Worthy Bulgarian Movies (2004 - 2024)
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1. Whose Is This Song? (2003)
70 min | Documentary, Music
The film is a funny, dramatic and tragicomic search for the truth about a Song. A Song that everybody in the Balkans claims it is theirs.A Song that appears as a love song, as a religious ... See full summary »
Director: Adela Peeva
Votes: 324
2. Mila from Mars (2004)
91 min | Drama
A 16-old girl runs away from a dangerous man and gets into a faraway village near the border. Soon she finds out the only inhabitants there - nine old men and women - make their living by ... See full summary »
Director: Zornitsa Sophia | Stars: Vesela Kazakova, Assen Blatechki, Zlatina Todeva, Yordan Bikov
Votes: 1,268
3. Leydi Zi (2005)
96 min | Drama
A tragic comedy about an orphan girl who knows nothing better than the animal way but at the end comes to realize her only chance - to be human.
Director: Georgi Djulgerov | Stars: Aneliya Garbova, Ivan Barnev, Pavel Paskalev, Rousy Chanev
Votes: 172
4. Maimuni prez zimata (2006)
111 min | Drama
Dona, Lukrecie and Tana - three women of different origins and destinies, whose stories unfold at different times. The tale of the Romany woman Dona begins in the 1960s. The only assets ... See full summary »
Director: Milena Andonova | Stars: Bonka Ilieva-Boni, Diana Dobreva, Angelina Slavova, Sava Lolov
Votes: 235
5. Letete s Rossinant (2007)
86 min | Comedy, Music
A story about Bulgarian musicians, making a tour of Europe. In the morning they had a matinée in Graz and at nigh they are supposed to have a gala in Vienna. Fly by Rossinant is a musical incorporating opera and silent movies elements.
Director: Georgi Stoev | Stars: Vasil Denev, Itschak Fintzi, Jeannette Ivanova, Stefaniya Koleva
Votes: 98
6. Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii (2007)
PG | 100 min | Documentary
A small town and its hopeful citizens are about to embark on a bright new journey. Massive rusty cranes, foreign investors, and the joyful chants of cheerleaders carry the dream of a great ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Paounov
Votes: 227
7. Zift (2008)
Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien ... See full summary »
Director: Javor Gardev | Stars: Zachary Baharov, Tanya Ilieva, Vladimir Penev, Mihail Mutafov
Votes: 5,446
8. Forecast (2008)
100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Romance and political drama tight in an adventure, the "Forecast" tells a story of a Balkan conflict with a happy ending. Yes, there is one.
Director: Zornitsa Sophia | Stars: Assen Blatechki, Teodora Duhovnikova, Kresimir Mikic, Joost Scholte
Votes: 327
9. The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (2008)
105 min | Drama
The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather, Bai Dan, embarks on a journey in search of his real self.
Director: Stephan Komandarev | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, Ana Papadopulu
Votes: 6,100
10. Eastern Plays (2009)
83 min | Drama
Through Georgi (a juvenile) and Itso (an adult), we take a quick glance (about one and a half hour quick) at what happens in post cold-war Bulgaria.
Director: Kamen Kalev | Stars: Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Saadet Aksoy, Nikolina Iancheva
Votes: 3,188
11. Mission London (2010)
107 min | Comedy
A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends. But with corrupt ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitar Mitovski | Stars: Alan Ford, Ralph Brown, Tomas Arana, Jonathan Ryland
Votes: 6,321
12. HDSP: Hunting Down Small Predators (2010)
100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A young man has trouble communicating with people and is seeing a shrink. He falls in love at first sight, then meets three friends and joins their small community. The four youngsters ... See full summary »
Director: Cvetodar Markov | Stars: Vladimir Georgiev, Gergana Kofradjieva, Boyko Krastanov, Stefan Mavrodiyev
Votes: 1,170
13. Tilt (II) (2010)
94 min | Drama, Romance
TILT is a love story set against the backdrop of the changing political and social environment in Europe in the late 1980s and early '90s. Can this love survive the challenges of emigration... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Chouchkov | Stars: Yavor Baharov, Radina Kardjilova, Ovanes Torosian, Alexander Sano
Votes: 3,559
14. Lora ot sutrin do vecher (2011)
93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
After a night of partying with her friends Lora has to get herself together and attend an important meeting. At her office she finds two packages which contain two mysterious dice. The ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitar Kotzev | Stars: Milena Nikolova, Hristo Petkov, Iva Gocheva, Antonina Kovacheva
Votes: 539
15. Sneakers (2011)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of a Summer shared by six young people. It all begins with their escapes from the bleak and dreary City. Each one of them escapes East of Hell... to the point farthest away, the ... See full summary »
Directors: Ivan Vladimirov, Valeri Yordanov | Stars: Ivo Arakov, Phillip Avramov, Ivan Barnev, Dorothy Brusowska
Votes: 1,054
16. Love.net (2011)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the parallel stories of a number of characters who are trying to change their lives via the Internet or are simply having fun online.
