This article lists internationally distributed films that: were shot on location in the city of Budapest, capital of Hungary use the city of Budapest as a set to portray other cities have the story or part of the story set in Budapest, but were not shot there if they are animated films, have Budapest as their identifiable venue
Since the 1990s, Budapest has been home to many international film productions. More recently the level of filming has increased, and at peak times up to three or four films will be in shooting. The reasons for this were given by film producer André Szőts in lectures given at the Eötvös Loránd University and in a 2004 television interview on Hungarian television TV2. According to Szőts, Hungary provides for a relatively cheap budget (e.g. salaries are much lower than just about anywhere in the West), and Budapest has kept the image of a city that is so diverse in building types from different eras that it could be substituted for (or disguised to be) any large European city. Szőts has given an example of a French film he produced in which Budapest was a set for 30 different cities.
Music videos shot in Budapest
Arash: Pure Love Clueso: Mitnehm David Deejay: So Bizarre Mylène Farmer: Désenchantée (1991) Groove Coverage: Moonlight Shadow Michael Jackson – HIStory teaser, venue: Budapest, Hősök tere (1995) Madonna: Don't Cry for Me Argentina (1996) (venue: Andrassy Avenue) Roger Sanchez: "You can't change me" (2000) Sarah Connor: From Sarah with Love (2001) (venue: Keleti ("Eastern") railway station) Jovanotti: Mi fido di te Lenny Kravitz: Dancing Till Dawn Liberty X: Holding On for You maNga: Cevapsız Sorular Ziggi Recado: Need to Tell You This Ela Rose featuring David Deejay: I Can Feel Jolin Tsai: "A Wonder in Madrid" Jamie Woon: Lady Luck Daniel Docherty: Hold Me The Chemical Brothers: "The Boxer" (2005) Gwen Stefani: "Early Winter" (2006) (venues: Nyugati ("Western") railway station, inside the waiting room of Queen Elisabeth and Franz Joseph) Katy Perry: "Firework" (2010) (venues: Castle Quarter, rooftop at Astoria) Selena Gomez & the Scene: "Round & Round" (2010) (venues: Parliament, Hungarian State Opera, Hungarian State Opera House, Danubius Hotel Astoria, Arcades of Dob street, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Buda Castle, Buda Castle Quarter, Fisherman's Bastion, Danube Promenade, Trams in Budapest, Nyugati Rail Hub area) George Ezra: "Budapest" (2013) (lyrics portray Budapest, music video not shot in Budapest) Teen Top: "Missing" (2014) Davichi: Sorry I'm Happy (2015) Deepside Deejays: Never Be Alone Avicii: "For a Better Day" (2015) Avicii: "Pure Grinding" (2015) Ellie Goulding, Diplo, Swae Lee: "Close To Me" (2018) (venues: Fisherman's Bastion, Buda Castle, Castle Garden Bazaar, Gellért Baths) (music video shot in Budapest) Will Smith, Nicky Jam, Era Istrefi, Diplo, Ronaldinho: "Live It Up (Official Song 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia)" (2018) (venues: Nagyvásártelep, K-bridge at Hajógyári Island, Óbuda, 1052 Budapest, Károly körút 28.) Hwang Min-hyun (Minhyun from NU'EST): Universe (2019) Issam Alnajjar: Hadal Ahbek (2020) Issam Alnajjar: Mn Gheirik Enti (2021) SEVENTEEN (South Korean band): "GOD OF MUSIC" (KO: "(세븐틴) '음악의 신' Official MV") (2023) (Budapest streets and Korda Studios) https://kordastudio.hu/soul/credits/music-video/ Jungkook (from BTS): "Standing Next to You" (2023) (Kelenföld Power Station, F1 Hungaroring and Origo Studios) Jungkook (from BTS), Jack Harlow: "3D" (2023) (Origo Studios) Jimin (from BTS): "Who" (2024) (Korda Studios) https://kordastudio.hu/soul/credits/music-video/
