Top 100 Greek films (chronological order)

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1. Daphnis and Chloe (1931)

68 min | Drama, Romance

Lamonas 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.

Director: Orestis Laskos | Stars: Apollon Marsyas, Loucy Matli, Marika Raftopoulou, Kostas Palaiologos

Votes: 149

2. Social Decay (1932)

62 min | Drama

Stelios Tatasopoulos directs the first film of social realism in Athens of the 1930s. Drugs, gangs, prisons, strikes, and also clashes with the police.

Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Stelios Tatasopoulos, Danai Grizou, Tasos Kefalas, Joly Garbi

Votes: 116

3. Youth of Athens (1947)

72 min | Drama, War

A 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.

Director: Takis Bakopoulos | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Nikos Kazis, Nikos Filippopoulos, Christoforos Nezer

Votes: 37

4. O methystakas (1950)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A 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.

Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Orestis Makris, Dimitris Horn, Billy Konstantopoulou, Athanasia Moustaka

Votes: 391

5. Bitter Bread (1951)

83 min | Drama

A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children.

Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Eleni Zafeiriou, Inta Hristinaki, Michalis Nikolopoulos, Alkis Papas

Votes: 72

6. Black Soil (1952)

75 min | Drama

A young emerald miner is in love with a girl but doesn't ask her to marry him because he cannot support her financially.

Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Sofi Lila, Tassos Kyriakopoulos, Manolis Spyropoulos

Votes: 41

7. The Barefoot Battalion (1953)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, War

A 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.

Director: Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Maria Kosti, Nikos Fermas, Vasileios Fragedakis, Antonis Voulgaris

Votes: 235

8. The Magic City (1954)

80 min | Crime, Drama

Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Margarita Papageorgiou, Stefanos Stratigos, Thanasis Vengos

Votes: 374

9. Stella (1955)

90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Proud, independent Stella, an unconventional Rebetico singer who cherishes her freedom, finds herself in an intense whirlwind romance. Everything points to a tragic ending, and in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas, Alekos Alexandrakis, Hristina Kalogerikou

Votes: 2,961

10. The Counterfeit Coin (1955)

127 min | Drama, Romance

Pivoting 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.

Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Vasilis Logothetidis, Ilia Livykou, Mimis Fotopoulos, Sperantza Vrana

Votes: 3,110

11. The Ogre of Athens (1956)

103 min | Crime, Drama

A 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.

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos

Votes: 2,189

12. A Girl in Black (1956)

100 min | Drama, Romance

Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Eleni Zafeiriou, Stefanos Stratigos

Votes: 1,125

13. Horse and Carriage (1957)

106 min | Drama

With his son abroad, his foster daughter having no one else to turn to, and with the profession of carriage driving on the verge of extinction, a weary horse-drawn carriage driver is fighting a losing battle. Is this the end of an era?

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Orestis Makris, Antigoni Valakou, Vasilis Avlonitis, Hristina Kalogerikou

Votes: 155

14. A Matter of Dignity (1958)

112 min | Drama

A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Athena Michaelidou, Eleni Zafeiriou, Giorgos Pappas

Votes: 689

15. We Only Live Once (1958)

111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.

Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Yvonne Sanson, Dimitris Horn, Vasilis Avlonitis, Hristos Tsaganeas

Votes: 1,807

16. The Dead Man's Treasure (1959)

89 min | Comedy

Theoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her rickety house.

Director: Nikos Tsiforos | Stars: Georgia Vasileiadou, Vasilis Avlonitis, Nikos Rizos, Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Votes: 643

17. The River (1960)

110 min | Adventure, Drama

Four different stories taking place at border river between two enemy states.

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Titos Vandis, Anestis Vlahos, Giorgos Emirzas, Takis Emmanuel

Votes: 136

18. Never on Sunday (1960)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis

Votes: 6,145

19. Madalena (1960)

91 min | Drama, Romance

A tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Pantelis Zervos, Thodoros Moridis

Votes: 1,229

20. A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961)

95 min | Drama

The stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.