Director: Ilian Djevelekov | Stars: Hristo Shopov, Zachary Baharov, Lilia Marvilya, Koyna Ruseva
Votes: 3,943
17. Bulgaria, This Eternal Heresy (2013)
164 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A heretic film about life outside of the System, made outside of the System. This is a fictional documentary, musical anthropological, scientific magical, eco anarchic utopian journey in a ... See full summary »
Director: Val Todorov | Stars: Yordan Danchev, Tezdjan Ferad, Kristian Kanev, Alexander Mirchev
Votes: 21
18. The Judgment (2014)
107 min | Drama
A father and a son live in a poor area, near the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek border.
Director: Stephan Komandarev | Stars: Assen Blatechki, Ovanes Torosian, Ina Nikolova, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
Votes: 1,013
19. Bulgarian Rhapsody (2014)
108 min | Drama
Summer of 1943. The Jews of Greater Bulgaria must adhere to the laws of Germany. Moni, (17) a Jewish youngster from Sofia and Giogio the son of the commissar for Jewish affairs' driver, ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Nichev | Stars: Kristiyan Makarov, Moni Moshonov, Tatyana Lolova, Stefan Popov
Votes: 441
20. Balgar: The Movie (2014)
G | 73 min | Animation, Comedy
Balgar is a peculiar subculture phenomenon that in less than five years managed to become a favorite of thousands of teenagers. And now come down from the computer to conquer the big screen. The first Bulgarian full-length animated film.
Director: Nedelcho Bogdanov | Stars: Nedelcho Bogdanov, Galin Dyakov, Ivaylo Ivanov, Danail Kraev
Votes: 340
21. The Lesson (2014)
Unrated | 111 min | Drama
In a small Bulgarian town Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the robber in her class so she can teach him a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself?
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Stars: Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Stefan Denolyubov
Votes: 2,758
22. Living Legends (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Group of friends meet again, 13 years after their prom because of a problem of one of them, and face the opportunity to experience the things in life they have always put aside in life so far.
Director: Niki Iliev | Stars: Orlin Pavlov, Niki Iliev, Sanya Borisova, Dimo Alexiev
Votes: 2,062
23. Losers (2015)
97 min | Drama
Elena, Koko, Patso and Gosho are high school students in a small provincial town. Koko is in love with Elena. The girl wants to be a singer. She is really excited about the visiting concert... See full summary »
Director: Ivaylo Hristov | Stars: Elena Telbis, Deyan Donkov, Ovanes Torosian, Georgi Gotsin
Votes: 881
24. The 11th Grade (2015)
84 min | Comedy
XI "A" follows the story of Lina - a former dancer, who goes in for her dream job, namely to become a literature teacher.
Director: Georgi D. Kostov | Stars: Yana Marinova, Bashar Rahal, Nikolai Sotirov, Ralitsa Paskaleva
Votes: 1,126
25. The Prosecutor the Defender the Father and His Son (2015)
98 min | Drama, War
The Hague, The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Two ambitious lawyers face each other in the trial of Milorad Krstic, who's accused of committing war crimes as a ... See full summary »
Director: Iglika Triffonova | Stars: Romane Bohringer, Samuel Fröler, Izudin Bajrovic, Ovanes Torosian
Votes: 263
26. Monkey (I) (2016)
95 min | Drama
Iva (17) and Maya (12) are half-sisters with a common father who they adore. The life of the sisters is turned upside down by a truly shocking event - their father Andrey (45) is in a coma after a routine operation.
Director: Dimitar Kotzev | Stars: Radina Borshosh, Valentin Ganev, Aleksandra Kostova, Ana Papadopulu
Votes: 441
27. Glory (2016)
101 min | Drama
A reclusive Bulgarian railway trackman finds millions of cash spilled on the tracks and turns them in to the police. When the transport ministry's head of PR Julia Staikova decides to use ... See full summary »
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Stars: Stefan Denolyubov, Margita Gosheva, Alexandra Angelova, Poli Angelova
Votes: 2,517 | Gross: $0.02M
28. While Aya Was Sleeping (2016)
88 min | Drama
The seven year old Aya spends a lot of time in the theater because her farther, Asen, is an actor. One night Aya falls asleep in the control room. After the end of the show, intrigue, ... See full summary »
Director: Cvetodar Markov | Stars: Stefan Denolyubov, Emil Emilov, Georgi Kadurin, Julian Vergov
Votes: 97
29. Hristo (2016)
100 min | Drama
Hristo is a homeless boy. He would do anything to get a normal living. But still there's something he wouldn't do. The price of 'normal' life, for him is too high.
