Greek films by Year.
My selection of Greek films for every year. Note this is my selection and you may agree or disagree with my choices.
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- DirectorFélix MesguichHighlights of the Athens 1906 Olympic Games.
- DirectorFilippo MartelliStarsSpyros Dimitrakopoulos
- DirectorKonstadinos BahatorisStarsVirginia DiamadiDionysios VenierisOlympia DamaskouIn the shadow of Mount Chelmos, Golfo and Tasos exchange vows of eternal devotion. But, when he breaks his vow for a spiteful admirer, hopeless Golfo contemplates death, and no one can stop her. Can he see that she's his one true love?
- DirectorMichael GlitsosStarsVirginia DiamadiThe melodramatic story of Virginia, an ill young woman in love with her wood-carver husband.
- DirectorDimos VratsanosStarsYorgos PloutisManos FilippidisAris MalliagrosThis is the first Greek religious film: the story of a young woman who studies in a Cycladic monastery and envisions the passion of Christ.
- DirectorAhilleas MadrasStarsAhilleas MadrasFrida PoupelinaA gypsy falls for an American girl, but his old love does all she can to break up the couple.
- DirectorJoseph HeppStarsNitsa FilosofouNikolaos SfakianosVillar gets a job at a dry cleaners' but his love for a young woman gets him mixed up in many adventures.
- DirectorAlexandros ArdanofStarsNitsa FilosofouIoannis DrysGeorgios AntoniadisA seriously love-struck man resorts to the popular practice of kidnapping his future wife.
- DirectorDimitrios KaminakisStarsEleni KarykiMihail NaskosAntzoulina PouseliThe Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, in 1821.
- DirectorAhilleas MadrasStarsFrida PoupelinaAimilios VeakisEmmanouil KadiotisMaria, a beautiful girl, baptized by Father Gavriil, joins gang leader Davelis and returns to her village to take revenge on the people who had treated her badly.
- DirectorDimitris GaziadisStarsMiranta MyratNikos DendramisDimitris TsakirisPetros Doukas is a handsome young man from Athens, looking for love in an Aegean island. But he will find love in the eyes of the local Rina, who is engaged to a poor fisherman.
- DirectorDimitris GaziadisStarsAliki TheodoridesAimilios VeakisKostas MousourisAt the foot of Mount Chelmos, under the clear blue sky of the untamed Greek countryside, Thimios and Astero exchange vows of everlasting devotion. But, a wealthy suitor claims her, and the sun has now dimmed. Are they meant to be together?
- DirectorDimos VratsanosStarsThanos BourlosDora StratouPopi RigopoulouA short documentary about the theatrical performance of Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound", which was presented at the Delphic Festivals. The first record of Aggelos Sikelianos' efforts to present ancient Greek tragedy in an ancient theatre.
- DirectorOrestis LaskosStarsApollon MarsyasLoucy MatliMarika RaftopoulouLamonas the shepherd finds a boy sucking milk from the teats of a goat. He calls him Dafnis and takes him as his own child. At the same time, Dryantas, another shepherd, comes across a little girl whom he calls her Chloe.
- DirectorYannis PrineasStarsYannis PrineasDina SarriRafael DenogiasAntreas, son of the Krinarios community president, leaves the village intending to study geoponics. In a few years, he returns together with a lady of low morals, having forgotten Rinoula, whom once loved and who had been waiting for him.
- DirectorPellos KatselisStarsMiranta MyratZozo DalmasSapfo AlkaiouThe emotional adventures of a modern woman lawyer (an exceptionally rare profession for a woman at that time), who, instead of the usual household tasks, is exclusively engaged in her professional activity.
- DirectorIlias ParaskevasStarsAthanasios MarikosKimon SpathopoulosIsmail Galip ArcanIn the picturesque neighbourhood of Peran, Selim, a Turkish journalist, and Eleni, the beautiful Greek owner of a luxurious barbershop, fall in love.
- DirectorMichael KounelakisStarsRita MyratParaskevas EkonomouFotini LouiAn urban romance about the life of a lively young lady who has shaken off conventional female modesty, provoking her social circle.
