Top 250 Movies Like Machete
A list of the best movies similar to Machete. If you liked Machete then you may also like: Zoom, Zoom, Superman!, Urduja, Nobody's Fool, Kasal, Kid Kulafu and many more great movies featured on this list.
Machete is a fantasy Philippine drama produced by GMA Network adapted from a character of the same name created by Pablo S. Gomez. Directed by Don Michael Perez, the show premiered on January 24, 2011 replacing Jillian: Namamasko Po on the GMA Telebabad block. The show is broadcast internationally through GMA Pinoy TV on January 26, 2011, two days after its original release. The series is a remake for the movie with the same title which starred Cesar Montano and Rita Avila and was remade again in 1993 which starred Gardo Versoza and Rosanna Roces. The show had its finale on March 18, 2011.
Nobody's Fool
A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.
Kid Kulafu
Before he became one of the world's greatest boxers, Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao was a young boy living a hand-to-mouth existence, trying to survive from one day to the next. When he discovers his natural talent for boxing, he embarks on a brutal and intense journey that takes him from the mountains of the Philippines to the streets of Manila, and must risk everything to become a champion - for himself, his family, and his country.
Bawal Na Gamot
Bawal Na Gamot is a 1994 Philippine action crime film directed by Francis "Jun" Posadas and written by Ricardo Lee. The film stars Romnick Sarmenta. The film is named after the hit song of Willy Garte and promotes the anti-drug campaign
The Muppets
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Machete: Istatwang Buhay
A machete-wielding sculpture mysteriously comes alive helps people, fulfills the sexual fantasies of its sculptress and goes back to being lifeless again.a machete-wielding sculpture mysteriously comes alive helps people, fulfills the sexual fantasies of its sculptress and goes back to being lifeless again.
Blusang Itim
An enchanted black blouse changes the usual uneventful life of Jessa by giving her the beauty she never thought she would have. With her good heart, she will have to choose whether to live with this beauty or stay true to what her appearance really is and see if Angelo loves her honestly.
Hiram na Mukha
Alicia is an unattractive woman who is transformed into a beauty by a plastic surgeon. She soon realizes that beauty is not all that matters in this world.
Evolution of a Filipino Family
An intimate epic made with uncompromising and austere seriousness that patiently and methodically observes the collapse and hopeful revival of a poor farming clan.
Fruitvale Station
Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.
Type Kita… Walang Kokontra
Isabel Torres went to the Philippines to meet her Filipino penpal Primo. Primo, on the other hand, asked his cop cousin Victor to pretend to be him for he lacks enough confidence to woo his foreign lover. Victor, who is very much focused on doing his job perfectly, thoughtlessly granted his cousin’s request. However, as Victor gets to spend time with Isabel, he finds himself diverting his concerns in finding out if Isabel is the right woman for him. Isabel, on the other hand, couldn’t help but fall in love with Victor too. Primo got jealous with the blooming romance of his cousin and penpal, who is associated to Vernon, a drug lord who is plotting something against Victor.
El Presidente
The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 1901, then flashes back to 1886, when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later, Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896, Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their forces in Manila, Aguinaldo finally mobilizes his troops and take the command of the Katipunan forces in Cavite
Baliktaran: Si Ace at si Daisy
This is about a man and a woman who are forced to marry each other except, their sexual identity causes them trouble because the man is gay and the woman is a lesbian. They struggle throughout their marriage until the end.
Ikaw Lang
A librarian's husband and mother-in-law turn out to be psychotically abusive. When the husband mistakenly thinks he has killed her, he dumps her in a river, where she is saved by a fisherman. Desperate for money and in need of help to take revenge on her husband, she hooks up with a bank robber whom she falls in love with. Together, they return to her husband's home and kill him.
Ang Hiwaga ng Ibong Adarna
The story comes from the classic novel. The task was to capture the magical Ibong Adarna to cure their father's illness. The one who can bring home the bird will be the heir to the throne.
Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig ni Pedro Penduko
In his numerous incarnations, Pedro Penduko is an ordinary human being with no superpowers. He is, however, resourceful and quick-witted in battling evil forces. He is aided by a magical amulet.
José Rizal
Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.
Beast of Burden
Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
The 24 Hour Woman
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
Huk!
After 14 years in the United States, Greg Dickson returns to his family's plantation in the Philippines to settle his slain father's estate. Boyhood friend Bart Rogers and his wife Cindy meet Greg's plane at Manila, but he dismisses their warnings about the marauding Huks, fanatic guerrillas who are plundering nearby plantations. They repulse a Huk attack on the way to the plantation and are met by Stephen Rogers, Bart's father and the village schoolteacher. With him is Philippine Army Major Balatbat who tells Greg that Kalak, leader of the Huks and murderer of Greg's father, is also after him.
