Romanian movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant romanian movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, captivating, melancholic, suspense and sexy films and TV shows about / with male nudity, satire, female nudity, nude, social commentary, death, friendship, society, family relations and corruption plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Romania, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as romanian: Tuesday, After Christmas (2010), Cannibal (2013), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), God's Own Country (2017), My Giant (1998), Shelley (2016), Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (1979), Chained Justice (1984), Morituris: Legions of the Dead (2011), State of Romania (2009).
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sexy, serious, sincere, contemplative, talky ...
Plot:
dentist, family in crisis, family relations, couples, crumbling marriage, breakup, family problems, dishonesty, parents and children, crumbling relationship, extramarital affair, doomed romance ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe, romania
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, Romania, Russia, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he's also a murderer in the shadows. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life and love awakens.
Style:
serious, psychological, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
woman in a bikini, cannibalism, serial killer, fall in love, moral dilemma, love and romance, introspection, mental disorder, murder, missing sister, sauna, skinny dipping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Cover-boy racconta l’amicizia fra Ioan (Eduard Gabia) e Michele (Luca Lionello) l’uno rumeno e l’altro italiano. Due mondi che casualmente s’incontrano: l’esperienza di chi, figlio della rivoluzione post comunista, è fuggito dal proprio ...
Style:
intercultural, realistic, independent film, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
immigration, male nudity, gay, lgbt, friendship, social realism, exploitation, coming of age, survival, working class, gay interest, class struggle ...
Place:
italy, romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
Style:
homoerotic, sexy, lgbt cinema, erotic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay romance, lgbt, gay relationship, gay love, migrant worker, gay interest, gay lead character, gay couple, village life, sheep, homosexuality ...
Time:
year 2017, 2000s, 2010s, 90s
Place:
yorkshire, northern england, indiana, britain, romania ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Billy Crystal plays a Hollywood agent who stumbles upon Max, a giant living in Romania, and tries to get him into the movies.
Style:
humorous, touching, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
tall man, friendship, unrequited love, giant, destiny, voice over narration, talent agent, boy, selfishness, car accident, monk, actor ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
romania, usa, las vegas, new mexico, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but things don't turn out quite as planned...
Style:
disturbing, demonic, spooky, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy, lake, nightmare, childlessness, blonde, self harm, dream, supernatural horror, housekeeper, dog, forest, baby ...
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A paysan is mistaken for a millionaire to whom he looks exactly like.
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, feel good, period piece, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
hotel, seaside, mistaken identity, fish out of water, body swapping, culture clash, mobster, farce, class conflict, kidnapping, ransom, social commentary ...
Place:
romania
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The movie sheds light on a Romanian peasant who fights against social injustice.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, period piece, bleak, art house ...
Plot:
social injustice, resilience, small village, class struggle, perseverance, tragic hero, political corruption, slow burn, moral ambiguity, explosions, heist, theft ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
poetic realism, romania
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Rome, in 73 B.C. Spartacus led the rebellion of 200 gladiators wich saw them opposed to the inhumanity which Rome had forced them into. During the riot they resisted for a long time against the roman soldiers. Few against a whole army. Some of them ...
Style:
slasher, dark, brutal, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
crucifix, sexual sadism, held captive, darkness, serial killer, brutality, revenge, evil man, psycho, violence, rape, sadism ...
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When the Mayor of Cloncatele threatens to demolish the extinctions made to his house, State decides that 'there's no justice in this country' and decides it's time for him to get to business and become the next Mayor for ...
Style:
satirical, light, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rivalry, political satire, power struggle, village life, humour, political intrigue, politics, political humor, village, satire, rivals, social satire ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Romania
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story:
RObotzi este un serial românesc de desene animate creat de CreativeMonkeyz care apare săptămânal și are ca personaje principale 2 roboți: MO și F.O.C.A., creați drept „primii roboți de talie mică produși în România, a căror perioadă ...
Style:
animated comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, exciting ...
Plot:
robot, science and technology, science, androids and robots, humour, sentient robot, technology, talking robot, adventure hero, friendship, abandoned warehouse, satire ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A rural comedy where the intrigues caused by the upcoming elections in a small village give rise to a ridiculous war between the mayor and deputy mayor. Unfortunately, they have no clue that their struggle will prove to be in vain at the end of the ...
