Best Bulgarian fantasy movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch fantasy films from Bulgaria, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Viking Quest

    Viking Quest 2014

    Erick, a young Viking warrior, joins forces with a rival clan in order to rescue a kidnapped princess from the great Midgard Serpent. It's a perilous task with a risk far greater than merely their own lives; by rescuing the princess, they might cause Ragnarök - the end of the world.

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  • Poster for Lilly The Little Fish

    Lilly The Little Fish 2017

    A fairy tale film about the metamorphoses of a child, reacting to each glance with a magic whirlwind, which changes its gender - from a boy it becomes a girl and vice versa. While looking for a solution, the family of this peculiar child meets a family of gypsy-sorcerers. Their abilities are concentrated in their daughter Lily. She makes an extraordinary sacrifice in the name of love.

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  • Poster for The Tragic Burlesque

    The Tragic Burlesque 1995

    In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the patients to their homes or give them to someone who is willing to accept them temporarily.

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  • Poster for Dali

    Dali 0

    A Bulgarian-born, American-raised rapper dies and faces The Gatekeeper at the crossroads of the afterlife, where he must relive his tumultuous past—family struggles, lost love, and a life of excess—to determine whether he belongs Above or Below.

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  • Poster for The Tied Up Balloon

    The Tied Up Balloon 1967

    A barrage balloon appears unexpectedly over a Bulgarian village during World War II. The startled villagers decide to knock it down with a fusillade yet the balloon flies off to the mountains. The villagers, armed to their teeth, set off after it. But they are not alone in this undertaking...

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  • Poster for The Barrier

    The Barrier 1979

    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 composer Antoni meet by chance. He gives her shelter in his house. Famous composer falls under the spell of young Dorothea: A pretty, thin-skinned, though quite an eccentric girl.

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  • Poster for Chernobog

    Chernobog 2021

    In Bulgaria 1959, a young man is sent to fight after the Cold War erupts into a global conflict. An incident leaves the soldieralone and disoriented in the Balkan forests, where paranoia and mysticism will guide him towards insanity.

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  • Poster for She Who Must Be Obeyed

    She Who Must Be Obeyed 2001

    Leo Vincey receives a map from his late father, leading him to the legendary city of Kor in search of an explanation for his mysterious ancestry.

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  • Poster for Fishbone

    Fishbone 2021

    Ivo, manager of a campsite on the shores of the Black Sea, refuses to bury the corpse of yet another dolphin rejected by the sea, because it has holes this time, as if it had been hit by bullets. All the vacationers and inhabitants of the surrounding area are involved in one way or another in an unprecedented war that is breaking out with the police, local and environmental institutions. (Source: cineuropa)

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  • Poster for Tail Wind

    Tail Wind 1972

    The kid Kolyo dreams of traveling. One day he meets Bim-Bam who introduces himself as a writer and great traveler. The two build a cabin in a vineyard and live there. They meet different people; start working in the quarry. Time passes. One day someone tells Kolyo that Bim-Bam is no writer. He has stolen the furniture from a local community center. Bim Bam was gone. Kolyo leaves for home, trying to call Bim-Bam with their secret signal.

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  • The Wardrobe 1974

    A young couple dream of having a wardrobe. When they buy it the wardrobe begins to totally manipulate their life - it orders their deeds, sets their taste, enslaves them.

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  • Poster for Infernal Weapon

    Infernal Weapon 1982

    A knight is tasked with finding a mystical weapon.

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  • Poster for Illusion

    Illusion 1980

    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 out in 1923.

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  • Poster for The Dragon

    The Dragon 1974

    There is a dragon, which threatens the life of the shacked village. The attempts of lumberjacks, shepherds and hunters to get rid of the menace are without success. Their battle with the imaginary mythical monster makes them realize that their real enemies are the master Kolota and his servants. The dragon is beaten not physically but spiritually.

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  • The Devil in the Church 1969

    A young modern woman goes to church and all hell breaks loose.

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  • The Enchanted Castle 1990

    A beautiful princess is locked in a tower and an evil wizard wants to marry her.

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