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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. 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: 13,860
3. 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: 7,026
4. 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
5. 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: 5,348 | Gross: $0.05M
6. 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: 6,554 | Gross: $0.01M
7. 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
8. 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: 4,966 | Gross: $0.03M
9. 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: 63,316 | Gross: $1.19M
10. La 'Moara cu noroc' (1957)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost.
Director: Victor Iliu | Stars: Constantin Codrescu, Geo Barton, Ioana Bulca, Colea Rautu
Votes: 549
11. 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: 4,229
12. 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
13. The Cruise (1981)
122 min | Comedy
The best workers from various factories in the communist system are rewarded a cruise on the Danube. The people in charge fight for bureaucratic reasons while the young ones are looking for adventure.
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Tora Vasilescu, Nicolae Albani, Maria Gligor, Paul Lavric
Votes: 319
14. Sfîrsitul noptii (1982)
78 min | Drama
A tragic accident puzzles a attorney into finding the reason behind it. Yet the course of events could undergo into a similar accident.
Director: Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Mircea Diaconu, Gheorghe Visu, Ion Vâlcu, Magda Catone
Votes: 45
15. Lust for Gold (1974)
88 min | Drama
In a gold settlement in the Apuseni Mountains, the characters of the two parts of the film - "Marza" and "Lada" - fall victim to the gold fever, which condemns them to losing their minds or even their lives.
Directors: Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Eliza Petrachescu, Liviu Rozorea, Dora Ivanciuc, Alexandru Mihai
Votes: 163
16. Stone Wedding (1973)
90 min | Drama
Two bleak stories about absent love. In the first, a widow is working hard in a desperate attempt to save her dying daughter. The second tells the story of two wandering singers who kidnap a bride from her wedding.
Directors: Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Leopoldina Balanuta, Eliza Petrachescu, Nina Doniga, Adrian Georgescu
Votes: 587
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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: 1,724
21. Grabeste-te încet (1981)
90 min | Comedy
A man runs over a globetrotter and does not report it to police. However, guilt becomes overwhelming and a series of comical events will change him and his family.
Director: Geo Saizescu | Stars: Dem Radulescu, Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, Cornel Vulpe, Stefan Mihailescu-Braila
Votes: 219
22. 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
23. Poveste la scara 'C' (2003)
14 min | Short
Madly in love with Monica, a neighbor of his, Andrei, a shy teenager, calls an erotic phone line to find out how he could seduce a girl in the elevator.
Director: Cristian Nemescu | Stars: Lucian Ciurariu, Maria Dinulescu, Alexandru Margineanu, Catalina Mustata
Votes: 409
24. Tata de Duminica (1974)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Mihai Constantinescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Radu Beligan, Gina Patrichi, Olga Delia Mateescu
Votes: 74
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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: 2,072
35. 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: 3,918
36. 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
37. Unde la soare e frig (1991)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A story of the relationship between a young girl and a lighthouse keeper living beside the Black Sea. After the young girl finds herself stranded in the area the two gradually get to know ... See full summary »
Director: Bogdan Dreyer | Stars: Oana Pellea, Gheorghe Visu, George Negoescu, Simona Maicanescu
Votes: 109
38. 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: 8,123 | Gross: $0.09M
39. 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
40. Thalassa, Thalassa! Return to the Sea (1994)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A group of young boys, and one girl, find and steal a Jaguar convertible, and decide to drive to the sea. What starts out as a lark deteriorates into a rather grueling journey.
Director: Bogdan Dreyer | Stars: Silvia Gheorghe, Alexandru Cirstea, Alexandru Anghel, Cristian Paulica
Votes: 144
41. 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
42. 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: 2,069
43. Somewhere in the East (1991)
84 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
'Someplace in the East' is among the first movies made in Romania after the fall of the Communism, dealing with one of the troubled period at the beginning of the Communist rule in Romania.... See full summary »
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Remus Margineanu, Valentin Voicila, Dorel Visan, Marius Stanescu
Votes: 232
44. Inghititorul de sabii (1981)
108 min | Drama
Director: Alexa Visarion | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Leopoldina Balanuta, Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, George Constantin
Votes: 77
45. 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
46. Liviu's Dream (2004)
39 min | Short
A strange dream forgotten in the morning and an unaccountable feeling cause Liviu to look with resignation upon the world he's living in. His awakening to reality may coincide with the birth of his child.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Dragos Bucur, Luiza Cocora, Constantin Dita, Ion Grosu
Votes: 485
47. 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: 3,830
48. Sunday at Six (1966)
76 min | Drama
This story of young lovers in Romania during the Second World War era was finally allowed to be filmed after delays from the government censorship.
