hungarian movies
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1. Control (2003)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Sándor Csányi, Eszter Balla, Zoltán Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch
Votes: 27,069 | Gross: $0.24M
2. Time Stands Still (1982)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager boy has to grow up in the shifting political and moral landscape of post-1956 Hungary.
Director: Péter Gothár | Stars: Anikó Iván, István Znamenák, Péter Gálfy, Henrik Pauer
Votes: 1,540
3. Afterlife (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A heavily neurotic young man starts to see his father's ghost, and while he helps the spirit cross to the otherworld, something happens that they could never achieve in their common life: they finally understand each other.
Director: Virág Zomborácz | Stars: Márton Kristóf, Zsolt Anger, Eszter Csákányi, József Gyabronka
Votes: 914
4. For Some Inexplicable Reason (2014)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A trip to Lisbon helps a nerdy guy who is quickly approaching 30 finally get his mojo back.
Director: Gábor Reisz | Stars: Áron Ferenczik, Katalin Takács, Zsolt Kovács, Zalán Makranczi
Votes: 4,631
5. Mom and Other Loonies in the Family (2015)
110 min | Drama
The movie presents the stories of four generations of women in Hungary through the 20th century. Despite harsh times of war, revolution and poverty, the family is able to mantain their good humor and strength.
Director: Ibolya Fekete | Stars: Eszter Ónodi, Tibor Gáspár, Juli Básti, Danuta Szaflarska
Votes: 1,177
6. Son of Saul (2015)
R | 107 min | Drama, War
A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.
Director: László Nemes | Stars: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont
Votes: 51,936 | Gross: $1.78M
7. Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A simple yet timeless love story between a man and a woman, told using scenes edited together from hundreds of other films.
Director: György Pálfi | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Anouk Aimée, Woody Allen, Agustín Almodóvar
Votes: 2,800
8. Just the Wind (2012)
95 min | Drama
Unknown racist murderers have already attacked four families. Some of them died. Who will be the next on this ordinary day? Inspired by a true story.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, Lajos Sárkány, György Toldi
Votes: 1,377
9. Moszkva tér (2001)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them ... See full summary »
Director: Ferenc Török | Stars: Gábor Karalyos, Erzsi Pápai, Eszter Balla, Vilmos Csatlós
Votes: 3,810
10. Fehér tenyér (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Sport
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly ... See full summary »
Director: Szabolcs Hajdu | Stars: Zoltán Miklós Hajdu, Kyle Shewfelt, Gheorghe Dinica, Andor Lukáts
Votes: 1,865
11. Cat City (1986)
Unrated | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An agent delivers plans to save mice from a feline syndicate dedicated to eradicating rodents.
Director: Béla Ternovszky | Stars: Miklós Benedek, Gyula Bodrogi, Ilona Béres, Péter Haumann
Votes: 10,762
12. White God (2014)
R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horvát, Szabolcs Thuróczy
Votes: 17,073 | Gross: $0.28M
13. Liza the Fox-Fairy (2015)
98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Liza's a nurse, seeking love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every men who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse?
Director: Károly Ujj Mészáros | Stars: Mónika Balsai, Szabolcs Bede Fazekas, David Sakurai, Zoltán Schmied
Votes: 9,612
14. On Body and Soul (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Alexandra Borbély, Géza Morcsányi, Réka Tenki, Zoltán Schneider
Votes: 29,873
15. Jupiter's Moon (2017)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Aryan is a Syrian refugee trying to make his way into Hungary from Serbia, along with his father and many other wretched souls. They are all caught, and find themselves in a web of cynicism and corruption.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Merab Ninidze, Zsombor Jéger, György Cserhalmi, Mónika Balsai
Votes: 3,520
16. Strangled (2016)
121 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
True story of a serial killer in 1950-60s Hungary.
Director: Árpád Sopsits | Stars: Károly Hajduk, Gábor Jászberényi, Zsolt Anger, Péter Bárnai
Votes: 6,497
17. Free Fall (2014)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman falls out of the window of an apartment house. On her way back, she witnesses seven stories, one on each floor.
Director: György Pálfi | Stars: Piroska Molnár, Miklós Benedek, Tamás Jordán, Ferenc Lakos
Votes: 1,339
18. Mephisto (1981)
Unrated | 146 min | Drama
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,591
19. Satantango (1994)
Not Rated | 439 min | Drama
On the eve of a large payment, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás, a former co-worker who they thought was dead, is returning to the community.