- DirectorMuhsin ErtugrulStarsMarika KotopouliKyveliMiranta MyratChristina and Chrysoula are two teenage friends in Zakynthos and they are completely different as characters. Christina is ugly but honest, while Chrysoula is beautiful, but scandalizes the neighborhood with her provocative behavior.
- DirectorTogo MizrahiStarsManos FilippidisToula AnzedAliki VempoLoukas, a farmer and a devoted husband, falls in love with Rita, a heartless siren and scheming vixen who would have him drive his wife, Sophia, and their child into the streets.
- DirectorTogo MizrahiStarsManos FilippidisAnna KaloutaMarika KaloutaA woman's attempt to discipline her husband, with the help of her sister.
- DirectorFilopoimin FinosStarsLabros KonstadarasLinda MirandaAlekos LivaditisAn attractive Athenian woman holidaying on Hydra falls in love with a local fisherman and steals him from his girlfriend to promote him as a singer in Athens' music clubs.
- DirectorAlevise OrfanelliStarsKostas MousourisAliki TheodoridesManos FilippidisA very beautiful woman from Plaka, dazzled by the glamorous nightlife of Athens, spends one carnival night to voluptuous and sinful adventures.
- DirectorDimitris IoannopoulosStarsAimilios VeakisDimitris HornKetty PanouAfter eighteen years of incarceration, a father returns to his old house, hoping to find his long-lost daughter whom he has never met. There, a chance encounter with a kind girl leads to revelations. Could the voice of the heart be lying?
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsKleon TriantafyllouZinet LakazDimitris HornA well-known composer is secretly in love with his gifted young protégée.
- DirectorGiannis HristodoulouStarsKostas BaladimasThe film narrates the struggle of the Greek Nation.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsManos FilippidisAlekos LivaditisMarkita MilonaAfter the end of WWII, a beautiful woman falls for a British soldier who abandons her when she becomes pregnant. Now, she finds no meaning in life; but, a Greek lad comes to her rescue. Was she meant to find love in her neighbourhood?
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsStella GrekaDimitris MyratElias DestounisHaving left behind her family and a man who cares for her, Marina moves to Athens only to end up working as a cabaret singer. As the prodigal daughter returns home, so does her ignoble past. Will she ever manage to wipe the slate clean?
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisNitsa TsaganeaIlia LivykouA quiet and modest man, disappointed and embittered by the civil war that plagues Greece after WWII, faces Hitler and his Nazis who strike back to retake Greece.
- DirectorTakis BakopoulosStarsEllie LambetiNikos KazisNikos FilippopoulosA rich widower impregnates a poor young woman and dumps her. Her brother, member of a resistance group during the Occupation, tries to mend things up.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsOrestis MakrisDimitris HornBilly KonstantopoulouA poor cobbler has become a drunkard and the laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When she falls in love with a rich young man, her father tries in vain to hide his passion from his family.
- DirectorFrixos IliadisStarsKetty DiridaouaAnna KyriakouYannis PrineasAn actress named Ririka charms a maharajah who is visiting Greece. She uses her charm to persuade the maharajah to help all her relatives, colleagues and friends, who urgently need a boost in their career.
- DirectorFrixos IliadisStarsIrene PapasNikos TzogiasEleni ZafeiriouPetros finishes his studies and returns to his home, in Mystras. His mother expects him to continue an old vendetta of his ancestors, but he hasn't such intentions. On the contrary, he falls in love with Lena, member of the hostile family.
- DirectorGregg G. TallasStarsMaria KostiNikos FermasVasileios FragedakisA young survivor of World War II and former member of the reputed "Barefoot Battalion", a close-knit pack of disciplined orphaned boys, recounts to a homeless street urchin the story of 160 orphans who aided the Resistance.
- DirectorNikos TsiforosStarsMimis FotopoulosGeorgia VasileiadouNikos StavridisA pampered president inherits a substantial legacy on the condition that he marries a woman of unconventional looks. To get off the hook, one of his unsuspecting and needy tenants needs to take his place; however, how easy can it be?
