Romania (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Nicodim Ungureanu, Olimpia Malai
Votes: 7,724
2. Umbre (2014–2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Umbre follows Relu, an enforcer for a small-time mob boss, as he struggles to keep his family in the dark about his job. The secrets Relu keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface.
Stars: Serban Pavlu, Maria Obretin, Andreea Vasile, Madalina Craiu
Votes: 10,109
3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean
Votes: 60,234 | Gross: $1.19M
4. Odata pentru totdeauna (2022)
Comedy, Drama
"Once and for all" ("Odata pentru totdeauna") tells the story of a successful director, Alex, who struggles with depression, despite his great professional career.
Director: Iura Luncasu | Stars: Smiley, Ada Gales, Cosmin Natanticu, Amelia Anghel
Votes: 152
5. Oh, Ramona! (2019)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
A teenager named Andrei transitions from a teenager into an adult.
Director: Cristina Jacob | Stars: Basil Eidenbenz, Aggy K. Adams, Bogdan Iancu, Holly Horne
Votes: 8,977
6. R.M.N. (2022)
125 min | Drama
A non-judgmental analysis of the driving forces of human behavior when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu, Orsolya Moldován
Votes: 422
7. High Strung Free Dance (2018)
PG | 103 min | Music, Romance
A young choreographer casts a contemporary dancer and an innovative pianist in New York's most anticipated new Broadway show.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Thomas Doherty, Jane Seymour, Kika Markham, Ace Bhatti
Votes: 1,968
8. Collective (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
Director: Alexander Nanau | Stars: Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag
Votes: 12,091
9. Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994 Video)
R | 84 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
A woman destined for freedom manages to escape Hell. When she arrives from the sewers of Earth, she decides to punish Sinners. But the last thing she expected to find was love.
Director: Linda Hassani | Stars: Constantin Draganescu, Angela Featherstone, Cristina Stoica, Valentin Teodesiu
Votes: 1,075
10. Miracle (2021)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young nun sneaks out of her monastery to attend an urgent matter but never makes it back and a police detective's investigation into her fate, uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to the truth but a miracle as well.
Director: Bogdan George Apetri | Stars: Ioana Bugarin, Emanuel Parvu, Cezar Antal, Ovidiu Crisan
Votes: 382
11. A Higher Law (2021)
123 min | Thriller
Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own sense of control in this process.
Director: Octav Chelaru | Stars: Mãlina Manovici, Alexandru Papadopol, Sergiu Smerea, Voicu Dumitras
Votes: 206
12. Subspecies (1991 Video)
R | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror
Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Angus Scrimm, Anders Hove, Irina Movila, Laura Mae Tate
Votes: 3,968
13. Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993 Video)
R | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Killers of vampires hunt a particularly bad one with a folklore scholar and her sister, back in Transylvania.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Anders Hove, Denice Duff, Kevin Spirtas, Melanie Shatner
Votes: 2,252
14. Poppy Field (2020)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama
A young police officer, Cristi, tries to find the balance between two opposing parts of his identity: that of a man working in a macho hierarchical environment and that of a closeted gay person who tries to keep his personal life a secret.
Director: Eugen Jebeleanu | Stars: Conrad Mericoffer, Alexandru Potocean, Radouan Leflahi, Cendana Trifan
Votes: 890
15. Metronom (2022)
93 min | Drama
Romania, the autumn of the year 1972. Ana, a 17 year-old teenager, finds out that her boyfriend will flee the country for good in a few days. The two lovers decide to spend their last days together.
Director: Alexandru Belc | Stars: Mara Bugarin, Serban Lazarovici, Vlad Ivanov, Mihai Calin
Votes: 125
16. Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
87 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
An aspiring Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway goes to shocking extremes to convince Anne to star in his upcoming film.
Director: Adrian Tofei | Stars: Adrian Tofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton, Alexandra Stroe
Votes: 1,702
17. Touch Me Not (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Together, a filmmaker and her characters venture into a personal research project about intimacy. On the fluid border between reality and fiction, Touch Me Not follows the emotional journeys of Laura, Tómas and Christian, offering a deeply empathic insight into their lives.
Director: Adina Pintilie | Stars: Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Christian Bayerlein, Grit Uhlemann
Votes: 2,737 | Gross: $0.01M
18. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija, Ion Rizea
Votes: 1,645 | Gross: $0.01M
19. The Whistlers (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Sabin Tambrea
Votes: 5,756
20. Absolution (IV) (2015)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Contract killer John Alexander (Steven Seagal, "Under Siege") has a chance to save an innocent girl from a powerful mob boss, but protecting her means betraying the government agency that hired him and putting his own life at risk.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Steven Seagal, Byron Mann, Howard Dell, Adina Stetcu
Votes: 3,502
21. 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: 4,679 | Gross: $0.03M
22. Beyond the Hills (2012)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga
Votes: 12,456 | Gross: $0.11M
23. Graduation (2016)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
A film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Mãlina Manovici
Votes: 13,698 | Gross: $0.18M
24. The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021)
TV-MA | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
Mircea, a retired intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to altercation with the local squad.
Director: Daniel Sandu | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Elena Purea, Judith State, Valeriu Andriuta
Votes: 3,490
25. Întregalde (2021)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of people on a humanitarian mission arrive in a remote area of Transylvania to offer the inhabitants various goods. Apart from a few quarrels and conflicts between the group members... See full summary »
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ilona Brezoianu, Alex Bogdan, Luca Sabin
Votes: 1,070
26. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and brother who sometimes fight. They happen to be lovers. Love Sick is about their stories.
