Top 100 Greek films
Most films are directed by Angelopoulos (11), Cacoyanis (7), Panayotopoulos (6), Economides (4), Javellas (4) and Voulgaris (4).
1.
Ο μεθύστακας (1950)
After losing his son in WW2, a poor cobbler has become a drunkard and laughing stock of the whole neighborhood... (105 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Javellas
2.
Πικρό ψωμί (1951)
Lymberis, a poor builder, has three sons: disabled Antonis, who lost both his hands during the German occupation... (83 mins.)
Director: Grigoris Grigoriou
3.
Magiki polis (1954)
Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meat, 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. (80 mins.)
Director: Nikos Koundouros
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFD4LVppU9M ” - minalex
4.
Κάλπικη λίρα (1955)
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story... (127 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Javellas
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4htFaNia3U ” - minalex
5.
Στέλλα (1955)
The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless... (90 mins.)
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0paHDFECkY ” - minalex
6.
Το κορίτσι με τα μαύρα (1956)
Marina's sister drowned herself, her brother is both headstrong and weak, and her widowed mother has a reputation for sleeping around... (100 mins.)
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
7.
Ο Δράκος (1956)
A peaceful, frightened little man (Dinos Iliopoulos) is mistakenly identified as "the dragon" ("o drákos")... (103 mins.)
Director: Nikos Koundouros
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPy0hQKvgZ4 ” - minalex
8.
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50taeWrZH1c ” - minalex
9.
Μια ζωή την έχουμε (1958)
A bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich(111 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Javellas
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiZWkWiXIl8 ” - minalex
10.
Το τελευταίο ψέμμα (1958)
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. (112 mins.)
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX3C5SFR3bs ” - minalex
11.
Synoikia to Oneiro (1961)
The stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties. (95 mins.)
Director: Alekos Alexandrakis
12.
Ηλέκτρα (1962)
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. (110 mins.)
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXaIbggGeBY ” - minalex
13.
Phaedra (1962)
The powerful Greek shipowner and constructor Thanos proposes to marry Phaedra during the baptism of a ship with her name... (115 mins.)
Director: Jules Dassin
14.
Ouranos (1962)
Two stories set in northern Greece during World War II. (87 mins.)
Director: Takis Kanellopoulos
15.
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba. (142 mins.)
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
16.
Τα κόκκινα φανάρια (1963)
The story of 6 or 7 prostitutes, at Pireas harbor. (132 mins.)
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis
17.
Η δε γυνή να φοβήται τον άνδρα (1965)
An unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s. (105 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Javellas
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH8zwht4R38 ” - minalex
18.
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J2ekbtnbFk ” - minalex
20.
O fovos (1966)
In this disturbing family drama, a prosperous middle-aged farmer takes up gambling and whoring at the expense of his devoted second wife... (116 mins.)
Director: Kostas Manoussakis
21.
I 7i imera tis dimiourgias (1966)
A newlywed man who has just completed his national service, Alekos Stathakis, is trying to get over his class' misery... (111 mins.)
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QClLXZOaSw4 ” - minalex
22.
Prosopo me prosopo (1966)
The film's main theme is the temporary affair of a professor of English (Kostas Messaris) with the daughter of a wealthy family... (84 mins.)
Director: Roviros Manthoulis
23.
Oi voskoi (1967)
Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marrage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina... (120 mins.)
Director: Nikos Papatakis
25.
Αναπαράσταση (1970)
A woman murders her husband, upon his return home after a long absence, with the complicity of the lover who has relieved her loneliness... (100 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
26.
Evdokia (1971)
A prostitute (Evdokia) meets a sergeant (Yorgos). They fall in love and get married after a short love affair... (97 mins.)
Director: Alexis Damianos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cfln_sV44 ” - minalex
28.
The Trojan Women (1971)
The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.(105 mins.)
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
29.
To proxenio tis Annas (1974)
Anna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna. (82 mins.)
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris
30.
Μερες του '36 (1972)
It is 1936 in Greece, shortly before the Metaxas' dictatorship. A former drug trafficker and police informer... (105 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvh6dmXiIhc ” - minalex
35.
Ο Θίασος (1975)
Greece 1939 - 1952 Fascist, Nazi, Communist conflict as seen through a family of travelling provincial players (230 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BsiDkHPcDM ” - minalex
36.
