These are the highly recommended Filipino films you should watch before you gets too old. 

Filipino Films You Should Watch Before You Gets Too Old

Göteborg Film Festival 24 Jan - 2 Feb 1986, Short films not included

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Lino Brocka

• Santiago! (1970) • Stardoom (1971) • Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang (1974) • Tatlo, dalawa, isa (1974) • Manila in the Claws of Light (1975) • Insiang (1976) • Lunes, Martes, Miyerkules, Huwebes, Biyernes, Sabado, Linggo (1976) • Jaguar (1979) • Ina, kapatid, anak (1979) • Bona (1980) • Adultery (1984) • Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim (1985)

Mike De Leon

• Kung mangarap ka't magising (1977) • Kakabakaba ka ba? (1980) • Kisapmata (1981) • Batch '81 (1982) • Sister Stella L. (1984) • Hindi nahahati ang langit (1985) • Aliwan Paradise (1992 Short Film) • 3rd World Hero (2000)

Lav Diaz

• West Side Avenue (2001) • Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) • Death in the Land of Encantos (2007) • Butterflies Have No Memories (2009 Short Film) • Century of Birthing (2011) • Norte, the End of History (2013) • From What Is Before (2014)

Marilou Diaz-Abaya

• Brutal (1980) • Of the Flesh (1983) • Baby Tsina (1984) • José Rizal (1998) • In the Navel of the Sea (1998) • Muro-ami (1999) • Maging akin muli (2005 TV Movie)

Peque Gallaga

• Oro, plata, mata (1982) • Virgin Forest (1985) • Scorpio Nights (1985) • Aswang (1992) (with Lore Reyes) • Shake Rattle & Roll IV (1992) (with Lore Reyes) • Baby Love (1995) (with Lore Reyes) • Magic Temple (1996) (with Lore Reyes)

Chito S. Roño aka Chito Roño

• Ikaw lang (1993) • Rage (1995) • Lea's Story (1998) • The Seventies (2002) • Feng shui (2004) • Caregiver (2008) • Dynamite Fishing (2013)

Brillante Mendoza aka Brillante Ma. Mendoza

• Foster Child (2007) • Service (2008) • Kinatay (2009) • Grandmother (2009) • Ayos ka (2010 Short Film) • Thy Womb (2012)

Mario O'Hara

• Tatlong taong walang Diyos (1976) • Condemned (1984) • Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984) • Woman on a Tin Roof (1998) • Demons (2000) • Woman of Breakwater (2003)

Ishmael Bernal

• Salawahan (1979) • City After Dark (1980) • Himala (1982) • Relasyon (1982) • Shake, Rattle & Roll (1984)

Lamberto V. Avellana

• Sergeant Hassan (1955) • Anak dalita (1956) • Badjao (1957) • A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965) • Fe, Esperanza, Caridad (1974) (with Gerardo de Leon)

Joel Lamangan aka Joel C. Lamangan

• The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995) • Why Is There a Yesterday? (1996) • Hubog (2001) • Aishite imasu (Mahal kita) 1941 (2004) • Blue Moon (2006)

Maryo J. De Los Reyes aka Maryo De Los Reyes

• Saan darating ang umaga? (1983) • Bagets (1984) • Mga kwento ni Lola Basyang (1985) • Magnifico (2003)

Laurice Guillen

• Salome (1981) • Because I Love You (1993) • Tanging yaman (2000) • Sa'yo lamang (2010)

Raymond Red

• Bayani (1992) • Sakay (1993) • Shadows (2000 Short Film) • Skies (2009)

Auraeus Solito

• Suring at ang kuk-ok (1995 Short Film) • The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005) • Tuli (2005) • Pisay (2007) • Palawan Fate (2011)

Boots Anson-Roa, Jay Ilagan, Hilda Koronel, Fernando Poe Jr., and Dante Rivero in Santiago! (1970)

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