Romanian New Wave Movies
by moscarina | created - 15 Sep 2012 | updated - 11 months ago | PublicSome of the best Romanian movies that explore the communist regime in its entirety
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1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 63,298 | Gross: $1.19M
2. Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, History
Several urban legends of Communist Romania are dramatized.
Directors: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru | Stars: Diana Cavallioti, Radu Iacoban, Vlad Ivanov, Tania Popa
Votes: 6,075
3. Strung Love (2010)
22 min | Short, Comedy, History
May 1984. Viorel - a nerd from the smithing class of a communist industrial high-school - enters a rivet-production contest hoping to win the attention and affection of Ileana - a schoolmate from the sewing class.
Director: Victor Dragomir | Stars: Sorin Cocis, Gabriel Costin, Marian Despina, Stefan Huluba
Votes: 64
4. Somewhere in Palilula (2012)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama
"Somewhere in Palilula" tells the story of Serafim, a fresh graduate of a medical school, in 60's Romania. He is brought by destiny to the strange town of Palilula. Nowhere, that is. ... See full summary »
Director: Silviu Purcarete | Stars: Anne Marie Chertic, Constantin Chiriac, Paul Chiributa, Mihai Chirila
Votes: 1,112
5. Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man (2010)
163 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of anti-communist partisans in post-World War II Romania.
Director: Constantin Popescu | Stars: Constantin Dita, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ionut Caras, Catalin Babliuc
Votes: 896
6. Kino Caravan (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
On a rainy day, two guys arrive in a small village with film and a projector in their car. No one from the village comes to meet them. What happened? Who are they? The not knowing relays no... See full summary »
Director: Titus Muntean | Stars: Dorian Boguta, Eduard Cirlan, Mircea Diaconu, Alexandru Georgescu
Votes: 268
7. Hârtia va fi albastra (2006)
95 min | Action, Drama
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu, Dragos Bucur, Tudor Istodor
Votes: 2,192
8. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
R | 153 min | Comedy, Drama
Mr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Doru Ana, Monica Barladeanu, Alina Berzunteanu, Dorian Boguta
Votes: 15,926 | Gross: $0.08M
9. Nunta muta (2008)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In a small isolated village, in 1953, a wedding is interrupted by the news about the death of Stalin. Because any public celebration is forbidden, they decide to turn the happy event into a silent wedding.
Director: Horatiu Malaele | Stars: Meda Andreea Victor, Alexandru Potocean, Valentin Teodosiu, Alexandru Bindea
Votes: 7,022
10. Filantropica (2002)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Ovidiu, a high-school teacher looking for an extra buck, finds an unexpected way to earn easy money.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Mircea Diaconu, Gheorghe Dinica, Mara Nicolescu, Viorica Voda
Votes: 13,856
11. Summer Holiday (2008)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Dragos Bucur, Anamaria Marinca, Mimi Branescu, Adrian Vancica
Votes: 2,223
12. The Rest is Silence (2007)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible ... See full summary »
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Marius Florea Vizante, Ovidiu Niculescu, Mirela Zeta, Sandu Mihai Gruia
Votes: 2,931
13. Crossing Dates (2008)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
3 separate stories take place over two days. The characters' paths intersect, and they affect each-other unintentionally. The three stories are united not only by the characters but also by... See full summary »
Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Mimi Branescu, Oxana Moravec, Andi Vasluianu, Dorian Boguta
Votes: 204
14. WebSiteStory (2010)
82 min | Action, Drama
In a world where any teenager can film with his own mobile phone and post all kinds of things on the Internet, Laura, an 18-year-old girl, spends a night in a club with her friend Mira.
Director: Dan Chisu | Stars: Crina Semciuc, Diana Gursca, Oreste Alexandru Scarlat Teodorescu, Constantin Bojog
Votes: 662
15. Police, Adjective (2009)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica, Irina Saulescu
Votes: 5,346 | Gross: $0.05M
16. The Rage (2002)
83 min | Action, Drama
Two street racers must pay a $7000 debt in exactly 24 hours.