Films and television series shot in Budapest YearTitleFilming Location(s)Setting(s)Details1939Two Girls on the StreetHunnia Film Studio, 13th district of Budapest (location shots)Budapest1964The Golden Head 1968The Fixer1972Bluebeard1975Love and DeathRussia1977The Prince and the PauperEngland1981Escape to VictoryParis1983Grizzly II: Revengereleased in 20211988Red HeatMoscowstarring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim BelushiUSSR1989Etoile1989Music Box1989Howling V: The Rebirth1990Cyrano de BergeracParis1992Stalin1992MaigretParis1993M. ButterflyParis1994My Girl 21995Citizen XMoscowUSSR1995A Kid in King Arthur's CourtAncient Camelot1995Mortal Kombat1996EvitaBuenos Aires1996Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny1997The HunchbackParis1997The Cremaster Cycle (Episode 5)1998A Knight in CamelotAncient Camelot1998The Phantom of the Opera1999Gloomy Sunday1999Au Pair1999Jakob the LiarPoland1999Straight from the HeartRome2000In the Beginning2001An American Rhapsody2001Spy GameEast Berlin, East Germany2001Last Run2002Dinotopia2002Perlasca – Un eroe Italiano2002I SpyBuda Castle, Fisherman's Bastion, Matthias Church, Chain Bridge, Hungarian Parliament, Gellért Baths, Hotel GellértBudapeststarring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson2002Valami Amerika aka A Kind of AmericaHungarian film2002–Való VilágReal World/Big Brother Hungary2002MaxBerlin2003The Lion in Winter2003KontrollBudapestHungarian film2003UnderworldFerenciek tere, Gozsdu udvar2004Being JuliaLondon20058mm 22005MunichRomeportrayed as additional citiesParisLondon2006Day of WrathSpain2006Copying BeethovenVienna2006Eragon2006Severance2007Painkiller Jane2008100 Feet 2008Good2008Hellboy 2: The Golden ArmyKorda Studios2008Transporter 3starring Jason Statham2008The Boy in the Striped PyjamasBerlin2008Valami Amerika 2, EN: A Kind Of America 2Hungarian film, sequel to: Valami Amerika2009Budapest2009IrisSouth Korean series (K-Drama)2010Iris: The MovieSouth Korean film2010Pillars of the Earth2010The Nutcracker in 3DVienna2010Juan2010La Rafle2010The DebtEast Berlin, East Germany2010Carlos (Carlos the Jackal)2010–X-FaktorX-Factor Hungary2011The Rite2011The Borgias2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2011Season of the Witch2011Bel AmiParis2011Die Samenhändlerin2011Silent Witness2011Mission: Impossible – Ghost ProtocolAerial drone footage of Hungarian Parliament, Danube, St. Stephen's Basilica, Keleti stationBudapestOpening 00:00-02:15 of film takes place in Budapest2011Monte CarloHungarian State Opera, Raleigh Studios Budapest, Dunakeszi, Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, ParisMany Paris and Monte Carlo scenes were shot in BudapestMonte Carlo2011The Eagle2011In the Land of Blood and HoneyAngelina Jolie directed2011Asterix and Obelix: God Save BritanniaAncient Britannia2012The Raven2013Draculaon NBC2013A Good Day to Die HardBudapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (as JFK Airport), Heroes' Square, Formula One racing circuit Hungaroring, Old Soviet Air Force Base/ Kiskunlacháza Airport in Kiskunlacháza (as Chernobyl), Raleigh Studios Budapest, Párizsi Udvar/Paris CourtNew York-JFK Airportstarring Bruce Willis and Jai CourtneyMoscowRussiaChernobyl2013World War ZMoscowstarring Brad Pitt201347 Ronin18th centuryJapanstarring Keanu Reeves2013The Art of the StealWarsaw2013Iris II: New GenerationSouth Korean series (K-Drama)2013Iris 2: The MovieSouth Korean film2014Doctor StrangerSouth Korean series (K-Drama)2014Herculesstarring Dwayne Johnson2014Kenau2014–2019The Last Kingdom4 seasons shot in Budapest2014Underdog2014White God2015SpyBudapest Airport Terminal 1 as Fiumicino Airport, Lake Balaton (as itself & as Varna), Tihany Abbey, Tihany, Kelenföld, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace, Fót Studios, Danube, Hungarian Parliament, Budapest Whale(hu) (as open air concert in Paris), Chain Bridge, Hungarian State Opera (as Casinò di Roma), Origo StudiosParisstarring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Rose ByrneRomeFiumicino AirportBudapestLake Balaton2015The MartianBudapest Whale(hu) as NASA's Johnson Space CenterBeijingstarring Matt DamonNASA's Johnson Space Center2016Infernostarring Tom Hanks2016MaigretTV series2016SpectralMoldova2016Don't BreatheStern Film Studio, Pomáz, Hungary as interiors of The Blind Man's