Best Romanian Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Romanian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, melancholic, suspense and serious. Plot: death, blood, satire, male nudity, hopes, friendship, love, female nudity, father son relationship and husband wife relationship. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Thriller. Country: Romania, USA and UK.
Best Romanian Movies
TOP Movies: The Nun (2018), The Paper Will Be Blue (2006), War Dogs (2016), Child's Pose (2013), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Police, Adjective (2009), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), Miami Beach (2020), The Sisters Brothers (2018), The Yellow Tie (2025), Van Helsing (2004), The New Year That Never Came (2024), Cold Mountain (2003), One Step Behind the Seraphim (2017), Two Lottery Tickets (2016), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), California Dreamin' (2007), The Plague (2025), Hawaii (2017).
List of Best Movies
193K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking ...
Style:
scary, demonic, religious horror, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, supernatural horror, ghost, nun, demon, paranormal, priest, evil nun, suicide, blood, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1952, 2010s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
romania, rome italy, xian
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
soldier, political unrest, danger, idealism, military, terrorism, daring rescue, state affairs, artist, romanian revolution, media, dictatorship ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
romania, europe
Is relevant?
293K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
corruption, arms dealer, smuggling, friendship, rise and fall, gunrunner, marketing, military, arms smuggling, drug, con artists, fraud ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2005 ...
Place:
afghanistan, las vegas, iraq, baghdad iraq, jordan ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Child's Pose is a contemporary drama focusing on the relationship between a mother and her 32-year-old son. After the accidental killing of a boy in a car crash, the mother tries to prevent her son being charged for the death, and she refuses ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, art film ...
Plot:
car accident, impotence, architect, parents and children, crumbling relationship, family problems, life turned upside down, grownups, family in crisis, love, secret, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, 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: 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: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.
Style:
satirical, mockumentary, funny, dark comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
disguise, father daughter relationship, satire, coronavirus, masturbation, feminism, presidential election, prank, sarcasm, social satire, amazon, mockery ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, xian, new york, texas, kazakhstan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) is a retired Romanian engineer, spending his time in the company of his cats and booze. When he starts feeling unusually ill, he first seeks painkillers from his neighbors. It soon becomes apparent that Lazarescu is ...
Style:
sincere, black comedy, contemplative, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
hospital, medical, paramedic, doctors and patients, ambulance, character study, storytelling, self discovery, surgery, public health, terminal illness, fighting illness ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
romania, bucharest, eastern europe, transylvania, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Miami Bici is the story of Ion and Ilie, two young people from a small dark city in Romania who go to Miami in the middle of winter, to live both the "American Dream" and the Romanian dream of "getting rich quick". Once there, ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, satire, fish out of water, escapades, organized crime, friends, money, beach, deception, ambition, greed, scam ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
miami, miami beach, florida
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The colourfully named gold prospector Hermann Kermit Warm is being pursued across 1,000 miles of 1850s Oregon desert to San Francisco by the notorious assassins Eli and Charlie Sisters. Except Eli is having a personal crisis and beginning to doubt ...
Style:
captivating, artsy, historical drama, powerful, epic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
brother brother relationship, brother brother conflict, hitman, gold rush, amputation, wild west, gold, one last job, murder, prank, golddigger, escapades ...
Time:
1850s, 19th century, 2010s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
oregon, california, san francisco, pacific ocean, palo alto california
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Romania
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, dramatic, historical drama, intense ...
Plot:
biopic, world war two, classical music, orchestra, exile, train conductor, legacy, ambition, survival, resilience, rise and fall, perseverance ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, romania
Is relevant?
305K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, frankenstein, fantasy world, good versus evil, undead, dark hero, transformation, monster ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2004, 15th century, 1880s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, budapest, italy, france ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The New Year That Never Came is a tragicomedy whose action takes place in a single day, before the counter-revolution of 1989, in which the characters search for normality, safety, love, freedom and meaning in an absurd world.
