eastern european movies 2.0
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1. Ritzar bez bronya (1966)
85 min | Drama, Family
Impersonating a knight is one of the favorite games of nine-year-old protagonist. Now as Don Quixote, now as D'Artagnan he is fighting evil, he is searching for justice and defending the ... See full summary »
Director: Borislav Sharaliev | Stars: Apostol Karamitev, Oleg Kovachev, Mariya Rusalieva, Tzvyatko Nikolov
Votes: 381
2. S detza na more (1972)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A film about the funny adventures of a group of children, spending their holidays at the seaside.
Director: Dimitar Petrov | Stars: Petar Peychev, Ivaylo Dzhambazov, Emil Petrov, Krasimir Marianov
Votes: 1,096
3. Zift (2008)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien ... See full summary »
Director: Javor Gardev | Stars: Zachary Baharov, Tanya Ilieva, Vladimir Penev, Mihail Mutafov
Votes: 5,446
4. Byalata staya (1968)
83 min | Drama
Psychological drama. A critical situation confronts the individual with a plethora of moral, social and political problems.
Director: Metodi Andonov | Stars: Apostol Karamitev, Elena Rainova, Dorotea Toncheva, Konstantin Kotsev
Votes: 165
5. Matriarhat (1977)
103 min | Drama
The film belongs to the 'migration cycle' in the Bulgarian cinema. It is about the drama of a group of women who have been left alone in their 'female kingdom' - a village deserted by its entire men folk.
Director: Lyudmil Kirkov | Stars: Nevena Kokanova, Katya Paskaleva, Katya Chukova, Milka Tuykova
Votes: 129
6. Boris I (1985)
263 min | Biography, Drama, History
The picture features the life and deeds of Boris I - strong historic personality, which completes his mission to the full and at the end of his life receives holy orders. Prince Boris I is ... See full summary »
Director: Borislav Sharaliev | Stars: Stefan Danailov, Boris Lukanov, Aneta Petrovska, Antony Genov
Votes: 199
7. Osadeni dushi (1975)
141 min | Drama, Romance, War
The events of the film are related to the Civil War in Spain. This is a film about the beauty of love - exotic and tragic and the maze of human feelings.
Director: Vulo Radev | Stars: Jan Englert, Edit Szalay, Rousy Chanev, Mariana Dimitrova
Votes: 588
8. Avantazh (1977)
138 min | Drama
The action takes place during the socialist period in Bulgaria. The central character, nicknamed the Cock is an artistic personality, a man of strong character known as the king of the ... See full summary »
Director: Georgi Djulgerov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Plamen Donchev, Maria Statulova, Plamena Getova
Votes: 255
9. Obich (1972)
90 min | Drama
Maria is having great difficulty getting on with her parents because of their blind, consumerist approach to life. Traumatized by continuous family dramas, having experienced the ... See full summary »
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Violeta Doneva, Nevena Kokanova, Stefan Danailov, Banko Bankov
Votes: 86
10. Barierata (1979)
114 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In this picture, the barrier epitomizes the line between reality and dreams, the pattern of harmony and happiness. The delicate, pretty, sensitive Dorotea and the sedate middle-aged ... See full summary »
Director: Christo Christov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vania Tzvetkova, Yevgeniya Barakova, Maria Dimcheva
Votes: 238
11. The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979)
85 min | Drama
This is a story of lifetime. A story full of spiritual power biography, behind which stays a whole age in the national development of Bulgaria.
Director: Rangel Vulchanov | Stars: Slavka Ankova, Emiliya Myrynska, Ivan Stoychev, Borislav Tsankov
Votes: 344
12. Kaloyan (1963)
107 min | Drama, History
1197. King Kaloyan ascends the throne in hard times for Bulgaria. The country is still recovering from a century of Byzantine subjugation. He is forced to carry out a very flexible foreign ... See full summary »
Directors: Yuriy Arnaudov, Dako Dakovski | Stars: Vasil Stoychev, Bogomil Simeonov, Spas Dzhonev, Andrey Mihaylov
Votes: 124
13. The Peach Thief (1964)
84 min | Drama, Romance, War
A wife of a Bulgarian Army officer falls in love with a Serbian prisoner at the end of World War I.
Director: Vulo Radev | Stars: Nevena Kokanova, Rade Markovic, Mikhail Mikhaylov, Vasil Vachev
Votes: 963
14. A Nameless Band (1981)
G | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The misfortunes of a couple of guys who form a music group and think they can get rich and famous easy.
