Ray Ventura

Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)

Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power. ...

Syota ng Bayan (2001)

Syota ng Bayan is Tanya Marquez, a bold star who quits showbiz and goes back to her hometown. Finding out that a cement factory is causing a lot of havoc in the environment and in the lives of her town mates, she challenges the incumbent of Mayor Golano to ...

Deathrow (2000)

A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was compelled to join. Unable to prove his innocence and his minor age, he is thrown into the cruel, perilous and ...

Ping Lacson: Super Cop (2000)

Based on the life story of director general Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson as the spotlight is put on the general as he handles controversial cases. ...

You're All I Need (2000)

Francine Natra is a popular singer enjoying the peak of her career. But due to stardom and her hectic schedules she suffers from enjoying a simple life on her own. Meanwhile Guillermo "Gimo" Talumpati lives his ordinary life as an auto mechanic taking car ...

Sutla (1999)

Sutla starring Priscilla Almeda ...

Gimik: The Reunion (1999)

A year after college, seven friends Diane Villaruel, Ricky Salveron, Ese Aragon, Joey Fajardo, Gina de Leon, Garry Ballesteros, Melani Suntay, and Brian Lorenzo get together to take a memory down the lane and attempt to relive the past filled with challeng ...

Kahapon, May Dalawang Bata (1999)

It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others ...

Intensity (1999)

Ana is a mute woman living in a remote mountain area with her sick father, who is searching for a man who will marry his daughter. He finds Miguel, a man who expresses interest in marrying Ana, because of the land he could inherit from her father. In the a ...

Still Lives (1999)

An intriguing look into a world of drugs and crime, dynamically moves through the lives of the different characters – the drug lord Enteng, his minions, the police, and customers. ...

Kiss the Sky (1998)

Two professionals, Jeff and Marty, take a business trip to the Philippines. Their deep dissatisfaction with their lives leads them to forsake their friends and families for a return to the alcohol and drug-induced wanderings of their youth. ...

Birador (1998)

Mike Santana, a police officer, ruthlessly kills individuals and mistreats his wife, Gina. While attempting to expose and eliminate the actual perpetrators, he faces the imminent danger of losing his own life. ...

Miguel/Michelle (1998)

Miguel, a young trans woman from Quezon province, leaves the Philippines for the U.S. After seven years, she returns home, and her family discovers she had a gender affirmation operation and is now Michelle. She declares she will stay until her family acce ...

Anting-anting (1998)

a film by Ipe Pelino. ...

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II (1997)

This second feature film based on the popular television series features two true legal cases. The first is of a nanny accused of kidnapping the child in her care, and the second is about how a rich family tries to cover up the murder of a poor man. ...

Flames: The Movie (1997)

FLAMES is former TV a teen-oriented drama series and becomes a movie that is divided into two separate episodes. Episode 1: Tameme Leslie is a rich highschool student, who longs for her absentee parents. She has a cynical perception of love thus when she l ...

Calvento Files: The Movie (1997)

This movie has two episodes depicted from investigative crime show. Each episode speaks of grotesque deaths, betrayal, and the family members of the victims' pursuit for justice. Episode 1 : Balintuwad It is the story of an epileptic fifteen-year-old girl ...

Lahar: Paraisong Abo (1997)

In the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano dormant for more than 400 years, the residents of the whole town of San Simon in Pampanga was engulfed by dust and thick mudflow called lahar. The whole surviving residents of the devastated com ...

NBI: The Mariano Mison Story (1997)

The true-to-life story about Mariano Mison, who rose from the ranks of an agent to the respected director of the country's National Bureau of Investigation. ...

Bayad Puri (1997)

Three women who come from different backgrounds work hard to earn a living in Manila, but realize that they are victims of sexual exploitations. A television producer is forced to have sex with her boss in exchange for an opportunity to produce a new progr ...

Why Is There a Yesterday? (1996)

The story follows a village girl who is mysteriously spared when a platoon of soldiers led by Colonel Valderamma massacres her family, along with peasants accused of sympathizing with the communists. When the girl has grown up, her body has healed, but her ...

