Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011)

(3) based on 3 votes
Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.
Release Date
Jul 15, 2011
Runtime
01h 56m
Available in streaming on

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.

Movies like Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

WrestleMania XL Sunday

The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship will be on the line when Roman Reigns defends his title against the winner of the 2024 Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes. The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre will finally get his chance to win a world title in front of the masses as he faces World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at The Showcase of the Immortals. Plus a big tag team match on night 1 where Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins will go head to head with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in a match with huge WrestleMania implications. Bayley is hellbent on seizing the WWE Women's Champion when she goes to war against her former ally IYO SKY at WrestleMania. 'Mami' Rhea Ripley defends her Women's World Title against 'The Man' Becky Lynch in what should be a legendary championship fight and many more.
Search similar movies
8.4
WrestleMania+XL+Sunday
WrestleMania XL Sunday

2024

Search similar movies
The Frozen North

A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the subway".
Search similar movies
6.2
The+Frozen+North
The Frozen North

1922

Search similar movies
Frosty Returns

Mr. Twitchell, a greedy old businessman, has invented Summer Wheeze: a spray that instantly removes snow and slush! Now Holly has to keep Frosty from melting, and convince everybody that snow's actually a good thing.
Search similar movies
5.6
Frosty+Returns
Frosty Returns

1992

Search similar movies
Ado 2nd LIVE: Campanella

This is Ado's first live video work, featuring all the songs from her legendary Saitama Super Arena concert held on August 11, 2022! Included are 24 songs in total, including her smash hits "Usseewa," "Odori," and "Shinjidai," as well as her favorite Vocaloid songs "Darling Dance" and "Zaneri".
Search similar movies
9.5
Ado+2nd+LIVE%3A+Campanella
Ado 2nd LIVE: Campanella

2023

Search similar movies
Xuxa Circo

Xuxa welcomes her little viewers to the magical world of circus in the fifth volume of her series of educational videos dedicated to kids.
Search similar movies
7.1
Xuxa+Circo
Xuxa Circo

2004

Search similar movies
The Bike God

On a sunny day, the glorious Bike God walks across the Earth's soil and faces one of his greatest enemies, the Car God, in an epic battle that will go down in history.
Search similar movies
10.0
The+Bike+God
The Bike God

2023

Search similar movies
The History Of Iron Maiden - Part 1: The Early Days

First part of the documentary series, The History Of Iron Maiden, featuring an exhaustive, thoroughly complete history of the early years of Iron Maiden, from their humble beginnings in London's East End in 1975 through their triumphant Piece Of Mind album and tour in 1983. The set features a large collection of rare videos and concert footage, as well as interviews with former members such as Paul Di'Anno, Clive Burr, Dennis Stratton, Dave Sullivan, Terry Rance, Kent Ewing, Doug Sampson, Ron Matthews, Terry Wapram and Bob Sawyer.
Search similar movies
8.2
The+History+Of+Iron+Maiden+-+Part+1%3A+The+Early+Days
The History Of Iron Maiden - Part 1: The Early Days

2004

Search similar movies
Más allá de lo común

Pili, a 51-year-old widow, unexpectedly leaves her home when, on her way, she is interrupted by the presence of an alien. After trying to tell her children about the extraterrestrial encounter and being ignored by them, she must investigate how to deal with this being. Meanwhile, she grapples with new desires to abandon the traditional life she has always known. In the end, she will have to confront and accept her deepest fears in order to fight this alien.
Search similar movies
8.7
M%C3%A1s+all%C3%A1+de+lo+com%C3%BAn
Más allá de lo común

2024

Search similar movies
Let Her Cry

When an alluring young undergrad becomes infatuated with her nearly retired professor, she stirs up the man's humdrum home life in a most unusual way.
Search similar movies
6.5
Let+Her+Cry
Let Her Cry

