Ishmael Bernal Movies

An anthology of three violent stories: 'Baso' talks about the adventure of three friends who performed Spirit of the Glass and discovered the tale of...

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

A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.

=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living...

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

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

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

A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during...

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

This drama offers a rare chance to compare the styles of two major Filipino filmmakers. The first episode is about a chance encounter between a...

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

A witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which end up hilarious.

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

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...

Virginal Ninay becomes a woman as an object of desire for liberation, but she's confused about her gender.

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

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

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest...

Gina, a pleasant and witty young lady and Danny a suave, attractive young lad live parallel lives nurtured by single parents. In a series of events,...