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- DirectorNae CaranfilStarsLaurentiu BãnescuMaria ObretinTeodor CorbanA humble Romanian actor in his 30s, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.
- DirectorHoratiu MalaeleStarsHoratiu MalaeleCrina SemciucIgor Caras-RomanovIt's about three lifelong friends. One evening, all three of them go to a fortune teller and are told that they will die in a week, on a specific day and in a certain way.
- DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsMircea AndreescuTeodor CorbanIon SapdaruA local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.
- DirectorIgor CobileanskiStarsIon SapdaruConstantin PuscasuDaniel BusuiocTwo friends begin a journey full of adventures in Eastern Europe, trying to make it in business and fulfill their long-time dreams.
- DirectorMarian CrisanStarsAndrás HatháziYilmaz YalçinElvira RimbuA low-key satire that takes a droll approach to the serious subject of illegal immigration.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsMara Elena AndreiMirela ApostuEugenia BosânceanuCenters around a family gathering on the anniversary of a patriarch's recent death.
- DirectorCãlin Peter NetzerStarsLuminita GheorghiuBogdan DumitracheNatasa RaabAfter the terrible news of a fatal car accident involving her son, a desperate mother will do anything in her power to set her child free.
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAlexandru PapadopolAnca AndroneSamuel TastetOccident is a bittersweet comedy that focuses on the growing tendency of Eastern European youth to migrate west. When the amicable Luci (Alexandru Papadopol) and his beautiful lover Sorina (Anca Androne) are evicted from their apartment, Sorina decides they must visit her father's grave and ask for a "sign". Seconds later, Luci is hit in the head by a bottle and taken to the hospital by a Frenchman. Despite her love for Luci, Sorina believes a life with security takes precedence over romance, and moves in with the good samaritan. Meanwhile, a jilted bride (Tania Popa) and her mother (Coca Bloos) enlist the help of of a private agency to find a proper husband for her, but the wealthy Italian man they select has more than a couple of undesirable traits. Later, Michaela's (Popa) father, a police captain, finds out that Luci's cousin is dead, prompting him to remember when the two boys fled from Romania by swimming across the Danube on an inflatable doll. The cousin had made it across, but Luci had been arrested and thrown into prison.
- DirectorRadu MunteanStarsMimi BranescuMirela OprisorMaria PopistasuPaul 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.
- DirectorAlexandru MafteiStarsDana VoicuIonel MihailescuPaul Octavian DiaconescuMusician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to their staid, passionless lives, characters in a constant state of sexual arousal surround them. Their libidinous teen son, whose hilarious voiceover commentary intermittently provides important narrative information, prides himself on being the high school stud and aspires to a career in porn. Gabriela's sexy employee switches boyfriends the way she changes clothes. And despite being married, Gabriel's colleague is working his way through the female members of their orchestra. Ultimately, the two Gabys find their virtual affairs reconnect them with their own desires, but in a way less movie-fantasy and more satisfyingly real-life.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsAlexandru PapadopolDragos BucurIoana FloraA newbie agrees to deliver the wrong merchandise for money. He will learn soon that this trip will change his views about life, forever.
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAdrian TitieniMaria DragusLia BugnarA film about compromises and the implications of the parent's role.
- DirectorAna VladAdrian VoicuStarsMihaela AndreiViorel AndreiGheorghe BanuWhile people in Western Europe were used to choose between hundreds of brands, the communist Romanian used to have a different experience: all our life we lived with only one brand for each basic product. Imagine the importance that this 'mono-brands' could acquire for the lives of those who made them and for the lives of those who consumed them. A love story between man and object.
- DirectorFlorin SerbanStarsGeorge PistereanuAda CondeescuMihai ConstantinTwo weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAnamaria MarincaLaura VasiliuVlad IvanovA woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsDoru AnaMonica BarladeanuAlina BerzunteanuMr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.
- DirectorRadu CiorniciucStarsGica EnacheVali EnacheRica EnacheIn the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.
- DirectorAlexander NanauStarsDan Alexandru CondreaLiviu IoluRazvan LutacDirector Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
- DirectorHanno HöferRazvan MarculescuCristian MungiuStarsDiana CavalliotiRadu IacobanVlad IvanovSeveral urban legends of Communist Romania are dramatized.