Director: Lyudmil Kirkov | Stars: Velko Kynev, Filip Trifonov, Pavel Popandov, Georgi Mamalev
Votes: 2,298
15. Yesterday (1988)
84 min | Drama
The 1960s was the time of Beatles and Rolling Stones, the time of sexual revolution. These events have their echo in Bulgarian English-learning school. The school order provokes a protest of the students due to the narrow-minded teachers.
Director: Ivan Andonov | Stars: Hristo Shopov, Georgi Staykov, Sofiya Kuzeva, Svetla Todorova
Votes: 3,516
16. Gospodin za edin den (1983)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
This film is a comedy about a poor man, named Poorco. Poorco always fails in his attempt to escape from poverty. The film illustrates the social and the moral atmosphere in Bulgaria during the 1930's.
Director: Nikolay Volev | Stars: Todor Kolev, Yordanka Stefanova, Itschak Fintzi, Stoyan Gudev
Votes: 1,384
17. Koziyat rog (1972)
R | 105 min | Drama
The film sends us to the 17th century when Bulgaria was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Four hoodlums break into the house of the shepherd Karaivan, raping and killing his wife in full view ... See full summary »
Director: Metodi Andonov | Stars: Katya Paskaleva, Anton Gorchev, Milen Penev, Todor Kolev
Votes: 2,842
18. Aszparuh (1981)
323 min | Drama, History, War
This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh.
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Stoyko Peev, Antony Genov, Vassil Mihajlov, Vania Tzvetkova
Votes: 953
19. I Love, You Love (1989)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Pista, a lonely bachelor, working in a Post office, takes to drinking to get over his small stature and unsightly appearance. He is hopelessly in love with his colleague Viera, who in turn ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Hanák | Stars: Roman Klosowski, Iva Janzurová, Milan Jelic, Milada Jezková
Votes: 167
20. Krakatit (1948)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an accidental explosion in the lab, its inventor slips in and out of dream-like hallucinations, realizing that he had given the formula to one of his colleagues, who he tries to stop before it is too late.
Director: Otakar Vávra | Stars: Karel Höger, Florence Marly, Eduard Linkers, Jirí Plachý
Votes: 476
21. Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969)
78 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Three adolescent war orphans seclude themselves in an anarchic and playful existence of denial and juvenile joy.
Director: Juraj Jakubisko | Stars: Philippe Avron, Jirí Sýkora, Magda Vásáryová, Francoise Goldité
Votes: 985
22. Ruzové sny (1977)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jakub, a dreamer and budding magician, juggles between parcels and services rendered to the villagers. His eyes cross that of the beautiful gypsy Jolanka. Together, they will try to live a ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Hanák | Stars: Juraj Nvota, Iva Bittová, Josef Hlinomaz, Marie Motlová
Votes: 297
23. The Miraculous Virgin (1967)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A group of artists meets a beautiful and mysterious woman called Anabella, and all of them experience passion, dreams and get inspired by her.
Director: Stefan Uher | Stars: Jolanta Umecka, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda, Rudolf Thrún
Votes: 291
24. Prague Nights (1969)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher's stone, and complex multi-level labyrinth of underground tunnels and cellars keep many unsolved mysteries and untold treasures.
Directors: Jirí Brdecka, Milos Makovec, Evald Schorm | Stars: Milena Dvorská, Milos Kopecký, Jirí Hrzán, Milena Zahrynowska
Votes: 146
25. Faunovo velmi pozdní odpoledne (1983)
99 min | Comedy
This film was made as a kind of a "protest-song" against the panic fear of getting old and also against flirtation. The main character (played by Leos Sucharípa) is an elderly man, ... See full summary »
Director: Vera Chytilová | Stars: Leos Sucharípa, Libuse Pospísilová, Vlasta Spicnerová, Jirí Hálek
Votes: 293
26. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.
Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský
Votes: 1,470
27. Zlocin v santánu (1968)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
There was a crime in a cabaret. And maybe even more than one.