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Dragos Bucur, Dorina Chiriac, Andi Vasluianu, Adrian Tuli
Votes: 1,147
17. The Woman in the Dream (2005)
101 min | Drama
Thomas, a famous director at the peak of his career, is obsessed with a beloved woman and creative issues. He wants to make a film of his life and have the love of his life beside him.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Dan Condurache, Razvan Vasilescu, Adrian Pintea, Irina Movila
Votes: 90
18. Tache (2007 TV Movie)
76 min | Comedy
Tacke, an old graveyard digger, finds out he has only two months left to live. This is the moment he discovers he does want something out of life: a glamorous funeral service in the ... See full summary »
Director: Igor Cobileanski | Stars: Mircea Diaconu, Constantin Draganescu, Mara Nicolescu, Gabriel Radu
Votes: 264
19. Italiencele (2004)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
Two reasonably young girls want to leave their home town and go to work abroad. However, their dreams are quickly shattered by the cold truth of reality and they find out that every dream must have its cost.
Director: Nap Toader | Stars: Mara Nicolescu, Ana Ularu, Costel Cascaval, Vlad Zamfirescu
Votes: 430
20. Marilena from P7 (2006)
48 min | Drama, Fantasy
Andrei, a 13-year-old teenager living on Bucharest outskirts, decides one day to steal a trolleybus in order to impress Marilena, a prostitute he fell in love with.
Director: Cristian Nemescu | Stars: Gabriel Huian, Madalina Ghitescu, Gabriel Spahiu, Aura Calarasu
Votes: 2,068
21. California Dreamin' (2007)
Not Rated | 155 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A railway chief delays a NATO train transporting military equipment during the war in Kosovo in 1999.
Director: Cristian Nemescu | Stars: Armand Assante, Jamie Elman, Razvan Vasilescu, Maria Dinulescu
Votes: 7,987
22. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama
Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.
Director: Florin Serban | Stars: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin, Clara Voda
Votes: 6,553 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
In order to spend more time with her girlfriend, Kiki, the young student Alex decides to give up her room at the student's hostel and move into the house where Kiki lives. A few months ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,246
24. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
Not Rated | 180 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unknown official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.
Director: Andrei Ujica | Stars: Nicolae Ceausescu, Elena Ceausescu, Stefan Andrei, Gheorghe Apostol
Votes: 1,639 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula (2010)
80 min | Documentary
An imaginary return of dictator Ceausescu after 20 years of capitalism in his country, Romania, where he finds a new society but also old habits in the country's businessmen.
Director: Alexandru Solomon | Stars: George Becali, George Copos, Dan Diaconescu, Ioan Niculae
Votes: 491
26. The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Delia, a young Romanian girl, drives to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she won in a contest.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Andreea Bosneag, Violeta Haret-Popa, Vasile Muraru, Serban Pavlu
Votes: 1,682
27. Child's Pose (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
After the terrible news of a fatal car accident involving her son, a desperate mother will do anything in her power to set her child free.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia
Votes: 8,854 | Gross: $0.09M
28. Of Snails and Men (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
The story of one man who tries to save his car factory
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Andi Vasluianu, Monica Barladeanu, Dorel Visan, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 2,474
29. Domestic (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Domestic is a story about people who eat the animals they love and animals who love people unconditionally. A rabbit, a hen, a cat, a dog and a dove pass through the lives of the main characters and influence their evolution.
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Gheorghe Ifrim, Ioana Flora, Clara Voda
Votes: 581
30. Europolis (2010)
98 min | Drama
Living in Danube Delta Magdalena receives a letter from France. Together with her son, Nae, she embarks on a journey to encounter her brother.
Director: Cornel Gheorghita | Stars: Adriana Trandafir, Áron Dimény, Elena Popa, Joseph Otteno
Votes: 135
31. Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Mimi Branescu, Mirela Oprisor, Maria Popistasu, Sasa Paul-Szel
Votes: 4,964 | Gross: $0.03M
32. Medalia de onoare (2009)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Accidentally receiving a Romanian Medal of Honor, a 75-years-old retiree uses it to regain respect from his family.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Camelia Zorlescu, Mimi Branescu, Florina Fernandes
Votes: 893
33. Occident (2002)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Occident is a bittersweet comedy that focuses on the growing tendency of Eastern European youth to migrate west. When the amicable Luci (Alexandru Papadopol) and his beautiful lover Sorina ... See full summary »
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Alexandru Papadopol, Anca Androne, Samuel Tastet, Tania Popa
Votes: 2,636
34. How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu, Sergiu Anghel
Votes: 3,231
35. Felicia, înainte de toate (2009)
108 min | Drama
Felicia expects that her sister will drive her to the Bucharest airport for her flight to Amsterdam. The sister flakes out, triggering a chain of frustrating complications that conspire to ... See full summary »
Directors: Melissa de Raaf, Razvan Radulescu | Stars: Ozana Oancea, Vasile Mentzel, Ileana Cernat, Adina Andrei
Votes: 380
36. Mar nero (2008)
95 min | Drama
It depicts the relationship between an elderly woman and her caregiver.
