Feature Film, Romanian (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Nicodim Ungureanu, Olimpia Malai
Votes: 7,389
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: 60,033 | Gross: $1.19M
3. R.M.N. (2022)
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: 338
4. Poppy Field (2020)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama
A young police officer, Cristi, tries to find the balance between two opposing parts of his identity: that of a man working in a macho hierarchical environment and that of a closeted gay person who tries to keep his personal life a secret.
Director: Eugen Jebeleanu | Stars: Conrad Mericoffer, Alexandru Potocean, Radouan Leflahi, Cendana Trifan
Votes: 860
5. Ana, My Love (2017)
125 min | Drama, Romance
Toma and Ana meet as students in the literature faculty and quickly fall in love.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Tania Popa, Igor Caras-Romanov
Votes: 2,192
6. Illegitimate (2016)
89 min | Drama
Two siblings and an illegitimate love. A father who's a doctor and several accusations. A family in which no one ever drew a line between what's moral and what's legal. Not even when it comes to abortion.
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Alina Grigore, Robi Urs, Bogdan Albulescu
Votes: 1,430
7. 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: 13,628 | Gross: $0.18M
8. 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: 3,053
9. A Higher Law (2021)
123 min | Thriller
Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own sense of control in this process.
Director: Octav Chelaru | Stars: Mãlina Manovici, Alexandru Papadopol, Sergiu Smerea, Voicu Dumitras
Votes: 168
10. The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021)
TV-MA | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
Mircea, a retired intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to altercation with the local squad.
Director: Daniel Sandu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Elena Purea, Judith State, Valeriu Andriuta
Votes: 3,466
11. 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: 292
12. Întregalde (2021)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of people on a humanitarian mission arrive in a remote area of Transylvania to offer the inhabitants various goods. Apart from a few quarrels and conflicts between the group members... See full summary »
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ilona Brezoianu, Alex Bogdan, Luca Sabin
Votes: 1,012
13. Mo (2019)
TV-MA | 76 min | Drama
Mo and her best friend Vera are caught cheating during exam by Ursu, the toughest professor in the university. After she asks him for a second chance, the professor invites them to his ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Dragomir | Stars: Dana Rogoz, Madalina Craiu, Razvan Vasilescu, Stefan Mihai
Votes: 683
14. The Whistlers (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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: 5,713
15. 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: 12,413 | Gross: $0.11M
16. Capra cu trei iezi (2022)
Drama, Horror, Thriller | Post-production
Secluded from the world, in XIX century rural Romania, a widow and mother of three must defend what's left of her family, at all costs, from an old family friend turned foe. Based on one of... See full summary »
Director: Victor Canache | Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Marius Bodochi, Razvan Ilina, Silviu Corbu
17. Clouds of Chernobyl (2022)
76 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A young woman is forced by her mother-in-law to have an abortion during the communist period in Romania because the children were born dead or with malformations after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Director: Ligia Ciornei | Stars: Isabela Neamtu, Victoria Cocias, Oana Puscatu, Anastasia Simion
Votes: 19
18. 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: 4,669 | Gross: $0.03M
19. In July (2000)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Üner
Votes: 22,015
20. Immaculate (2021)
114 min | Drama
When young Daria enters rehab, her perceived innocence gains her the protection of the mostly male junkies inside, but she soon finds out that this special treatment comes at a great price.
Directors: Monica Stan, George Chiper | Stars: Ana Dumitrascu, Vasile Pavel, Cezar Grumazescu, Ilona Brezoianu
Votes: 139
21. Uneori ninge cu zãpadã, alteori cu întuneric (2021)
107 min | Drama
A film director undergoes the traumatic experience of the death of his young daughter. But the artistic use of personal life comes with its own cost.
Director: Gabriel Achim | Stars: Anca Androne, Bogdan Dumitrache, Luiza Gherghinescu, Gheorghe Ifrim
Votes: 13
22. Metronom (2022)
93 min | Drama
Romania, the autumn of the year 1972. Ana, a 17 year-old teenager, finds out that her boyfriend will flee the country for good in a few days. The two lovers decide to spend their last days together.
Director: Alexandru Belc | Stars: Mara Bugarin, Serban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Calin
Votes: 82
23. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and brother who sometimes fight. They happen to be lovers. Love Sick is about their stories.
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,068
24. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija, Ion Rizea
Votes: 1,614 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Selfie 69 (2016)
116 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Your best friends are also the friends who'll make you do the stupidest things. After parting hardcore, Roxi, Yasmine and Ana meet in a bet that will change their lives: Who gets married first in three days?
