My Favorite Hungarian Movies
by mviktorio | created - 27 Jun 2011 | updated - 15 Mar 2012 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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: 7,772
2. 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: 10,779
3. 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: 27,080 | Gross: $0.24M
4. 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: 11,597
5. The Little Fox (1981)
Not Rated | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Famous, great hunters, better stay away, here comes Vuk! (They say he is cunning as a fox!)
Director: Attila Dargay | Stars: Judit Pogány, József Gyabronka, Teri Földi, Gyula Szabó
Votes: 6,055
6. 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: 2,721
7. The Stationmaster Meets His Match (1980 TV Movie)
66 min | Comedy
Story of a mischievous outspoken kid in a small Hungarian town.
Director: Sándor Mihályfy | Stars: Imre Olvasztó, Róbert Koltai, Teri Horváth, Péter Haumann
Votes: 5,255
8. Mattie the Goose-Boy (1977)
70 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young peasant boy stands up to tyranny, aided by his trusting friend- a goose.
Director: Attila Dargay | Stars: András Kern, Péter Geszti, László Csákányi, Gábor Agárdi
Votes: 2,288
9. Twenty Hours (1965)
110 min | Drama
A young journalist resolves to find out the reasons for a murder of an agricultural farm employee, killed eight years before.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Antal Páger, János Görbe, Emil Keres, Ádám Szirtes
Votes: 480
10. 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
11. Thorn Castle (1967– )
Adventure, Family
Gyula and his friend are spending the summer vacation with their relatives in the countryside.
Stars: László Bánhidi, Zoltán Seregi, Ferenc Zenthe, Tibor Barabás
Votes: 740
12. Butaságom története (1966)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Éva Ruttkai, Lajos Básti, Irina Petrescu, László Mensáros
Votes: 198
13. Mágnás Miska (1949)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
Rolla, the daughter of Count Korláthy sneaks out to the village funfair dressed as a maid. There she meets a young engineer, Baracs, and they fell in love almost instantly.
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Miklós Gábor, Ági Mészáros, Marika Németh, János Sárdy
Votes: 261
14. Gyertek el a névnapomra (1983)
105 min | Drama
A murder is revealed during the private investigation of a journalist. Prestigious economic and political people of a small town gather for a name-day celebration in a luxury villa. ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Ildikó Piros, István Bujtor, Ferenc Kállai, Gábor Mádi Szabó
Votes: 150
15. 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: 3,298
16. 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
17. Sose halunk meg (1993)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in '60s socialist Hungary, an introverted and somewhat inhibited teenage boy has a life-changing experience as he spends a few days with his uncle full of zest, a love for earthly pleasures, and a weakness for horse racing and betting.
Director: Róbert Koltai | Stars: Róbert Koltai, Mihály Szabados, Gábor Máté, Tamás Jordán
Votes: 1,995
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: 7,288
19. Oh, Bloody Life (1984)
108 min | Comedy, Drama
It is 1951, and Lucy Sziráky is a pretty, ambitious operetta actress. Her blossoming career has been thwarted by deportation. Because of her ex-husband's count rank, she has to leave the ... See full summary »
Director: Péter Bacsó | Stars: Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Bezerédi, András Kern, Ödön Rubold
Votes: 479
20. 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: 1,542
21. Hungarians (1978)
107 min | Drama
Many Hungarian migrant workers work in Germany in good conditions and for good wages during WW2. They face the war only once they return home to Hungary.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Gábor Koncz, Éva Pap, József Bihari, Sándor Szabó
Votes: 366
22. 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: 2,641
23. 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: 2,369
24. 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: 3,342 | Gross: $0.00M
25. Légy jó mindhalálig (1960)
95 min | Drama
Director: László Ranódy | Stars: Ferenc Bessenyei, József Bihari, Tibor Bitskey, József Szendrõ
Votes: 268
26. 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: 1,272
27. Felmegyek a miniszterhez (1962)
100 min | Comedy
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: László Bánhidi, Antal Páger, János Rajz, Gyula Gózon
Votes: 85
28. 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: 2,750
29. Föltámadott a tenger (1953)
145 min | Drama, History
In 1953, the film evokes the 1848-49 periods up to the revolutionary struggle of the internal and external enemies. Petofi start there in the events, even in the ranks of waiver is that ... See full summary »
Directors: László Ranódy, Mihály Szemes, Kálmán Nádasdy | Stars: János Görbe, Zoltán Makláry, Lajos Básti, Miklós Szakáts
Votes: 141
30. Men and Banners (1965)
158 min | Drama, History
A family struggle during the 1848 Hungarian revolution against the Habsburg Empire.
Director: Zoltán Várkonyi | Stars: Mária Sulyok, Vera Szemere, Tibor Bitskey, Ilona Béres
Votes: 834
31. Hyppolit a lakáj (1931)
72 min | Comedy
A butler changes the life of a nouveau-riche entrepreneur's life, while his daughter falls in love with the company's manager instead of a suitor chosen for her.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Gyula Kabos, Mici Haraszti, Éva Fenyvessy
Votes: 1,754
32. Liliomfi (1955)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
Mariska and Liliomfi fall in love without suspecting that Mariska's foster father is also Liliomfi's uncle. Soon the couple must contend with the professor's plan to make Liliomfi give up his "unrespectable" profession of acting.
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Iván Darvas, Marianne Krencsey, Margit Dajka, Samu Balázs
Votes: 598
33. 80 huszár (1978)
124 min | Drama, History
A group of Hussars stationed at a Polish outpost hear there's a revolution going on in their native Hungary. Their attempt to return home incurs the wrath of the Austrians.
Director: Sándor Sára | Stars: László Dózsa, György Cserhalmi, Jácint Juhász, József Madaras
Votes: 348
34. The Revolt of Job (1983)
98 min | Drama
An elderly Jewish couple, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.
Directors: Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay | Stars: Hédi Temessy, Ferenc Zenthe, Gábor Fehér, Heinrich Starhemberg
Votes: 698
35. Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
140 min | Drama, Sport, War
On Hitler's birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans.
Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Imre Sinkovits, Dezsö Garas, László Márkus, Tibor Molnár
Votes: 1,475
36. 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: 853
37. Snow White (1984)
90 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A farcical retelling of Snow White. Disillusioned Snow White isn't all that pretty or cute, her friends dwarfs aren't all that hospitable, her evil stepmother is an alcoholic and prince charming likes the ladies too much.
Director: József Nepp | Stars: Ferenc Kállai, János Körmendi, Ilona Béres, Judit Halász
Votes: 893
38. Abigél (1978)
290 min | Drama
Hungary during World War II. Georgina, spoiled daughter of General Vitay is not delighted when her father takes her to a religious boarding school in a smalltown. She rebels against the ... See full summary »
Stars: Éva Szerencsi, Attila Nagy, Lajos Básti, Éva Ruttkai
Votes: 925
39. 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
40. Circus maximus (1980)
99 min | Drama, War
October 1944. Carlotta, a run-down traveling circus proprietress, recurs to smuggling to sustain herself and her band of Yugoslav partisans. In her adventurous journey, she comes across ... See full summary »
Directors: Géza von Radványi, Tamás Almási | Stars: Ági Margitai, Antal Páger, Tamás Major, Gábor Reviczky
Votes: 48
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