Ishmael Bernal Movies

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

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

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

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...

An anthology of three violent stories: three friends perform Spirit of the Glass and discover a tragic love triangle; a refrigerator seems to be...

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...

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

The story follows Angeli, an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony. Angeli's hardships as a child left her to be a possessive and selfish...

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

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

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.

Follows a group of young adults as they navigate life after college.

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

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...

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...

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

A story between two women sharing the same man.