Mumbaki (1996)

Joseph is a young doctor who returned to his hometown in the Mountain Province to bury his father, an Ifugao chieftain, who was killed during a tribal dispute. While there, he discovers his rich heritage and acquires pride in his being an Ifugao. Though th ...

Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa (1996)

A strange but beautiful young woman washed ashore on an island becomes the desire of all men. Her presence causes jealousy, intrigue, and a series of deaths in the town. ...

Leon Cordero (1996)

Dahas (1995)

Luisa is raped by an unknown assailant a few nights before she is wed to Jake. When Jake discovers Luisa's prenuptial chastity is in question on their first night, violent events unfold. Poor Luisa is a battered victim and reacts chillingly. Tit for tat. F ...

Escape (1995)

Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman while Serg ...

Nena (1995)

Ike Jarlego Jr. and writer Lualhati Bautista's noir about a nightclub waitress raped while in prison. ...

Midnight Dancers (1994)

Joel, Dennis and Sonny are three poor, handsome brothers who support their parents by working as "macho" dancers in the lively gay club scene of Manila in this dramedy that was originally banned in the Philippines. ...

Sakay (1993)

The film covers the life of Filipino patriot and hero Macario Sakay, who was declared an outlaw and a criminal for continuing hostilities against the United States after the "official" end of the Philippine Insurrection. ...

Dino... Abangan ang Susunod na... (1993)

A Filipino comedy movie starring Anjo Yllana in the title role. ...

Live by the Fist (1993)

A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom. ...

Sana'y Ikaw na Nga (1993)

This love triangle story is about love, music, and drugs. Jessica was an upcoming singer who met Gary, a lead singer of a band, and Karlo, Gary's older brother who was an ex-convict. ...

Apoy sa Puso (1992)

A story of love, passion and infidelity. ...

Sana Kahit Minsan (1992)

Stella Magtanggol (1992)

Femme fatale causing death to anyone she ever crossed paths with. ...

Yakapin Mo Akong Muli (1992)

A 1992 Filipino drama starring Snooky Serna and Albert Martinez. ...

Darna (1991)

A girl is granted a magical stone by an angel to become the superheroine Darna to combat evil and would later battle Valentina, her future nemesis. ...

Mga Batang City Jail (1991)

Angelito leads a group of young ex-convicts who will risk going back to prison in order to fight a notorious syndicate. ...

When Will You Be Mine (1991)

Mariel, the illegitimate daughter of Shirley, has been the center of contention since her birth when Shirley's husband Ben sells Mariel to child trafficker Adul. Because of an immigration impediment, Adul consigns Mariel to the care of her cousin Jaime and ...

Bago Matapos ang Lahat (1991)

A big screen adaptation of a story serialized in Superstar Komiks ...

Beautiful Girl (1990)

A young female student develops feelings for a rebel soldier whose younger brother is in love with her. ...

Beautiful Girl (1990)

Inspired by Jose Mari Chan's hit song ...

Dirty Affair (1990)

A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get rid of his mistress. The starlet agrees to stop the affair on condition that the mayor help release her boy ...

One Day Without God (1989)

A cult called Wakwak headed by Papa Mundo is ready to kill and be killed to fight for their beliefs. It is a religious battle for their leader, clad in priest's robes, who they believe has supernatural powers to extinguish life out of anyone. Outnumbered, ...

Wrenched From Heaven (1985)

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

Virgin Forest (1985)

A story set in the Philippine Republic in the 1900s where a lass, a Spanish mestizo, and a fisherman are caught up by Macabebe soldiers who are trying to capture Emilio Aguinaldo. ...

Joyful Mystery (1984)

August 1950. The fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain. They rush to the crash site along with all the villagers, not to help the victims but to plunder their valuables. A d ...

Broken Marriage (1983)

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation. ...

Miracle (1982)

When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon ...

Moral (1982)

The episodically connected lives of four college friends unfold throughout the incipient martial law years, as they struggle to define their sexual and professional desires and how best to attain them. ...

Why Paris? (1964)

Monique, a Belgian girl, comes to Paris to learn painting and become an artist. She took courses at the Academy and found a studio in Montmartre. ...

We Will Go to Deauville (1962)

Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy. ...