5 Most Important Modern Filipino Films of This Generation
The films listed below are films shown from 2010 to 2016. I did not include film shown above 2009. So here it is...
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- DirectorJerrold TarogStarsJohn ArcillaArron VillaflorMon ConfiadoSet during the Philippine-American war, a short-tempered Philippine Revolutionary Army general faces an enemy more formidable than the American army: his own treacherous countrymen.Tagline: Bayan o Sarili. This Filipino biological historical film is a rare gem in Philippine cinema. Heneral Luna is a revolutionary film! It's timely important for it's theme and I would recommend that every Filipino should watch this film and never ever forget about this after watching.
- DirectorJason Paul LaxamanaStarsAlex MedinaJoey ParasAlma ConcepcionGreg is past his heyday as a bodybuilder and now faces problems with his quarreling parents and overbearing girlfriend. He turns to conning people for money using a made-up Facebook account as part of an elaborate scheme devised by his manager Marney. Their operation gets compromised when Greg falls in love with their latest victim Daisy, an older single woman. This is a story of deceptive people and how they feed on other people's needs for love, sex and money.In the time of internet and social media, this cautionary film is timely important.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsPiolo PascualGerald AndersonJoel TorreInspired by a real-life scandal in which prison inmates are temporarily released from prison to work as contract killers on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.This crime thriller is important for it's themes of corruption and extra judicial killings.
- DirectorGino M. SantosStarsElmo MagalonaColeen GarciaKit Thompson"#Y" ("Hashtag Y") chronicles the adventures of the members of a generation made universal by the realms of social media, the internet, sex, drugs and alcohol, and the occasional YOLO.This coming of age film is important for it's themes of suicide, teen pregnancy and drugs.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid LuceroAngeli BayaniArchie AlemaniaAn embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.It's one of the best film of Luv Diaz. This slow crime drama is poetic and moving. Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan is important for themes of poverty and injustice.