house; Nagyvásártelep as car sceneprimarily shot in Hungary with only a few brief scenes actually filmed in Detroit2017The Crown (season 2)GermanyNetflix original series2017Blade Runner 2049starring Ryan Gosling2017Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan 22017Atomic BlondeWest Berlinstarring Charlize TheronEast Berlin2017Red SparrowBudapeststarring Jennifer LawrenceHelsinkiMoscow2017Raabta 2018Valami Amerika 3, EN: A Kind Of America 3Hungarian film, sequel to Valami Amerika 1 (2002) and 2 (2008)2018Man to Man 2018BudapestNetflix original series2018Homeland (season 7)MoscowUSA Network original2018Sunset2018Terminal2018The Spy Who Dumped MeBUD Airport T1 as LAX Airport interiors; BUD Airport Parking Lot as LAX Airport Parking Lot; Corvin Park (where Audrey and Morgan attempt to steal a vintage car from old couple, Hungarian actors: Ági Bánfalvy and Áron László); Technical University of Budapest's Library (as Bibliothèque Mazarine); KÖKI Terminal Shopping Centre; Józsefváros' A Grund pub (as an LA bar); Csepel (as Amsterdam); Vajdahunyad Castle (as Prague Castle); Terézváros' Eötvös u.; Szatyor Bár, Bartók Béla út 36 (Audrey and Morgan dye their hair there); Kelenföld railway station (as Wien Hauptbahnhof); Budapest Whale(hu) (Nadedja drives off with the Ferrari in Berlin); Szabadság tér (Sebastian and the girls drive out of the underground car park in Paris and also when minutes later they make a U-turn with the car); Premier Outlet Biatorbágy (Audrey walks with Sebastian to the surveillance van in LA)Budapeststarring Kate McKinnon, Mila Kunis, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian AndersonViennaBerlinParisLos AngelesLAX AirportLithuaniaPragueAmsterdam2018Colette2018The Alienist2018Robin Hoodstarring Jamie Foxx2015–2018Golden Life AKA AranyéletBudapestcurrently available on HBO Max with English and other subtitles. Original networks: HBO Europe, HBO Go, HBO Hungary2018Alarm für Cobra 11 season 24, episode 1: "Most Wanted"Hungarian Parliament Building, Kossuth Square, Alkotmány utca, Keleti station, Liberty Bridge, Danube Promenade, Ethnographic Museum, Lion's Court (inside Buda Castle), Buda CastleBudapestaired: September 13, 2018 (Germany), June 6, 2021 (Hungary); Hungarian title: Cobra 112019The RookiesHungarian State Opera House, Liberty Bridge, Gellért Hill, Váci Street, Liberty Square Budapest2019–The WitcherNetflix original series2019Midsommarstarring Florence Pugh2019–HannaAmazon Prime Video original series2019–2020Treadstoneprimary filming and photography in BudapestBudapestbased in the Jason Bourne movie/book universe US: USA Network original, Internationally: Amazon Prime Video original seriesBerlinParisLondonBucharestMoscow2019Gemini ManMargaret Bridge, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Hungarian Parliament Building, Heroes' Square and CIty Park, Margaret Island, Danube Promenade, Fisherman's Bastion, Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Matthias Church, Vajdahunyad Castle, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Liberty Square, Buda Castle Quarter, Origo Studios 1151 Budapest, Hungary)Budapest starring Will Smith2019K-122019Terminator: Dark Fatestarring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Luna20196 UndergroundNetflix original film, starring Ryan Reynolds2019The KingFilmed in Szilvásvárad village in Heves County, Northeastern Hungarystarring Robert Pattinson, Timothée Chalamet 2019 The Song of Names Budapest, Hungary London; Poland; New York City Filmed partly in Hungary; starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.2010–2020Strike Backseasons 2, 4–62020–Álarcos énekesHungarian Masked Singer on RTL Klub2020BloodshotBudapeststarring Vin Diesel2020RadioactiveParisAmazon Prime Video original film2020HuntersAmazon Prime Video original series, starring Al Pacino2020Pesti BalhéBudapestAKA: Budapest Heist2019, Jan 1– 2020, Dec 23Drága Örökösök (EN: Dear Heirs)Budapest2021Outside the WireNetflix original film, starring Anthony Mackie