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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Death Prosecutor (...) [focuses] on a significant court case in the period of the post-1956 retaliations, through the true story of a newly graduated prosecutor, Endre Grátz.
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Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, political repression, courtroom drama, cold war era, justice, biopic, social commentary, ethical dilemma, victimization, bureaucracy, investigation, morality ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trumpet player Géza Elekes does not play very well in his private life, and his fourth marriage has failed. One day he gets a call from his father, whom he hasn't spoken to in decades. This prompts her and her son, András, who is in the thick ...
Style:
road movie, comedy drama, melancholic, black comedy
Plot:
road trip, father son relationship, trumpet player, family drama, border crossing, reconciliation, slice of life, dark humor, grandfather, midlife crisis, bittersweet, humanism ...
Place:
budapest, transylvania, hungary, eastern europe
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939
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 1951 Communist-era Budapest, the secret police knock on the door of an ordinary family. Instead of arresting them, they decide to move in and hold the family captive in their own home, along with anyone who comes to visit them.
Style:
tense, historical drama, suspense, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
claustrophobia, fear, surveillance, secret police, captivity, paranoia, totalitarianism, oppression, political repression, home invasion, psychological torture, house arrest ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a squirming Hungarian crate factory which only employs female workers, the newly appointed fireman not only buys fire extinguishers full of petrol to save money, but also proposes the installation of an expensive, hidden camera system that would ...
Style:
erotic drama, controversial, steamy, black comedy
Plot:
female nudity, sexploitation, voyeurism, privacy invasion, surveillance, social commentary, hidden camera, scandal, workplace, corporate greed, taboo, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The fresh president of Hungary find himself in trouble with taxi drivers. The taxi drives are disappointed in the democracy and protesting against the drasticly raising gas prices. The drivers build blockades all over the capital.
Style:
tense, historical drama, period piece, political drama
Plot:
protest, blockade, civil unrest, urban, social conflict, civil disobedience, social realism, media coverage, political satire, public transport
Time:
90s
Place:
hungary, budapest
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Austria, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of János Hunyadi is the epic tale of a hero born into modest circumstances, who, in 1456, with relentless determination and against all odds, vanquished the much larger Ottoman army, halting its drive to conquer the Vatican and overrun ...
Style:
historical drama, epic, patriotic, tense
Plot:
heroism, battlefield, biopic, bravery, leadership, sacrifice, nationalism, political intrigue, rise to power, chivalry, archery, male nudity ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
hungary, balkan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sanyi (Szabolcs Thuróczy) is a puppeteer and an alcoholic. Pali (Tamás Polgár) is an elevator mechanic and an alcoholic. Together they search for their friend Tomi, who has already missed several AA meetings. They try to stay sober, which is not ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, tense, road movie
Plot:
addiction, friendship, alcoholism, realism, blue collar, working class, recovery, abstinence, male bonding, social commentary, broken family, bittersweet ...
Place:
budapest, hungary, eastern europe
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407
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The three stories within Genesis explore the notion of family: a woman in her late thirties rediscovers the faith she lost as a child; a mother goes to extreme lengths to ensure that her daughter is saved from the fate she was forced to endure; a ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
faith, roma, murder of a family, woman, female protagonist, child, murder, gypsy, religious faith, belief in god, mother, murder of family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The true story of an unlikely romance in a Soviet labor camp.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, grim, period piece, beautiful
Plot:
world war two, gulag, coal mine, survival, brutality, deportation, forced labor, oppression, wartime, captivity, female protagonist, desperation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
hungary, central europe, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Over the course of four generations, a family in Hungary confronts poverty, political turmoil and a life that's perpetually on the move.
Style:
sincere, captivating, historical drama, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
family bonds, family life, family relations, three generations, family drama, generation, parents and children, relationships, lifestyle, husband wife relationship, intergenerational friendship, perseverance ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hardcore soccer ultra, Gyula, and his wife, Mariann, long for a baby. But it turns out that Gyula is sterile and when their plans to adopt also go up in smoke, Mariann does a deal behind her husband's back: they will take in the soon to be ...
Style:
comedy drama, emotional, heartfelt, dark comedy, romantic comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, adoption, parenthood, infertility, moral dilemma, family drama, roma, pregnancy, machismo, identity, secrets, ethnicity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
TV show
Story:
Hungary's favorite influencers arrive at a prestigious awards ceremony in Tihany to find out who has become the most successful videographer of the year. During the award ceremony, after the shooting of a faulty confetti cannon, the winner ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, satirical, ironic, captivating ...
Plot:
hotel, investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, fighting crime, uncover truth, satire, escapades, whodunit, deception ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1957 the Soviet Union decides to give Hungary the chance to choose the world's first cosmonaut, who can be the very first person in space. It seems like the best candidate is Lajkó, the gypsy spraying pilot.
Style:
captivating, period piece, retro, satirical, visual ...
Plot:
cosmonaut, space race, space program, space mission, space exploration, human in outer space, space station, outer space, spacecraft, spacewalk, ambition, cold war ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
TV show
Story:
The amusing everyday life of a small, stereotypical Hungarian village focusing on a corrupt mayor, a bodybuilder priest, a hot bartender girl, a dumb police officer, and a womanizing football coach.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
everyday life, satire, village, small town, community, lifestyle, relationships, small village, humour, society, countryside, workplace situations ...