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Irina Petrescu, Dan Nutu, Graziela Albini, Eugenia Popovici
Votes: 279
49. 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
50. 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: 8,855 | Gross: $0.09M
51. Mere rosii (1975)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A young doctor encounters corruption in the Romanian medical system.
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Ion Cojar, Mircea Diaconu, Emilia Dobrin, Carmen Galin
Votes: 277
52. 100 (1973)
97 min | Drama, Romance
In 1970s Romania a rebellious and erratic teenager is vying for his older step brother's love and attention while envying his fame and lifestyle.
Director: Mircea Saucan | Stars: Ion Dichiseanu, Ileana Popovici, Violeta Andrei, Ilarion Ciobanu
Votes: 159
53. The Apocalypse According to Cioran (1995)
58 min | Documentary
For three days in June 1990, the famed Paris attic of Emil Cioran was transformed into a film studio under the supervision of filmmaker Sorin Iliesiu, creating an engrossing portrait of the philosopher and essayist.
Star: Emil Cioran
Votes: 222
54. Valuri (2007)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A beautiful Western woman asks a Gypsy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea.
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Sergiu Costache, Adrian Titieni, Karen Wallet, Clara Voda
Votes: 199
55. Un cartus de kent si un pachet de cafea (2004)
15 min | Short
Two characters discuss business in a restaurant.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Mimi Branescu, Mihai Bratila, Victor Rebengiuc
Votes: 959
56. At the End of the Line (1982)
90 min | Drama
Crisan and Cicea, two detainees released from the penitentiary, are trying to reintegrate into society, but this proves to be a hostile environment.
Director: Dinu Tãnase | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Dan Condurache, Ioana Craciunescu, Maria Dimitrache-Caraman
Votes: 94
57. The House Between the Fields (1980)
86 min | Drama
Life in a traditional Romanian village during the 1980s.
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Amza Pellea, Mircea Daneliuc, Tora Vasilescu, Mircea Diaconu
Votes: 87
58. A Bomb Was Stolen (1962)
74 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A dialogue free Romanian science-fiction spy-comedy that draws upon farce, satire and surrealism as it subversively deconstructs the spy thriller with the protagonist's accidental discovery... See full summary »
Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo | Stars: Iurie Darie, Liliana Tomescu, Haralambie Boros, Eugenia Balaure
Votes: 314
59. The Ride (1975)
95 min | Drama
Suspense film and psychological investigation in narrow space of the cabin of a trailer, carrying a giant piece from its production place to a large mining site; two men, vehicle drivers, ... See full summary »
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Constantin Diplan, Tora Vasilescu, Olga Bucataru
Votes: 191
60. Eruptia (1957)
93 min | Drama
The eruption of an oil well is much needed for the survival of the workers and their families living nearby.
Director: Liviu Ciulei | Stars: Eva Christian, Lucia Mara Dabija, Lica Gheorghiu, Graziela Albini
Votes: 89
61. Ilustrate cu flori de câmp (1975)
86 min | Drama
Laura arrives from a small town on the banks of the Danube to escape an unwanted pregnancy.
Director: Andrei Blaier | Stars: Draga Olteanu Matei, Eliza Petrachescu, Carmen Galin, Elena Albu
Votes: 160
62. The Waves of the Danube (1960)
80 min | Drama, War
Mihai leads members of the local resistance movement in an attack on a barge carrying weapons and ammunition for the Nazis in this World War II.
Director: Liviu Ciulei | Stars: Lazar Vrabie, Liviu Ciulei, Irina Petrescu, Stefan Ciubotarasu
Votes: 187
63. Ratacire (1978)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country.
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Constantin Anghel, Constantin Aronescu, Radu Basarab, Wolfgang Bathke
Votes: 56
64. Sequences (1982)
98 min | Drama
In this film three sequences, which could have formed separate stories, are linked together, like cars on a train, to give a larger perspective on the nature of reality and film. The three ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Geo Barton, Ion Vâlcu, Emilia Dobrin, Mircea Diaconu
Votes: 385
65. Diminetile unui baiat cuminte (1967)
100 min | Drama
Several young people - Vive, Romache, Fane, Mariana, Stefan, Blonda - at the beginning of their existence are forced to choose, to decide what their life will be.
Director: Andrei Blaier | Stars: Dan Nutu, Irina Petrescu, Stefan Ciubotarasu, Sebastian Papaiani
Votes: 90
66. Duios Anastasia trecea (1980)
95 min | Drama, War
A border town on the Danube, 1944. One of the German officers is killed by the partisans. The responsible is caught and killed. His body is thrown into the village and nobody is allowed to bury it. Anastasia refuses to obey the order.
