01 An extended family's memorial gathering drags on for hours over old grudges and conspiracy theories.
13 Best Romanian Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
Romania Drama thought provokingslow and atmospheric
The Romanian New Wave turned bureaucratic absurdity and late-Communist memory into a globally recognized style almost overnight, built on long takes, dry humor, and total refusal to sentimentalize anything.
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02 A corrupt cop learns a whistling language to communicate secretly during a criminal jailbreak scheme.
03 A young nun's attempt to rescue her childhood friend from a convent ends in tragedy instead.
04 A lawman and his son track a runaway Roma slave across 19th-century Wallachia.
05 A father's small compromise to secure his daughter's university spot spirals into a moral unraveling.
06 A domineering mother uses every connection she has to protect her son after a fatal car accident.
07 A cop's reluctance to arrest a teenager for marijuana becomes a bureaucratic standoff over the meaning of the law.
08 A small-town talk show tries to determine whether their town actually participated in the 1989 revolution.
09 A dying man is shuttled between hospitals overnight while doctors argue over who should treat him.
10 A student helps her roommate arrange an illegal abortion in the final years of Communist Romania.
11 A schoolteacher's leaked private sex tape puts her career on trial before an outraged parent tribunal.
12 A documentary-fiction hybrid follows several people confronting their own discomfort with intimacy and their bodies.
13 Aristocrats at a lavish 19th-century estate debate war, faith, and morality across one increasingly tense dinner.
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