Beasts

Beasts 1993

1

Short animated Hungarian film. Based on works of Hungarian avant-garde artists: Wahorn András, fe Lugossy László, and ef Zámbó István.

1993

Argo

Argo 2004

6.95

The crew of Tibi Balogh sets out on a journey across Hungary to get the ancient Gold Owl statue, as well as the Milk Man. The treasure is worth millions, who gets there first?

2004

The Fall

The Fall 1987

1

On a single day the fate of three couples are joined and some of them sealed.

1987

Hourglass

Hourglass 2007

6.25

A story of a Jewish-Hungarian-Serbian family. The plot is centered about trying of an adult son to reconstruct his childhood dream of and memories. Looms, but a sunken world, the central European town with its figures, the way to experiencing deep and see a sensitive boy, his father, who by their fears that penetrate to the bone and the final humiliation of acting madness escapes and becomes a lonely, pathetic buffoon in the drama of life.

2007

Where Were You, My Son?

Where Were You, My Son? 2008

4.30

Set in a large apartment in Hungary during the death throes of communism, obedient Andor lives with his eccentric mother, Rebeka, a once-celebrated stage actress-turned-recluse. After years of coexisting in a love-hate relationship marked by routine and possible incest, Andor brings home Eszter, a beautiful girl his own age. Her advances awaken Andor's repressed desires, the depths of which prove shocking. Opera director Robert Alfoldi renders this bizarre story in a melodramatic style, and veteran Hungarian stage star Dorottya Udvaros rises to the occasion. If you can imagine the intersecting area on a Venn diagram that includes Taxidermia and Sunset Blvd., that's where Where Were You, My Son? was born. The original title, Nyugalom, which translates to Tranquility, is ironic to say the least. ...over the-top...memorable...thunderous...sex and violins (Variety).

2008

Miklós Akli

Miklós Akli 1986

5.20

The hero of the story that takes place at the beginning of the nineteenth century and recalls real historical personages is Akli Miklós, the court jester of Emperor Ferenc.

1986

Spider Football

Spider Football 1976

6.30

This satire on film depicts the micro-climate of a technical vocational school newly established at a housing estate. The construction vocational school holds a name-giving ceremony, thus calling the attention of its supervisory organ to itself. The school-master distributes as well as receives presents from the sponsoring factory, and the pupils sit for a written examination of unheard-of material. The results are devastating, which the despotic school-master attempts to conceal by a staged disciplinary procedure.

1976

Red Fun Fair

Red Fun Fair 1988

1

The film takes place the Budapest Amusement Park in 1919, just before and during the proletarian dictatorship. After the outbreak of the proletarian dictatorship, both the former employee who returns from Russian captivity as a communist and the domestic philosopher spreading Marxists ideology regard the nationalisation of the Fun Fair vitally urgent. In this, the daughter of the owner of Orpheum Blau, Ilona, assisting most enthusiastically.

1988

The Flying Suitcase

The Flying Suitcase 1989

1

The actress is always lonely, she has nobody to love. She adopts a young boy from the orphanage, who formerly arrived on Earth by a flying suitcase and a policeman took him to the orphanage. The actress would be willing to adopt him, but there is no hope for this at the beginning.

1989

Banana Skin Waltz

Banana Skin Waltz 1987

5.50

A typist girl who is under the influence of nervous breakdown walks out to the street stark naked from the office she works in. A young physician goes by accidentally and tries to help her, spreading his coat over her nude body. From this moment his life changes completely.

1987

Junk Movie

Junk Movie 1992

6.10

It is 1989, the year of the demise of socialism in eastern Europe. Nevertheless, the one theme of Junk Movie does not refer to this historical moment of high ideals, quite the contrary, the wild, burlesque of a motif-mozaic seems merely to stick it’s tongue out at the arrogant players of politics who have their heads stuck in the clouds. The film rudely points out the mystery and unapproachability surrounding the every-day existence of politics. The scene is a greasy, falling-down block of a pub called the Gólya and its immediate surroundings.

