List of films shot in Budapest

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

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* 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)
* 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"[1]
* 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)[1]
* 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: Amo Never Be Alone (2015)
* 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)
* Jungkook (from BTS): "Standing Next to You" (2023)
* Roger Sanchez: "You can't change me" (2000)

## Films and television series shot in Budapest

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Year  | Title  | Filming Location(s)  | Setting(s)  | Details

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1939  | Two Girls on the Street | Hunnia Film Studio, 13th district of Budapest (location shots)  | Budapest |
1964  | The Golden Head |  |  |
1968  | The Fixer |  |  |
1972  | Bluebeard |  |  |
1975  | Love and Death |  | Russia |
1977  | The Prince and the Pauper |  | England |
1981  | Escape to Victory |  | Paris |
1983  | Grizzly II: Revenge |  |  | released in 2021
1988  | Red Heat |  | Moscow | starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi
USSR
1989  | Etoile |  |  |
1989  | Music Box |  |  |
1989  | Howling V: The Rebirth |  |  |
1990  | Cyrano de Bergerac |  | Paris |
1992  | Stalin |  |  |
1992  | Maigret |  | Paris |
1993  | M. Butterfly |  | Paris |
1994  | My Girl 2 |  |  |
1995  | Citizen X |  | Moscow |
USSR
1995  | A Kid in King Arthur's Court |  | Ancient Camelot |
1995  | Mortal Kombat |  |  |
1996  | Evita |  | Buenos Aires |
1996  | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny |  |  |
1997  | The Hunchback |  | Paris |
1997  | The Cremaster Cycle (Episode 5) |  |  |
1998  | A Knight in Camelot |  | Ancient Camelot |
1998  | The Phantom of the Opera |  |  |
1999  | Gloomy Sunday |  |  |
1999  | Au Pair |  |  |
1999  | Jakob the Liar |  | Poland |
1999  | Straight from the Heart |  | Rome |
2000  | In the Beginning |  |  |
2001  | An American Rhapsody |  |  |
2001  | Spy Game |  | East Berlin, East Germany |
2001  | Last Run |  |  | [2]
2002  | Dinotopia |  |  |
2002  | Perlasca –

Un eroe Italiano

|  |  |
2002  | I Spy | Buda Castle, Fisherman's Bastion, Matthias Church, Chain Bridge, Hungarian Parliament, Gellért Baths, Hotel Gellért | Budapest | starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson
2002  | Valami Amerika

aka A Kind of America

|  |  | Hungarian film
2002– | Való Világ |  |  | Real World/Big Brother Hungary
2002  | Max |  | Berlin |
2003  | The Lion in Winter |  |  |
2003  | Kontroll |  | Budapest | Hungarian film
2003  | Underworld | Ferenciek tere,[3] Gozsdu udvar[4] |  |
2004  | Being Julia |  | London |
2005  | 8mm 2 |  |  |
2005  | Munich |  | Rome | portrayed as additional cities
Paris
London
2006  | Day of Wrath |  | Spain |
2006  | Copying Beethoven |  | Vienna |
2006  | Eragon |  |  |
2006  | Severance |  |  |
2007  | Painkiller Jane |  |  |
2008  | 100 Feet |  |  |
2008  | Good |  |  |
2008  | Hellboy 2: The Golden Army | Korda Studios |  |
2008  | Transporter 3 |  |  | starring