Directors: Grigor Lefterov, Todor Matsanov | Stars: Evgeni Budinov, Dimitar Krumov, Stefan Mavrodiyev, Lyubomir Neikov
Votes: 148
30. Directions (2017)
103 min | Drama
Multiple stories of taxi drivers while they work one night.
Director: Stephan Komandarev | Stars: Haralan Alexandrov, Dimitar Banenkin, Vasil Banov, Ivan Barnev
Votes: 2,136
31. Vazvishenie (2017)
142 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Two members of a rebel movement are sent on a dangerous mission around enslaved Bulgaria in 1870's. Their leader has an important message to reach a man of high importance in the revolution of the country - Vasil "The Lion" Levski.
Director: Victor Bojinov | Stars: Zachary Baharov, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Vladimir Mihaylov, Julian Vergov
Votes: 1,814
32. Radiogram (2017)
83 min | Drama
1971, Bulgaria under Communist regime. A time when people are systematically oppressed a father decides to walk almost 100km to the nearest town so he can buy a new radio for his rock 'n roll obsessed son.
Director: Rouzie Hassanova | Stars: Alexander Hadjiangelov, Yana Titova, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Deyan Georgiev
Votes: 194
33. Omnipresent (2017)
120 min | Drama
The story of OMNIPRESENT is centered around Emil, writer and owner of advertising agency who gradually becomes obsessed with spying on his family, friends and employees via hidden spy ... See full summary »
Director: Ilian Djevelekov | Stars: Velislav Pavlov, Teodora Duhovnikova, Vesela Babinova, Anastasia Lyutova
Votes: 1,417
34. Lilly the Little Fish (2017)
107 min | Family
A fairy tale about the metamorphoses of an extraordinary child, producing a magic whirlwind every time somebody looks the child straight in the eye. Taken to a small village, the child meets Lily, who makes a sacrifice in the name of love.
Director: Yassen Grigorov | Stars: Dimitar Ivanov, Kalina Asenova, Krasimira Demirova, Dobrin Dosev
Votes: 207
35. Ága (2018)
96 min | Drama
In the far north, Sedna and Nanook dream of bringing back their family together. After Sedna's death, Nanook walks a long way to find his daughter Ága, who ran away years ago.
Director: Milko Lazarov | Stars: Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Sergei Egorov, Galina Tikhonova
Votes: 1,556 | Gross: $0.00M
36. Doza shtastie (2019)
100 min | Drama
The real story of the journalist Vesela Toteva (in the role is her daughter - Valentina Karoleva) searching for her own happiness during the dynamic and uncertain '90s in Bulgaria. A tale about drugs, fall, fear and redemption.
Director: Yana Titova | Stars: Valentina Karoleva, Dimitar Nikolov, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Assen Blatechki
Votes: 1,478
37. The Father (2019)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Vasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Valentina. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cell phone, Vasil seeks out the help of a ... See full summary »
Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov | Stars: Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Tanya Shahova, Hristofor Nedkov
Votes: 702
38. Golata istina za grupa Zhiguli (2021)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A music producer must assemble his former 30 year-old Rock band and play one last concert to earn enough money for his daughter's expensive education.
Director: Victor Bojinov | Stars: Phillip Avramov, Maya Bejanska, Mihail Bilalov, Paraskeva Djukelova
Votes: 1,326
39. Petya na moyata Petya (2021)
90 min | Drama
Grieving due to injustice in school, betrayed by her closest people, 17 year-old Petya commits suicide. This happens to the talented poetess Petya Dubarova in 1979. This also happens in ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Kossev | Stars: Yasen Atanasov, Alissa Atanassova, Vasil Banov, Aleksandra Kostova
Votes: 849
40. No Place for You in Our Town (2022)
81 min | Documentary
No Place for You in Our Town takes us inside the roughest Bulgarian football gang from the ex-industrial city Pernik. The film follows communal and personal crises to show life beyond the clichéd jokes about its citizens' roughness.
Director: Nikolay Stefanov
Votes: 172
41. Blaga's Lessons (2023)
114 min | Drama
A teacher falls victim to a phone scam that robs her of her life savings, then realizes that there is no way to get the money back. The tables then turn as cash begins rolling in as she transforms into a scammer herself.
Director: Stephan Komandarev | Stars: Eli Skorcheva, Gerasim Georgiev, Rozalia Abgarian, Stefan Denolyubov
Votes: 551
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