Director: Béla Tarr | Stars: Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy, Éva Almássy Albert
Votes: 12,568
20. 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
21. The Boys of Paul Street (1968)
G | 110 min | Drama
In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. The hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence. The film poignantly portrays the struggles and... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, Sándor Pécsi, László Kozák, Anthony Kemp
Votes: 3,292
22. Édes Anna (1958)
84 min | Drama
Young maid Anna starts to work for the noble Vizy family. Mrs Vizy is proud of the hardworking servant but doesn't treat her well. Her nephew seduces Anna with sweet words, but leaves her ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, Mária Mezei, Károly Kovács, Zsigmond Fülöp
Votes: 796
23. Sing (2016)
25 min | Short, Drama, Music
'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
Director: Kristóf Deák | Stars: Dorka Gáspárfalvi, Dorottya Hais, Zsófia Szamosi, Borbála Karádi
Votes: 5,867
24. 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: 2,180
25. Isten hozta örnagy úr (1969)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
The Tót family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Zoltán Latinovits, Imre Sinkovits, Márta Fónay, Vera Venczel
Votes: 2,363
26. Father (1966)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
A boy in Budapest loses his father in 1945, when he was the age of six. He does not remember much of the father but fantasizes that he performed various heroic feats.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: András Bálint, Miklós Gábor, Dániel Erdély, Kati Sólyom
Votes: 1,071
27. Football of the Good Old Days (1973)
84 min | Comedy
The laundryman only lives for one thing: soccer. His dream is to have his team in the premier league, but for that he needs money and the only way he can do that is by selling some of his players.
Director: Pál Sándor | Stars: Dezsö Garas, Tamás Major, László Márkus, Hédi Temessy
Votes: 531
28. Coyote (2017)
126 min | Action, Drama, Western
Muggy heat, small-town bleakness, unspoken social problems, hierarchy fights. This is Tuzko town, somewhere in Hungary, nowadays. Here comes Misi who inherits his grandfather's house and ... See full summary »
Director: Márk Kostyál | Stars: András Mészáros, Mária Dobra, László Mátray, Lehel Salat
Votes: 2,260
29. The Witness (1969)
105 min | Drama, Comedy
Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native... See full summary »
Director: Péter Bacsó | Stars: Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Zoltán Fábri, Béla Both
Votes: 7,764
30. Hungarian Folk Tales (1980–2012)
Animation
Animated Hungarian folk tales.
Stars: Gyula Szabó, Piroska Molnár, György Bánffy, Károly Hrotkó
Votes: 1,586
31. 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
32. Hannibál tanár úr (1956)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
When a Latin teacher publishes an essay on the Carthaginian General Hannibal, he is quickly hailed as a celebrity genius, but in reality has become an unwitting pawn of far-right politicians.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Ernö Szabó, Noémi Apor, Emmi Buttykay, Hilda Gobbi
Votes: 852
33. The Corporal and Others (1965)
111 min | Comedy, War
During World War II, PFC Molnár decides his military service is over, and with a serious amount of money hidden in hand grenades, he heads to an abandoned mansion where he encounters not ... See full summary »
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Tamás Major, Imre Sinkovits, Iván Darvas, György Pálos
Votes: 2,720
34. 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
35. 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
36. Red Psalm (1972)
87 min | Drama, Musical, War
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Andrea Drahota, Gyöngyi Bürös, Erzsi Cserhalmi, Mari Csomós
Votes: 1,946
37. 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
38. The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1998)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A portrait of the wild capitalism after the regime change in Hungary, in which the characters show with a continuous change of identity how interests override everything. But in the end, everyone ends up in the same place and the same way.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Zoltán Mucsi, Péter Scherer, József Szarvas, Miklós Jancsó
Votes: 1,007
39. Katalin Varga (2009)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, László Mátray, Roberto Giacomello
Votes: 3,054
40. Tititá (2015)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Anti, a talented Roma boy, with a disadvantageous background, gets huge opportunity while selected to the Snétberger Music Camp.
Director: Tamás Almási | Stars: Antal Kuru, Ferenc Snetberger, Ádám Lakatos, Tamás Siska
Votes: 25
41. Well (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Laci comes to live at a run-down gas station with his long-lost father. A van arrives with four prostitutes and their handlers, and we learn that that Laci's father has something to hide. The gang resolves to wait... for what? AKA Primal.
Director: Attila Gigor | Stars: Nóra Trokán, Niké Kurta, Dorottya Udvaros, Lia Pokorny
Votes: 2,842
42. 1945 (2017)
91 min | Drama
12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers dressed in black appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. Within a few hours, everything changes.
Director: Ferenc Török | Stars: Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki
Votes: 4,290 | Gross: $1.01M
43. Eternal Winter (2018)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
The true story of an unlikely romance in a Soviet labor camp.
Director: Attila Szász | Stars: Marina Gera, Sándor Csányi, Laura Döbrösi, Diána Magdolna Kiss
Votes: 1,987
44. Egy óra múlva itt vagyok (1971– )
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Gábor Harsányi, Vera Venczel, Attila Nagy, Lajos Öze
Votes: 105
45. Napszállta (2018)
R | 142 min | Drama, History
A young girl grows up to become a strong and fearless woman in Budapest before World War I.
Director: László Nemes | Stars: Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, Marcin Czarnik
Votes: 4,593 | Gross: $0.16M
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