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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a group of apartment neighbors is turned upside down when a 55-year-old woman named Doina moves in next door. A maniacal lawsuit enthusiast, Doina demands absolute silence in the building. Tensions rise and chaos unfolds as the ...
Style:
absurd, dark comedy, black humor
Audience:
adult
Plot:
neighbor, satire, apartment building, social satire, social commentary, absurd humor, modern life, escalation, farce, reluctant hero, domestic drama, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Based on true events, The Ladder follows the spiritual journey of Andrei, a sensitive, socially awkward young man who turns to acting in his search for true happiness. After the fall of communism, he is blinded by the illusion of freedom and ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, art house, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
spiritual journey, existentialism, character study, moral ambiguity, loss of innocence, alienation, identity crisis, socially awkward, mental illness, slow burn, oppression, haunting ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Romania
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of Bucharest. Pepe & Fifi are brother and sister. Pepe is a struggling boxer, and Fifi is a barfly ...
Style:
dark drama, bleak, neorealism, melancholic, independent film ...
Plot:
social realism, boxing, brother sister relationship, organized crime, survival, barfly, addiction, siblings, working class, slice of life, family drama, desperation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bucharest, romania
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Following the 1394 Battle of Rovine between the Wallachian and Ottoman armies Wallachian ruler Mircea the Elder consolidates his reign.In a small civil war he manages to oust his brother Dan from Wallachia.Dan's dream of usurping the Wallachian ...
Style:
historical drama, tension, serious, tense, epic ...
Plot:
medieval, diplomacy, political intrigue, leadership, strategy, moral dilemma, power struggle, biopic, national identity, ancient, patriotism, loyalty ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and ...
Style:
historical drama, emotional, bleak, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
orphan, world war two, police brutality, survival, justice, coming of age, social injustice, juvenile detention, realism, teenage protagonist, abuse of power, character study ...
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
At the Romanian front near the Austro-Hungarian border during World War I, a multinational group witnesses a hanging and other military deceptions.
Style:
melancholic, bleak, atmospheric, romantic drama, political drama
Plot:
world war one, desertion, hanging, identity crisis, loyalty, moral dilemma, death, tragedy, honor, ethnic conflict, nationalism, court martial ...
Time:
1910s, year 1916
Place:
transylvania, romania, balkan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands, France, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she has won in a contest organized by a soft-drinks company. The prize is a beautiful new car. All Delia has to do now is appear in front of the camera in a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hopes, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, family life, family relations, moral dilemma, parents and children, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, small town, makeover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, romania, bucharest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
Style:
art house, suspenseful
Plot:
conscience, domestic drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, intimate, realism, witness, murder mystery, apartment building, unsettling ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Klaus Bernath, a wealthy German citizen, decides, after many years, to visit his birthplace, of the Banat Swabian village Lindenfeld, in Romania. Since the village has been deserted for many decades, his son and his biographer decide to reconstruct ...
Style:
captivating, contemplative, reflective, melancholic, family saga ...
Plot:
village, recovery, rich, small village, remote village, reminiscence, homecoming, memory, memories, migration, father son relationship, inheritance ...
Place:
germany, romania, transylvania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
It is 1985 and a Cold War is raging between East and West. A young woman named Carmen, while attempting to smuggle Bibles into Romania, is captured by communist forces. Unfortunately, Carmen’s father was a Soviet Nuclear Physicist who became ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tension, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
smuggling, cold war, rescue mission, hostage, espionage, religious persecution, government agent, defector, spy thriller, faith, assassin, covert operation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
romania, soviet union
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The suspense story follows three humanitarians whose mission in a remote village called Întregalde, in the Apuseni Mountains, in a remote area of Transylvania to offer the inhabitants various goods. Apart from a few quarrels and conflicts between ...
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
problem, night, lost, teamwork, satire, moral dilemma, remote village, isolation, moral ambiguity, character study, minimalism, realism ...
Place:
romania, transylvania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police officer investigates the case of a famous pianist that has been missing for several days. The investigation reveals the artist's troubled destiny, his strange relationships and the decisions that led to a dramatic turn of events.
Style:
erotic, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, brother sister relationship, interrogation, murder investigation, murder mystery, escapades, family relations, murderer, violence, uncover truth, name calling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the 21st century Bucharest to get out in the city on Saturday evening at the arm of a beautiful woman is a financial investment risky. Ovidiu, unassuming high school teacher, never could afford. Looking for a source of income to something more ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, dark comedy, existential ...
Plot:
dishonesty, cons and scams, couples, teachers and students, impersonating, teacher, scam, middle aged man, compassion, false identity, alternate reality, alienation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, balkan, europe, eastern europe, bucharest
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Genre: Action
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jaw-dropping cars, insane stunts and extremely powerful engines make the movie "Cursa/ The Race" the most daring film produced in Romania.
Style:
action packed, fast paced, intense, tension
Plot:
thrill ride, street racing, competitiveness, visceral, pursuit, spectacle, urban, rivalry, underdog, adrenaline
Place:
romania, bucharest, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Romania, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The level of disinterest in personal affairs has become so cynical in Bucharest that people cheer even an inept army and police manhunt. Meanwhile, Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that ...
Style:
romantic drama, tense, intense, poignant, black comedy ...
