Best Romanian series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch shows from Romania, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Umbre

    Umbre 2014

    Relu is a family man. He has two children, a wife and a double life. Seen through the eyes of his family, Relu Oncescu appears to be an ordinary taxi driver. No one suspects that Relu works as a collector for Capitanu', a local mobster. Neither of the two worlds (his family and the mafia) knows of the other's existence. Relu manages to keep everything under control, but not for long. After accidentally killing a man, he tries to get out of the underworld, but he can't find his way back. Day by day, the secrets he keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface, one by one.

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  • Poster for Spy/Master

    Spy/Master 2023

    During the height of the Cold War, Victor Godeanu, the right-hand man and closest advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, and secret agent for the KGB, must escape Romania and Ceaușescu before his cover is blown. Helped by an undercover Stasi agent and an up-and-coming CIA agent, Godeanu must elude the KGB and his own country’s spooks, fully aware that his defection is putting his family back home in mortal danger.

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  • Poster for Subteran

    Subteran 2025

    A young mother's life is upended when she finds herself hiding behind a secret identity to escape the Bucharest gang responsible for her fiancé's death.

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  • Poster for Hackerville

    Hackerville 2018

    Following a cyber attack on a German bank, an investigator teams with local authorities and an elite hacker to track the suspects.

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  • Poster for Las Fierbinti

    Las Fierbinti 2012

    The action takes place in the village of Fierbinți, where the existence of the inhabitants takes place slowly, in a rural paradise that has adapted, in a purely Romanian style, to modern times. Deputy Mayor Vasile wants to take the place of the current mayor and relies on the support of the innkeeper Bobiță and his friend, Giani, the typical provincial swindler. Celentano, Firicel a lu 'Cimpoaie, Ardiles and Santa Peleus, the drunks of the village, are colorful and humorous appearances.

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  • Poster for Asia Express

    Asia Express 2018

    Asia Express is the Romanian version of the reality show Peking Express which was created in 2004.

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  • Poster for The Silent Valley

    The Silent Valley 2016

    Filip and Horia are two teenagers who seem like two usual friends, but after they spend the night in Horia's cabin, they discover their mutual attraction and they engage in an affair. After a car stops by the cabin, the two realize that they've become witnesses to a multiple homicide. Being afraid that by confessing, their relationshop will surface, the two choose to remain silent, but their secret will become harder and harder to keep and they'll find themselves in a frightening series of events.

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  • Poster for The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice 2019

    Sacrificiul is a multi-generational story of three sisters who were separated and were only reunited years later by the fortuitous connection of their children. When a secret affair surfaces, they can't think of a way to make a truce.

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  • Poster for Tuff Money

    Tuff Money 2020

    After two hapless stoplight technicians make an offhand joke about an imaginary heist, everyone in their small Romanian town suddenly wants a piece of the pie – forcing the pair to make a decision that could change their lives forever.

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  • Poster for RObotzi

    RObotzi 2011

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  • Poster for Inimă de țigan

    Inimă de țigan 2007

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  • Poster for Ruxx

    Ruxx 2022

    Reliable 30-something Rux’s plans to leave Bucharest to join her long-distance lover in LA are upended when her boss assigns her to his wife’s mayoral race and pairs her with a know-it-all colleague.

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  • Poster for Vlad

    Vlad 2019

    Adrian, a young man who was unjustly jailed after his friends betrayed him during a heist, gets the chance at a new life, guided by Caesar, his mentor.

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  • Poster for America Express

    America Express 2023

    9 pairs of stars are ready to embark on the adventure of their lives, in the hardest reality show in Romania. America Express will take them on the Golden Route, on a route of more than 7000 kilometers, which passes through Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia.

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  • Poster for Lavender Scented Love

    Lavender Scented Love 2024

    A former British soccer star moves to a quiet village after divorce, meeting a local doctor. Their growing love faces obstacles as two different worlds collide, while past secrets and present conflicts test their relationship.

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  • Poster for Nothing Brigade

    Nothing Brigade 2024

    In a humorous approach, the series follows the small and insignificant cases that the policemen of the Nothing Brigade: Arrow, Giovanni, Carmola and Toma have to solve.

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  • Poster for Daddy

    Daddy 2024

    How did Bebe Udrea become the ruthless leader known as Macelaru and how did he become, for those close to him, the parental figure known as DADDY?