- DirectorJesús del CerroStarsDragos BucurCristina FluturAndi VasluianuHawaii 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.
- DirectorNicolae MargineanuStarsRadu BotarIoan Andrei IonescuRichard BovnoczkiSighet prison in communist Romania. An catholic cardinal considered a national hero is faced with an unusual torturer. There is only one way out, conversion or death.
- DirectorLucian PintilieStarsMaia MorgensternRazvan VasilescuVictor RebengiucA description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucarest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
- DirectorBogdan MiricaStarsDragos BucurGheorghe VisuVlad IvanovRoman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property, he is warned by the local cop that his grandfather was a local crime lord and his men will not let go of the land..
- DirectorDaniel SanduStarsStefan IancuVlad IvanovToto DumitrescuA 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.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsTeodor CorbanMihai ComanoiuToma CuzinSet in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
- DirectorVlad PetriVlad Petri followed the Romanian protesters who occupied the streets of Bucharest in 2012. A poignant documentary about people who are devastated and impulsive, lost and encouraged, all at once. And about a revolution that becomes a tragic absurdity.
- DirectorAnca DamianStarsVlad IvanovJamie SivesSandrine BonnaireWhile being in Poland, Romanian Claudio Crulic is wrongly accused of theft. In jail he goes on a hunger strike.
- DirectorVlad ZamfirescuStarsTheo MartonIrina VelcescuVlad ZamfirescuFor two friends there is only one secret to happiness, that is easy to understand, but, perhaps, difficult to accept.
- DirectorCãtãlin MitulescuStarsDorotheea PetreTimotei DumaIoan AlbuIn Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
- DirectorTedy NeculaStarsIulian BurciuGrumazescu CezarVictoria CociasSeveral passengers remain locked in a subway station. They do not know each other and each has a different route, with own problems. But as passengers interact, things change and everyone will have the same destination at the end.
- DirectorDan ChisuStarsAdrian TitieniIonut VisanAnca FlorescuA story about the illusion of getting rich in Romania. In a country where stories of striking it rich are everywhere, anyone thinks such a thing is not only possible, but it's easily achievable. The storyline follows two destinies: one is of a young couple, Marius and Cosmina. Marius wrote an imaginary name on a lottery promotion ticket just to drag Cosmina. And the draw makes him the winner. The other is of two adults. Because of their lack of knowledge when it comes to modern technology, they get fooled by e-mail spam, fall for a false online lottery and lose their last savings. The stories meet at the end, when they lose all hope and refuse their only chance of getting rich. Finally we realize that the illusion of becoming rich puts ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
- DirectorSerge Ioan CelebidachiStarsMarcel IuresAlessia TofanEric AraditsWhen an elderly man returns to his family home after decades of absence, the apparition of his childhood sweetheart triggers a rewind to the life-changing events from his youth.
- DirectorIura LuncasuStarsCodin MaticiucAndrei MateiuCosmin NatanticuThe story of three men, old friends, who work at a car parts factory in a provincial town - When the factory is bought by some foreign investors, the three, along with many other employees, are laid off. They are offered compensatory salaries for one year, so they decide to spend an unforgettable weekend in Bucharest. After a fiery night, they wake up the next day, with hangover, thinking of returning home, but they miss the road and reach the edge of a locality, disoriented and without fuel. Here they are confused by the locals, who, impressed by their appearance, take them as foreign businessmen, who come to invest in the local business. Invited by the mayor to negotiations.
- DirectorCamelia PopaStarsAlexandru PopCosmin SelesiFlorin BusuiocIn the village Rachitele the legend says if you kiss a girl on the Wool Day she will be your wife. Three shepherds are willing to do anything possible in order to kiss somebody.
- DirectorPaul NegoescuStarsDorian BogutaDragos BucurAlexandru PapadopolThree men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery, but soon after their ticket gets stolen.
- DirectorJesús del CerroStarsMatei DimaCodin MaticiucLetitia VladescuMiami 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".
- StarsAlec SecareanuRaluca AproduMadalina CraiuLook at the young generation of a country caught between the past and the future. It is centered on the titular character.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIoana IacobAlexandru DabijaAlex BogdanAn artist commissioned to stage a re-enactment of a Romanian war battle receives pushback from producers for including a realistic portrayal of her country's treatment of Jews during WWII.