Director: Cristina Jacob | Stars: Crina Semciuc, Olimpia Melinte, Vlad Logigan, Flavia Hojda
Votes: 1,750
26. 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: 15,045 | Gross: $0.08M
27. Mikado (2021)
96 min | Drama
Magda offers her necklace to a sick child. Her father is certain she is lying, and when she proves her innocence, he is incapable of admitting he was wrong. Their relationship is broken and past decisions have irreversible consequences.
Director: Emanuel Parvu | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Ana Indricau, Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu, Crina Semciuc
Votes: 58
28. 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: 364
29. One Step Behind the Seraphim (2017)
150 min | Drama
A group of freshmen in an orthodox college are introduced in a world of cons, pleasure and money, but they soon discover that's not the way one's life should be lead.
Director: Daniel Sandu | Stars: Stefan Iancu, Vlad Ivanov, Toto Dumitrescu, Cristian Bota
Votes: 3,085
30. Perfect Strangers (2021)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
One evening, a glass of wine, 7 friends enter a dangerous game: they put their phones on the table and decide that everything they receive that evening, calls, messages, wapp, emails, it will be answered by speaker or read aloud.
Director: Octavian Strunila | Stars: Anca Dumitra, Andreea Gramosteanu, Leonid Doni, Ada Gales
Votes: 1,751
31. 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: 7,148 | Gross: $0.10M
32. Philanthropy (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: 13,120
33. 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: 5,241
34. 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: 7,625 | Gross: $0.09M
35. Legacy (2019)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Anton, a famous pianist, is missing. Mihnea, the policeman who takes over the case gradually learns about the artist's troubled destiny, his bizarre relationships and the decisions that ... See full summary »
Director: Dorian Boguta | Stars: Teodor Corban, Marin Grigore, Irina Radulescu, Lucian Ifrim
Votes: 346
36. 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: 5,635
37. 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: 2,366
38. Legatii (2022)
86 min | Comedy
A group of tech people go to the mountains, ready for a classical weekend for corporate people. After a night of partying, they find out that they will do something different this time: a ... See full summary »
Director: Iura Luncasu | Stars: Smiley, Augustin Viziru, Stefan Sprianu, Cristina Stefania Codreanu
Votes: 435
39. Silent Wedding (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: 6,415
40. Blue Moon (2021)
85 min | Drama
A young woman, who struggles to receive a higher education and escape her dysfunctional family. An ambiguous sexual experience with an artist will spur her intention to fight the family's violence.
Director: Alina Grigore | Stars: Ioana Chitu, Mircea Postelnicu, Mircea Silaghi, Vlad Ivanov
Votes: 199
41. Sundays on Leave (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: 963
42. Man and Dog (2022)
108 min | Drama
In the midst of the Corona outbreak, Doru returns to Romania for a baptism, but in fact he is secretly pursuing his wife's alleged infidelity.
Director: Stefan Constantinescu | Stars: Ana Ciontea, Bogdan Dumitrache, Oxana Moravec, Dan Nutu
Votes: 15
43. Next Stop Paradise (1998)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Costel Cascaval, Dorina Chiriac, Gheorghe Visu, Victor Rebengiuc
Votes: 2,211
44. Pororoca (2017)
152 min | Drama
The story follows Tudor and his family, where his life was destroyed after the disappearance their daughter at the park.
Director: Constantin Popescu | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Iulia Lumânare, Constantin Dogioiu, Stefan Raus
Votes: 1,231
45. 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: 8,447 | Gross: $0.09M
46. In Soapta (Whispery) (2021)
99 min | Drama, Romance
When family life becomes monotonous, two normal families find a not-so-normal solution to their problems. But it seems that the problems tend to get worse.
Director: Constantinescu Narcis | Stars: Oana Antonovici, Ionut Iova, Patricia Gavril, Razvan Ciocoi
Votes: 30
47. 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: 401
48. Copacul Dorintelor: Amintiri din Copilarie (2021)
87 min | Family, Fantasy
Mara, a 12 year old who is ill, embarks on a fantastic adventure filled with hope. She discovers a magical tree located near a palliative care center that is a portal to her favorite story: the book of Ion Creanga, "Childhood Memories".
Director: Andrei Hutuleac | Stars: Maya Noelle Prediger, Teodor Corban, Matei Dima, Cosmin Nedelcu
Votes: 128
49. Zorillo's Secret (2022)
90 min | Comedy
After ten years of uneventful occupation, the Dacian's are suddenly catapulted into the spotlight when the Roman emperor announces a surprise visit to the province with the secret purpose of claiming a mythical hidden treasure.
Director: Robert Eugen Popa | Stars: Nae Alexandru, Bogdan Balasa, Florin Busuioc, Mariangela Coldea
Votes: 203
50. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
94 min | Drama
Tensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Katarina, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Mija Aleksic
Votes: 2,327