Movies and TV shows set in romania – page 3
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On 22 June 1941, Germany and Romania attack Soviet Russia. Several days later, Curzio Malaparte, the Italian writer who would one day pen the novel « Kaputt », a war correspondent for « Corriere de la Sera », arrives in Iasi, in the north of ...
Style:
bleak, grim, historical drama, period piece, tense
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, anti semitism, war correspondent, deportation, indifference, accomplice, police brutality, ethical dilemma, corruption, moral ambiguity, investigation ...
Place:
romania
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755
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An inexperienced prosecutor becomes involved with a local woman while investigating a miner's death.
Plot:
male nudity, working conditions, artist, male objectification, male female relationship, murderer, economics, soldier, wedding, prosecutor, irony, corruption ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Romania, Hungary
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sibiu, December 1989. In the chaos and panic generated by the protests of the crowd against the authorities, a unit of the militia becomes the target of a violent assault that escalates into a bloody confrontation between soldiers, militiamen, ...
Style:
historical drama, intense, political, period piece, political thriller ...
Plot:
soldier, revolution, freedom, oppression, secret police, civil unrest, conflict, protest, liberation, chaos, militia, accusation ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bucharest, 1972. Ana, 17, dreams of love and freedom. One night, while partying with her friends, they decide to send a letter to Metronom, the musical program which Radio Free Europe broadcasts clandestinely in Romania. It is then that the ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic, art house, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
teen romance, loss of innocence, authoritarianism, political repression, secret police, surveillance, cold war, coming of age, intimate, forbidden love, slow burn, youth culture ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
romania, bucharest, eastern europe
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Genre: War, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the ...
Style:
bleak, tension, existential, art house, period drama
Plot:
world war two, village, scapegoat, injustice, moral dilemma, tragedy, nazi occupation, village idiot, outcast, war crime, sacrifice, fear ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In 1975 two Romanian kids go about their daily routine in their native fishing village on the Danube Delta when a mysterious stranger asks them for a ride in their fishing boat to an island located deep inside the river delta.
Style:
suspense, tension, atmospheric, crime drama, noir ...
Plot:
boat, murder, danger, stranger, children, fear, isolation, mistrust, coming of age, village life, friendship, deception ...
Time:
70s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
During the 1970s a foreign smuggler is taking hostages and threatening to sabotage a river pumping station if he is not aided in his attempt to smuggle ancient artifacts out of Romania.Two young local boys foil his plans.
Style:
tense, tension, suspenseful, crime thriller, period piece
Plot:
smuggling, rescue mission, cat and mouse, manhunt, treasure hunt, police procedural, heist, coming of age, isolation, cold war era, ruse, boy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
romania, black sea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fresh out of university, agricultural engineer Voica Teodorescu returns to her native village where she joins a local team of engineers in the planning of a dam and an irrigation mega project.Although Voica is engaged to be married to Ilarie she ...
Style:
serious, melancholic
Plot:
embezzlement, agriculture, investigation, corruption, village life, female protagonist, bureaucracy, engineering, moral dilemma, social realism, suspicion, love triangle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Drama directed by Dan Pita.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, art house, melancholic, psychological ...
Plot:
love triangle, friendship, betrayal, jealousy, longing, male friendship, unrequited love, passion, roommate, infidelity, bittersweet, intimate ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After years of deplorable conditions of poverty and injustice, peasants revolt against the landowners, the social elite, and police in this routine social drama. A peasant woman is raped by a lecherous wealthy lesbian, and chaos breaks out in the ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, period piece, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
village, class struggle, oppression, rape, sexual abuse, repression, political unrest, poverty, social realism, massacre, riot, rebellion ...
Time:
1900s, 90s
Place:
romania, transylvania
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, period piece, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
con artists, forgery, friendship, mistaken identity, police investigation, unhappiness, fish out of water, satire, families, heist, social commentary, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way
Style:
lighthearted, buddy comedy, slapstick, crime drama, iconic
Plot:
beach, vacation, misadventure, summer, drug traffic, smuggling, friendship, police procedural, investigation, airplane, satire, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
romania, black sea, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.
Style:
tension, crime drama, suspenseful, dark, noir
Plot:
abduction, investigative journalism, hostage situation, human trafficking, police investigation, survival, claustrophobia, paranoia, organized crime, political corruption, culture clash, language barrier ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, transylvania
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Romania, East Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, dramatic, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war one, revenge, baron, tragedy, military officer, post war, conflict, justice, massacre, class conflict, nobility, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
transylvania, romania, east germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Romania, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1916, shortly before Romania's entry in World War One Romanian Army Lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu is posted to a border patrol unit on Romania's border with Austria-Hungary. Not receiving any news from his wife he persuades the commanding ...
Style:
tension, historical drama, intense, melancholic, romantic ...
