# List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Romania began submitting for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 1966. As of 2022, Romania has submitted thirty-eight films for Oscar consideration, scoring its first nomination for Collective at the 93rd Academy Awards.
The Best Foreign Film award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.
The Romanian nominee is selected each year by a jury selected by the National Center for Cinematography (Centrul Național al Cinematografiei – CNC).
Sergiu Nicolaescu's films have been chosen to represent Romania five times since 1969, including once after the Romanian Revolution of 1989. All films were primarily in Romanian
Among Romania's more notable nominees include: Carnival Scenes, which was produced in 1981 and probably banned by Romania's Communist regime, and eventually released in 1989 after the Romanian Revolution; The Rest Is Silence, the most expensive film in Romanian history; 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the first Romanian winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was not shortlisted, creating controversy among critics and online film fans. The controversy caused an Academy member to pledge nomination reform, though the category had often sparked criticism.

## Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Romania for review by the Academy for the award since 1966, by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony. Romania did not enter the competition every year, including a six-year absence from 1977 to 1982.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director(s) | Result |
| 1966 (39th) | The Uprising | Răscoala | Mircea Mureșan | Not nominated |
| 1968 (41st) | The Column | Columna | Mircea Drăgan | Not nominated |
| 1969 (42nd) | A Woman for a Season | Răutăciosul adolescent | Gheorghe Vitanidis | Not nominated |
| 1971 (44th) | The Last Crusade | Mihai Viteazul | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| 1973 (46th) | Veronica | Veronica | Elisabeta Bostan | Not nominated |
| 1976 (49th) | The Doom | Osânda | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| 1983 (56th) | Return from Hell | Întoarcerea din iad | Nicolae Mărgineanu | Not nominated |
| 1984 (57th) | Glissando | Glissando | Mircea Daneliuc | Not nominated |
| 1985 (58th) | Ciuleandra | Ciuleandra | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| 1986 (59th) | The Last Assault | Noi, cei din linia întîi | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) | Those Who Pay With Their Lives | Cei care plătesc cu viața | Șerban Marinescu | Not nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) | Carnival Scenes | De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? | Lucian Pintilie | Not nominated |
| 1992 (65th) | Luxury Hotel | Hotel de lux | Dan Pița | Not nominated |
| 1993 (66th) | The Conjugal Bed | Patul conjugal | Mircea Daneliuc | Not nominated |
| 1994 (67th) | Pepe & Fifi | Pepe și Fifi | Dan Pița | Not nominated |
| 1996 (69th) | State of Things | Stare de fapt | Stere Gulea | Not nominated |
| 1998 (71st) | Next Stop Paradise | Terminus Paradis | Lucian Pintilie | Not nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) | The Famous Paparazzo | Faimosul paparazzo | Nicolae Mărgineanu | Not nominated |
| 2002 (75th) | Philanthropy | Filantropica | Nae Caranfil | Not nominated |
| 2004 (77th) | Orient Express | Orient Express | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Not nominated |
| 2005 (78th) | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lăzărescu | Cristi Puiu | Not nominated |
| 2006 (79th) | The Way I Spent the End of the World | Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii | Cătălin Mitulescu | Not nominated |
| 2007 (80th) | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile | Cristian Mungiu | Not nominated |
| 2008 (81st) | The Rest Is Silence | Restul e tăcere | Nae Caranfil | Not nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) | Police, Adjective | Polițist, adj. | Corneliu Porumboiu | Not nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) | If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier | Florin Șerban | Not nominated |
| 2011 (84th) | Morgen | Morgen | Marian Crișan | Not nominated |
| 2012 (85th) | Beyond the Hills | După dealuri | Cristian Mungiu | Made shortlist |
| 2013 (86th) | Child's Pose | Poziția Copilului | Călin Peter Netzer | Not nominated |
| 2014 (87th) | The Japanese Dog | Câinele japonez | Tudor Cristian Jurgiu | Not nominated |
| 2015 (88th) | Aferim! | Aferim! | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
| 2016 (89th) | Sieranevada | Sieranevada | Cristi Puiu | Not nominated |
| 2017 (90th) | Fixeur | Fixeur | Adrian Sitaru | Not nominated |
| 2018 (91st) | I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians | Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) | The Whistlers | La Gomera | Corneliu Porumboiu | Not nominated |
| 2020 (93rd) | Collective | Colectiv | Alexander Nanau | Nominated |
| 2021 (94th) | Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn | Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
| 2022 (95th) | Imaculat | Imaculat | Monica Stan, George Chiper | Not nominated |
| 2023 (96th) | Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii | Radu Jude | Not nominated |
| 2024 (97th) | Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri pâna la capatul lumii | Emanuel Pârvu | Not nominated |

## Shortlisted Films

| Year | Film |
| 2022 | Blue Moon · Metronom · Miracle · R.M.N. · The Wishing Tree: Childhood Memories |