25 Hungarian films worth watching
by pacey82 | created - 22 Aug 2011 | updated - 17 Mar 2021 | PublicIf you want to know Hungarian cinema better start with these titles.
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1. Love (1971)
88 min | Drama
The wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a film.
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Lili Darvas, Mari Törőcsik, Iván Darvas, Erzsi Orsolya
Votes: 2,179
2. ...Hogy szaladnak a fák! (1967)
82 min | Drama
A young historian visits his stepmother in the small village where he grew up. After being away in the city for eleven years he is saddened and grows upset seeing her hardships.
Director: Pál Zolnay | Stars: Manyi Kiss, István Iglódi, János Koltai, Margit Dajka
Votes: 52
3. Oldás és kötés (1963)
94 min | Drama
A young doctor undergoes a spiritual crisis when he returns to his rural home.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Zoltán Latinovits, Andor Ajtay, Béla Barsi, Miklós Szakáts
Votes: 661
4. Falfúró (1986)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Budapest, in the 1980's. Géza and his family living in the block flat microdistrict. One morning Géza meets a young lady in the elevator. This moment change his life. On the same day he ... See full summary »
Director: György Szomjas | Stars: János Bán, Renáta Szatler, Éva Tóth, Ági Szirtes
Votes: 353
5. A Pogány Madonna (1981)
98 min | Comedy, Crime
During a heist to steal a golden statue from a museum, one of the robbers is injured and captured. A detective interrogates the thief to identify the gang and recover the statue.
Directors: Gyula Mészáros, István Bujtor | Stars: István Bujtor, András Kern, László Bánhidi, Mária Goór Nagy
Votes: 1,722
6. The Round-Up (1966)
90 min | Drama, History, War
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, ... See full summary »
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár, Gábor Agárdi
Votes: 3,301
7. Dögkeselyü (1982)
115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police are unable to find the thieves, so Simon decides to find them himself.
Director: Ferenc András | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Hédi Temessy, Zita Perczel, Maria Gladkowska
Votes: 1,364
8. Lovefilm (1970)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Jancsi reminiscences about Kata his childhood friend in WWII Budapest, They are separated as a result of 1956 revolution. Reunited as adults, they struggle with whether they will stay in each others lives.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Judit Halász, András Bálint, Edit Kelemen, András Szamosfalvi
Votes: 868
9. Kopaszkutya (1981)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A Hungarian band plays American rock & roll and blues hits with great enthusiasm and passion, but success seems to avoid them. TV and radio don't play their songs, sometimes even their ... See full synopsis »
Director: György Szomjas | Stars: Gyula Deák Bill, László Földes, József Körös, István Mareczky
Votes: 635
10. Talpuk alatt fütyül a szél (1976)
90 min | Drama, Western
Gyurka Farkos Csapó escapes from prison and returns to the steppe to find those who betrayed him.
Director: György Szomjas | Stars: Ferenc Bessenyei, Djoko Rosic, István Bujtor, György Cserhalmi
Votes: 375
11. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Mystery
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla, János Derzsi
Votes: 15,927 | Gross: $0.03M
12. Sinbad (1971)
90 min | Drama, Romance
An old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. The little town has a doctor whose wife can not forget... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Huszárik | Stars: Zoltán Latinovits, Éva Ruttkai, Éva Leelössy, Margit Dajka
Votes: 1,734
13. Taxidermia (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Three generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.
Director: György Pálfi | Stars: Csaba Czene, István Gyuricza, Gina Moreno, Éva Kuli
Votes: 18,630 | Gross: $0.01M
14. A kis Valentinó (1979)
102 min | Drama
Twenty-year-old Laszlo Sz., a driver's mate steals the money he should have posted and wandering around Budapest, visiting bars, restaurants, pinball parlors and various other places trying to make the day different and meaningful.
Director: András Jeles | Stars: János Opoczki, István Iványi, József Farkas, Dénes Ladányi
Votes: 337
15. Age of Illusions (1965)
95 min | Drama
Jancsi Oláh is in the transitional phase between adolescence and adultness. He is born in 1938, and is now getting his first employment as an electronic engineer. On some TV-screens he ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: András Bálint, Ilona Béres, Judit Halász, Kati Sólyom
Votes: 401
16. Merry-Go-Round (1956)
95 min | Romance, Drama
In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, Imre Soós, Ádám Szirtes, Béla Barsi
Votes: 1,698
17. Kutya éji dala (1983)
150 min | Drama
A priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist party, a woman who is dying of tuberculosis and an astronomer who sings in a punk band.
Director: Gábor Bódy | Stars: Gábor Bódy, Marietta Méhes, János Derzsi, Zsolt Gubala
Votes: 297
18. BUÉK! (1978)
85 min | Drama
Three young research chemists celebrate a few days before New Year's Eve. Their friendship completely falls apart by the end of the night.
Director: Rezsö Szörény | Stars: István Bujtor, Erika Bodnár, András Bálint, Cecília Esztergályos
Votes: 151
19. Stars of Eger (1968)
157 min | Adventure, History, Romance
1552, the great Turkish Empire wants to conquer Europe, and the world. The last stand is Hungarian Kingdom, and the castle of Eger. The brave soldiers decides they will fight till the end of their lives.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: István Kovács, Vera Venczel, Imre Sinkovits, György Korga
Votes: 2,636
20. Eszkimó asszony fázik (1984)
117 min | Drama
A pianist falls in love with Mari, a beautiful blond woman, who happens to be the wife of a deaf-mute animal caretaker. Both men adore Mari, as she loves both of them. Albeit all of them know this situation won't stand.
Director: János Xantus | Stars: Béláné Csóka, László Földes, Carol Harrison, Ágnes Kamondy
Votes: 453
21. Állami áruház (1953)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
Kocsis Ferenc excellent staff appointed the new director of public stores. Ilonka a talented fashion designer, Boriska a dear, Daniel, a overzealous, Klimke, a conservative sale and ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Gertler | Stars: Miklós Gábor, Kálmán Latabár, Kamill Feleki, Zsuzsa Petress
Votes: 378
22. Mágnás Miska (1949)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
Rolla, the daughter of Count Korláthy sneaks out to the village funfair dressed as a maid. There she meets a young engineer, Baracs, and they fell in love almost instantly.
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Miklós Gábor, Ági Mészáros, Marika Németh, János Sárdy
Votes: 260
23. Az eröd (1979)
122 min | Sci-Fi
At a holiday camp, a group of people play a strange game of war, which eventually turns out to be a fight for the bare survival.
Director: Miklós Szinetár | Stars: Bella Tanay, Sándor Oszter, József Madaras, Ádám Rajhona
Votes: 100
24. Hattyúdal (1964)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Old vagabond (Tamburás) thinks highly of freedom and independence. That is why he lives in a ramshackle hut with his friends and lives by stealing, cheating and singing. Tamburás takes it ... See full summary »
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Antal Páger, István Sztankay, Gyula Bodrogi, Zoltán Várkonyi
Votes: 192
25. Simon, the Magician (1999)
100 min | Drama
In this surrealistic movie from the director of My 20th Century, the French police seek help from Simon, a visionary living in Budapest to solve a murder case. Whilst in Paris, Simon falls ... See full summary »
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Péter Andorai, Julie Delarme, Péter Halász, Hubert Koundé
Votes: 862
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