Plot:
jealousy, infidelity, obsession, love triangle, romantic rivalry, jealous husband, betrayal, romantic obsession, inheritance, world war one, army, lieutenant ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
romania
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her, she becomes drawn into a small Romanian underworld of brooding menace, darkness, torture ...
Style:
gothic, creepy, scary, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
vampire, fiend, father, silly humor, child in peril, secret agent, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, gory, afterlife, destiny, supernatural romance ...
Time:
middle ages, 90s, year 1989
Place:
romania, hungary, bucharest, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter such kooky creatures as the sensitive Wolfman, the horny Vampiress Odette, as well as a whole cast of other weirdos.
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, horror comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vampire, happy ending, mad scientist, wolfman, frankenstein, amateur detective, investigation, reporter, full moon, swamp, father son relationship, missing girl ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
romania, europe, transylvania
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In London, after investigating crack addicted junkies for an article in her newspaper, Amy Klein watches a bizarre videotape where an underground group of youngsters in Bucharest apparently becoming zombies. Amy finds Marla dead with a puzzle cube ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
hallucination, hellraiser, suicide, supernatural, sex horror, lesbianism, female journalist, good versus evil, uncover truth, heroes, riddles and clues, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, romania, london, england, bucharest
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 187 min.
TV show
Story:
When Mary Ashley is approached to become ambassador of the United States of America in Romania she does not take the offer because her husband does not want to give up his well-going doctor's office. Shortly afterward Dr. Edward Ashley gets ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
iron curtain, dictator, secret organization, doctor, professor, ambassador, political conspiracy, political intrigue, politics, terrorism, state affairs, undercover ...
Time:
80s
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
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358
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A young couple, Alexander and Livia, take off on holiday to Romania. Hospitalized after being hit by a car, Alexander must undergo a blood transfusion—with horrifying consequences: upon his return, he seems afflicted with a strange disease.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, tense, bloody ...
Plot:
vampire, insomnia, infection, ghost, couples, hallucination, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, paranoia, contamination, vacation, strange behavior, hospital ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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 its great unification's international recognition at the 1919 Peace Talks.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, epic
Plot:
world war one, female protagonist, royalty, queen, politics, world politics, marriage, historical figure, lifestyle, post war, political intrigue, women ...
Time:
1910s, year 1919, post world war one
Place:
romania, london, transylvania, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An ordinary day in Romania. Under a highway exit close to Bucharest, Lidia and Denisa are changing their clothes; warm pullovers and sneakers are exchanged for tight tops and heels. The two are then waiting for clients, an icy wind gusting around ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, slow cinema
Plot:
prostitution, sex work, poverty, social realism, everyday life, working class, survival, character study, desperation, female friendship, resilience, humiliation ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Arguing with his parents, Petre, a teenager, moves at his bigger brother, Andrei, a successful actor.
Style:
tragic ending, atmospheric, period piece
Plot:
envy, jealousy, sibling rivalry, teenage angst, family conflict, family drama, coming of age, accident, loss, rebellion, alienation, tragedy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their traditional Exitus Party (school graduation). However, this very ...
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, world war two, friendship, loss of innocence, adolescence, first love, social change, bittersweet, identity crisis, small town, social commentary, provincial life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
transylvania, romania
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After learning of his brother's death during a mission in Romania, a former soldier joins two allies to hunt down a mysterious enemy and take his revenge.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, violent content, escapades, friendship, revenge, danger, graphic violence, murder, violence, obsession, dishonesty, ambition ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a competitive circumstances, Russian Federation returned the Romanian state treasury found in Moscow. Among the items brought into the country is also a bust of the early twentieth century (porcelain bust made in 1915, signed I. ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, tension, satirical
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, greed, money, opportunism, chase, art theft, road trip, mobster, escape, organized crime, corruption, young adult ...
Time:
near future
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Romania
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
When the Soviet Army marched into Romania in 1944, a part of the Romanian population went “into the mountains” – a diverse assortment of nationalists and fascists, liberals, apolitical farmers and members of the middle-class, who were affected ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tense, art house, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communism, anti communist, resistance, dictatorship, dictator, post war, guerilla warfare, political persecution, arrest, torture, hardship, desperation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The '60s, Romania. Serafim, a young doctor, is sent to the Hospital in Palilula, a small town lost somewhere on the country map, after the death of the previous pediatrician, Mr. Pantelică.
Style:
surreal, absurd, allegory, atmospheric, poetic ...
Plot:
magic realism, hospital, satire, small town, isolation, social commentary, quarantine, sanitarium, loneliness, macabre, remote village, bare chested male ...
Time:
60s
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hawaii is a story on the struggle of inheriting $3 million in communist-era Romania when owning $1 could mean losing your freedom and touches on the theme of how money could buy if not happiness, at least the freedom to choose unhappiness.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tension, political, period drama
Plot:
family drama, cold war era, moral ambiguity, inheritance, political oppression, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, survival, bureaucracy, irony, family secret, black market ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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