Style:
emotional, tragicomedy, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
protest, communism, political unrest, oppression, social commentary, bittersweet, desperation, dark humor, cold war era, resilience, urban, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
Is relevant?
163K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, epic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, lovers reunited, slavery, tragic romance, loss of family member, star crossed lovers, getting home, loss of loved one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, appalachia, charleston south carolina ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A group of freshmen in an orthodox college are introduced in a world of cons, pleasure and money, but they soon discover that's not the way one's life should be lead.
Style:
sexy, contemplative, romantic, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, friendship, coming of age, gay lead character, lovers, female nudity, gay couple, young lovers, atheism, confession, love affair, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
3 men from a provincial town who are in an urgent need for money so they decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery, but very soon, the ticket gets stolen.
Style:
independent film, road movie
Plot:
lottery, bet, investigation, theft, lottery ticket, little girl, fortune teller, police, hotel, breaking and entering, hitchhiker, hiding ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Morocco
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon ...
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, desert, gory, survival, torture, fear, rape, victim, human monster, brutality, stranded, danger ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Romanian director Cristian Nemescu's comedy California Dreamin' (aka Nesfarsit, 2007) unfolds against the backdrop of the Kosovo War, circa 1999. A NATO train rolls through a Romanian hamlet, transporting a plethora of weapons across the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, depressing ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, father daughter relationship, ego clash, military, hopes, soldier, society, hypocrisy, disorder, culture clash, military life, mayor ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
balkan, kosovo, eastern europe, europe, former yugoslavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates, USA, Romania
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer...
Style:
tense, realistic, intense, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bullying, summer camp, summer, coming of age, teen angst, social anxiety, character study, adolescence, self discovery, isolation, mental illness, outsider ...
Time:
year 2003
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
61K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Romania, United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, scary, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, stalker, expatriate, voyeurism, women, home invasion, paranoia, woman, missing woman, murder, being followed, american horror ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
romania, bucharest
Is relevant?
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, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Style:
visually stunning, atmospheric, stylized, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
forbidden love, fall in love, dangerous attraction, chase, gangster, a vision, on the run, supernatural, femme fatale, disorder, danger, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, usa, bucharest, chicago
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A night. Dozens of stories. A city. Lică, a taxi driver, is an all knowing guy, while Liviu, his friend, also a taxi driver keeps a lot to himself. They are completely different and their ideas about life and people only meet when they are eating ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, satirical, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
taxi driver, driver, taxi, driving, night, satire, multiple storylines, loneliness, working class, self discovery, friendship, city life ...
Place:
bucharest
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A frothy comedy about life in the corporation, about the challenges of building a career and those of consolidating and motivating a team. The film, a satire of corporate life, reveals the events of a team building in which the robotic corporativism ...
Style:
entertaining, satirical, humorous, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, corporation, workplace, team building, coworker, relationships, job, office worker, office, relationship vs career, career, teamwork ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she learns that the ...
Style:
sweet, romantic, sentimental, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
prince, christmas, royalty, valet, love, coronation, fall in love, couples, dating show, love and romance, couple relations, love affair ...
Place:
europe, alps, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Italy, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, sentimental, sad ...
Plot:
single father, father son relationship, dying father, single parent, terminal illness, father and son, foster home, family relations, father, parents and children, relationships, kids and family ...
Place:
northern ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A sequel to one of Romanian cinema’s most lauded adaptations, The Moromete Family, film tells the tale of Ilie Moromete and his family and focuses on his youngest son, Niculae. The entire order of the world of the village, where the most important ...
Style:
family saga, psychological, captivating, thrilling, art house ...
Plot:
social commentary, village life, dysfunctional family, social problems, problem, family problems, family relations, life is a bitch, communism, father son relationship, coming of age, education ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Romania
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
melancholic, brutal, independent film
Plot:
coming of age, male nudity, bare chested male, boy, court, sex, architecture, father son relationship, street walker, prostitute, 13 year old, masturbation ...
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