Director: Alekos Alexandrakis | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Manos Katrakis, Aliki Georgouli, Spyros Mousouris

Votes: 946

21. Woe to the Young (1961)

87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

In return for handsome and unclouded youth, a weary old geezer makes a pact with the father of lies to woo his beautiful next-door-neighbour. However, will he admit his mistake, now that things are not working out as planned?

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Dimitris Horn, Maro Kodou, Smaro Stefanidou, Spyros Mousouris

Votes: 1,403

22. Efialtis (1961)

90 min | Thriller

After receiving threatening calls from an acquaintance named Evi, Anna asks Tonis to find out what's going on. As he speaks to Anna's mother, an abstract painter, a sleazy photographer, and... See full summary »

Director: Errikos Andreou | Stars: Michalis Nikolinakos, Voula Harilaou, Thanasis Mylonas, Stavros Xenidis

Votes: 108

23. Electra (I) (1962)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

Living 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.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Theano Ioannidou

Votes: 1,811

24. Ouranos (1962)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, War

The experiences and suffering of a band of Greek soldiers during the 1939-45 war.

Director: Takis Kanellopoulos | Stars: Aimilia Pitta, Faidon Georgitsis, Takis Emmanuel, Eleni Zafeiriou

Votes: 266

25. Nomos 4000 (1962)

96 min | Drama

As the Athenian Teddy Boys find creative ways to channel their resentment, the daughter of a puritanical philologist has a secret relationship with a student. Now, an unforeseen complication leads to a crisis. Is law 4.000 the solution?

Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Vagelis Voulgaridis, Eleni Zafeiriou, Kostas Voutsas

Votes: 481

26. The Red Lanterns (1963)

132 min | Drama, Romance

The inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Giorgos Foundas, Dimitris Papamichael, Manos Katrakis

Votes: 2,024

27. World Gone Mad (1963)

96 min | Comedy, Romance

A well-off grocery store owner and his outspoken right hand, who are head over heels in love with their neighbours, are about to have their ambitious plans crushed when the girls' true sweethearts put in an appearance at a joyous event.

Director: Dinos Katsouridis | Stars: Kostas Hatzihristos, Nikos Rizos, Kostas Doukas, Marika Nezer

Votes: 2,518

28. Prodosia (1964)

96 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Nazi officer arrives in occupied Athens in 1941 and falls in love with a Jewish girl, unaware of her true identity.

Director: Kostas Manoussakis | Stars: Petros Fyssoun, Manos Katrakis, Dimitris Myrat, Elli Fotiou

Votes: 105

29. Zorba the Greek (1964)

Not Rated | 142 min | Comedy, Drama

An uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova

Votes: 24,094

30. Gamos Ala... Ellinika (1964)

104 min | Romance, Comedy

At a whimsical masquerade, an art student meets the man of her dreams; however, after an enchanting night, they will find out that the road to a successful married life is not always easy. Can they manage to make it work?

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Giorgos Konstadinou, Despo Diamantidou, Smaro Stefanidou

Votes: 355

31. To bloko (1965)

74 min | Drama, War

A night of 1944 the Germans capture a black marketeer in Kokkinia and pushing him to inform against the Resistance, otherwise will execute him.

Director: Adonis Kyrou | Stars: Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Alexandra Ladikou, Giannis Fertis, Kostas Kazakos

Votes: 154

32. And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband (1965)

105 min | Comedy, Drama

An unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.

Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Maro Kodou, Giorgos Konstadinou, Despo Diamantidou, Stavros Xenidis

Votes: 2,057

33. Blood on the Land (1965)

130 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

In Greece, in the early part of the 20th century, two brothers from a wealthy landowning family have opposite views on how the poor workers who work on their land should be treated.