Director: Jirí Menzel | Stars: Jirí Suchý, Jirí Slitr, Eva Pilarová, Vlastimil Brodský
Votes: 175
28. Lunacy (2005)
Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba
Votes: 3,951 | Gross: $0.05M
29. Svetáci (1969)
98 min | Comedy
Skopec, Prouza and Petrtýl are three country plasterers who are working on the renovation of houses in Prague. They are tempted by the Prague night life, but their first visit to the luxury... See full summary »
Director: Zdenek Podskalský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, Jirina Bohdalová
Votes: 667
30. Ferat Vampire (1982)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe ... See full summary »
Director: Juraj Herz | Stars: Jirí Menzel, Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková, Petr Cepek
Votes: 649
31. Dragon's Return (1968)
85 min | Drama
This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Lepis, nicknamed Dragon, who is suspected by the ... See full summary »
Director: Eduard Grecner | Stars: Radovan Lukavský, Gustáv Valach, Emília Vásáryová, Viliam Polónyi
Votes: 435
32. Wild Flowers (2000)
81 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Seven unrelated Czech fairy tales from 1853 by Karel Jaromír Erben, united by folklore, atmosphere, and visuals, form this anthology film exploring themes through a series of poetic vignettes without a cohesive narrative.
Director: F.A. Brabec | Stars: Martina Bezousková, Sylvie Kraslová, Sára Vorísková, Anna Bezousková
Votes: 1,484
33. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Six people unknowingly form a cycle of masturbation as they each cause others to privately indulge in their fetishes.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Barbora Hrzánová, Anna Wetlinská
Votes: 3,684
34. It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill (1992)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Juraj Jakubisko | Stars: Deana Horváthová, Dagmar Havlová, Juraj Kukura, Lubomír Paulovic
Votes: 135
35. Taiwan Canasta (1985)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
A frustrated and unemployed architect experiences flashbacks of his youth and 1968 protests while the life passes by. Unable to adapt and to accept the reality, he's constantly getting into conflicts with the people around him.
Director: Goran Markovic | Stars: Boris Komnenic, Neda Arneric, Radko Polic, Gordana Gadzic
Votes: 814
36. Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
85 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Dana Vávrová, Jirí Procházka, Jirí Sovák, Vlastimil Brodský
Votes: 724
37. Cosy Dens (1999)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totally stupid; fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Michael Beran, Miroslav Donutil, Simona Stasová, Kristýna Nováková
Votes: 6,169
38. ...and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, War
A Jewish doctor in Nazi-occupied Prague risks his life by assisting a gravely injured member of the resistance.
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Miroslav Machácek, Olga Scheinpflugová, Zdenka Procházková, Jirí Adamíra
Votes: 645
39. Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)
77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.
Director: Jan Schmidt | Stars: Vladimír Hlavatý, Jitka Horejsi, Ondrej Jariabek, Vanda Kalinová
Votes: 646
40. 'Babicky dobíjejte presne!' (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums... See full synopsis »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Daniela Kolárová, Libuse Havelková, Jana Dítetová
Votes: 144
41. Smrt si ríká Engelchen (1963)
111 min | Drama, War
War may end, but scars will remain to bleed in human memory. This story of a Czechoslovak partisan at the end of World War II confirms that.
Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos | Stars: Jan Kacer, Eva Poláková, Martin Ruzek, Blazena Holisová
Votes: 239
42. Surviving Life (2010)
109 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he is married to another woman.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Václav Helsus, Klára Issová, Zuzana Krónerová, Daniela Bakerová
Votes: 1,481
43. Little Otik (2000)
TV-14 | 132 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A childless couple passes off an anthropomorphous tree stump as their baby, but things get out of hand when the monstrosity comes to life and demands to be fed.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový
Votes: 6,876 | Gross: $0.12M
44. Surma hinda küsi surnutelt (1977)
76 min | Drama
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists was forced underground.
Director: Kaljo Kiisk | Stars: Juozas Kiselius, Gediminas Girdvainis, Maria Klenskaja, Elle Kull
Votes: 47
45. Europa Europa (1990)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, War
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider, André Wilms
Votes: 17,477 | Gross: $5.58M
46. Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz (1974)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
In this film, Wolf and scriptwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase explore the role of art and the artist in socialist society. A sculptor questions the reception and value of his work, in a delicately... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Kurt Böwe, Ursula Karusseit, Andreas Schmid, Reimar J. Baur
Votes: 97
47. Insel der Schwäne (1983)
85 min | Drama
Fourteen-year-old Stefan Kolbe, along with his mother and sister, moves from an idyllic small town to the developing area of Berlin-Marzahn, where his father works as a construction worker.... See full summary »
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Axel Bunke, Mathias Müller, Sven Martinek, Britt Baumann
Votes: 106
48. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann
Votes: 23,852
49. World on a Wire (1973)
Not Rated | 212 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His ... See full summary »
Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl Heinz Vosgerau
Votes: 6,778
50. The Rabbit Is Me (1965)
110 min | Drama, Romance
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Angelika Waller, Wolfgang Winkler, Alfred Müller, Irma Münch
Votes: 405
51. Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)
136 min | Drama
As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya - played by the great Lithuanian actor Donatas Banionis (The Red Tent, Solaris) - has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina, Fred Düren, Tatyana Lolova
Votes: 382
52. Murderers Among Us (1946)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi
Votes: 2,547
53. Dream City (1973)
R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.