2016

Search similar movies
WWE WrestleMania 2000

WWF Champion Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mick Foley vs. The Big Show, Two Falls Match: WWF Intercontinental & European Champion Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit, Ladder Match: WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz, Hardcore Battle Royal: WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly vs. The Acolytes vs. The Mean Street Posse vs. The Headbangers vs. Kaientai vs. Tazz vs. Viscera vs. Hardcore Holly, X-Pac & The Road Dogg vs. Kane & Rikishi Phatu, Too Cool & Chyna vs. Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn, HEAD Cheese vs. T&A, D'Lo Brown & The Godfather vs. Bull Buchanan & The Big Boss Man, The Kat vs. Terri.
Search similar movies
7.3
WWE+WrestleMania+2000
WWE WrestleMania 2000

2000

Search similar movies
Fatale Collective: Bleed

In this brisk six-shooter anthology, an ensemble of women share entertainingly twisted tales that span disturbing subjects and sick styles through decidedly feminist lenses.
Search similar movies
4.3
Fatale+Collective%3A+Bleed
Fatale Collective: Bleed

2019

Search similar movies
How I Stole a Painting

The story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay, who in 1976 decided to steal Hitler's favorite painting from Berlin's national museum and hang it in the home of a Turkish immigrant family. "This particular painting you could say was a German identity icon." In 1976 Ulay decided to steal the painting 'Der arme Poet' (The Poor Poet) (1839) by Carl Spitzweg, which was said to be Hitler's favorite painting. By stealing the painting from the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) in Berlin, Ulay broke away from what he had done previously, aiming "to give a strong signal about what I was about as an artist at the time."
Search similar movies
6.0
How+I+Stole+a+Painting
How I Stole a Painting

2017

Search similar movies
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Search similar movies
7.3
Battles+Without+Honor+and+Humanity%3A+Final+Episode
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

Search similar movies
A Man Like Eva

A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control?
Search similar movies
4.4
A+Man+Like+Eva
A Man Like Eva

1984

Search similar movies
The H.K. Triad

Two childhood friends become mortal enemies after their lives take drastically different paths and they discover that they are both in love with the same woman.
Search similar movies
6.7
The+H.K.+Triad
The H.K. Triad

1999

Search similar movies
Appatlo Okadundevadu

Railway Raju, an aspiring cricketer, watches his dream of joining the Indian team going down in flames after he invites the ire of an ambitious police officer. Sadly, he turns to the world of crime.
Search similar movies
5.5
Appatlo+Okadundevadu
Appatlo Okadundevadu

2016

Search similar movies
An Afternoon

Mathias has decided that today is the day, that he'll let Frederik know he is in love with him. But when the time comes, is he ready to make the first move?
Search similar movies
5.5
An+Afternoon
An Afternoon

2014

Search similar movies
ThanksKilling The Musical

Based on the film of the same name, ThanksKilling the Musical is about five college students heading home for Thanksgiving break as they cross paths with a killer turkey possessed by an ancient Indian curse. Horror, hilarity, and sodomy ensue as the teens try to stop the homicidal bird from killing them all.
Search similar movies
10.0
ThanksKilling+The+Musical
ThanksKilling The Musical

2013

Search similar movies
Maximum Velocity (V-Max)

In search of purpose, 17-year-old Claudio helps easygoing mechanic Stefano build a car capable of winning a street race that could solve his financial problems, but gets himself involved with the latter's former girlfriend.
Search similar movies
6.0
Maximum+Velocity+%28V-Max%29
Maximum Velocity (V-Max)

2002

Search similar movies
SIGN-OFF

Three friends staying at a motel are soon interrupted by an increasingly unsettling local emergency broadcast. With every message of caution that goes by, a growing threat looms over them as they fall under the eye of an unknown figure.
Search similar movies
7.0
SIGN-OFF
Bridgeport: The Movie

Every empire needs an emperor. Watch how far Shah is willing to go to claim the crown!
Search similar movies
Bridgeport%3A+The+Movie
Bridgeport: The Movie

2025

Search similar movies
Lorna

Lorna is sixty year old woman who is constantly searching for the right man, having failed at so many relationships. Having lived close to a lifetime alone, she decides to take another stab at moving on and more importantly, love.
Search similar movies
8.5
Lorna
Bataan

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.
Search similar movies
6.4
Bataan
Hindi Sila Tatanda

