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A list of the most notable films produced in Bulgaria during the 1980s grouped by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Bulgarian films see Category:Bulgarian films.
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| Адио, Рио | Adio, Rio Adio, Rio | Ivan Andonov | 88 min | Filip Trifonov, Vania Tzvetkova, Petar Popyordanov, Georgi Mamalev, Nikola Rudarov, Georgi Rusev, Natalia Dontcheva, Nadya Todorova, Latinka Petrova, Nikola Todev, Pavel Popandov, Dimitar Goranov, Anani Yavashev | Color; Mono; Comedy; Thriller | |
| Аз, Графинята | Az, grafinyata Me, the Countess | Petar Popzlatev | 119min | Svetla Yancheva, Alexander Doynov, Itzhak Fintzi, Valcho Kamarashev, Katya Paskaleva, Petar Popyordanov, Maria Statoulova, Ilia Dobrev, Krystjo Lafazanov, Martina Vachkova, Hristo Garbov, Iren Krivoshieva | Color; Mono; Drama | |
| Маргарит и Маргарита | Margarit i Margarita Margarit and Margarita | Nikolai Volev | 92 min | Irini Antonios Zampona, Hristo Shopov, Rashko Mladenov, Vassil Mihajlov, Veselin Vulkov, Iliya Raev, Tanya Shahova, Kina Dasheva, Elena Rainova, Stoyan Stoev, Marin Damyanov | Color; Mono; Drama | |
| Иван и Александра | 1952: Ivan i Aleksandra | Ivan Nitchev | 80 minutes | Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival | ||
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas.
The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal when he is denied entry to the United States and at the same time is unable to return to his native country because of a military coup.
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A list of the most notable films produced in Bulgaria ordered by year and decade of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Bulgarian films see Category:Bulgarian films.
Nina Kamenova Dobreva, credited professionally as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. She is best known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2015). Born in Sofia and raised in Toronto, Dobrev made her screen debut playing minor roles in various films, before landing her breakout role as Mia Jones in the drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2006–2009). She later rose to prominence with her role in The Vampire Diaries, and appeared in several feature films, including the 2012 coming-of-age drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the comedies Let's Be Cops and The Final Girls (2014), and the 2017 science-fiction drama Flatliners. Her biggest commercial success came with XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017). She also starred in the rom-coms Dog Days (2018), Then Came You (2018) and Love Hard (2021), and had a leading role in the sitcom Fam (2019).
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