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1. 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: 24,105
Crete - by Michael Cacoyannis more on this movie
2. Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A woman who finds a treasure is torn between two men: one who wants to sell it, and one who wants to donate it to Greece.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Alexis Minotis
Votes: 1,898
Hydra island by Jean Negulesco
3. He Who Must Die (1957)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
After WW1,ordinary citizens of a small Greek village plays the Passion Play in order to rebel against Turkish rulers during Turkish-Greek relations in 1920's.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe
Votes: 923
by Jules Dassin
4. 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: 6,147
Piraeus, Kastella - by Jules Dassin
5. Phaedra (1962)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
To build bridges with his estranged son, a Greek shipping magnate enlists the help of his second wife, Phaedra. But, in rain-soaked Paris, their passionate affair threatens to destroy his empire. Will the modern temptress accept her fate?
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, Elizabeth Ercy
Votes: 1,892
Hydra island - A violent drama of profane love (based on Seneca's play with Greek subject, Phaedra) - by Jules Dassin
6. 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
"A dream of passion" (based on Euripides play, Medea) by Jules Dassin
7. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A team of Allied saboteurs is assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held Greek island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle
Votes: 55,363 | Gross: $28.90M
Navarone, Peloponnese - by J. Lee Thompson
8. The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
Approved | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, History
While holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal, Conrado San Martín
Votes: 4,206
by Sergio Leone
9. The Magus (1968)
R | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina
Votes: 1,901
Spetses island by Guy Green
10. 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: 2,962
Piraeus Attiki by Michalis Cacoyannis
11. Z (1969)
M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer
Votes: 31,339 | Gross: $0.08M
Athens, Salonica - by Costa-Gavras
12. High Season (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of an English expat photographer, her daughter, her player ex, a commie spy, a "00" agent and other English in Lindos, Rhodes, Greece.
Director: Clare Peploe | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw
Votes: 468 | Gross: $1.13M
Rhodes island (Dodekannese) by Claire Peploe
13. The Rehearsal (1974)
92 min | Drama
A recreation of how the Greek military junta that started in 1967 tragically affected university students.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Rénos Mandis, Stathis Giallelis
Votes: 180
"The Rehearsal" by Jules Dassin
14. Shirley Valentine (1989)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman
Votes: 8,903 | Gross: $6.35M
Mykonos by Lewis Gilbert
15. Mediterraneo (1991)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio
Votes: 16,415 | Gross: $4.53M
by Gabriele Salvatores
16. Byron: Ballad for a Daemon (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama
Poet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Manos Vakousis, Vera Sotnikova, Vasilis Laggos, Igor Yasulovich
Votes: 136
by Nikos Koundouros
17. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music, Romance
When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale
Votes: 35,939 | Gross: $25.54M
Sami harbor, Cefalonia island - by John Madden
18. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis
Votes: 144,566 | Gross: $241.44M
"My big fat Greek wedding" by Zoel Zwick
19. Mamma Mia! (2008)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 274,132 | Gross: $144.13M
(filming locations Skopelos, Pelion /Damouhari) starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfield by Phylida Lloyd
20. The Cat's Meow (2001)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard
Votes: 8,958 | Gross: $3.21M
"The cat's meow" (The whiper told most often) by Peter Bogdanovich
21. Liubi (2005)
96 min | Drama, Romance
An engagement party is interrupted by the arrival of the Russian girl, hired to help an old woman.
Director: Laya Yourgou | Stars: Alexis Georgoulis, Eugenia Kaplan, Lena Kitsopoulou, Nikos Georgakis
Votes: 117
by Laya Yourgou
22. Before Midnight (2013)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed
Votes: 172,070 | Gross: $8.11M
Peloponnese, Mani at Patrick Leigh Fermor residence - by Richard Linklater
23. The Two Faces of January (2014)
PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.
