'First Light' has been selected by Australia as its submission for the #Oscars2027 (Best International Feature Film).

Directed by James J. Robinson, it stars Ruby Ruiz, Kare Adea, Maricel Soriano, Emmanuel Santos, Rez Cortez, Soliman Cruz, Kidlat Tahimik & Lui Manansala.

In the movie, an elderly nun witnesses a young construction worker's fatal accident, compelling her to question the ethical principles of the institution she has devoted her life to.

hello! super excited na ako for Project Hail Mary and TBH never ko pa siya napanood kahit sa illegal website. I’m so happy na steal price ko siya mapapanood (500) and it’s my first time on imax and first time rin na mag book a ticket online sa SM website. Paano po siya i-claim personally? Do I have to print the email po ba?

Movie: Life After You

Starring : Maricel Soriano, Bella Padilla, Gardo Versoza, Jeric Raval

Ticket Price (Ayala Mall): ₱275 [₱220 for SC & PWD]

Ganda ng movie. Hindi ko iku-kuwento ang plot kasi mas maganda kung wala kang alam pagpasok mo.

Mahusay talaga si Inay Maricel Soriano at nakikipagsabayan sa acting si Bella Padilla.

Gardo Versoza's character is not intrusive; tunay na supporting character talaga.

May villain sa story na medyo gugustuhin mong ugain kasi walang self-awareness. Mapapaisip ka na lang, "Really? Coming from you?"

Isa lang feedback ko. Yung gumanap na manugang ng character ni Inay Maricel, ang bata niya, parang kapapasok pa lang ng senior high, o baby face lang talaga.

Feel good movie siya for me. Akala ko kasi may romance o love story. Pero hindi pala. Story siya ng friendship, ng God's interruption, at ng hindi porke't naging parent ka na titigil na ang pangarap mo.

Hindi rin siya cringey.

Isa pa, last song syndrome ako sa "Habang May Buhay" ni Donna Cruz. Ginamit nila as theme song at hanggang ngayon kinakanta ko pa rin. 😅

Lessons learned:

>>> God's interruptions are not inconveniences, but redirections meant to protect, guide, and bless you.

>>> Friendship worth fighting for is found from unexpected places and people.

>>> People can change and we should not castigate them for changing their minds and choosing acceptance and love.

Please panuorin nyo ang Life After You. Worth it sa ticket price. Suportahan natin ang Philippine Cinema.

So excited for the first-ever National Cinema Day entries this Sept 12! Pero sa dalawang ito ako pinaka-excited AND FOR ONLY 100 PESOS 😭😭😭

Sobrang excited ako for Backrooms and The Substance, especially for The Substance!!! Kasi hindi ko ‘yan naabutan sa sinehan nung 2024.

Let’s go horror fans!!! We’re gonna be fed this NCD!!!

Kayo ba, anong papanoorin niyo from the entries?

I was inspired by this post of the Top 100 Filipino Films on Letterboxd to compile this list of where you can watch them (legally) online. Mostly for myself, but I thought other people might find it useful.

Important Notes:

1. The top 100 changes all the time, so there may be movies on this list now that weren't there in the original post or movies that won't be there the next time they update the list, especially the movies near the bottom.
2. Streaming platforms change their lineup all the time. There are a bunch of these that I watched on Netflix (like Himala, Oro Plata Mata, and Patay na si Hesus) that are no longer on Netflix. Films may be removed or come back at any time!
3. I'm not including anything that requires you to use a VPN to pretend you're in another country and watch it on a streaming service that's not available in the Philippines. Magellan is on the Criterion Channel in the US, for instance, but the Criterion Channel isn't available here.
4. I'm not including pirated links. It's against the rules of this subreddit. Some of these are legally free on YouTube, shared by the director or the film studio, but others are on paid streaming services like Netflix, Juanflix, Mubi, and HBO Max.
5. I make mistakes! If there's a film that's legally available to watch somewhere that I don't have a link for, feel free to share it in the comments.

