4 Movies Starring Joel Torre

Anak

Anak

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-05-10

Languages:

Filipino, Tagalog

Countries:

Philippines

Runtime:

135 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (190 Reviews)

Director:

Rory B. Quintos

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ricardo Lee (story)

Raymond Lee (story)

Fullplot:

The main character is a Filipina Overseas Contract Worker, one of the many residents of the archipelago who is forced to leave her family and take a higher paying job in a more prosperous Asian country. While she is working her employer refuses to let her take a vacation, nor does he deliver her mail to her. She is unaware, therefore, that her husband has died. When she finally returns to the Philippines she is met with resentment and hatred by her children. The movie studies how she overcomes these feelings and rebuilds the relationship with her family.

3rd World Hero

3rd World Hero

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-04

Languages:

Filipino, Tagalog

Countries:

Philippines

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (91 Reviews)

Director:

Mike De Leon

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr.

Mike De Leon

Fullplot:

Hubad sa ilalim ng buwan

Hubad sa ilalim ng buwan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-08

Languages:

Filipino, Tagalog

Countries:

Philippines

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (39 Reviews)

Director:

Lav Diaz

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Suzette Doctolero (story)

Bong Ramos (story)

Lav Diaz (story)

Fullplot:

On the Job

On the Job

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-08-28

Languages:

Filipino, Tagalog, English

Countries:

Philippines

Runtime:

121 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1539 Reviews)

Director:

Erik Matti

Cast:

Writer:

Erik Matti

Michiko Yamamoto

Fullplot:

A gritty crime-thriller about four men struggling to survive and a make living for themselves and their respective loved ones. Two are former prison inmates, hired as contract killers, and the two other are law enforcers and investigators, caught in the loop of corrupt government officials. Mario intends to go straight when he gets parole, and Daniel a younger inmate and Mario's apprentice, is set to replace him as hired killer. Joaquin and Francis are the police officers tangled in a moral conflict. The two groups inevitably collide.

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