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7.6

♡ 3

80%

Stere Gulea Director

Razvan Vasilescu as Cocosila

Ioana Bugarin as Ileana

Iosif Pastina as Niculae

Florin Zamfirescu as Tugurlan

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 thing is to own land and work it, changes upon the arrival of the Communist regime and collectivization.

The Moromete Family

1987

8.8

♡ 5

Stere Gulea Director

Sandu Mihai Gruia as

Luminita Gheorghiu as Catrina Moromete

Constantin Cojocaru as Ion al lui Miai

Dan Badarau as Victor Balosu

Story of a family. Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army, life and much more.

Tales from the Golden Age

2009

7.8

♡ 6

91%

79%

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.

Katalin Varga

2009

7.0

♡ 7

95%

Peter Strickland Director

Attila Kozma as Accomplice

Melinda Kántor as Etelka Borlan

Florin Vidamski as Husband

Enikö Szabó as Zsuzsa

In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been keeping a terrible secret. Hitchhiking with two men, she was brutally raped in the woods. Although she has kept silent about what happened, she has not forgotten, and her son Órban serves as a living reminder.

Razbunarea haiducilor

1968

6.9

♡ 2

History

Dinu Cocea Director

Draga Olteanu Matei as (as Draga Olteanu)

Marin Moraru as Dascalul

Olga Tudorache as Haricleea

Ernest Maftei as Mitruna

Second of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.

Familiar

2023

6.1

♡ 2

Cãlin Peter Netzer Director

Victoria Ecaterina Moraru as Alina

Bogdan Voda as Car driver

Clara Voda as Passenger car

Ana Ciontea as Valeria Binder

Dragos Binder is doing research in order to write a fiction film based on the true event of his parents fleeing the country in the 80s communist Romania, but then he changes the subject, moving the camera lens on himself.

Morgen

2010

6.9

♡ 1

62%

Marian Crisan Director

István Dankó as

Dorin C. Zachei as Daniel

András Hatházi as Nelu

Levente Molnár as Ovidiu - Border Police

NELU, a man in his forties, works as a security guard in the local supermarket in Salonta, a small town on the Romanian-Hungarian border. This is the place where many illegal emigrants try to cross, by any means posible, to Hungary and then further to Western Europe. One morning, NELU will “fish” something different out of the river: a Turkish man trying to cross the border. Not able to communicate verballly, the two men will somehow understand each other. NELU takes the stranger to the farmhouse, gives him some dry clothes, food and shelter. He doesn’t really know how to help this stranger. The Turkish man gives NELU all the money he has on him so he will help him cross the border. Eventually, NELU takes the money and promises he will help him cross the border tomorrow, MORGEN…

Tuesday, After Christmas

2010

husband wife relationship

6.9

♡ 7

74%

Romance

romanian new wave

Radu Muntean Director

Victor Rebengiuc as Nucu

Mimi Branescu as Paul Hanganu

Maria Popistasu as Raluca

Dana Dembinski Medeleanu as Ralusca's mother

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 Christmas.

Europa Passage

2022

5.9

♡ 2

Andrei Schwartz Director

Maria, Tirloi and their relatives have no choice: in their Romanian Roma village there is no work. In order to survive and provide for their families at home, they go begging in Hamburg.

Baieti Destepti

2023

3.5

♡ 1

Comedy

Romance

Igor Cobileanski Director

Sergiu Costache as Alex

Olimpia Melinte as Elena

Cristian Iacob as Narcis

Gabriel Costin as Rares

With their jobs on the line, three bumbling cops desperately try to take down a ruthless drug lord — and their longtime nemesis — by any means necessary.

The Dacians

1966

7.6

♡ 3

Sergiu Nicolaescu Director

Vasile Nitulescu as (as Vasile Nitu)

Marie-José Nat as Meda - Decebalus' Daughter

Mircea Albulescu as Oluper

Georges Marchal as Roman Gen. Fuscus

The great King of Dacia, Decebal (Decebalus), is disposed to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to keep the integrity of his people. His own son, Cotyso, is given to the god Zamolxis to the dismay of the King and his daughter Meda. Septimius Severus, a young Roman devoted to his adopted country, must make the choice between his blood origins and the culture he was introduced to.

