| Festival | Award | Year | Director | Film |
| Cannes | Special Mentions | 1963 | György Révész | The Land of Angels |
| Award for the Best Actor to Antal Páger | 1964 | László Ranódy | Skylark | |
| Award for the Best Actress to Mari Törőcsik | 1976 | Gyula Maár | Mrs. Déry, Where Are You? | |
| FIPRESCI Award | 1977 | Márta Mészáros | Nine Months | |
| FIPRESCI Award | 1983 | Pál Sándor | Daniel Takes a Train | |
| Special Mentions of the Youngsters' Jury | 1990 | Árpád Sopsits | Shooting Gallery | |
| Berlin | Golden Bear Award, CIDALC Award, OCIC Award, Otto Dibellius Award |
1975 | Márta Mészáros | Adoption |
| Silver Bear Award, CIDALC Award |
1977 | Pál Sándor | A Strange Role | |
| FIPRESCI Award, OCIC Award |
1978 | Sándor Simó | My Father’s Happy Years | |
| FIPRESCI Award | 1989 | István Dárday | The Documentator | |
| John Templeton European Film Award | 2001 | Ibolya Fekete | Chico | |
| Locarno | Special Mentions | 1963 | György Révész | The Land of Angels |
| Special Mentions | 1964 | Zoltán Fábri | Daytime Darkness | |
| Award to the Cinematographer, Award of the Oecumenic Jury |
1978 | Pál Schiffer | Gyuri | |
| FIPRESCI Award | 1980 | Ferenc Grunwalsky | The Last But One Judgement | |
| Bronze Leopard | 1981 | Gábor Bódy | Narcissus and Psyche | |
| Moscow | Second Prize | 1973 | Pál Zolnay | Photography |
| Silver Medal | 1963 | Tamás Rényi | Tales of a Long Journey | |
| Montreal | Special Mentions | 1985 | Péter Gárdos | The Philadelphia Attraction |
| FIPRESCI Award, OCIC Award |
1987 | Gárdos Péter | Whooping Cough | |
| San Sebastian | Silver Shell Award | 1978 | Márta Mészáros | Just Like At Home |
| Chicago | Gold Plaque | 1975 | Márta Mészáros | Adoption |
| Golden Hugo Award | 1987 | Péter Gárdos | Whooping Cough | |
| Best Youngsters' Film Award | 1968 | Pál Sándor | Clown on the Wall | |
| Silver Medal | 1973 | Pál Zolnay | Photography | |
| Silver Medal | 1975 | Miklós Jancsó | Elektreia | |
| Silver Hugo Award for the Best Actor to Kamill Feleki and Károly Eperjes | 1985 | Péter Gárdos | The Philadelphia Attraction | |
| Golden Plaque to Cinematographer Tibor Klöpfer | 1990 | Árpád Sopsits | Shooting Gallery | |
| Paris | Felix Award, Direcor of the Year Award |
1989 | Géza Bereményi | The Midas Touch |
| Karlovy Vary | Award for the Best Actress to Mari Törőcsik | 1960 | Mihály Szemes | Our Kid |
| Main Prize | 1964 | István Gaál | Current | |
| Grand Prix of the Jury for the Screenplay, Special Mentions of the Technical Jury |
1968 | Pál Sándor | Clown on the Wall | |
| Main Prize | 1978 | Ferenc András | It's Rain and Shine Together | |
| Award of the Oecumenic Jury, FICC Award |
1995 | Péter Gothár | The Outpost | |
| Award for the Best Director, Award of the Oecumenic Jury |
2001 | Ibolya Fekete | Chico | |
| Gdansk | Award for the Best Foreign Film | 1986 | Pál Sándor | Daniel Takes a Train |
| San Francisco | Award for the Best Film | 1958 | Károly Makk | House Under the Rocks |
| Mar del Plata | Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Special Mentions |
1963 | György Révész | The Land of Angels |