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Anda Onesa, Amza Pellea, Tark Laszlo, Levente Bíró
Votes: 174
67. Sapte arte (1958)
11 min | Animation, Short
Gopo's little man presents the emergence of the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, theater, dance, music and cinematography.
Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo
Votes: 32
68. A Brief History (1957)
3 min | Animation, Short
This 1957 Romanian short animation and Cannes Film Festival winner skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory ... See full summary »
Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo
Votes: 164
69. The World According to Ion B. (2009)
60 min | Documentary
Ion Barladeanu is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still a tramp on the streets of Bucharest.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Star: Ion Barladeanu
Votes: 440
70. Asta e (2001)
92 min | Documentary
The portrait of three generations of inhabitants of the Danube Delta.
Director: Thomas Ciulei
Votes: 203
71. Meandre (1966)
89 min | Drama
A genius architect is losing both professionally and when it comes to matters of the heart. A film about internal turmoils surfacing, about freedom of thought and action, originality, ... See full summary »
Director: Mircea Saucan | Stars: Margareta Pogonat, Mihai Paladescu, Dan Nutu, Anna Széles
Votes: 185
72. 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
73. 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
74. 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
75. 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
76. 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
77. 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: 7,988
78. 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
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. Prima melodie (1958)
33 min | Short, Drama
Directors: Andrei Blaier, Sinisa Ivetici | Stars: Gabriela Marinescu, Sorin Butan
Votes: 19
81. 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
82. Crucea de piatra (1994)
96 min | Comedy
Andrei Blaier's film catches the last days of The Stone Cross a low class brothels area that became some kind of an institution in the landscape of Bucharest before the Communist period, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrei Blaier | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Florina Cercel, Coca Bloos, Ilarion Ciobanu
Votes: 318
83. 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
84. 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
85. Rascoala (1966)
100 min | Drama
A few important events from the Romanian peasant uprising of 1907.
Director: Mircea Muresan | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, Nicolae Secareanu, Emil Botta, Ion Besoiu
Votes: 188
86. 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
87. Decolarea (1971)
81 min | Drama
Director: Timotei Ursu | Stars: Liviu Ciulei, Valentino Dain, Radu Gheorghe, Monica Ghiuta
Votes: 19
88. Schimb valutar (2008)
98 min | Drama
How far can one person go to try and reclaim what they have lost? In a country town, Emil (Cosmin Selesi) becomes unemployed when the factory where he worked closes. After his wife loses ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Cosmin Selesi, Aliona Munteanu, Andi Vasluianu, Doru Ana
Votes: 395
89. 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
90. 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: 15,930 | Gross: $0.08M
91. The Thistles of the Baragan (1957)
116 min | Drama
Set on the eve of the 1907 peasants' revolt and told from the eyes of an orphaned boy, it is the story of the poverty, hardships, oppression and abuses that ordinary Romanian peasants were subjected to during that period.
Director: Louis Daquin | Stars: Nuta Chirlea, Ana Vladescu, Ruxandra Ionescu, Florin Piersic
Votes: 135
92. Strainul (1964)
158 min | Drama
The love of two adolescents for the same girl, in 1944, which is disrupted by the demands of war. From the novel by Titus Popovici.
Director: Mihai Iacob | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Irina Petrescu, Serban Cantacuzino, George Calboreanu
Votes: 76
93. Gratian: The Real life Romanian Werewolf (1995)
45 min | Documentary
The people in Izbuc, a village in the Romanian Carpathian mountains (Transylvania), think that their fellow villager Gratian Florea is a werewolf.
Director: Thomas Ciulei | Star: Gratian Florea
Votes: 23
94. Sã mori rãnit din dragoste de viatã (1984)
79 min | Drama
The story of the life and death of two young communists during the economic crisis of the 1930s.
Director: Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Claudiu Bleont, Gheorghe Visu, Ioan Albu, Virgil Andriescu
Votes: 122
95. 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: 7,780 | Gross: $0.10M
96. Foxhunting (1980)
107 min | Drama
Naita Lucean, a smart and stubborn peasant, opposes collectivization by all means. He instinctively feels that this can only bring him harm, since he would cede the land and cattle raised with so much effort to the state.
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Mitica Popescu, Mircea Diaconu, Valeria Seciu, Zaharia Volbea
Votes: 119
97. Sarutul (1965)
73 min | Drama
The dramas of families that carry in their souls the remnants of the Second World War.
Director: Lucian Bratu | Stars: Graziela Albini, Emanoil Petrut, Maria Cupcea, Gheorghe Novac
Votes: 17
98. 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
99. The Treasure (2015)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy
Costi is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family's country home in Romania and split the profits.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Toma Cuzin, Adrian Purcarescu, Corneliu Cozmei, Radu Bânzaru
Votes: 3,209 | Gross: $0.03M
100. 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
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