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1. The Oak (1992)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Visan
Votes: 3,836
2. Chuck Norris vs. Communism (2015)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
In the oppressive 1980s communist Romania, the smuggled VHS tapes of banned Hollywood films become an inspirational ray of hope. A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives.
Director: Ilinca Calugareanu | Stars: Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu
Votes: 2,459
3. Lazare (2020)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.
Director: Philippe Chalem | Stars: Emine Meyrem, Milena Straube, Lionel Rousselot, Stanislas Siwiorek
Votes: 11
4. Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator (2023)
150 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In-depth documentary presenting the rise, rule and fall of communist Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and the way he shaped both Romanian and international history.
Stars: Nicolae Ceausescu, Elena Ceausescu, Queen Elizabeth II, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 93
5. How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu, Sergiu Anghel
Votes: 3,231
6. Videograms of a Revolution (1992)
106 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romania's 1989 revolution and the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Directors: Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica | Stars: Ion Caramitru, Elena Ceausescu, Nicolae Ceausescu, Mircea Dinescu
Votes: 660
7. Hârtia va fi albastra (2006)
95 min | Action, Drama
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
Director: Radu Muntean | Stars: Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu, Dragos Bucur, Tudor Istodor
Votes: 2,194
8. Trading Germans (2014)
90 min | Documentary
A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed, courage, hope and remorse.
Director: Razvan Georgescu | Stars: Heinz-Günther Hüsch, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Klaus Kinkel, Horst Teltschik
Votes: 115
9. Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula (2010)
80 min | Documentary
An imaginary return of dictator Ceausescu after 20 years of capitalism in his country, Romania, where he finds a new society but also old habits in the country's businessmen.
Director: Alexandru Solomon | Stars: George Becali, George Copos, Dan Diaconescu, Ioan Niculae
Votes: 493
10. Vulpe - vânator (1993)
102 min | Drama, History
Inspired by the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime in Romania, this novelistic feature examines the questions of a society after a revolution has happened, such as guilt and atonement and ... See full summary »
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Oana Pellea, Dan Condurache, Mara Grigore, Claudiu Istodor
Votes: 186
11. Requiem for Dominic (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama
A drama between revolution and order, captured partly on film, partly on video adding to the gritty reality of the time, place and events as they unfolds in Eastern Europe as the "Iron Curtain" collapsed.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Felix Mitterer, Viktoria Schubert, August Schmölzer, Angelica Schütz
Votes: 94
12. An den Rand geschrieben - Rumäniendeutsche Schriftsteller im Fadenkreuz der Securitate (2010)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Michael Baum, Helmuth Frauendorfer | Stars: Harald Berwanger, Nikolaus Berwanger, Rolf Bossert, Gerhardt Csejka
13. Greetings from Agigea (1984)
63 min | Comedy, Drama, History
This mid-1980s Romanian Communist propaganda film deals with the topic of young high-school graduates and members of the Romanian Communist Youth Union being sent to work at the Danube-Black Sea Canal mega-project.
Director: Cornel Diaconu | Stars: Serban Ionescu, Stefan Velniciuc, Doina Deleanu, Nae Caranfil
Votes: 35
14. 89: Oglinzi si fum (2020)
100 min | Documentary
30 years after, an odyssey through the labyrinth of the 1989 Romanian Revolution memory and through the puzzle of events and coincidences demanding to be solved.
Director: Alexandru Stanescu | Stars: Lavinia Betea, Ion Caramitru, Elena Ceausescu, Nicolae Ceausescu
Votes: 7
15. Détour Ceausescu (1990)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Elena Ceausescu, Nicolae Ceausescu
Votes: 7
16. Teurer Freikauf - Das Geschäft mit den Rumäniendeutschen (2013 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Susanne Glass | Stars: Stelian Octavian Andronic, Leonid Brezhnev, Karl Carstens, Elena Ceausescu
17. Architecture and Power (1993)
52 min | Documentary
Rulers have always betrayed their intentions through architecture. The documentary presents the history of Bucharest from the perspective of totalitarian architecture.
Director: Nicolae Margineanu
Votes: 40
18. L'Enfant du Diable (2015)
52 min | Documentary
Director: Ursula Wernly Fergui | Stars: Elisabeth Blanchet, Marion Le Roy Dagen
19.
Die sieben Todsünden (2004– )
Episode:
Zorn
(2004)
Documentary
The killing of dictatorial Ceausescu-couple banned on rough archive-material and statements of involved people reflecting the happenings of 1989.
Director: Thomas Reider