Category
page 11980s Hungarian-language films

Mephisto
1981 film directed by István Szabó

Stranger Than Paradise
1984 film directed by Jim Jarmusch

Music Box
1989 film by Costa-Gavras

The Little Fox
1981 Hungarian animated film directed by Attila Dargay

Colonel Redl
1985 film by István Szabó

Hanussen
1988 film by István Szabó

Another Way
1982 film by Károly Makk

Confidence
Confidence () is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó, set in the waning days of World War II. It chronicles the story of two resistance members who are compelled to assume the roles of husband and wife in order to evade detection by the Nazis, despite being married to others. The film garnered critical acclaim, earning Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.

My 20th Century
1989 film by Ildikó Enyedi

Cat City
1986 film directed by Béla Ternovszky

The Annunciation
1984 film directed by András Jeles

The Revolt of Job
1983 film by Imre Gyöngyössy

Diary for My Children
1984 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros

Hanna's War
1988 film by Menahem Golan

Son of the White Mare
1981 Hungarian animated film directed by Marcell Jankovics

Szaffi
Szaffi (USA titled The Treasure of Swamp Castle) is a 1985 Hungarian-Canadian animated film directed by Attila Dargay. It is based on the 1885 book The Gypsy Baron by Mór Jókai, about the romance between a poor Hungarian aristocrat and a mysterious Romani-looking Turkish girl in the 18th century. Music from Johann Strauss II's operetta The Gypsy Baron, based on the same novel, is used for the film's soundtrack.

Time Stands Still
1982 film by Péter Gothár

The Heiresses
1980 film by Márta Mészáros

Dögkeselyű
1982 film by Ferenc András

Diary for My Lovers
1987 film by Márta Mészáros

Damnation
1987 film by Béla Tarr

The Prefab People
1982 film by Béla Tarr

A Pogány Madonna
1980 film by István Bujtor, Gyula Mészáros

The Midas Touch
1988 film by Géza Bereményi

Autumn Almanac
1984 film by Béla Tarr

Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste
1980 film by Péter Bacsó

The Princess
1983 Hungarian film by Pál Erdőss

Tight Quarters
1983 film

Do not Panic, Major Kardos
1982 film by István Bujtor

Season of Monsters
1987 film by Miklós Jancsó