Movies Like Bulgarian Lovers (2003)

Bulgarian Lovers is a 2003 comedy, drama, romance film from Eloy de la Iglesia with a MovieMagicScore of 5.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Mascarpone and The Blonde One.

Comedy Drama Romance

Mascarpone

2021

Antonio is a 30 year old family man, whose life finds an unexpected twist when he's suddenly dumped by his husband, whom he depends both psychologically and economically: he needs to find a new place to stay, a job and a new purpose in life. Antonio finds a room in an apartment owned by Denis and starts to work in a bakery owned by Luca, while attending pastry school. Through this process he discovers that it was wrong of him to give up his independence for the sake of his relationship in the past.

5.9

MagicScore

The Blonde One

2019

Gabriel rents a room in Juan’s House. They work together in a Woodwork place. Gabriel is a very quiet guy and has a little daughter. Juan is a party boy who has a lots of girls around. Inadvertently the sexual tension starts to grow between them. It opens a new hidden forbidden world they have to deal with.

7.9

MagicScore

Jezabel

2022

Four upper-class high school students live carefree between drugs, games and love until one of the girls, Eli, is brutally killed. Sixteen years later, the memory of the crime torments Alain, another member of the group.

5.3

MagicScore

Love Is Strange

2014

After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

6.3

MagicScore

Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp)

2022

An ageing director commentates on a porno he directed 50 years ago, reminiscing on his relationship with the lead actor.

5.3

MagicScore

I'm All Right Jack

1959

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

6.6

MagicScore

4th Man Out

2015

After a night of drinking, Adam Hutcherson stumbles out of the closet to his three straight buddies. A disruption to their dynamic which they now must try and overcome through alcohol, Tinder dates and forgiveness.

6.9

MagicScore

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

2000

A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray, these young men share humorous and tragic relationships and always have each other to rely on.

6.2

MagicScore

The Ritz

1976

To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, the place turns out to be a gay bathhouse.

5.9

MagicScore

#10

Regular Guys

1996

Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their apartment and as last resort he moves to Edgars place. Working together with a new, good-looking, very self-confident, female collegue, but living with a good-looking gay guy makes him pretty uncertain about his sexuality and his role as a cop. Written by Konstantin Articus

5.7

MagicScore

#11

Weekend

2011

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Benjamin

2019

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

2023

As college graduation nears, Hira struggles with Kiyoi's growing fame as an actor, while Kiyoi just wants an equal relationship. Can their love survive?

8.0

MagicScore

#14

Brokeback Mountain

2005

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

7.8

MagicScore

#15

Bros

2022

Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Eastern Plays

2009

Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while Georgi who's recently joined a neo-nazi group participates in the violence, Hristo witnesses and rescues a Turkish family. Only by reuniting will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Edge of Seventeen

1999

1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

The Week Of

2018

The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

Corpse Bride

2005

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Bulgarian Lovers?

The top films similar to Bulgarian Lovers by MovieMagicScore are Mascarpone (5.9), The Blonde One (7.9), Jezabel (5.3). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Bulgarian Lovers worth watching?

Bulgarian Lovers holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.4/10 from 27 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Bulgarian Lovers?

Bulgarian Lovers (2003) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia, starring Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Dritan Biba, Pepón Nieto.

Where can I find more recommendations like Bulgarian Lovers?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Bulgarian Lovers

This ranked list pairs Bulgarian Lovers (2003), a comedy and drama and romance film from Eloy de la Iglesia, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Fernando Guillén Cuervo take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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