Lesson Learned

Lesson Learned 2024

1

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

Taxidermia

Taxidermia 2006

6.62

Grotesquely surreal offering charting three male generations of the same bizarre family, including a pervert who constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater, and a passionate embalmer.

2006

Son of Saul

Son of Saul 2015

7.15

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper jewish burial.

2015

The Turin Horse

The Turin Horse 2011

7.70

A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.

2011

Satantango

Satantango 1994

8.20

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.

1994

The Fifth Seal

The Fifth Seal 1976

8.10

In 1944 Budapest, one of a group of four friends poses a hypothetical moral question to the others, an act that will unexpectedly alter their lives forever.

1976

Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies 2001

7.90

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

2001

The Little Fox

The Little Fox 1981

7.56

A tale about a little fox Vuk from the novel of the famous Hungarian writer István Fekete.

1981

Damnation

Damnation 1988

7.60

Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...

1988

The Courtship

The Courtship 2022

7.02

Eighteen year old Ida returns home after being raised by nuns, but her father isn't too pleased. Determined to see her married, he publishes an ad and offers suitors a generous dowry.

2022

The Story of My Wife

The Story of My Wife 2021

5.94

A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.

2021

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012

7.60

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

2012

Liza, the Fox-Fairy

Liza, the Fox-Fairy 2015

7.36

Liza is a naïve, lonely 30-year-old nurse who wants to fall in love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every man who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse?

2015

Savior

Savior 1998

7.21

A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.

1998

Fateless

Fateless 2005

6.92

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 Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one's dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is natural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood.

2005

Ruben Brandt, Collector

Ruben Brandt, Collector 2018

7.40

Psychotherapist Ruben Brandt becomes the most wanted criminal in the world when he and four of his patients steal paintings from the world's most renowned museums and art collections.

2018

The Whiskey Bandit

The Whiskey Bandit 2017

6.50

Between 1993 and 1999, one man robbed 29 financial institutions in Budapest. Banks, post offices and even travel agencies fell victim to his crime spree. The police had no leads and no hope of finding him during his six-year stint. The only clue left behind at the crime scenes was the distinct aroma of whiskey. The media christened him the “Whiskey Bandit”. Never physically harming anyone, many began to eagerly follow his escapades through the media. A Transylvanian immigrant, who also happened to be a goalie for one of the city's largest hockey teams, named Attila Ambrus, was finally identified as the “Whiskey Bandit”. The police had finally captured him... or so they thought.

2017

Kontroll

Kontroll 2003

7.15

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and about a mysterious serial killer. And a tale about love.

2003

A martfűi rém

A martfűi rém 2016

6.42

A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang.

2016

Cat City

Cat City 1986

7.60

In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on planet X the crime-syndicated Cats try to erase the Mouse-population once and for all. A scientist of the mice, prof. Fushimishi seems to have found the weapon against the threat - so Intermouse calls its best (albeit retired) agent, Nick Grabowsky, to get the plans. As a distraction for the Cats, they also send a second agent - Seargent Lazy Dick - for the mission.

1986

Dear Heirs

Dear Heirs 2019

5.30

Hungarian remake of the Bulgarian series about a disconnect family living together in order to get an inheritance.

2019

Our Little Village

Our Little Village 2017

8.53

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.

2017

200 First Dates

200 First Dates 2018

8.40

Single and somewhat unattractive, Luca overhears her mother speaking with her younger sister, saying that she won't be able to bring a real boyfriend to her sister's wedding. Luca swears to defy this prediction and she makes a bet with her mother and declares that she'll find her true love in 275 days.

2018

Fallen

Fallen 2024

7.50

Follows the story of Luce, a young woman who is sent to a cult-like rehab facility called Sword & Cross to serve time for a crime she can't remember committing. Among the other residents, she encounters the enigmatic Daniel and exasperating but irresistible Cam, all of whom are under the watchful eye of the sinister chief doctor Howson, and devout twin sisters Miriam and Sophia. Luce must untangle the mystery of who she is and why she has a connection to Daniel that goes far back beyond their time in the institution

2024

X-Faktor

X-Faktor 2010

1

X-Faktor is the Hungarian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The show premiered in 2010 and it continues its success nowadays in the eleventh series.

2010

A Konyhafőnök

A Konyhafőnök 2014

7.00

A cooking competition where amatuer chefs compete for the title of A Konyhafőnök, the Chief Chef.

2014

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

Hungarian Folktales

Hungarian Folktales 1977

6.50

Hungarian Folktales is a Hungarian animated series. Each episode is based on a Hungarian folk tale. The creators paid special attention to using Hungarian folk motives in the episodes.

1977

The History of Hungary

The History of Hungary 2009

10.00

"Magyarország története" (The History of Hungary) is a documentary TV series created by Nagy György. It chronicles the history of the Hungarian people and nation; starting with the exodus from ancient Magna Hungaria (in today's Russia), via numerous occupations and wars, ending with the present day nation state.

2009