- DirectorAlex CotetMatei DimaCosmin NedelcuStarsSerban PavluMatei DimaAnca DinicuA gang of office workers must do anything to save their jobs. Things get out of control when they go on a team building.
- DirectorTudor BotezatuStarsAlin PancAlexandru PopCosmin SelesiE ultima sansa a lui Tica de a pupa o mandra de Ziua Lanii, pentru ca anul acesta implineste varsta barbatutului neinflorit. Varsta la care se spune ca Dumnezeu ia mintile celui ce nu le-a folosit sa-si faca un rost in lume.
- DirectorCamelia PopaStarsMadalina AneaFlorin BusuiocAlin PancAccording to an old saying in Rachitele county (Transylvanian village), if you kiss someone on Wool Day you get to marry that person. An invented story about a crazy bride changes the entire perspective of the Wool Day.
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsEmilian OpreaMihai ConstantinAndreea VasileCristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.
- DirectorCristian IlisuanStarsMircea PopaAdrian CucuCatalin HerloMircea, a 30-year-old man from a small Transylvanian town fails the judicial admission exam in Bucharest. He has no choice but to return home and live with his parents. He is forced to get a job in a waste collector company owned by a rich local politician. But things get complicated when Mircea starts working for the boss' wife.
- DirectorBogdan Theodor OlteanuStarsAdrian BanMonica BarladeanuIoana BugarinIt follows two taxi drivers who, in a single night, cross paths with all kinds of clients who end up having an impact on their lives, for better and also for worse.
- DirectorAndrei HutuleacStarsMaya Noelle PredigerTeodor CorbanMatei DimaMara, a 12 year old who is ill, embarks on a fantastic adventure filled with hope. She discovers a magical tree located near a palliative care center that is a portal to her favorite story: the book of Ion Creanga, "Childhood Memories".
- DirectorElisabeta BostanStarsStefan CiubotarasuIon BocanceaCorina ConstantinescuBased on Ion Creanga's book, the story of a child from his childhood to his manhood.
- DirectorElisabeta BostanStarsLulu MihaescuMargareta PîslaruDem RadulescuThe movie " Veronica ", a masterpiece of Romanian cinema in 1973 with actors like Dem Radulescu, Lulu Mihaescu and Margareta Paslaru is today a charming film for children. In a magical world made with dream scenery, always put husbands and exuberant energy, Veronica, a girl who grows up in a home for children, receives a birthday present from her fairy godmother, played by Margareta Paslaru a magic bag that will fulfill any desire. Veronica refuses to share this gift with other children and for this is punished by Zana. From this moment the dream adventures of Veronica become very exciting. New characters appear as Puss Danila, played by Dem Radulescu, goody fox (Vasilica Tastaman), cricket, played by Florian Pitis and mouse in which we can see the role of George Michael. Elisabeta Bostan, iconic film director and writer of Romanian children waited for two years for permission to start the movie, filming in 1972 by launching a villa situated in the Prahova Valley, in ruins but gave Giulio Tincu life, high designer of his time.
- DirectorElisabeta BostanStarsLulu MihaescuMargareta PîslaruDem RadulescuFleeing into the woods to save duckling stolen by Madame Fox, Veronica gives Cricket, the queen ants and Danila dangerous cat who intones that all Popa Themistocles other choruses. Tudor Caranfil - 2002 (Dictionary of Romanian films)
- DirectorGheorghe NaghiStarsDiana MuscaErnest MafteiElena DragoiAdapted from Mihail Sadoveanu's 1926 novel. Lizuca is a 6 year old girl whose mother died and whose father is married to a nasty woman. She has to leave her grandparents, who she lived with for a while, because her stepmother needs her. Because Lizuca has inherited a forest from her mother. She is neglected and mistreated by her new stepmother and her father is never there. But together with her dog, she knows how to escape.
- DirectorDan ChisuStarsSerban PavluClaudiu BleontGabriel SpahiuAt the Bucharest Circus, the new young manager is trying to solve the major financial issues of the company by selling its only bear (old and about to die soon) to German hunters. But the artists do not want to sacrifice their favorite animal so the manager decides to steal the bear and run to the mountains to meet the Germans. A crazy road movie starts following the bear.