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  • Poster for Wild Romania

    Wild Romania 2022

    The Carpathian Mountains, the Danube River and the Black Sea, gave birth to the wildest country in Europe. The richness of this place lies in spectacular mountains, in rivers full of life, in healthy forests. Following the four seasons of the year, we will discover the life of the most emblematic animals of Romania and we will unfold the story of the most amazing natural landscapes.

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  • Poster for The Freckled Boy

    The Freckled Boy 1973

    During the times of the Second World War in Royal Romania, a street smart kid accidentally becomes part of an organization which will eventually decide the future of his country.

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  • Poster for Full Sail

    Full Sail 1977

    Full Sail is a TV series aired on Romanian National Television (TVR), based on the eponymous novel by Radu Tudoran. The series follow the adventures of two friends, the Romanian Anton Lupan and the French Pierre Vaillant. Anton Lupan tries to find the L'Esperance schooner, which belonged to them, wiyhout knowing that it was a victim of a pirate attack. But he hopes in particular to find Pierre, so they can start on a trip to an uncharted land, which they attempted several times to explore unsuccessfully. He found the ship, but his friend was nowhere to be found. Anton was forced to leave on a trip across Atlantic, to Tierra del Fuego.

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  • Poster for Profu'

    Profu' 2019

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  • Poster for Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator

    Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator 2023

    In-depth documentary mini-series presenting the rise, rule and fall of communist Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and the way he shaped both Romanian and international history.

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  • Poster for Chefi la cuțite

    Chefi la cuțite 2016

    The show is the Romanian version of "Game of Chefs", a competition open for both amateur and professional chefs, competing for the title of "Romania's most talented chef". The show has four stages: The blind auditions, training camp, kitchen battles, and finals.

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  • Poster for iUmor

    iUmor 2016

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  • Poster for On My Way with Irina Rimes

    On My Way with Irina Rimes 2022

    After two years of working nonstop, singer Irina Rimes makes a two-week journey in a mobile studio, traveling across Romania and beyond in order to reconnect with herself, find inspiration, and complete her new album, Home.

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  • Poster for The Big Holiday

    The Big Holiday 1999

    In 1999, the show originally featured only one segment titled Pastila Timpului ("The Time Pill"). It was a sitcom about a scientist named Professor Hărăbor, who invented a pill that allowed him to travel through time and embark on all kinds of adventures with his family, often portraying well-known characters throughout history. After the first season, the show expanded to include two segments: one featuring either Policeman Garcea or other comedy skits, and another with Leana and Costel Parțag — a rural couple from Sadova dealing with all sorts of shenanigans involving their neighbors.

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  • Poster for On the Taste Road

    On the Taste Road 2025

    Sorin Bontea, Florin Dumitrescu and Cătălin Scălătescu put their skills, friendship and spirit of adventure on a new show, where the culinary competition takes place on a tasty journey to our country and beyond its borders.

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  • Poster for Stand-Up Revolution

    Stand-Up Revolution 2022

    Stand-up Revolution, the first stand-up television show with four big names who planning to discover the next big sensation in the field!

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  • Poster for Transylvanian Legendarium

    Transylvanian Legendarium 2020

    Zete and Rika, with the help of Grandpa, are plunged into the secret world of székely (szekler) legends.

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  • Poster for Fructul oprit

    Fructul oprit 2018

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  • Poster for Pariu cu viata

    Pariu cu viata 2011

    A Bet With Life is a teen musical dramedy TV series that centres upon the love story between two teenagers Ioana Popa and Andrei Anghel whose destinies are switched at birth. Ioana and Andrei are students in their senior year at the National College of Arts. They are happily in love or at least this is what Ioana thinks until the moment she learns shes nothing but a bet Andrei made with Cristi, his best friend. What nobody knows is that Andrei has truly fallen for her. Disappointed, Ioana takes refuge in music, especially in LaLa Band, the modern music club created by the new music teacher at the college, Raluca. The 20 talented members of LaLa Band promise to insert new adrenaline into the post-Beatles music. They all have a great passion for music and big dreams to become international stars and have sold out concerts. Ioana was raised in a poor family by Gica Popa and Tantica together with her brother, Rafael and her sister, Gio. With plenty of humor and always looking for fun, the Popas live by the motto education is not important, only money matters. Andrei is a charismatic young guy who comes from a wealthy family that seems to be perfect. But the truth starts to come up when Anca, Andreis sister, is diagnosed with a severe kidney disease, inherited from Mara Anghels family. Her only chance of survival is a kidney transplant. After running the blood tests, Mara and Sandu Anghel have to face another shocking truth: Andrei is revealed as not being related to Anca or the family at all. Mara and Sandu Anghel realize their child was switched at birth in the tragic fire that occurred at the maternity hospital 17 years ago. And they begin the search of their real child the child that could save Ancas life as well as their own.