Style:
sitcom, satirical, situational comedy, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
political satire, small village, social satire, village life, satire, politics, election, political humor, political intrigue, lifestyle, countryside, humour ...
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, humorous, witty, dark comedy ...
Plot:
communism, politics, holiday, friendship, state affairs, elderly, small town, dictatorship, international relations, husband wife relationship, revolution, communist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
balkan, eastern europe, romania, europe, bucharest
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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 screen adaptation of the real Independence War ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, breathtaking, touching
Plot:
filmmaking, obsessive quest, society, career change, showbiz, director, european, bittersweet, partner, state affairs, blind ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe, romania, hungary
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a small village of Communist-era Romania a young couple wish to marry, but Joseph Stalin dies the night prior to their wedding ceremony forcing the bride and groom to marry in silence.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, surreal, realistic, biting ...
Plot:
dictatorship, dark humor, wedding preparations and rituals, dictator, injustice, occupation, family life, parents and children, oppression, disorder, plan gone awry, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
romania, soviet union, europe, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Tales from the Golden Age is composed of 5 unconventional short stories, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title of the film refers to the alluded ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, dark comedy ...
Plot:
communism, society, life is a bitch, family relations, social decay, dictatorship, life changing experience, urban legend, summer, totalitarian regime, artist, mission ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
eastern europe, romania, europe
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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: Crime, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A cop named Cristi must go undercover to trail teen Victor who is suspected of selling pot in the north-eastern city of Vasliu.
Style:
serious, sincere, contemplative, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, police investigation, workplace situations, police detective, power relations, fighting the system, law enforcement, workplace, against the rules, husband wife relationship, drug dealer ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Costica, unemployed and without many goals in life, tired of being taken for a fool, runs for president to steal his neighbor's parking spot, unaware that he is being manipulated by the party, which secretly wants to lose the election, in order ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, ironic, dark comedy, political thriller
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, political satire, social commentary, embezzlement, political campaign, farce, working class, bribery, media manipulation, bureaucracy, conspiracy ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Liviu (Peter O'Toole) and Julia (Charlotte Rampling) decide it's best to hide out on an island of paradise until the war ends. However politics and jealousy ensue when Larsen (Max Von Sydow) enter the mix.
Style:
tense, art house, existential, melancholic, sexual ...
Plot:
world war two, tropical island, jealousy, human nature, isolation, survival, greed, mistrust, claustrophobia, class conflict, aristocracy, luxury ...
Time:
1940s, year 1976
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
"Bucharest Non-Stop" is a feature film that tells the story of a neighborhood of Bucharest. More specifically, the film is a night of non-stop life of a store located in a neighborhood blocks. Four drive four different stories linked by a ...
Style:
independent film, intense, melancholic, suspense
Plot:
ordinary people, slice of life, nightlife, everyday life, neighborhood, social realism, realism, character study, street life, working class, empathy, storekeeper ...
Place:
bucharest, 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: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young Romanian gendarme, Cristi, tries to find the balance between two apparently 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 ...
Style:
sexy, touching, romantic, talky, psychological ...
Plot:
gay subtext, gay interest, closeted homosexual, gay relationship, gay, gay slur, police officer, gay lead character, closeted gay, gay couple, lgbt, gay bashing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, bucharest
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the period prior to the revolt in Timisoara in December 1989 and mirroring the events that led to the downfall of the dictator Ceausescu. -- BFI
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, tense, art house, bleak ...
Plot:
dictatorship, totalitarianism, oppression, revolution, fear, surveillance, guilt, protest, atonement, revolt, anxiety, reconciliation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, romania
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding. Eliza has won a scholarship to ...
Style:
social, psychological, captivating, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, graduation, infidelity, attorney, corruption, assault, ethical dilemma, motorcycle, family relations, police, marital separation, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
romania, transylvania, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Lithuania, Moldova
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.
Style:
independent film, realistic, heartfelt, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
friendship, entrepreneurship, dream, ambition, post soviet, small business, poverty, social commentary, slice of life, satire, coming of age, survival ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Serbia, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Adi (40), a shy and introverted anthropologist who got recently dumped by his girlfriend, moves to Ferentari, most notorious outcasted neighborhood in Bucharest. He wants to write a study on manele music. The pop music of the Roma community serves ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, suspenseful, touching, captivating
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, male homosexuality, gay slur, soldier, love, social status, gay relationship, research, male nudity, hustler, bare chested male ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
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