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Romanian Movies: New Releases, Best-Rated Films & Box Office

542 Romanian-language films are on What’s After the Movie, 177 of them (33%) from the 2010s. Drama leads with 302, then comedy (158) and documentary (51). The best-rated is 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) with a Metascore of 97; the newest release is Kontinental '25, out Mar 27, 2026. 146 films have reported box office, $54.7M worldwide in all.

Romanian films on the site
542
ranked by rating
33
worldwide gross of 146 films
$54.7M
busiest decade (177 films)
2010s
Best-rated

What Are the Best Romanian Movies?

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) ranks first of the 33 ranked Romanian films, ahead of Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024) and Two Lottery Tickets (2021). 5 of the top 10 are from the 2020s. Ranked by Echo Score; 4 of these 10 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.

All 33 ranked
  1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) movie poster
    1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 97 Metascore (Metascore 97 out of 100 (37 critic reviews))

    2008 · Drama · 1h 53m

    Dir. Cristian Mungiu No Echo Score: ranked 91/100 on critics & audiences

  2. Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024) movie poster
    2. Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World 89 Echo (Echo Score 89 out of 100)

    2024 · Comedy · 2h 43m

    Dir. Radu Jude

  3. Two Lottery Tickets (2021) movie poster
    3. Two Lottery Tickets 84 Echo (Echo Score 84 out of 100)

    2021 · Comedy · 1h 26m

    Dir. Paul Negoescu

  4. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) movie poster
    3. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 87 Metascore (Metascore 87 out of 100)

    2006 · Comedy, Drama · 2h 33m

    Dir. Cristi Puiu No Echo Score: ranked 84/100 on critics & audiences

  5. Collective (2020) movie poster
    5. Collective 83 Echo (Echo Score 83 out of 100)

    2020 · Documentary · 1h 49m

    Dir. Alexander Nanau

  6. Uppercase Print (2021) movie poster
    5. Uppercase Print 83 Echo (Echo Score 83 out of 100)

    2021 · Drama · 2h 8m

    Dir. Radu Jude

  7. Acasă, My Home (2021) movie poster
    7. Acasă, My Home 82 Echo (Echo Score 82 out of 100)

    2021 · Documentary · 1h 26m

    Dir. Radu Ciorniciuc

  8. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2011) movie poster
    8. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 87 Metascore (Metascore 87 out of 100 (8 critic reviews))

    2011 · Documentary · 3h

    Dir. Andrei Ujica No Echo Score: ranked 82/100 on critics & audiences

  9. Sieranevada (2017) movie poster
    9. Sieranevada 80 Echo (Echo Score 80 out of 100)

    2017 · Drama, Comedy · 2h 53m

    Dir. Cristi Puiu

  10. Aferim! (2016) movie poster
    10. Aferim! 84 Metascore (Metascore 84 out of 100 (17 critic reviews))

    2016 · Adventure, Drama · 1h 48m

    Dir. Radu Jude No Echo Score: ranked 79/100 on critics & audiences

Genres

What Kinds of Romanian Movies Are There?

Drama is part of 56% of Romanian films (302); comedy (158) and documentary (51) follow. Compared with the whole catalogue, Romanian films lean most towards history: 8% of them, against 3% of all films. Films can have several genres. Each bar opens the full list filtered to that genre, with its best-rated film underneath.

  • Drama 302 · 56%
    Best-rated: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)
  • Comedy 158 · 29%
    Best-rated: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024)
  • Documentary 51 · 9%
    Best-rated: Collective (2020)
  • History 45 · 8%
    Best-rated: Tales from the Golden Age (2011)
  • Romance 41 · 8%
    Best-rated: Tuesday, After Christmas (2011)
  • Action 32 · 6%
  • Thriller 30 · 6%
    Best-rated: The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021)
  • Adventure 27 · 5%
    Best-rated: Aferim! (2016)
  • Family 25 · 5%
    Best-rated: Sieranevada (2017)
  • Crime 22 · 4%
    Best-rated: Graduation (2017)

Smaller genres: War (20), Fantasy (12), Music (10), Horror (8), Sci-Fi (8), Animation (7), Mystery (7), Western (6), Biography (1), Sport (1).