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The aging Eszter clarify outstanding relationship.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, love and romance, life turned upside down, hopes, society, estrangement, destiny, misfit, estate, female protagonist, lost love, heartbreak ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
hungary, central europe, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.
Style:
enigmatic, gothic, suspenseful, bloody, suspense
Plot:
female serial killer, temptation, castle, killing, loss of sister, domestic servant, investigation, serial killer, girl, monster, orphan, burned at the stake ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
hungary, transylvania, romania
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Originally shot in Hungary in 1988, this new version of FORCED MARCH is even more haunting, given the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in today’s Hungary. Chris Sarandon plays BEN KLINE, an American television star and a “bankable name” who is ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, poignant, serious, meditative ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, actor, trauma, jewish history, memories, haunting, empathy, memory, guilt, survival, identity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989
Place:
hungary, los angeles, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
This is a romantic biographical film about Franz Liszt. In a distinguished saloon of Paris, the unknown composer, Liszt, defeats the renown Thalberg at a piano competition. Through his playing, he wins the favours and later the hand of the countess ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, period piece, period drama
Plot:
composer, passion, biopic, piano, classical music, musician, aristocracy, wooing, melancholy, infidelity, royalty, family drama ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
russia, hungary, soviet union, paris france, ussr
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Carlo is a responsible sibling who deals with his black-sheep sister Silvia in this situation comedy. When Silvia returns after many years to attend her mother's funeral, Carlo deals with the fallout caused by her many love affairs. Carlo is ...
Style:
intercultural, dark comedy, satirical, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, sibling relationship, sibling rivalry, brother sister conflict, character study, responsibility, parenthood, marriage, european, moral dilemma, infidelity, social commentary ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy, hungary, budapest
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Hungary, Germany, UK, Israel, France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp. After his father's departure, György gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, serious, disturbing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, nazi, estrangement, orthodox jew, youth, confined, shoah, survival, world war, self discovery ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, post world war two
Place:
hungary, eastern europe, germany, europe, slovakia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, powerful, neo noir, avant garde ...
Plot:
redemption, mind game, friendship, melancholy, family relations, intimacy, revenge, sexual abuse, poverty, underground, european, sex crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hungary, europe, budapest
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932
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A heavily neurotic young man starts to see his father's ghost, and while he helps the spirit cross to the otherworld, something happens that they could never achieve in their common life: they finally understand each other.
Style:
psychological, humorous, captivating, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
able to see the dead, father son relationship, life after death, ghost, life & death, dealing with death, death of father, supernatural, relationship problems, humour, funeral, catholic ...
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is about to finish shooting Casablanca, to accentuate the film's propaganda message in order to sway public opinion in favor of the country's ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, father daughter relationship, director, life is a bitch, political unrest, family problems, relationship problems, father and daughter, family relations, hollywood, propaganda, movie business ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hungarian small time crook, 70 year old Tibi Balog gets out of prison after 10 years, but he didn't change a bit. When a Japanese crime syndicate hires him to acquire a Hungarian invention - the world's first floppy disc - Tibi puts his ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
criminal, mafia, hitman, money, gypsy, gang, yakuza, death, revenge, chase, brutality, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Peter returns to his Transilvanian hometown, Valan, where a dead body was found in the snow-capped mountains. The investigation about his 22 years missing sister leads him to the maze of grave sins of present and the past, where he has to fight not ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
heroes, police investigation, society, youth, who done it, clue, mysterious man, murder, name calling, police detective, evidence, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1997. Young car mechanic Iván lives in a godforsaken village in eastern Hungary. He looks after his mentally disabled sister Eszter and earns extra money smuggling diesel oil from Ukraine. The siblings' coexistence is disrupted by a tragic ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
rape and revenge, incest, rape victim, brother sister relationship, smuggling, small town life, teenage rape, dysfunctional family, family problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, mental illness ...
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After their friend dies in an accident, Marcell, the rich but burnt-out architect and the rest of his loser childhood buddies decide to team up for the last time to fulfill their friend's last wish by smuggling his crappy painting into the most ...
Style:
tragicomedy, dark comedy, satirical
Plot:
heist, friendship, auction, buddies, camaraderie, last wish, urban, caper, art theft, plan gone wrong, con artists, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
budapest, hungary
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This is the story of present-day Hungary's most famous gay celebrity who openly admits his homosexuality and fights for gay rights in a society where so many alternative values are denied. But then something happens and he is shocked to ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, tension, melancholic, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gay, self discovery, gay rights, lgbtq, gay slur, sexuality, identity crisis, sexual confusion, celebrity, activism, bisexuality, conflict ...
Place:
hungary, budapest, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Muggy heat, small-town bleakness, unspoken social problems, hierarchy fights. This is Tuzko town, somewhere in Hungary, nowadays. Here comes Misi who inherits his grandfather's house and his property. Misi is a disillusioned, frustrated, ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
small town, frustration, conflict of interest, tragic love, life is a bitch, society, love affair, social problems, small town life, refugee, fight, relationship problems ...
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Kapa, Pepe and Mesi would like to buy a scrapyard of trains, to start a nostalgia train and earn a lot of money. The capital to start with they want to get from grandpa, who has come home from America with a suitcase full of money. Everybody wants ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, tragicomedy, spoof, bizarre ...
Plot:
greed, inheritance, nostalgia, mafia, betrayal, deception, blackmail, absurdism, satire, magic realism, resurrection, jealousy ...
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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