Jason Statham

2008  | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |  | Berlin |
2008  | Valami Amerika 2, EN: A Kind Of America 2 |  |  | Hungarian film, sequel to: Valami Amerika
2009  | Budapest |  |  |
2009  | Iris |  |  | South Korean series (K-Drama)
2010  | Iris: The Movie |  |  | South Korean film
2010  | Pillars of the Earth |  |  |
2010  | The Nutcracker in 3D |  | Vienna |
2010  | Juan |  |  |
2010  | La Rafle |  |  |
2010  | The Debt |  | East Berlin, East Germany |
2010  | Carlos (Carlos the Jackal) |  |  | [5]
2010– | X-Faktor |  |  | X-Factor Hungary
2011  | The Rite |  |  |
2011  | The Borgias |  |  |
2011  | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |  |  |
2011  | Season of the Witch |  |  |
2011  | Bel Ami |  | Paris |
2011  | Die Samenhändlerin |  |  |
2011  | Silent Witness |  |  |
2011  | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Aerial drone footage of Hungarian Parliament, Danube, St. Stephen's Basilica, Keleti station | Budapest | Opening 00:00-02:15 of film takes place in Budapest
2011  | Monte Carlo | Hungarian State Opera, Raleigh Studios Budapest, Dunakeszi, Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library,  | Paris | Many Paris and Monte Carlo scenes were shot in Budapest
Monte Carlo
2011  | The Eagle |  |  |
2011  | In the Land of Blood and Honey |  |  | Angelina Jolie directed
2011  | Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia |  | Ancient Britannia |
2012  | The Raven |  |  |
2013  | Dracula |  |  | on NBC
2013  | A Good Day to Die Hard | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (as JFK Airport), Heroes' Square, Formula One racing circuit Hungaroring, Old Soviet Air Force Base/[1] Kiskunlacháza Airport in Kiskunlacháza (as Chernobyl), Raleigh Studios Budapest, Párizsi Udvar/Paris Court  | New York-JFK Airport | starring Bruce Willis and Jai Courtney
Moscow
Russia
Chernobyl
2013  | World War Z |  | Moscow | starring Brad Pitt
2013  | 47 Ronin |  | 18th centuryJapan | starring Keanu Reeves
2013  | The Art of the Steal |  | Warsaw |
2013  | Iris II: New Generation |  |  | South Korean series (K-Drama)
2013  | Iris 2: The Movie |  |  | South Korean film
2014  | Doctor Stranger |  |  | South Korean series (K-Drama)
2014  | Hercules |  |  | starring Dwayne Johnson
2014  | Kenau |  |  |
2014–2019  | The Last Kingdom |  |  | 4 seasons shot in Budapest
2014  | Underdog |  |  |
2014  | White God |  |  |
2015  | Spy | Budapest 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 Studios  | Paris | starring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Rose Byrne
Rome
Fiumicino Airport
Budapest
Lake Balaton
2015  | The Martian | Budapest Whale(hu) as NASA's Johnson Space Center | Beijing | starring Matt Damon
NASA's Johnson Space Center
2016  | Inferno |  |  | starring Tom Hanks
2016  | Maigret |  |  | TV series
2016  | Spectral |  | Moldova |
2016  | Don't Breathe | Stern Film Studio, Pomáz, Hungary as interiors of The Blind Man's house; Nagyvásártelep as car scene  |  | primarily shot in Hungary with only a few brief scenes actually filmed in Detroit
2017  | The Crown (season 2) |  | Germany | Netflix original series
2017  | Blade Runner 2049 |  |  | starring Ryan Gosling
2017  | Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan 2 |  |  |
2017  | Atomic Blonde |  | West Berlin | starring Charlize Theron
East Berlin
2017  | Red Sparrow |  | Budapest | starring Jennifer Lawrence
Helsinki
Moscow
2017  | Raabta |  |  |
2018  | Valami Amerika 3, EN: A Kind Of America 3 |  |  | Hungarian film, sequel to Valami Amerika 1 (2002) and 2 (2008)
2018  | Man to Man |  |  |
2018  | Budapest |  |  | Netflix original series
2018  | Homeland (season 7) |  | Moscow | USA Network original
2018  | Sunset |  |  |
2018  | Terminal |  |  |
2018  | The Spy Who Dumped Me | BUD 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)  | Budapest | starring Kate McKinnon, Mila Kunis, Hasan Minhaj, Gillian Anderson
Vienna
Berlin
Paris
Los Angeles
LAX Airport
Lithuania
Prague[6]
Amsterdam[7]
2018  | Colette |  |  |
2018  | The Alienist |  |  |
2018  | Robin Hood |  |  | starring Jamie Foxx
2015–2018  | Golden Life AKA Aranyélet[8] |  | Budapest | currently available on HBO Max with English and other subtitles. Original networks: HBO Europe, HBO Go, HBO Hungary
2018  | Alarm 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 Castle | Budapest | aired: September 13, 2018 (Germany), June 6, 2021 (Hungary); Hungarian title: Cobra 11
2019  | The Rookies | Hungarian State Opera House, Liberty Bridge, Gellért Hill, Váci Street, Liberty Square | Budapest | [9]
2019– | The Witcher |  |  | Netflix original series
2019  | Midsommar |  |  | starring Florence Pugh
2019– | Hanna |  |  | Amazon Prime Video original series
2019–2020  | Treadstone | primary filming and photography in Budapest | Budapest | based in the Jason Bourne movie/book universe

