List order 201-300 Memory of the World: National Cinematic Heritage
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1. Johnny Larsen (1979)
100 min | Romance, Drama
The coming of age of a young man in the 1950s.
Director: Morten Arnfred | Stars: Allan Olsen, Frits Helmuth, Hanne Ribens, Berthe Qvistgaard
Votes: 261
2. The Element of Crime (1984)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells
Votes: 11,287
3. Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
PG-13 | 157 min | Drama
When his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath
Votes: 11,858 | Gross: $2.05M
4. Los Invencibles Shuaras del alto Amazonas (1926)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Scenes of daily life in the Indian communities of the East.
Director: Carlos Crespi
Votes: 56
Ecuador
5. Ecuador Noticiero Ocaña Film (1929)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Reception with Ambassadors to Ecuador when President Isidro Ayora took office. Aspects of Public Administration in education and health.
Director: Manuel Ocaña
Votes: 19
6. El Terror de la Frontera (1929)
7 min | Short, Western
A Texan returns home to Lares and becomes involved with the daughter of a wealthy landowner leading to a dispute between two men vying for her affection.
Directors: Mery Holguín, Luis Martínez, María Teresa Quirola | Stars: Hugo Donoso, Henry Holguín, Mery Holguín, Luis Martínez
Votes: 88
7. De Guayaquil a Quito (1933)
59 min | Documentary
Daily life in the city of Quito, Gauyaquil and Ibarra.
Director: Carlos Endara
Votes: 10
8. La cadena infinita (1949)
80 min | Drama
Director: José Bohr | Stars: Francisco Alonso, Meche Calvo, Arturo Gatica, María Elena Gertner
9. Se conocieron en Guayaquil (1949)
90 min | Drama
Director: Paco Villar | Stars: Antonio Arboleda, Anita Burgos, Paco Villar
10. Amanecer en el Pichincha (1950)
Drama
A tragedy based on first love.
Director: Alberto Santana | Stars: Paul Feret, Martha Jácome, Salomón Rosero
11. Expedición a los Llanganates (1950)
Documentary, Short
The difficult journey to Los Llanganates in search of the treasures of the Atahualpa Incas.
Directors: Torgny Andemberger, Rolf Blomberg
12. Mariana de Jesus, Azucena de Quito (1959)
Drama
Life of Mariana de Jesus, Saint of Quito.
Director: Paco Villar | Stars: María Eugenia Lasso, Pilar Salvador, Francisco Tobar
13. Los Guambras (1961)
60 min | Drama
Three children from different regions travel across the country to obtain a fellowship.
Directors: Gabriel Tramontana Herrera, Jaime Corral Valdez
14. Uniforme Blanco (1963)
Documentary
A nurse's life of sacrifice as she has to deal with an immensity of illnesses affecting children and adults.
Director: Edison Terán | Stars: Nelly Jarrín, Erica Von Lipke
15. Lachine (1938)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Lachin, commander of the Army of One rulers, manages the affairs of governance prime minister, who traded Bakot parish while the ruling does not offer nor a delay in something a ... See full summary »
Director: Fritz Kramp | Stars: Hassan Ezzat, Nadia Naji, Husain Reyadh, Fouad El Rachidi
Votes: 66
Egypt
16. El azima (1939)
108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The story of Mohammed the son of a barber who has recently got his degree, his lover Fatma, his rivel Al-Etr.
Director: Kamal Selim | Stars: Fatma Rouchdi, Mokhtar Osman, Zaki Rostom, Abbas Fares
Votes: 308
17. Al-suq al-Soda' (1945)
100 min | Drama
A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell ... See full summary »
Director: Kamel El-Telmessani | Stars: Imad Hamdi, Aqilah Rateb, Zaki Rostom
Votes: 52
18. Life or Death (1954)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
A man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter to get the medicine from the drug store, however the pharmacist discovers that he sent the wrong medication, he cooperates with the police to stop a disaster.
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Youssef Wahbi, Madihah Yusri, Imad Hamdi, Husain Reyadh
Votes: 332
19. El Fetewa (1957)
122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A fresh man came from outskirt to Cairo to look for work ; He meets a tycoon and creates a struggle between them .
