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In the Name of Love
Movie

In the Name of Love(2011)

6.4
115Minutes

Former dance instructor Emman Toledo was employed as a dance instructor for a governor’s ball. He finds himself in a passionate love affair with Cedes Fernandez who happens to be engaged to Dylan Evelino son of the governor. The couple finds themselves in a dangerous situation. The Evelino Clan is too powerful that nothing gets in their way to get what they want. Despite her hatred for the dirty politics, Cedes has no choice but to succumb to the decision of Dylan out of her indebtedness towards the family. Emman is drawn towards Cedes from the first time she catches his eye. As their lives intertwine through dance, Emman and Cedes find themselves resisting an affair: one that holds the truths to their painful pasts, and the memories of a boundless love. Pursuing their feelings for each other will only set fire to the dangers and trappings of their love, so much so that their love could cost them their lives.

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Milan
Movie

Milan(2004)

6.9
130Minutes

Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.

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Ang Galing Galing Mo, Babes
Movie

Ang Galing Galing Mo, Babes(2002)

7.1
109Minutes

A drama movie about the life of Babes, an overseas worker who goes through various challenges and experiences, including falling into the world of prostitution and dealing with the consequences of her choices.

Kapag Tumibok Ang Puso
Movie

Kapag Tumibok Ang Puso(2006)

4.3
110Minutes

When a freak accident occurs, a recently widowed man named Marco Bong Revilla encounters the most unassuming person he will ever meet than even fall in love with named Love Ai-Ai de las Alas but trials and tribulations begin when their children are involved as the pressures begin with their romance whirling but a unkind past comes back to haunt Love.

Sukob
Movie

Sukob(2006)

6
100Minutes

Sukob (2006) is a Filipino horror film that revolves around a cursed wedding. Diana and Becca are stepsisters who get married on the same day, but tragedy strikes as a bus accident occurs, resulting in the death of Diana's husband. Soon, strange occurrences and paranormal activity start happening, leading Diana to believe that there is a curse haunting the wedding.

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Sunday Beauty Queen
Movie

Sunday Beauty Queen(2016)

7.8
95Minutes

Sunday Beauty Queen is a documentary about Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong who spend their day off participating in a beauty contest. The film explores their struggles, dreams, and the challenges they face as overseas workers.

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Kamoteng Kahoy
Movie

Kamoteng Kahoy(2009)

8.1
97Minutes

Kamoteng Kahoy depicts the story of a vendor in a provincial setting. He faces various challenges and struggles, including being blamed for certain events and dealing with the death of loved ones. The plot also explores themes of shame, farming, and the impact of a cement factory on the community.

Follow-up to the previous year's sensationalist hit The Vizconde Massacre: God, Help Us! (based on a real, gruesome, then-unsolved triple murder that was hogging Filipino newspaper space at the time), this includes new evidence in the case.

Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat
Movie

Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat(2007)

6.3
98Minutes

Four women named Res, Gay, Dolly, and Brite who swore to be friends forever, become domestic helpers when they go over to another country. However, Res is beaten to death by her employers, making the other three worry because her husband gave her one condition if she comes with her friends: that she comes home safe, sound and alive. Brite, Gay, and Dolly decide to bring their dead friend Res home.

Isang Platitong Mani
Movie

Isang Platitong Mani(1985)

140Minutes

A 1985 Filipino comedy film starring Pilita Corrales, Bert Marcelo, Nova Villa, Panchito, and Rico J. Puno.

My Kuya's Wedding
Movie

My Kuya's Wedding(2007)

7.4
142Minutes

Inseparable as siblings, Jeff and Kat grew up very close to each other through thick and thin. Kat being overzealous and very wary of girls who likes her brother Jeff. Her Kuya simply means the world to her. Years later, Kat is all grown-up and lovely, and soon awaits her Kuyas return after four years of hard work from abroad. But all this excitement of a sibling reunion is foiled at the airport upon sight of Heidi, Kats worst nightmare and her brothers fiancée. Fueled with envy, Kat embarks on an all-out scheme to pull out all the stops to their impending wedding with the help of her gay bestfriend of all seasons. However, as Kat schemes to freeze the marital icing off her siblings cake, she finds herself falling for the charms of an evicted reality show superstar - Aris who happens to be Heidis brother. As she desperately clings to her last semblance of family, her Kuya Jeff, will Kat be able to stop this bridezilla from snatching away her only Kuya in her life?

