List of Romanian historical films

The list of Romanian historical films groups historical drama film and TV productions by the Romanian cinema. Historical films are a genre in which stories are based upon historical events and famous persons. Some films attempt to accurately portray a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow, while others are fictionalized tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds.

The action in the majority of the films is set in the region of modern Romania.

Title	Original title	Release year	Time period	Events	Personalities	External
Aferim!	Aferim!	2015	ca. 1810	Roma slavery		Aferim! at IMDb
Burebista	Burebista	1980	70–44 BC	Consolidation of the Dacian Kingdom, Third Servile War	Burebista, Spartacus (mentioned)	Burebista at IMDb, Cinemagia
The Dacians	Dacii	1967	84–89 AD	Domitian's Dacian War	Decebalus, Domitian
The Hatchet	Baltagul	1969	1930
The Independence of Romania	Independenţa României	1912	1887–1878	Romanian War of Independence, Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)	Carol I, Alexander II of Russia, Osman Pasha, Peneş Curcanul	Independenta Romaniei at IMDb, Cinemagia
The Column	Columna	1968	106 AD	Trajan's Dacian Wars	Trajan, Decebalus	Columna at IMDb
Cantemir	Cantemir	1973			Dimitrie Cantemir
Oglinda	Începutul adevărului	1993	1939–1945	Romania during World War II	Ion Antonescu
Mircea	Mircea	1989	1386–1418	Battle of Rovine, Battle of Nicopolis	Mircea cel Batrân, Mehmed I, Vlad III the Impaler	Mircea at IMDb
For the country	Pentru patrie	1978	1877–1878	Romanian War of Independence	Carol I of Romania
Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man	Portretul luptătorului la tinerețe	2010	1950s		Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu
Through the Ashes of the Empire	Prin cenușa imperiului	1976	1917
Vlad Țepeș (film)	Vlad Țepeș (film)	1979	1428–1476		Vlad the Impaler
Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475	Ștefan cel Mare - Vaslui 1475	1975	1475	Battle of Vaslui	Stephen III of Moldavia
Michael the Brave (film)	Mihai Viteazul	1970	1593–1600		Michael the Brave

See also

• List of historical drama films
• List of war films and TV specials
• List of films set in ancient Rome
• List of costume drama films
• List of Romanian films
• List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Romanian film and theatre directors
• Cinema of Romania
• Period piece
• Epic film
• Biographical film

External links

• Romanian historical films at Cinemagia (in Romanian)