The best Christopher de Leon’s romance movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Christopher de Leon’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Christopher de Leon.
The Wedding
6.4/10
Lia is set to marry Cebu's most eligible bachelor and mayoral candidate Philip. Conflict begins when Lia's ex boyfriend Wado works for them in a project that will potentially help Philip win the elections.
Aguila
7.7/10
Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.
The Escort
5.3/10
A young woman works as a secretary for a high class escort service, and is drawn into the intrigues of a client and the man who has fallen in love with her.
Haplos
6.6/10
Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his childhood friend Cristy who works as a counselor for family planning. Eventually they develop a romantic relationship and end up as a couple. However, a mysterious lady appears one day while Al tends to his mother’s grave. Al falls in love with the stranger and is now torn between her and Cristy.
As We Were
7.5/10
Set at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community.
The Affair
8/10
Emil, a young executive, and his mistress Marilou, a planetarium guide, decide to be live-in partners. In the process, they discover each other's failing, which result in the strain in their relationship, bringing about their temporary separation. When they finally decide to resume their relationship, under a set-up wherein the man divides his time between his family and mistress, he dies from an attack of cerebral aneurysm. The woman decides to start a new life abroad, finding strength in the Jove of her departed lover.
Maging Akin Ka Lamang
8.5/10
To what lengths would a woman go to be able to possess the man she loved? This film directed by the world-acclaimed Lino Brocka provided an answer. The rich and beautiful Rosita would do anything to win the love of the man she had become obsessed with. This included trying to destroy his marriage and when she failed she tried to kidnap his son. Still neither her beauty nor all the money in the world gave her what she wanted.
Blue Moon
7.9/10
Corazon (Boots Anson Roa), an old Filipina who lives in Boston, wrote to each Manuel Pineda in her home a letter. She hopes to find her love again. In the Philippines experiences of the old Manuel Pineda (Eddie Garcia), meanwhile, that he has cancer and has only months to live. He goes in search of his Corazon.There were two Corazons in his life: before the Second World War, he spent (Mark Herras) and his buddy Domingo (Polo Ravales) a lot of time with the shy "Cora" (Jennylyn Mercado) and the lively " Azon "(Pauline Luna).
Katawan
3.9/10
The moment the doctor confirms his wife's pregnancy Carlo felt a sign of a curse coming to life. It's the curse caused by his errant grandfather, the curse that doomed his father. The same curse that's about to destroy him. Advised by his doctor to rest, Carlo returns to his family's villa in Lucban and there, he meets Carmen, the woman destined to kill her.
Akin ang Iyong Katawan
A 1984 erotic melodrama by Lino Brocka about a former softcore porn star ("bold star" in the Philippines), her abusive husband and their new next-door neighbor.
You Are Mine
7.3/10
Rex Aguilar is torn between two women: her girlfriend for 5 years Tere, and the woman gave her excitement Sandra.
Mano Po III: My Love
5.7/10
Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her; children whom any parent would be proud of; and the respect & admiration of the most powerful people in the land. But just as Lilia prepares for her 25th wedding anniversary celebration, a chance encounter in Thailand with her first love Michael throws Lilia's life into chaos. So begins the resumption of a relationship that threatens to unravel the delicate threads connecting Lilia to the other people in her life. - Written by regalfilms
Bituing Walang Ningning
7.7/10
Dorina Pineda is a Sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lavinia Arguilles. Lavina with her ego getting big, drives away her fans and even her boyfriend Nico Escobar. He later discovers Dorina as a wonderful singer and eventually falls in love with her. A simple die-hard fan at first, Dorina rose to the ranks and become the biggest singing star in the country, even becoming more famous than her idol Lavinia.
Moments in a Stolen Dream
7.4/10
A young man has an innate love for music that is being thwarted by a domineering father who wants him to become a biologist. Just as he is trying to come to grips with this contradiction, he meets a married woman visiting a friend of his and the two are attracted to each other. Unable to resist their feelings, they form a brief liaison that helps the woman face the inevitability of a divorce from her overbearing husband and equally helps the young man to look at himself in a different light.
Three Years Without God
7.4/10
A woman fell in love with a Japanese soldier, during the Japanese Occupation in the Philippines. The whole town turned against her.
Beloved
8.7/10
A friendship turns south when one of them stole the others' fiance and then asks her to keep the relationship together.
Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita?
7.7/10
A marriage which started on the wrong foot, compromised by her boyfriend agreed to marry family friend in order to save face. In turn he entered into marriage to get away from his aggressive clinging girlfriend. But the truth was that he was really in love with her but lacked the nerve to tell her. He saw the marriage of convenience as the best way to win her.
Bakit Iisa Lamang Ang Puso?
The death of tycoon Ernesto Benitez left behind two daughters by different mothers.
Catch Me... I'm in Love
5.9/10
Two young adults search for that something that could complete their existence. The two would fall in love but conflict would arise to try to break their special bond.
American Adobo
4.8/10
The everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find happiness in their new homeland. Tere (Cherrie Pie Picache), mid-forties and single, hosts a dinner for a friend visiting from Manila, Lorna. Invited are their New York City-based friends and former college classmates -- Mike (Christopher De Leon), a newspaper editor in his forties, Gerry (Ricky Davao), an advertising copywriter and closeted gay, and Marissa (Dina Bonnevie).
