Good films acording to bulgarian filmmakers
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1. Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli (1971)
84 min | Comedy, Family
Three novels deal with the mentality of the children, their agitations, and the merry and sad things in their everyday life. The movie is created with a lot of humor, cheerfulness, and great love for the kids.
Director: Dimitar Petrov | Stars: Ivaylo Dzhambazov, Neyko Neykov, Petar Peychev, Andrey Slabakov
Votes: 451
2. Koziyat rog (1972)
R | 105 min | Drama
The film sends us to the 17th century when Bulgaria was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Four hoodlums break into the house of the shepherd Karaivan, raping and killing his wife in full view ... See full summary »
Director: Metodi Andonov | Stars: Katya Paskaleva, Anton Gorchev, Milen Penev, Todor Kolev
Votes: 2,842
3. Posledno lyato (1974)
86 min | Drama
This film is a dramatic, colorful parable about migration from the countryside to the urban areas, revealing the deep-rooted attachment of the peasant Ivan Efreytorov to the patriarchal way... See full summary »
Director: Christo Christov | Stars: Grigor Vachkov, Dimitar Ikonomov, Bogdan Spasov, Vesko Zehirev
Votes: 53
4. Barierata (1979)
114 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In this picture, the barrier epitomizes the line between reality and dreams, the pattern of harmony and happiness. The delicate, pretty, sensitive Dorotea and the sedate middle-aged ... See full summary »
Director: Christo Christov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vania Tzvetkova, Yevgeniya Barakova, Maria Dimcheva
Votes: 238
5. Aszparuh (1981)
323 min | Drama, History, War
This is an epic screen presentation showing the creation, the consolidation and the power of First Bulgarian Kingdom and the first Bulgarian ruler Khan Asparuh.
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Stoyko Peev, Antony Genov, Vassil Mihajlov, Vania Tzvetkova
Votes: 953
6. Za kude putuvate (1986)
93 min | Comedy
This is a philosophical, eccentric and fantastic comedy. This is a fantastic escape from the reality and a dream-rebellion of the fantasy.
Director: Rangel Vulchanov | Stars: Stoyan Aleksiev, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Katerina Evro, Iossif Surchadzhiev
Votes: 52
7. Time of Violence (1988)
R | 288 min | Drama
In the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was kidnapped from the village as a boy is... See full summary »
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Ivan Krystev, Anya Pencheva, Momchil Karamitev
Votes: 2,402
8. Margarit i Margarita (1989)
92 min | Drama
Margarit and Margarita are high school senior students. They are madly in love. And so proud and independent that they are often in trouble with their parents and teachers. They quit school... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Volev | Stars: Irini Jambonas, Hristo Shopov, Rashko Mladenov, Vassil Mihajlov
Votes: 576
9. 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
10. Pazachyt na myrtvite (2006)
105 min | Drama
A thirteen year old kid, "the boy", lives and works in a cemetery. The cemetery is his whole life, and growing up with the dead instills in him an obsession and respect for death. His ... See full summary »
Director: Ilian Simeonov | Stars: Vladimir Georgiev, Samuel Finzi, Itschak Fintzi, Diana Dobreva
Votes: 201
11. 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: 5,447
12. 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: 3,189
13. Shelter (2010)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
This is a story of a family and two intruders.
Director: Dragomir Sholev | Stars: Tzvetan Daskalov, Silvia Gerina, Irena Hristoskova, Jurii Rahnev
Votes: 372
14. Avé (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Two troubled teens hitchhike across Bulgaria.
Director: Konstantin Bojanov | Stars: Anjela Nedyalkova, Ovanes Torosian, Martin Brambach, Svetlana Yancheva
Votes: 1,637
15. Otchuzhdenie (2013)
75 min | Drama
A Greek man, past his fifties, is driving an old-fashioned car across the border to Bulgaria to buy a child.
Director: Milko Lazarov | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Mariana Zhikich, Ovanes Torosian, Kitodar Todorov
Votes: 134
16. Osadeni dushi (1975)
141 min | Drama, Romance, War
The events of the film are related to the Civil War in Spain. This is a film about the beauty of love - exotic and tragic and the maze of human feelings.
