Movies by Ishmael Bernal

Lagi na Lamang Ba Akong Babae?

Lagi na Lamang Ba Akong Babae?

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

Hinugot sa Langit

Hinugot sa Langit

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

The Affair

The Affair

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

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

Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa

Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa

It is a story of Angeli (Maricel Soriano), an orphan girl raised by a wealthy widower, Diony (Eddie Garcia). Angeli's hardships as a child left her to be a possesive and selfish woman. Diony has an only son, Efraim (Gabby Concepcion). Angeli adores Efraim since childhood. Efraim and his dad have made Angeli the apple of their eyes. Santina (Lorna Tolentino) comes later in the picture and leaves Angeli vying head to head for the attention of his dad and the man he loves. Will Angeli win over Santina's delicate charm? Or will she be forced to ...

Ikaw ay Akin

Ikaw ay Akin

Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been together for five years. Rex then meets the vivacious but fidgety Sandra, who is obviously smitten with him. Rex is then unsettled by his conflicting feelings for the two.

El Vibora

El Vibora

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 WWII. Nickname was "El Vibora" (the Viper).

Gamitin Mo Ako

Gamitin Mo Ako

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 the wrong way.

Nunal sa Tubig

Nunal sa Tubig

Ferry owner Benjamin has a regular passenger, Chedeng, who is studying to become a midwife. Chedeng has a friend and neighbour, Maria, and without either of them knowing about it they both have a relationship with Benjamin. When Mary finds out she’s pregnant, things get difficult.

The Graduates

The Graduates

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

Bilibid Boys

Bilibid Boys

=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living their regular free, luxurious lives outside the cold bars of the prison, in open air, able to go where they want when they want. Four of the men - Nandong, Noel, Butch, and Caloy - are gay men who feel attracted to Steve Guanzon and eventually sodomize and rape him.

Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko

Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko

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

Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin

Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin

A story between two women sharing the same man.

At the Top

At the Top

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 images as movie stars, which suppress and eventually destroy them as persons and lovers.

Ligaw na Bulaklak

Ligaw na Bulaklak

An innocent young woman who sells flowers in a small-town cabaret frequented by down-and-out prostitutes is lusted after by the son of a school principal, played by Anita Linda. An aging gardener takes her in to try to protect her from the harsh world, though secretly, he too lusts after the young girl, in spite of his impotence cause by the war. She goes to school, where morality and empty platitudes are mouthed, but the attempts at life's lessons are foiled by the realities of the cabaret world. While the school and the gardener try to pro...

Streetsmart

Streetsmart

The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's last film that is an attack on the religious establishment. Together, they become a part of Manila's petty underworld. After all the ordeals they encounter, they realize that they lost their innocence as they brush with evil and corruption. But they still survive the ordeal and make a new life somewhere else.