Director: Johannes Schaaf | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Rosemarie Fendel, Olimpia, Eva Maria Meineke
Votes: 235
54. The Tin Drum (1979)
R | 142 min | Drama, War
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach
Votes: 25,751
55. Fox and His Friends (1975)
Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven
Votes: 6,750
56. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Votes: 11,045
57. First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
Unrated | 79 min | Sci-Fi
When an alien artifact discovered on Earth is found to have come from Venus, an international team of astronauts embarks to investigate its origins.
Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Yôko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe
Votes: 3,143
58. Donbass (2018)
122 min | Drama
In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk, Olesya Zhurakivska
Votes: 4,932
59. Sexy Sisters (1977)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Edna confines Millie, her younger sister, to her bed while she is sedated. If Edna can show Millie is insane, she will be able to claim a estate for herself. However, Millie learns Edna's malicious schemes.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Pamela Stanford, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor, Esther Moser
Votes: 784
60. Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange (1967)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Chingachgook is about to marry the daughter of the Delaware chief, when the Hurons kidnap her. Chingachgook and his friend Deerslayer try to rescue her though white scalp hunters interfere until the tribes unite against the palefaces.
Director: Richard Groschopp | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Rolf Römer, Helmut Schreiber, Jürgen Frohriep
Votes: 455
61. Die Söhne der großen Bärin (1966)
92 min | Western
Although the Indians were assured their lands adjacent to the Black Hills by contract, the Whites want to expel them. Meanwhile, gold has been discovered there and the unscrupulous settler,... See full summary »
Director: Josef Mach | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Jirí Vrstála, Rolf Römer, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Votes: 426
62. The Singing Ringing Tree (1957)
74 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A brave prince wants to win the heart of a stubborn princess by finding the singing, ringing tree for her.
Director: Francesco Stefani | Stars: Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Richard Krüger
Votes: 975
63. Szent Péter esernyöje (1958)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedy about a lost inheritance, love and a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, belonged to St. Peter himself.
Directors: Frigyes Bán, Vladislav Pavlovic | Stars: Sándor Pécsi, Mari Törőcsik, Karol Machata, János Rajz
Votes: 281
64. The Lion Is Ready to Jump (1969)
91 min | Comedy, Crime
While trying to find a cancer cure during WWII, an SS doctor discovered a terrible poison. 20 years after the war, the old Nazi gets out of prison, and the hunt for him and his discovery begins.
Director: György Révész | Stars: Andor Ajtay, Irén Psota, István Bujtor, Ilona Medveczky
Votes: 191
65. Johnny Corncob (1973)
74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death.
Director: Marcell Jankovics | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Anikó Nagy, Erzsi Pártos, Antal Farkas
Votes: 1,271
66. Sodrásban (1964)
81 min | Drama
A hot summer day six young men and two young women meet at the beach beside a deep river. After a while they go for a swim. At a point where the river is 8 meters deep, one of the boys gets... See full summary »
Director: István Gaál | Stars: Andrea Drahota, Marianna Moór, Istvánné Zsipi, Sándor Csikós
Votes: 695
67. 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
68. Angi Vera (1978)
96 min | Drama, Romance
Vera Angi works as a nurse in a hospital after WWII in communist Hungary. Because she speaks up about the terrible conditions in which the nurses and doctors have to work, she's placed in a six-month education course.
Director: Pál Gábor | Stars: Vera Pap, Erzsi Pásztor, Éva Szabó, Tamás Dunai
Votes: 392
69. Damnation (1988)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A lonely barfly falls in love with a married bar singer.
Director: Béla Tarr | Stars: Miklós Székely B., Vali Kerekes, Gyula Pauer, György Cserhalmi
Votes: 6,767
70. Woyzeck (1979)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 10,530
71. 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: 1,890 | Gross: $0.08M
72. The Falcons (1970)
100 min | Drama
The daily routine of a falconry shows the newcomer how order through dictatorship can and cannot work.
