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1. The Whiskey Bandit (2017)
126 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A rootless young man in Ceausescu's Romania crosses the Hungarian border looking for a better future. With his back against the wall in the post-socialist turmoil, he becomes the most successful bank robber in Hungarian history.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Bence Szalay, Zoltán Schneider, Viktor Klem, Piroska Móga
Votes: 9,412
2. 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: 6,557
3. 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: 2,876
4. Kills On Wheels (2016)
103 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two disabled teenagers looking for meaning in their lives, team up with a wheelchair hit-man.
Director: Attila Till | Stars: Zoltán Fenyvesi, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Ádám Fekete, Mónika Balsai
Votes: 3,875 | Gross: $0.02M
5. It's Not the Time of My Life (2016)
81 min | Drama
A year ago Ernella, Albert and their 10 year old daughter, Laura, left the country for a better life. They haven't managed to succeed in Scotland, so they came back. In the middle of the ... See full summary »
Director: Szabolcs Hajdu | Stars: Imre Gelányi, Lujza Hajdu, Szabolcs Hajdu, Zsigmond Hajdu
Votes: 1,556
6. Bet on Revenge (2017)
121 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Ernõ Blaskovich lost everything after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Kincsem, a magnificent horse gives a purpose of his meaningless, self-destructing life. He gets a chance to gain everything back: revenge, love and fame.
Director: Gábor Herendi | Stars: Ervin Nagy, Andrea Petrik, Tibor Gáspár, József Gyabronka
Votes: 6,312
7. A nyomozó (2008)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Badly needing money for the treatment of his ill mother, pathologist Tibor Malkáv accepts the proposition of a stranger to murder someone he doesn't know a thing about.
Director: Attila Gigor | Stars: Zsolt Anger, András Márton Baló, Péter Blaskó, Csaba Czene
Votes: 2,776
8. 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: 4,326 | Gross: $1.01M
9. 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: 7,805
10. The Fifth Seal (1976)
116 min | Drama, War
In Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Lajos Öze, László Márkus, Ferenc Bencze, Sándor Horváth
Votes: 5,933
11. 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: 2,368
12. 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: 2,649
13. 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: 3,313
14. 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: 3,835
15. Argo (2004)
106 min | Comedy, Action
The crew of Tibi Balogh sets out on a journey across Hungary to get the ancient Gold Owl statue, as well as the Milk Man. The treasure is worth millions, who gets there first?
Director: Attila Árpa | Stars: Lajos Kovács, Sándor Oszter, László Görög, Laura Ruttkay
Votes: 4,157
16. 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: 10,835
17. Budapest Noir (2017)
95 min | Crime, Drama, History
A murder mystery set in Budapest, 1936. Just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler, a young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate - except Gordon a ... See full summary »
Director: Éva Gárdos | Stars: Krisztián Kolovratnik, Réka Tenki, János Kulka, Adél Kováts
Votes: 1,902
18. Üvegtigris (2001)
100 min | Comedy
This film tells the story of a few uneventful days in the life of six pals. Lali, a great fan of America, owns a sandwich stand on the side of the road, called The Glass Tiger. Gaben ... See full summary »
Directors: Iván Kapitány, Péter Rudolf | Stars: Péter Rudolf, Gábor Reviczky, Imre Csuja, Sándor Gáspár
Votes: 7,318
19. 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: 30,038
20. The Citizen (2016)
109 min | Drama
Wilson, a black man in his late fifties, has been living as a refugee in Hungary for years. He works as a security guard in Budapest and his main desire is to acquire Hungarian citizenship,... See full summary »
Director: Roland Vranik | Stars: Cake-Baly Marcelo, Ágnes Máhr, Arghavan Shekari, Tünde Szalontay
Votes: 887
21. 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: 2,272
22. 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: 4,683
23. 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: 2,003
24. Local Color (2006)
R | 107 min | Drama
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic ... See full summary »
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 1,809 | Gross: $0.05M
25. Colonel Redl (1985)
R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 3,359 | Gross: $0.00M
26. Taking Sides (2001)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Music, War
After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr
Votes: 3,793 | Gross: $0.19M
27. Hanussen (1988)
R | 140 min | Drama, History
A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági, Walter Schmidinger
Votes: 1,892 | Gross: $0.08M
28. Balkan Spy (1984)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Convinced that his subtenant is a spy and an enemy of the state, a man falls into deep paranoia which leads to absurd and destructive chain of events.