US: USA Network original, Internationally: Amazon Prime Video original series

Berlin
Paris
London
Bucharest
Moscow
2019  | Gemini Man | Margaret 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 Smith

2019  | K-12 |  |  |
2019  | Terminator: Dark Fate |  |  | starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Luna
2019  | 6 Underground |  |  | Netflix original film,

starring Ryan Reynolds

2019  | The King | Filmed in Szilvásvárad village in Heves County, Northeastern Hungary |  | starring Robert Pattinson, Timothée Chalamet
2010–2020  | Strike Back |  |  | seasons 2, 4-6
2020–  | Álarcos énekes |  |  | Hungarian Masked Singer on RTL Klub
2020  | Bloodshot |  | Budapest | starring Vin Diesel
2020  | Radioactive |  | Paris | Amazon Prime Video original film
2020  | Hunters |  |  | Amazon Prime Video original series, starring Al Pacino
2020  | Pesti Balhé |  | Budapest | AKA: Budapest Heist
2019, Jan 1–

2020, Dec 23

| Drága Örökösök (EN: Dear Heirs) |  | Budapest |
2021  | Outside the Wire |  |  | Netflix original film, starring Anthony Mackie

Budapest is the sole filming location for the entire film

2021  | Black Widow |  | Budapest | cinemas: July 7, 2021, Disney+: July 9, 2021
Hungary
Russia
1998, Oct 26 –2021, Jul 17  | Barátok közt a.k.a. Among Friends |  | Budapest | daily series with one of the most episodes in the world: 10,456 episodes total
2021  | Dune |

* Origo Film Studios, Budapest, Felsőkert utca 9, 1151 Hungary (15th District)

* Budapest
* Hungary

|  | Budapest was the setting for some major action set pieces, specifically that of the Arrakeen invasion.

Premiered on covid-era formerly-known-as HBO MAX and in cinemas.

2021  | MTV Europe Music Awards | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Heroes Square and City Park, Andrassy Avenue, Széchenyi thermal bath, Hungary | Budapest | broadcast 14 November 2021, Sunday 8PM local worldwide
Hungary
2021, 2022–  | FBI: International |  | Budapest | CBS, Paramount+ original series
Europe
2021–  | Shadow and Bone |  |  | Netflix original series
2021  | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions |  |  |
2021  | Birds of Paradise |  |  | Amazon Prime Video original film
2022  | Atlanta S03E05 and Season 3 Trailer  | Liberty Bridge, Fisherman's Bastion, Hungarian Parliament Building |  | starring Donald Glover, FX and Hulu original series

airs March 24, 2022 – May 19, 2022

2022  | Moon Knight | Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest), Heroes Square and City Park, Szentendre, Hungary, Origo Studios  |  | Disney+ original miniseries, starring Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, release: March 30, 2022.

