-Mark Gil and company doing their own version of Cabaret, in Mike De Leon’s Batch ’81 (1982).
-Lorna Tolentino breaking down upon learning that the object of her affection was killed in an encounter, in Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s Moral (1982).
-Patriarch Vic Silayan getting the brunt of Phillip Salvador’s bad temper, in Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s Karnal (1983).
-Activist nun Vilma Santos’ impassioned speech at the end of Mike De Leon’s Sister Stella L. (1984).
-Gina Alajar grieving over slained husband Phillip Salvador amidst the flashes and glares of the media, in Lino Brocka’s Kapit Sa Patalim (1985).
-the final scenes of Peque Gallaga's Scorpio Nights (1985).
-Jaclyn Jose slumped on a chair as everyone else around her carries on partying, in Sixto Cayco's Private Show (1986).
-Dina Bonnevie exacting revenge on corrupt politician Eddie Garcia and wife Charo Santos during a campaign sortee, only to meet a tragic death, in Lino Brocka’s Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak (1990).