The best Béla Tarr films
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Sátántangó (1994) · Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) · The Turin Horse (2011). (Updated Feb 5, 2026.)
From Family Nest to The Turin Horse: Béla Tarr's films as ranked by audiences and critics (Kritikus Tömeg, InStyle, In Magazin).
Automatically translated (original in Magyar). See the original
Top 10
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1
Sátántangó (1994)
Seven and a half hours in a crumbling Hungarian village; one of cinema's peaks.
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2
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
A circus and a stuffed whale arrive in a small town.
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3
The Turin Horse (2011)
A father and daughter on a windswept farm; Silver Bear.
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4
Damnation (1988)
The first true Tarr film, in black and white, with Mihály Víg's music.
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5
The Prefab People (1982)
A married couple in a prefab flat.
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6
Family Nest (1979)
His first feature, about the housing shortage.
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7
The Outsider (1981)
A musician who doesn't fit in anywhere.
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8
Almanac of Fall (1984)
Five people in a flat, in coloured light.
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9
The Man from London (2007)
A Georges Simenon novel in a port town.
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10
Macbeth (1982)
A TV film in two shots.
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