Marvel Studios started filming March 2021 in Budapest

2022  | Jack Ryan season 3  | Astra Studios Hungary, Margaret Island |  | Amazon Prime Video original series, starring John Krasinski
2022  | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris |  | Paris  |
2022  | Get Lost[10] (Alice in Wonderland film)  | Budapest | Budapest | starring Ella Bleu Travolta
2022  | The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent |  |  | starring Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal
2022  | The Informant (A Besúgó) | Budapest | Budapest | HBO Max Original Series; made by HBO Europe
2022-2023  | Halo (TV series) |

* Fővám tér metro station Metro Line M4 (Budapest Metro) as Subway station ín Reach

* Millenáris park, Budapest, Hungary as Park on Reach
* various locations in Budapest
* Dunabogdány quarry, Pest County, Hungary as Madrigal Battlefield -
* Dolomite Hills, near Military Memorial, Csákberény, Hungary as Surface of "Halo" in Master Chief's and Makee's visions

| Reach, Halo | Paramount+ original series
2023  | Valami Amerika |  |  | Hungarian series, sequel to Valami Amerika 1 (2002), 2 (2008), 3 (2018)

RTL+ Hungary, 10-episode mini-series

2023  | Dream (2023 film) |  |  | South Korean film
2024  | My Name Is Loh Kiwan |  | Brussels  | South Korean film
2024  | Dune: Part Two |

* Origo Film Studios, Budapest, Felsőkert utca 9, 1151 Hungary (15th District)

* Budapest
* Hungary

|  | the battle scenes between the Fremen and Harkonnen were filmed in Budapest
2024  | Borderlands | The project was filmed at the Stern Film Studio in Budapest, Hungary, a country that was quick to act on Covid-19 protocols, in order to make it safe for cast and crew to work there. -7 Apr 2021  |  | starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, Olivier Richters; filming started in Budapest in 2021
2024  | The Killer's Game | Budapest | Budapest | starring Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Ben Kingsley; Lionsgate Films
2024  | The Brutalist | Budapest | Budapest | September 1, 2024 (Venice)

December 20, 2024 (United States)

2024  | The Day of the Jackal | Budapest | Budapest | November 7, 2024
TBA  | Mayday | Budapest |  | starring Ryan Reynolds; Apple Original Films
TBA  | NCIS: Europe (NCIS: Tony & Ziva) | Budapest | Budapest |
TBA  | Dust Bunny | Budapest | Budapest | filming; starring Mads Mikkelsen[11][12]
TBA  | Vienna Game | Budapest | Vienna | filming

## Films set in Budapest

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The following films or television series episodes had a plot or part of a plot set in Budapest but were not shot on location.

* Ladies in Love (1936) - with Tyrone Power (billed as Tyrone Power Jr.), Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, Constance Bennett and Don Ameche. Three women rent a luxury apartment in Budapest while in search of wealthy husbands.
* The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - with James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan and Frank Morgan. Two employees of a Budapest shop clash with each other, neither knowing that the other is the unmet lover they have been corresponding with.
* MacGyver Season 1 Episode 3, "The Thief of Budapest" (1985) - In this episode Budapest looks like a mixture of a city in Turkey and one in Italy. Also, Budapest is set to be a five-minute drive away from the Austrian border, when in reality it is about 200 kilometres away.
* Van Helsing (2004) - Important pieces of plot take place in the Budapest of the 1890s, which was only shown as a background image which merged artist's concepts with a contemporary tourist photograph of the city.
* Burn Notice (2007-2013): multiple episodes including season 1, episode 11 "Dead Drop" (2007) - numerous mentions of Budapest, used as part of the plot.
* The Avengers (2012): Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton aka Hawkeye) mention Budapest numerous times, used as part of the plot.
* Avengers: Endgame (2019): Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton aka Hawkeye) mention Budapest numerous times, used as part of the plot.
* MTV Europe Music Awards (2020): Budapest and London were both the virtual host cities for the EMAs 2020.

## Animated films featuring Budapest

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* Willy the Sparrow (1989)
* The District! (2004)
* Hotel Transylvania movie franchise (2012-2021)

## See also

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* Category:Films shot in Hungary
* Category:Television shows filmed in Hungary

## Sources

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