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Cristian Mungiu

Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer (born 1968)

4.84body-of-work score · ranked #226 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 27, 1968 · Iași
Nationality
Romania
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, radio personality
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Cristian Mungiu
LucaFazPhoto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zileMust-See #185

    2007 · Romania / Belgium · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 2007 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #6 · Film Comment year-end poll 2007 #9

    2.806 citations
  2. 2
    FjordVuono (elokuva)

    2026 · Norway / France / Romania · drama

    Palme d'Or winner 2026

    1.501 citation
  3. 3
    Beyond the HillsDupă dealuri

    2012 · Romania / France / Belgium · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2013 #22 · Criterion Collection spine #923

    0.382 citations
  4. 4
    GraduationBacalaureat

    2016 · Romania / France / Belgium · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #924

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 13 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.