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis FotopoulosPivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of an otherwise honest goldsmith, four brief vignettes of human imperfection; seduction; fate; desire, and devotion inextricably interweave.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis ArgyrisA peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsOrestis MakrisGeorgia VasileiadouJenny KareziAunt Calliopi returns to Greece from Chicago after 30 years and plans to marry off her nieces.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsMimis FotopoulosVasilis AvlonitisJenny KareziThe impecunious duo of wandering musicians is struggling to eke out an existence, and Pavlaras' health is deteriorating. Now, they need Keti and Dimitris; but, it's been nearly three years since they last saw them. Where are they now?
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsAliki VougiouklakiTitos VandisDimitris PapamichaelAstero, the beautiful step-daughter of a wealthy herder, falls in love with his handsome son, Thimios, whom his father wants to marry off to an affluent shepherdess. Now, she's on the brink of insanity. Can true love set her free?
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriJules DassinGiorgos FoundasAn American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsIrene PapasManos KatrakisMaro KodouAntigone defies her uncle's decree that her traitorous brother should go unburied and therefore find no rest in the afterlife; however, her actions have tragic consequences.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasGiannis FertisAleka KatselliLiving in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsEleni ProkopiouTakis EmmanuelKleopatra Rota200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAnthony QuinnAlan BatesIrene PapasAn uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
- DirectorGiorgos SkalenakisStarsKatina PaxinouAngelos AntonopoulosZorz SarriIn Cyprus, an EOKA fighter (against the British Administration), Kyriakoulis, is imprisoned by the British. His comrades kidnap the son of a friend of the British Administrator in retaliation. Plans to help Kyriakoulis escape fails and the British hang him. Kyriakoulis mother intervenes magnanimously and the fighters free their prisoner.
- DirectorErrikos ThalassinosStarsThanasis VengosSouli SabahIro KyriakakiWith six sisters on the verge of marriage, a desperate spinster aunt, and an entire block of flats depending on him, an indefatigable concierge is making plans for the future; however, he must first find suitable husbands for his siblings.
- DirectorDimis DadirasStarsGiannis GionakisMaro KodouDionysis PapagiannopoulosThe story of a greedy man with a larger-than-life appetite for more, more, more.
- DirectorGiorgos KabanellisIakovos KabanellisStarsDionysis PapagiannopoulosNiki TriantafillidiGiorgos DanisA quartet of short stories in Greece during the various occupations during World War II.
- DirectorThanasis VengosStarsThanasis VengosAntonis PapadopoulosVasilis AndreopoulosThou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsToula StathopoulouYannis TotsikasThanos GrammenosA husband working in West Germany pays a visit back home to his village in Epirus and is murdered by his wife and her married lover.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsKatharine HepburnVanessa RedgraveGeneviève BujoldThe women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsVangelis KazanKostas PavlouThanos GrammenosWhen a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.
- DirectorKostas AristopoulosStarsGeorge DialegmenosTakis KilakosBabis PethymisisThe film shows a movie crew who with the help of the people in Mani depict the passions of Christ.
- DirectorErrikos ThalassinosStarsSotiris MoustakasDionysis PapagiannopoulosVangelis KazanA meek employee is at a crossroads: forsake his principles to marry into money or lead a humble existence with the love of his life. But the injurious effects of oppression wear him down. What will it take to be a law-abiding citizen?
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsZorz SarriGiorgos MoshidisStavros KalaroglouThe film depicts the penal experience of political prisoners exiled to a small Aegean island during the military junta and in particular one prisoner's refusal to submit.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasKostas KazakosKostas KarrasTo appease offended gods before going to war, a commander must sacrifice his favorite daughter to them but does so under the pretext of marrying her off.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriEllen BurstynAndréas VoutsinasMelina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of Greek tragedy "Medea".
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsAlkis PanagiotidisKonstantinos TzoumasRita BensousanFive friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence.