Plot:
love triangle, forbidden love, social satire, obsession, military service, small town life, infidelity, satire, conscription, workplace romance, social injustice, dark humor ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ramon is a kind person, he tries to do good things, but he is making them much worse. He is looking for that special person and ends up in Bucharest, were troubles are following him.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, romantic comedy, melancholic, tense ...
Plot:
misadventure, fish out of water, loneliness, empathy, character study, bittersweet, urban, social satire, culture clash, personal growth, awkward
Place:
bucharest, romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Cosmin plays a tennis game with 3 friends. He looks at the clock and starts panicking: he is late to the Registry Office, to a wedding- his wedding, with his ex-wife, who he had divorced without his friends knowing. Everything starts in 2007 when ...
Style:
satirical, dark comedy
Plot:
wedding, marriage, divorce, midlife crisis, male protagonist, greed, real estate, everyday life, social commentary, speculation, betrayal, social satire ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in Rotterdam. One evening, when she is assaulted after meeting a local, Natalia asks Ita, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
migrant worker, female protagonist, immigration, urban, small village, survival, moral ambiguity, exploitation, assault, social realism, class struggle, friendship ...
Place:
romania, belgium, flanders
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Romina begins to fall in love with Valentin, a tourist on holiday in Costinești with plans to become a musician. Romina helps Valentin to become an artist and, without realizing, he is starting to look a lot like someone from Romina's past.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, realistic, art house
Plot:
love interest, summer, musician, coming of age, coastal town, struggling artist, nostalgia, longing, first love, identity, tourist, self discovery ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
To keep the band together, Selly tries to earn money by making an appearance at the birthday party of a mobster's daughter - until he gets kidnapped.
Style:
feel good, funny, tense, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
holiday, friendship, music band, granddaughter, christmas, family relations, gang, grandfather, friends, friend, birthday, bandit ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
After two hapless stoplight technicians make an offhand joke about an imaginary heist, everyone in their small Romanian town suddenly wants a piece of the pie – forcing the pair to make a decision that could change their lives forever.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
mobster, robbery, satire, bank robber, joke, bandit, escapades, heist gone wrong, burglar, moral ambiguity, small town, mistaken identity ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After working this weekend at a factory, three friends put money together to go on an unforgettable escape to Bucharest.
Style:
laugh out loud, entertaining, humorous, buddy comedy, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, plan gone awry, nothing goes right, road trip, friendship between men, party, camaraderie, buddies, comedy of errors, drinking, drunkenness, group of friends ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, France, Croatia, Switzerland, UK, Canada
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
On behalf of a multinational company, a production assistant drives around the Romanian city of Bucharest, interviewing various citizens who have been injured due to work accidents to cast one of them in a “safety at work” video.
Style:
satirical, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, filmmaking, social commentary, workplace situations, problem, workplace, realism, social realism, dark humor, interview, exploitation, city life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
bucharest, romania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania, Moldova, Luxembourg
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
“Wedding in Bessarabia” is a story of a young couple who recently got married in Romania. He is a young conductor from Bucharest and she is a gifted pianist from the Republic of Moldova. One day, they decide to have another wedding in Moldova, ...
Style:
romantic, comedy drama, emotional, romantic comedy
Plot:
wedding, marriage, culture clash, tradition, relationships, love story, customs, celebration, satire, social satire, pianist, train conductor ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Following a cyber attack on a German bank, an investigator teams with local authorities and an elite hacker to track the suspects.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama, tension ...
Plot:
computer hacker, cybercrime, investigation, hacking, hacker, heist, bank robbery, fighting crime, uncover truth, partners against crime, police investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
romania, germany, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany, Romania, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
During the summer vacations, the three friends are about to take a trip together to Romania, where they are allowed to complete an internship on the film set of "Dracula Rises", arranged for them by Peter's father, who is responsible ...
Style:
detective, captivating, suspense, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
amateur detective, brotherhood, investigation, castle, private investigation, amateur sleuth, child hero, group of friends, private detective, crime solving, uncover truth, private investigator ...
Place:
transylvania, romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Larisa is 16 and lives in a city by the sea. It's a small city, where gossip and news spread fast. It's a city where your image and influence, "manelele", money and power are all that matters. And Larisa… wants it all. And even ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, captivating, serious
Plot:
ambition, group of friends, teenager, teenage girl, party, rape, angst, friendship, friendship between girls, coming of age, female protagonist, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
romania
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A young mother's life is upended when she finds herself hiding behind a secret identity to escape the Bucharest gang responsible for her fiancé's death.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, neo noir, tech noir
Plot:
undercover, organized crime, gang, secret identity, urban, family drama, motherhood, betrayal, identity, cat and mouse, trauma, double life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
bucharest, romania
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A weekend hunting party in Transylvania becomes something darker when the true motives and histories of the hunters are revealed following a shooting.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
shooting, hunting, manhunt, secrets, violence, moral ambiguity, isolation, forest, power struggle, betrayal, slow burn, murder ...
Place:
transylvania, romania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero - righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening, his neighbour pays ...
Style:
heartfelt, uplifting, independent film, black comedy, tension
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, treasure hunt, determination, hopes, parenting, family values, neighbor, country house, working class, heroism, small town life ...
Place:
romania
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