101 Filme Româneşti
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1. 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: 13,854
2. 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: 3,825
3. Intimate Bed (1993)
102 min | Comedy
In post-Ceausescu Bucharest, everybody is struggling to make a living. Vasile Potop, a movie theatre manager, tries to find money for an abortion for his wife Carolina, because he cannot ... See full summary »
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Coca Bloos, Valentin Teodosiu, Lia Bugnar
Votes: 371
4. 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: 6,071
5. 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: 7,020
6. Carnival Scenes (1981)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
A small world of bourgeois intrigues and frivolities lived with intensity by its own protagonists: Pampon's lover, Didina is in love with the barber Nae, who is Mitza's lover, while she is ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Mariana Mihut, Petrica Gheorghiu, Tora Vasilescu
Votes: 972
7. 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
8. 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: 7,772 | Gross: $0.10M
9. That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.
Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Alexandru Margineanu, Razvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann
Votes: 658
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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: 2,634
15. 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: 1,716
16. Morometii (1987)
142 min | Drama
The story of a family: Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army and much more.
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Luminita Gheorghiu, Gina Patrichi, Dorel Visan
Votes: 4,228
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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: 15,923 | Gross: $0.08M
20. 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
21. 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
22. Scarred Hearts (2016)
Not Rated | 141 min | Biography, Drama
Emanuel spends his days at a sanatorium. Falling in love with another patient, he narrates his and his fellow patients' attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies slowly fade away, but their minds refuse to give up.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Alex Bogdan, Gabriel Spahiu, Ivana Mladenovic
Votes: 1,252
23. The Contest (1982)
96 min | Drama
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants' self and conscience.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Marin Moraru, Stefan Iordache, Valentin Uritescu
Votes: 370
24. The Snails' Senator (1995)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
In a small Romanian village, a senator goes through hilarious events as he takes advantage of the people's hospitality while also ignoring their major issues.
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Dorel Visan, Cecilia Bârbora, Clara Voda, Madeleine Thibeault
Votes: 632
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. Asphalt Tango (1996)
100 min | Comedy
A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Mircea Diaconu, Florin Calinescu, Constantin Cotimanis
Votes: 1,885
31. 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
32. 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: 2,404
33. 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: 2,473
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. Un été inoubliable (1994)
82 min | Drama, Romance, War
Romania in the 1920s. Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont, Olga Tudorache, George Constantin
Votes: 1,103 | Gross: $0.07M
36. 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: 63,297 | Gross: $1.19M
37. 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
38. 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
39. Anatomy of a Departure (2012)
73 min | Documentary, History
A family who emigrated to Germany, escaping from Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania, recalls a world without opportunities or hope for the future, of ever-present fear and a ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Tataru | Stars: Adriana Tataru, Marius Tataru, Oliver Tataru, Despina Pajanou
Votes: 10
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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
43. 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
44. The Unsaved (2013)
80 min | Drama
The Unsaved is a drama about about a Sancho Panza and not a Don Quijote. It's about the every day's non-hero facing circumstances and not adventures, it's about Viorel, a 25-year-old ... See full summary »
Director: Igor Cobileanski | Stars: Igor Babiac, Sergiu Voloc, Ela Ionescu, Igor Caras-Romanov
Votes: 542
45. Bucharest Non Stop (2015)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
"Bucharest Non-Stop" is a Romanian feature film that tells the story of a neighborhood of Bucharest. More specifically, the film is a night of non-stop life of a store located in a ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Chisu | Stars: Gheorghe Ifrim, Ion Besoiu, Dorina Lazar, Toma Cuzin
Votes: 2,161
46. 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
47. 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
48. The Earth's Most Beloved Son (1993)
138 min | Drama
The film is an adaptation of a novel by Marin Preda, a controversial novelist who died during the Communist rule soon after the book was published. It tells the story of an intellectual, ... See full summary »
Director: Serban Marinescu | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Gheorghe Dinica, Dorel Visan, Maia Morgenstern
Votes: 1,856
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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: 508
52. Faleze de nisip (1983)
92 min | Drama
The plot confronts an influential surgeon and a carpenter accused to have stolen the doctor's personal belongings from the beach. The neurotic doctor involves himself in the inquiry, ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Carmen Galin, Marin Moraru, Gheorghe Visu
Votes: 293
53. The Beheaded Rooster (2007)
98 min | Drama
A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Gabrea | Stars: David Zimmerschied, Alicja Bachleda, Ioana Iacob, Axel Moustache
Votes: 312
54. 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: 1,460
55. Moon Hotel Kabul (2018)
100 min | Drama
Ivan Semciuc (a journalist), is a charismatic man nonetheless guilty of cynicism and lack of compassion. A seemingly meaningless sexual encounter with a translator in a hotel room in Kabul ... See full summary »
Director: Anca Damian | Stars: Mamon Afghan, Ilona Brezoianu, Cristina Flowers, Florin Ghioca
Votes: 315
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. A Month in Thailand (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy
Radu and Adina, a young couple of graduates, have just made love. She is profoundly in love with him and cannot wait to move to his place; however, he has reservations. While going shopping... See full summary »
Director: Paul Negoescu | Stars: Andrei Mateiu, Ioana Anastasia Anton, Sinziana Nicola, Tudor Istodor
Votes: 622
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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: 4,962 | Gross: $0.03M
65. 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
66. Two Lottery Tickets (2016)
86 min | Comedy
Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery, but soon after their ticket gets stolen.
