New Greek Cinema!
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1. The Dragonphoenix Chronicles: Indomitable (2013)
TV-14 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A savage warrior escapes slavery and hunted by his former masters, begins a perilous journey back to his homeland and his wife.
Director: Thanos Kermitsis | Stars: Yannis Rubus Rubulias, Constantina Georganta, Georgia Giannakoudi, Meletis Georgiadis
Votes: 612
2. 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
3. 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
4. Still Looking for Morphine (2001)
119 min | Drama
An act of violence turns a girl into a woman and leads her to a new life.
Director: Yannis Fagras | Stars: Ekavi Douma, Panagiotis Karras, Nikos Pomonis, Christina Fragiadaki
Votes: 236
5. Pente lepta akoma (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Tasos dies in a car accident, but he is given five more minutes of life to use them as he wishes.
Director: Giannis Xanthopoulos | Stars: Vassilis Haralambopoulos, Panayiota Vlanti, Fanis Mouratidis, Dimitris Piatas
Votes: 2,401
6. Attenberg (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Yorgos Lanthimos
Votes: 7,665 | Gross: $0.02M
7. Straight Story (2006)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This film is about an upside down world, where being homosexual is considered "normal" and heterosexual is considered "not normal".
Directors: Vladimiros Kyriakidis, Efi Mouriki | Stars: Hristos Hatzipanagiotis, Vladimiros Kyriakidis, Anthem Moss, Kanellina Menouti
Votes: 3,093
8. What If... (2012)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Under the Athenian night sky, before the silent threat of an imminent socio-economic crisis, a young man goes for a stroll and meets the love of his life. Does fate govern one's existence? What would have happened if he stayed in, instead?
Director: Christopher Papakaliatis | Stars: Christopher Papakaliatis, Marina Kalogirou, Giorgos Konstadinou, Maro Kodou
Votes: 8,405
9. Papadopoulos & Sons (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Following his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.
Director: Marcus Markou | Stars: Carl Rice, Stephen Dillane, Selina Cadell, Frank Dillane
Votes: 4,191
10. Psyhraimia (2007)
100 min | Comedy
The film follows the parallel and entwining stories as well as the common fates of some very different young people for 24 hours in the summertime: from the prison to the corridors of the ... See full summary »
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Yannis Tsimitselis, Vasso Kavalieratou, Andreas Konstantinou, Eftyhia Giakoumi
Votes: 598
11. End of an Era (1994)
98 min | Drama
In late-1960s Athens, a student forms a strong friendship with a group of young dreamers, against the backdrop of a new reality. The vision to change the world holds them together; but, after a tragic event, will things be the same again?
Director: Antonis Kokkinos | Stars: Kostas Kazanas, Dimosthenis Papadopoulos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Peggy Trikalioti
Votes: 313
12. Peppermint (1999)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the sweet taste of love's first kiss in his mouth, an engineer takes a trip down memory lane after receiving an invitation from an old friend. Thirty years after that innocent peck on the lips, fate reunites two estranged soulmates.
Director: Costas Kapakas | Stars: Georges Corraface, Ageliki Spiliopoulou, Anny Loulou, Alexandros Mylonas
Votes: 997
13. El Greco (2007)
119 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Nick Clark Windo, Juan Diego Botto, Laia Marull, Lakis Lazopoulos
Votes: 4,944
14. Cheap Smokes (2000)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
As the lights flicker on a warm August night amid vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he has just met. The perfect strangers stroll around the city's quiet night streets, changed by the unforgettable journey.
Director: Renos Haralambidis | Stars: Renos Haralambidis, Anna-Maria Papaharalambous, Michalis Iatropoulos, Kostas Tsakonas
Votes: 3,913
15. I-4: Loufa & Apallagi (2008)
90 min | Comedy
Five I4 soldiers serve in the army as auxiliaries in a unit supporting commando troops during military training.
Director: Vassilis Katsikis | Stars: Thanasis Tsaltabasis, Haris Mavroudis, Petros Lagoutis, Kostas Fragolias
Votes: 2,176
16. Psyhi vathia (2009)
142 min | Drama, War
Near the end of the Greek Civil War two brothers find themselves in opposite sides.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Giorgos Symeonidis, Victoria Haralabidou, Kostas Kleftogiannis
Votes: 2,595
17. 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
18. Valkanizater (1997)
97 min | Comedy
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
Director: Sotiris Goritsas | Stars: Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Stelios Mainas, Katharina Zapatka, Giota Festa
Votes: 904
19. Apnea (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
Dimitri, a 23 year-old swimmer, dives into the water of a dark pool, while he is trained to compete in an European Championship that could bring him success and help his father, who is deep... See full summary »
Director: Aris Bafaloukas | Stars: Sotirios Pastras, Youlika Skafida, Yorgos Karamihos, Andriana Babali
Votes: 288
20. Safe Sex (1999)
100 min | Comedy
A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. We see several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way as the film progresses.
Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Mina Adamaki, Alexandros Antonopoulos, Kostas Grekas, Vaso Goulielmaki
Votes: 3,834
21. Just Broke Up (2008)
Comedy, Romance
Ilektra receives a message from her boyfriend saying that he wants to break up with her.
Director: Vasilis Myrianthopoulos | Stars: Zeta Makrypoulia, Yannis Tsimitselis, Sissi Hristidou, Elisavet Konstantinidou
Votes: 1,198
22. 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
23. I Liza kai oloi oi alloi (2003)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
Lisa: A 25 years old pretty girl. She lives alone and works at the magazine Cosmopolitan. She is disappointed by the relations with men. She has a relation with a guy called Giannis, who is... See full summary »
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Katerina Moutsatsou, Doretta Papadimitriou, Alexandros Parthenis, Yorgos Karamihos
Votes: 453
24. Pater Familias (1997)
99 min | Comedy, Crime
A young writer takes to edit the autobiography of a popular folk singer then, however, falls victim to intrigues and accused of kidnapping her daughter.
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Renos Haralambidis, Katerina Bei, Alkis Panagiotidis, Kassandra Voyagis
Votes: 276
25. Deep End (2008)
92 min | Thriller
Two friendly couples decide to enjoy a few days of vacation together on a secluded beach, but their relationships hide many secrets and lies.
Director: Thanasis Antoniou | Stars: Kostas Sommer, Alekos Sissovitis, Maria Korinthiou, Natalia Lionaki
Votes: 599
26. To fili tis... Zois (2007)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
Before his marriage in Milos an Aegean island, 30-year old Paschalis ends up accidentally in Sifnos, where he meets a mysterious photographer. Will he finally reach the church? And what is ... See full summary »
Director: Nikos Zapatinas | Stars: Laertis Malkotsis, Katerina Papoutsaki, Zeta Douka, Themos Anastasiadis
Votes: 1,149
27. The Enemy Within (2013)
TV-14 | 107 min | Crime, Drama
When a brutal gang invades his home, a grizzled father of two finds himself confronted with a destructive dilemma. But when guns have the final say, everyone is the enemy.
Director: Yorgos Tsemberopoulos | Stars: Manolis Mavromatakis, Maria Zorba, Giorgos Gallos, Antonis Karistinos
Votes: 778
28. 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
29. Miss Violence (2013)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A chilling account of a horrendous family tragedy perpetuated behind closed doors. As chronic violence chips away at the household's elaborate façade, the shocking secret reveals that almost nothing is as it seems.
Director: Alexandros Avranas | Stars: Themis Panou, Reni Pittaki, Eleni Roussinou, Sissy Toumasi
Votes: 9,909
30. 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
31. Red Sky (2011)
Drama, Romance
Two close friends, Aris and Stelios, have their minds on a mutual goal; they "immigrate" to the south of Greece and together they begin a banana greenhouse business in Crete. There they ... See full summary »
Director: Laya Yourgou | Stars: Apostolis Totsikas, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Pihla Viitala, Efstathia Tsapareli
Votes: 300
32. Roza of Smyrna (2016)
97 min | Drama, Romance
During the volatile 1987 Aegean crisis, a collector sets out to the memory-laden coast of Asia Minor and unearths a haunting mystery dating back to the Great Fire of Smyrna. Can a blood sacrifice appease decades of pain and suffering?
Director: George Kordellas | Stars: Tasos Nousias, Lida Protopsalti, Evgenia Dimitropoulou, Yilmaz Gruda
Votes: 2,064
33. The Lobster (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman
Votes: 295,498 | Gross: $8.70M
34. Dogtooth (2009)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
A controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis
Votes: 110,197 | Gross: $0.11M
35. 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: 13,817 | Gross: $0.01M
36. 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
37. Alemaya (2004)
107 min | Drama, Romance
In the Greek community of Ethiopia in the 1960s, a rich Greek disrupts the relationship between his well-bred daughter and a young man. Three decades later they meet again.
Director: Elias Giannakakis | Stars: Ivonni Maltezou, Dimitris Katalifos, Ekavi Douma, Yannis Dritsas
Votes: 30
38. The Other Me (2016)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.
Director: Sotiris Tsafoulias | Stars: Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Dimitris Katalifos, Manos Vakousis, Ioanna Kolliopoulou
Votes: 12,637
39. Out of the Blue (2014)
92 min | Comedy
Babi's life will be turned upside down after his episodic meeting with the beautiful and dynamic Athena.
Director: Nikos Zapatinas | Stars: Zeta Makrypoulia, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Anna-Maria Papaharalambous, Elisavet Konstantinidou
Votes: 323
40. The Kings of Mykonos (2010)
102 min | Comedy
Steve 'The Wog Boy' Karamitsis inherits a beach on the resort island of Mykonos from an uncle he's never met.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Zeta Makrypoulia, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 2,692
41. Jamaica (2017)
98 min | Comedy
Two estranged brothers, who have not spoken to each other for years, reunite at their mother's funeral.