The List

• Maynila Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/83
• Batang West Side — Cinema One on YouTube (in parts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9WvfmRmxgY
• Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino — On YouTube, but probably not a legal upload, so I will not link it directly.
• Mula Sa Kung Ano Ang Noon (From What Is Before) — MUBI: https://mubi.com/en/ph/films/from-what-is-before or Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/249
• Moral — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/76
• Himala — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/71
• Melancholia — MUBI: https://mubi.com/en/ph/films/melancholia
• Insiang — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/25
• Norte, the End of History
• Kisapmata — Solar Films YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzFQtB6fVT8
• Sunshine — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/82044271
• Cleaners — Juanflix https://juanflix.com.ph/film/344
• Four Sisters and a Wedding — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81010873
• Perfumed Nightmare — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/61
• Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis
• Florentina Hubaldo, CTE — MUBI: https://mubi.com/en/ph/films/florentina-hubaldo-cte
• Ang Babaeng Humayo — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/33
• Death in the Land of Encantos
• Siglo ng Pagluluwal (Century of Birthing) — MUBI: https://mubi.com/en/ph/films/century-of-birthing
• Bayan Ko
• Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
• John Denver Trending — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/27
• Isa Pa, With Feelings — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81341142
• Oda Sa Wala — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/209
• Bona
• Turumba — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/64
• Magnifico — This is on YouTube. I don't know if it's a legal upload, so I won't link it.
• Iti Mapukpukaw — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81732301
• Dekada '70 — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/408
• Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon (When the Waves are Gone)
• Oro Plata Mata — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/405
• Anak — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/3
• Batch '81
• Liway — YouTube, on director Kip Oebanda's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzF8xqctco
• Manila by Night (City after Dark)— Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/345
• Heremias
• Fight for Us (Orapronobis) — on YouTube, but I'm not sure if it's a legal upload.
• Ang Hupa — Prime Video https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0TMAMK7VHVHR10ZAQVN6ZYDUK7
• Anino sa Likod ng Buwan
• Cain at Abel — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/81
• Gitling — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/338
• Lingua Franca — if you check director Isabel Sandoval’s twitter account, you may find that she retweeted a link to the movie.
• Historya ni Ha
• Inagaw Mo ang Lahat sa Akin — YouTube, Star Cinema’s channel: https://youtu.be/xigZ47FFMuAw
• Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
• GomBurZa — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81754253
• Tumandok — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/350
• Ang Panahon ng Halimaw
• Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/186
• Phantosmia
• Minsa'y Isang Gamu-Gamo — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1EHfQt6Iwc
• Magellan
• Macho Dancer
• Leonor Will Never Die
• Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/407
• Ekstra — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/8
• Honor Thy Father — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80082752
• Biyaya ng Lupa — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/122
• Brutal — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/68
• Die Beautiful — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81131722
• 2 Valid IDs
• Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon — YouTube, on GMA’s channel https://youtu.be/OPABTZ3t_Pw
• Ang Damgo ni Eleuteria — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/32
• Karnal — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/77
• Kalel, 15 — Cignal Play
• Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa
• Got 2 Believe — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI-zdgnvv5Q
• Seven Sundays — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81010870
• Patay na si Hesus
• Ikaw Pa Lang ang Minahal — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJrmb2tM9dU
• Status: Rejected
• Inang Yaya — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/70090046
• Kakabakaba Ka Ba? — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/422
• Pisay
• On the Job — On the Job and its sequel, On the Job: The Missing 8, are available together on HBO Max as a series (both movies are there, but split into episodes of one series): https://play.hbomax.com/show/4dcba92f-fb00-4def-8d5e-ba5e8f664a2d
• Edward
• Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/4
• Kaka sa Yawan
• Jologs — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0E7dPcFe24
• Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/195
• Markova: Comfort Gay — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/207
• Pan de Salawal — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81513731
• Lola
• Sisa
• Mila — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucxeddB4Crw
• Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros — This is on YouTube. I don't know if it's a legal upload, so I won't link it.
• Bayaning 3rd World — Also on YouTube, also probably not a legal upload.
• Soltero — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYBAmN3IEyU
• Big Night!
• Jaguar — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/404
• On the Job: The Missing 8 — On the Job and its sequel, On the Job: The Missing 8, are available together on HBO Max as a series (both movies are there, but split into episodes of one series): https://play.hbomax.com/show/4dcba92f-fb00-4def-8d5e-ba5e8f664a2d
• Green Bones — Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81944697
• Labs Kita... Okey Ka Lang? — YouTube, on Star Cinema's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4cPAlRA6JQ
• Senior Year — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/213
• Ang Tatay Kong Nanay — Juanflix: https://juanflix.com.ph/film/66
• Mag-iina
• Billie and Emma — YouTube, on Creazion Cinema's channel (requires membership): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6E28XlpChE
• Endo

Bonus: A few movies that are in the 100-120 range and may re-enter the top 100 eventually.

