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. •
Marvel's
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. •
Marvel's
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. •
Marvel's
Thunderbolts* (2025): multiple characters
mention Budapest by name and events that happened in previous movies on-screen such as in the Black Widow movie (2021) and in all Black Widows' comic storyline, such as portrayed on-screen by Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh and also Hawkeye's storylines, comics and on-screen in MCU. ==Animated films featuring Budapest==