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Lav Diaz

Director · 72 credits · 23 in highly-rated films

Best known for Norte, the End of History (2014)

Frequent collaborators: Mercedes Cabral, Joel Saracho, John Torres

Best Lav Diaz movies by genre

Directed movies (51 total, ranked by score)

  1. Norte, the End of History

    2014 · ★ 7.4 (65 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    1

  2. From What Is Before

    2014 · ★ 8.0 (36 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Essential Truths of the Lake

    2023 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Evolution of a Filipino Family

    2004 · ★ 7.8 (36 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Melancholia

    2008 · ★ 7.3 (28 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. Magellan

    2025 · ★ 6.4 (35 votes)

    History, Adventure, Drama

    6

  7. The Woman Who Left

    2016 · ★ 6.9 (66 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Batang West Side

    2001 · ★ 7.8 (19 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    8

  9. Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

    2006 · ★ 7.9 (16 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    9

  10. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

    2016 · ★ 7.7 (17 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Adventure

    10

  11. Century of Birthing

    2011 · ★ 7.6 (15 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Death in the Land of Encantos

    2015 · ★ 7.9 (13 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

    2012 · ★ 7.6 (13 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Butterflies Have No Memory

    2009 · ★ 6.7 (11 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Phantosmia

    2025

    Drama

    15

  16. Storm Children

    2014 · ★ 7.5 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Image Nation

    2006

    17

  18. Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times

    2020 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. The Halt

    2019 · ★ 6.3 (21 votes)

    Science Fiction, Drama

    19

  20. When the Waves Are Gone

    2023 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    20

  21. Liminal

    2020 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Music

    21

  22. History of Ha

    2021 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget

    2012 · ★ 5.9 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution

    2011 · ★ 6.4 (16 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (8 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    25

  26. The Day Before the End

    2016 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Burger Boys

    1999 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

    27

  28. A Tale of Filipino Violence

    2022

    Drama

    28

  29. Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    2013 · ★ 5.1 (19 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    29

  30. Naked Under the Moon

    1999 · ★ 5.7 (10 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.