- DirectorPavlos TasiosStarsAntonis AntoniouAntonis KafetzopoulosKaterina GogouThe real story of Nikos Koemtzis, who one night knifed a company of men in a tavern, just because they wanted to dance on the song he had "ordered" from the musicians.
- DirectorTasos PsarrasStarsVasilis KolovosVana FitsoriDimitra HatoupiIn high hopes of getting a loan to update his antiquated machinery, a financially hard-pressed owner of an old tannery turns to a well-to-do migrant who wants to marry his young daughter. Could he be the solution to the family's problems?
- DirectorYorgos ApostolidisYannis SmaragdisYiannis TypaldosStarsHarry KlynnDimitris PiatasJoly GarbiPeppered with unblushing advertisements against the backdrop of a new era in early-1980s Greece, Harry Klynn's enthusiastic triptych unfolds, depicting an entire nation's aspirations, desires, and fears before a brave new world.
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsSotiria LeonardouNikos KalogeropoulosMichalis ManiatisThe story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
- DirectorNicos PerakisStarsNikos KalogeropoulosGiorgos KimoulisTakis SpyridakisThe "adventures" of some friends during their military service.
- DirectorAndreas PantzisStarsCostas TymviosThalia ArgyriouIlias AletrasThe story of the Cyprus' turbulent recent history using the device of a desperate man, Evagoras (Costas Timvios), who returns to the island after years of absence to look for his wife and son. His family disappeared while they were visiting his native village on Cyprus, just when the Turkish army invaded (1974). As Evagoras goes out on his search each day with a friendly taxi driver, flashbacks illustrate the recent history of the Greek Cypriots, and the normally quiet Evagoras heads closer and closer to a militant stance.
- DirectorYiannis HartomatzidisStarsSotiris MoustakasPanos MihalopoulosEfi PikoulaDuring the day, he is a polite and chaste high-school scholar. But, when he sleepwalks at night under a different personality, he becomes the cool guy in his dreams, utterly unaware of his scandalous shenanigans, and his double identity.
- DirectorNikos PapatakisStarsHristos TsagasAris RetsosZozo ZarpaA young furrier leaves Castoria in 1971 to emigrate to France to live with a relative. He finds a photograph, leading to a confrontation with his relative.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsAlkis PanagiotidisSotiria LeonardouGiorgos MoshidisA film adaptation of the ancient tragedy, The Bacchae. Surreal scenes unfold before Pentheus' eyes, arousing doubts as to whether his experiences are real or not.
- DirectorDimitris SpyrouStarsPantelis TrivizasVasilis KolovosDimitra Hatoupi"O Psyllos" (The Flea) is the title of a newspaper, published by a 12-year-old student, Elias, who lives in a small village on highland Olympia. His dream and its pursuit are thriftily but beautifully illustrated, along with the rural life of the '60s in Greece.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMarcello MastroianniJeanne MoreauGregory Patrick KarrA reporter stuck in a border town with an overcrowding of refugees sees a man he believes to be a long lost politician.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisHristos VakalopoulosStarsArgyris BakirtzisDimitris VlahosDora MasklavanouA village in Arcadia invites a "famous" icon painter and his assistant to restore the worn-out murals in a historic church. One is an amateur astronomer, and the other is involved in various scams.
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsStavros DogiakosKonstadina AlevraSpyros PantazisIn the 30's, two children who spend their summer holidays in a village of Amvrakikos, support a child with tuberculosis who lives alone in a hut.
- DirectorKaterina EvangelakouStarsNini VosniakouIvonni MaltezouDimitris KatalifosPhilio, widow of a resistance hero comes from Boston to Athens to settle hereditary affairs, in favor of her son who also is abroad. She is welcomed by Dimitra, who tries to persuade her to denounce her portion of the inheritance as 'she had left to marry an American". Philio however fights back: she has never married again and her dead's husband behavior is not exactly as his sister remembers...
- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsVasias EleftheriadisAlexis DamianosThodoris PolizonisThe story of a Greek from 1941 on. Hniochos, still a student is captured by the Italians and imprisoned. In prison he will take the first hard lessons and acquire a life stance in the light of energy. He escapes and becomes a guerrilla.
