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Exploring the Rich Cinema of Hungary: A Guide to the Best Movies and TV Shows

From the picturesque landscapes of the Hungarian countryside to the vibrant streets of Budapest, the country's unique culture and history have inspired a wide range of captivating films and TV shows. In this article, we'll delve into the world of Hungarian cinema and highlight some of the best movies and TV series to watch.

Cast

Mihu00e1ly Vu00edg

Putyi Horvu00e1th

Szu00e9kely B. Miklu00f3s

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Erika Bu00f3k

Satantango (1994)

8.0 310 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Germany, Hungary

Duration: 432 min.

Audience: 15

Story: Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

Plot: farm, countryside, based on novel or book, cat, rain, loneliness, art house, poverty, ...

Place: hungary

Cast

Jesse Lee Soffer

Carter Redwood

Vinessa Vidotto

Eva Jane Willis

FBI: International (2021) TV Show

7.6 239 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 78

Audience: TV-14

Story: Follows the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team headquartered in Budapest as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.

Plot: budapest, hungary, europe, fbi, gunfight, foot chase, spin off, american abroad, ...

Cast

Pu00e9ter Haumann

Ju00e1nos Derzsi

Judit Pogu00e1ny

Gyula Pauer

Twilight (1990)

7.2 41 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Hungary, Switzerland

Duration: 100 min.

Story: In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case. What emerges is not a crime story, but a harrowing venture through the darkness of the human soul.

Plot: child murder, cop, black and white, pedophile, sexual assault, monochrome

Place: hungary

Cast

John Lurie

Eszter Balint

Richard Edson

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Cecillia Stark

Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

7.2 611 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, and Willie takes his best friend Eddie to see her—a visit that culminates in a strange, eventful trip to Florida.

Plot: bet, new york city, immigrant, friendship, card game, horse race, american dream, road movie, ...

Place: florida, hungary

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)

7.1 359 votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: Austria

Duration: 109 min.

Story: After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.

Plot: depression, lovesickness, husband wife relationship, venice, italy, gypsy, nationalism, homeland, ...

Place: hungary, milan

Cast

Tom Cruise

Paula Patton

Simon Pegg

Jeremy Renner

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

7.1 10.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 133 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: mask, assassin, budapest, hungary, skyscraper, secret intelligence service, sandstorm, seattle, ...

Place: dubai

Sissi: The Young Empress (1956)

7.1 375 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Austria

Duration: 107 min.

Story: Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

Plot: husband wife relationship, pregnancy, homeland, bavaria, germany, bad mother-in-law, mountain, coronation, ...

Place: hungary

Cast

Adrien Brody

Felicity Jones

Guy Pearce

Joe Alwyn

The Brutalist (2024)

7.0 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 215 min.

Audience: R

Story: When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.

Style: exploitation, slow burn

Plot: new york city, immigrant, husband wife relationship, philadelphia, pennsylvania, venice, italy, capitalism, ...

Time: 1940s, 1980s, 1950s

Cast

Patricia Kovu00e1cs

Dorka Gryllus

Laura Du00f6bru00f6si

Ju00e1nos Kulka

Demimonde (2015)

6.9 29 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, History

Country: Hungary

Duration: 88 min.

Story: The story of three women - a famous prostitute, her housekeeper and their new maid - living in Budapest of 1910s, whose passionate, bizarre and complex relationship can only lead to one thing: murder.

Plot: prostitute, budapest, hungary

Time: 1910s

Cast

Kate Beckinsale

Scott Speedman

Michael Sheen

Shane Brolly

Underworld (2003)

6.9 6.7K votes

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.

Plot: budapest, hungary, love of one's life, vampire, subway, hostility, bite, descendant, ...

Cast

Melissa McCarthy

Rose Byrne

Jason Statham

Jude Law

Spy (2015)

6.8 6.4K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 120 min.

Audience: R

Story: A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), budapest, hungary, paris, france, undercover agent, rome, italy, ...

Place: bulgaria

Cast

Maddie Ziegler

Lana Condor

Iris Apatow

Millicent Simmonds

Pretty Lethal (2026)

6.8 438 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Music

Country: United States of America, Hungary

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: R

Story: A troupe of ballerinas find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition.

Plot: dance competition, ballerina, prima ballerina, remote inn, admiring, fight for survival, dance troupe

Place: hungary

Cast

Gary Oldman

Colin Firth

Tom Hardy

John Hurt

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

6.6 2.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Germany, United Kingdom

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

Plot: london, england, budapest, hungary, espionage, spy, traitor, kgb, ...

Time: cold war, 1970s

Cast

Kate Beckinsale

Scott Speedman

Tony Curran

Shane Brolly

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

6.6 4.4K votes

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.

Plot: budapest, hungary, vampire, key, light, forbidden love, rivalry, werewolf, ...

Red Sparrow (2018)

6.5 6.4K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: R

Story: Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Style: suspenseful, intense

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), sexual abuse, budapest, hungary, based on novel or book, self sacrifice, spy, patriotism, ...

Cast

Anna Akana

Mark Dacascos

Teresa Ting

Dustin Nguyen

Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022)

6.4 232 votes

Genre: Action, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: A new class of warriors emerges among the Samurai clans to keep a sought-after sword from falling into the wrong hands.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: martial arts, samurai, budapest, hungary

Cast

Andru00e1s Su00fctu00f6

Varga u00c1du00e1m

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Lajos Ottu00f3 Horvu00e1th

Land of Storms (2014)

6.3 85 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Hungary, Germany

Duration: 105 min.

Story: Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon after his arrival he meets Áron and a mutual attraction between the two boys develops when suddenly Szabolcs receives an unexpected phone call from Bernard: he has arrived to Hungary...

Plot: homophobia, decision, male homosexuality, inheritance, in the closet, football (soccer), attempted robbery, threesome, ...

Place: hungary

Cast

L.L. Junior

Lu00e1szlu00f3 Szacsvay

Gyu0151zu0151 Szabu00f3

Csaba Pindroch

The District (2004)

5.1 23 votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: Hungary

Duration: 87 min.

Story: In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...

Plot: rap music, usa president, muslim, hacker, escape, virtual reality, gypsy, meditation, ...

Time: stone age

Place: hungary

Cast

Johnathon Schaech

Lori Heuring

Julie Benz

Valentine Pelka

8MM 2 (2005)

4.9 140 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Hungary, United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: Entering a seamy underground world of peep shows, nude clubs, and live Internet sex is David Huxley, an aspiring politician who has everything to lose. Secretly filmed in a steamy three-way with his fiancée Tish and a gorgeous young model, David is desperate to find the extortionist who's demanding an exorbitant amount of money for the negatives. But when the blackmail trail ends in murder and David is kidnapped, Tish must come up with $5 million ransom or her fiancé's once-promising career, and life, may come to a dead end.

Plot: pornography, budapest, hungary, blackmail

Place: hungary