Βest Greek Movies
by zadellis | created - 19 Mar 2019 | updated - 14 Apr 2019 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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
2. Stratos (2014)
137 min | Crime, Drama
Stratos, an ex-con, struggles to help out his former mafia boss. Then, Stratos learns his loyalty is exploited.
Director: Yannis Economides | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Petros Zervos, Vicky Papadopoulou, Giannis Tsortekis
Votes: 3,324
3. Knifer (2010)
108 min | Drama
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.
Director: Yannis Economides | Stars: Stathis Stamoulakatos, Vangelis Mourikis, Maria Kallimani, Giannis Voulgarakis
Votes: 1,313
4. 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
5. Suntan (2016)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama
On a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos | Stars: Makis Papadimitriou, Elli Tringou, Hara Kotsali, Milou Van Groesen
Votes: 8,069
6. Wasted Youth (2011)
122 min | Drama
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.
Directors: Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Jan Vogel | Stars: Haris Markou, Ieronymos Kaletsanos, Arthouros Kiviliov, Jason Wastor
Votes: 1,033
7. Bank Bang (2008)
97 min | Comedy, Crime
Two brothers, Mihalis and Nondas are working in a mortuary trying to make money, since Nondas owes a great amount of money to the Greek Mob and has to repay it; so he proposes to Mihalis ... See full summary »
Director: Argyris Papadimitropoulos | Stars: Vassilis Haralambopoulos, Dimitris Imellos, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Michalis Iatropoulos
Votes: 1,538
8. 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
9. 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
10. I fanela me to '9' (1988)
121 min | Drama, Sport
Bill, a great football talent, experiences the rise and fall of his career while being introduced to the world of Greek professional football.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Stratos Tzortzoglou, Themis Bazaka, Nikos Bousdoukos, Stamatis Tzelepis
Votes: 428
11. Little England (2013)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Romance
An 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.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Penelope Tsilika, Sofia Kokkali, Aneza Papadopoulou, Andreas Konstantinou
Votes: 7,755
12. Chevalier (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A fishing trip in the Aegean Sea among a sextet of friends becomes the perfect setting for a relentless contest of male dominance. Everything can spark a fierce competition; but, only one can wear the precious chevalier. Who will it be?
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orfanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Yiorgos Kendros
Votes: 4,963 | Gross: $0.03M
13. Amerika Square (2016)
86 min | Drama
A bitter Greek nationalist in Athens is horrified when his apartment building and local park become resting stops for refugees.
Director: Yannis Sakaridis | Stars: Giannis Stankoglou, Makis Papadimitriou, Vassilis Koukalani, Xenia Dania
Votes: 1,697
14. Perfect Strangers (2016)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven friends meet up for dinner on a full moon Friday night and deep secrets will come to the surface, shaking their lives and threatening their relationships.
Director: Thodoris Atheridis | Stars: Thodoris Atheridis, Smaragda Karydi, Alkis Kourkoulos, Maria Nafpliotou
Votes: 2,157
15. Unfair World (2011)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged policeman tired of the corruption and bureaucracy finds himself in a terrible dilemma after he tries to save an innocent man.
Director: Filippos Tsitos | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Makis Papadimitriou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Theodora Tzimou
Votes: 661
16. Akadimia Platonos (2009)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
A Greek shopkeeper discovers something about his family's past when his mother embraces an Albanian worker.
Director: Filippos Tsitos | Stars: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastasis Kozdine, Titika Sarigouli, Giorgos Souxes
Votes: 1,413
17. A Touch of Spice (2003)
108 min | Drama
A Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
Director: Tassos Boulmetis | Stars: Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer Karadagli
Votes: 14,890
18. Mythopathy (2016)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
From the day the first love worries appear in Stavros, his desire to tell stories in his own, subversive way ignites.
Director: Tassos Boulmetis | Stars: Yiannis Niarros, Themis Panou, Maria Kallimani, Taxiarhis Hanos
Votes: 1,200
19. Boy Eating the Bird's Food (2012)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Three days in the life of an Athens boy who is without a job, a girlfriend, or anything to eat. The only thing he has left is his canary, and he will quite literally share with it anything he's got.
Director: Ektoras Lygizos | Stars: Yiannis Papadopoulos, Lila Baklesi, Vangelis Kommatas, Kharálampos Goyós
Votes: 980
20. Alps (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Stavros Psyllakis, Aris Servetalis, Johnny Vekris, Ariane Labed
Votes: 13,818 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Afti i nyhta menei (2000)
112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
On the brink of the new millennium, a young aspiring singer leaves Athens for the seedy nightclubs of the rough Greek province, bent on getting her big break amid milky-white cigarette smokes, decayed divas--and ultimately--broken hopes.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Nikos Kouris, Athina Maximou, Zoe Nalbanti, Kostas Markopoulos
Votes: 1,411
22. The Beekeeper (1986)
122 min | Drama
A bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Nadia Mourouzi, Serge Reggiani, Jenny Roussea
Votes: 2,929
23. 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
24. 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
25. Pity (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
Director: Babis Makridis | Stars: Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Makis Papadimitriou, Nota Tserniafski
Votes: 3,622
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