# The best Hungarian films of all time

From Love to Son of Saul: the most important Hungarian films according to HVG's critics' list and the major international awards (HVG, Wikipedia, InStyle).

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- Jul 19, 2023 · kernel_budapest
- https://even.best/en/l/2604/the-best-hungarian-films-of-all-time

## Top 13

1. **Love (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Károly Makk; first on HVG's list.
2. **The Round-Up (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Miklós Jancsó's film about outlaws.
3. **Time Stands Still (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Péter Gothár, teenagers in the 1960s.
4. **Szindbád (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Zoltán Huszárik, from Gyula Krúdy.
5. **Sátántangó (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Béla Tarr's seven-hour film.
6. **Son of Saul (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — László Nemes Jeles; Oscar winner.
7. **The Fifth Seal (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Zoltán Fábri, under the Arrow Cross regime.
8. **The Witness (1969)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Péter Bacsó's satire of the 1950s.
9. **My 20th Century (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ildikó Enyedi; Caméra d'Or at Cannes.
10. **Confidence (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — István Szabó, a couple during the war.
11. **Mephisto (1981)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — István Szabó and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Oscar winner.
12. **Merry-Go-Round (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Zoltán Fábri, love on a village merry-go-round.
13. **On Body and Soul (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ildikó Enyedi; Golden Bear.

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