Director: Federico Bondi | Stars: Ilaria Occhini, Dorotheea Petre, Corso Salani, Vlad Ivanov
Votes: 203
37. Morgen (2010)
100 min | Drama
A low-key satire that takes a droll approach to the serious subject of illegal immigration.
Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: András Hatházi, Yilmaz Yalçin, Elvira Rimbu, Dorin C. Zachei
Votes: 1,170
38. Wedding in Bessarabia (2009)
92 min | Comedy
Love and wedding business in the time of transition.
Director: Nap Toader | Stars: Vlad Logigan, Victoria Bobu, Constantin Florescu, Igor Kistol
Votes: 1,066
39. Beyond the Hills (2012)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga
Votes: 13,202 | Gross: $0.11M
40. Loverboy (2011)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
A young man seduces poor girls in order to pass them to a prostitution ring.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Ion Besoiu, Clara Voda
Votes: 1,904
41. Aurora (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 181 min | Drama
Viorel a 42 year old man troubled by obscure thoughts drives across the city to a destination known only to him.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Afrodita Andone, Geo Aur, Andrei Barbu, Anda Barleanu
Votes: 2,071
42. Razboi în bucatarie (2001)
81 min | Drama
A Romanian soldier deserts during the March '90 conflict from Tg. Mures. He hides at a cantonment where he starts a love story with the cantoner's girl, against the Hungarian cantoner's adversity.
Director: Marius Barna | Stars: Dana Vulc, Gheorghe Dinica, Ovidiu Niculescu
Votes: 59
43. The Concert (2009)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Thirty years ago Bolshoi Orchestra conductor Andreï Filipov was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a lowly janitor, an opportunity arises to gather his old musicians to go and pose as the official Bolshoi orchestra in Paris.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Aleksey Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitriy Nazarov, François Berléand
Votes: 18,649 | Gross: $0.66M
44. Niki and Flo (2003)
99 min | Drama
The hero is a retired army officer in the period of transition in Romania from the Communist rule to democracy. As many aged people during these times he loses a lot in position and ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Razvan Vasilescu, Coca Bloos, Mihaela Caracas
Votes: 845
45. Outbound (2010)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes.
Director: Bogdan George Apetri | Stars: Ana Ularu, Andi Vasluianu, Ioana Flora, Mimi Branescu
Votes: 902
46. Maria (2003)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on the true story of an impoverished, unemployed mother of seven living under subhuman conditions in a cave-like basement of a block of flats in newly post-communist Romania. When her... See full summary »
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Diana Dumbrava, Horatiu Malaele, Serban Ionescu, Luminita Gheorghiu
Votes: 317
47. Eminescu versus Eminem (2005)
80 min | Comedy
Three directing students want to make a feature film - a romantic drama set in the working-class environment and peppered with Eminescu's lyrics.
Director: Florin Piersic Jr. | Stars: Steliana Balacianu, Mihai Bendeac, Gianina Corondan, Constantin Dita
Votes: 196
48. Best Intentions (2011)
105 min | Drama
Alex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic character. When his mother is hospitalized with a stroke, the caring son's life gets out of track. At the hospital he finds himself in a ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Marian Râlea, Alina Grigore
Votes: 542
49. În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne saruta pe gura (2001)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Dumitru is a two-faceted killer: he kills animals and called a hunter, and kills people, and branded as an assassin. Dumitru is just out of prison, for the first time since the fall of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinisa Dragin | Stars: Dan Condurache, Ana Ciontea, Horatiu Malaele, Dan Astileanu
Votes: 238
50. Francesca (2009)
94 min | Drama
Wanting to follow the current trend, Francesca, a young teacher from Bucharest, is eager to emigrate to Italy. Unfortunately, whilst desperately seeking support from those nearest and dearest to her, various untold truths unravel.
