Portrait of Yam Laranas

Directing

Yam Laranas

Career

Active from 1989 to 2025, busiest in 2022 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score49/100
Highest rated
Poster for Radio
Radio
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yam Laranas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.7, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    1.3, average 3.4
  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    1.6, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Tension 5
  • Philippine Cinema 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Mystery 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Revenge Thriller 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2
  • Adultery 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Bleak Atmosphere 2
  • Supernatural Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 45
Balahibong Pusa
Balahibong Pusa (2025)

Creative Producer, Story

KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie
KMJS' Gabi Ng Lagim: The Movie (2025)

Director, Writer

Bugaw
Bugaw (2023)
GoodWatch score 33

Director

The Escort Wife
The Escort Wife (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

Screenplay

Laruan
Laruan (2022)
GoodWatch score 40

Director, Writer

Rooftop
Rooftop (2022)

Screenplay, Director

Greed
Greed (2022)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography, Writer

Paraluman
Paraluman (2021)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Writer

Death of a Girlfriend
Death of a Girlfriend (2021)
GoodWatch score 43

Story, Director of Photography

Nightshift
Nightshift (2020)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Writer

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 52
Adan
Adan (2019)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

Aurora
Aurora (2018)
GoodWatch score 39

Director, Director of Photography

Abomination
Abomination (2018)

Story, Director

The Road
The Road (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography, Director

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 51
Patient X
Patient X (2009)
GoodWatch score 33

Screenplay, Director

Asia's Titanic
Asia's Titanic (2009)

Director

The Echo
The Echo (2008)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

The Echo
The Echo (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography, Director

Edades: Victorio C. Edades and Modernism in Philippine Art
Edades: Victorio C. Edades and Modernism in Philippine Art (2004)

Cinematography

Hibla
Hibla (2002)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

Only You
Only You (2002)

Director of Photography, Director

Balahibong Pusa
Balahibong Pusa (2001)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Director of Photography

Radio
Radio (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Director of Photography

1990s

7 titles ยท average score 62
The Man in Selya's Life
The Man in Selya's Life (1998)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Sex Warriors and the Samurai
The Sex Warriors and the Samurai (1995)

Director of Photography

Memories of Old Manila
Memories of Old Manila (1993)

Director of Photography

Isaak
Isaak (1993)

Director of Photography

Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War
Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War (1991)

Director of Photography

Rust
Rust (1990)

Title Designer

Unison
Unison (1990)

Director

1980s

1 title
What If You're Color Blind, The Film Said
What If You're Color Blind, The Film Said (1989)

Director