
Cherie Gil
Actor · 1963 – 2022 · Manila, Philippines
Born Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann on 21 June 1963, Cherie Gil was a Filipino actress and the daughter of Filipino singer-actors Eddie Mesa and Rosemarie Gil, and sister of fellow actors Michael de Mesa and Mark Gil. She began her career as a child actress at the age of 9 and received numerous accolades throughout her career. She was best known for her role as Lavinia Arguelles in the 1985 film Bituing Walang Ningning.
Movies24
MovieDramaRomanceA story about the hardship of a naive young village girl falling in love with the son of a landlord who promises to marry her.
Sugar Daddy
1977
Movie7.2DramaThe hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.
Manila by Night
1980 · 14 votes
Movie7.4WarDramaThe story follows the Lorenzos and the Ojedas, the two land-owning clans in the island province of Negros, who were trying to cope and survive the war that lasted three tumultuous years, where they experienced or witnessed violence, blood, horror, and death. It is structured into three parts: Oro, a life of luxury and comfort in the city; Plata, a still-luxurious time of refuge in a provincial hacienda; and finally, Mata, a toilsome retreat deeper into the mountains. A war not only turned them into miserable people but also turned them into animals.
MovieDramaFilipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.
Movie6.8RomanceActionAdrian, a teenager tried to prevent illegal logger from cutting the tree in the forest. He was mauled and was left life less under a rubber tree. The tree revived him an bestowed him the powers of elasticity and morphing. Adrian decided to use his powers for good and becomes the superhero Lastikman. His main villain was who possesses the same powers.
Lastikman: Unang Banat
2004 · 3 votes
Movie6.6RomanceDramaLia 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.
Movie7.8DramaFantasyAndrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
Movie5.8FantasyActionValentina, Darna's snake-haired arch enemy, is trying to take over the Phillipines through subliminal messages on religious TV shows. Darna has her own problems, however, as she has lost her magic pearl and with it the ability to transform into her scantily clad super self. Trapped as her alter-ego, the plucky reporter Narda, she must try to regain the pearl and foil Valentina's plans.
Movie5.2RomanceDramaA student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart.
Movie7.4ComedyDramaA single mother working as a film extra dreams of landing bigger roles while struggling with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.
Movie5.5MusicDramaDorina is an orphaned sampaguita vendor who dreams of becoming a big singing star like her idol, Lavinia. It later turns out that Lavinia is nothing like what Dorina thought she was. This disillusionment spurs the young girl to make it big as a singer and eventually become Lavinia’s chief rival.
Bituing Walang Ningning
1985 · 6 votes
Movie7.0MusicDramaThree women united by friendship. Three women connected by music. Three women divided by fame. They were three women struggling to make a living when fate smiled at them. From anonymity, they were thrust into a world of glittering lights and deafening adoration. But much that celebrity brought them good things, it too, began to destroy them. They became too consumed by their fame that, one day, without them knowing, the friendship that had been their anchor was fast crumbling down?
Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas
1986 · 1 votes
MovieDramaA millennial writer from San Francisco travels to the Philippines where she and her brother, a music producer, must come face to face with their traumatic childhood and embrace their seemingly unbearable trait.
Movie4.0ComedyDramaSet in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college.
Bagets 2
1984 · 3 votes
Movie3.5RomanceDramaA story of a woman and a man, half of her age being in love with each other despite the fact that they are both tied with someone else.
Just a Stranger
2019 · 4 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomancePaul and Jenny eloped at the tender age of 17 and overcame their difficulties. Things eventually take their toll as Paul's sister, Sylvia schemes to separate them.
Bakit Ikaw Pa Rin?
1990 · 1 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceA witty sex comedy about two young cousins who trade places for their courtship strategies which end up hilarious.
Salawahan
1979 · 4 votes
Movie6.5RomanceDramaOn the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call home theirs is a relationship waiting to crumble. They have been waiting a child for so long but the wife does not have the capacity to bear a child. And when her husband cannot take it any it any longer he decides to end his misery once and for all.
Movie10.0RomanceDramaA 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.
Movie4.0ComedyWhen the old man became ill Jack took over her father's job of chauffeuring for a handsome millionaire whose rather eccentric mother had decided to adopt Jill so she could fulfill her dream of having a daughter. But Jill was really Jack's sister or brother.
Jack & Jill
1987 · 3 votes
MovieRomanceMusicPanakip Butas
1977 · 1 votes
Movie7.5RomanceDramaA young college student is in a heated affair with his college professor. He attempts revenge after being stricken with grief and resentment by his professor's mother, and takes revenge on his professor's now settled family only to obtain her for himself
Nagsimula sa Puso
1990 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ActionAdventureOn Christmas eve, four lonely kids are chosen to save Magikland, a fantastic and magical world where all the world’s toys and games come from.