Litsonero
Movie

Litsonero(2009)

4.8
110Minutes

SYNOPSIS. Fidel (Paolo Contis) is a fresh culinary arts graduate from a Swiss school, working as an under-chef in a casino restaurant in Macau. Fidel is compelled by his mother, Inay Viring (Maricel Laxa), to come back to their hometown in time for the first death anniversary of his father. Fidel starts apprenticing with the town's lechon master, Mang Carding (Jun Urbano) and falls in love with Carding's granddaughter, Carmel (Karylle). As the story moves forward, Fidel is constantly confronted by his familly's over-dependence on him, even if the eldest in the family is his Kuya Roger (Gerard Pizzaras), an ill-tempered trisikad driver. Meanwhile, Fidel's teen sister gets pregnant by her high school boyfriend, and before long has a bad miscarriage. At around the same time, Tiyo Pinoy (Michael de Mesa) stabs the lover of his wife Cora (Joanne Quintas). All this domestic turmoil happens while Fidel is struggling through his training as a litsonero with Mang Carding.

Hating Kapatid
Movie

Hating Kapatid(2010)

6.7
PG
109Minutes

Rica has been very protective of her sister Cecil even giving up her one true love Bong JC de Vera for her sisters future and after a freak accident 8 years ago at their little Party store for Fireworks, but as they grow up under the care of their grandmother Gina Pareño their parents comeback Tonton Gutierrez and Cherry Pie Picache as they comeback and they are all grown up Rica has a fear that she's losing Cecil's love as a sister and who raised her like a parent, and even falling in love for Edzel Luis Manzano will the sisters grow apart after having people come into their lives?

I Will Survive
Movie

I Will Survive(2004)

6.4
110Minutes

Four disparate friends one a homosexual strive to be wonderful spouses and parents, yet despite good intentions, they all struggle with personal dramas. While Cynthia and her husband are no longer intimate, Mylene has learned her spouse is sleeping around. In the meantime, Louise fears her daughter isn't pretty enough, and gay foster father Mandy must come out of the closet.

Katas ng Saudi
Movie

Katas ng Saudi(2007)

5.8
100Minutes

After 10 years working as a supervisor for an oil drilling firm in Saudi Arabia, Oca (Jinggoy Estrada, in a somewhat restraint performance) returns to the Philippines to visit his family. The film opens with his wife (Lorna Tolentino), best friend (Bayani Agbayani) and dotting mother (Vangie Labalan) waiting patiently for Oca's arrival at the airport. We are then introduced with the rest of the star studded cast, as Oca visits his house, where he meets up with his estranged kids (Shaina Magdayao, Arron Villaflor, Julian Estrada), and parents in loss (in-laws), which shows no affection whatsoever towards him. Only his drinking buddies, mother, and sister, are excited on his return, only because they see him as a prized cash cow. Jose Javier Reyes revisits his movie, Bayarang Puso (1997), in a cheese filled dance sequence, Oca drunk as ever grooves with no pretension. This and other embarrassing situations tears the family slowly apart.

The Flor Contemplacion Story
Movie

The Flor Contemplacion Story(1995)

7.2
120Minutes

The story of the Filipina domestic who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film which operates on various personal, social and political levels. Both controversial and critically acclaimed, it has brought Nora Aunor numerous citations for her intense portrayal as the fallen heroine of the story.

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overseas worker

Explore a curated list of movies and TV shows that revolve around the theme of overseas workers. From heartfelt dramas to inspiring documentaries, these titles shed light on the challenges, sacrifices, and triumphs of those who leave their homes to work abroad. Discover captivating stories that capture the complexities of the overseas worker experience and delve deeper into the realities and emotions that shape their lives.

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