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Nikos Kourkoulos, Mary Hronopoulou, Giannis Voglis, Faidon Georgitsis

Votes: 1,001

34. Yparhei Kai Filotimo (1965)

89 min | Comedy

An ornamental minister visits his constituency to inaugurate an obstetrical clinic; however, a clumsy accident will expose not only his voters' needs but also a well-planned conspiracy. Can he right the wrongs before the next elections?

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Niki Linardou, Andreas Douzos

Votes: 1,488

35. A Crazy... Crazy Family (1965)

105 min | Comedy, Romance

A young bride-to-be flies off to Venice only to become another man's wife. But, as the newlyweds return home, her family's unmanageable eccentricity will prepare the ground for a ceaseless battle of wills. Who can tame this crazy family?

Director: Dinos Dimopoulos | Stars: Jenny Karezi, Alekos Alexandrakis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Lili Papayanni

Votes: 1,425

36. Me ti lampsi sta matia (1966)

94 min | Drama, War

During the German occupation in Greece, the Germans are about to execute 30 men in retaliation for the death of a German soldier. The villagers out of pity, request from them to pardon at ... See full summary »

Director: Panos Glykofrydis | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Anestis Vlahos, Giannis Fertis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Votes: 85

37. The Seventh Day of Creation (1966)

111 min | Drama

Driven by a vain desire to make a name for himself and rise above the cruel limitations of his social class, instead, an idealist civil engineer finds himself on the verge of utter defeat. But, what would happen if he believed in himself?

Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Elli Fotiou, Giorgos Tzortzis, Dimos Starenios, Kostas Bakas

Votes: 91

38. Prosopo me prosopo (1966)

84 min | Drama, Romance

Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?

Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Costas Messaris, Eleni Stavropoulou, Theano Ioannidou, Labros Kotsiris

Votes: 240

39. The Fear (1966)

102 min | Crime, Drama

A disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.

Director: Kostas Manoussakis | Stars: Elli Fotiou, Anestis Vlahos, Spyros Fokas, Elena Nathanail

Votes: 468

40. ....mehri to ploio (1966)

89 min | Drama

As a grizzled, poverty-stricken mountaineer heads to the bustling port of Piraeus to embark for Australia, three intertwined stories of vehement passion become the painful reminders that, when love ends, life is ugly and unbearable.

Director: Alexis Damianos | Stars: Hristos Tsagas, Alexis Damianos, Eleni Bourbouhaki, Venia Palliri

Votes: 214

41. Oi voskoi (1967)

120 min | Comedy, Drama

Thanos, a poor shepherd who has returned to Greece after spending time in Germany as an immigrant worker, puts into motion the mechanism of fate.

Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Olga Karlatos, George Dialegmenos, Lambros Tsagas, Elli Xanthaki

Votes: 420

42. Anoihti epistoli (1967)

81 min | Drama

Dimitris, a shy and not ambitious 30-year-old bourgeois, is struggling against his past, the nightmare of German occupation and his unstable reality, just to discover his real self and the meaning of his whole existence.

Director: Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos | Stars: Nikiforos Naneris, Eleni Theofilou, Betty Arvaniti, Betty Valassi

Votes: 81

43. Kierion (1968)

86 min | Crime, Thriller

Athens 1967. The political assassinations and the background between the government and foreign powers, on the occasion of the "Polk Case", where an innocent leftist was convicted for the murder of an American journalist in Greece.

Director: Dimos Theos | Stars: Anestis Vlahos, Kyriakos Katzourakis, Eleni Theofilou, Dimos Starenios

Votes: 140

44. I komissa tis fabrikas (1969)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

A beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house.

Director: Dimis Dadiras | Stars: Anna Fonsou, Stefanos Linaios, Nikos Rizos, Marika Krevata

Votes: 150

45. Listeia stin Athina (1969)

97 min | Crime, Drama

Two brothers and their friend decide to make a heist into the office, one of them works and go for the vault. They plan and execute perfectly so they only have to try and stay out of the police's radar for some time.