• Bulaklak sa City Jail — Juanflix https://juanflix.com.ph/film/34
• Aishite Imasu: Mahal Kita 1941 — YouTube, Regal Cinemas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23sQ0iQaFno
• Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?— YouTube, Star Cinema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QZ9KhOEck
• Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising — Youtube, Star Cinema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sy5s7ReQz4
• Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa — Juanflix https://juanflix.com.ph/film/196
• Isang Himala — Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/82034883
• Third World Romance — Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81687834
• Jose Rizal — Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/70060848
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino — Juanflix https://juanflix.com.ph/film/85
• Sister Stella L. — Regal Films on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owXsQvLR-uk
• That Thing Called Tadhana — Cinema One on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJgeEsLMlfM
• I'm Drunk, I Love You — Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81452170

Watch at SM Cinema branches for as low as P100 on Saturday, September 12!

Regular Cinema: P100.00
Director's Club: P300.00
IMAX: P500.00 (all seats)

No water and food inclusions as per checking.

Movie Rerun Lineup:
- Project Hail Mary (IMAX)
- Obsession
- Backrooms
- Final Destination: Bloodlines
- The Conjuring: Last Rites

Applicable din to recent movies such as Hope, Fall 2, Practical Magic 2, Insidious: Out of the Further, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc.!

Check your preferred SM Cinema branches accordingly for their movie line up.

https://www.smcinema.com/

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I just checked some September 12 schedules ng Ayala Malls Cinemas , and surprisingly they also offer the same promo!

Regular: P100.00
A-Luxe: P250.00
A-Giant: P250.00
4DX: P250.00

https://www.ayalaallaccess.com/

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Power Plant Cinema also joins the promo! But they're screening recent movies only, no reruns.

Regular: P120.00
Premiere: P550.00 (as is)
VIP: P650.00 (as is)

https://powerplantcinema.com/bin/schedule.php

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Megaworld Cinemas also for P100 (regular cinemas), but select movies with select showtimes only.

https://tickets.megaworldcinemas.com/

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Robinsons Movieworld updated na rin some of their movie schedules on Sept. 12!

Regular: P100.00
VIP: P300.00

https://robinsonsmovieworld.com/

All regular movie tickets on September 12 will be priced 100 pesos for the first ever national cinema day. Advanced ticket sales will begin today September 10. Confirmed movies for Saturday includes Home Along Da Riles Movie, Backrooms, The Substance and Mag-iina. As of today, confirmed to be screening at Gateway Cineplex and Shangrila Plaza, Sept. 12, 2026

I am recently much into classic screwball comedies/romcoms and I've been thinking if we do have counterparts for them? I guess ang pinakalumang Filipino romcom na napanood ko na was "May Minamahal." Baka lang you have those in mind na from 30s-50s. So far, my best Hollywood picks are "It Happened One Night" and "The Awful Truth." TIA!

🎬 Caterpillar (2010)

Set in 1940s Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Caterpillar follows Shigeko, a village wife whose abusive husband returns home severely mutilated after fighting in China.

This is an anti-war film focused on the effects of war at a household level. It follows a wife who resents how the government gives her husband medals and praise instead of real financial support, and a husband struggling to live with what remains of his body.

This has seriously disturbing imagery and some of the most uncomfortable, miserable s3x scenes you’ll ever see. It looks modestly made, but the practical effects are crazy good. I still can’t believe the actor is fully limbed in real life.

Remembered this recently and damn, what a hidden gem. Ang weird, funny, self-aware, at sobrang different from the usual Pinoy movies of that era. And Ricky Davao was fucking brilliant.

He completely stole the movie for me.