- DirectorPaul NegoescuStarsIulian PostelnicuAnghel DamianVasile MuraruIlie (late 30s) enjoys the easy life of a village policeman. His passivity during a series of violent events soon turns him into an accomplice to murder. Tension accumulates in the village, forcing Ilie to make a final decision.
- DirectorCristian MungiuStarsCosmina StratanCristina FluturValeriu AndriutaThe friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
- DirectorAlexandru LustigStarsSerban PavluAndreea MateiuGheorghe IfrimCosmin 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 the real-estate bubble reaches its peak. Cosmin gifts Reli a land on the edge of a lake, for their wedding anniversary. He plans to build 7 villas, sell them and win 1 million Euros.
- DirectorPaul-Razvan MacoveiStarsNicole CherryRares MarisBogdan de la PloiestiRomina begins to fall in love with Valentin, a tourist on holiday in Costinesti with plans to become a musician. She helps Valentin to become an artist and, without realizing, he is starting to look a lot like someone from Romina's past.
- DirectorCatalin DascaluOleg OzStarsIuliana BeregoiConnect-rCeanu ZhengLexi, a poor 19-year-old girl with a difficult life, writes lyrics and music in a notebook. Before an important meeting that can change her life and in which her notebook would play a crucial role, Lexi loses the notebook.
- DirectorBogdan George ApetriStarsBogdan FarcasDragos DumitruVasile MuraruAn unsolved case. An unknown criminal. An obsessed cop. His investigation plunges him into a world of darkness and violence, pulling everyone around him into a web of destructive passion and revenge.
- DirectorLiviu MãrghidanStarsVasile CalofirElias FerkinStefan GiurgiuIn this fun children's adventure tale, 19 kids spend a few days in a mountain camp together with their caregivers, Florentina and Vasile. When little Radu gets lost in the woods, all the others, including his little sister, are worried sick and imagine all kinds of terrible scenarios. But Radu receives help from where he least expects it.
- DirectorCristina JacobStarsDragos BucurRaluca AproduDucu DarieNear by Christmas, in an old and charming town in Transylvania, Sebastian and Aprilia start a beautiful love story. However, nothing is as simple as it would seem. Being influenced by three men with strong personalities, Aprilia needs to find the balance between adulthood and the choices of a young girl's heart. It's Christmas time and life holds for this talented beautiful girl only the presents that she is strong enough to grab.
- DirectorIon BorsStarsDumitru RomanIon VantuIgor Caras-RomanovDark comedy set in the early 90s during the Transnistria War.
- DirectorSergiu NicolaescuStarsStefan IordacheGheorghe CozoriciIon RitiuAfter he kills his beloved wife, Puiu Faranga is helped by his father to fake insanity.
- StarsAlec SecareanuParker SawyersAna UlaruVictor Godeanu, Ceausescu's right-hand man, has a secret. He is also a KGB agent and must escape before he is discovered, so he will seize a valuable diplomatic opportunity.
- DirectorPaul NegoescuStarsAndrei MateiuIoana Anastasia AntonSinziana NicolaRadu and Adina, a young couple of graduates, have just made love. She is profoundly in love with him and cannot wait to move to his place; however, he has reservations. While going shopping in a superstore, he bumps into (or thinks to bump into) his ex-girlfriend Nadia.
- DirectorRazvan SavescuStarsAlina BerzunteanuAlexandru BindeaAndreea BirsanSix Romanian artists get to live the dream of their life in a road-movie full of adventures: America, here we come! Coming all the way from Targoviste - a little town near the capital, the five actors, director, and a little child with his huge teddy bear, cross the ocean to perform in New York. Not everything goes according to plan though. The six decide, for some extra money, to start working with a local agent, also Romanian, settled in The States for some time, who promises them a major tour.
- DirectorVictor CanacheStarsMaia MorgensternMarius BodochiRazvan IlinaSecluded from the world, a single mother of three must defend what's left of her family from a cold-blooded killer, at all costs.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsRomain DurisRona HartnerIzidor SerbanA man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsAlex CalangiuCatalin HerloIonut CarasDuring Romania's 1989 revolution, Sibiu witnesses a violent attack on a police station that spirals into armed clashes between soldiers, police, protesters and secret police.