Films that I wasted the hours of my life on.

François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Léaud in The 400 Blows (1959)

Asian films based on comics or comic characters

 In 2013, Filipino film blog Pinoy Rebyu invited around 200 film directors, screenwriters, critics, scholars, programmers, and archivists to send in a top 10 of their favourite Pinoy films. They received 81 ballots.

This top 100, published in 2015, is an expanded version of the original top 50 they published in 2013.

    quote:     When we conducted our 2013 poll for the Greatest Pinoy Films of All Time, 81 respondents (critics, filmmakers, archivists, academics, etc.) provided us with a total of 204 films, ranging from obscure gems like Kidlat Tahimik’s Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons to the unabashedly campy No Other Woman. We decided then to limit the list to 50 because we had a lot of ties, and it seemed unwieldy to publish a top 100 list with so many ties.

    That was before we discovered a sensible method to break ties based on which of the tied films are ranked higher by their respective voters. We have since used that method to rank the 100 Best Performances of the Half-Decade. It’s a pretty boring task to detail the equation we used (you can message us if you want to know how we did it) so let us get on with the more exciting job of revealing which films are the 50 next best. 

Pinoy Rebyu's 100 Greatest Pinoy Films of All Time

Hilda Koronel and Bembol Roco in Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)

List of Favorite Philippine Movies & Series

Quinn Carrillo, Sean De Guzman, Hershie De Leon, and Tiffany Grey in Fall Guy (2023)

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

Charo Santos-Concio, Dante Varona, and Vivian Velez in Ermitaño (1981)

THE DIRECTORS

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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