- DirectorAndreas PantzisStarsGeorges CorrafaceDimitris VelliosValeria GolinoLonging for a better life, Evagoras and Onisilios decide to emigrate to the Persian Gulf to earn enough money to start their own business. When they return home, the pair open a night club. However, their past catches up with them.
- 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.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThanasis VengosGiorgos ArmenisDimitris KatalifosThree men head towards a turning point in their lives.
- DirectorThanasis PapathanasiouMichalis ReppasStarsMina AdamakiAlexandros AntonopoulosKostas GrekasA satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. We see several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way as the film progresses.
- DirectorAngelos FrantzisStarsStratis VouyoucasEktoras KoliasKorina PateliDespite the soccer World Cup fever during the summer of 1998, a group of young people insist on rehearsing for a theatrical performance. The process they are getting into will form the identity of the play itself, but will also force the actors to face their own personal problems and anxieties.
- DirectorAndreas PantzisStarsGeorges CorrafaceValeria GolinoGiannis VoglisDrama set in 1940 about a peasant who traverses Cyprus to pray at a monastery.
- DirectorAdonis FloridisTheodoros NikolaidisStarsAustin AggreyPopi AvraamPhillip AvramovAn illegal immigrant arrives in Cyprus, thinking he is in Italy. A story evolves around him, involving people who live in the margins society, and a veil of hypocrisy is created.
- DirectorTassos BoulmetisStarsGeorges CorrafaceIeroklis MichaelidisRenia LouizidouA Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsDamian LewisVictoria HaralabidouAndréa FerréolSet in 1922, is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS KING ALEXANDER, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for her new husband, in New York; he is on his way home to a failed marriage.
- DirectorYorgos NoussiasStarsMeletis GeorgiadisPepi MoschovakouArgiris ThanasoulasAn evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.
- DirectorPanikkos HrysanthouStarsChristopher GrecoAgni ScottMichalis TerlikkasOmeris, a Turkish Cypriot boy, grows up with Greek-Cypriots in the innocent years of his homeland. He has been taught that human beings have no differences between them, whether they call themselves Greek or Turk, Muslim or Christian. When he falls in love with a Greek-Cypriot girl, he realizes that the world is not as he imagined it to be.
- DirectorGiagos RaftopoulosStarsGiagos RaftopoulosThis movie is the first part of the Giagonan trilogy. Follows the journey of a fellowship of a Prince, a Dark elf, a Wizard, a forest creature and a barbarian in order to defeat Dark Ruler Olcar, Giagonans brother.
- 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.
- DirectorGeorgios PapaioannouStarsDimitrios VainasParis PapadopoulosOlga SfetsaIn a surreal, parallel universe, Thessaloniki has its very own superhero: Super Demetrios. Posing as Dimitris Christoforidis, journalist for the Golden Jerusalem magazine, he fights for truth, justice and the Greco-Christian ideal. In the dark of the night, the city's worst nightmare returns. Captain F.ROM is back, determined to meet his long-awaited goal: claiming his true name. A name he's entitled to. A name that becomes him. The two protagonists are drawn into a conflict that toys with the viewer's patience until the very climax of the film, in an archetypal battle between good and evil.
- DirectorChristopher PapakaliatisStarsChristopher PapakaliatisMarina KalogirouGiorgos KonstadinouUnder the Athenian night sky, before the silent threat of an imminent socio-economic crisis, a young man goes for a stroll and meets the love of his life. Does fate govern one's existence? What would have happened if he stayed in, instead?
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsPenelope TsilikaSofia KokkaliAneza PapadopoulouAn epic tale of lost love and a beautiful story of the love between sisters, set in the Greek island of Andros at the beginning of the 20th century.
- 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.
- DirectorStathis AthanasiouStarsSerafita GrigoriadouTasos KarakyklasEvdokia ChrysovergiA woman is forced to sit under a hanged rotting corpse in the middle of a burnt forest, until the authorities decide that she has been punished enough.