Director: Vulo Radev | Stars: Jan Englert, Edit Szalay, Rousy Chanev, Mariana Dimitrova
Votes: 588
17. Dopalnenie kam zakona za zashtita na darzhavata (1976)
147 min | Drama, History
In September 1923 a "red" uprising in Bulgaria is crushed and drowned in blood. A year and a half later a bomb planted by left-wing terrorists explodes in the St Nedelya Church in Sofia ... See full summary »
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Stefan Getsov, Georgi Georgiev-Getz, Georgi Cherkelov, Ivan Kondov
Votes: 33
18. Baseynat (1977)
148 min | Drama
The story begins with a serious disillusionment experienced by a young girl at her school-leaving farewell ball. Apostol, an architect on this side of forty, meets by chance Bella at a ... See full summary »
Director: Binka Zhelyazkova | Stars: Kosta Tsonev, Yanina Kasheva, Kliment Denchev, Tzvetana Maneva
Votes: 87
19. Panteley (1978)
103 min | Comedy
This film continues the tendency to produce paradoxical comedies of anti-fascism which started with Gueorgui Stoyanov's early work in late sixties. In the last days of World War II the ... See full summary »
Director: Gueorgui Stoyanov | Stars: Pavel Popandov, Konstantin Kotsev, Nikola Anastasov, Dobrinka Stankova
Votes: 15
20. Sami sred valtzi (1979– )
300 min | Drama, Adventure
Bulgarian generals defend the dignity and independence of Bulgaria, helping the USSR in the war against fascism.
Stars: Boris Lukanov, Vassil Mihajlov, Stoyno Dobrev, Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Votes: 22
21. Ilyuzia (1980)
112 min | Drama, Fantasy
The intricate relations between an Artist, an Actress and a Poet are seen against the background of one of the most dramatic events in the recent history of Bulgaria: uprising, which broke ... See full summary »
Director: Ludmil Staikov | Stars: Lyuben Chatalov, Rousy Chanev, Susana Kotzurikova, Petar Slabakov
Votes: 90
22. Mera spored mera (1981)
288 min | Drama
Early 20th c. This is an era of seething passions, aspirations for freedom and national self-identification. Uprising are incited, blood is shed. The picture features national leaders who ... See full summary »
Director: Georgi Djulgerov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Grigor Vachkov, Katia Ivanova, Stefan Mavrodiyev
Votes: 225
23. Yo ho ho (1981)
98 min | Adventure, Drama
This is a sensitive film about human solidarity filled with humor and poetry.
Director: Zako Heskiya | Stars: Kiril Variyski, Viktor Chouchkov, Iliya Penev, Anani Anev
Votes: 271
24. Udarat (1981)
141 min | Drama
The action takes part from August 26 to September 9,1944 - the last days of the fascist regime in Bulgaria. At that time, following a decision made by the Central Committee of the Bulgarian... See full summary »
Director: Borislav Sharaliev | Stars: Lyubomir Mladenov, Kosta Tsonev, Ivan Yanchev, Stoyan Stoev
Votes: 11
25. Ravnovesie (1983)
140 min | Drama
A social and psychological study of contemporary problems.
Director: Lyudmil Kirkov | Stars: Georgi Georgiev-Getz, Plamena Getova, Konstantin Kotsev, Katerina Evro
Votes: 85
26. Spasenieto (1984)
141 min | Drama, War
The screenplay is based on real events, which took place in the town of Ohrid towards the end of the Second World War. A retreating German military unit has brought along a group of 25 ... See full summary »
Director: Borislav Punchev | Stars: Kosta Tsonev, Nevena Kokanova, Jan Nowicki, Michal Bajor
Votes: 17
27. Sabesednik po zhelanie (1984)
97 min | Drama
A famous stage and screen actor has been invited for an interview on 'Question Time', a popular Bulgarian TV program. He has fought heroically in the anti-fascist resistance and at present ... See full summary »
Director: Christo Christov | Stars: Vassil Mihajlov, Valentin Ganev, Ivan Kondov, Lilyana Kovacheva
Votes: 10
28. V imeto na naroda (1984– )
70 min | Drama, War
These are 8 TV series in which the main character is Maria. The plot traces her participation in the communist armed struggle in Bulgaria in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century. Maria comes... See full summary »
Stars: Iren Krivoshieva, Eli Skorcheva, Stoyan Stoev, Galina Koteva
Votes: 8
29. Boris I (1985)
263 min | Biography, Drama, History
The picture features the life and deeds of Boris I - strong historic personality, which completes his mission to the full and at the end of his life receives holy orders. Prince Boris I is ... See full summary »
Director: Borislav Sharaliev | Stars: Stefan Danailov, Boris Lukanov, Aneta Petrovska, Antony Genov
Votes: 199
30. Da obichash na inat (1986)
92 min | Drama
This is a film about the general collision between the generations. The film tells us the story of a 14 year old boy and his father, and the way they fight over all the problems.