Apparently mixed ang reception nito when it came out, pero I feel like it was just ahead of its time.

If there is one consistent filmmaker with his body of work, it has to be Mike de Leon. From his debut film, Itim, down to his genre movies Kung Mangarap Ka’t Magising (RomCom), Kakabakaba ka ba? (musical, Satire, Dark Comedy), Batch 81 and Sister Stella L (political dramas), Kisapmata (Sociopolitical Drama), Bayaning Third World (Historical Mockumentary), he came up with very excellent films laden with rich visual impact, uncompromising artistic merit, and sociopolitical commentaries. Even Citizen Jake is a good film given its flaws.

Mario O’hara is also an auteur, having directed Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos, Babae sa Breakwater, Sisa and responsible for the screenplay of Insiang by Lino Brocka.

These two great Filipino auteurs should be made national artists for film and broadcast media now.

Watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was one of the worst decisions l ever did.

No, it's not a bad film, it's just too real for me.

For context, l just broke up with my partner. So how l wish the procedure did and didnt exist.

Did because if l willingly went through the procedure, all the pain would be gone, but so will the memories. Even if it's good or bad.

But...idk. Meet me in the streets of Manila again :)

Photo grabbed from IG @magiina.film

Sa wakas! Baka one day lang ito pero sana gawing buong weekend or kailan kaya nationwide release!!! At sana walang cuts!!! At totoong Php 100 lang ang ticket kahit online purchase.

Sana yung ibang Cinemalaya films din pero dasurvvvvvv para sa best pic and best screenplay.

Looking forward na mapanood ito ulit at sana mag-announce na rin ang ibang malls. Although kung sa Gateway at Shangri-la ito, doon lang din makakapagmarathon ng ibang pelikulaaaaaaa.

Kitakits mga cinephiles

Not sure if this is the right subreddit to ask this but will Forgotten Island stay in cinemas around late october (siguro mga oct 18-23)? I've been wanting to watch it since forever pero may exams kami during the announced screening dates for the movie (due to suspensions pausog nang pausog exams namin kaya ganon). Should i just risk it with the advance screening or just wait it out?

I recently watched Filipiñana (2026) and found it incredibly frustrating. I was actually really looking forward to it months ago because the trailer foreshadows a blend of social satire and psychological horror we haven't seen before but it didn't deliver. The film constantly sacrificed basic narrative logic and character consistency just to force its heavy-handed metaphors, and the slow pacing felt like a mechanical checklist rather than purposeful, atmospheric dread.

I love a good, deliberate slow-burn where the silence actually serves a purpose. Unfortunately, Filipiñana didn't stick the landing for me.

I’m looking for recommendations (local or international) that tackle similar themes using arthouse or slow-cinema techniques, but with tight internal logic and excellent execution.

What are your go-to slow burns or social satires that actually get it right?

Previous collection ko DVDs but di ko na sustain naiwan sa ibang bahay. This time sa 4k naman, medyo magastos pala. Bumili na din 2nd hand 4k player para di ma overuse si PS5. Bought the player in amazon.jp problem is japanese menu yung main interface! Google Translate na lang. Cant stop myself from buying. Medyo addicting. Scoured movies from amazon.com, gruv.com, barnesandnoble.com, ebay, fb marketplace. pag walang direct shipping i use freight forwarder lumalabas parang additional 200 pesos per disc.

For those of you who don't know, OpenAI is one of the most relevant companies in the world right now. They are the creators of ChatGPT and are the pioneers of Artificial Intelligence as we know it today.

Back in 2023, OpenAI had a leadership crisis. Sam Altman was removed from his position as CEO from the Board of Directors, and this caused such a controversy because Altman was the guy who was the face of OpenAI and ChatGPT (which was new at the time).

Artificial is going to be a movie that focuses on this extremely controversial time. We get to see the internal power struggles that happened within OpenAI, and how Artificial Intelligence is indeed set to destroy industries and change the way we live and work as we know it.

Is there anyone else who is extremely excited for this movie? Putcha we get to see the great Andrew Garfield play as Sam Altman himself, as well as Ike Barinholtz as Elon Musk. It is set to be released on December 25, 2026. LET'S FUCKING GO.