Magikland
2020 · 2 votes
Movie9.0DramaIt follows two prostitutes striving to escape their sordid pasts. One falls for a man who sacrifices her for a mother-approved marriage, while the other marries a good man who eventually discovers her hidden history.
Tayo Na Sa Dilim
1990 · 1 votes
Series21
- TV9.0Drama
Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka is a Filipino drama made by ABS CBN in 2001. It starred Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual. The Series re-aired Internationally from 2004-2006 on Pinoy Central TV and with back to back episodes on Cinema One Global from November 2012- 2013 part of its Drama Hour replacing Kampanerang Kuba re-runs.
Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka
2001 · 1 votes
- TVDrama
Rubi was a television series in the Philippines that is a remake of Televisa's Rubí and produced by ABS-CBN which premiered February 15, 2010.
Rubi
2010
- TVDramaAction & Adventure
Katorse is a television primetime series that aired on ABS-CBN from August 24, 2009 to January 8, 2010. It tells the story of a simple small-town girl who fell in love with a childhood friend who later fathers a child with her. It is loosely based on a 1981 film of the same name starring Dina Bonnevie, Gabby Concepcion and Alfie Anido.
Katorse
2009
TVDramaLegacy is Filipino drama series created by Dode Cruz, written by Denoy Navarro-Punio, under the directions of Jay Altarejos and Andoy Ranay, and produced and aired by GMA Network. The series premiered on January 16, 2012, replacing the epic series Amaya on GMA Telebabad block and January 18, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series features a star-studded cast headed by actresses Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe and Alessandra de Rossi as the major characters of the story. With them are Sid Lucero, Geoff Eigenmann and Mike Tan as the leading men. This series is set mostly on the fictional beauty company called Legacy Corporation where the three main characters are vying to be the sole heiress of the said company. Also big part of the series are veteran actors Eddie Garcia who plays the role of Don Romualdo Alcantara, the patriarch, founder and president of the Legacy Corporation; and Cherie Gil as the main antagonist. The series concluded on June 1, 2012. It ran for 20 weeks, with 98 episodes all in all. It replaced by Makapiling Kang Muli on its timeslot.
Legacy
2012
TVComedyDramaDestiny intertwines the lives of a rich Italian bella and a poor, hardworking Manila boy who are both in search of their true identity.
Dolce Amore
2016
TVSci-Fi & FantasyDramaGrazilda is a Filipino fantasy series based on Drizella, the stepsister of Cinderella. It premiered on GMA Network on September 13, 2010 and on GMA Pinoy TV on September 15, 2010. The series features an alternative history of La petite Pantoufle de Verre in the point of view of Cinderella's stepsister, Grazilda. The final episode of the show aired on January 7, 2011.
Grazilda
2010
TVDramaFamilyThe story of a unique family where a Mranaw man marries three different women for various reasons.
Legal Wives
2021
TV8.0DramaBituin is a Filipino soap opera that was aired by ABS-CBN from September 23, 2002 to May 23, 2003. It starred Carol Banawa and Desiree Del Valle, with Nora Aunor and Cherie Gil. The series was re-aired in 2007–2008 through Kapamilya Channel. Bituin was famously known for the line that Nora Aunor belts out in a high caliber dramatic scene: "Nasaan Nasaan si Bernadette at Melody?" The line was repeated in movies, TV series, and comedy bars. It was also known to have the highest rated episode with the The Diva vs Supernova concert. It was aired three days after the initial concert with more than a 48.7 audience share. In 2007 TFC ABS-CBN international affiliate KPTV re-aired the whole series from September 2007 to February 2008. The series also had a crossover with Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay in 2003 in various episodes. In early March 2012 - June 2012 the series had a 2 hour back to back episodes shown weekdays internationally through Cinema One Global part of its Drama On Demand hour of requested Classic TV Programs as request by television viewers commercial free and uncut.
Bituin
2002 · 1 votes
- TVAction & AdventureDrama
Pieta is a television daytime drama series that aired on ABS-CBN from October 27, 2008 to May 1, 2009.
Pieta
2008
TV3.3DramaFamilySisters Maila and Natalie have different approach to their mother, Onay who has Achondroplasia. Maila is a nice and attentive daughter, while Nataile is arrogant and disobedient. Besides their different upbringing, they have a different father as well.
