This Valentine season, how about reminiscing on love, in all its sizes and shapes, as seen in the Philippines' movie screens (spoilers alert!):
- Christopher De Leon and Hilda Koronel parting ways towards the end of Mike De Leon’s Kung Mangarap Ka’t Magising (1977).
- Lovestruck Nora Aunor finally coming to her senses and giving her beloved idol Phillip Salvador a final “show of affection” in Lino Brocka’s Bona (1980).
- Amy Austria goes window-shopping and catches Dindo Fernando’s attention, in Danny Zialcita’s Langis At Tubig (1980).
- Jay Ilagan and Charo Santos’ honeymoon from hell, thanks to her father Vic Silayan, in Mike De Leon’s Kisapmata (1981).
- Young lovers Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion’s reunion, with only the theme music in the background, in the final scenes of Eddie Garcia’s P.S. I Love You (1981).
- Gina Alajar brutally sodomized by jealous husband Johnny Delgado, in Laurice Guillen’s Salome (1981).
- Lorna Tolentino breaking down upon learning that the object of her affection was killed in an encounter, in Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s Moral (1982).
- Christopher De Leon and wife Vilma Santos in their bedroom, arguing for the nth time, in Ishmael Bernal’s Broken Marriage (1983).
- Bridesmaid Lorna Tolentino kissing on the lips the object of her obsessive love,groom Christopher De Leon, in Lino Brocka’s Maging Akin Ka Lamang (1987).
- Battered wife Snooky Serna getting a proper beating from troubled husband Christopher De Leon, in Maryo J. Delos Reyes’ Kapag Napagod Ang Puso (1988).
- Blind girl Sheryl Cruz emerges from the water and get kissed by Jestoni Alarcon, in Lino Brocka’s Ama,Bakit Mo Ako Pinabayaan? (1990).
- The montage showing alternate shots of Christopher De Leon and mistress Alice Dixson, as they contemplate elopement, in Maryo J. Delos Reyes’ My Other Woman (1990).
- Star-crossed lovers Richard Gomez and Dawn Zulueta reunited in the afterlife, in Carlos Siguion-Reyna’s Hihintayin Kita Sa Langit (1991).
- Mikee Cojuangco, eloping with Aga Muhlach on her own wedding day, throws the wedding bouquet, in Rowell Santiago’s Forever (1994).
- Lea Salonga, in a reversal of roles, made a marriage proposal to Aga Muhlach, in Olivia Lamasan’s Sana Maulit Muli (1995).
- The wedding scenes involving prepubescent kids, in Peque Gallaga and Lorenzo Reyes’ Baby Love (1995).
- Camille-esque prostitute Rosanna Roces, drunkenly carousing with a customer, saw a vision of her estranged lover John Arcilla, in Carlos Siguion-Reyna’s Ligaya Ang Itawag Mo Sa Akin (1996).
- Polar opposites Regine Velasquez and Aga Muhlach gets to know each other while having after-dinner coffee, in Joyce Bernal’s Dahil May Isang Ikaw (1999).
- Cherie Pie Picache and Alfred Vargas’ hilarious bedroom scene in Jeffrey Jeturian’s Bridal shower (2003).
- Prepubescent gay boy Nathan Lopez seemingly ignoring his erstwhile object of affection, policeman JR Valentin, in the final scenes of Auraeus Solito’s Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Olivares (2005).
- Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo’s very austere and simple wedding, in Jose Javier-Reyes’ Kasal,Kasali,Kasalo (2006).
- Estranged young couple John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo awkwardly talking about a few things as he drove her home, in Cathy Garcia-Molina’s One More Chance (2007).