Director: Paul Negoescu | Stars: Dorian Boguta, Dragos Bucur, Alexandru Papadopol, Andi Vasluianu
Votes: 11,967
67. Funeralii fericite (2013)
111 min | Comedy
It's about three lifelong friends. One evening, all three of them go to a fortune teller and are told that they will die in a week, on a specific day and in a certain way.
Director: Horatiu Malaele | Stars: Horatiu Malaele, Crina Semciuc, Igor Caras-Romanov, Sandu Mihai Gruia
Votes: 532
68. 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
69. 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: 518
70. Dolce far niente (1998)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his ... See full summary »
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: François Cluzet, Isabella Ferrari, Margherita Buy, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 210
71. 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
72. Elevator (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
A boy and a girl, both teenagers, want to get away from the world and be alone for a while, so they hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts. But there they fall in a trap of their own... See full summary »
Director: George Dorobantu | Stars: Cristi Petrescu, Iulia Verdes
Votes: 309
73. 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
74. Katalin Varga (2009)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, László Mátray, Roberto Giacomello
Votes: 3,053
75. Selfie (I) (2014)
123 min | Comedy
Yasmine, Roxi and Ana run away to the seaside two days before their finals to have the time of their lives.
Director: Cristina Jacob | Stars: Crina Semciuc, Flavia Hojda, Olimpia Melinte, Alex Calin
Votes: 1,835
76. 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: 1,681
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. Too Late (1996)
106 min | Drama, Thriller
Dumitru Costa, a young trainee prosecutor is entrusted with the investigation about the suspicious death of a Jiu Valley coal miner in 1990s Romania. Accident or murder?
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Razvan Vasilescu, Cecilia Bârbora, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Visan
Votes: 719
81. 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
82. Microphone Test (1980)
104 min | Drama
A television reporter and her cameraman find themselves in the middle of intertwined professional and personal dilemma.
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Tora Vasilescu, Mircea Daneliuc, Gina Patrichi, George Negoescu
Votes: 424
83. 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
84. D-ale carnavalului (1958)
77 min | Comedy
Nae Girimea, a hairdresser from a Bucharest brick of the late nineteenth century, finds a new mistress in the person of Didina. This will obscure the mad jealousy of her soul-mistress, Mita... See full summary »
Directors: Aurel Miheles, Gheorghe Naghi | Stars: Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Alexandru Giugaru, Ion Lucian, Ion Anghel
Votes: 299
85. Miss Christina (2013)
101 min | Horror, Mystery
When two lovers arrive at the mansion where the girl grew up, they are haunted by a beautiful seductive ghost.
Director: Alexandru Maftei | Stars: Tudor Istodor, Maia Morgenstern, Ioana Anastasia Anton, Dumitrescu Anastasia
Votes: 805
86. 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: 989
87. 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
88. 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: 776
89. Titanic Waltz (1965)
92 min | Comedy
Comedy/drama the life of an honest man who is pushed by his family to make policy
Director: Paul Calinescu | Stars: Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Silvia Fulda, Kity Gheorghiu-Musatescu, Mitzura Arghezi
Votes: 482
90. Gruber's Journey (2008)
100 min | Drama
On 22 June 1941, Germany and Romania attack Soviet Russia. Several days later, Curzio Malaparte, the Italian writer who would one day pen the novel « Kaputt », a war correspondent for « ... See full synopsis »
Director: Radu Gabrea | Stars: Florin Piersic Jr., Marcel Iures, Udo Schenk, Claudiu Bleont
Votes: 203
91. 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
92. 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: 375
93. Matei copil miner (2013)
80 min | Drama, Family
Matei, a young boy on the verge of adolescence is fascinated by the past of the Transylvanian mining region he lives in. Upon his return from an initiation journey filled with rich ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Gulea | Stars: Alexandru Czuli, Remus Margineanu, Claudiu Ababei, Izidor-Sorin Caranja
Votes: 101
94. Examen (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
While fully enjoying the life of the 70's, in communist Romania, a young man is arrested and accused of a terrible crime. Freed a few years later and deeply affected by his sinister ... See full summary »
Director: Titus Muntean | Stars: Marius Stanescu, Gheorghe Dinica, Clara Voda, Gheorghe Visu
Votes: 692
95. 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
96. 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
97. Weekend cu mama (2009)
87 min | Drama
15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman ... See full summary »
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Medeea Marinescu, Adela Popescu, Tudor Istodor, Ion Sapdaru
Votes: 1,118
98. Eu sunt Adam! (1996)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy
A poetic journey through the fantasy short stories of Mircea Eliade.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Marius Stanescu, Cristian Iacob, Irina Movila
Votes: 110
99. 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
100. 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
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