Find something to watch for every mood. Browse 4,480 of the best films ever made — voted on by the world's critics in the Sight & Sound poll — each with a trailer and up-to-date streaming options. Filter by genre, decade, country, language, runtime, or director, or explore our hand-curated film collections.
Streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films
Kidlat, a Filipino jeepney driver, is fascinated by the idea of the American space programme and by Western society as a whole. When he moves to Paris, disillusionment sets in as his dreams are gradually shattered.
The Claws of Light (1975)
Lino Brocka · 5 critic votes
Streaming on Criterion Channel
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Lav Diaz · 4 critic votes
Streaming on MUBI Amazon Channel
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.
Heremias (2006)
Lav Diaz · 3 critic votes
Streaming on MUBI Amazon Channel
A wandering peddler suddenly decides to separates from his group of travellers, his reasons are unknown and the dangers will be many.
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)
Lav Diaz · 3 critic votes
Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
Kisapmata (1981)
Mike De Leon · 2 critic votes
A young womans gets married but her possessive father refuses to let her out of his sight.
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? (1994)
Kidlat Tahimik · 2 critic votes
Inspired by a trip to Monument Valley and the Navajo Nation while en route to the Telluride Film Festival, Tahimik and his eldest son Kidlat Gottlieb Kalayaan use the "spaghetti machine" (Tahimik's nickname for his Bolex camera) to make their own "spaghetti western." The decade-long path of the film encompasses the assassination of Benigno Aquino and the subsequent Yellow Revolution that brought Corazon Aquino to power, the decommissioning of the US air base Camp John Hay, and the younger Kidlat's trajectory through school, all shown through a Third World Projector salvaged from a junk pile on Navajo land.
The Woman Who Left (2016)
Lav Diaz · 2 critic votes
Streaming on Kanopy, Kino Film Collection
After three decades' wrongful incarceration for murder, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused. This leads to her release and subsequent discovery of the man who framed her — her ruling class ex-lover.
Season of the Devil (2018)
Lav Diaz · 2 critic votes
In late 1970s Philippines, a military-controlled militia oppresses a remote village, spreading terror both physical and psychological. Fearless young doctor Lorena opens a clinic for the poor but disappears without a trace. Her activist poet husband sets out to find her.
El filibusterismo (1962)
Gerardo de León · 1 critic vote
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.
Three Years Without God (1976)
Mario O'Hara · 1 critic vote
Set during World War II, Rosario, a school teacher, enters a forbidden relationship with a Japanese soldier, Masugi.
Manila by Night (1980)
Ishmael Bernal · 1 critic vote
The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.
Turumba (1983)
Kidlat Tahimik · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, DocAlliance Films
Kadu, a boy from Pakil, Laguna, experiences the dissolution of tradition as it gives way to capitalism in the form of Madame, a foreigner who initially came to their village as a customer during the Festival of Turumba.
Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)
Lav Diaz · 1 critic vote
A poet hearkens back to his Philippine village after years abroad in Europe. Horrified to discover that the community has been buried under landslides, he wanders the countryside, reconnecting with friends, lovers, and family whose lives teeter on the brink of destruction.
Melancholia (2008)
Lav Diaz · 1 critic vote
Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.
Century of Birthing (2011)
Lav Diaz · 1 critic vote
Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
An artist struggles to finish his work while a storyline about a cult plays in his head. As the cult spirals towards a fundamentalism that will destroy the world, the artist decides to destroy his muse to redeem the world.
Mumblecore (2011)
Megan Boyle, Tao Lin · 1 critic vote
A chronicle of Tao Lin and Megan Boyle's relationship filmed through a Macbook camera.
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
Lav Díaz · 1 critic vote
Streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
A young woman is held captive by her father and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, two men embark on a personal quest for buried treasure. However, both groups show signs of debilitating illness.
Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III (2015)
Kidlat Tahimik · 1 critic vote
Magellan, the famous navigator, met his untimely death in the Philippines before he could circumnavigate the globe. Ironically, it was his slave and translator Enrique who most likely was the first to achieve the historic feat.
Nervous Translation (2017)
Shireen Seno · 1 critic vote
Eight year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. One day she finds out about a pen that can "translate" the thoughts and feelings of nervous people.
Crossroads (2022)
Mike De Leon · 1 critic vote
Borrowing a beloved song from his own 1984 feature Sister Stella L., Mike De Leon made this video in a damning response to the victory election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines. In a prepared statement at the Cannes premiere of his recently restored Itim, he wrote, “Horror has now acquired a more sinister meaning. It is no longer about a ghost but about the monsters of Philippine politics, monsters that, after a long wait in the subterranean caverns of hell, have returned to ravage and rape my country all over again. The crazy thing is that we invited them back.”
When the Waves are Gone (2022)
Lav Diaz · 1 critic vote
One of the Philippines' top investigators, Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, faces a deep moral crossroads. As a firsthand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign conducted by his force, his anxiety and guilt triggers a severe skin disease, and his healing process is fraught by his dark past.
