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Browse 93 movies from UP Cinema
A larger-than-life cosmic woman sent from above must journey through a peculiar post-apocalyptic world with a human in search of something mystifying yet unfathomable to her.
May 2026
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On the anniversary of her renowned musician sister's death, a young radio presenter revisits her unreleased demo tapes in the studio for a documentary and finds herself haunted by the guilt of her past sins. Based on 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe.
Set in the developing province of Bulacan, Miguel returns home to his injured father, Arthur, only to confront all that remains unspoken between them in a relationship they have long outgrown.
At the height of their relationship, two great friends since junior high school realize a significant life change may come sooner than later.
Mar 2025
A guy who just got out of a relationship meets Sadako and unexpectedly finds comfort in her, leading to a strange set of circumstances in which they fall for each other.
Dec 2022
Ara, an incoming college student, gets ready to move out by packing her things. She discovers a stack of diaries and starts journeying through the memories of her childhood.
Mar 2023
Kaloy, a 22-year-old embalmer who illegally moonlights for a corrupt syndicate, extracting bullets from bodies and replacing them with counterfeits for extra cash. But when he finds a familiar face buried within the violence, the reality of his younger brother’s death jolts back his senses.
May 2025
An amateur film set descends into chaos when a lovers’ quarrel involving a crew member threatens their production.
Jan 2024
Film students Queenie, Izzie, and Angie encounter a masked man named Masculado who threatens to distort every film there is into his vision of queer cinema—one that only features masc-for-masc BLs. Using their powers, the trio must stop Masculado before he distorts cinema for good!
A struggling actor's trauma is weaponized by a manipulative director and his crew.
Dec 2025
A newly-turned sixty-year-old woman who just obtained her senior citizen card reunites with a long-lost high school friend, sparking a journey of nostalgia, self-discovery, and rekindling romance.
When a rural village in the Philippines starts to vanish, leaving only carabaos as witnesses, a child plans out a journey to locate his lost father, revealing a secret that defies belief.
Aug 2024
An 11-year old vendor of pirated copies of films in a downtown capital tries every possible way in his position to watch a film for the very first time inside the comfort of a cinema.
A 68-year-old matandang dalaga suddenly goes through pregnancy when her 19-year-old niece visits her home. As they spend time together, the two women are forced to deal with the cards life has handed them.
Jun 2023
Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers.
A girl attempts to go back to her normal routine after a recent messy breakup with her boyfriend. However, her past keeps intruding on the present in the form of an unanswered phone call.
Sep 2025
Told through episodes, the filmmaker describes the places where they used to go with their late grandfather. As they revisit these places, they notice that the lands are no longer the same.
Feb 2022
Five years of silence end when former high school best friends, Ethan and Gio, both cramming for finals, unexpectedly reunite at a cafe. With the cafe closing early, they must go somewhere else, confronting the unresolved pain of their fractured past.
A hungry student tries to steal food from a stranger.
Oct 2025