Romanian Films
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1. Reconstruction (1968)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A prosecutor, policemen and teacher bring the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: George Constantin, Emil Botta, George Mihaita, Vladimir Gaitan
Votes: 1,717
2. 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: 63,303 | Gross: $1.19M
3. 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: 7,776 | Gross: $0.10M
4. Operation 'The Monster' (1976)
102 min | Comedy
A group of five work colleagues leave for an expedition in the Danube Delta, without letting their wives know anything about it. Going fishing and hunting, the characters end up in the funniest and ridiculous situations.
Director: Manole Marcus | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Octavian Cotescu, Marin Moraru, Nineta Gusti
Votes: 1,461
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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: 6,076
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. Dogs (2016)
104 min | Drama, Thriller
Roman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property, he is warned by the local cop that his grandfather was a local ... See full summary »
Director: Bogdan Mirica | Stars: Dragos Bucur, Gheorghe Visu, Vlad Ivanov, Costel Cascaval
Votes: 3,233
12. Why Me? (2015)
125 min | Drama, Thriller
Cristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Emilian Oprea, Mihai Constantin, Andreea Vasile, Dan Condurache
Votes: 2,752
13. Quod Erat Demonstrandum (2013)
107 min | Drama, Thriller
In mid-'80s Romania, a gifted mathematician is under investigation for plans to publish a new theorem by smuggling it overseas.
Director: Andrei Gruzsniczki | Stars: Sorin Leoveanu, Ofelia Popii, Florin Piersic Jr., Virgil Ogasanu
Votes: 392
14. 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: 13,858
15. The Graduates (1986)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
The love story of two tenth-graders in Romania before the revolution.
Director: Nicolae Corjos | Stars: Stefan Banica Jr., Mihai Constantin, Oana Sîrbu, Cesonia Postelnicu
Votes: 2,375
16. Liceenii Rock 'n' Roll (1992)
98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The two principal characters have a love affair, with highs and lows accompanied by the Rock'n'Roll music played by their band.
Director: Nicolae Corjos | Stars: Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, Stefan Banica Jr., Oana Sîrbu, Mihai Constantin
Votes: 1,189
17. Nea Marin miliardar (1979)
88 min | Comedy
A Romanian peasant, visiting a friend who is working at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera, is mistaken for a look-alike rich American businessman.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin, Stefan Mihailescu-Braila
Votes: 3,913
18. The Miscellaneous Brigade on the Watch (1971)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In 1971 three inept petty Romanian criminals are released from prison but find themselves at the core of two money laundering and burglary cases.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu, Sebastian Papaiani, Puiu Calinescu
Votes: 1,977
19. The Miscellaneous Brigade Strikes Again (1970)
100 min | Comedy
Follows the Communist Romanian Militia 'miscellaneous brigade' and the 'diverse' crimes that it solves.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Sebastian Papaiani, Puiu Calinescu, Dem Radulescu
Votes: 1,916
20. Miscellaneous Brigade in the Mountains and at the Sea (1971)
100 min | Comedy, Action, Crime
Three paroled inept Romanian convicts dream up get-rich-quick schemes on the Black Sea Riviera where a petty-crime police squad led by Captain Panait is vacationing.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu, Ion Fintesteanu, Puiu Calinescu
Votes: 2,033
21. Michael the Brave (1971)
203 min | Action, Biography, Drama
At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu, Olga Tudorache, Irina Gardescu
Votes: 6,566
22. Then I Sentenced Them All to Death (1972)
103 min | War, Drama
In order to avoid reprisals from the Wehrmacht for the murder of a soldier, intellectuals from a Romanian village try to convince Ipu, the village idiot, to take the blame for the murder and save everybody.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Cristian Sofron, Ion Besoiu, Gheorghe Dinica
Votes: 992
23. Ciuleandra (1985)
119 min | Drama
After he kills his beloved wife, Puiu Faranga is helped by his father to fake insanity.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Gheorghe Cozorici, Ion Ritiu, Anca Nicola
Votes: 578
24. 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: 13,203 | Gross: $0.11M
25. Graduation (2016)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Mãlina Manovici
Votes: 14,730 | Gross: $0.18M
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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: 5,730
29. Pruncul, petrolul si Ardelenii (1981)
104 min | Comedy, Western
The three Brad brothers want to return to Romania, but one of them gets married and they buy a farm. Unfortunately for them, the neighbors are Hungarian, and they become enemies.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu, Jean Constantin
Votes: 475
30. The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians (1978)
98 min | Comedy, Western
Two Romanian Brothers go in a search for their Other Brother who went to the USA 10 years Prior.
Directors: Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu, Victor Rebengiuc
Votes: 601
31. Artista, dolarii si Ardelenii (1980)
97 min | Western
The adventures of the three Brad brothers continues when Traian falls in love with Anabelle, a singer. He wants to marry her, not knowing that she is helping someone to rob a bank.