Director: Nikolay Volev | Stars: Velko Kynev, Ivan Velkov, Maria Statulova, Leda Taseva
Votes: 745
31. Ekzitus (1989)
97 min | Drama
The protagonist is a manager of a small town movie theatre. He is tortured by the childhood trauma of having abandoned his mentally ill brother in the flames of a fire in the chaos of it ... See full summary »
Director: Krassimir Kroumov | Stars: Rumen Traykov, Petar Popyordanov, Barbara Prokopyuk, Ivan Grigorov
Votes: 21
32. Ti, koyto si na nebeto (1990)
102 min | Drama
This film deals with a dying man who reveals to his young friend, a child of 8, the fairy world of music. The immortal theme of art is related to the problems of morality, honesty and beauty.
Director: Docho Bodzhakov | Stars: Jozef Kroner, Boyan Kovachev, Lyuben Chatalov, Lilyana Varbanova
Votes: 90
33. Granitza (1994)
85 min | Drama
There is a small frontier post. A soldier abiding by the rules of the system gradually turns into a murderer.
Directors: Hristian Nochev, Ilian Simeonov | Stars: Petar Popyordanov, Elena Petrova, Marian Valev, Naum Shopov
Votes: 232
34. Late Full Moon (1996)
120 min | Drama
Growing old is an art in itself, How difficult is it to cast off the habits and perceptions of lifetime to keep up with the demands of a new age? In this New Age, is everything permitted?
Director: Eduard Zahariev | Stars: Itschak Fintzi, Nikolai Urumov, Virginija Kelmelyte, Valeri Drennikov
Votes: 36
35. Sled kraja na sveta (1998)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This is a funny and woeful story, resembling an old Jewish anecdote, aiming to wrap a comical framework around the dark side of life. At the time, the poorest neighborhood of Plovdiv (an ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Nichev | Stars: Stefan Danailov, Katerina Didaskalou, Vassil Mihajlov, Georgi Kaloyanchev
Votes: 260
36. Emigrants (2002)
85 min | Drama
Three friends, Maro, Shpera and Yuri are unemployed and hardly make ends meet. They have complicated and hysterical relationships with the people closest to them. They seem to have ... See full summary »
Directors: Ivaylo Hristov, Lyudmil Todorov | Stars: Deyan Donkov, Valeri Yordanov, Ivan Radoev, Paraskeva Djukelova
Votes: 134
37. 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: 2,759
38. Zemya (1957)
102 min | Drama
Customs, jealousy, friendship and love haul up the lives of the villagers in Bulgarian countryside.
Director: Zahari Zhandov | Stars: Bogomil Simeonov, Slavka Slavova, Ginka Stancheva, Elena Hranova
Votes: 55
39. Tyutyun (1962)
150 min | Drama
The film is a screen version of the novel by Dimitar Dimov (1909-1966) and deals with the conflicts and contradictions in Bulgarian society during a period stretching from the early thirties to the end of the Second World War.
Director: Nikola Korabov | Stars: Nevena Kokanova, Yordan Matev, Miroslava Stoyanova, Ivan Kasabov
Votes: 336
40. The Peach Thief (1964)
84 min | Drama, Romance, War
A wife of a Bulgarian Army officer falls in love with a Serbian prisoner at the end of World War I.
Director: Vulo Radev | Stars: Nevena Kokanova, Rade Markovic, Mikhail Mikhaylov, Vasil Vachev
Votes: 963
41. Viktoria (2014)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama, Family
Unwanted by her mother, Viktoria is being born with no umbilical cord and doesn't need Boryana until the hardships of life bind them together.
Director: Maya Vitkova | Stars: Irmena Chichikova, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova, Mariana Krumova
Votes: 479
42. Avantazh (1977)
138 min | Drama
The action takes place during the socialist period in Bulgaria. The central character, nicknamed the Cock is an artistic personality, a man of strong character known as the king of the ... See full summary »
Director: Georgi Djulgerov | Stars: Rousy Chanev, Plamen Donchev, Maria Statulova, Plamena Getova
Votes: 255
43. Stars (1959)
91 min | War, Drama
The tragic love of a Jewish girl and a Nazi officer is presented as a symbol of human purity defeated by fascism and racial prejudice.
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Sasha Krusharska, Jürgen Frohriep, Erik S. Klein, Stefan Pejchev
Votes: 466
44. The Color of the Chameleon (2012)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Batko becomes the spider in his own invisible web of informants by recruiting a group of intellectuals to spy on each other. He builds his own secret archive. After the fall of communism, he uses it to wreak havoc on the government.
Director: Emil Christov | Stars: Lilia Abadjieva, Kasiel Noah Asher, Mihail Bilalov, Rousy Chanev
Votes: 446
45. Tochka parva (1956)
77 min | Drama
A typical appeal anti war, for peace and happy future.
Director: Boyan Danovski | Stars: Rumyana Chokoyska, Zheni Bozhinova, Ruzha Delcheva, Konstantin Kisimov
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