The Deerslayer
Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good. His friends, the Hutters, are a white family living on an ark in the middle of a lake. The Hurons attack them and Deerslayer enlists the aid of scout Harry March, who is escorting sixty-five brides to the near-by settlement. Deerslayer and Harry are both in love with Judith Hutter, who is secretly in love with Harry. The Hurons succeed in capturing her father and Harry, where-upon Judith's sister Hetty, playing on an Indian superstition never to harm an insane person, feigns madness and makes an escape. Hutter, Judith, Hetty and Princess Wah-Tah return to the ark, where they ate attacked by the waiting Hurons and Hetty is killed. Deerslayer, Harry and the settlement men arrive to time to drive the Hurons away.
NBI: The Mariano Mison Story
A Filipino police story about Mariano Mison one the head of bureau who investigated the Vizconde massacre.
Mula Sa Puso
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.
Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba
Sarah, an archaeologist and museum curator, is good at recovering and restoring treasures. One day, a very important treasure map is stolen from the museum, but the map is in Latin and the guys who seized it cannot read it.
Rock-A-Bye Baby: Tatlo Ang Daddy
A young man leaves home and takes odd jobs when his parents djsapprove of his girlfriend. He later adopts a child which turns out to be his own.
Jack & Jill
When 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.
Hostage
Jimmy Pizaras’ ultimate goal in life is to kill the drug lord Johnny Morales to avenge the death of his daughter Annie and cousin Congressman Santos. Jimmy devised several plans to execute his goal. But when his last plan failed, he then took his enemy’s daughter Mabel as a hostage. However, Jimmy learned that Mabel is just Johnny’s adoptive daughter, who was just used to project a better public image. Jimmy, still eager to pursue his vengeful goal, hid the child in a far-flung village. There, he met Gina.
Prinsipe Sabong
It's a story about the search for Prinsipe Sabong. The best gamecock that beat Joey's 12-time Champion cock. He went back home to look for it. But Joey found Love instead. Love of his father. Love of his brother Love of his adoptive siblings... But the forbidden love of a woman prompted him to leave his home once again. So when he finally found Prinsipe Sabong, The search ended. But not the quest
Leonor Will Never Die
Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.
Blast Vegas
Thieving Spring Breakers steal an ancient relic that unleashes a disastrous curse upon Las Vegas.
Sabik Sa Halik
A romantic-action directed by Abbo DeLa Cruz featuring Gardo Versoza and Priscilla Almeda.
Bullet
He has the mind and temper of a young child but when it comes to guns, Bullet (Cesar Montano) is as adept as a highly trained marksman. But this very special talent comes into a harrowing play when Bullet accidentally films gangsters beating up a kidnap victim and eventually he and his cousins witness a vicious gangland murder.
Notoryus
Toryo Liwanag is a born trouble maker. He sees no difference between being in jail and out of it saying that once he gets out he is basically only in a different much larger enclosure. A cage of crime and poverty. One day he meets Liway, a PUP colegiala looking to interview and put into study the behavior of troublemakers, the likes of Toryo. He is released from prison. But trouble seems to have a crush on Toryo.
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.
Hitman
“Hitman“ tells the story of Ben (played by Cesar), a man seeking revenge for the brutal death of his family committed by the very people who hired him to kill people. Along the way, he meets Gina (Sam Pinto) which compounds the situation and brings Ben to a crossroad. The story happens in just 48 hours with one scene vital to the next that viewers can’t afford to miss out on any one.
Pinoy/Blonde
Two cousins accomplish the final wish of their dying uncle to deliver a brown paper bag to a seedy, run-down hotel crawling with shady characters and retrieve in exchange a mysterious package.
Ang Mangliligpit
A story about a guerilla assassin tasked to kill fascist collaborators and sympathizers in the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
Pusakal
An action-drama movie starring Cesar Montano, Rosanna Roces, Jess Lapid Jr., Dan Alvaro, Willie Revillame. Dennis Roldan, Roy Alvarez, Roldan Aquino, Rommel Valdez, Gamy Viray, Archie Adamos, Cris Daluz, Danny Labra, Cris Aguilar, Jimmy Reyes, Polly Cadsawan, Josie Tagle, Rene Matias and Kimberly Diaz. Directed by Toto Natividad.
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
A winning lottery ticket leads to trouble and romance for an indebted man.
Heneral Paua
Out of our glorious historical past comes this story of a Chinese General who unselfishly gave everything to help the Philippine Revolution.
Reef Hunters
Fredo is a fisherman who has endured more than his share of hardship in life; his wife and child both perished in a boating accident, and today Fredo approaches each trip to the sea with the angry determination of a man out for revenge.
The Lilian Velez Story: Till Death Do Us Part
Sharon Cuneta plays the biographical account of the murder case of Filipina movie actress Lilian Velez during the 1950's.
I'll Get By
I'll Get By is an updated remake of the 1940 20th Century-Fox musical Tin Pan Alley. William Lundigan and Dennis Day play William Spencer and Freddie Lee respectively, successful song publishers who make hits out of such numbers as "I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "You Make Me Feel So Young", "There Will Never Be Another You", and other favorites (the rights to all of these songs were conveniently held by 20th Century-Fox). The partnership has some hard times, especially during the feud between ASCAP and the radio networks, when only public-domain songs like "I Dream of Jeannie" were permitted to be broadcast.
