Portrait of Béla Tarr

Directing

Béla Tarr

Career

Active from 1978 to 2019, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Satantango
Satantango
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Béla Tarr Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.5, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Hungarian Cinema 5
  • European Cinema 3
  • Historical Context 3
  • Psychological Study 2
  • Existential Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Slow Cinema 2
  • Black and White 2
  • Artistic Expression 2
  • Rural Decay 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Philosophical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Be Water My Friend
Be Water My Friend

Consulting Accountant

Places Half Empty
Places Half Empty

Executive Producer

Coda
Coda

Producer

2020s

12 titles · average score 64
Living Stones
Living Stones (2025)

Executive Producer

Lullaby for the Mountains
Lullaby for the Mountains (2025)

Executive Producer

Stars of Little Importance
Stars of Little Importance (2025)

Executive Producer

Rumours
Rumours (2024)
GoodWatch score 58

Thanks

Árni
Árni (2024)

Creative Producer

The Cowboy
The Cowboy (2024)

Thanks

Deer Bell
Deer Bell (2023)

Producer

Coda
Coda (2023)

Producer

Isten hozott
Isten hozott (2022)

Thanks

Lamb
Lamb (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

Letters from the Ends of the World
Letters from the Ends of the World (2021)

Producer

Mami, La Moula
Mami, La Moula (2020)

Supervising Editor

2010s

15 titles · average score 72
Missing People
Missing People (2019)

Director

Paola Makes a Wish
Paola Makes a Wish (2019)

Producer

The Tree
The Tree (2018)

Thanks

Muhamed
Muhamed (2017)

Writer, Director

Aragane
Aragane (2017)

Consulting Producer

The Parrot
The Parrot (2016)

Thanks

Man in the Well
Man in the Well (2016)
GoodWatch score 59

Producer

Tuga
Tuga (2014)

Producer

Lost in Bosnia
Lost in Bosnia (2014)

Executive Producer

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer

Hungary 2011
Hungary 2011 (2012)

Producer

The Turin Horse
The Turin Horse (2011)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Screenplay

2000s

8 titles · average score 66
The Man from London
The Man from London (2008)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Associate Producer

Fragment
Fragment (2007)

Producer

Johanna
Johanna (2005)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer

Visions of Europe
Visions of Europe (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

Prologue
Prologue (2004)

Director

Parola (su una data)
Parola (su una data) (2003)

TV show

Werckmeister Harmonies
Werckmeister Harmonies (2001)
GoodWatch score 88

Director, Co-Writer

György Fehér's Films According to Béla Tarr
György Fehér's Films According to Béla Tarr (2001)

Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 70
Passion
Passion (1998)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

Journey on the Plain
Journey on the Plain (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Satantango
Satantango (1994)
GoodWatch score 92

Director, Screenplay

City Life
City Life (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

The Last Boat
The Last Boat (1990)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Writer

Twilight
Twilight (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

Consulting Producer

1980s

7 titles · average score 73
Damnation
Damnation (1988)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer, Director

Season of Monsters
Season of Monsters (1987)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jesus as Mental Patient

Autumn Almanac
Autumn Almanac (1984)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer, Director

Macbeth
Macbeth (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Screenplay

The Prefab People
The Prefab People (1982)
GoodWatch score 85

Director, Writer

The Outsider
The Outsider (1981)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

Diplomafilm
Diplomafilm (1981)

Director, Script

1970s

3 titles · average score 67
Family Nest
Family Nest (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer, Director

Cinemarxism
Cinemarxism (1979)

Director

Hotel Magnezit
Hotel Magnezit (1978)
GoodWatch score 58

Director, Writer

1960s

1 title
Iván Iljics halála
Iván Iljics halála (1965)

as Vászja (as Tar Béla)