Joseph de Cordova

An Actor Remembers (2006)

In 1988 and 1989, the late Cesar Hernando, writer Ian Victoriano and I started a series of interviews of LVN actors, directors and technicians with the intention of publishing a book on the story of LVN Pictures, one of the major studios of the studio era. ...

Apoy sa Lupang Hinirang (1990)

A big-screen adaptation of D.G. ...

Alega Gang: Public Enemy No.1 of Cebu (1988)

In 1985, jeepney driver Ulysses "Boboy" Alega loses his vehicle just as he needed money to pay his rent and buy medications for his child. After he accidentally shoots and kills a person during a fight, Boboy is then imprisoned and tortured by the police. ...

Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos (1988)

When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated life. ...

Lost and Found Command: Rebels Without Because (1987)

A group of farcical elite of mercenaries made up of dysfunctional members was hired and formed to rescue a group of kidnapped beauty queens and a gay pageant organizer from the hands of a retarded rebel group led by an insane insecure queen Madame Butterfl ...

Clown (1986)

St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man. ...

Halik Sa Pisngi Ng Langit (1986)

Halik sa pisngi ng langit: Directed by Efren C. Piñon. With Lala Montelibano, Ronaldo Valdez, Greggy Liwag, Mark Joseph. ...

Paradise Inn (1985)

Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and ...

Isla (1985)

Isla, a island maiden who has all the males, including her father, lusting after her. Her dream was to leave her primitive surroundings and find another life in the big city. However, it would not be easy. To be able to escape, she must use her body to pay ...

Nagalit Ang Patay sa Haba ng Lamay (1985)

Two families are rivals in the funeral business. ...

Mga Paru-Parong Buking (1985)

Huwag Kang Papatay! (1984)

"Thou shall not kill" is God's command that tortures the mind of David everytime he is in the brink of killing out of anger and revenge. But until when is the challenge of the said commandment? ...

Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie (1984)

This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers. ...

Billy the Kid & The Sunshine Gid plus The Nevermind Company (1984)

A 1984 Filipino film starring Jess Lapid Jr. ...

Wrong Ranger (1984)

A 1984 Filipino Western film by Angel Labra. ...

Anak ng Sultan (1983)

A 1983 Filipino action film about the Bangsamoro struggle and Mindanao. ...

Anak Ng Tulisan (1982)

Viva Santiago (1981)

Takbo... Peter... Takbo! (1981)

CHIQUITO, AS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS HE CREATED FOR THE BIG SCREEN, PETER MAKNAT, SPOOFS VILMA SANTOS IN HER FILM, TAKBO, VILMA TAKBO. ...

Ermitaño (1981)

His bad fate and past life drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane before he died. He faced a lot of trials and saved the barrio from the mercy of bandits. ...

Diyablo - sagrado (1980)

Filipino horror movie from 1980. ...

Kristo Zapata (1980)

A 1980 Filipino action film starring Lito Lapid and Melanie Marquez. ...

Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala (1980)

A 1980 Filipino action film from Carlo J. ...

Batang Salabusab (1979)

Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-Ko (1969)

The Omegans (1968)

When an artist discovers his wife is having an affair with their jungle guide, he lures them into posing for him in a radioactive jungle river. ...

Because of a Flower (1967)

A humble provincial girl, Lily, ekes out a living selling flowers in bustling Manila when she musters the courage to present a single bloom to Miguel, a kind-hearted young architect. Their innocent romance blossoms amid family disapproval and the temptatio ...

Ethan (1964)

Ethan, a missionary priest in the Phillipines, falls in love and falls from grace. He sinks into a world of alcohol, loneliness and self-doubt, but dies a hero fighting for the life of the woman he loved. ...

No Man Is an Island (1962)

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II. ...

El Filibusterismo (1962)

A vindictive Crisostomo Ibarra returns, and this time, disguised as a jeweler named Simoun, where he decides to solve the country's issues through violence. ...

Adiong Sikat ng Tondo (1962)

A True-To-Life Story of "Adiong" The Terror of Tondo...A Story of Bravery in Action. ...

Noli Me Tángere (1961)

Based on the revolutionary novel by Jose Rizal, the story follows Crisostomo Ibarra, a young Filipino man who returned from his studies in Europe, who discovered that his father was falsely imprisoned and abused by the Spanish friars, including Padre Dama ...

The Moises Padilla Story (1961)

About an aspiring Negros Occidental mayoral candidate (Leopoldo Salcedo) tortured and killed during election season. ...