Director: Bobby Paunescu | Stars: Monica Barladeanu, Dorian Boguta, Luminita Gheorghiu, Teodor Corban
Votes: 582
51. The Phantom Father (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
American professor Robert Traum embarks on an adventurous and amusing journey through Bucovina to find Sami the projectionist, the only person alive that can tell him anything about his ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Georgescu | Stars: Marcel Iures, Barry Gifford, Mihaela Sirbu, Valer Dellakeza
Votes: 495
52. Bless You, Prison (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole,... See full summary »
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Maria Ploae, Dorina Lazar, Ecaterina Nazare, Maria Rotaru
Votes: 548
53. Adalbert's Dream (2011)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Adalbert's Dream mines the Romanian communist past for a dryly funny tale of ordinary people just getting on with their lives.
Director: Gabriel Achim | Stars: Gabriel Spahiu, Doru Ana, Ozana Oancea, Anca Androne
Votes: 256
54. Hooked (2008)
84 min | Drama
The story of some ordinary people who undergo a relationship crisis, as well as a consciousness crisis - people who find themselves in an extreme situation and give up their principles.
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Ioana Flora, Maria Dinulescu, Alexandru Georgescu
Votes: 991
55. Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar (2001)
80 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan, Ioana Ana Macaria, Coca Bloos
Votes: 784
56. Silent River (2011)
31 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Romania, 1986: Gregor and Vali want to get away. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left.
Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Toma Cuzin, Andi Vasluianu, Patricia Moga, Branko Tomovic
Votes: 231
57. Red Gloves (2010)
123 min | Drama
The personal story of the young student Felix Goldschmidt, who finds himself arrested for a crime he does not understand, like his fellow prisoners, he believes at first that he the victim ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Gabrea | Stars: Victoria Cocias, Razvan Hîncu, Ioana Iacob, Marcel Iures
Votes: 105
58. Everybody in Our Family (2012)
107 min | Drama, Thriller
Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties. His five year-old daughter Sofia lives with her mother, which causes Marius a deep frustration. On the day Marius arrives to take his daughter... See full summary »
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Sofia Nicolaescu, Gabriel Spahiu, Mihaela Sirbu
Votes: 1,723
59. Metrobranding (2010)
92 min | Documentary, History
While people in Western Europe were used to choose between hundreds of brands, the communist Romanian used to have a different experience: all our life we lived with only one brand for each... See full summary »
Directors: Ana Vlad, Adrian Voicu | Stars: Mihaela Andrei, Viorel Andrei, Gheorghe Banu, Ileana Banu
Votes: 77
60. If the Seed Doesn't Die (2010)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
A touching tale of how far a father will go for his child, no matter how old they get. During the illegal crossing of the Danube, the two fathers meet; Nicu, a Romanian searching for his ... See full summary »
Director: Sinisa Dragin | Stars: Mustafa Nadarevic, Dan Condurache, Ioana Barbu, Milos Tanaskovic
Votes: 210
61. Ceva Bun de la Viata (2011)
97 min | Drama
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Corneliu Ulici, Dragos Dumitru, Adelaida Perjoiu, Dumitrescu Anastasia
Votes: 54
62. Eva (II) (2010)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
During World War II, 16 year old Eva meets Tudor, a mysterious man who makes her feel like a woman, but whose periodic disappearances wreak havoc on their relationship.
Director: Adrian Popovici | Stars: Vincent Regan, Amy Beth Hayes, Michael Ironside, Patrick Bergin
Votes: 433
63. Ryna (2005)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
In a small community in the Danube Delta that wavers between old traditions and new material aspirations, a teenager, Ryna, pays a heavy price in a search of her own identity.
Director: Ruxandra Zenide | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Valentin Popescu, Matthieu Rozé, Nicolae Praida
Votes: 517
64. Quest (2010)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Two characters, a carriage and a horse. Where are they going? Towards what? Joy, torment and undefinable music. Vulnerable, yet not ready to surrender. They are the poets of time.
Director: Ionut Piturescu
Votes: 17
65. The Shukar Collective Project (2011)
76 min | Documentary, Music
At night, the enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Uranus Garden (a former factory transformed into an open air cinema and music concerts precint) gives Shukar Collective a standing ovation. ... See full summary »
Director: Matei-Alexandru Mocanu | Stars: Cristian Busuioc, Napoleon Constantin, Dan Handrabur, Nicolae Neacsu
Votes: 125
66. Stuck on Christmas (2010)
40 min | Short, Comedy
It's Christmas Eve in a small mountain train station and no train is coming since all the tracks are blocked with snow. Four people are waiting for a train that doesn't show up. They don't ... See full summary »
Director: Iulia Rugina | Stars: Constantin Cojocaru, Emilia Dobrin, Bogdan Dumitrache, Madalina Ghitescu
Votes: 118
67. Colivia (2010)
17 min | Short, Drama
Parents squabbling over a sick bird that was brought in by their son Alex.
