Béla Tarr Movies

The story of a mother who now needs the full-time care of her son who struggles to keep giving it.

Consistent of only two long shots, three witches predict that Macbeth will ascend to the throne of Scotland. To fulfill this prophecy, Lady Macbeth...

A film within a film within a film within a fish.

Using verite conventions, a young couple with a baby and a child are worn away by the monotony of their lives.

A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until...

A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.

A family slowly disintegrates under various pressures in late 1970s communist Hungary.

A brother and sister return home from the capital for Christmas to reunite with childhood friends and first loves. They hold a party. They drink...

In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

Documentary about a hostel for workers. An old worker suspected of stealing a motor gets fired from the factory and must leave the hostel.

The story of a mother who now needs the full-time care of her son who struggles to keep giving it.

An enterprising young man who practices medicine, striving to win the affection of his beloved, vows to cure her mother of a serious illness. To...

Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins during the apocalypse.

Diplomafilm is a short film that Béla Tarr made to graduate from Art School, in 1981. It is the predecessor of The Prefab People, with the...

Zoltai is a Hungarian professor who returns home after a visit to the United States. Following a television interview, he commits suicide and leaves...

In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past. Landscapes give way to soundscapes, and...

A woman and her lover plot to kill her older husband.

A young boy plays an accordion in a shopping mall. Béla Tarr picks up the camera one more time to shoot his very last scene. It is his anger...