#TeamBahay Netflix Guide: 5 Heartwarming Pinoy Films To Watch With The Whole Family

At the core of the Filipino culture is the importance it gives to strong and close family ties. If you're looking to get closer as a family, setting up quality time over a movie date night is a good place to start.

Below, we've chosen five Pinoy movies available to stream on Netflix that touch on the subject of maintaining good family relationships—its ups, downs, and everything in between. Each selection portrays Filipino families in a different light. However, they all share the premise of the resiliency of family members amid adversity and life trials.

5 Filipino Movies About Families

1. Seven Sundays (2017)

 

 

The family patriarch, played by veteran actor Ronaldo Valdez, received shocking news about his health, prompting his children, who are already leading their own different lives, to make Sundays a day to spend with the family again. It's a moving film about forgiveness and working on differences between family members.

2. Everything About Her (2016)

Vilma Santos plays a successful businesswoman who has been estranged from her son. Their relationship takes a turn when she finds out she has cancer and meets the person who will help them mend their ties.

3. The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (2021)

 

 

Although set in a foreign land, this comedy movie is still as Pinoy as it can get. Following the story of four Filipino-American brothers, it highlights the emotional struggles many immigrant Filipino families could relate to and how they come out of it stronger and even closer together.

4. Four Sisters And A Wedding (2013)

Four overprotective but also overly loving sisters are forced to come to terms with their unresolved conflicts in the past as they reunite for their younger brother's impending wedding.

5. Will You Marry (2021)

 

 

A widowed mom tries to find love again in a foreign land. But her pursuit of mending her broken heart faces a bump as her daughter expresses disapproval of the new match. It's a heartwarming movie about coping with the loss of a beloved family member.

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