Ishmael Bernal Movies

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

Celia, a daughter of a housekeeper of the Regattas, finds an unknown man- Edwin - in one of their huts. As she helps the man, the two grew close to...

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

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...

Si Popeye, atbp (Popeye etc.) is an unofficial Popeye film released in the Philippines in 1973. A live-action film, it consists of three stories:...

A story between two women sharing the same man.

A provincial son who just finished law school embarked on becoming a successful man, even if it means leaving behind his former life and seducing a...

The Delfin family moves to a new house after the husband migrates to Saudi Arabia for work. The family consists of Lorna, her daughter Virgie, their...

A scheme of two sisters fell through when the one falls for the other's estranged husband.

A fashion model is torn between two men: her young boyfriend who is a self-centered fashion model and an older married man who is estranged from his...

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

"This is not a film by Khavn". Bomba Bernal is the hardcore pornographic bomb handjobbed in the hidden love-hotels of Philippine cinematographic...

A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives.

A lost film from Ishmael Bernal, originally released in 1976.

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

Portrait of director Ishmael Bernal