Best Filipino animation movies
A curated collection of popular animation movies from Philippines.
Urduja (2008)
Urduja (2008)
Set in the 13th century, the film is a fictionalized tale of Princess Urduja, a legendary warrior princess of Pangasinan. The film is created by an all-Filipino group of animators and made using the traditional (hand-drawn) animation process.
We Forgot About the Children (2017)
We Forgot About the Children (2017)
A short animated film about Martial Law in the Philippines.
You Animal! The Nimfa Dimaano Story (2020)
You Animal! The Nimfa Dimaano Story (2020)
Follow an attractive feline saleslady at a department store as she figures in a love triangle between her mongrel janitor boyfriend and her high society businessdog.
Draw with Me (2009)
Draw with Me (2009)
It's about a girl and a boy separated by an unbreakable glass.
Paglisan (2018)
Paglisan (2018)
Crisanto and Dolores’ marriage is going through a rough patch. Going through a marital crisis, a couple’s marriage is tested when Crisanto is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease as Dolores sinks deeper into depression. Paglisan tells the story of how a married couple attempt to survive together through fading memories and fleeting identities.
Portrait of a Lady (2019)
Portrait of a Lady (2019)
The son of a famous painter explores the world of his father’s paintings searching for traces of his late mother’s ghost. “Portrait of a Lady” is a tribute to the artistic contributions made by 19th century Filipino artist and social activist, Juan Luna, and a romantic horror based on the urban legends that surround the cursed painting: Portrait of a Lady.
Saving Sally (2016)
Saving Sally (2016)
Marty is an aspiring comic-book artist who is secretly in love with his best friend, Sally, the gadget inventor. Like every love story, there are complications: Sally has monsters for parents and a literal dick for a boyfriend, while Marty has the innate ability to do nothing about everything despite his vivid fantasies of defending the love of his life from the big bad world.
Tella (2021)
Tella (2021)
A lost girl meets a fallen star that needs help to get back into the night sky.
Cleaners (2019)
Cleaners (2019)
Different students from a high school cleaners group each deal with different pressures of being clean and pure while also discovering that the world is dirty and superficial to begin with.
Lingkis (2021)
Lingkis (2021)
Mixes mythology, animation, and documentary to tell the story of a country plunged into darkness by a serpent hungry for power, whose only hope is the light people bring to fight against it.
Time Files (2023)
Time Files (2023)
Familiar clicks, whirs, beeps and hums fill the room as you gaze through the lens and pixels of a computer. Watch as Kado, a young boy, goes through the many ups and downs of life from childhood up until adulthood.
Please Stop Talking (2019)
Please Stop Talking (2019)
An elderly man tries to repair his relationship with his estranged son, but a mysterious black figure gets in the way.
Guhit (2022)
Guhit (2022)
Miko lacks motivation for school because of the pandemic and financial problems. But when his drawing of the school building comes to life and it takes him on a short journey to what his future could look like, Miko continues to reach for success.
Jepoy (2019)
Jepoy (2019)
Jepoy is a little bullied boy who likes super heroes. At the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, he realises that the answer to his problems is the incoming radiation.
Si Gloria at si Juan (2020)
Si Gloria at si Juan (2020)
Sometime in the early 70s, Gloria went through several sleepless nights because of the frequent pestering of a creature often only regarded as myth, a duwende, which stalked her wherever she went.
Momo (2016)
Momo (2016)
A short story about a girl and her pet dog.
Jombi (2021)
Jombi (2021)
Nina is a little girl suppressing her anger towards her bullies by using art- but how will her revenge turn out when she has a zombie for a friend?
Love Bites (2017)
Love Bites (2017)
In a busy pub in Quezon City, a grieving old man and a lively old woman learn that two halves make one whole.
Adarna (1997)
Adarna (1997)
A story of about a sick king, who can be cured only by the singing Adarna Bird. His three sons set out on a journey to find the bird that was turns people into stone if they fall asleep when they hear the bird singing.
The Ghostwriter (1997)
The Ghostwriter (1997)
An extremely talented ghost has just finished a literary masterpiece. Unfortunately, an ambitious vampire, Count Roach, sneaks into his haunted house and steals his work. The ghost confronts the vampire and battles with him. Using only his wit, imagination and talent, will the ghost succeed in getting his masterpiece back?
Home (2020)
Home (2020)
Two castaways sailing their way back home struggle to survive until they find a treasure that will test their friendship.
JUNKZILLA (1995)
JUNKZILLA (1995)
A family witnesses the transformation of their garbage into a monster.
Ano ang Trabaho ng Nanay Mo? (1995)
Ano ang Trabaho ng Nanay Mo? (1995)
A child's perspective on the most overlooked superhero of the home - mother.
Manang Biring (2015)
Manang Biring (2015)
Manang Biring is a feisty but terminally-ill old lady who has learned to accept her imminent demise. Until one day, she receives a letter from her long-estranged daughter abroad announcing of her return for the holidays.
The Great Smoke (1984)
The Great Smoke (1984)
Animated film with several bizarre scenes.
ABCD (1985)
ABCD (1985)
An advocation for a new and personal take on the alphabet reveals multi-layered, comical meanings. ABCD is an experimental animation, decidedly crude in approach and part socio-political commentary and surrealist whimsy.