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West Point
Arrogant and wise-cracking Brice Wayne enrolls at the United States Military Academy at West Point and adjusts to life as a plebe. He tries out for the plebe football team, where he excels and shows up the varsity team. However, his ego is unrivaled, especially in competition with upperclassman Bob Sperry. At the same time, Brice meets a local girl named Betty Channing who cheers for him at football practices.
Cadets on Parade
A military school cadet runs away after failing to fit in at sports or school life. He's befriended by a newsboy and they tutor each other, but soon get embroiled in a ransom scheme.
Private Romeo
When eight male cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic drama ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives.
Lord of the Flies
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
The Lords of Discipline
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Flesh and the Devil
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Mardi Gras
A military school cadet romances a visiting French actress during Mardi Gras. With songs, kissing and New Orleans locations.
Blame It on the Night
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from his beloved school to keep him company on tour. Getting acquainted is fraught with culture shock for both father and son. Written by Paul Emmons
Cavite
After arriving in Manila to attend his father's funeral, a Filipino-American is lured into a conspiracy by a mysterious voice on the other end of his cellphone. In order to save the lives of his surviving family members, the expat must perform a series of dangerous tasks amid the labyrinth of the Filipino underworld.
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang is a 1950 American comedy-drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman, and starring Stanley Clements, Danny Welton, and Gene Collins
About Face
Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
Shake Rattle & Roll 2k5
The second installment of episodes from this classic horror series scares up even more screams than the first. In "Poso," a wealthy client tempts a hack occultist out of retirement. In "Aquarium," a family moves into their new home only to discover that the previous occupants left something terrible behind. And in "Lihim," a pregnant woman fears for the life of her unborn child.
Good Riddance
Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentians, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and performing other odd jobs. Michelle is frustrated with living in poverty and being the center of several people who demand her affection; her brother is like a second child who lives in his own world, his romantic obsession with their wealthy client Madame Viau-Vachon being an exercise in futility. Maurice, the local police chief, is her lover and Gaetan, a mechanic and family friend, would like to be. Most demanding of all is her daughter, who has an unhealthy emotional dependence on her. Precocious and uninterested in school, Manon is jealous of her Mother's suitors and angry at being left home to do chores and care for Guy. When an event occurs that threatens the emotional dynamic between Manon and her mother...
Banatan
Jomari Yllana plays a rookie cop member of a special action force team who gets set-up on a rob-out perpetrated by crooked veteran cops. Jomari soon finds out that idealism becomes a deadly thing to have in a world ridden with corruption and greed. As he goes into hiding in a seedy inner city tenement safehouse, he meets Ara Mina, a bank teller who leads a double life as a gold digging charmer and shopping freak. Trouble starts when Ara discovers and runs away with the money bag that Jomari is keeping...
Talahib at Rosas
An heiress is abducted by rebels in the United States. Jacob, an experienced tracker serving his time in prison, is hired for the rescue mission in exchange for his freedom.
Lagarista
Gregory bikes his way through the streets of Manila and transports film reels from one theater to another giving “extra service” to its patrons. He lives with his grandfather whose dementia worries Gregory, but whose stories of local movies being friends with Rogelio dela Rosa, Carmen Rosales, Leopoldo Salcedo, and other film stars fill him with inspiration.
Jungle Wolf
Because a United States Ambassador to a "Central American" country is kidnapped by rebels, U.S. military personnel will be deployed to the nation unless former Vietnam veteran and jungle fighter Steve Parrish (Ron Marchini) can effect a rescue of the official.
Pugoy – Hostage: Davao
The story of Felipe Pugoy, a troubled inmate who, with his gang, instigated a hostage crisis in the Davao Penal Colony that led to 21 deaths in 1989.
Hepe... Isasabay Kita sa Paglubog ng Araw
The story of an ex-police chief Jose “Pepe” Marasigan, who went after criminals and then surrendered to the authorities after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin
A story about the life of Rosa Henson and Kumander Lawin.
Ama Namin
The life and faith of a priest was put into test when his family was killed by the military who wrongly accused them of supporting the communist rebels. After being tortured by the military, he joined the rebels to avenge his family's death. Will he finally get the justice he never got when he was still a servant of God?
If Memory Serves
The 1940's: A young cadet drafted to war and a woman drafted to poverty both struggle to find their identities against the hardships and villains of the day in this sentimental tribute to the bygone era of silent film.
Getting Wasted
An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
Alpha: The Right to Kill
Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government’s crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest druglords in Manilla. Police Officer Espino and Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence for the operation which quickly escalates into a violent and heavely-armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel’s gang. Before the investigators arrive at the crime scene, Espino and Elijah walk off with Abel’s backpack full of money and methamphetamine.
Code Breakers
In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy, as 83 cadets -- including the son of the school's football coach (Glenn) -- are implicated and ultimately dismissed.
White Slavery
Three poor girls from the provinces of the Philippines are lured to the big city. In Manila they are tricked to work in the sex trade.
The dramatization of the life of General Ronald dela Rosa.
Bato
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Bato Starring Robin Padilla, Efren Reyes Jr., Beauty Gonzalez, Archie Alemania, and more. If you liked Bato then you may also like: Wednesday's Child, West Point, Cadets on Parade, Private Romeo, Lord of the Flies and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
Wednesday's Child
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.