Director: Vangelis Serdaris | Stars: Anestis Vlahos, Hristos Tsagas, Yiorgos Kalantzis, Eva Fridaki

Votes: 97

46. Anaparastasi (1970)

110 min | Crime, Drama

A 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.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Toula Stathopoulou, Yannis Totsikas, Thanos Grammenos, Petros Hoedas

Votes: 1,475

47. O Astrapogiannos (1970)

116 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

Director: Nikos Tzimas | Stars: Nikos Kourkoulos, Niki Triantafillidi, Giannis Argyris, Spyros Kalogirou

Votes: 312

48. Evdokia (1971)

97 min | Drama, Romance

Athens, 1971. In the tumultuous years of the Greek military junta, an unconventional couple is torn between the complexities of love, life, and the suffocating pressure of fragile societal relations. Will they survive one another?

Director: Alexis Damianos | Stars: Maria Vassiliou, Giorgos Koutouzis, Koula Agagiotou, Hristos Zorbas

Votes: 868

49. Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, War

During the dark years of the German Occupation in Greece, the mysterious disappearance of a cherished tomcat throws a destitute factory worker straight into the bowels of Kommandantur, to taste firsthand the oppressor's lavish hospitality.

Director: Dinos Katsouridis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Efi Roditi, Antonis Papadopoulos, Kaiti Lambropoulou

Votes: 849

50. Everything Is in Order, But... (1972)

85 min | Drama

A young man pushed beyond his endurance remembers his life on the roof of a tall building. He's there to commit suicide.

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Fanis Hinas, Melani Stantzou, Alexis Damianos, Lakis Gekas

Votes: 83

51. Days of '36 (1972)

105 min | Drama, History

When 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.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Vangelis Kazan, Kostas Pavlou, Thanos Grammenos, Giorgos Kyritsis

Votes: 1,195

52. Anna's Engagement (1972)

87 min | Drama

Anna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna.

Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Anna Vagena, Smaro Veaki, Kostas Rigopoulos, Stavros Kalaroglou

Votes: 460

53. Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou (1972)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

Still owing his truck to his voracious employer, and with his sister still dangerously unmarried, a poor lorry driver meets an equally wronged young woman and realises that not all wars can be won. Can his trusted gun right the wrongs?

Director: Dinos Katsouridis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Efi Roditi, Antonis Papadopoulos, Christos Kalavrouzos

Votes: 337

54. John the Violent (1973)

180 min | Crime, Drama

The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.

Director: Tonia Marketaki | Stars: Manolis Logiadis, Mika Flora, Vangelis Kazan, Nikos Glavas

Votes: 215

55. The Protectors (1973)

100 min | Drama

Up against his money-grabbing relatives, his compromised superiors, and the state, a firm painter decides to protest by bricking up the windows of his house. Everyone wants to get their hands on his legacy. Will the protectors succeed?

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Manos Katrakis, Margarita Labrinou, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Zorz Sarri

Votes: 49

56. Di' asimanton aformin (1974)

120 min | Drama

Local tobacco farmers decide jointly not to sell to the tobacco traders, who have taken advantage of their need for cash. One farmer breaks his promise and is shot. At the trial, the court tries to discover the real motives for the crime.

Director: Tasos Psarras | Stars: Mihalis Bogiaridis, Stelios Kapatos, Byron Tsaboulas, Vana Fitsori

Votes: 57

57. The Murderess (1974)

90 min | Drama

Adaptation of Papadiamantis' novel Fonissa about a woman who murders little girls.

Director: Costas Ferris | Stars: Maria Alkeou, Dora Lytinaki, Dimitris Poulikakos, Eleni Ioannou

Votes: 128

58. The Travelling Players (1975)

230 min | Drama, History, Music

Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Aliki Georgouli, Kiriakos Katrivanos

Votes: 4,348

59. Thanasis in the Land of Slapping (1976)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of a simple man trying to survive through the dictatorships.

