Best Filipino family movies

The Portrait (2017)

A musical tale about two impoverished sisters' anguish over whether or not to sell the final masterpiece of their recluse father days before the second world war, in Manila.

Alyas Phantom (1966)

First Day High (2006)

The journey in solving the greatest mysteries of life begins on the first day of school. Brainy Indy, MVP MJ2, Sosy Pre, Rebel Gael and Nice Guy Nathan are college freshmen who enter FDH University without knowing what college life will bring them. Until they all got involved in the biggest mystery the university has ever encountered- B.W.A.C.A. or Basketball Water Contamination Accident. Initial investigation shows that the water drank by the players during the game was contaminated by a mysterious substance.

And the Breadwinner Is... (2025)

A mistaken identity leads to a promising opportunity when breadwinner Bambi comes home to her own funeral. Instead of correcting the comical mistake, Bambi, together with her dysfunctional family, decide to keep up the ridiculous act of her death in order to claim her 10 million peso life insurance in hopes of finally turning their dream life to reality.

Thelma (2011)

The film tells the story of a tomboyish Ilocano lass from Ilocos Norte, Thelma (Maja Salvador) whose family is beset with challenges when she discovers her uncanny gift of speed. Her talent then opens doors for her – to elevate her family’s situation and change the course of her own life. But to do that she will have to run- against all obstacles, against personal hindrances, against shadows from her past, and against her own self-doubts. Will she ever accomplish her dream as a successful athlete?

Mula Sa Puso (1999)

Via, the only daughter of Don Fernando, was raised as his darling princess. On her eighteenth birthday, she found out that her father has promised her hand in marriage to her childhood friend, Michael, and before the birthday party was over, she got kidnapped. She was rescued by a good Samaritan named Gabriel, whom she fell in love with. As the story unfolds, Via ended up having to decide between the two men in her life, while learning more about her mother Magda and fighting off her evil aunt Selina.

All You Need Is Pag-ibig (2015)

The movie features varied forms of love: family love, sibling love, puppy love, unrequited love, ruined love, prospering love, in denial love, jaded love, and true love, among others. After all, what the world needs now is love.

The Thug, the Bonehead, and the Good-Looking (2019)

A film about three troublesome friends who learn that one of them has inherited a hacienda from a deceased, rich man alleged to be his father.

K'na, The Dreamweaver (2014)

When Kana, a young T'boli woman, becomes a dreamweaver, she has the chance to weave together her village's warring clans. But, will she give up true love to do so?

In His Island (2018)

A small fishing community struggles amidst an oil spill. Meanwhile, part of that community is a prepubescent and cheerful young boy struggling with his identity who finds comfort in his dreams of becoming a mermaid.

Gimik: The Reunion (1999)

A year after college, seven friends Diane Villaruel, Ricky Salveron, Ese Aragon, Joey Fajardo, Gina de Leon, Garry Ballesteros, Melani Suntay, and Brian Lorenzo get together to take a memory down the lane and attempt to relive the past filled with challenges, victories and problems. Things are not anymore as they seemed to be as each of them treads on different path to self-discovery and accomplishment. Gina and Gary are preparing for their wedding when they learn about Gina’s troublesome reproductive system. On the other hand, just when Melanie finally gave her yes to Brian, the latter met an accident and fell in coma. Ese and Joey learned to be sweeter with each other until Joey got his dream car. And lastly, Ricky, who has been long waiting for his Diane lacked the enough courage to confess when Diane came in.

Where's Grandpa Mê? (2014)

A mother tells her young son that his grandfather has turned into a goat in order to cover up the grandfather's death.

The Mall, The Merrier (2019)

After the death of their parents, two estranged sisters must come together to save their family mall from ending up on evil hands.

Senior Year (2010)

A high school movie featuring a mix of real students and professional actors that deals with the experience of finding one's identity in a country that barely has one.

