With Romania Film (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Night of the Comet (1984)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell
Votes: 22,727 | Gross: $14.42M
2. Wonderland (2003)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.
Director: James Cox | Stars: Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth, Christina Applegate
Votes: 22,915 | Gross: $1.06M
3. Hangar 18 (1980)
PG | 97 min | Sci-Fi
After a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, James Hampton
Votes: 2,857 | Gross: $6.00M
4. The Silence of the Hams (1994)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Thriller
The federal agent Jo Dee Fostar is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Director: Ezio Greggio | Stars: Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula
Votes: 5,877
5. Cu mâinile curate (1972)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Set in post war Romania, a communist who was tortured by the fascists during the war is now a police detective and sets about clearing his city of gangsters and black marketeers.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Ilarion Ciobanu, Alexandru Dobrescu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gheorghe Dinica
Votes: 1,183
6. The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Delia, a young Romanian girl, drives to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she won in a contest.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Andreea Bosneag, Violeta Haret-Popa, Vasile Muraru, Serban Pavlu
Votes: 1,624
7. Nea Marin miliardar (1979)
88 min | Comedy
A Romanian peasant, visiting a friend who is working at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera, is mistaken for a look-alike rich American businessman.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin, Stefan Mihailescu-Braila
Votes: 3,781
8. Marfa si banii (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A newbie agrees to deliver the wrong merchandise for money. He will learn soon that this trip will change his views about life, forever.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Alexandru Papadopol, Dragos Bucur, Ioana Flora, Luminita Gheorghiu
Votes: 2,252
9. The Dacians (1966)
PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Dacian kingdom lies at the eastern border of the Roman Empire.Only the river Danube separates the two mortal enemies.The Dacian king Decebalus knows that soon the vastly superior Roman legions will cross the river and attack Dacia.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Pierre Brice, Marie-José Nat, Georges Marchal, Amza Pellea
Votes: 2,009
10. Michael the Brave (1971)
203 min | Action, Biography, Drama
At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one country.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ion Besoiu, Olga Tudorache, Irina Gardescu
Votes: 6,470
11. Miscellaneous Brigade in the Mountains and at the Sea (1971)
100 min | Comedy, Action, Crime
Three paroled inept Romanian convicts dream up get-rich-quick schemes on the Black Sea Riviera where a petty-crime police squad led by Captain Panait is vacationing.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu, Ion Fintesteanu, Puiu Calinescu
Votes: 1,972
12. Vlad Tepes (1979)
114 min | Drama, History
Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula, fights the Ottoman Turks on the battlefield and the Hungarian Boyars in his court.
Directors: Dumitru Fernoaga, Doru Nastase | Stars: Stefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei, Emanoil Petrut, Teofil Vâlcu
Votes: 1,221
13. Seven Guys and a Gal (1967)
90 min | Adventure
Italy during the Napoleonic wars: A French General and his Adjutant are separated from their unit get beyond the enemy lines. There they meet Carlotta the resolute daughter of an Italian Count, who cannot withstand the charm of the French.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Jean Marais, Sydney Chaplin, Marilù Tolo, Florin Piersic
Votes: 136
14. Ciuleandra (1985)
119 min | Drama
After he kills his beloved wife, Puiu Faranga is helped by his father to fake insanity.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Stefan Iordache, Gheorghe Cozorici, Ion Ritiu, Anca Nicola
Votes: 571
15. Forest of the Hanged (1965)
154 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1916 as an officer in the Habsburg Army ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is torn between remaining loyal to the Habsburgs or deserting to the Romanian Army across enemy lines.
Director: Liviu Ciulei | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Liviu Ciulei, Stefan Ciubotarasu, György Kovács
Votes: 1,239
16. Un comisar acuzã (1974)
114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The Iron Guard, also known as Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic movement of extreme right; as such, after it rose to power, it supported Nazi Germany and... See full summary »
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Gheorghe Dinica, Ion Besoiu, Jean Constantin
Votes: 1,074
17. The Punishment (1976)
112 min | Drama
In 1919 at the end of WW1 Romanian peasant Manolache Preda returns to his native village where he finds his woman taken by another and his land sold to the local landowner.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Amza Pellea, Ernest Maftei, Gheorghe Dinica, Ioana Pavelescu
Votes: 706
18. Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1475 when Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Gheorghe Dinica, Violeta Andrei, Toma Dimitriu
Votes: 720
19. Orient Express (2004)
PG | 115 min | Romance, Drama
At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, after having led an eventful youth. There he is seen as a rare bird by the local folk, due... See full summary »
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Sergiu Nicolaescu, Gheorghe Dinica, Dan Bittman, Maia Morgenstern
Votes: 903
20. B.D. în alerta - Vaduve cu termen redus (1971)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Puiu Calinescu, Toma Caragiu, Jean Constantin, Iurie Darie
Votes: 307
21. The Poseidon Explosion (1973)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Drama
When a big ocean liner's cargo of fertilizer catches fire, it causes an explosion and pretty soon, the whole ship is ablaze. A helpful newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Radu Beligan, Gheorghe Dinica, Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu
Votes: 327
22. Ma-ma (1976)
83 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
The Big Bad Wolf and his friends are plotting to kidnap and ransom Mrs. Rada the Goat's children for a bag full of gold.
