Greece - a country ranking
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- DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsElli FotiouAnestis VlahosSpyros FokasA disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasGiannis FertisAleka KatselliLiving 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.
- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsMaria VassiliouGiorgos KoutouzisKoula AgagiotouAthens, 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?
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis ArgyrisA 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.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsOlga KarlatosGeorge DialegmenosDimitris PoulikakosA 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?
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsMaria AlkeouDora LytinakiDimitris PoulikakosAdaptation of Papadiamantis' novel Fonissa about a woman who murders little girls.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsVera TschechowaJohn MooreNiki TriantafillidiAwaiting for Orpheus to save her from a modern Hades, Euridice faces her fears, desires, hallucinations and memories.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsFrançois DelaiveMichele ValleyTania TrypiA German woman who believes in magic falls in love with a Jewish young man.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsJenny KareziGiorgos FoundasDimitris PapamichaelThe inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsMina OrfanouYannis KokiasmenosMinos TheoharisYorgos 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.
- DirectorDimos AvdeliodisStarsAngeliki MalantiAngelos PantelarasTakis AgorisIn early-1960s Chios, the sudden death of a forest ranger forces the local agronomist to appoint his successor. But, none of the available field guards accepts the position due to the bad reputation of the village.
- DirectorDimos TheosStarsAnestis VlahosKyriakos KatzourakisEleni TheofilouAthens 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.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsToula StathopoulouAnny LoulouStratis TsopanellisSet 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.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos AlexandrakisProud, 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.
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosStarsMakis PapadimitriouElli TringouHara KotsaliOn 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.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsAnna VagenaSmaro VeakiKostas RigopoulosAnna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna.
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosEfi RoditiAntonis PapadopoulosDuring 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.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsAntigoni AmanitouZaharias RohasNikos KapiosThe 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.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsStavros PsyllakisAris ServetalisJohnny VekrisA group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsNikos GeorgakisGiorgos EvgenikosVangelis MourikisThe story follows the sporadic reunions of six friends during the seven-year period of their integration into society.
- DirectorThanasis VengosStarsThanasis VengosZanninoDimitris NikolaidisVengos studies in a secret agents' academy, dreaming of becoming a great spy like 007. Unfortunately, he can't do anything right, so he wreaks havoc during his final exams.
- DirectorNikos ZervosStarsCostas FerrisMarili TsopanelliHristina AulianouRebellious Costas, now in his forties, feels alienated in all modern social or ideological groups. He leaves the commune and walks out into the boulevard. But his soul still feels empty.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsAimilia PittaFaidon GeorgitsisTakis EmmanuelThe experiences and suffering of a band of Greek soldiers during the 1939-45 war.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis FotopoulosPivoting 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.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsManolis LogiadisMika FloraVangelis KazanThe story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosCostas KotsianidisPanagiotis ChartomatsidisA group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
- DirectorFrieda LiappaStarsMaria SkountzouMirka PapakonstantinouGrigoris EvangelatosTwo lonely middle-aged sisters living in Athens will come into conflict with the return of a cousin from Paris, whom they were once in love with.
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouHristos TsaganeasAfter one month of planning, the first-time safe-breaker, Joe, tries to rob a haughty Russian aristocrat, only to realise that someone else has already emptied the safe of its contents. Can he convince everyone of his tainted innocence?
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsDespina TomazaniDora MasklavanouTakis MoshosA 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.
- DirectorThanasis VengosStarsThanasis VengosAntonis PapadopoulosVasilis AndreopoulosThou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?
- DirectorYannis EconomidesStarsErrikos LitsisEleni KokkidouCostas XikominosDuring 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?
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsVangelis MourikisMarilita LambropoulouMinas HatzisavvasA 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?
- DirectorYannis EconomidesStarsVangelis MourikisPetros ZervosVicky PapadopoulouStratos, an ex-con, struggles to help out his former mafia boss. Then, Stratos learns his loyalty is exploited.
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsSotiria LeonardouNikos KalogeropoulosMichalis ManiatisThe 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.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThemis BazakaDimitris KatalifosMaria MartikaA young couple fight for their love and freedom.
- DirectorAlekos AlexandrakisStarsAlekos AlexandrakisManos KatrakisAliki GeorgouliThe stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsOmero AntonuttiEva KotamanidouMihalis GiannatosA rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsPenelope TsilikaSofia KokkaliAneza PapadopoulouAn 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.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsGiorgos MazisMaria PerdikiGiorgos FourniadisThe story of four fellow students who fall in love with the same girl, who has shook up their lives with her unexpected appearance as well as her enigmatic presence.
- DirectorNikos KorniliosStarsIris ChatziantoniouAkilas KarazisisArto ApartianThe few survivors of a deserted city, sometime in the near future, are left with no water or food but somehow manage to survive. In a hospital, a lonely scientist, Foteini, is helping a patient with amnesia to recover. She also meets an actor named Aias (Ajax) - who often visits his sick sister - and becomes romantically involved with him. Foteini is swept away by love; Aias, however, is unprepared for such strong emotions. Their separation brings Foteini to the house of the amnesiac, and he takes care of her, up to the moment that she discovers a photo of hers among his things. In the meantime, Aias brings his sister back home from the hospital. While it is getting darker, with clouds gathering in the sky, Foteini and Aias wander the city and meet in the rain.
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsJenny KareziNikos KourkoulosDionysis PapagiannopoulosBetrayed by his accomplices, Aris, the fastest knife in Troumba, reunites with his true love, Lola. Now, a mean cabaret owner wants him dead, and he must tie up all the loose ends. But, is there an easy way out from the port of lost souls?
- DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosStarsAlessandra VanziAris RetsosAntonis TheodorakopoulosA brilliant program analyst and married mother of two goes for a stroll in the dense National Garden on a sweltering Athenian afternoon. There, wild animalistic instincts emerge, and the park turns into a tricky, lush but savage jungle.
- DirectorLakis PapastathisStarsIlias LogothetisFragiski MoustakiLazaros AndreouAs 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. This lavish film recreates (through his own words) the writer's childhood life, rich with fantasy and legend. Apprenticed to a tailor, young Georgios' mind is filled with his grandfather fairy tales. He ponders the hill from which one can climb into the sky and waits each day for the chance to bring clothes to the princess and win her heart through song. But, just as reality begins to germinate doubt in his mind, Georgios is called home to his ailing grandfather, who will reveal one final, true story that may prove to be the most fantastic of all.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisStarsTassos MiliotisOlia LazaridouKonstantinos TzoumasTwelve-year-old Vasilis escapes the orphanage, wanders a while in the capital and then takes the train for his hometown, Tripolis.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsTitos VandisAnestis VlahosGiorgos EmirzasFour different stories taking place at border river between two enemy states.
- DirectorSyllas TzoumerkasStarsAngeliki PapouliaYoula BoudaliChristos PassalisIn a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece, two women live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. Elisabeth is a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten years ago and now living a joyless, hung-over life; Rita is the quiet, mysterious sister of a lounge singer in the local disco. When a sudden death upsets the town and turns the local community upside-down, the two women who had been ignoring each other's existence begin drifting towards each other. As the secrets hidden in the swamps begin to surface, they will have a chance to become each other's saviours.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsMimis FotopoulosVasilis AvlonitisJenny KareziInstead of success in the Greek province, two poor portable barrel piano players stumble upon an affluent but desperate runaway girl, intent on escaping a much-despised arranged marriage. Will they forsake their beliefs for money's sake?