Occident

2002

Romanian

7.5

♡ 1

82%

Action

Comedy

Romance

Cristian Mungiu Director

Doru Ana as Directorul agentiei

Viorel Comanici as Directorul de magazin

Anca Androne as Sorina

Gabriel Spahiu as Spaniolul

"Occident" is a bitter comedy about the people who want to emigrate from Romania, and about those who stay behind. The movie has a rich, interesting structure: there are three different stories - a weeklong in the film - that cross, interconnect and happen in the same period. The characters influence each others lives, sometimes even without knowing. Main characters from one story become secondary characters in another story. At the same time, scenes from the first part of the movie bring unexpected facts when seen the second or the third time. The stories do not have just one ending: the first story ends in each of the third parts in a different point, suggesting radically different solutions for the characters. The way in which the director fits time and links events together often produces thematically unexpected results.

Graduation

2016

Romanian

7.3

♡ 34

94%

Cristian Mungiu Director

Vlad Ivanov as Chief Inspector

Maria Dragus as Eliza Aldea

Lia Bugnar as Magda

Ioachim Ciobanu as Suspect no 1

After his daughter is assaulted and left with an injury that may jeopardize her opportunity to study in the UK, a Romanian doctor decides to do whatever it takes to secure her future.

Tales from the Golden Age

2009

Romanian

7.8

♡ 6

91%

79%

Action

based on myths, legends or folklore

Cristian Mungiu Director

Gabriel Spahiu as Neighbor

Iulian Postelnicu as Primul gardian

Viorel Comanici as The Party Secretary

Ingrid Bisu as Viviana

Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceaușescu's regime.

Beyond the Hills

2012

Romanian

7.5

♡ 14

91%

Cristian Mungiu Director

Ion Sapdaru as Captain

Doru Ana as Father Nusu

Adrian Acuta as Man at the wheel

Luminita Gheorghiu as Schoolteacher

Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita—the only person in the world she loves and was loved by—back with her. But Voichita has found God, and God is the hardest lover of all to best.

R.M.N.

2022

Romanian

7.2

♡ 10

97%

Drama

Cristian Mungiu Director

Andrei Finti as Papa Otto

Maria Dragus as Steffi

Lucian Ifrim as The recruitment agent

Alin Panc as Traian

A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his Transylvanian village. He wishes to involve himself more in the education of his son, Rudi, left for too long in the care of his mother, Ana, and to rid him of the unresolved fears that have gripped him. He’s also eager to see his ex-lover Csilla and preoccupied about his old father, Otto. When a few new workers are hired at the small factory that Csilla manages, the peace of the community is disturbed, underlying fears grip the adults, and frustrations, conflicts and passions erupt through the thin sliver of apparent understanding and calm.