Director: Hossein Amini | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan
Votes: 33,645 | Gross: $0.51M
Athens, Peloponnese (Mystras) by Hossein Amini
24. Blind Sun (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery
Greece. A seaside resort plagued by a heavy heatwave. Water is rare and violence is ready to explode. Ashraf, a solitary immigrant, guards a French family's villa while they are away. In ... See full summary »
Director: Joyce A. Nashawati | Stars: Ziad Bakri, Mimi Denissi, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Giannis Stankoglou
Votes: 1,660
Joyce A Nashawati
25. Interlude City (2016)
122 min | Drama
"Interlude City" is a story of transformation. The story takes place on the holy island of Patmos. The austere beauty of the Greek island provides a dramatic backdrop that naturally molds ... See full summary »
Director: Angela Ismailos | Stars: Shaun Benson, Angela Ismailos, Erich Wildpret, Sarah Miles
Votes: 77
Patmos island by Angela Ismailos
26. Farticus (1997)
85 min | Comedy
About an old man, played by Abe, who would get the walking farts every time a beautiful woman would enter the room.
Director: Alki David | Stars: Thalia Argyriou, Tony Burton, Nick Cassavetes, Alki David
Votes: 108
Piraeus, Athens, Chios
27. Electra, My Love (1974)
70 min | Drama
It has been fifteen years since the death of her father, Agamemnon, and Elektra still burns with hatred for Aegisztosz, who conspired with Elektra's mother to kill him.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, György Cserhalmi, József Madaras, Mária Bajcsay
Votes: 1,002
by Miclos Jancso
28. My Sweet Canary (2011)
89 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Roza Eskenazi sang the way she lived, with passion, fire and love. This is the story of three young musicians who embark on an exciting musical journey, to tell the story of Greece's best-loved rebetiko singer.
Director: Roy Sher | Stars: Haris Alexiou, Mehtap Demir, Roza Eskenazy, Tomer Katz
Votes: 72
Kavala, Macedonia by Roy Sher more on this movie
29. To monon tis zois tou taxeidion (2001)
85 min | Biography, Drama
As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece's greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller, his grandfather, begins to emerge through his mad ramblings... See full summary »
Director: Lakis Papastathis | Stars: Ilias Logothetis, Fragiski Moustaki, Lazaros Andreou, Ali Emre Ates
Votes: 176
by Lakis Papastathis more on this movie
30. The Road to Corinth (1967)
M/PG | 90 min | Thriller
When US radar installations in Greece are jammed and an undercover NATO security man is killed, suspicion falls on his widow, who sets out to find the real culprits and prove herself innocent.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Christian Marquand, Saro Urzì
Votes: 587
by Claude Chabrol
31. Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Raul Julia, Jane Seymour, Anthony Quinn, Francesca Annis
Votes: 752
Aristotelis Onassis life
32. Callas Forever (2002)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan
Votes: 2,453 | Gross: $0.45M
by Franco Zeffirell
33. Adults in the Room (2019)
124 min | Drama, History
Greece in 2015: the economy is in tatters and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy. A new government rebels against the EU's iron-fisted rule and inspires millions of Europeans. Based on the political memoirs of Yanis Varoufakis.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Ulrich Tukur, Daan Schuurmans
Votes: 6,210
by Costa-Gavras
34. Phil (2019)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A depressed dentist in mid life crisis tries to learn why one of his happiest patients suddenly commits suicide, and a dark comedic adventure ensues.
Director: Greg Kinnear | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Emily Mortimer, Bradley Whitford, Jay Duplass
Votes: 957
Phil by Greg Kinnear 2019
35. Katzelmacher (1969)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Elga Sorbas
Votes: 3,096
West-Berlin as a working place for many Greek immigrants - Rainer Werner Fassbinder DE
36. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 5,992
New York is a better place, from Anatolia arriving Greek people - Elia Kazan
37. 40 Carats (1973)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
Forty year old Norwegian-American divorcée Ann Stanley owns her own Manhattan based real estate agency specializing in upscale Manhattan apartments. She lives with her seventeen year old ... See full summary »
Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 892 | Gross: $2.50M
by Milton Katselas ࿏ starring Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert
38. An Italian in Greece (1958)
119 min | Comedy, Romance
Charming, affluent--with his father's money--and self-assured, a frivolous son who can have any woman he desires falls head over heels for a beautiful Italian student; however, she is a hard nut to crack. Will he manage to impress her?
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Wandisa Guida, Andreas Barkoulis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Stavros Xenidis
Votes: 63
Umberto Lenzi
39. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
R | 164 min | Drama
The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco
Votes: 63,073 | Gross: $7.63M
"The Last Temptation of Christ" ◊ starring Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey by Martin Scorsese
40. The Trip to Greece (2020)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson
Votes: 4,746
by Michael Winterbottom
41. God Loves Caviar (2012)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The Greek pirate who turned businessman, Ioannis Varvakis, made his fortune selling caviar in Russia and all over the world. Varvakis strives all his life for freedom for himself and then for his country.