Decade by decade

Romanian Cinema, Decade by Decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade with 177 films (33%); the earliest Romanian film on the site is from 1912. The best-rated of the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008), The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2011) and Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024). No Romanian film from before the 2000s is ranked.

  1. 8 Romanian films from the 1950s 1950s
    No ranked film
  2. 26 Romanian films from the 1960s 1960s
    No ranked film
  3. 51 Romanian films from the 1970s 1970s
    No ranked film
  4. 56 Romanian films from the 1980s 1980s
    No ranked film
  5. 20 Romanian films from the 1990s 1990s
    No ranked film
  6. 67 Romanian films from the 2000s 2000s
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) movie poster 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 97 Metascore
  7. 177 Romanian films from the 2010s 2010s
    The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2011) movie poster The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 87 Metascore
  8. 127 Romanian films from the 2020s 2020s
    Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024) movie poster Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World 89 Echo
Box office

Which Romanian Movies Earned the Most?

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) leads with $10.2M worldwide. The top 5 together took $25.9M, 47% of the $54.7M earned by the 146 Romanian films with reported box office. Grosses that look like data errors, and films stored with the wrong language, are left out.

Romanian box office charts
worldwide gross, all Romanian films
$54.7M
films with reported box office
146
share of the top 5
47%
  1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) movie poster
    1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days $10.2M worldwide

    2008 · Drama

  2. Teambuilding (2022) movie poster
    2. Teambuilding $5.2M worldwide

    2022 · Comedy

  3. Two Lottery Tickets (2021) movie poster
    3. Two Lottery Tickets $3.7M worldwide

    2021 · Comedy

  4. Miracle (2022) movie poster
    4. Miracle $3.5M worldwide

    2022 · Drama

  5. Miami Bici 2 (2023) movie poster
    5. Miami Bici 2 $3.3M worldwide

    2023 · Action

People

Who Are the Top Romanian Directors and Actors?

Radu Jude has directed the most notable Romanian films (8), ahead of Cristian Mungiu (7) and Corneliu Porumboiu (5). Șerban Pavlu and Adrian Titieni share the lead in the cast lists with 14 Romanian films each, ahead of Andi Vasluianu (13) and Gabriel Spahiu (13). Counted over notable features: films with ratings, box office, awards or a plot summary on the site.

Directors with the most Romanian films

  1. Radu Jude, director
    Radu Jude 8 films
    Best-rated: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024)
  2. Cristian Mungiu, director
    Cristian Mungiu 7 films
    Best-rated: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)
  3. Corneliu Porumboiu, director
    Corneliu Porumboiu 5 films
    Best-rated: Police, Adjective (2009)
  4. Paul Negoescu 4 films
    Best-rated: Two Lottery Tickets (2021)
  5. Dan Chișu 4 films
    Best-rated: WebSiteStory (2010)
  6. Cristi Puiu, director
    Cristi Puiu 3 films
    Best-rated: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006)

Most-cast actors in Romanian films

  1. Șerban Pavlu 14 films
    Best-rated: Teambuilding (2022)
  2. Adrian Titieni, actor
    Adrian Titieni 14 films
    Best-rated: Three Kilometres to the End of the World (2024)
  3. Andi Vasluianu, actor
    Andi Vasluianu 13 films
    Best-rated: Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024)
  4. Gabriel Spahiu 13 films
    Best-rated: Scarred Hearts (2018)
  5. Teodor Corban, actor
    Teodor Corban 12 films
    Best-rated: Aferim! (2016)
  6. Răzvan Vasilescu 12 films
    Best-rated: Part-Time Daddy (2024)
Awards

Which Romanian Films Have Won the Most Awards?

