Best of Modern Greek Cinema
A collection of modern Greek movies, between 90s and present day.
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- DirectorAlexandros AvranasStarsThemis PanouReni PittakiEleni RoussinouA chilling account of a horrendous family tragedy perpetuated behind closed doors. As chronic violence chips away at the household's elaborate façade, the shocking secret reveals that almost nothing is as it seems.
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosStarsMakis PapadimitriouElli TringouHara KotsaliOn a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
- DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosStarsDimitris LiakopoulosNatalia DragoumiDimitra MatsoukaPeter, the hero, aged 20, finds himself on a deserted Greek island with no other men in sight. The women of the island, regardless of age harass him sexually. What starts off as a typical male sexual fantasy turns out into a nightmare.
- DirectorThodoris AtheridisStarsSmaragda KarydiPanayiota VlantiThodoris AtheridisA love story with unpredictable twists and turns between perception and reality, love and its complications and the faults of human nature, Apo Erota (Lovestruck) is a romantic tale with a twist.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
- DirectorStratos TzitzisStarsEfi LogginouRania OikonomidouAntinoos AlbanisA young woman's struggle to overcome life's economic restrictions in order to meet her true will. She is twenty-three and lives with her mother, a compromise she can no longer stand.
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosJan VogelStarsHaris MarkouIeronymos KaletsanosArthouros KiviliovHarris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vassilis, a middle aged cop, is frustrated with his dead-end job and crammed in his small apartment with his family.
- DirectorRenos HaralambidisStarsRenos HaralambidisYannis BostantzoglouDimitra PapadimaIn order to secure money for the production of his first film, a young man asks help from a film producer. The producer, however, was involved with pornographic films.
- DirectorCostas KapakasStarsAris TsapisMaria Grazia CucinottaDimitris PiatasA group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsGiannis AngelakasJenny KitseliIfigeneia AsteriadiA cynical man, along with a 19 year old musician, a former lover, an alcoholic client of a bar and a black strip club dancer are involved with anarchist mood in a dangerous game with drugs godfathers of the night, cops and media.
- DirectorGeorge SiougasStarsOmiros PoulakisPrometheus AleiferIoanna TsirigouliAdonis returns to Athens to introduce his bride-to-be to his mother Rina and brother Lefteris, a schizophrenic. But Adonis's visit unravels family dynamics and deep-running problems that haunt all of them.
- DirectorYorgos TsemberopoulosStarsKonstandinos PapadimitriouAlexandriani SikelianouHaris SozosAn Athens youth has adulthood thrust upon him after he loses his father.
- DirectorYorgos TsemberopoulosStarsManolis MavromatakisMaria ZorbaGiorgos GallosWhen a brutal gang invades his home, a grizzled father of two finds himself confronted with a destructive dilemma. But when guns have the final say, everyone is the enemy.
- DirectorNik TriantafyllidisStarsDimitris LalosHaris FragoulisTakis MoshosTwo henchmen, Hermes and John, do 'dirty work' for a criminal. Both will commit a fatal mistake: while Hermes falls for the daughter of the boss, John is obsessed with a prostitute. Both will pay a heavy price for being 'sentimentalists'.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsKostas NikouliNikos GeliaGiannis StankoglouStrangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.
- DirectorStergios PaschosStarsIro BezouHaris FragoulisTwelve hard months after their sudden break-up, a struggling musician invites his ex-lover at a friend's sumptuous villa in search of answers. Living apart, or living together, is equally scary; but, is there an answer to every question?
- DirectorRenos HaralambidisStarsRenos HaralambidisAnna-Maria PapaharalambousMichalis IatropoulosAs the lights flicker on a warm August night amid vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he has just met. The perfect strangers stroll around the city's quiet night streets, changed by the unforgettable journey.
- DirectorYannis EconomidesStarsVangelis MourikisPetros ZervosVicky PapadopoulouStratos, an ex-con, struggles to help out his former mafia boss. Then, Stratos learns his loyalty is exploited.
- DirectorMakis PapadimitratosStarsAlexandros ParisisMakis PapadimitratosAnastasis KolovosAn ex drug addict tells his hilarious adventure on his way to find heroin, mid August, in Athens.
- DirectorSyllas TzoumerkasStarsAngeliki PapouliaYoula BoudaliChristos PassalisIn a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece, two women live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. Elisabeth is a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten years ago and now living a joyless, hung-over life; Rita is the quiet, mysterious sister of a lounge singer in the local disco. When a sudden death upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women who had been ignoring each other's existence begin drifting towards each other. As the secrets hidden in the swamps begin to surface, they will have a chance to become each other's saviours.
- DirectorYannis EconomidesStarsErrikos LitsisEleni KokkidouCostas XikominosDuring an unbearably hot Athenian summer, a cramped flat becomes a hellish urban battlefield for an ornamental paterfamilias and his family. Now, ugly truths and deleterious words become weapons in a dirty war. Can they emerge unscathed?
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsVangelis MourikisMarilita LambropoulouMinas HatzisavvasA former drug addict gets a new lease of life in his grandfather's dilapidated rural house, only to face the unwritten laws of the close-knit community. Now, all that's needed is a catalyst. Who can stop the advent of hell on New Paradise?
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThanasis VengosGiorgos ArmenisDimitris KatalifosThree men head towards a turning point in their lives.
- DirectorThanasis PapathanasiouMichalis ReppasStarsOdysseas PapaspiliopoulosPigmalion DadakaridisPenelope PitsouliTwo young Greek filmmakers seeking financing for their film "The End of the Passion" and end up with "Panourgias" a former porn-king of the 70s. He agrees to shoot the film but he also has another secret plan.
- DirectorThanasis PapathanasiouMichalis ReppasStarsAnna PanagiotopoulouMirka PapakonstantinouTasos HalkiasIt is a parody, which mimics with a sweet and nostalgic mood the whole spectrum of the old Greek cinema of the 60's.