Directors: Dusan Kovacevic, Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic | Stars: Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Bora Todorovic, Mira Banjac, Sonja Savic
Votes: 12,484
29. 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: 12,647
30. 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: 9,676
31. Requiem for a Maiden (1992)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Anna Geislerová, Barbora Hrzánová, Sona Valentová, Eva Holubová
Votes: 391
32. Father of a Soldier (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War
An old man goes to visit his wounded son in a hospital, but it turns out that he's already been released and is back on the front lines. Reluctant to return home empty-handed, he tries to follow and find him.
Director: Rezo Chkheidze | Stars: Sergo Zakariadze, Vladimir Privaltsev, Aleksandr Nazarov, Aleksandr Lebedev
Votes: 4,575
33. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 63,674 | Gross: $1.19M
34. Bibliothèque Pascal (2010)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy
In order to regain custody of her daughter, whom she left in the care of her fortune-telling aunt, Mona must tell a social worker her story. The tale she spins---and the movie we watch---is... See full summary »
Director: Szabolcs Hajdu | Stars: Orsolya Török-Illyés, Oana Pellea, Razvan Vasilescu, Andi Vasluianu
Votes: 2,015
35. Nights and Days (1975)
245 min | Drama, Romance, War
An epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman's perspective. In 1914 in the war-torn Kaliniec, Barbara Niechcic remembers her youthful love, marriage hardships, family life in the countryside and finally her husband's death.
Director: Jerzy Antczak | Stars: Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Emir Buczacki, Stanislawa Celinska
Votes: 565
36. Vabank II, czyli riposta (1985)
97 min | Comedy, Crime
Convict Kramer manages to escape from prison. Before leaving for Switzerland, he wants to take revenge on Kwinto, the man who sent him to jail.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Bronislaw Wroclawski
Votes: 2,967
37. Corpus Christi (2019)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek
Votes: 21,989
38. Silent Night (2017)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.
Director: Piotr Domalewski | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Tomasz Zietek, Agnieszka Suchora, Arkadiusz Jakubik
Votes: 2,976
39. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a man and takes a... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Jurácek | Stars: Lubomír Kostelka, Klára Jerneková, Milena Zahrynowska, Radovan Lukavský
Votes: 693
40. Joseph Kilian (1963)
38 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A man borrows a cat and when he goes back to return it, the place where he got it is no longer there. He begins his search.
Directors: Pavel Jurácek, Jan Schmidt | Stars: Karel Vasicek, Consuela Morávková, Ivan Ruzicka, Pavel Bartl
Votes: 529
41. Man of Marble (1977)
160 min | Drama
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki
Votes: 4,801
42. Man of Iron (1981)
PG | 156 min | Drama, History
A few years after the events of Man of Marble (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wieslawa Kosmalska
Votes: 3,819
43. Hatred (2016)
150 min | Drama, War
Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Michalina Labacz, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Wasyl Wasylik, Adrian Zaremba
Votes: 6,812
44. The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, War
A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.
Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos | Stars: Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Frantisek Zvarík, Hana Slivková
Votes: 9,801
45. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
A factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have... See full summary »
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík, Josef Sebánek
Votes: 9,413
46. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Surreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Petr Kopriva, Jirí Prýmek
Votes: 11,256
47. Kanal (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, War
In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Votes: 8,103
48. Ivan (I) (2017)
91 min | Drama
Caught amid a violent corruption affair, a young woman is forced to make an impossible choice between the man she obsessively loves and her newborn son.
Director: Janez Burger | Stars: Marusa Majer, Matjaz Tribuson, Natasa Barbara Gracner, Branko Sturbej
Votes: 311
49. The Great Water (2004)
93 min | Drama, War
Based on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.
Director: Ivo Trajkov | Stars: Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska
Votes: 872 | Gross: $0.01M
50. Panic on the Train (1961)
98 min | Drama, War
During second world war, an ingenious station master of a remote Polish railway station uses all his intelligence to save the lives of passengers.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej May, Danuta Szaflarska, Malgorzata Dziedzic
Votes: 125
51. Aga's House (2019)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy living in a house of women must hurry to save a woman who is teaching him Serbian, so that he can continue the search for his missing father.
Director: Lendita Zeqiraj | Stars: Arti Lokaj, Rozafa Celaj, Adriana Matoshi, Basri Lushtaku
Votes: 698
52. Ida (2013)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama
A novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela
Votes: 61,084 | Gross: $3.83M
53. The Turin Horse (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi
Votes: 19,542 | Gross: $0.05M
54. Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)
R | 96 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Four expert thieves attempt to steal every famous artwork that is haunting their mutual psychotherapist. A detective attempts to find out who the "Collector" is.