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  • Poster for Good Guys

    Good Guys 2005

    Two good cops fight the corruption and dirt on the streets of Bucharest

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  • Poster for Lacrimi de iubire

    Lacrimi de iubire 2005

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  • Poster for Atletico Textila

    Atletico Textila 2016

    The corrupt owner of a lame, forth division football team gets locked up so his bimbo wife has to step in and take control of the club, wrecking chaos in the community.

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  • Poster for Groapa

    Groapa 2023

    The series "Groapa" presents a realistic and harsh picture of mafia life, family relationships, problems and love stories in a way that will make the people at home enjoy every second and understand that family is everything .

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  • Dansez pentru tine 0

    Dansez pentru tine is a show produced and broadcast on television station Pro TV, presented and moderated by Ștefan Bănică, Jr. and Iulia Vântur. It was the most watched entertainment show in Romania in recent years as audiences. It is the Romanian version of the BBC's popular Dancing with the Stars, franchise which has been sold to more than 35 countries worldwide.

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  • Poster for One True Singer

    One True Singer 2022

    Fourteen up-and-coming Romanian musicians, singers, and songwriters live and train together as they battle it out for a once-in-a-lifetime record deal and a cash prize.

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  • Poster for Sariti de pe fix

    Sariti de pe fix 2023

    8 comedians from Romania enter a game full of surprises, humor and challenges that will leave you speechless. There is only one goal: unlimited fun. In each edition, two special guests will enter this crazy carousel of challenges set up by Cabral, the presenter of the show.

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  • Poster for La Oras

    La Oras 2022

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  • Poster for In Treatment (RO)

    In Treatment (RO) 2010

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  • L-a Seral 2019

    The web miniseries created by Matei Dima (BRomania), is the successful attempt to show how the education in Romania works, especially when it comes to the most vulnerable of its beneficiaries. That the series has a lot and a kind of bitter humor is just one of the pluses.

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  • Poster for Congrats, father!

    Congrats, father! 2023

    The story of four men who come from different backgrounds and who become friends through the lens of the kindergarten their children attend. A former artist turned influencer, an intellectual widower, a well-maintained householder and an old-fashioned boy who still sells clothes and perfumes from the trunk, they end up going through all kinds of events and situations together.

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  • Poster for Lacrimi de iubire

    Lacrimi de iubire 0

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  • Poster for The Clan

    The Clan 2022

    The Clan is an adaptation that will center on an engaging story about the classic struggle between the Police and the Mafia. Tensions will rise as love stories spice up the eternal battle between good and evil.

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  • Poster for Triplusec

    Triplusec 2018

    Sase fosti colegi de clasa si diriginta lor se pregatesc sa dea startul unui nou serial de comedie: Triplusec. Fata in fata cu visurile lor, dar si cu provocarile vietii, gasca de millenials descopera ca, atunci cand esti cu ochii dupa fericire, cel mai important e sa vezi partea plina a paharului de... Triplusec!

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  • Poster for Romania's Enigmas

    Romania's Enigmas 2023

    The series consists of six 30-minute episodes in which renowned actor Marcel Iureș will investigate a series of unanswered riddles that focus on history, geology, castles, murder, celestial lights, mental disorders and hidden religious rituals.

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  • Poster for MasterChef (RO)

    MasterChef (RO) 2012

    MasterChef is a television cooking game show franchise created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version of the show in 1990. The same MasterChef logo is used around the world and has become well known in many countries over the years.