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Clara Voda, Vlad Voda
Votes: 199
68. Oxygen (2010)
30 min | Documentary, Short, History
Oxygen is a free re-enactment of a real case: a man who tried to cross the Danube illegally using an oxygen cylinder, to escape the communist Romania.
Director: Adina Pintilie | Stars: Cezar Antal, Adriana Mocca, Gabriel Spahiu, Rudy Rosenfeld
Votes: 25
69. Buna! Ce faci? (2010)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Musician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandru Maftei | Stars: Dana Voicu, Ionel Mihailescu, Paul Octavian Diaconescu, Jordi Gràcia
Votes: 1,729
70. Marfa si banii (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A newbie agrees to deliver the wrong merchandise for money. He will learn soon that this trip will change his views about life, forever.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Alexandru Papadopol, Dragos Bucur, Ioana Flora, Luminita Gheorghiu
Votes: 2,354
71. Principles of Life (2010)
97 min | Drama
Velicanu considers himself a fulfilled person. He's got money, a new villa, married a younger woman and has a son from a previous marriage. Before the holidays he has to leave everything in... See full summary »
Director: Constantin Popescu | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Constantin Dita, Crina Muresan, Gabriel Huian
Votes: 376
72. Crulic - The Path to Beyond (2011)
73 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
While being in Poland, Romanian Claudio Crulic is wrongly accused of theft. In jail he goes on a hunger strike.
Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Jamie Sives, Sandrine Bonnaire
Votes: 818
73. The Source (2011)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favors if their men refuse to fetch water from a remote well.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri
Votes: 4,170
74. I'm Not Famous But I'm Aromanian (2013)
108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Toni Caramusat, a famous film director, is fascinated by the idea of finding the 13th fundamental truth about the Aromanians. According to a myth, this truth is held by Armanamea, the last ... See full summary »
Director: Toma Enache | Stars: Toma Enache, Linda Taylor, Lica Gherghilescu-Tanasoca, Teodora Calagiu Garofil
Votes: 298
75. Love Building (2013)
85 min | Comedy
Love Building is a camp designed to mend broken relationships. 14 couples in the program have 7 days to re-design their love lives. But the 3 trainers meant to assist them have problems of their own and things gradually get out of hand.
Director: Iulia Rugina | Stars: Ankah Bello, Dorian Boguta, Dragos Bucur, Emil Ciuchi
Votes: 725
76. Lupu (2013)
77 min | Drama
Wolf is a lonely boy who surrounds himself by a world that responds to his desires. He brings Clara, the girl he loves, inside this world but when he can't be sure if she is still real or ... See full summary »
Director: Bogdan Mustata | Stars: Mihai Vasilescu, Ada Condeescu, Costel Cascaval, Carmen Ungureanu
Votes: 150
77. Roxanne (2013)
97 min | Drama, Family
Bucharest, 2009. Twenty years after Romanian Revolution, Tavi Ionescu, a nice but quite immature guy for his late 30's finds out from his Securitate (Romanian Secret Police) file that he ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Hotea | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Anghel Damian, Corina Moise, Adrian Vancica
Votes: 292
78. The Japanese Dog (2013)
86 min | Drama
When a flood strikes Costache's village in Romania, his wife Maria and all of their possessions are swept away. Now in a village shelter, Costache refuses to sell his land and move onward. ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Serban Pavlu, Laurentiu Lazar, Ioana Abur
Votes: 608
79. Oul de cuc (2010)
90 min | Action
A story of friendship and betrayal between two escaped convicts hunted by the law at every step.
