Best Romanian Films
by Yogesh-Odyssey-Opera | created - 09 Dec 2012 | updated - 10 Aug 2014 | PublicThe Best Roumanian Movies I've seen
This list contains My favourite Roumanian movies... Very very best and worth watching movies... This taste is completely different from other movies and I'm addicted to it...
Actors like Amza Pellea,Caragiu,Gheorghe Dinica,Constantin,Rebengiuc,
Mircea Diaconu,Moldovan are my favourite..
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1. 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
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: 63,316 | Gross: $1.19M
3. 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: 15,929 | Gross: $0.08M
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Youth Without Youth (2007)
R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in World War II Europe, a professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, André Hennicke
Votes: 14,206 | Gross: $0.24M
9. 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: 3,054
10. 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: 13,210 | Gross: $0.11M
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. Police, Adjective (2009)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama
A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica, Irina Saulescu
Votes: 5,348 | Gross: $0.05M
16. 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: 6,078
17. 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
18. 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
19. Razboi în bucatarie (2001)
81 min | Drama
A Romanian soldier deserts during the March '90 conflict from Tg. Mures. He hides at a cantonment where he starts a love story with the cantoner's girl, against the Hungarian cantoner's adversity.
Director: Marius Barna | Stars: Dana Vulc, Gheorghe Dinica, Ovidiu Niculescu
Votes: 59
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
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. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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: 6,567
29. Prin cenusa imperiului (1976)
101 min | Drama, History
The fate of two opposite male characters - a lame and naive young man without life experience and a mature swindler, passed through life and with a claim to be recognized as part of the elite.
Director: Andrei Blaier | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Gabriel Marian Oseciuc, Cornel Coman, Stefan Sileanu
Votes: 305
30. Felix si Otilia (1972)
120 min | Drama
A large family and it's many generations vie for advantage, seeking to win the inheritance sure to be left behind by a wealthy older man of the clan. Along the way, stories of friendship, love and rivalry emerge.
Director: Iulian Mihu | Stars: Radu Boruzescu, Julieta Szönyi, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gheorghe Dinica
Votes: 445
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
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: 8,123 | Gross: $0.09M
35. The Concert (2009)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Thirty years ago Bolshoi Orchestra conductor Andreï Filipov was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a lowly janitor, an opportunity arises to gather his old musicians to go and pose as the official Bolshoi orchestra in Paris.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Aleksey Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitriy Nazarov, François Berléand
Votes: 18,649 | Gross: $0.66M
36. The Crazy Stranger (1997)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Ovidiu Balan
Votes: 8,375 | Gross: $0.67M
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. Supravietuitorul (2008)
106 min | Crime
After WWII "Comisarul Moldovan" (Sergiu Nicolaescu, Petr Falc) spent years as a political prisoner of the Communist regime. The favorite entertainment of the Russian Colonel in charge of ... See full summary »
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Petr Falc, Vladimir Gaitan, Cristian Motiu
Votes: 1,205
42. 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
43. 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
44. Îngerul necesar (2007)
95 min | Drama
Ana is a composer who lives a lonely life in her very clean house. All of a sudden her tidy existence is disturbed by a secret admirer whose actions have one element in common: the colour blue.
Director: Gheorghe Preda | Stars: Emily Daler, Anca Florea, Constantin Florescu, Ioana Ginghina
Votes: 106
45. The Secret of Bacchus (1984)
120 min | Comedy, Action
During the communist era in Romania, a reporter finds an incredibly well organized network of a local winery. The whole movie is a satire of the communist regimes' absurd economical and social rules.
Director: Geo Saizescu | Stars: Emil Hossu, Stefan Mihailescu-Braila, Dem Radulescu, Gheorghe Dinica
Votes: 684
46. Patul lui Procust (2002)
118 min | Drama, Romance
George Ladima, a poet and renowned journalist, loves Emilia, an actress whom he helps in her career, but who takes advantage of him. He commits suicide and in his pocket is found a love note to a Mrs. T.
Directors: Viorica Mesinã, Sergiu Prodan | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Petru Vutcarau, Maia Morgenstern, Tania Popa
Votes: 362
47. Eminescu versus Eminem (2005)
80 min | Comedy
Three directing students want to make a feature film - a romantic drama set in the working-class environment and peppered with Eminescu's lyrics.