Director: Andreas Morfonios | Stars: Spiros Papadopoulos, Fanis Mouratidis, Anna-Maria Papaharalambous, Hovik Karampetian
Votes: 1,006
42. The Other Me (2019–2023)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
Stars: Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Petros Lagoutis, Manos Vakousis, Vicky Papadopoulou
Votes: 7,064
43. Oi istories tou astynomou Beka (2006–2008)
45 min | Crime, Mystery
Detective Bekas deals with unsolved cases and crimes of passion, while trying to find the real culprit of his cases.
Stars: Ieroklis Michaelidis, Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Thodoros Grampsas, Lili Tsesmatzoglou
Votes: 744
44. Eftihia (2019)
123 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of songwriter Eftyhia Papagiannopoulou (1893-1972), who escaped the burning of Smyrna and journeyed to Athens, Greece, where she became a major figure in Greek popular music and the beloved lyricist of the country.
Director: Angelos Frantzis | Stars: Karyofyllia Karabeti, Katia Goulioni, Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Thanos Tokakis
Votes: 5,452
45. 42 °C (2021)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lena returns to her family's holiday home, 6 years after her mother's death. On that same day her little sister is found dead. To get to the truth she will have to recall memories deeply hidden inside her mind.
Stars: Natalia Swift, Kostas Nikouli, Katerina Lehou, Alexandros Logothetis
Votes: 633
46. In the Nick of Time (2005–2007)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Five strangers witness the death of a former government official in an elevator of a luxurious hotel and they soon find themselves tangled in a huge mystery.
Stars: Smaragda Karydi, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Argyris Angelou
Votes: 5,621
47. Maestro (2022– )
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Orestes travels to a small island during the pandemic in order to set up a music festival from scratch. Confronted with the small society of the island, he will find himself involved in an extreme love story.
Stars: Christopher Papakaliatis, Klelia Andriolatou, Maria Kavoyianni, Fanis Mouratidis
Votes: 9,120
48. Ston throno tou Xerxi (2022)
15 min | Short
A ban on physical contact in a dystopian workplace has turned interaction into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch transformed the boatyard into charged landscape of alienation and sensuality beyond heteronormative desires.
Director: Evi Kalogiropoulou | Stars: Giorgos Mazonakis, Angela Brouskou, Myrto Kontoni, Xenia Dania
Votes: 103
49. Kaktos (2022)
20 min | Short
Stavros is trying to connect with his environment and himself
Director: Dimitris Zouras | Stars: Dimitris Drosos, Anna Hatzihristou, Konstantinos Hillas, Kiriaki Kouimani
Votes: 40
50. Magma (I) (2022)
18 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A lonely woman on a distant planet. A Creature is falling from the sky. A storm is coming.
Director: Lia Tsalta | Stars: Eleni Vergeti, Melina Kotselou
Votes: 57
51. Kiddo (III) (2022)
12 min | Short, Drama
Four adolescents are trapped in a narrative about husbands and wives as they slide towards entropy.
Director: Michalis Kimonas | Stars: Andreas Kartsatos, Spyros Kounadis, Anna Danai Raptopoulou, Sophia Simoni
Votes: 33
52. Toxic Magnus (2022)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Following a year-long battle with his father's obsession to turn him into a traditional male role model, a failed suicide attempt by Magnus will lead him to become a life coach.
Director: Nasos Gatzoulis | Star: Magnus Gudmansen
Votes: 21
53. Teleftaia pnoi (2022)
15 min | Short
Pandemic times. A couple of veteran outcasts on another day at work. But every day is another day. ''Last Sigh'' is a romantic, sci-fi noir, about love and asphyxiation.
Director: Haris Raftogiannis | Stars: Evangelia Adreadaki, Alexis Kalofolias, Giorgos-Ikaros Babasakis
Votes: 16
54. Pendulus (2022)
18 min | Short, Drama
A 24-year-old Albanian living in Athens has to attend a relative's wedding, claim the girl he likes, and decide whether he is Albanian or Greek.
Director: Dimitris Gotsis | Stars: Klea Diamanti, Giannis Eglezos, Nikos Gelia, Dimitris Kapouranis
Votes: 111
55. Daphne (2022)
18 min | Short, Drama
Daphne switches from one sexual partner to the next, but does not seem to be satisfied, at least not with what she thought she needed. How far would she go to feel some affection?
Director: Tonia Mishiali | Stars: Niovi Charalambous, Antonis Katsaris, Foivos Papakostas, Izel Seylani
Votes: 36
56. Poor Things (2023)
R | 141 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef
Votes: 241,797
57. Milky Way (2023)
62 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Follows 17-year-old Maria, a high school senior with dreams of becoming a dancer, whose starry-eyed plans for the future are put on hold when she gets pregnant by her boyfriend Tasos.
Stars: Korinna Dullaart, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Nikos Zeginoglou, Andreas Konstantinou
Votes: 601
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