Directors: Panos Glykofrydis, Dinos Katsouridis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Antonis Papadopoulos, Ilias Logothetis, Aina Maouer

Votes: 183

60. To vary... peponi (1977)

95 min | Drama

Mimis, owner of a coffee shop in Chalkidiki has to come to Athens and work as a waiter. Life in Athens isn't easy for Mimis.

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Mimis Hrysomallis, Katerina Gogou, Lida Protopsalti, Antonis Antoniou

Votes: 195

61. Iphigenia (1977)

Not Rated | 127 min | Drama

To 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.

Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Kostas Kazakos, Kostas Karras, Tatiana Papamoschou

Votes: 2,140

62. Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas (1978)

118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A father moves with his three sons and their beautiful, hard working servant in a big, old house in the countryside, where a weird drowsiness seems to occupy the four men. Will it be possible for one of them to break free?

Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Olga Karlatos, George Dialegmenos, Dimitris Poulikakos, Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Votes: 866

63. Kravgi gynaikon (1978)

R | 110 min | Drama

Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of Greek tragedy "Medea".

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Despo Diamantidou

Votes: 397

64. Iron Gate (1978)

125 min | Drama

The lives of two people in Athens in the 50's. One is a former Resistance fighter, now compromised, and the other is an adventurer who takes advantage of the first man he finds in front of him to become an industrialist.

Director: Dimitris Makris | Stars: Faidon Georgitsis, Thaleia Papazoglou, Vangelis Kazan, Daniella Moreti

Votes: 37

65. 1922 (1978)

135 min | Drama, History

The consequences of the Destruction of Smyrna and the Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey, as seen through the eyes of three characters who were dragged to the arid plains of Anatolia only to succumb to hunger, thirst, and the winner's knife.

Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Antigoni Amanitou, Zaharias Rohas, Nikos Kapios, Vasilis Kolovos

Votes: 366

66. Ta kourelia tragoudane akoma... (1979)

123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence.

Director: Nikos Nikolaidis | Stars: Alkis Panagiotidis, Konstantinos Tzoumas, Rita Bensousan, Hristos Valavanidis

Votes: 1,108

67. Parangelia! (1980)

87 min | Crime, Drama

The 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.

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Antonis Antoniou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Katerina Gogou, Sofia Roubou

Votes: 782

68. The Man with the Carnation (1980)

125 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS.

Director: Nikos Tzimas | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Kostas Kazakos, Vangelis Kazan

Votes: 577

69. Mathe paidi mou grammata (1981)

96 min | Comedy, Drama

In a small Greek village, short time after the collapse of the Junta regime, a memorial of those who died in the German occupation of Greece brings in the surface the political differences of a conservative teacher and his two sons.

Director: Thodoros Maragos | Stars: Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Anna Matzourani, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Christos Kalavrouzos

Votes: 1,217

70. To ergostasio (1981)

101 min | Drama

In 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?

Director: Tasos Psarras | Stars: Vasilis Kolovos, Vana Fitsori, Dimitra Hatoupi, Dimitris Spyrou

Votes: 90

71. To stigma (1982)

100 min | Crime, Drama

Unable to determine the marker of Down syndrome, a once-blissful couple has to take the future of their newborn boy in their hands. In the next dark days, the father will reach out to his connections; but, is it ever right to end a life?

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Olia Lazaridou, Kostas Ballas, Vaggelis Theodoropoulos

Votes: 96

72. Angelos (1982)

R | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A handsome young Athenian attempts to escape his abusive alcoholic father and the grinding poverty of his daily life by falling in love with a macho sailor who promises him a better life.

Director: Giorgos Katakouzinos | Stars: Michalis Maniatis, Dionysis Xanthos, Katerina Helmy, Vasilis Tsaglos

Votes: 429

73. Rembetiko (1983)

110 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The 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.

