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
88. O fakellos Polk ston aera (1988)
132 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Dionysis Grigoratos | Stars: Agapi Manoura, Mihalis Kosmidis, Panos Hatzikoutselis, Kostas Hatzoudis
Votes: 15
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
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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