Movies Similar to California Dreamin'

Police, Adjective(2010)

A cop named Cristi must go undercover to trail teen Victor who is suspected of selling pot in the north-eastern city of Vaslui.

6.5

12:08 East of Bucharest(2006)

It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"

6.9

Summer Holiday(2008)

On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of them of their most glorious drinking trips and sexual escapades of their younger days. Frustrated that, between his job and his family, time is no longer his to manage and play with, Boogie now takes his shock dosage of freedom and spends a night to tick off all the items on the map of his youth (drinking, games, flirting, prostitutes). In the morning, after the disillusionment of the remake he experiences with his former friends, he returns to his wife.

5.9

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu(2005)

After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.

7.3

Tuesday, After Christmas(2010)

Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.

6.3

Stuff and Dough(2001)

A young man from Constanța who has his own business aims to expand, but he doesn't have the resources.

6.5

Aurora(2011)

A taciturn Romanian divorcee acquires a hunting rifle and initiates a killing spree.

5.6

Beyond the Hills(2012)

Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita—the only person in the world she loves and was loved by—back with her. But Voichita has found God, and God is the hardest lover of all to best.

7.1

The Way I Spent the End of the World(2006)

Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

5.8

Titus & Mirabella(2020)

A romantic comedy about the first date between two people who have never had a relationship before but who desperately want one. A movie about fear and love.

7.0

Child's Pose(2013)

Child's Pose is a contemporary drama focusing on the relationship between a mother and her 32-year-old son. After the accidental killing of a boy in a car crash, the mother tries to prevent her son being charged for the death, and she refuses to accept that her son is a grown-up man.

6.7

Australia(2009)

How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team participates for the first time in the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. The film follows the team from the formation of the squad to the end of the championship. The young people are from Timisoara and Arad, runaway children who now live in abandoned houses or who have managed to get a job and live in rented accommodation after going through orphanages or prisons. After taking a beating from many teams, the young Romanians manage to beat the USA. They are happy. They are all thinking of never going "home" again. It's warm and nice here, the people are nice. "In case I stay, I kissed you all!" says one of them cautiously. But after taking pictures of themselves on the beach with the ocean behind them and beautiful girls by their side, the seven return to Romania and get on with their lives.

8.0

Thugs(2017)

The film follows Doru and Mihai, boys from Iasi, Romania, over the course of a couple of days, during which they smoke weed, eat ciorbă and mistakenly shoot their dealer’s grandmother.

7.3

Mahanagari Theke Dure(2023)

Bengali film based on Rabindranath Tagore's short story Streer Potro.

0.0

SeMe(2023)

Oscar is a man torn between his political ambitions and his desire for fatherhood. Two objectives, apparently distant and irreconcilable, for which he seems really willing to do anything.

7.5

Broken Love(2009)

Lane hasn't spoken to Beth in several years, until she asks him to come to her hotel room after a terrible incident. Lane now has to make a choice to help out his old flame and confront a former friend, or turn his back on them both and get on with his life.

0.0

Radha(2023)

Rural Ireland. Twelve year old Radha lives a solitary life with her Grandmother. After witnessing the tragic death of a local girl, they find themselves complicit in hiding the truth from the community that surrounds them.

7.0

O Saathiya(2023)

A carefree engineering student, Arjun’s life takes an unexpected turn when Keerthy enters his world.Just as it appears their romance is beginning to blossom, Keerthy moves out of the town, leaving Arjun in great despair. Determined to find his lost love, he embarks on a journey filled with challenges and surprises.

8.0

Quicksand(2023)

An unexpected discovery rears its ugly head and threatens to unravel Sally’s secret sex addiction. Sally is now forced to take drastic measures to protect her double life.

7.0