If it's Hungarian movies you are interested in, you will appreciate the Hungarian film scene. Although Hungary hosted a number of international movies with its famous venues, nevertheless it has its own chain of cinema art which specialize in the latest releases and obscure films from Eastern and Western Europe.
The best time to catch a Hungarian movie is during the two major film festivals in Budapest, the Hungarian Film Week, held in February and the Titanic International Filmfestival, held in April.
You can of course choose from a vast number of blockbusters, however here are the ones that landed on my top list of favourite Hungarian movies.
Állítsátok meg Terézanyut! (2004)
Genres: Comedy\Romance
Storyline:
This film is about a girl who wants to find herself and love in this big, wild and cruel world. She has everything: a boyfriend, a family, a job but she feels these are not the perfect ones, just the "almost perfect ones", so she try to find the real happiness. I seen this film many times and I always found something cute in almost every moment: a smile, few seconds of the beautiful soundtrack, a word, a move, etc. This movie is so airy and fragile as the leading character. I think she is beautiful and sensitive, with a lot of feelings and doubts. You're on the wrong way if you compare to Bridget Jones. Bridget is too funny character to perform the real life of the singles (with its every sadness and happiness), Kéki Kata is the perfect one to this job... :)
S.O.S. Szerelem (2007) Genres: Comedy\Romance
Storyline:
The story premise is rather interesting to begin with:
A Hungarian matchmaker is hit by the arrows of cupid himself when he tries to help a client conquer the woman of his life. There exists a dating agency “SOS Love!” (Yes, with the exclamation mark to indicate the joy of being in love) which helps men to get the women of their dreams fall in love with them. And this is done through the assistance of devices like closed circuit televisions, microphones, mobile phones and other gadgets which would make James Bond proud. Along the way, you get side plots like business rivalry from another agency (that one helps women seduce men) and the owner being unlucky in love himself. And everyone in the movie is in store for a happy ending.
Adventurers (Original title: Kalandorok 2008)
Genres: Drama
Storyline:
This film is very much relevant to all of us in the current period of economic turmoil where each penny is spent wisely by people all over the world. Kalandorok shows the economic mess in which some ordinary Hungarians have put themselves.The film is a grim reminder of how this economic upheaval impacts their family ties. Kalandorok can also be defined in an alternative manner as a sensible road movie with comic undertones.It features some particularly nice musical tracks such as About A Girl Kurt Cobain and a Hungarian version of the famous French song "Le Vent Nous Portera" by Noir Désir.Kalandorok is a comic film different from traditional psychological films for which Hungary has always been famous.
Kontroll (2003)
Genres: Comedy\Crime\Drama
Storyline:
The massive labyrinthine netherworld that is the Budapest subway system provides the stunning setting for ‘Kontroll’, a high-style, high-speed romantic thriller in which the lives of assorted outcasts, lovers, and dreamers intersect and collide. One handsome young hero, one mysterious maiden, and one particularly nasty killer must conduct a race against time, trains, and destiny itself in their frantic pursuit of one another.
Children of Glory (Original title: Szabadság, szerelem 2006)
Genres: Drama\History\Romance
Storyline:
Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.
Just Sex and Nothing Else (Original title: Csak szex és más semmi 2005)
Genres: Comedy
Storyline:
Hungarian director Krisztina Goda's witty and whimsical romantic comedy Just Sex and Nothing Else follows the travails of Dora (Judit Schell), a woman of the theater in her early-mid thirties. Unnerved by the ticking of her own biological clock, Dora is nonetheless somewhat comforted by the kn owledge that she'll soon be in a secure, loving marriage with a new husband - that is, until her shocking discovery that the fiancé is already married to someone else. Confronted by her intended's furious wife, Dora backs out onto a window ledge, and bumps into cocky actor Tamas (Sandor Csanyi) - with whom she strikes up an instant erotic relationship. Dora hears herself reassuring her friends that their affair is only about sex, and that she's using the sex with Tamas to get pregnant - but inside, she isn't so sure. The picture co-stars Antal Czapko and Zoltan Seress; Goda co-authored the original script with Gabor Heller and Reka Divinyi.
The End (Original title: Konyec 2007)
Genres: Comedy\Crime\Drama
Storyline:
Centers on couple Emil, who has working-class origins and Hedi, who is an aristocrat. They have been living their lives without change and excitement in a concrete housing block for half a century. Threatened by the executors, Emil leaves his apartment one day and robs the first post office he sees. The Bloodthirsty Pensioners (as the media calls them) are on the run from the police and make up for everything that has been missing from their silent, wasted lives: shopping, dining out, jewelry--and hotels.
Glass Tiger (Original title: Üvegtigris 2001)
Genres: Comedy
Storyline:
It's just another day at the Glass Tiger Cafe, which means anything could happen and plenty usually does in this easygoing Hungarian comedy. Peter Rudolph plays Lali, the diner's proprietor, who over the course of a typical day finds himself dealing with a woman who can't hear or speak who has just been stood up at the altar; an inspector with the health department who nearly winds up in the hospital after getting too close to the electricity; a local cop who discovers his lottery ticket is a winner; two women who have their eye on Lali (too bad they happen to be mother and daughter); and a restroom that stubbornly refuses to work properly. Star Peter Rudolph also directed the film, in collaboration with Ivan Kapitany, and co-wrote the screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Glass Tiger 2 (Original title: Üvegtigris 2006)
Genres: Comedy
Plot summary:
In the sequel to the surprise hit Glass Tiger (2001), we witness the 6 losers again as they run amok around the roadside buffet, which again fails to make their dreams come true, but which serves as the basis and end station of numerous funny adventures.