Walang Pangalan (1960)

Blessings of the Land (1959)

Maria and Jose, a young married couple begin life together in an orchard in the countryside. It isn't long until they have four children: Miguel, Arturo, Angelita, and Lito. The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good for the family and the children g ...

Linda Mora (1959)

A story of two brothers and their fight for the love of a beautiful princess. ...

Mr. Announcer (1959)

Cry Freedom (1959)

A man and a woman fight for the freedom of their country Marking with his gun Yay with her typewriter. Thrown together by a cause greater than either of them they share the suffering of the flesh and the spirit among the country's guerrilla fighters. They ...

Walang Takot (1959)

A story about two feuding families, whose loves and hates are as big as the great outdoors, a drama of cattle barong, of men fast on the draw and ladies just as deadly as they are charming. ...

Song of the Race (1959)

A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago. ...

Casa Grande (1958)

Barkada (1958)

Is society to blame for the bruised and twisted minds of a city's slums snarling, growling, and grumbling as they are? "Barkada" awaits your verdict. ...

Bad Boy (1957)

₱10,000 Pag-ibig (1957)

Claudo thought that money was everything until Loida taught him that love is not on a cash and carry basis. ...

Badjao (1957)

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala A ...

Dama Juana Gang (1956)

A story about a mischievous youth group. ...

Child of Sorrow (1956)

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila. ...

Anak Ng Berdugo (1955)

A king dreams, and his wisemen interprets his dream in which he will be overthrown. So his conniving jester suggests to kill all the babies but two survives, grows up and fulfills the king's dream. ...

Sonny Boy (1955)

A touching drama of parental love that prolific filmmaker Susana de Guzman adapted from her own serialized novel in Liwayway magazine. ...

Pasikat (1955)

Banal o Makasalanan? (1955)

Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius. ...

No Money No Honey (1955)

A spoiled man gets punished by his father and gets disinherited, so he learns the value of hard work and money. ...

12 Pares (1954)

Twelve adventurers set out to seek the holy grail. ...

Virtuoso (1954)

Glorious… as his love! Inspired… as his Music! ...

Sa Paanan ng Bundok (1953)

A doctor finds love in a remote resort when he was asked by a friend to be his best man at the wedding. Ric and Gloria met accidentally while fishing at the foot of the mountain. They soon fall in love. ...

Huk in a New Life (1953)

Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist recruiter who assures Carding that only a communist can be a true Filipino; however it was Jesus, Carding's brother ...

Hawayana (1953)

Two people from two different Polynesian groups fall in love at first sight. ...

Dagohoy (1953)

Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising. ...

Ganyan Lang Ang Buhay (1953)

Kambal Tuko (1952)

Kambal Tuko is undoubtedly one of Pugo and Togo's best vehicles with the comic tandem as the conjoined twins Momoy and Popoy. ...

Satur (1951)

Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to Sendong, a young farmer. When Cristina's mother is taken suddenly ill and there appears to be no hope of re ...

Four Aces (1950)

Four masked men fighting against the evils of this world. A costume picture about a medieval swashbuckler who redeems his family's honor. ...

Tininti del Baryo (1950)

A man in 50's Philippine society. ...

Parola (1949)

A story about an innocent man who was tried for murder but while being transported by ship to a prison sank and luckily he escapes to an island inhabited by another man and his daughters and a sister who abandon city life and settles on a quiet island to e ...

Enkantada (1948)

Sakay (1939)

The story of the life and death of Macario Sakay, the President of the Tagalog Republic and one of the last Filipino generals to surrender to the American forces during the American colonial period. ...

Mister Wong (1963)

Popular comic strip character comes to life. ...

Kung Ako'y Mahal Mo (1960)

Ramon is wrongfully imprisoned after killing a man who was attempting to rape a woman he witnessed while driving down a dark highway. That woman, Lydia, fails to testify in his defense and Ramon vows to never forgive that person ever again. Their fates bec ...

Troop 11 (1957)

A story about Boy Scouts going on a camping, having fun and getting into deep trouble. ...

Kalyehera (1957)

A story about Nora a rich young woman from the province who made a vow along with another friend to go the metro and pretend to be beggars to raise money for their church. On their way there on the train they met Ernesto a rich young man who falls in love ...

Pilipino Kostum No Touch! (1955)

Upon the advice of his heart, Arturo searches for the girl with whom he should settle down. ...

Banal o Makasalanan? (1955)

Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius. ...

Sarung Banggi (1947)

Nanding is a fisherman/farmer who also happens to possess a fine singing voice. The barrio is astir with the return of Marina, the daughter of the despotic Cabesang Berong the town's richest resident, who was a childhood friend of Nanding. Marina and Nandi ...