A Journey Home (2009)

Dante, a middle-aged man, believes he has lost everything: estranged from his family for twenty years, he losses his job and finds out that his wife is dead. He goes to her wake and sees his two children Raffy and Kristine again. While Dante is eager to make amends with them, Raffy does not want him back into his life. When an accident forces Raffy to take Dante into his house, Dante learns how his own failure as a father has made an impact on how his son acts as the head of his family. In his effort to make things right between himself and Raffy, Dante develops a bond with Raffy's wife Gayle and his grandkids, Jake and Tinka. Dante rediscovers his love for music that Raffy's son is also passionate about. With his growing relationship with Raffy's family, Dante begins to glimpse some hope for a second chance. F or how long can Raffy harden his heart? Will Dante finally get his second chance at happiness?

Familia Blondina (2019)

Cindy leaves her family and moves to the US to marry an American soldier. When her husband dies, he leaves her in debt and is forced to go back to the Philippines with her three blonde children to support them. She then meets Tony, a widower with blonde children as well and raises their children on what it means to be a Filipino.

Tanging Yaman (2000)

Three siblings Danny, Art and Grace are now well settled with their respective families, in widely contrasting lifestyles. The one common thing that binds them loosely together is the love that their mother Dolores "Loleng" Rosales holds for all of them and her grandchildren, albeit expressed in varying ways and degrees, but always equally nurturing and self-giving. Much as they are held together by her, they are in turn separated by physical distance and the sad legacy left behind by their deceased, erstwhile strong-willed, patriarchal father.

Home Along da Riles da Movie (1993)

Kevin Cosme and his children's safety is compromised when one of his sons witnesses a crime and becomes in possession of an incriminating cassette tape.

Mary, Marry Me (2018)

Sisters Mary Jane and Mary Anne find themselves at odds with each other over a groom-to-be

Baka Siguro Yata (2015)

An intertwined love stories within a dysfunctional extended family for three generations. It tells how each generation understands and perceives the idea of love.

Judy Free (2019)

A young girl's reality is intruded when her father who's been away abroad for almost a decade suddenly comes home as an animated doodle figure.

Celluloid Vision (2025)

Through lucid dreams, Chiaro uses his subconscious as a form of escapism from his mundane life with his aunt and indolent father. However, memories from his forgotten childhood resurface as his subconscious reveals an aching truth about his past.

Mahal Kita: Final Answer! (2002)

Joanna, a good-for-nothing girl who miserably failed in her attempt to win any television game show and contest, is hired by Nino as his personal secretary, believing that she could be her lucky charm. But things did not work as he planned, until...

Ang Paboritong Pinggan ni Nanay (2022)

After a loss in the family, three siblings rekindle their relationship through the memories and love of their one and only Nanay.

Where I Am King (2014)

A grandfather is on the brink of bankruptcy and brings his grandchildren back to the community that made nd shaped him, only to find that the place is no longer the same.

If You Were a Dream (2002)

Rosalie rides the MRT everyday and she becomes infatuated with the handsome man on the billboard. She talks to his picture intently every day until to her surprise the image comes to life. At the same time she meets MRT driver Eric who she finds agreeable. Will she go for her dream or wake up to reality?

Happy (M)others Day! (2024)

Sabrina, an elementary student, faces a dilemma as she is forced to decide whom to invite for Mother’s Day, having been raised by two fathers.

Blue Bustamante (2013)

A father who works abroad as an OFW ends up secretly playing a superhero role in a Japanese TV show.

GG: Good Game (2024)

Mourning the death of his beloved lola, an aspiring pro-gamer is forced to live with his estranged mother and lead his underdog esports team in secret.

Hiling (1998)

Anna is an ordinary girl who receives an extraordinary birthday gift from a mysterious old woman. Anna discovered that she has given the power to grant any kind of wishes through touching. However, Anna could not do anything to grant her own wishes. She made Trinket’s family rich, who used to get ridiculed by the neighbourhood because of their debts. She also touches a gay who desires to become a real woman. She also touched her hopeless romantic friend Elwood who eventually became the chick magnet of their neighbourhood. She also helped a morose middle-aged woman grow plants that would eventually choke anyone who came across the old lady’s house. She also granted the children’s wish to have a swimming pool on a vacant lot that would cause trouble to the whole people in their community; and a lot, lot more wishes. Anna granted all of her neighbour’s wishes and even the most impossible ones.