To-Watch from Slavic & Baltic Europe, Hungary and Romania
by DeyaViews | created - 16 Aug 2019 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicThis is kind of a hodge-podge grab-bag categorization, because the film industries of Poland, Eastern Europe (excepting Russia), the Balkans and the Baltics are all very small. Additionally, there's the language and cultural barriers that prevent me from knowing much about them.
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1. WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An homage to the work of psychologist Wilhelm Reich, matched with a story about a Yugoslavian girl's affair with a Russian skater. Sexual repression, social systems and the orgone theory are explored.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Milena Dravic, Ivica Vidovic, Jagoda Kaloper, Tuli Kupferberg
Votes: 5,418
Serbo-Croatian film out of the late Yugoslavia
2. A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the aftermath of World War II, an American soldier falls in love with a Polish woman, and offers his help of leaving the country. But the circumstances turns out otherwise.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 1,420
Polish film
3. 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: 12,176
Czech film from Czechoslovakian days
4. 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: 15,892 | Gross: $0.03M
Hungarian film
5. Aferim! (2015)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija
Votes: 7,761 | Gross: $0.10M
Learned of this film through my good Romanian friend Bogdan
6. How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu, Sergiu Anghel
Votes: 3,231
Learned of this film through my good Romanian friend Bogdan
7. 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba
Votes: 8,113 | Gross: $0.09M
Learned of this film through my good Romanian friend Bogdan
8. Graduation (2016)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Mãlina Manovici
Votes: 14,720 | Gross: $0.18M
Learned of this film through my good Romanian friend Bogdan. I hope he is doing well and I wish him all the best for the future.
9. Lemonade Joe (1964)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka lemonade as ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová
Votes: 3,051
Red Western.
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
Red Western.
11. The Promised Land (1975)
Not Rated | 170 min | Drama
Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka
Votes: 4,020
Poland. as voted the best Polish film of all time in a 2015 poll of 279 Polish film professionals organized by the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź
12. Teddy Bear (1981)
111 min | Comedy
The main character is the manager of a sport club, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Stanislaw Tym, Barbara Burska, Christine Paul, Krzysztof Kowalewski
Votes: 6,612
Poland. was voted by the public of 2013 Filmfest PL as the best movie of all time.
13. Four Souls of Coyote (2023)
TV-14 | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Native American protesters confront an oil pipeline project, down the hill from their ancestral land. The grandfather evokes the tale of Creation, reminding all of us that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.
Director: Áron Gauder | Stars: Karin Anglin, Clé Bennett, John Eric Bentley, Diontae Black
Votes: 445
Hungary
14. 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: 8,239 | Gross: $0.12M
Hungary
15. White Plastic Sky (2023)
110 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
A young couple living in a barren, post-apocalyptic Budapest in the year 2123, struggle for food and life.
Directors: Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó | Stars: Tamás Keresztes, Zsófia Szamosi, Géza D. Hegedüs, Judit Schell
Votes: 1,019
Hungary / Slovakia
16. 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: 6,787
from Poland, with Ukranians
17. 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: 7,692
from Poland. heard the actor had a reputation
18. Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022)
105 min | Comedy
Mykola and Vasya go in search of their father, who left them when they were children, after they come to know that he is dying in Luxembourg. Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasya thinks he is a scoundrel.
Director: Antonio Lukich | Stars: Amil Nasirov, Ramil Nasirov, Nataliya Gnitiy, Lyudmyla Sachenko
Votes: 3,838
from Ukraine
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