Director: Elisabeta Bostan | Stars: Lyudmila Gurchenko, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Oleg Popov, Saveliy Kramarov
Votes: 1,349
23. Actorul si salbaticii (1975)
150 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The director of a famous theater in 1930s Bucharest and his Jewish dramatist are preparing a show designed to satirize the fascist (legionnaire) movement, but the legionnaires are determined to stop the spectacle by any means.
Director: Manole Marcus | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Mircea Albulescu, Margareta Pogonat, Ion Besoiu
Votes: 816
24. Drumul oaselor (1980)
116 min | Action, History
Margelatu, the feared criminal helps the Romanian resistance to fight the dictatorial authorities.
Director: Doru Nastase | Stars: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Ion Marinescu, Iurie Darie
Votes: 532
25. Pintea (1976)
94 min | Action, History
Grigore Pintea, a former officer in the Habsburg army, returns to his native village in Maramures.
Director: Mircea Moldovan | Stars: Florin Piersic, Nae Mazilu, Constantin Diplan, Aristide Teica
Votes: 292
26. B.D. în alerta - Profesorul de mimica (1970)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Puiu Calinescu, Toma Caragiu, Jean Constantin, Iurie Darie
Votes: 318
27. Tanase Scatiu (1976)
115 min | Drama
The rise and fall of the opportunistic Tanase Scatiu, a boyar in 19th century Wallachia.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Victor Rebengiuc, Eliza Petrachescu, Vasile Nitulescu, Andrei Pintilie
Votes: 164
28. Pe aici nu se trece (1975)
152 min | War
It follows the events around the Battle of Paulis, fought during World War II.
Director: Doru Nastase | Stars: Silviu Stanculescu, Vlad Radescu, Anna Széles, Vladimir Gaitan
Votes: 156
29. The Carpathian Castle (1981)
88 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Maria Banica, Avram Besoiu, Ion Caramitru, Cornel Ciupercescu
Votes: 101
30. Last Night of Love (1980)
100 min | Drama, War
In 1916 Romanian Army lieutenant Tudor Gheorghiu jealously obsesses over his wife Lena's apparent infidelity and contests against gigolo lawyer Nicolau for Lena's love.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Vladimir Gaitan, Joanna Pacula, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Sebastian Papaiani
Votes: 589
31. Dumbrava minunata (1981)
75 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Adapted 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... See full summary »
Director: Gheorghe Naghi | Stars: Diana Musca, Ernest Maftei, Elena Dragoi, Florina Cercel
Votes: 302
32. East Side Story (1997)
78 min | Documentary, Music
A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.
Director: Dana Ranga | Stars: Margarita Andrushkovich, Chris Doerk, Erich Gusko, Helmut Hanke
Votes: 240
33. Saltimbancii (1981)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A circus family encounters hard times and family strife, but is brought into the limelight through their chance encounter with a polar bear cub.
Director: Elisabeta Bostan | Stars: Octavian Cotescu, Carmen Galin, Gina Patrichi, Adrian Vâlcu
Votes: 129
34. Campioana (1990)
92 min | Drama, Sport
À 10 ans, Corina rêve d'être admise à la célèbre école de gymnastique de Deva, une petite ville de Roumanie réputée pour avoir formé un nombre impressionnant de championnes olympiques. Tout... See full summary »
Director: Elisabeta Bostan | Stars: Izabela Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu, Carmen Galin, George Mihaita
Votes: 202
35. Bless You, Prison (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole,... See full summary »
Director: Nicolae Margineanu | Stars: Maria Ploae, Dorina Lazar, Ecaterina Nazare, Maria Rotaru
Votes: 538
36. Duios Anastasia trecea (1980)
95 min | Drama, War
A border town on the Danube, 1944. One of the German officers is killed by the partisans. The responsible is caught and killed. His body is thrown into the village and nobody is allowed to bury it. Anastasia refuses to obey the order.