Director: István Gaál | Stars: Ivan Andonov, György Bánffy, Judit Meszléry, Ferenc Paláncz
Votes: 224
73. It Happened in Europe (1947)
100 min | Drama
A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who's hiding out in a ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Artúr Somlay, Miklós Gábor, Zsuzsa Bánki, György Bárdy
Votes: 1,075
74. My Twentieth Century (1989)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Paulus Manker, Péter Andorai
Votes: 2,002 | Gross: $0.68M
75. Almanac of Fall (1984)
119 min | Drama
A large, claustrophobic apartment is the setting for this intense chamber drama. In this dense setting, the inhabitants of the apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
Director: Béla Tarr | Stars: Hédi Temessy, Erika Bodnár, Miklós Székely B., Pál Hetényi
Votes: 1,622
76. 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: 18,631 | Gross: $0.01M
77. 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: 1,365
78. 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: 15,936 | Gross: $0.03M
79. 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: 9,613
80. 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
81. 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: 27,071 | Gross: $0.24M
82. 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
83. 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
84. 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
85. Silence and Cry (1968)
77 min | Drama
Miklós Jancsó's Silence and Cry is set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just a ... See full summary »
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, József Madaras, Zoltán Latinovits, Andrea Drahota
Votes: 776
86. 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: 3,341 | Gross: $0.00M
87. 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: 7,769
88. Another Way (1982)
102 min | Biography, Drama, History
Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia ... See full summary »
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jozef Kroner, Péter Andorai
Votes: 914
89. 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
90. Season of Monsters (1987)
100 min | Drama
Monsters season - a teacher celebrates his 60th birthday at a rural summer house. Existentialism and philosophy is discussed among professors and students. A scary mystery play opens.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: József Madaras, György Cserhalmi, Ferenc Kállai, Júlia Nyakó
Votes: 171
91. The Confrontation (1969)
80 min | Drama, Musical
It is 1947; the Communist Party has just taken power in Hungary. In Jancsó's first color film, young students at a People's College have a debate with seminary students, but worry it will escalate into a fight.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Andrea Drahota, Kati Kovács, Lajos Balázsovits, András Kozák
Votes: 498
92. My Way Home (1965)
108 min | Drama, War
In the final days of WWII, a seventeen-year-old boy wanders the countryside. He is captured by Soviet troops, then released, then captured once more - after he has donned a German uniform ... See full summary »
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: András Kozák, Sergey Nikonenko, Béla Barsi, Jurij Bodovszkij
Votes: 789
93. The Red and the White (1967)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army - aided by Hungarian Communists - and the White Army fight for control of the area surrounding the Volga.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: József Madaras, Tibor Molnár, András Kozák, Jácint Juhász
Votes: 3,946
94. Ház a sziklák alatt (1958)
101 min | Drama
A returned prisoner of war, his pretty new wife and his first wife's hunchbacked sister live together in a small isolated house, but none of them can find happiness.
Directors: Károly Makk, György Hintsch | Stars: János Görbe, Irén Psota, Margit Bara, József Bihari
Votes: 342
95. Dealer (I) (2004)
130 min | Drama
A drug dealer spends his last day alive pedaling around Budapest visiting friends and clients.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Felicián Keresztes, Barbara Thurzó, Lajos Szakács, Anikó Szigeti
Votes: 1,076
96. The Tyrant's Heart (1981)
96 min | Drama, History
A historical drama set in the 1400s, about a young man sent to Italy but is forced back after his father's mysterious death.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Teresa Ann Savoy, László Gálffi, József Madaras, Ninetto Davoli
Votes: 192
97. 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
98. Three Days (1991)
75 min | Drama
In Kaliningrad two Lithuanian boys meet two Russian girls. They have difficulties in finding places where they can sleep together. But this is the only problem they do solve. All four ... See full summary »
Director: Sharunas Bartas | Stars: Yekaterina Golubeva, Rimma Latypova, Arunas Sakalauskas, Audrius Stonys
Votes: 758
99. Milky Way (2007)
82 min | Drama
This work on a joint at once of several genres of the modern art - music, cinema, a video art - so him it is possible to show not only in cinema halls, but also at exhibitions. In the movie... See full summary »
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Barbara Balogh, Sándor Balogh, Péter Balázs, Danny Barnes
Votes: 417
100. 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: 1,701
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