01 Three young friends chase a pair of stolen designer trainers across Sofia in one long night.
Directed by Ivan Vladimirov & Valeri Yordanov · 1h 51m
11 Best Bulgarian Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 17, 2026
Bulgaria Drama thought provokingintense
Bulgaria’s strongest recent films are dry bureaucratic satires in disguise. Glory has an honest railway worker punished for his integrity, The Lesson has a schoolteacher pushed toward crime, and Godless has a morphine-addicted nurse stealing elderly patients’ identities. Sneakers, The Judgement, Eastern Plays, Zift, Mission London, Aga, The Father and Party Hard, Die Young round out the list.
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02 A struggling smuggler's side hustle escorting migrants across the border spirals into real danger.
Directed by Stephan Komandarev · 1h 55m
03 A morphine-addicted nurse steals her elderly patients' identities to sell on the black market.
Directed by Ralitza Petrova · 1h 39m
Where to watch
Stream: Klassiki, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel
Stream: Klassiki
04 A recovering addict's chance encounter with a neo-Nazi mob reopens his estranged brother's life.
Directed by Kamen Kalev · 1h 23m
05 A wrongly imprisoned man's release into 1960s Communist Bulgaria unravels into one disastrous night.
Directed by Javor Gardev · 1h 32m
Where to watch
Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
06 A Bulgarian ambassador's chaotic attempt to host a royal visit spirals into farce.
Directed by Dimitar Mitovski · 1h 47m
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
07 An honest railway worker who returns a fortune in cash is publicly humiliated by the government's PR machine.
Directed by Petar Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva · 1h 41m
Where to watch
Stream: Film Movement Plus, Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
08 A schoolteacher's desperate debt pushes her to consider robbing the very bank she trusted.
Directed by Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov · 1h 51m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
09 An ageing Yakut couple living in Arctic isolation face the slow disappearance of both their land and their family.
Directed by Milko Lazarov · 1h 36m
Where to watch
Stream: OVID, Klassiki · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Stream: Klassiki
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
10 A son struggles to cope with his newly widowed father's escalating grief and increasingly erratic behaviour.
Directed by Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov · 1h 27m
Where to watch
Stream: Klassiki
Stream: Klassiki
11 A group of friends' hard-partying beach holiday turns deadly when someone starts picking them off.
Directed by Dominik Hartl · 1h 30m
Where to watch
Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Shudder Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Shudder Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
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