Collective (2020) leads with 4 nominations, ahead of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) with 2 nominations. 1 Romanian film was nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature (Best Foreign Language Film until 2019); it did not win. Counted like the awards pages: one film in one category is one nomination.

Awards & winners
Romanian films with the most award wins and nominations
Film Wins Noms.Nominations Won at
Collective (2020) movie poster Collective 2020 · Documentary – 4 Nominated only
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) movie poster 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2008 · Drama – 2 Nominated only
Children Underground (2001) movie poster Children Underground 2001 · Documentary – 1 Nominated only
The Whistlers (2020) movie poster The Whistlers 2020 · Comedy – 1 Nominated only
12:08 East of Bucharest (2007) movie poster 12:08 East of Bucharest 2007 · Drama – 1 Nominated only
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) movie poster The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 2006 · Comedy – 1 Nominated only

Romanian Films Nominated for Best International Feature

1 nomination for Romanian films (Best Foreign Language Film until 2019).

  1. 2021 Collective Nominated
Explained

Romanian Movies Explained: Plot Summaries & Endings

38 Romanian films have a full plot summary on the site and 5 have the ending explained. The newest are Taxi Drivers (2023) and The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021); Beyond the Hills (2013) and Graduation (2017) are among the best-rated after the top 10.

All plot summaries
Full list

Browse All 542 Romanian Movies

Filter all 542 Romanian films by genre, decade or year and sort them by rating, box office, release date or title. The list starts with the 33 ranked Romanian films, best-rated first.

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33 ranked Romanian films

Romanian movies, best first. Page 1 of 1.

  5. Collective (2020) movie poster Rank#5

    Collective

    2020 · 1h 49m

    83 Echo

    • Documentary
  9. Sieranevada (2017) movie poster Rank#9

    Sieranevada

    2017 · 2h 53m

    80 Echo

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Family
  10. Aferim! (2016) movie poster Rank#10

    Aferim!

    2016 · 1h 48m

    84 Metascore

    • Adventure
    • Drama
    • History
  13. Graduation (2017) movie poster Rank#13

    Graduation

    2017 · 2h 8m

    84 Metascore

    • Drama
    • Crime
  14. R.M.N. (2023) movie poster Rank#14

    R.M.N.

    2023 · 2h 8m

    77 Echo

    • Drama
  18. Intregalde (2022) movie poster Rank#17

    Intregalde

    2022 · 1h 44m

    74 Echo

    • Drama
    • Comedy
Related languages

Movies in Other Languages From Europe

Europe has 56 languages on the site, English aside. Besides Romanian, the biggest are French (12,503 films), Spanish (11,829 films) and German (6,511 films).

All languages
FAQ

Romanian Movies: Questions & Answers

Answers from the 542 Romanian films on the site: their ranking, box office and directors.

How many Romanian movies are there?

542 Romanian-language films are on What’s After the Movie, released from 1912 to 2026. 33 are ranked by rating and 146 have reported box office.

Browse all Romanian movies

What is the best Romanian movie?

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) ranks highest (No Echo Score: ranked 91/100 on critics & audiences), followed by Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024) and Two Lottery Tickets (2021). Ranked by Echo Score; 1 of these 3 films has none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and is ranked by a blend of its Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.

About 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

What is the highest-grossing Romanian movie?

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008), with $10.2M worldwide, ahead of Teambuilding (2022) at $5.2M.

Romanian box office charts

Which decade had the most Romanian films?

The 2010s, with 177 films (33% of all Romanian films on the site). Its best-rated film is The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2011).

Who has directed the most Romanian films?

Radu Jude has directed the most notable Romanian films (8), ahead of Cristian Mungiu (7) and Corneliu Porumboiu (5). Radu Jude's best-rated is Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2024).

Radu Jude's films

What are the newest Romanian movies?

Kontinental '25 (released Mar 27, 2026), Dracula (released Aug 10, 2025) and The Mermaids 2: The Mysterious Island (released Jun 20, 2025).

New Romanian releases