Director: Milorad Krstic | Stars: Iván Kamarás, Csaba Márton, Gabriella Hámori, Matt Devere
Votes: 8,294 | Gross: $0.12M
55. Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
261 min | Drama
Narcissus and Psyche is based on a novel by Sandor Weores. Borrowing the character of Psyche from mythology and placing her in Europe in the 19th century, the authors give her a "modern" ... See full summary »
Director: Gábor Bódy | Stars: Patricia Adriani, Udo Kier, György Cserhalmi, Agnes Horvath
Votes: 389
56. Blind Chance (1987)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec
Votes: 11,273
57. Bogowie (2014)
120 min | Biography, Drama
The early career of cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa. Despite the harsh reality of 1980s Poland, he successfully leads a team of doctors to the country's first human heart transplantation.
Director: Lukasz Palkowski | Stars: Tomasz Kot, Piotr Glowacki, Szymon Piotr Warszawski, Magdalena Czerwinska
Votes: 7,735
58. The Sandglass (1973)
124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Józef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska
Votes: 4,978
59. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Jelínek, Jana Brejchová, Karel Höger
Votes: 3,045
60. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
73 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young boy becomes an apprentice for a mysterious sorcerer, working at the sorcerer's strange and sinister mill where secretive black magic is being taught and performed at a very heavy price.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Ludek Munzar, Jaroslav Moucka, Christian Brückner, Friedrich Schütter
Votes: 1,178
61. On the Comet (1970)
74 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
When a comet passes the earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa with it. Carried along is a bunch of people. Among them Angelika, who just escaped from a ruthless weapon ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Magda Vásáryová, Emil Horváth, Frantisek Filipovský, Cestmír Randa
Votes: 685
62. Bláznova kronika (1964)
82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Karel Zeman's brilliant animation, cowritten with Jurácek: ironic, surreal, following the adventures of a plowboy and a mercenary to the battlefields of the Thirty Years War.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Petr Kostka, Emília Vásáryová, Miroslav Holub, Karel Effa
Votes: 533
63. Invention for Destruction (1958)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An evil millionaire named Artigas plans to use a super-explosive device to conquer the world from his headquarters inside an enormous volcano.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navrátil, Miroslav Holub, Frantisek Slégr
Votes: 2,810
64. Film Adventurer Karel Zeman (2015)
102 min | Documentary, Biography
A biographical film looking back at the life, work and significance of the genius of world cinema. It reveals the inspiration sources of his work and looks into the kitchen of the film ... See full summary »
Director: Tomás Hodan | Stars: Tim Burton, Tony Dalton, Kamil Fila, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 169
65. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
This lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Hans Brausewetter
Votes: 2,190
66. The Man from London (2007)
Not Rated | 139 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After witnessing a crime during his night shift as railway switchman near the docks, a man finds a briefcase full of money. While he and his family step up their living standards, others start looking for the disappeared case.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, Erika Bók, János Derzsi
Votes: 4,496
67. On the Silver Globe (1988)
Unrated | 166 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A team of astronauts land on an inhabitable planet and form a society. Many years later, a single astronaut is sent to the planet and becomes a messiah.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki
Votes: 4,594
68. Boris Godounov (1989)
118 min | Musical, Drama
The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Bernard Lefort, Paul Plishka
Votes: 378
69. Intimate Lighting (1965)
TV-PG | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
One of the most important films of the Czech New Wave 60s, it was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. In this original sad comedy set in a small town, two classmates meet ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Karel Blazek, Zdenek Bezusek, Vera Kresadlová, Jan Vostrcil
Votes: 1,658
70. Without Anesthesia (1978)
131 min | Drama
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Krystyna Janda
Votes: 726
71. Black and White Sylva (1961)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The heroine of a motion picture falls from the screen and into the real world.
Directors: Pavel Jurácek, Jan Schmidt | Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Václav Sloup, Felix Le Breux, Lubomír Lipský
Votes: 84
72. Distant Journey (1949)
78 min | Drama, Thriller, War
The terrible effect of the Nazis upon a single Jewish family provides the basis for this drama. The family cannot handle the strain and gradually breaks up. Interspliced within the film are... See full summary »
Director: Alfréd Radok | Stars: Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek, Zdenka Baldová
Votes: 419
73. The Cremator (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Set in Central Europe during World War II, a demented cremator believes cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the world.
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Jana Stehnová, Milos Vognic
Votes: 10,814
74. The Painted Bird (2019)
Unrated | 169 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many different characters.
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Petr Kotlár, Nina Sunevic, Alla Sokolova, Stanislav Bilyi
Votes: 7,672
75. The Last Day of Summer (1958)
66 min | Drama, Romance
A young man meets a middle-aged woman at a deserted beach. Will they overcome their personal and wartime traumas and find a way to stay together?