Director: Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu, Rodica Tapalaga
Votes: 475
32. Ringul (1984)
96 min | Drama
Andrei is now a truck driver. But on one of his travels to Germany, he must become a boxer once again just for one night in the middleweight category.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Marin Moraru, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Constantin Brînzea, Mihail Vasile Boghita
Votes: 320
33. Actorul si salbaticii (1975)
150 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The director of a famous theater in 1930s Bucharest and his Jewish dramatist are preparing a show designed to satirize the fascist (legionnaire) movement, but the legionnaires are determined to stop the spectacle by any means.
Director: Manole Marcus | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Mircea Albulescu, Margareta Pogonat, Ion Besoiu
Votes: 842
34. The Whistlers (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Sabin Tambrea
Votes: 6,528
35. The Oak (1992)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Visan
Votes: 3,826
36. Unidentified (2020)
123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An unsolved case. An unknown criminal. An obsessed cop. His investigation plunges him into a world of darkness and violence, pulling everyone around him into a web of destructive passion and revenge.
Director: Bogdan George Apetri | Stars: Bogdan Farcas, Dragos Dumitru, Vasile Muraru, Emanuel Parvu
Votes: 844
37. R.M.N. (2022)
Unrated | 125 min | Drama
A non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu, Orsolya Moldován
Votes: 5,227
38. 6.9 on the Richter Scale (2016)
117 min | Comedy
A humble Romanian actor in his 30s, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Laurentiu Bãnescu, Maria Obretin, Teodor Corban, Maria Simona Arsu
Votes: 1,535
39. 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
40. Forest of the Hanged (1965)
154 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining loyal to the Habsburgs or deserting to the Romanian Army across enemy lines.
Director: Liviu Ciulei | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Liviu Ciulei, Stefan Ciubotarasu, György Kovács
Votes: 1,285
41. Asta-seara dansam in familie (1972)
98 min | Comedy
The master is Temistocle T. Temistocle. The aprentice is Alecu A. Alecu. Together they formed one of the most funny couple of crooks wich manage to cheat unhappy women and steal their money... See full summary »
Director: Geo Saizescu | Stars: Dem Radulescu, Sebastian Papaiani, Vasilica Tastaman, Ioana Bulca
Votes: 927
42. Miracle (2021)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young nun sneaks out of her monastery to attend an urgent matter but never makes it back and a police detective's investigation into her fate, uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to the truth but a miracle as well.
Director: Bogdan George Apetri | Stars: Ioana Bugarin, Emanuel Parvu, Cezar Antal, Ovidiu Crisan
Votes: 1,039
43. Boss (I) (2023)
126 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
It follows Bogdan, who takes part in an armed robbery with three men he barely knows. While fleeing the crime scene, he accidentally runs over a witness who ultimately dies. This will disrupt the very core of his moral being.
Director: Bogdan Mirica | Stars: Laurentiu Bãnescu, Ioana Bugarin, Mimi Branescu, Sergiu Costache
Votes: 577
44. Men of Deeds (2022)
105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ilie (late 30s) enjoys the easy life of a village policeman. His passivity during a series of violent events soon turns him into an accomplice to murder. Tension accumulates in the village, forcing Ilie to make a final decision.
Director: Paul Negoescu | Stars: Iulian Postelnicu, Anghel Damian, Vasile Muraru, Crina Semciuc
Votes: 1,329
45. 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: 1,044
46. Arest (2019)
126 min | Drama
In August 1983, architect Dinu Neagu together with his wife and two children, a boy and a girl, are on a beach of nudists near an industrial area. He is arrested and taken to Bucharest ... See full summary »
Director: Andrei Cohn | Stars: Alexandru Papadopol, Iulian Postelnicu, András Hatházi, Sorin Cocis
Votes: 399
47. È pericoloso sporgersi (1993)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
It is late in the Ceausescu era in Romania, and Cristina is having a difficult time with her boyfriend. He wants her to have sex with him before he goes off to do his obligatory stint in ... See full summary »
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Nathalie Bonnifay, George Alexandru, Marius Stanescu, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 1,120
48. Freedom (2023)
109 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During Romania's 1989 revolution, Sibiu witnesses a violent attack on a police station that spirals into armed clashes between soldiers, police, protesters and secret police.
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Alex Calangiu, Catalin Herlo, Ionut Caras, Iulian Postelnicu
Votes: 1,220
49. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
An artist commissioned to stage a re-enactment of a Romanian war battle receives pushback from producers for including a realistic portrayal of her country's treatment of Jews during WWII.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija, Ion Rizea
Votes: 2,003 | Gross: $0.01M
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