Uneori ninge cu zãpadã, alteori cu întuneric

2021

6.6

Gabriel Achim Director

Gheorghe Ifrim as Beggar / the Suicidal kid's father / the Opera singer / the Lawyer / the Actor

Anca Androne as Ea

Bogdan Dumitrache as Teo

Rolando Matsangos as the Policeman / the Bartender / the Doctor / the Actor

Romania's winning streak at festivals continues, but the most unusual and ambiguous one still lurks in mysterious darkness. The undeservedly underrated Gabriel de Achim challenged the widely renowned Cristi Puiu (“The Death of Mr. Lazarescu”) to make a film using all the things, which the established Romanian master most detests in cinema. He constructed a non-linear story with wickedly tangled flash backs and flash forwards and set the same actors to perform different and multi-faceted roles.

Dream Images

2016

7.7

Sorin Luca Director

Livia Muresan as

Marius Precup as

Nelu Rosca as

Lucretia Lingurar as

It was 1978 and the Romanian dictator Ceausescu was in control of the country. Artists were being prosecuted and isolated due to their "unacceptable" background and views. Amongst them stood the extremely talented musician Rodion Rosca. Although he was a radio star, his debut album was never released.

Men of Deeds

2022

7.3

♡ 4

100%

Paul Negoescu Director

Vitalie Bichir as Cornel

Crina Semciuc as Cristina

Iulian Postelnicu as Ilie

Vasile Muraru as Mayor Constantin

Ilie, a small-town police chief, wants to build a modest comfortable life for himself, but ends up making the wrong choices. Middle-aged and alienated, he feels the need to be a part of something - to build an orchard, even a home. Although dubious things happen in the village, Ilie only sees what suits him. The moment he gets involved in the village marks the beginning of his collapse. In a vacuum of solutions, he tries to be what he has never been before: the justice seeker who arrests everyone guilty.

The Cardinal

2019

7.7

♡ 1

Nicolae Margineanu Director

Radu Banzaru as Directorul / The Warden

Remus Margineanu as Episcop / Bishop Valeriu Frentiu

Ioachim Ciobanu as Gardian Chitu

Bogdan Nechifor as Preot / Priest Alexandru Ratiu

In the fifties, the leaders of the Greek-Catholic church are arrested and sent to the Sighet prison.The soviet regime has banned any church except the orthodox. Tortured and dehumanized, the only choices are conversion or death. The bishop Iuliu Hossu stands up in front of the torturers and through courage and stature becomes an inspiration for the other priests.

Rondul de noapte

2021

5.8

♡ 1

Iosif Demian Director

Judith State as Charlie

Tudor Istodor as Gore

Ioachim Ciobanu as Gutu

Ilinca Harnut as Margareta

Women and men in the middle of the night, without their own clothes, without personal papers and money, without their car keys and mobile phones. In a deserted city the only solution would be, regardless of how far home is, to walk alone all the way there.

Phoenix: Povestea

2022

6.3

♡ 1

Musical

Cristian Radu Nema Director

Rares Andrici as Naratorul

Dan Chisu as Self

Manuela Harabor as Self

Nicolae Covaci as Self

The film celebrates the 50th anniversary of the legendary Romanian rock band Phoenix. It features interviews with key members like Nicolae Covaci, the band's founder, and Mircea Baniciu, one of its iconic voices. The documentary includes rare archival footage and offers a comprehensive look at the band's history, its impact on Romanian culture, and its journey through various political and cultural landscapes.

Beyond the Hills

2012

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.

MMXX

2023

5.8

♡ 3

86%

Comedy

Cristi Puiu Director

Roxana Ogrendil as Cezara Postelnicu

Laur Bondarenco as Mihai Dumitru

Bianca Cuculici as Oana Pfeifer

Florin Tibre as Septimiu Pfifer

Different portraits, four short stories, four moments in time capturing the wanderings of a few souls, stuck at the crossroads of History.

Licu: A Romanian Story

2017

7.9

♡ 3