Best Romanian movies
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1. 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: 7,984
2. 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: 5,341 | Gross: $0.05M
3. 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: 6,058
4. 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: 8,110 | Gross: $0.09M
5. 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: 6,552 | Gross: $0.01M
6. 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
7. 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: 15,910 | Gross: $0.08M
8. 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: 63,253 | Gross: $1.19M
9. 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: 2,064
10. 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: 540
11. 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
12. 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: 2,928
13. 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: 13,829
14. 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: 4,335
15. 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: 1,119
16. 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: 1,854
17. Ciuleandra (1985)
119 min | Drama
After he kills his beloved wife, Puiu Faranga is helped by his father to fake insanity.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Gheorghe Cozorici, Ion Ritiu, Anca Nicola
Votes: 578
18. Duelul (1981)
105 min | Thriller
The Moldovan commissioner has to solve the case of a robbery of the central bank, with the help of Petrescu, a novice partner.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Constantin, Colea Rautu, Ion Ritiu
Votes: 604
19. Last Night of Love (1980)
100 min | Drama, War
In 1916 Romanian Army lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu jealously obsesses over his wife Lena's apparent infidelity and contests against gigolo lawyer Nicolau for Lena's love.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Vladimir Gaitan, Joanna Pacula, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Sebastian Papaiani
Votes: 599
20. Un comisar acuzã (1974)
114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and... See full summary »
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Gheorghe Dinica, Ion Besoiu, Jean Constantin
Votes: 1,096
21. 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: 3,912
22. Orient Express (2004)
PG | 115 min | Romance, Drama
At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, after having led an eventful youth. There he is seen as a rare bird by the local folk, due... See full summary »
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gheorghe Dinica, Dan Bittman, Maia Morgenstern
Votes: 917
23. Revansa (1978)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After Iron Guard member Paraipan discovers that commissioner Moldovan had staged his own death, he kidnaps Moldovan's son in order to draw him out. Tensions build up resulting in a final epic confrontation.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jean Constantin, Amza Pellea
Votes: 795
24. 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
25. Ultimul cartus (1973)
100 min | Action, Crime
Mihai Roman, the partner of the ex commissar Miclovan tries hard to see Miclovan's assassin, Semanca, portrayed by George Constantin, behind bars. Because the court didn't have enough ... See full summary »
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, George Constantin, Amza Pellea, Sebastian Papaiani
Votes: 827
26. Cu mâinile curate (1972)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Set in post war Romania, a communist who was tortured by the fascists during the war is now a police detective and sets about clearing his city of gangsters and black marketeers.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, Alexandru Dobrescu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gheorghe Dinica
Votes: 1,220
27. The Godmother (2011)
100 min | Comedy
To free her husband, Jennifer has to enter the world of money laundering mobsters and become the ultimate Godmother.
Directors: Jesús del Cerro, Virgil Nicolaescu | Stars: Whitney Anderson, Dragos Bucur, Stefan Iancu, Alex Velea
Votes: 1,009
28. Mamaia (2013)
90 min | Comedy
The movie tells the story of Matilda, an old woman that has to fight against a real-estate mogul in order to save her house. Tanase is a ruthless businessman who built his fortune on ... See full summary »
Director: Jesús del Cerro | Stars: Stela Popescu, Valentin Teodosiu, Madalina Anea, Adrian Vancica
Votes: 193
29. 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: 804
30. 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: 1,726
31. 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: 2,067
32. 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: 2,344
33. 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: 2,220
34. 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: 14,145 | Gross: $0.24M
35. 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: 990
36. Illegitimate (2016)
89 min | Drama
Two siblings and an illegitimate love. A father who's a doctor and several accusations. A family in which no one ever drew a line between what's moral and what's legal. Not even when it comes to abortion.
Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Alina Grigore, Robi Urs, Bogdan Albulescu
Votes: 1,593
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