Οι Κυνηγοί (1977)
It is New Year's Eve. 1976. On a Greek island a party of bourgeois hunters comes upon a body, buried... (168 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUZJ-QUf7M4 ” - minalex
37.
Ιφιγένεια (1977)
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. (127 mins.)
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
38.
Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas (1978)
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? (118 mins.)
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos
39.
Τα κουρέλια τραγουδάμε ακόμα (1979)
Five friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence... (123 mins.)
Director: Nikos Nikolaidis
41.
Μεγαλέξανδρος (1980)
Based on some historical events, the film gives a romanticized biography of Theodoros Kolokotronis,... (235 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3v_RodKi0 ” - minalex
42.
Parangelia! (1980)
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. (87 mins.)
Director: Pavlos Tasios
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328Dx2m75TE ” - minalex
43.
Oi apenanti (1981)
The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. They have a very beautiful daughter... (121 mins.)
Director: Giorgos Panousopoulos
45.
Γλυκιά συμμορία (1983)
The diary of the life and death of a group of "amoral" young people, who have reached the point of no... (154 mins.)
Director: Nikos G. Nikolaidis
46.
Ρεμπέτικο (1983)
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. (110 mins.)
Director: Costas Ferris
48.
Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα (1984)
An old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.(120 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUj1uV2blr0 ” - minalex
50.
I timi tis agapis (1984)
The wife of an alcoholic and mother of four (Toula Stathopoulou) is a factory worker in Corfu at the beginning of the 20th century... (110 mins.)
Director: Tonia Marketaki
51.
Varieté (1985)
A director in existential and creative crisis tries to find the script of his new film. Thus he invents... (100 mins.)
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos
53.
Petrina hronia (1985)
The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and... (142 mins.)
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris
54.
Meteoro kai skia (1985)
A documentary about the rise and fall of Greek's most esteemed poet, Napoleon Lapathiotis. (101 mins.)
Director: Takis Spetsiotis
55.
Η φωτογραφία (1986)
Ilias Apostolou, a young furrier who has had a hard time under the dictatorship, leaves Castoria in 1971 to emigrate to France... (102 mins.)
Director: Nikos Papatakis
56.
Bios + politeia (1987)
A gifted electrician, Michalis Karamanos works for OTE - Greek Telecommunications Organization and it... (105 mins.)
Director: Nicos Perakis
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqFIjGtOsE ” - minalex
61.
Τοπίο στην ομίχλη (1988)
Road movie about two children (Voula and Alexandre) searching for their father who is supposed to live in Germany...(127 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
63.
Erotas sti hourmadia (1990)
Panagiotis (Argyris Bakirtzis) and Giannis (Lazaros Andreou) are two good friends but also rivals in love... (82 mins.)
Director: Stavros Tsiolis
64.
Singapore Sling: Ο άνθρωπος που αγάπησε ένα πτώμα (1990)
A man searching for his long-lost lover is kidnapped by her killers, an insane, mother-daughter duo, and they force him to commit various sexual atrocities with them. (111 mins.)
Director: Nikos Nikolaidis
65.
Μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού, Το (1991)
Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania... (143 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtVu6pjCzoA ” - minalex
69.
Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα (1995)
A, a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend... (176 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE5B7WSEOao ” - minalex
70.
Apontes (1996)
The story follows the sporadic reunions of six friends during the seven year period of their integration into society... (115 mins.)
Director: Nikos Grammatikos
71.
Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα (1998)
Famous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home. (137 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
72.
Θηλυκή εταιρεία (1999)
A woman's company, with women of high society of a small greek town is doing everything to have sex with the first male they can find. (104 mins.)
Director: Nicos Perakis
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5K4Q0MCngI ” - minalex
73.
I earini synaxis ton agrofylakon (1999)
This film takes place at a small village at the greek island of Chios, sometime around 1960. When the local field watchman dies... (178 mins.)
Director: Dimos Avdeliodis
74.
Αυτή Η Νύχτα Μένει (2000)
Stella is a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming one day a famous singer. Her boyfriend Andreas leads a quiet life working at his small store... (117 mins.)
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos
75.
