Top 10 Filipino Movies Must Watch Before You Die

Philippines has produced a lot of excellent art house and mainstream movies over the decades . The country has dominated by Hollywood movies but still able to making good movies and also fair box office counts. and here is a list of 10 movies everyone should watch.

1.Himala

Elsa saw the blessed Virgin Mary who had changed her life and caused a hysteria in a poor isolated village.

2.Weighed But Not Founding

This landmark film is considered by many to be one of the most important in Philippine cinema. 

3.The Blossoming of Maximo Olivaros

A young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.

4.Ora Plata,Mata

Two affluent families struggle and learn to survive during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines.

5.Heneral Luna 

Set during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Filipino general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.

6.Lea's Story

For any woman to have two children from two different men is an ordeal, but women's rights advocate Lea (Vilma Santos) is not just any woman

7.Toto

TOTO is about a young Filipino hotel room service attendant who is determined to obtain a U.S. visa by any means. But when his schemes put the lives of his loved ones in danger

8.Metro Manilla

Seeking a brighter future in megacity Manila, Oscar Ramirez and his family flee their impoverished life in the rice fields of the northern Philippines. 

9.One More Chance 

Longtime couple Basha (Bea Alonzo) and Popoy (John Lloyd Cruz) are practically inseparable, so when they split up, it's not surprising how heartbroken each feels. 

10.The Road

A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.

Special Mentions:

The Woman Who Left

Senior's Year

Kid Kulafu

Ma'Rosa