Onanay
2018 · 3 votes
TV9.0DramaTemptation of Wife is a Filipino drama series developed by Richard Cruz, which premiered on GMA Network on October 29, 2012 in GMA Telebabad block, replacing Luna Blanca, and October 30, 2012 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The series is a remake of 2008 South Korean hit drama series of the same title. It banners Marian Rivera, Dennis Trillo, Glaiza de Castro and Rafael Rosell as the four main characters of the series. It is under the helm of Dominic Zapata. The show is part of the network's line-up of primetime shows for the last quarter of 2012, along with Aso ni San Roque, Pahiram ng Sandali and Paroa: Ang Kuwento ni Mariposa. The series concluded on April 5, 2013 and replacing by Love & Lies on its timeslot. The show ran for twenty three weeks with 113 episodes. Starting September 2, 2013, it currently re-airs on GMA Life TV worldwide.
Temptation of Wife
2012 · 1 votes
- TV7.0Action & AdventureDrama
May Bukas Pa is a Philippine television series aired by IBC and RPN, and produced by Viva Television. It stars Dina Bonnevie, Albert Martinez and Cherie Gil.
May Bukas Pa
2000 · 1 votes
TVDramaTime of My Life is a 2011 Philippine drama billed as a "danserye", created and developed by GMA Network, starring Mark Herras and Kris Bernal. It premiered on August 1, 2011 on GMA Network in the Philippines and on August 3, 2011 on GMA Pinoy TV.
Time of My Life
2011
TV8.0DramaSci-Fi & FantasyCursed for her parents’ offense, Christina became a mermaid on her seventh birthday. Her mother, Esther, took her to the ocean to protect her from the townspeople who feared mermaids. Now known as Marina, she lived peacefully among her kind but sought her human roots. She met Rodge, whom she believed was her true love. They struggled to regain their losses while facing her spellcaster, Victoria.
Marina
2004 · 1 votes
TV8.0DramaGulong ng Palad is a Philippine 50's radio drama series and 1980s soap opera hit. On January 9, 2006, the drama series came back in television under the direction of Eric Salud and Jerome Pobocan. The television series can be watched regularly in Philippines' ABS-CBN from Monday to Friday after TV Patrol World. The show also aired simultaneously on The Filipino Channel. The TV Dramas original inception was in 1977-1985 in 1977-1979 it aired on Fridays and aired in 1980-1985 as a primetime soap at 8:00PM The TV Series was known for its Orgin as the Original Filipino Telenovela that starred TV and movie greats Marianne Dela Riva as Luisa and Ronald Corveau as Carding and Beth Bautista as Mimi and also known as BBC2 Now ABS-CBN Since 1985-Present and also made Award Winning Character Actress TV Veteran Caridad Sanchez a household name as Idad the loving mother and opportunist the original story was by Loida Virina for the tagalog version of the Cebuano Classic Radio Serial and in the present by Kristine Hermosa Tj Trinidad and Andrea Del Rosario as the leads and lead antagonist Cherie Gil
Gulong ng Palad
2006 · 1 votes
- TVDrama
Dangal is a Philippine television drama and the seventh installment of Now and Forever series. Dangal is a drama about love, trust and betrayal.
Dangal
2006
TV7.3DramaAnimationBarangay 143 follows the coming of age story of a young man in search of a father and how he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits trying to bring glory to their hometown. It's a story about love and family set against the action-packed world of street basketball, where the stakes are always high and life is the biggest game you can win.
Barangay 143
2018 · 3 votes
TVDramaDespite being raised in different worlds and separated by their social class, a young man and woman fall in love with each other, unaware of the buried secrets and deep-seated pain that they will unearth as their lives get more intertwined.
TVSci-Fi & FantasyDramaMagic Palayok is a Philippine drama-fantasy-comedy series from GMA Network featuring Angeli Nicole Sanoy, Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann and at the helmed of Joel Lamangan. The show premiered February 28, 2011 replacing Bantatay. The show premiered on GMA Pinoy TV on March 2, 2011, two days after its original premiere.
Magic Palayok
2011
TVSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureEskappar, a child of an Earthling woman and an extraterrestrial man, is adopted by a human after his arrival on Earth. His foster father's death pushes him to use his powers against evil forces. Amid this, he takes on a mission to find his mother.
Lastikman
2007
TV9.0DramaSci-Fi & FantasyMiko and Mia, ran away with a travelling circus to escape a person who is after them. After their parents disappeared, they rely on the protection of a group of circus performers that include a magician, a fire-breather, an acrobat, a strongman, and a clairvoyant. They will discover that their new circus family is a group of magical folk in disguise.