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Anda Onesa, Amza Pellea, Tark Laszlo, Levente Bíró
Votes: 167
37. Puterea si adevarul (1972)
169 min | Drama
Director: Manole Marcus | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu, Amza Pellea, Octavian Cotescu
Votes: 67
38. Ambasadori, cautam patrie (2003)
116 min | Comedy
Titi and Marius, two friends who fought together during the revolution of 1989, follow very different social and political paths in its aftermath.
Director: Mircea Daneliuc | Stars: Cecilia Bârbora, Marius Stanescu, Horatiu Malaele, Mircea Rusu
Votes: 88
39. Haiducii lui Saptecai (1971)
89 min | Action, Adventure
In order to give his daughter, Miss Ralu, the desired jewelry, Caragea Voda establishes a new brewery. The notorious Anghel Saptecai, the captain of a band of outlaws, stands up in defense of the burdened peasants.
Director: Dinu Cocea | Stars: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Colea Rautu, Toma Caragiu
Votes: 401
40. For Motherland (1977)
192 min | History, War
In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Mircea Anghelescu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Constantin Codrescu
Votes: 297
41. Tinerete fara batrînete (1969)
G | 87 min | Fantasy
A young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects and answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time
Directors: Elisabeta Bostan, Nicolae Codrescu | Stars: Carmen Stanescu, Emanoil Petrut, Anna Széles, Mircea Breazu
Votes: 168
42. Sãptãmîna nebunilor (1971)
87 min | Action, History
The last part of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Saptecai. In the Week of Fools, Anghel's gang exchange the dowry of Miss Ralu for weapons for Tudor's army from Vladimiri, which they decide to join.
Director: Dinu Cocea | Stars: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Toma Caragiu, Colea Rautu
Votes: 145
43. Maria si Mirabella in Tranzistoria (1989)
71 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The continuation of the adventures of Maria and Mirabella, in which the two girls get lost in a fabulous world inside a television set.
Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo | Stars: Ioana Moraru, Andrianu Kuchinska, Stela Popescu, Grigore Grigoriu
Votes: 97
44. Nekro (1997)
103 min | Thriller
Inspired by some actual, but never publicized facts, the NEKRO story is staged in settings and locations specific to the mid-eighties in Romania. Its basic building block is the eternal ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Masson | Stars: Dan Astileanu, Aneta Bancu, Zoltan Butuc, Dan Condurache
Votes: 43
45. Hotel de lux (1992)
105 min | Drama
In an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. The ignorant views of leaders and the social stratification are the main focus.
Director: Dan Pita | Stars: Valentin Popescu, Stefan Iordache, Irina Petrescu, Irina Movila
Votes: 185
46. Operation 'The Bus' (1978)
94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.
Director: Virgil Calotescu | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Aura Andritoiu, Ion Anghel, Aurelian Banica
Votes: 116
47. Sequences (1982)
98 min | Drama
In this interesting drama, three sequences which could have formed separate stories are linked together, like cars on a train, to give a larger perspective on the nature of reality and film... See full summary »
Director: Alexandru Tatos | Stars: Geo Barton, Ion Vâlcu, Emilia Dobrin, Mircea Diaconu
Votes: 361
48. The Kidnapping of the Maidens (1968)
95 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose them.
Director: Dinu Cocea | Stars: Emanoil Petrut, Marga Barbu, George Constantin, Toma Caragiu
Votes: 148
49. Silent Friends (1969)
84 min | Drama
Directors: Paul Fritz Nemeth, Gheorghe Turcu | Stars: Draga Olteanu Matei, Georges Gima, Elena Sereda, Charles P. Eisenmann
Votes: 40
50. Zestrea domnitei Ralu (1971)
97 min | Action, History
After the arrest of Anghel Saptecai, Miss Ralu and Ianuli go to Vienna to buy the jewels. Anghel escapes from the furnace and kidnaps Caliopi, Ianuli's wife, to get the latter to give him the jewels in exchange for his wife's release.
Director: Dinu Cocea | Stars: Florin Piersic, Marga Barbu, Toma Caragiu, Aimee Iacobescu
Votes: 252