Hungarian watchlist
by joejtorsi | created - 14 Jun 2017 | updated - 21 Feb 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Jupiter's Moon (2017)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Aryan is a Syrian refugee trying to make his way into Hungary from Serbia, along with his father and many other wretched souls. They are all caught, and find themselves in a web of cynicism and corruption.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Merab Ninidze, Zsombor Jéger, György Cserhalmi, Mónika Balsai
Votes: 3,522
2. 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
3. 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
4. Love (1971)
88 min | Drama
The wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a film.
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Lili Darvas, Mari Törőcsik, Iván Darvas, Erzsi Orsolya
Votes: 2,180
5. Red Psalm (1972)
87 min | Drama, Musical, War
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Andrea Drahota, Gyöngyi Bürös, Erzsi Cserhalmi, Mari Csomós
Votes: 1,945
6. The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1998)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A portrait of the wild capitalism after the regime change in Hungary, in which the characters show with a continuous change of identity how interests override everything. But in the end, everyone ends up in the same place and the same way.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Zoltán Mucsi, Péter Scherer, József Szarvas, Miklós Jancsó
Votes: 1,007
7. Katalin Varga (2009)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, László Mátray, Roberto Giacomello
Votes: 3,053
8. White God (2014)
R | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horvát, Szabolcs Thuróczy
Votes: 17,075 | Gross: $0.28M
9. Tititá (2015)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Anti, a talented Roma boy, with a disadvantageous background, gets huge opportunity while selected to the Snétberger Music Camp.
Director: Tamás Almási | Stars: Antal Kuru, Ferenc Snetberger, Ádám Lakatos, Tamás Siska
Votes: 25
10. Mom and Other Loonies in the Family (2015)
110 min | Drama
The movie presents the stories of four generations of women in Hungary through the 20th century. Despite harsh times of war, revolution and poverty, the family is able to mantain their good humor and strength.
Director: Ibolya Fekete | Stars: Eszter Ónodi, Tibor Gáspár, Juli Básti, Danuta Szaflarska
Votes: 1,177
11. 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: 2,842
12. 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: 4,292 | Gross: $1.01M
13. 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: 1,990
14. Egy óra múlva itt vagyok (1971– )
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Gábor Harsányi, Vera Venczel, Attila Nagy, Lajos Öze
Votes: 105
15. On the Quiet (2019)
80 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story set in the contemporary Hungarian countryside, where teenager soloist Dávid decides to stand up for Nóri, 13, a cellist in their youth orchestra who is having a ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Nagy | Stars: Erik Major, Gábor Máté, Lulu Bognár, Dorottya Antóci
Votes: 387
16. Guerilla (2019)
85 min | Drama, History
In 1849, the liberation war against the Habsburg Empire is close to its end in Hungary. Having hidden from military draft, Barnabás leaves his hometown and walks across the country to find ... See full summary »
Director: György Mór Kárpáti | Stars: Gergely Váradi, Blanka Mészáros, Benett Vilmányi, Anna Radetzky
Votes: 262
17. Treasure City (2020)
92 min | Drama
Stories of the city at night reveal the dark side of relationships among people.
Director: Szabolcs Hajdu | Stars: Orsolya Török-Illyés, Szabolcs Hajdu, Lilla Sárosdi, Domokos Szabó
Votes: 432
18. Lily Lane (2016)
91 min | Drama
A mother seeks out her estranged father in the aftermath of her mother's death.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf | Stars: Angéla Stefanovics, Bálint Sótonyi, Miklós Székely B., Mária Gindert
Votes: 169
19. Spiral (2020)
98 min | Drama
This story is about letting go. Sometimes we can't let go, and this might result in consequences that end in tragedy. There's only one thing we can do: face ourselves.
Director: Cecília Felméri | Stars: Alexandra Borbély, Diána Magdolna Kiss, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ernõ Fekete
Votes: 350
20. Natural Light (2021)
103 min | Drama, History, War
The desperate lives of Hungarian soldiers on the Eastern Front through the eyes of a captain. Their task is to find and capture Soviet partisans to secure the front lines.
Director: Dénes Nagy | Stars: Ferenc Szabó, László Bajkó, Tamás Garbacz, Gyula Franczia
Votes: 1,286
21. As Far as I Know (2020)
123 min | Drama
Based on true events, 'As far as i know' tells the story of a couple and their challenges after a rape, from the husband's perspective.
Directors: Nándor Lörincz, Bálint Nagy | Stars: Balázs Bodolai, Gabriella Hámori, Attila Menszátor-Héresz, Iván Fenyö
Votes: 450
22. Erasing Frank (2021)
99 min | Drama
1983. Frank, an angry kid from the streets with "no future". The state banned their music because their words are political. Frank escapes to a psychiatric ward where Hanna, a young enemy of the system, joins him.
Director: Gábor Fabricius | Stars: Benjamin Fuchs, Andrea Waskovics, Kincsö Blénesi, István Lénárt
Votes: 389
23. Evolution (I) (2021)
97 min | Drama
Episodes trace three generations of a family, from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin, unable to process their past in a society still coping with the wounds of its history.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Lili Monori, Annamária Láng, Goya Rego, Padmé Hamdemir
Votes: 576
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