female martial artist, woman kills a man, one woman army, rape and revenge, terrorism, tough heroes, revenge, martial arts ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: hong kong, japan, china, the philippines, tokyo ...
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Mrs. Montero's Lover (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A erotic drama chronicles the amorous exploits of a winsome young bride. When her affluent but crippled spouse fails to fulfill her physical desires, she seeks sexual satisfaction outside her marriage by taking a lover. Sunshine Cruz delivers a ...
Style: tagalog
Plot: erotica, woman seduces a man, female nudity, voyeurism, sex, husband wife relationship, outdoor sex, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, accident victim, blackmail, paraplegic ...
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
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 4.6
 82
Black Mamba (1974)
Genre: Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Dr. Paul Morgan is stunned to discover witchcraft and voodoo being practiced in the 20th century. while treating the citizens of a small village in the Philippines, Morgan falls for pretty young widow Elena, who becomes the target of a black witch ...
Style: independent film
Plot: voodoo, exorcism, witchcraft, evil witch, black, evil, autopsy, cemetery, physician, doctor
Place: the philippines
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 5.7
 185
Manila (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Due to a delayed flight a group of German flight passengers have to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd is quite mixed, ranging from an cultivated east German teacher couple up to sleazy sex tourists. As the waiting prolongs, more ...
Plot: airport, migration, masturbation
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
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Tinikling, or The Madonna and the Dragon (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines.
Plot: photographer, social commentary, child kidnapping, revolution, journalism, expose, soldier, election, execution, villager, war crime, photojournalist ...
Place: the philippines
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