Director: Florin Piersic Jr. | Stars: Steliana Balacianu, Mihai Bendeac, Gianina Corondan, Constantin Dita
Votes: 196
48. 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
49. 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
50. Fed Up (1994)
93 min | Comedy
Young Doina has a car accident. In intensive care, the doctor, Vali, calls her time of death but discovers that the child she was carrying is still alive. Wishing to save its life, the doctor puts the mother on artificial life support.
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Horatiu Malaele, Ion Besoiu, Alexandru Bindea, Coca Bloos
Votes: 155
51. Tapinarii (1983)
91 min | Drama
The life of forest workers isolated in the mountains.
Director: Ioan Cãrmãzan | Stars: Remus Margineanu, Mariana Buruiana, Serban Ionescu, Zoltán Vadász
Votes: 48
52. Liliacul înfloreste a doua oara (1988)
Drama
Director: Cristina Nichitus | Stars: Emilia Popescu, Adrian Titieni, Ion Besoiu, Mihai Bisericanu
Votes: 52
53. În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne saruta pe gura (2001)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
Dumitru is a two-faceted killer: he kills animals and called a hunter, and kills people, and branded as an assassin. Dumitru is just out of prison, for the first time since the fall of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinisa Dragin | Stars: Dan Condurache, Ana Ciontea, Horatiu Malaele, Dan Astileanu
Votes: 238
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. Badaranii (1960)
88 min | Comedy, History
Film adaptation after Carlo Goldoni's "I rusteghi" comedy, written in 1760.
Directors: Sica Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Naghi | Stars: Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic, Carmen Stanescu, Nicky Atanasiu, Alexandru Giugaru
Votes: 258
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. 17 - o poveste despre destin (2008– )
45 min | Drama
The 17 years old Diana is a talented young schoolgirl who dreams of becoming a musician. The social problems she encounters at this fragile age make her a victim of the local human ... See full summary »
Stars: Sorin Poama, Andrei Finti, Letitia Vladescu, David Zory
Votes: 197
67. Silent River (2011)
31 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Romania, 1986: Gregor and Vali want to get away. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left.
Director: Anca Miruna Lazarescu | Stars: Toma Cuzin, Andi Vasluianu, Patricia Moga, Branko Tomovic
Votes: 232
68. The Bet (2006)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young Sydney stockbroker risks it all to win a friendly bet about making money.
Director: Mark Lee | Stars: Matthew Newton, Aden Young, Sibylla Budd, Tim Richards
Votes: 215
69. 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
70. 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: 1,105 | Gross: $0.07M
71. Flacari pe comori (1988)
95 min | Drama
Deep in the Transylvanian Alps, the Archangels gold mine is the stage for an epic battle of characters. The arrogant owner is struggling with perceptions of ghosts in the mind of the miners... See full summary »
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Claudiu Bleont, Magda Catone, Imola Gáspár
Votes: 77
72. Zestrea domnitei Ralu (1971)
97 min | Action, History
After the arrest of Anghel Saptecai, Miss Ralu and Ianuli go to Vienna to buy the jewels. Anghel escapes from the furnace and kidnaps Caliopi, Ianuli's wife, to get the latter to give him the jewels in exchange for his wife's release.
Director: Dinu Cocea | Stars: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Toma Caragiu, Aimee Iacobescu
Votes: 254
73. Fata Morgana (1971)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, Drama
Footage shot in and around the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by a spoken creation myth and the songs of Leonard Cohen.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Lotte Eisner, Wolfgang Büttner, Manfred Eigendorf, Eugen Des Montagnes
Votes: 4,093
74. 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
75. Somnul insulei (1994)
102 min | Drama
Director: Mircea Veroiu | Stars: Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Marcel Iures, Stefan Sileanu, Elena Albu
Votes: 57
76. Red Gloves (2010)
123 min | Drama
The personal story of the young student Felix Goldschmidt, who finds himself arrested for a crime he does not understand, like his fellow prisoners, he believes at first that he the victim ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Gabrea | Stars: Victoria Cocias, Razvan Hîncu, Ioana Iacob, Marcel Iures
Votes: 105
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. Ma-ma (1976)
83 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
The Big Bad Wolf and his friends are plotting to kidnap and ransom Mrs. Rada the Goat's children for a bag full of gold.