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  • Poster for Survivor Romania

    Survivor Romania 2020

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  • Poster for Romania's Got Talent

    Romania's Got Talent 2011

    Romania's Got Talent is a Romanian television talent show, reality TV competition, which started in February, 2011 and originated from the Got Talent franchise. The show is a Media Pro production, distributed by FremantleMedia. The show is broadcasted on PRO TV Romania. Anyone of any age with some sort of talent can audition for the show. Acts compete against each other in order to gain the audience support while trying to win the grand prize of €120,000. Throughout the show, contestants must perform in front of the judges, and each year initial auditions have been held in front of a live audience. The winner of the show is voted by the public.

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  • Vocea României 2017

    “The Voice” este un format inovator care schimba regulile in ceea ce priveste concursurile de talente. Nu conteaza ce varsta sau meserie ai, nu conteaza cum arati, daca esti inalt sau scund, slab sau gras, tatuat sau netatuat, tot ceea ce conteaza este VOCEA. “Vocea Romaniei” este un show in care numai cei mai buni isi vor gasi locul, vocile deosebite, puternice si inconfundabile, fara a tine cont de domeniul din care provin: rock, pop, latino, etc. "The Voice" este un format marca inregistrata Talpa Distribution B.V.

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  • Poster for Wild Carpathia

    Wild Carpathia 2011

    A travel documentary exploring the scenic beauty and rich culture of the Romanian Carpathian mountains.

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  • Poster for Love Island România

    Love Island România 2023

    Love Island România is a Romanian dating reality show based on the international Love Island franchise. The show is presented by Alina Ceușan while Dragoș Răduță provided voice-over narration. Following the premise of other versions of the Love Island format, the show features a group of single contestants, known as "islanders" who live together in a specially constructed villa that is isolated from the outside world, in an attempt to find love.

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  • Masked Singer (RO) 2020

    Masked Singer Romania is a Romanian reality singing competition television series on Pro TV. It is the Romanian adaptation of King of Mask Singer and shows celebrities singing covers of famous songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks that hide their identities. The show is going to be presented by George Papagheorghe AKA Jorge and the judging panel, the so-called detectives, is going to consist of singer-entertainer Horia Brenciu, top-charting singer-songwriter Inna, film producer and writer Codin Maticiuc and online celebrity Ana Morodan.

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  • Poster for show de seara

    show de seara 2017

    Noua producție locală a canalului Comedy Central cu Viorel Dragu, care va trece în revistă evenimente recente săptămânii în stilul său unic și amuzant. Formatul emisiunii permite și o analiză satirică a știrilor săptămânii, și o dezbatere – între prezentator și corespondenți sau celebrități invitate – a unor subiecte la ordinea zilei, fie ele din popcult sau sociale.

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  • Poster for Numai iubirea

    Numai iubirea 2004

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  • Poster for Temptation Island (RO)

    Temptation Island (RO) 2015

    Couples, temptations and an island full of traps, these are the key elements of the reality show presented by Radu Vâlcan. In the end, only true love can pass the test, and the couples entering the competition will find out if they are connected only by habit or, on the contrary, by sincere and strong feelings. The ultimate test of love and trust will be given by the couples who will return from Thailand totally changed.

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  • Poster for Moștenirea

    Moștenirea 2010

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  • Poster for Clash of Shepherds

    Clash of Shepherds 2022

    Tica and Horica end up...stars on TV, in a show called "The confrontation of kisses". 8 beautiful young women enter the competition for the heart of the two, for the prize of 50,000 euros and the title of Bacita of the year.

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  • Poster for Ai nostri

    Ai nostri 2017

    Two completely different families, Ciorba and Ghica, have a single thing in common, which, unfortunately, they can't avoid: the love between their kids. The two children from the families, Irina and Horatiu, fall in love and they decide to take the big step: marriage. Although the interests of the two families have no common point, the young lovers are convinced that this will not be an obstacle to happiness.

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  • Poster for La bloc

    La bloc 2002

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  • Poster for O săptămână nebună

    O săptămână nebună 2014

    Alex Puica, a young man that seems to be followed by trouble and bad luck, is soon to marry Maria, daughter of the respectable Emilian and Natalia Codrescu.

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  • Poster for In puii mei

    In puii mei 2009

    A comedy show from Romania where we see some funny sequences of well known people or funny moments.

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  • Poster for Îngerașii

    Îngerașii 2008

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  • Poster for Regina

    Regina 2008

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  • Poster for In the Name of Honour

    In the Name of Honour 2010

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