A group of friends, prompted by the frequent sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects or U.F.O.'s in Zambales in the mid-nineties, decide to take a trip to the province to retrace the legend of the sightings. They then befriend a local, who they presume is their age group, not knowing exactly who or what he is. Little do they know that the local will become the spark that would threaten to ruin the friendship that has already been strained with many things that have been left unsaid.
Search similar movies
7.5
Hindi+Sila+Tatanda
Hindi Sila Tatanda

2014

Search similar movies
Red

Red, a shy orphan who spent most of his childhood in a girly bar, grew up to be the town's best fixer. When a rich kid was gunned down in a drug bust that went wrong, Red was hired by Art, a spoiled socialite, to fix the mess.
Search similar movies
4.5
Red
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Search similar movies
6.7
Once+Upon+a+Time+in+Mumbaai
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

2010

Search similar movies
Esoterica: Manila

Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of a young man en route to becoming a creative artist.
Search similar movies
Esoterica%3A+Manila
Esoterica: Manila

2014

Search similar movies
Heaven's Judgment

An oppressed housemaid has transformed herself into a wealthy and powerful business mogul through sheer dint of talent, ambition and driving need to avenge herself on her tormentors.
Search similar movies
7.3
Heaven%27s+Judgment
Heaven's Judgment

1990

Search similar movies
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted one evening, Victor, a police officer, comes to his aid. Maxi soon develops a crush on Victor, who shows a platonic affection for the young lad.
Search similar movies
7.0
The+Blossoming+of+Maximo+Oliveros
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

2005

Search similar movies
All Be Damned

A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies.
Search similar movies
7.8
All+Be+Damned
All Be Damned

1990

Search similar movies
9 Deaths of the Ninja

A trio of specialized soldiers is called in to stop a group of drug traffickers who have hijacked a busload of tourists in the Philippines and threaten to kill them all if one of their companions is not released from jail and the government does not stop its anti-drug policies.
Search similar movies
5.2
9+Deaths+of+the+Ninja
9 Deaths of the Ninja

1985

Search similar movies
Tumbadores

The story is about Manuela, the daughter of a drug trafficker who plans a tumbe against the cartel where her own father works, unleashing a war between narcos and tumbadores.
Search similar movies
Tumbadores
Tumbadores

2024

Search similar movies
The Air I Breathe

A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.
Search similar movies
6.3
The+Air+I+Breathe
The Air I Breathe

2007

Search similar movies
Two Hands

A 19-year-old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile, two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
Search similar movies
6.6
Two+Hands
Shottas

A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
Search similar movies
7.6
Shottas
The Family That Doesn't Weep

Only the famous family that doesn't weep can help reunite a desperate woman with her own.
Search similar movies
8.4
The+Family+That+Doesn%27t+Weep
The Family That Doesn't Weep

2017

Search similar movies
Malvarosa

A poignant story of a family’s struggles in life. It tells of Rosa, who lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression when her drunkard father is run over by a train. Though she is set to marry her fiancé, Rosa chooses to put her family’s needs before her own. Rosa’s brothers also carry their own burdens, except for one, the youngest, Avelino, who helps his sister shoulder the weight of the family’s problems.
Search similar movies
5.7
Malvarosa
(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children)

In 1970s Mindanao, a man and his family take arms to defend the people against those who would oppress them.
Search similar movies
1.0
%28Filipino%3A+In+the+Name+of+the+Father%2C+Mother%2C+and+Children%29
(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children)

2014

Search similar movies
A Love Story

Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.
Search similar movies
4.0
A+Love+Story
A Love Story

2007

Search similar movies
Back to Bataan

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
Search similar movies
6.0
Back+to+Bataan
Back to Bataan

1945

Search similar movies
Kiko, the Boxer

Kiko, an 11-year-old boy left aimlessly alone with his nanny after the recent death of his mother, rekindles a long lost relationship with his father in an attempt to find a new lease on life.
Search similar movies
10.0
Kiko%2C+the+Boxer
Kiko, the Boxer