Director: Costas Ferris | Stars: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka

Votes: 3,120

74. Glykia symmoria (1983)

154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A band of handsome Athenian pariahs waiting for a miracle have a fateful encounter with the ever-present state instead. And as the law's suffocating stranglehold tightens around them, the shotguns have the final say.

Director: Nikos Nikolaidis | Stars: Despina Tomazani, Dora Masklavanou, Takis Moshos, Takis Spyridakis

Votes: 1,706

75. Ta vaporakia (1983)

102 min | Crime, Drama

Trapped in a vicious cycle, three drug pushers who want out, find themselves forever indebted to a hardened drug kingpin, who, in turn, is dependent on the protection of a corrupt police officer. Can they escape from the inevitable?

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Antigoni Amanitou, Christos Kalavrouzos, Danis Katranidis, Alkis Panagiotidis

Votes: 105

76. Ta hronia tis thyellas (1984)

113 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Two fighters, cut up in the mountains, after the defeat of the Democratic Army in 1949, are trying to return to their homes.

Director: Nikos Tzimas | Stars: Mihalis Stamatakis, Katerina Koutrouvida, Menelaos Daflos, Manos Katrakis

Votes: 91

77. Voyage to Cythera (1984)

120 min | Drama

An old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Manos Katrakis, Mary Hronopoulou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Dora Volanaki

Votes: 3,086

78. Loafing and Camouflage (1984)

99 min | Comedy

The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.

Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spyridakis, Stavros Xenidis

Votes: 3,643

79. I kathodos ton 9 (1984)

122 min | Adventure, War

Near the end of the Greek Civil War the last DSE rebels of the Taygetus mountain range try to reach the sea alive.

Director: Christos Siopahas | Stars: Christos Kalavrouzos, Antonis Antoniou, Vasilis Tsaglos, Elias Yannitsos

Votes: 54

80. The Price of Love (1984)

110 min | Drama, Romance

Set on the island of Corfu at the beginning of the century. Story of the troubled love affair between Rene and Andreas and the refusal of Rene's mother to give Andreas the dowry he demands.

Director: Tonia Marketaki | Stars: Toula Stathopoulou, Anny Loulou, Stratis Tsopanellis, Giorgos Agiovlassitis

Votes: 224

81. Stone Years (1985)

142 min | Drama, History, Romance

A young couple fight for their love and freedom.

Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Themis Bazaka, Dimitris Katalifos, Maria Martika, Eirini Inglesi

Votes: 867

82. En plo (1985)

90 min | Adventure, Drama

A young man, Kostas, together with two friends, sets for a journey on a sailboat, looking for something precious that his father hid on one of the Aegean islands during the years of Greek Resistance and Civil War.

Director: Stavros Konstandarakos | Stars: Giorgos Kimoulis, Stratis Tsopanellis, Lila Kafantari, Nikos Kalogeropoulos

Votes: 40

83. Karavan Sarai (1986)

115 min | Drama

Set during the Greek Civil War, a family is displaced from its village and moved to a derelict building along with hundreds of others. The film documents their lives and struggles during those trying times.

Director: Tasos Psarras | Stars: Thymios Karakatsanis, Dimitra Hatoupi, Mirka Kalatzopoulou, Vasilis Kolovos

Votes: 86

84. Urge for Life (1986)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

Struggling to make ends meet, a talented actor is bent on ending his loveless and miserable life; however, he plays it safe when attempting suicide, since he knows that his best friend will always be there for him. Will he ever find peace?

Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Giorgos Kimoulis, Kostas Arzoglou, Fanis Hinas, Katerina Razelou

Votes: 266

85. The Photograph (1986)

102 min | Drama

A 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.

