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10 Best Movies Like A Hungarian Fairy Tale

If you loved A Hungarian Fairy Tale, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
There Was Once a Family

There Was Once a Family

1972★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hungarian Fairy Tale for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

This film describes the narrator's childhood, the years before and after the Hungarian Soviet Republic, in a burlesque and fabulous style and with the humour of a child's fantasy....

#2
Film

Film

2012★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hungarian Fairy Tale for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a bl...

#3
Animal Instincts 2

Animal Instincts 2

1994★ 4.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hungarian Fairy Tale for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unhappy divorcée has the bad fortune to move next door to a security systems installer, a voyeur whose hobby is planting hidden video cameras in the bedrooms of all his clients....

#4
Jigen Daisuke

Jigen Daisuke

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hungarian Fairy Tale for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person he’s been seeking. Then, Jigen...

#5
A

A

1998★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hungarian Fairy Tale for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous...

#6
Film

Film

1967★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Hungarian Fairy Tale for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Before the three feature films, Mario Schifano directs the camera towards the people around him to create real film diaries. His friends, his time partner and the artists he freque...