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- DirectorGyörgy PálfiStarsFerenc BandiJózsefné RáczJózsef FarkasUsing almost no dialogue, the film follows a number of residents (both human and animal) of a small rural community in Hungary - an old man with hiccups, a shepherdess and her sheep, an old woman who may or may not be up to no good, some folk-singers at a wedding, etc. While most of the film is a series of vignettes, there is a sinister and often barely perceptible subplot involving murder.
- DirectorGergely FonyóStarsKároly GesztesiGiannis ZouganelisNatalia DragoumiA hitman's next target is a dentist in Greece. Unluckily for both of them, the murderer has a toothache.
- DirectorBence GyöngyössyStarsZoltán MucsiPéter SchererJózsef SzarvasAfter they got imprisoned, small-time criminals Kuplung and Csumpi tell their stories to their cell-mate of how they have planned the most imperfect robbery. Their big idea was to rob the Money-liquidation Warehouse. The movie shows how they fielded a team to execute the robbing and how everything went wrong.
- DirectorTamás SasStarsPatricia KovácsGábor MátéJózsa HacserA one-room drama about a very young woman and her middle-aged lover.
- DirectorPéter GáborStarsJ. Tamás TóthHypós FeriSarolta Zöldhegyi
- DirectorJózsef PacskovszkyStarsZsolt LászlóNóra HörichTünde Majsai-NyilasThe prime suspect in a murder may be responsible for the death of the detective's daughter, but is he seeking justice or revenge?
- DirectorGyörgy FehérStarsPéter HaumannJános DerzsiJudit PogányWhen a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.
- DirectorPéter TímárStarsGábor ReviczkyJudit PogányVanda KovácsA 50 year-old entrepreneur Mr. Fikász rents a small resort at lake Balaton. He tries to make a lot of money for his family but along the way he makes a lot of bad decisions.
- DirectorGábor DettreStarsZoltán MucsiKamilla FátyolAnna GyörgyiKarcsi, a Roma policeman, lives with Eva, a Swede. One day he is called to the scene of the murder of a wealthy trafficker. He begins to investigate the crime, interrogate suspects and untangle a complex situation.
- DirectorJózsef Kovalik Sr.StarsZsolt AngerIván KamarásOszkár GátiThe movie presents the story of police officers in Budapest, investigating a series of ritual murders. The cops, deadly exhausted by the inspection, are both hunters and game - as all the victims are police constables. In such a taut situation, they are not entirely happy to have John Holdon (Iván Kamarás), the newly arrived Interpol agent, an expert of serial murders. Together with homicide detective captain Rezes (Zsolt Páll), through rivalry and cooperation, they both are desperately trying to find the killers. Racing time and fighting their way through motor clubs, universities and secret fight clubs, they slowly start doubting who they are risking their life for... This is the first feature film by József Kovalik, who has more than 20 years experience in the world of movie actions as stunt performer and coordinator.
- DirectorIstván BujtorStarsIstván BujtorLászló KozákAndrás KernHungarian action comedy taking place in 1991. This film is part of the series written, directed and starred by Istvan Bujtor which are loosely connected to each other by the main characters: investigators Dr Kardos and Csopi Otvos. The plot starts in Athens with a murder that soon turns into an investigation after a European drug cartell across Greece, Hungary and Germany. The main character of the film is given by the dialogues reflecting stereotypes of the Hungarian mindset in the 1990s post-systemic change world.
- DirectorErik NovákStarsZsolt NagyVera BaranyaiLevente TörkölyNOSEDIVE depicts a world of unlimited drugs, wild parties, beautiful people, and no sleep. However, when reality takes a dark turn, a group of characters are forced to step out of the nightclub and into darkness.
- DirectorPéter BergendyStarsZsolt AngerPéter SchererBence TasnádiThe police hire a convicted bank robber to crack the Ministry of Interior's vault during the final days of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. But what they find inside is quite different from what they were expecting.
- DirectorAttila GigorStarsZsolt AngerAndrás Márton BalóPéter BlaskóBadly needing money for the treatment of his ill mother, pathologist Tibor Malkáv accepts the proposition of a stranger to murder someone he doesn't know a thing about.
- DirectorAttila ÁrpaStarsPéter AndoraiAndrea BalázsTsogbaatar BatzorigHungarian 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 band of retarded thugs back together and the action starts. As expected, Tibi completely screws up the job and becomes the target of Japanese Assassins, a very angry Gypsie family and the entire Slovakian Army. Gags and action and no political correctness at all. The Hungarian heat is on.
- DirectorIsti MadarászStarsDénes SzárazDorina MartinovicsZsolt AngerA drug dealer and his girlfriend betray their boss on their last mission, and the lead gets stuck in a timeloop.
- DirectorÉva GárdosStarsKrisztián KolovratnikRéka TenkiJános KulkaA murder mystery set in Budapest, 1936. Just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler, a young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate - except Gordon a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.
- DirectorKároly Ujj MészárosStarsRenátó OlaszZsófia BujákiAbigél SzõkeWould you believe in a policewoman who suffers from such serious panic disorders that she is afraid to get close to any crime scene and has been on permanent office duty for more than a decade? Would you believe a lone mother who is unfit to pay her mortgage and also raise her rebellious teenage daughter? Indeed, no one believes that the troubled ex-detective has discovered a serial murder case. Personal dramas and a murder mystery unfold in present-day Budapest, where demonstrations are part of the pre-election life of a city still trying to cope with the shadows of its historical and recent past. It is a city where nothing seems honest and true, except through the eyes of an emotionally unstable policewoman and her misfit daughter who wants to know who her father truly was.
- DirectorBéla TarrÁgnes HranitzkyStarsMiroslav KrobotTilda SwintonErika BókAfter witnessing a crime during his night shift as railway switchman near the docks, a man finds a briefcase full of money. While he and his family step up their living standards, others start looking for the disappeared case.
- DirectorÁrpád SopsitsStarsKároly HajdukGábor JászberényiZsolt AngerTrue story of a serial killer in 1950-60s Hungary.
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsSándor CsányiEszter BallaZoltán MucsiA tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsBence SzalayZoltán SchneiderViktor KlemA rootless young man in Ceausescu's Romania crosses the Hungarian border looking for a better future. With his back against the wall in the post-socialist turmoil, he becomes the most successful bank robber in Hungarian history.
- DirectorMilorad KrsticStarsIván KamarásCsaba MártonGabriella HámoriFour expert thieves attempt to steal every famous artwork that is haunting their mutual psychotherapist. A detective attempts to find out who the "Collector" is.
- DirectorDezsö ZsigmondStarsEszter Nagy-KálózySándor GáspárGyörgy BarkóAnita and her married boyfriend, András, get involved with some heavy hitters who smuggle from the Ukraine into Hungary. The deeper into it they get, the more their relationship is strained; things aren't helped by the unexpected visit that András's pregnant wife pays Anita and her mother. At a nightclub, Anita meets Alex, a Ruthenian who's a collector of folk songs. The two of them begin an affair, and András may be left out in the cold, with the local mob still waiting for him to deliver the goods. How patient will they be, how desperate will András get, and how will Anita sort out loyalty and infatuation?
- DirectorZsolt BernáthStarsTibor BallaEndre BeleznayAndrás BodaTwo amateur criminals, Einstein and Shotgun, performs a burglary that goes terribly wrong. Continues into a three-person-hostage situation and media coverage.