Director: Nikos Papatakis | Stars: Hristos Tsagas, Aris Retsos, Zozo Zarpa, Despina Tomazani

Votes: 472

86. The Children of the Swallow (1987)

118 min | Drama

A director travels to the villages of mt. Helidona in Greece to interview six siblings living there, whose lives where defined by the events of the Greek Civil War.

Director: Costas Vrettakos | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Mary Hronopoulou, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Ilias Logothetis

Votes: 104

87. Bios + politeia (1987)

101 min | Comedy

A smart electronic technician needs his fifteen minutes of fame to scrutinise the corrupt Government, threatening to blow a building to smithereens with his devilishly intricate explosive device. Who can stop a man with nothing to lose?

Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Giorgos Kimoulis, Dimitris Kallivokas, Giorgos Kotanidis, Pavlos Kontoyannidis

Votes: 736

89. Dexiotera tis dexias (1989)

120 min | Drama, Thriller

The secret services of the junta use a resisting captain who is now their prisoner in order to trap some resistance kernels. The conflicting ideological trajectories of people, each ... See full summary »

Director: Nikos Antonakos | Stars: Vasos Andronidis, Antonis Antoniou, Antonis Vlisidis, Vasilis Kolovos

Votes: 27

90. Athoos i enohos? (1989)

120 min | Crime

The film is based on the case of Pagratidis who was arrested, tried and sentenced to death for the crimes of the Seih Sou Forest during the 1960s.

Director: Dimitris Arvanitis | Stars: Spyros Drosos, Giannis Bezos, Arto Apartian, Despo Diamantidou

Votes: 13

91. Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

Unrated | 176 min | Drama, War

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanasis Vengos

Votes: 7,432 | Gross: $0.04M

92. Ouloi emeis, efenti (1998)

105 min | Drama, History

The film is a documentary and a fiction movie, outlines a true story: At the end of the Civil War, a group of eight persecuted fighters of the Democratic Army of Greece and exiled to Ikaria... See full summary »

Director: Leonidas Vardaros | Stars: Vasilis Kolovos, Periklis Moustakis, Antonis Vlisidis, Andonis Mombaitzis

Votes: 26

93. It's a Long Road (1998)

118 min | Drama

Three men head towards a turning point in their lives.

Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Giorgos Armenis, Dimitris Katalifos, Kostas Kazanas

Votes: 2,463

94. One Day in August (2001)

106 min | Drama

Three couples flee Athens for the summer, and their journeys change their lives forever.

Director: Constantine Giannaris | Stars: Eleni Kastani, Akilas Karazisis, Amalia Moutousi, Emilios Chilakis

Votes: 1,194

95. The King (2002)

130 min | Drama

A 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?

Director: Nikos Grammatikos | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Marilita Lambropoulou, Minas Hatzisavvas, Babis Giotopoulos

Votes: 2,559

96. Spirtokouto (2003)

80 min | Drama

During 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?

Director: Yannis Economides | Stars: Errikos Litsis, Eleni Kokkidou, Costas Xikominos, Giannis Voulgarakis

Votes: 3,813

97. Strella (2009)

111 min | Drama

Yorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed. He meets Strella, a young transsexual sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos.

Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Argyris Kavidas

Votes: 4,306

98. Xenia (2014)

Unrated | 134 min | Drama, Romance

62 Metascore

Strangers 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.

Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Giannis Stankoglou, Marisha Triantafyllidou

Votes: 4,343 | Gross: $0.00M

99. The Last Note (2017)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, History, War

The execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters and Communists by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.

Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Andreas Konstantinou, André Hennicke, Melia Kreiling, Tasos Dimas

Votes: 3,327

100. Behind the Haystacks (2022)

118 min | Drama, Family, Thriller

A tragic incident on Greece's northern border strikes a local family of three, pushing them to face their own personal impasses, while having to deeply consider the price for their actions.

Director: Asimina Proedrou | Stars: Stathis Stamoulakatos, Eleni Ouzounidou, Evgenia Lavda, Christos Kontogeorgis

Votes: 648



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