Director: Elisabeta Bostan | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Oleg Popov, Saveliy Kramarov
Votes: 1,416
79. Campioana (1990)
92 min | Drama, Sport
À 10 ans, Corina rêve d'être admise à la célèbre école de gymnastique de Deva, une petite ville de Roumanie réputée pour avoir formé un nombre impressionnant de championnes olympiques. Tout... See full summary »
Director: Elisabeta Bostan | Stars: Izabela Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu, Carmen Galin, George Mihaita
Votes: 214
80. The Green Grass of Home (1977)
90 min | Drama
A young maths teacher returns to his birth village, after he refused an universitary career.
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Florin Zamfirescu, Octavian Cotescu, Vasile Nitulescu, Mihai Paladescu
Votes: 130
81. 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
82. 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: 633
83. Al patrulea gard, langa debarcader (1986)
72 min | Romance
The communist Romania version of a teen movie.
Director: Cristiana Nicolae | Stars: Bogdan Alexandru Manea, Rodica Horobet, Bogdan Uritescu, Raluca Iordachescu
Votes: 29
84. Vulpe - vânator (1993)
102 min | Drama, History
Inspired by the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, this novelistic feature examines the questions of a society after a revolution has happened, such as guilt and atonement and ... See full summary »
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Oana Pellea, Dan Condurache, Mara Grigore, Claudiu Istodor
Votes: 186
85. Dumbrava minunata (1980)
75 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Adapted from Mihail Sadoveanu's 1926 novel. Lizuca is a 6 year old girl whose mother died and whose father is married to a nasty woman. She has to leave her grandparents, who she lived with... See full summary »
Director: Gheorghe Naghi | Stars: Diana Musca, Ernest Maftei, Elena Dragoi, Florina Cercel
Votes: 310
86. Maria, Mirabella (1981)
69 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Two sisters go to the fairy to help the little inhabitants of the forest. Musical film-tale with animation.
Directors: Natalya Bodyul, Ion Popescu-Gopo | Stars: Gilda Manolescu, Medeea Marinescu, Ingrid Celia, Ion Popescu-Gopo
Votes: 698
87. Circus Performers at the North Pole (1983)
90 min | Drama, Family
In the sequel to Saltimbancii (1981), Fram the polar bear and the performing Marcellonis weather plotting competetors, bumbling kidnappers and family tragedy in this entertaining family film.
Director: Elisabeta Bostan | Stars: Octavian Cotescu, Carmen Galin, Iosefini, Dem Radulescu
Votes: 65
88. 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: 6,567
89. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
PG | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery
Votes: 69,180 | Gross: $0.07M
90. 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
91. 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
92. 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
93. 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
94. Metrobranding (2010)
92 min | Documentary, History
While people in Western Europe were used to choose between hundreds of brands, the communist Romanian used to have a different experience: all our life we lived with only one brand for each... See full summary »
Directors: Ana Vlad, Adrian Voicu | Stars: Mihaela Andrei, Viorel Andrei, Gheorghe Banu, Ileana Banu
Votes: 77
95. 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
96. Rautaciosul adolescent (1969)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A doctor falls in love with a hospital nurse.
Director: Gheorghe Vitanidis | Stars: Irina Petrescu, Iurie Darie, Virgil Ogasanu, Ioana Bulca
Votes: 70
97. Ceva Bun de la Viata (2011)
97 min | Drama
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Corneliu Ulici, Dragos Dumitru, Adelaida Perjoiu, Dumitrescu Anastasia
Votes: 54
98. Fix Alert (2005)
95 min | Action, Drama
This film is a puzzle, which fits together in many different ways, only one of which is right. And all of which are deadly.
Director: Florin Piersic Jr. | Stars: Petre Fumuru, Dorina Chiriac, Doru Ana, Monica Davidescu
Votes: 166
99. Ultimul Corupt din Romania (2012)
97 min | Comedy
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Horatiu Malaele, Vladimir Gaitan, Valentin Teodosiu, Ion Ritiu
Votes: 323
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