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,083
27. Mo (2019)
TV-MA | 76 min | Drama
Mo and her best friend Vera are caught cheating during exam by Ursu, the toughest professor in the university. After she asks him for a second chance, the professor invites them to his ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Dragomir | Stars: Dana Rogoz, Madalina Craiu, Razvan Vasilescu, Stefan Mihai
Votes: 699
28. Queen Marie of Romania (2019)
110 min | Drama
Devastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania's every hope accompanies its queen on her mission to Paris to lobby for international recognition of its great unification at the 1919 peace talks.
Directors: Alexis Cahill, Brigitte Drodtloff | Stars: Roxana Lupu, Daniel Plier, Richard Elfyn, Patrick Drury
Votes: 2,163
29. Vlad (2019–2021)
Drama
After being sent behind bars by the ones closest to him, a young man changes his identity and seeks revenge.
Stars: Adrian Nartea, Olimpia Melinte, Andrei Aradits, Emilian Oprea
Votes: 1,160
30. 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: 5,265
31. 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: 1,434
32. 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: 7,189 | Gross: $0.10M
33. Ruxx (2022)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Look at the young generation of a country caught between the past and the future. It is centered on the titular character.
Stars: Alec Secareanu, Raluca Aprodu, Serban Pavlu, Ioana Bugarin
Votes: 631
34. Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Biography, Horror, Thriller
The dramatized story of Dracula, looking at the historic events rather than the Hollywood version.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Rudolf Martin, Jane March, Christopher Brand, Peter Weller
Votes: 2,491
35. Ana, My Love (2017)
125 min | Drama, Romance
Toma and Ana meet as students in the literature faculty and quickly fall in love.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Tania Popa, Igor Caras-Romanov
Votes: 2,207
36. 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, Ivana Mladenovic, Gabriel Spahiu, Alex Bogdan
Votes: 1,138
37. 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: 2,835
38. Vampire Journals (1997 Video)
R | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror
Avenging vampire stalks a king of the vampires in Eastern Europe, slaughters anyone who gets in his way.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Jonathon Morris, David Gunn, Kirsten Cerre, Starr Andreeff
Votes: 1,641
39. Las Fierbinti (2012– )
40 min | Comedy
A Romanian sitcom with drama in a small village in Muntenia, Fierbinti, renamed Las Fierbinti.
Stars: Mihai Bobonete, Gheorghe Ifrim, Constantin Dita, Leonid Doni
Votes: 2,530
40. 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: 4,157
41. Walking with the Enemy (2013)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Drama, History
A young man, separated from his family in World War II, disguises himself as a Nazi S.S. Officer and uncovers more than just his family whereabouts.
Director: Mark Schmidt | Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Ben Kingsley, Hannah Tointon, Simon Kunz
Votes: 2,337 | Gross: $0.36M
42. Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994 Video)
R | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Still in the thrall of the evil vampire Radu, Michelle yearns to be taught the skills of the vampire. Meanwhile, her sister Becky tries to free her from his evil clutches, and this time, she's brought some help.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Anders Hove, Denice Duff, Kevin Spirtas, Melanie Shatner
Votes: 1,783
43. 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: 15,075 | Gross: $0.08M
44. Selfie 69 (2016)
116 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Your best friends are also the friends who'll make you do the stupidest things. After parting hardcore, Roxi, Yasmine and Ana meet in a bet that will change their lives: Who gets married first in three days?
Director: Cristina Jacob | Stars: Crina Semciuc, Olimpia Melinte, Vlad Logigan, Flavia Hojda
Votes: 1,763
45. Philanthropy (2002)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Ovidiu, a high-school teacher looking for an extra buck, finds an unexpected way to earn easy money.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Mircea Diaconu, Gheorghe Dinica, Mara Nicolescu, Viorica Voda
Votes: 13,158
46. Perfect Strangers (2021)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
One evening, a glass of wine, 7 friends enter a dangerous game: they put their phones on the table and decide that everything they receive that evening, calls, messages, wapp, emails, it will be answered by speaker or read aloud.
Director: Octavian Strunila | Stars: Anca Dumitra, Andreea Gramosteanu, Leonid Doni, Ada Gales
Votes: 1,767
47. Blessed (2004)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A fertility clinic visit becomes an unfathomable nightmare for a woman who's impregnated with the devil's DNA.
Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Heather Graham, James Purefoy, Fionnula Flanagan, Alan McKenna
Votes: 2,230
48. Blue Moon (2021)
85 min | Drama
A young woman, who struggles to receive a higher education and escape her dysfunctional family. An ambiguous sexual experience with an artist will spur her intention to fight the family's violence.
Director: Alina Grigore | Stars: Ioana Chitu, Mircea Postelnicu, Mircea Silaghi, Vlad Ivanov
Votes: 216
49. Sunt celebru, scoate-ma de aici! (2015– )
120 min | Reality-TV
21 days, 13 celebrities and two hosts prepared to face the jungle or to yell "Get me out of here!"
Stars: Cabral Ibacka, Mihai Bobonete, Gina Pistol, Dorian Popa
Votes: 7
50. The Legend of Galgameth (1996)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young prince fights to free his people with the help of his family mascot, a small dragon who grows upon eating metal.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Devin Oatway, Sean McNamara, Stephen Macht, Lou Wagner
Votes: 633