Director: Ioan Cãrmãzan | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Rudy Rosenfeld, Gabriel Spahiu, Andi Vasluianu
Votes: 41
80. Vineri in jur de 11 (2006)
Short
Director: Iulia Rugina | Stars: Constantin Cojocaru, Stefan Marginean, Mihai Niculescu, Alexandru Preoteasa
Votes: 23
81. Daca aveti un minut... foarte bine! (2003)
9 min | Short
Director: Ivo Baru | Stars: Dorian Boguta, Richard Bovnoczki, Adriana Butoi, Andi Vasluianu
Votes: 148
82. Matthias, Matthias (2010)
13 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Cecília Felméri
Votes: 22
83. Australia (2009)
64 min | Documentary
In 2008, Romania participated for the first time in the Homeless World Cup Finals which took place in Melbourne. This is the story of the seven players in the national squad, since they ... See full summary »
Director: Claudiu Mitcu | Stars: Florin Batrinu, Vasile Bereghi, Beniamin Calancea, Pavel Calancea
Votes: 33
84. Cealalta Irina (2009)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Security guard Aurel (Andi Vasluianu) and his wife Irene have a moderately happy marriage and a moderately comfortable lifestyle in urban Romania. Irene takes a working trip to Cairo and ... See full summary »
Director: Andrei Gruzsniczki | Stars: Andi Vasluianu, Simona Popescu, Dan Astileanu, Doru Ana
Votes: 312
85. A Film for Friends (2011)
58 min | Comedy, Drama
Considering that his life is a failure, a man records himself leaving a video-message to his loved ones. After this message, which tackles, in funny and sad ways, a lot of issues, both ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Gabriel Spahiu
Votes: 149
86. Great Communist Bank Robbery (2004)
75 min | Documentary
In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenklatura and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandru Solomon | Stars: Gheorghe Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Blidaru, Gheorghe Bratescu, Mihai Calin
Votes: 484
87. 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
A local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba
Votes: 8,122 | Gross: $0.09M
88. Gone with the Wine (2002)
9 min | Short
A young man's attempt to flee the misery of his alcoholic villagers.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Irina Chiosa, Pusa Darie, Constantin Dita, Ion Sapdaru
Votes: 80
89. The Second Game (2014)
97 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu discusses a snowy soccer match from 1988 with his father, who was the head referee for the game.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Adrian Porumboiu, Corneliu Porumboiu
Votes: 306
90. When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
During the production of his new movie, a director wants to add a scene to improve the film's narrative by emphasising the aesthetic of female nudity. Endless negotiations ensue between lunch and dinner. Can they conclude?
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Diana Avramut, Mihaela Sirbu, Alexandru Papadopol
Votes: 1,187
91. Chasing Rainbows (2012)
104 min | Comedy
A story about the illusion of getting rich in Romania. In a country where stories of striking it rich are everywhere, anyone thinks such a thing is not only possible, but it's easily ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Chisu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Ionut Visan, Anca Florescu, Catalin Bordea
Votes: 662
92. Ursul (2011)
83 min | Comedy
At the Bucharest Circus, the new young manager is trying to solve the major financial issues of the company by selling its only bear (old and about to die soon) to German hunters. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Chisu | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Claudiu Bleont, Gabriel Spahiu, Mihai Constantin
Votes: 777
93. I'm an Old Communist Hag (2013)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
The story takes place in 2010, in a post-communist Romania, in which some of those who fully lived in the communist period don't seem to fit anymore. The main character and her husband are ... See full summary »
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Luminita Gheorghiu, Marian Râlea, Ana Ularu, Valeria Seciu
Votes: 509
94. Sieranevada (2016)
173 min | Comedy, Drama
Centers around a family gathering on the anniversary of a patriarch's recent death.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Mara Elena Andrei, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosânceanu, Ana Branescu
Votes: 5,729
95. Offset (2006)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Nicu (Razvan Vasilescu) runs a print shop in Bucharest, Romania, and Brindusa (Alexandra Maria Lara) is his secretary and translator. They were lovers years ago; now they maintain a ... See full summary »
Director: Didi Danquart | Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Felix Klare, Razvan Vasilescu, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 428
96. Rocker (2012)
90 min | Drama
A desperate father deals with the problems of his drug addicted son.
Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: Dan Chiorean, Alin State, Ofelia Popii, Razvan Corneci
Votes: 290
97. One Floor Below (2015)
93 min | Drama
After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Teodor Corban, Iulian Postelnicu, Oxana Moravec, Ionut Bora
Votes: 1,043
98. Aferim! (2015)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija
Votes: 7,773 | Gross: $0.10M
99. Closer to the Moon (2014)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Anton Lesser
Votes: 4,338
100. Megatron (2008)
14 min | Short, Drama
It's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.
Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: Maxim Adrian Strinu, Gabriela Crisu, Damian Victor Oancea, Damian Victor Oancea
Votes: 292
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