Best Moldovan movies

Rapa (2024)

A meditative observation of the salt desert and the strange pilgrims who reached its very center. The desert lives according to its own temporary laws. Its main inhabitants are lonely yellow trucks and lost travelers, preparing to become part of an almost alien space.

Thunders (2023)

In a poor village near the Transnistrian border, after the war of 1992, there is a mined field, still active. Zinca and Victor, two Moldavian children suddenly lose the cows on the mined territory and try to get them back.

Varvara (2023)

Sasha works for a natural gas company. When his wife gives birth 2 months early, Sasha is searching for money to save the premature baby. Despite this, he refuses to take bribes, which threatens his job and leads to friction with his colleagues. His wife doesn't understand him anymore. Faced with a crisis, Sasha receives an order to install a furnace in a church, where he will have to destroy an icon painted on the church wall. Hoping to save the sacred image, Sasha has to corrupt the system.

Carbon (2022)

Moldova in the early 90s: Dima, a tractor driver, wants to be enrolled in the military troops to take part in the local war on the Transnistrian border. Vasea, an Afghan war veteran, joins him. While on their way to the front, they find a carbonized body. The authorities ignore them and won't help them to identify the body. Dima and Vasea decide to bury the corpse according to the proper Christian rituals, but not before setting out, together with the body, on an absurd journey to discover his identity.

Seeds (2020)

When three generations of women return to post-Soviet Europe to care for an ailing patriarch, they face a corrupt healthcare system and discover a society and a past that both links them together and sets them apart.

Dji. Death Sails (2015)

Bad days at work may happen in anyone's life, even if you are a Grim Reaper.

What a Wonderful World (2014)

After two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.

Billion (2018)

The story about the pensioner Georgi, who spends the rest of his days somewhere in a remote place in Moldova. The lonely old man earns his living by cleaning cauldrons from soot. About events in the world he learns from the rural newspaper which the local postman brings at the same time every day. Georgi has a serious heart condition and quietly awaits his death. He has reconciled with fate for a long time, when suddenly everything in his life changes radically — and all because of the old rural toilet which turns into a teleport and transports the old man into different corners of the world.

Raisa (2015)

Moldova. One winter day, Raisa travels into the city hoping to get something that could change her life.

The Unsaved (2013)

Nineteen-year-old Viorel lives with his mother in a remote Moldovan town. He has no great ambitions nor any illusions about life. He and his pal Goos earn a little cash through illegal activities, and Viorel is helping him fulfill his dream of flying. His mother tries to convince him to find a decent job. Eventually, Viorel begins taking control of his life.

Bed of Procust (2001)

The poet and journalist Ladima commits suicide and his friend, Fred Vasilescu, tries to find out the reasons of those actions. In his search he discovers a mysterious Miss T.

Santa and Death (2010)

Every New Year's Eve we all hope to get something special. Even the Grim Reaper wants to receive a gift from Santa. But the New Year is full of surprises, and sometimes presents can be quite unexpected.

Salix Caprea (2018)

Salix Caprea (“Goat Willow” tree) is the type of tree that was supposed to cover a large meadow area in a small village in the Republic of Moldova. As part of a donation from foreign investors, a couple of thousands of trees were planted by the Americans. After a couple of years, during a visit along with delegation from the state, they wanted to see the growth of the trees. In a comedic investigation, the mayor and the police officer discovered the area all empty and the “goat willow” trees were all gone, eaten by…the goats.

Foreboding (1992)

There are a small number of people for whom imagery and symbolism alone are sufficient reason to watch an otherwise difficult film such as this one. In the story, a boy, a woman and a cow seem to be the only survivors of a global catastrophe, except for whoever is following them threateningly in a tank.

The Flat (2020)

Every day, each and every one of us produces garbage: at work, at school, at home, on a walk. Everywhere. The short film describes the journey of trash on the planet.

Baro and Tagar (2009)

The first day of April is All Fools' Day. Watch out for the pranks.

Gypsy and Death (2009)

New Year's Eve is a holiday filled with fun, joy and happiness. Even the Grim Reaper decided to take a day off and celebrate in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The Alienated (2025)

Russia, Current day. Gynecologist Angela Kuhlmann finds herself in a very uncomfortable situation: she has to leave Moscow and start working within a province. The city is experiencing difficult times: because of the newly built highway to Moscow, it sinks into fornication and sin. Soon after Ms. Kuhlmann performs an illegal abortion - the patient claims to carry the Antichrist within her womb and takes the embryo home with her. From that moment on, a series of strange incidents begin to occur within her life.

Dănilă Prepeleac (1996)

It is the story of Danila Prepeleac, a silly, clumsy man that does things backwards. Once he took off for the market wanting to sell a pair of nice healthy bulls. On the way to the market he exchanged the bulls for an empty wallet. But this is only the start of Danila's adventures.

Jana (2004)

Two young, he (Vlad) -a poor factory worker, but with profound inner experiences, admirer of Shakespeare, Nichita Stanescu and Bob Dylan, she (Jana) - a girl ready for money, live a romance. Jana, although Vlad's love, marries Alic, a young wealthy businessman.

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (2012)

Tony Hawks needs to beat the odds and the entire Moldovan national football team...at tennis. Adapted from the best-selling book of the same name, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis is the true story of an Englishman's lesson that real victory is found in the most unexpected places.

The Power of Probability (2023)

In the capital of the Republic of Moldova, children begin to disappear. Police officer Vlad, helped by his friend from the secret services, decides to find the missing children by all means, but discovers a secret that could lead to a coup d'état.

The Man Without a Lifeline (2023)

The invention of the first modern robot for table tennis training turns Ionel Sporea into a star in the world of Romanian sports. A trip to Moscow, however, ends with a harsh sentence: 12 years in prison for treason. Who is to blame: destiny, the Ceausescu regime, or himself?

Song Without Words (1993)

Animation short.

Hello I'm Listening (1992)

Animation short.

Where Are You, My Love? (1981)