First Day High
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.
At the Top
A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect images as movie stars, which suppress and eventually destroy them as persons and lovers.
The Big Broadcast
Two teenagers gatecrash a movie studio to see their idols who promised to choose them as their next leading lady.
The PreNup
Wendy and Sean meet on an airplane en route to New York. In a matter of days, they decide to get married.
Sabel Is Still Young
The married life of Sabel and Brian was cut short when three men rape her and kill Brian in their honeymoon. Surviving from the crime, she vows to let the culprits experience hell.
Celebrity Habla
See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series.
Ang Lalaki sa Buhay ni Selya
Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
In a tiny rural village in Argentina, Rita Lopez, a pious yet insatiably competitive woman, discovers that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood.
Martyr or Murderer
A sequel to Maid in Malacañang. The film explores the assassination of Ninoy Aquino on August 21, 1983, three years before the events of Maid in Malacañang, and how the Marcoses were accused of as those responsible for killing him.
Kiskisan
Jojo grew in the house of his wicked Lola Susana who never taught him to be a rightful person. He became an image of his grandmother--- deceitful, arrogant and very greedy. He intentionally destroys the lives of his brothers and his sister without knowing that his own actions leads to his own downfall.
Baler
In 1898, a band of Spanish soldiers heroically defended Baler against Filipino forces for 337 long and grueling days. The battle, now referred to as the Siege of Baler, is the setting of a forbidden love between a Mestizo soldier and a Filipina lass who lived at the end of the 19th century.
Quezon's Game
The film centers around Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon and his plan to shelter Jews in the Philippines who were fleeing from Nazi Germany during the World War II era.
Maid in Malacañang
The untold story of the last 72 hours of the Marcoses inside Malacañang Palace before fleeing to Hawaii, during the 1986 People Power Revolution.
Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok Ko
Rey Valera relives the inspirations - people, situations, communities, and times - that spurred him to compose some of his most popular and deeply meaningful Original Pilipino Music hits across the decades of his iconic career.
The American Dream
Armed with dreams that extend beyond their block, Luis and Ronald, two best friends from Los Angeles, videotape their last 36 hours before shipping off to Afghanistan. One hundred days before Obama's inauguration, these young men have joined the Marines together to face the obstacles and circumstances that seem to overwhelm their passage into manhood. Luis wants to be a filmmaker and Ronald wants to travel the world and raise a family. Through the lens of Luis's video camera, they capture their friends, family members and places they call home - to remember who they are and where they come from. In their darkest hour, they turn on the video camera for the last time and document the final moments of their journey home. They soon realize that their dreams and promises of a new life mean nothing in a place called War.
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek - Live!
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! is an American concert television special featuring live performances by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in support of their collaborative studio album, Cheek to Cheek, released in September 2014. It was held at the Rose Theater of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in July following the announcement of the album's release, and was aired on PBS on October 24, 2014, as part of the network's Great Performances series. The concert was watched by an audience consisting of invited guests and students from New York schools. Bennett and Gaga were joined on stage by 39-piece orchestra and jazz musicians associated with both artists.
Third World Romance
An outspoken cashier and laidback grocery bagger navigate the path to being happy despite the challenges of their blue-collared living in a world where nothing comes for free.
Kandungan
Rosita and Julio are in love, but all that changes when Julio has to marry a woman that he had gotten pregnant. Heartbroken, Rosita decides to get married to mentally challenged Monchito. Julio returns to the province to look for Rosita as the woman he married did not turn out to be pregnant. Will Julio be able to woo Rosita back?
Isang Linggong Pag-ibig
A rich heiress leaves her cheating boyfriend, escapes to the countryside, and falls for a local folk singer.
Sagot ng Puso
A desperately poor young man is forced to avenge himself against the abusive rich and powerful who had oppressed him.
Colonel March Investigates
This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes) starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March, head of Scotland Yard's Department D.3, otherwise known as The Bureau of Queer Complaints.
Seksi: Pantasya at Pelikula
A documentary on the rise and fall and recent return of sexy movies in Philippine cinema. Featuring interviews from the sexy movie icons of the past and the rising sexy stars of the present.
Machete is a fantasy Philippine drama produced by GMA Network adapted from a character of the same name created by Pablo S. Gomez. Directed by Don Michael Perez, the show premiered on January 24, 2011 replacing Jillian: Namamasko Po on the GMA Telebabad block. The show is broadcast internationally through GMA Pinoy TV on January 26, 2011, two days after its original release. The series is a remake for the movie with the same title which starred Cesar Montano and Rita Avila and was remade again in 1993 which starred Gardo Versoza and Rosanna Roces. The show had its finale on March 18, 2011.
A list of the best movies similar to Machete. If you liked Machete then you may also like: Zoom, Zoom, Superman!, Urduja, Nobody's Fool, Kasal, Kid Kulafu and many more great movies featured on this list.
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.