The best Mario Montenegro’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Mario Montenegro’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 Mario Montenegro.
The Rites of May
6.8/10
A young cameraman, Jun Torres, encounters a strange woman, Teresa, in his hometown at the time of Lent.
Brides of Blood
5/10
Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.
Pieta
7.6/10
Pieta movie directed by Carlo J. Caparas.
Pilipino Kostum No Touch!
Upon the advice of his heart, Arturo searches for the girl with whom he should settle down.
Lapu-Lapu
7.4/10
Lapu-Lapu who defeated Spanish invaders on then land of Mactan.
Dung-Aw
Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless couple is among the landowners denying aid to the Spaniards in thwarting the British. When the Spaniards in retaliation jail Diego, his wife gathers their confederates and leads the uprising herself.
Alyas Sakay
The story of a barber from Tondo who led a pocket rebellion in Laguna against the American colonizers. To the ordinary people, the long-haired Sakay was some kind of folk hero, but to the American authorities he was a bandit, a murderer, a thief out to be captured and killed.
Manila, Open City
5.9/10
War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.
This Is a Filipino
5.2/10
This is a Monumental Epic in the History of Filipino Movies.
Sigaw ng Katarungan
8.2/10
An auto mechanic who believes in honest hard work is the illegitimate son of a rch man. He proves to be better than his father's legitimate children.
Correccional
The forthcoming wedding of Norma (Celia Flor) and Armando (Mario Montenegro), a young lawyer, was supposed to be a great and wonderful event for the two, but everything went haywire.
Boy Condenado
The accidental shooting of a young boy's mother weaves a plot of drugs, prostitution, and murder. Spurned by his father and jailed for hiding his mother's shame, the boy emerges from the smoke and flame to avenge his mother's death with a RAGING VENDETTA.
Kilabot sa Makiling
A 1959 Filipino action drama starring Mario Montenegro and Lolita Rodriguez.
Dagohoy
Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising. [Extant copy incomplete]
Prinsipe Teñoso
Prince Teñoso who is exiled by his father, the king after freeing the pitiful giant from jail. In gratitude, the giant gives Teñoso a magic handkerchief that can tame animals and can give him his wishes. As a beggar, Teñoso is despised by the princes, the king's soon-to-be sons-in-law, but eventually is recognized as the hero responsible for curing the king's illness, and winning the king's battles against the moors.
Laban Kung Laban
A young man, jilted by his girlfriend, join forces with an older man in avenging the death of his brother and fighting the ruling powers in their community.
Nasaan Ka Giliw?
Directed by Joe Climaco
Venganza
Simon sets out to avenge his bride's death at the hands of the bandit Martinico and by accident, he captures Martinico's bride-to-be Belen and uses her to find Martinico.
Banal o Makasalanan?
Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius.
Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa
8.4/10
A classic tale of revenge starring Fernando Poe Jr alongside his real-life brothers, Andy, Conrad, and Frederick Poe. Together, four brothers must put their differences aside and band together to avenge the brutal murder of their father by familiar enemies and finally put his memory to rest.