Agelastos petra (2000 Documentary)
A documentary about Eleusina. The past and the present, in complete antithesis, coexist in a place spoiled... (87 mins.)
Director: Filippos Koutsaftis
Stars: Panagiotis Farmakis
76.
Tο Mόνον της Zωής του Tαξείδιον (2001)
As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece's greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller... (87 mins.)
Director: Lakis Papastathis
77.
Δεκαπενταύγουστος (2001)
Three couples flee Athens for the summer, and their journeys change their lives forever. (106 mins.)
Director: Constantine Giannaris
78.
Σπιρτόκουτο (2002)
Dimitris, a grumpy middle-aged man, is having a hard time with his business partner on a particular... (80 mins.)
Director: Yannis Economides
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRvBO4gHCY ” - minalex
79.
O vasilias (2002)
A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past... (130 mins.)
Director: Nikos Grammatikos
80.
Tha to metanioseis (2002)
All indications were that Maraki was made for great things, for honor and distinctions. And yet contrary to all expectations our heroine cops out... (100 mins.)
Director: Katerina Evangelakou
81.
Delivery (2004)
Young man arrives in Athens to seek his fortune. Vainly. (100 mins.)
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos
82.
Alithini zoi (2004)
A rich man loves a poor woman. A rich mother loves her poor self. A rich city loves its poor...end (111 mins.)
Director: Panos H. Koutras
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAHhPt9fzvM ” - minalex
83.
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSF-H7LpKCE ” - minalex
84.
Hardcore (2004)
Leaving behind a hard life with their families, two young girls end up in a brothel, fall in love and support one another against the adversities and violence of the night. (96 mins.)
Director: Dennis Iliadis
85.
Τριλογία 1: Το Λιβάδι που δακρύζει (2004)
This is the first film of Theo Angelopoulos' trilogy. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees... (185 mins.)
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
86.
Ομηρος (2005)
Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive... (105 mins.)
Director: Constantine Giannaris
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkB9kDNFLuY ” - minalex
87.
Tsiou... (2005)
An ex drug addict tells his hilarious adventure on his way to find heroin, mid August, in Athens. (83 mins.)
Director: Makis Papadimitratos
88.
Η Ψυχή στο στόμα (2006)
Takis is trapped. Takis tries to escape. Takis wants money.(117 mins.)
Director: Yannis Economides
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLD4InzJZ1g ” - minalex
89.
Ψυχραιμία (2007)
The film follows the parallel and entwining stories as well as the common fates of some very different... (100 mins.)
Director: Nicos Perakis
91.
Κυνόδοντας (2009)
Three teenagers live isolated, without leaving their house, because their over-protective parents say they can only leave when their dogtooth falls out. (94 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N736-LGFvBM ” - minalex
92.
Στρέλλα (2009)
George is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed in his small Greek village... (111 mins.)
Director: Panos H. Koutras
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eknc0q04v6I ” - minalex
93.
Ψυχή Βαθιά (2009)
Near the end of the Greek Civil War two brothers find themselves in opposite sides. (124 mins.)
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris
“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORXATwBV9U ” - minalex
94.
Macherovgaltis (2010)
Following his father's death, Nikos leaves the provinces to work in Athens guarding his brutish uncle's dogs. Nikos finds the dynamic of his relationship with his uncle changing when his uncle's wife draws closer to him. (108 mins.)
Director: Yannis Economides
95.
Hora proelefsis (2010)
In a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption. (106 mins.)
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas
96.
Attenberg (2010)
Stuck in her boring factory town, twenty-three-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans. (97 mins.)
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
97.
Alpeis (2011)
A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process. (93 mins.)
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
98.
Wasted Youth (2011)
Harris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vassilis, a middle aged cop, is frustrated with his dead-end job and crammed in his small apartment with his family. (122 mins.)
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Jan Vogel
99.
Miss Violence (2013)
On her birthday, 11-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony to her death with a smile on her face. An investigation is started as to the reason for this apparent suicide, but the family keeps insisting that it was an accident. (98 mins.)
Director: Alexandros Avranas
100.
Το Μικρό Ψάρι (2014)
By night, Stratos works in a bread factory but by day, he's a professional hit man. He needs the cash... (137 mins.)
Director: Yannis Economides
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