1992

The Midas Touch

The Midas Touch 1989

6.90

A deep drama about life in Hungary after the WW2 until the revolt against Russians in '56. The main character is the head of the black market in Budapest. He thinks he can buy everyone and everything but at the end he must face that he can't buy life. A must-see for everyone. Casting involves some of the greatest Hungarian actors. The story takes place in the eighth district of Budapest focusing on the market place on Teleki square which is still working. The movie contains some archive footage of real fight during the revolution.

1989

Confidence

Confidence 1980

7.50

Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis. The intensity and suffocating intimacy of their new relationship and the circumstances in which they find themselves, forces them to confront past prejudices and assumptions and challenge what they truly believe.

1980

Perpetuity

Perpetuity 2022

3.40

Based on the Hungarian novel "Our Street" by Sandor Tar, the film deals with a post-apocalyptic Hungarian-Ukranian village where everything is rotten, planes randomly crash, and only alcohol moves people around - no money, no electricity, only barter. In this wasteland, Ocsenas is the only hero, the one trying to survive amidst the savages and war, the one who helps everyone out, all while caught up in a love triangle that will define his future.

2022

The Inheritance

The Inheritance 1980

6.60

During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to have a child by her husband.

1980

Lesson Learned

Lesson Learned 2024

7.46

Ten-year-old Palkó has just moved home to Budapest from Berlin and observes the daily life of an ordinary Hungarian elementary school with confused amazement. Juci, the young teacher just started working there. She is the only one who understands Palkó, as in their own way, they are both suffering from the same, sometimes grotesque educational system.

2024

Pelikan Blue

Pelikan Blue 2024

8.00

Hungary, 1990s. Travel abroad is finally possible, but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young people get to know the world.

2024

The Grandson

The Grandson 2022

7.20

Rudi, a polite and quiet office hand, shares a special bond with his elderly grandpa. When Grandpa falls victim to a uniquely heartless phone scam that breaks his spirit and his health, Rudi decides he’s not going to let the petty criminals get away with it. But in order to get close to them, he needs to step far out of his comfort zone and turn into a different person. With a band of grey-haired allies on his side, he might just get to the scammers before it’s too late…

2022

Silence

Silence 1974

1

Barbara and Al adopt Eric, who is deaf and mute, and take him camping in Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Eric becomes lost and is found by a hermit named Crazy Jack, who teaches him how to survive in the woods.

1974

The Teacher

The Teacher 2018

7.80

This series shows a school community's everyday life filled with drama and comedy. The episodes treat public and social issues like teenagers' rivalization or the search of identity.

2018

Nyerő Páros

Nyerő Páros 2016

5.33

In each season of the highly successful reality show, several couples move in together to compete in a weeks-long battle led by Balázs Sebestyén to determine who will be crowned the Winning Couple of the Year. The secret to victory is the same as that of a good relationship: only those who know their partner, trust their decisions, take obstacles in stride, and are as adept at navigating the maze of love as they are in this game can win.

2016

Pepe

Pepe 2022

7.50

2022

Berry and Dolly

Berry and Dolly 2010

10.00

The animated series is set in a little forest with Berry, Dolly, and their forest and beetle friends. The two main characters are Berry the snail, and Dolly, the ladybird. The stories are based on children's everyday lives with love, loyalty and the respect of nature as the main messages.

2010

Megasztár

Megasztár 2003

1

Megasztár - Voice of the Year is a Hungarian voice talent television series that started in 2003 on TV2. The show returned after 12 years in 2024.

2003

Kérem a következőt!

Kérem a következőt! 1975

5.60

Dr. Bubó is a short-eared owl who, after obtaining his medical degree with excellent qualifications , sets up his clinic inside an oak tree, where he heals the sick inhabitants of the forest with the help of his assistant - the nurse of the clinic - Nurse Ursula.

1975