Director: Tadeusz Konwicki | Stars: Irena Laskowska, Jan Machulski
Votes: 707
76. Pieces of a Woman (2020)
R | 126 min | Drama
When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Iliza Shlesinger
Votes: 56,517
77. Why Me? (2015)
125 min | Drama, Thriller
Cristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Emilian Oprea, Mihai Constantin, Andreea Vasile, Dan Condurache
Votes: 2,787
78. 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: 52,265 | Gross: $1.78M
79. Birth Certificate (1961)
99 min | Drama, War
Three episodes dealing with the harsh situation of children at the time of war. They stay at orphanages, wait for their parents to come back, help the soldiers, hide in the forests and do their best to survive.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski, Edward Mincer
Votes: 424
80. 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: 27,248 | Gross: $0.24M
81. The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
Jan and Marek used to study physics together but after graduation their paths were different. Jan got married and moved to the countryside. Marek stayed in Warsaw and now wants to persuade Jan to follow his path.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Barbara Wrzesinska, Jan Myslowicz, Andrzej Zarnecki, Wladyslaw Jarema
Votes: 1,698
82. Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
"The White Sickness", a leprosy-like disease, ravages the world during a war.
Director: Hugo Haas | Stars: Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek, Václav Vydra
Votes: 380
83. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama
A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Votes: 22,529
84. The Constant Factor (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A young man is facing death of his mother. A petty corruption at his job leads to him being framed and robbed of his only desire to climb mountains in Himalayas, as his father did and where he died.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Tadeusz Bradecki, Zofia Mrozowska, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski
Votes: 1,155
85. Jovita (1967)
91 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A talented athlete falls for a mysterious girl at a fancy-dress party. When she disappears, the boy is desperate to find her.
Director: Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Barbara Lass, Kalina Jedrusik, Ignacy Gogolewski
Votes: 316
86. 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: 11,674
87. Confidence (1980)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
During WW2 Hungarian resistance hides a married couple from the officials. The woman is sent to act as the wife of one of the resistance members who is also in hiding and pretending to be somebody else. They slowly begin to fall in love.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Oszkárné Gombik, Károly Csáki
Votes: 1,029
88. 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: 869
89. Sunshine (1999)
R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 15,885 | Gross: $5.10M
90. 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: 1,069
91. I Served the King of England (2006)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A look at the glamorous life at an old-world Prague hotel.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch, Marián Labuda
Votes: 8,260 | Gross: $0.62M
92. Der grüne Vogel (1980)
94 min | Romance, Drama
Auf einem Arztekongress in Wien lerne sie sich kennen: Renate, eine junge deutsche Aerztin und Jan, ein Kollege aus Warschau. Es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Jan jedoch ist verheiratet ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Péter Andorai, Krystyna Janda, Danuta Szaflarska
Votes: 58
93. Túsztörténet (1989)
110 min | Drama
In 1970's Hungary, two teen brothers take hostage 20 girls in their dorm to secure safe passage to the West. Based on the true incident of the first modern hostage situation in Hungary.
Director: Gyula Gazdag | Stars: Ari Bery, Gábor Svidrony, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Tibor Bitskey
Votes: 114
94. Being Julia (2004)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in 1930s London, this movie involves stage actors and actresses and their experiences with love and revenge.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Maury Chaykin, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 13,004 | Gross: $7.74M
95. The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama
A volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka
Votes: 12,236
96. Beyond the Hills (2012)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga
Votes: 13,279 | Gross: $0.11M
97. König der Diebe (2003)
101 min | Drama
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, 10-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West. Caruso... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Fíla | Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Iakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Julia Khanverdieva
Votes: 419
98. The Stress of Youth (1962)
90 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Adults who have long ago lost their link to nature fail to understand the feelings a growing 12-year-old country girl has for a beautiful black stallion.
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Jorga Kotrbová, Rudolf Prucha, Milan Jedlicka, Zora Jiráková
Votes: 76
99. Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, History, Romance
A grim portrayal of the shift from Paganism to Christianity in medieval central Europe - as a young virgin promised to God is kidnapped and raped by a marauder who her religious father seeks to kill in return.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna, Jaroslav Moucka
Votes: 6,037
100. 25 Years of Innocence (2020)
116 min | Drama
The ordinary life of Tomasz Komenda is turned upside down when he is wrongly accused of brutal murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Director: Jan Holoubek | Stars: Piotr Trojan, Agata Kulesza, Dariusz Chojnacki, Jan Frycz
Votes: 1,282
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