With Budapest Filmstúdió (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. 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: 4,652
2. Intentions of Murder (1964)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama
A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.
Director: Shôhei Imamura | Stars: Masumi Harukawa, Kô Nishimura, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yûko Kusunoki
Votes: 1,629
3. Time Stands Still (1982)
99 min | 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: 1,357
4. Abandoned (2001)
100 min | Drama
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best... See full summary »
Director: Árpád Sopsits | Stars: Tamás Mészáros, Szabolcs Csizmadia, Attila Zsilák, Péter Müller
Votes: 587
5. 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: 795
6. Nápolyt látni és... (1973)
85 min | Comedy
Director: István Bácskai Lauró | Stars: Hédi Váradi, Judit Halász, Bela Ernyey, István Bujtor
Votes: 42
7. Iskolakerülök (1989)
93 min | Drama
Director: Ferenc Kardos | Stars: Károly Eperjes, Dorottya Udvaros, Eszter Csákányi, Maria Gladkowska
Votes: 31
8. The Seventh Room (1996)
108 min | Biography, Drama, War
This movie is based on the life of Saint Edith Stein. She was a German nun of Jewish descent who had converted to Catholicism. Much of her early life was spent as an outspoken academic. ... See full summary »
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Elide Melli, Jan Nowicki, Anna Polony
Votes: 210
9. Twilight (1990)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.
Director: György Fehér | Stars: Péter Haumann, János Derzsi, Judit Pogány, Kati Lázár
Votes: 429
10. Elysium (1987)
118 min | Drama, War
A remarkable anti-war film about a 9 year old Jewish boy who is picked up by the police and sent to a concentration camp while his parents do their best under difficult circumstances to find him.
Director: Erika Szántó | Stars: Ferenc Bács, Zoltán Nagy, Klaus Abramowsky, Tibor Szilágyi
Votes: 44
11. Magic Hunter (1994)
106 min | Drama, Fantasy
Film about a child's perception of an adult world. Story centers on a police marksman who is assigned to protect a Russian chess grand master who does not know about his protection. Then ... See full summary »
Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Gary Kemp, Sadie Frost, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Péter Vallai
Votes: 258
12. Letter to America (2000)
90 min | Drama
Ivan's best friend, Kamen, is in an American hospital, in coma after an accident. Since he's denied a visa to the USA and can't stay by his side in his last moments, Ivan decides to set off... See full summary »
Director: Iglika Triffonova | Stars: Phillip Avramov, Ana Papadopulu, Peter Antonov, Andy Barret
Votes: 752
13. Cantata (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: 594
14. Roncsfilm (1992)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
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Director: György Szomjas | Stars: Ági Szirtes, Zoltán Mucsi, Sándor Gáspár, András Szöke
Votes: 798
15. A világ legkisebb alapítványa (1997)
85 min | Drama
A widow, whose politician husband was killed in the Communist purge of Hungary, and her ill son are given money by the government to start a foundation for stray dogs.
Director: Ferenc Kardos | Stars: Dorottya Udvaros, Hédi Temessy, Balázs Foky, Djoko Rosic
16. A szerencse lányai (1999)
119 min | Drama
A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Olga Drozdova, Jan Nowicki, Masza Petraniuk, Olaf Lubaszenko
Votes: 140
17. Az eröd (1979)
122 min | Sci-Fi
A World War II-style "war game" setting the wealthy customers against skilled mercenaries goes awry when the simulated war gets too real.
Director: Miklós Szinetár | Stars: Bella Tanay, Sándor Oszter, József Madaras, Ádám Rajhona
Votes: 90
18. Diary for My Father and Mother (1990)
119 min | Biography, Drama
Direct follow-up to "Diary for my lovers". Juli and the people who she knew throughout her life have to face the events of the 1956 failed revolution in Hungary.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Jan Nowicki, Mari Töröcsik, Ildikó Bánsági
Votes: 193
19. Tüzoltó utca 25. (1973)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, History, Romance
Hungary's postwar history told through the dreams, nightmares, and memories of the inhabitants of an old house on the eve of it's destruction.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Margit Makay, Károly Kovács, András Bálint
Votes: 304
20. Three Stars (1960)
95 min | Drama, War
Directors: Miklós Jancsó, Zoltán Várkonyi, Károly Wiedermann | Stars: Éva Ruttkai, Miklós Gábor, Lajos Básti, István Velenczei
Votes: 17
22. Isten hátrafelé megy (1991)
90 min | Drama
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Károly Eperjes, György Dörner, József Madaras, Attila Kaszás
Votes: 25
23. The Witman Boys (1997)
93 min | Drama, Thriller
Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic consequences.
Director: János Szász | Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Alpár Fogarasi, Szabolcs Gergely, Lajos Kovács
Votes: 327
24. Passion (1998)
155 min | Drama
In this black-and-white Hungarian version of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, a wife and her lover plot to kill her older husband.
