When I say ‘greatest’ in the title above I mean ‘most critically acclaimed, based on a consensus of opinion’ and for details of how I established that - and why this list only goes up to 2005 - please see ‘World Cinema Guide: Introduction’.
In the alphabetical table of contents at the right you will also find similar lists for other countries: World Cinema Guide China, World Cinema Guide France, World Cinema Guide Germany etc
Note that within this list there is in effect a ‘best of the best’ list: the most critically acclaimed 10-20% of films from this country are marked with a *.
1942 Men on the Mountains (Istvan Szots)
1947 Somewhere in Europe (Geza Von Radvanyi)
1947 Song of the Cornfields (Istvan Szots)
1955 Merry Go Round* (Zoltan Fabri)
1956 Professor Hannibal (Zoltan Fabri)
1965 The Corporal and Others (Marton Keleti)
1965 The Round Up* (Miklos Jancso)
1966 Cold Days (Andras Kovacs)
1966 The Father (Istvan Szabo)
1967 The Red and the White* (Miklos Jancso)
1969 Adrift (Jan Kadar)
1969 The Boys of Paul Street* (Zoltan Fabri)
1969 The Confrontation (Miklos Jancso)
1969 The Toth Family (Zoltan Fabri)
1970 The Falcons (Istvan Gaal)
1971 Love (Karoly Makk)
1971 Red Psalm* (Miklos Jancso)
1972 Cats' Play (Karoly Makk)
1975 Adoption* (Marta Meszaros)
1975 Blindfold (Andras Kovacs)
1979 Confidence* (Istvan Szabo)
1981 Mephisto* (Istvan Szabo)
1982 Another Way (Karoly Makk, Janos Xantus)
1983 Job's Revolt (Imre Gyongyossy, Barna Kabay)
1984 Diary for My Children* (Marta Meszaros)
1985 Colonel Redl* (Istvan Szabo)
1987 Diary for My Loved Ones* (Marta Meszaros)
1988 Damnation* (Bela Tarr)
1988 Hanussen* (Istvan Szabo)
1989 My 20th Century (Ildiko Enyedi)
1990 Diary for My Father and Mother (Marta Meszaros)
1994 Satantango* (Bela Tarr)
1994 Woyzeck (Janos Szasz)
1996 A Tale from the Labour Camp (Peter Gothar)
1998 Passion (Gyorgy Feher)
1999 Sunshine* (Istvan Szabo)
2000 Werckmeister Harmonies* (Bela Tarr)
2001 Chico (Ibolya Fekete)
2002 Hukkle* (Gyorgy Palfi)
2002 Pleasant Days (Kornel Mundruczo)
2003 Kontrol (Nimrod Antal)
2004 Being Julia* (Istvan Szabo)
2004 Dealer (Benedek Fliegauf)
2005 Fateless (Lajos Koltai)
2005 Johanna (Kornel Mundruczo)
In the alphabetical table of contents at the right you will also find similar lists for other countries: World Cinema Guide China, World Cinema Guide France, World Cinema Guide Germany etc
Note that within this list there is in effect a ‘best of the best’ list: the most critically acclaimed 10-20% of films from this country are marked with a *.
1947 Somewhere in Europe (Geza Von Radvanyi)
1947 Song of the Cornfields (Istvan Szots)
1955 Merry Go Round* (Zoltan Fabri)
1956 Professor Hannibal (Zoltan Fabri)
1965 The Corporal and Others (Marton Keleti)
1965 The Round Up* (Miklos Jancso)
1966 Cold Days (Andras Kovacs)
1966 The Father (Istvan Szabo)
1967 The Red and the White* (Miklos Jancso)
1969 Adrift (Jan Kadar)
1969 The Boys of Paul Street* (Zoltan Fabri)
1969 The Confrontation (Miklos Jancso)
1969 The Toth Family (Zoltan Fabri)
1970 The Falcons (Istvan Gaal)
1971 Love (Karoly Makk)
1971 Red Psalm* (Miklos Jancso)
1972 Cats' Play (Karoly Makk)
1975 Adoption* (Marta Meszaros)
1975 Blindfold (Andras Kovacs)
1979 Confidence* (Istvan Szabo)
1981 Mephisto* (Istvan Szabo)
1982 Another Way (Karoly Makk, Janos Xantus)
1983 Job's Revolt (Imre Gyongyossy, Barna Kabay)
1984 Diary for My Children* (Marta Meszaros)
1985 Colonel Redl* (Istvan Szabo)
1987 Diary for My Loved Ones* (Marta Meszaros)
1988 Damnation* (Bela Tarr)
1988 Hanussen* (Istvan Szabo)
1989 My 20th Century (Ildiko Enyedi)
1990 Diary for My Father and Mother (Marta Meszaros)
1994 Satantango* (Bela Tarr)
1994 Woyzeck (Janos Szasz)
1996 A Tale from the Labour Camp (Peter Gothar)
1998 Passion (Gyorgy Feher)
1999 Sunshine* (Istvan Szabo)
2000 Werckmeister Harmonies* (Bela Tarr)
2001 Chico (Ibolya Fekete)
2002 Hukkle* (Gyorgy Palfi)
2002 Pleasant Days (Kornel Mundruczo)
2003 Kontrol (Nimrod Antal)
2004 Being Julia* (Istvan Szabo)
2004 Dealer (Benedek Fliegauf)
2005 Fateless (Lajos Koltai)
2005 Johanna (Kornel Mundruczo)