2017

Search similar movies
Respect

Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty until he meets Doc, an old poet still haunted by his martial law past. Can they turn each other’s lives around before they’re swallowed by their circumstance?
Search similar movies
6.7
Respect
Enter the Ninja

After completing his training of ninjutsu within Japan, an American Angolan Bush War veteran by the name of Cole visits his war buddy Frank Landers and his newly wed wife Mary Ann, who are the owners of a large piece of farming land in the Philippines. Cole soon finds that the Landers are being repeatedly harassed by a CEO named Charles Venarius.
Search similar movies
5.4
Enter+the+Ninja
Enter the Ninja

1981

Search similar movies
Air Force

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
Search similar movies
6.5
Air+Force
They Were Expendable

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Search similar movies
6.5
They+Were+Expendable
They Were Expendable

1945

Search similar movies
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir

Pedro Calungsod, a young Filipino man, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668. The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young Pedro, a trained catechist and mission assistant, begins work for Fr. Diego de San Vitores in baptizing the Chamorro natives, preaching the holy gospel and spreading the good news of salvation through the Christian faith amidst paganism, doubt and disbelief. Despite the longing for his father and the threats to their lives, even at the peril of death, Pedro and Fr. Diego continued their missionary work. They roamed the dangerous islands and baptized many more natives and continued to enlighten them about Christianity.
Search similar movies
4.0
Pedro+Calungsod%3A+Batang+Martir
Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir

2013

Search similar movies
Do Re Mi

Three girls divided by personalities, cultural backgrounds and principles have one thing in common, their love for music.
Search similar movies
7.3
Do+Re+Mi
Blink

An indie film about greed and corruption among small-time criminals in the streets of Manila starring GMA contract artist Sherwin Ordonez in his first mature role.
Search similar movies
2.3
Blink
Ouija

Half-sisters Aileen and Romina, along with first cousins Ruth and Sandra, reunite in Camiguin to bury their grandmother. Accompanied by Sandra's friend, Lucy, the five girls dare to call on the spirits of the dead when they find their old Ouija board from when they were kids. The Ouija board is burned by accident before they are able to finish the ritual, trapping a murderous entity around them. As they begin to realize the terror that they have brought upon themselves, Aileen and Romina's hostile relationship even become more strained, while Lucy's sanity brings a heavy burden on Sandra, and Ruth's boyfriend, Gino, is unknowingly pulled into the danger and horror that await all of them. Confronted by imminent Death, the girls have nowhere to go unless they can identify the spirit and find out where it is buried. It is only by leading the spirit to its burial ground that they will able to release the spirit from the Ouija board and survive its fatal hauntings.
Search similar movies
4.0
Ouija
Fires on the Plain

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
Search similar movies
7.6
Fires+on+the+Plain
Fires on the Plain

1959

Search similar movies
Seven Sundays

The Bonifacio siblings reunite when they find out their father is diagnosed with cancer. In the process, they have to deal with unresolved issues among themselves before it's too late.
Search similar movies
8.1
Seven+Sundays
Seven Sundays

2017

Search similar movies
The 70s

Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Though the parents view themselves as apolitical, most of their sons bristle at life under martial law and turn to various forms of activism -- or to simple teenage rebellion -- for release. After the family becomes the victim of extremist violence, Amanda begins to find her own dissident voice.
Search similar movies
5.5
The+70s
Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love

Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring curse to Olive's famiily. Because of this, Melinda was not accepted by Uy's family as one of their members. Melinda's struggling as a mother begand when she has nothing else to do but to strive and work more.
Search similar movies
5.0
Mano+Po+6%3A+A+Mother%27s+Love
Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love

2009

Search similar movies
Mariquina

A Marikina shoemaker's daughter coming to terms with her grief in the wake of her father's suicide.
Search similar movies
7.0
Mariquina
The Commitment

Kasal is a slice of life drama of a gay couple whose resolve to stay together is challenged as they attend a wedding. It also is an examination on how a gay couple navigates through the different institutions in Philippine society.
Search similar movies
4.5
The+Commitment
The Commitment

2014

Search similar movies
King Creole

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
Search similar movies
6.3
King+Creole
King Creole

1958

Search similar movies