Director: György Fehér | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Djoko Rosic, János Derzsi, István Lénárt
Votes: 187
25. Long Twilight (1997)
70 min | Drama
Egy varatlan elhatarozas az ejszaka utvesztojebe veti a kalandra vagyo utazot. Van-e remeny a menekulesre, vagy fogva tartja ot a szakado eso, a rideg, sotet vilag? Egy oregasszony ... See full summary »
Director: Attila Janisch | Stars: Mari Töröcsik, Imre Csuja, András Fekete, János Katona
Votes: 299
26. A magzat (1994)
102 min | Drama
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Adél Kováts, Aliona Antonova, Jan Nowicki, Barbara Hegyi
Votes: 38
27. The Girl Who Liked Purple Flowers (1973)
87 min | Comedy
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Judit Halász, András Bálint, Imre Ráday, Marianna Moór
Votes: 41
28. Ajándék ez a nap (1979)
83 min | Drama
Irén and Attila, a not-so-young couple, are in love. All they want is a flat of their own where they could live together. Unfortunately, Hungary in the 70s is no place for dreams.
Director: Péter Gothár | Stars: Cecília Esztergályos, Pál Hetényi, Judit Pogány, Lajos Szabó
Votes: 179
29. The Prize Trap (1975)
85 min | Comedy
Directors: István Dárday, Györgyi Szalai | Stars: Kálmán Tamás, Kálmánné Tamás, Mária Simai, István Márton
Votes: 161
30. Labyrinth (1976)
90 min | Drama
Director: András Kovács | Stars: István Avar, Éva Ruttkai, Ferenc Kállai, Eszter Szakács
Votes: 11
31. Jesus Christ's Horoscope (1989)
90 min | Drama
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Juli Básti, György Cserhalmi, Ildikó Bánsági, Dorottya Udvaros
Votes: 69
32. Shadow on the Snow (1992)
72 min | Drama
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Director: Attila Janisch | Stars: Éva Almássy Albert, Zsófia Baji, Miroslaw Baka, Lajos Bertók
Votes: 168
33. Kertes házak utcája (1963)
80 min | Drama
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Director: Tamás Fejér | Stars: Margit Bara, Miklós Gábor, György Pálos, Éva Schubert
Votes: 37
34. Ha megjön József (1976)
89 min | Drama
Joseph goes off to sea for ten months, leaving his new bride, Maria, to live with his mother, Agnes, in her small one bedroom flat. Maria is a lonely orphan who has an affair that causes ... See full summary »
Director: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Stars: Lili Monori, György Pogány, Éva Ruttkai, Gábor Koncz
Votes: 62
35. Katonazene (1961)
121 min | Drama
Directors: Endre Marton, György Hintsch | Stars: Margit Bara, Lajos Básti, Ferenc Kállai, Ádám Szirtes
Votes: 44
36. Házi patika (1958)
19 min | Short
The film makes fun of the ignorance of ordinary people who use medicaments not as prescribed by doctors, but at their own discretion.
Director: István György | Stars: Márta Fónay, Sándor Tompa
37. Ballagó idö (1976)
91 min | Adventure
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Director: Tamás Fejér | Stars: Sándor Tóth, Nóra Káldi, Klári Tolnay, Margit Makay
Votes: 28
38. A Piano in Mid Air (1976)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Péter Bacsó | Stars: Juraj Durdiak, Tibor Rácz, Ferenc Kállai, Tamás Major
Votes: 24
39. És mégis... (1991)
95 min | Drama
Leaving his family behind after a conflict with his colleagues, a leading editor at Hungary's state television network travels alone to his country house in the Badacsony region, and reflects on his past, his guilt and the old compromises.
Director: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Stars: András Kozák, László Mensáros, Lili Monori, Irén Bordán
40. Cimborák - Hegyen-völgyön (1960)
105 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Director: István Homoki Nagy | Star: Imre Sinkovits
Votes: 33
41. A bolond gránátalmafa (1999)
91 min | Sport
Director: Péter Mészáros | Stars: Magda Anikashvili, Tamari Asatiani, Slava Gasparov, Vakhtang Komakhidze
42. Awakening (1995)
110 min | Drama
Director: Judit Elek | Stars: Fruzsina Eszes, Judit Hernádi, András Kern, Zoltán Gera
Votes: 21
43. Harminckét nevem volt (1972)
89 min | Biography, History
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Péter Huszti, Erika Bodnár, László Tahi Tóth, Ferenc Bessenyei
Votes: 12
44. The Sword (1977)
77 min | Comedy
Director: János Dömölky | Stars: Péter Haumann, Mari Szemes, Lajos Öze, Ferenc Kállai
Votes: 28
45. Könyörtelen idök (1992)
99 min | Drama
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Director: Sándor Sára | Stars: József Szarvas, Zoltán Seress, András Stohl, Balázs Mihályfi
Votes: 16
46. Békeidö (1980)
105 min | Drama
Director: László Vitézy | Stars: Béla Czink, András Fekete, Lajos Bödö, Lajos Kiss
Votes: 29
47. Élve vagy halva (1980)
80 min | Drama, History, Western
The ex-revolutionary Gáspár Noszlopy escapes from prison in 1852. His plan to capture the emperor Franz Joseph and force him to sign the Declaration of Hungarian Independence. He is only able to find four fanatic men.
Director: Tamás Rényi | Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, György Cserhalmi, Dezsö Garas, Djoko Rosic
Votes: 186
48. Romanticism (1972)
85 min | Drama
Director: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Stars: Ilona Bencze, József Bihari, Michel Delahaye, Endre Farkas
49. Fekete gyémántok (1977)
166 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: Péter Huszti, Szilvia Sunyovszky, Péter Haumann, Sándor Szabó
Votes: 125
50. Várakozók (1975)
90 min | Drama
Director: Imre Gyöngyössy | Stars: Mari Töröcsik, Mari Csomós, Maja Komorowska, Erika Bodnár