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Sebastian Koch, Evgeniy Stychkin, Juan Diego Botto, Olga Sutulova
Votes: 3,141
(Everything is possible) by Yannis Smaragdis
42. Polk (2014)
72 min | Drama
1948. Thessaloniki, Greece. The American journalist G.W. Polk, working for CBS, walks into a restaurant. During his meal he discovers that he has already been murdered. A journey through the reflections of time and memory begins.
Directors: Nikos Nikolopoulos, Vladimir Nikolouzos | Stars: Thanassis Georgiou, Ieronymos Kaletsanos, Alexandros Logothetis, Alexandros Mavropoulos
Votes: 23
Salonica, by Nikos Nikolopoulos, Vladimir Nikolouzos
43. My Life in Ruins (2009)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, Alexis Georgoulis
Votes: 20,861 | Gross: $8.66M
"My life in ruins" by Donald Petrie
44. Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008)
125 min | Drama
To trace the fading past of his parents, a grizzled Greek-American filmmaker decides to shoot a movie. By recounting the painful efforts of his mother to reunite with his musician father, his film spans more than half of the 20th century.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz, Michel Piccoli, Irène Jacob
Votes: 2,063
by Theo Angelopoulos
45. Medea (1969)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile
Votes: 5,486
by Pier Paolo Pasolini
46. Une femme à sa fenêtre (1976)
110 min | Drama
Margot Santorini is an aristocratic woman in 1936 in Greece, who amuses herself pursuing a shallow loveless affair with a nobleman, but unexpectedly falls in love with a political activist.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 643
by Pierre Ganier Deferre
47. It Happened in Athens (1962)
Approved | 100 min | Biography, Comedy
In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. A young shepherd, Spiridon Loues, decides to enter the 26-mile marathon. Once in Athens, he meets Christina Gratsos... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Trax Colton, Nico Minardos, Bob Mathias
Votes: 279
by Andrew Marton
48. Topkapi (1964)
Unrated | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley
Votes: 10,723
by Jules Dassin Istanbul TR, Kavala GR
49. I Love Greece (2022)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean and Marina go to Athens for their summer vacation. There they are reunited with Marina's family, while preparing to spend a romantic getaway, Marina's family decides to accompany them. But nothing will go according to the plan
Director: Nafsika Guerry-Karamaounas | Stars: Stacy Martin, Vincent Dedienne, Maria Apostolakea, Panagos Ioakeim
Votes: 161
by Nafika Guerry Karamaounas
50. Meltem (2019)
87 min | Drama
One year after the death of her mother, Elena, a young French woman of Greek origin, returns to her holiday home on the island of Lesbos.
Director: Basile Doganis | Stars: Daphné Patakia, Rabah Nait Oufella, Lamine Cissokho, Karam Al Kafri
Votes: 154
by Basil Doganis
by Andreas Pantzis CY
by Andreas Pantzis CY
53. Word of Honor (2001)
153 min | Comedy, Drama
Drama set in 1940 about a peasant who traverses Cyprus to pray at a monastery.
Director: Andreas Pantzis | Stars: Georges Corraface, Valeria Golino, Giannis Voglis, Ilias Aletras
Votes: 101
by Andreas Pantzis CY
54. The Lost Daughter (2021)
R | 121 min | Drama
A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris
Votes: 75,060
by Maggie Gyllenhal (Filmed in Spetses Island - Saronic)
55. Two Tickets to Greece (2022)
110 min | Comedy
When childhood friends Magalie and Blandine cross paths after many years, they decide to finally take their dream vacation to Greece.
Director: Marc Fitoussi | Stars: Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alexandre Desrousseaux
Votes: 1,019
by Marc Fitoussi
56. Kazantzakis (2017)
120 min | Biography
Biographical film of the life of the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis.
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Marina Kalogirou, Thodoris Atheridis, Nikos Kardonis
Votes: 1,969
by Yannis Smaragdis
57. La fille sur le pont (1999)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Frédéric Pfluger, Dimitris Georgalas
Votes: 14,357 | Gross: $1.71M
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