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Zaki Rostom, Tawfik El Deken
Votes: 355
20. Cairo Station (1958)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi
Votes: 5,352
21. A Woman on the Road (1958)
115 min | Drama
Director: Ezz El Dine Zulficar | Stars: Rushdi Abazah, Huda Sultan, Shukri Sarhan, Zaki Rostom
Votes: 98
22. Struggle on the Nile (1959)
125 min | Drama, Thriller
The people of Luxor decided to buy Sandal new submarine instead of the old sandal for river transport business, and cost the mayor Mujahid to go to buy, with a computerized data bank son of... See full summary »
Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Hind Rustum, Omar Sharif, Rushdi Abazah, Ahamd El-Haddad
Votes: 450
23. The Beginning and the End (1960)
130 min | Drama
After the death of the father, the family consisting of a mother and two young men and a girl themselves without a breadwinner finds, to begin each of them in the direction to a different ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Omar Sharif, Aminah Rizq, Amal Zayed
Votes: 691
24. The 13th Wife (1962)
97 min | Comedy
Murad (Rushdi Abaza) is a notorious playboy who, by the time they met Aida (Shadia), had already been married 12 times. When Aida resists his attempts to seduce her, Murad decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Fatin Abdulwahhab | Stars: Rushdi Abazah, Shadia, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Shouweikar
Votes: 757
25. El haram (1965)
105 min | Drama
A poor peasant woman becomes a symbol of worker oppression in this somber social drama directed by Henri Barakat. Azziza (Faten Hamama) is brutally raped by a guard when she goes into the ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Zaki Rostom, Abdallah Gheith, Hassan el Baroudi
Votes: 602
26. Al-boustaguy (1968)
114 min | Drama
Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Shukri Sarhan, Zizi Mustafa, Seif Abdelrahman, Ahmed Abo Abeya
Votes: 337
27. Sira' al-abtal (1962)
112 min | Drama
A difficult period went through Egypt in 1947, when cholera struck the villages of Egypt. Doctor Shukri, who tried to serve the people of the village to save them from poverty and hunger, ... See full summary »
Director: Tewfik Saleh | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Shukri Sarhan, Laila Taher, Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim
Votes: 44
28. The Land (1970)
130 min | Drama
A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Al Meleji, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hamdy Ahmed
Votes: 2,447
29. The Mummy (1969)
102 min | Drama
An Upper-Egyptian clan robs a cache of mummies and sells the artifacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
Director: Chadi Abdel Salam | Stars: Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Votes: 1,856
31. Struggle Victory, Victory Struggle (1978)
105 min | Documentary
A documentary on the Ethiopian resistance against the Somali invasion.
Director: Michel Papatakis
34. The Hamer Herdsman and His Song (1983)
45 min | Documentary
A shepherd sings some traditional songs of the Hamers, a nomadic ethnic group of southern Ethiopia.
Director: Ivo Shtreiker
Votes: 14
43. Aster (1991)
90 min | Drama, Family
Director: Solomon Bekele | Stars: Bakale Endale, Michael Endale
44. The Village Shoemakers (1923)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Rural comedy of the intrigues and stratagems involving a country wedding.
Director: Erkki Karu | Stars: Axel Slangus, Heidi Blåfield, Kirsti Suonio, Alarik Korhonen
Votes: 94
Finland
45. Juha (1937)
101 min | Drama
Eastern Finland in 18th century. Farmer Juha has raised an orphan girl Marja and married her. Karelian trader Shemeikka visits the farm and starts to make advances to young and beautiful Marja, tempting her to run away with him.
Director: Nyrki Tapiovaara | Stars: Hannes Närhi, Irma Seikkula, Walle Saikko, Tuulikki Paananen
Votes: 147
46. Kulkurin valssi (1941)
104 min | Music, Romance
Hunted by the authorities after shooting a Russian prince in a duel in St. Petersburg, a Finnish baron flees to his homeland and disguises as a drifter to avoid getting caught.
Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Regina Linnanheimo, Elsa Rantalainen
Votes: 299
47. Valkoiset ruusut (1943)
102 min | Drama, Romance
The uncredited adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novel (1922), made five years before Max Ophüls' more widely recognized "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948).
Director: Hannu Leminen | Stars: Helena Kara, Tauno Palo, Aku Korhonen, Aino Lohikoski
Votes: 152
48. Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit (1944)
102 min | Drama
A girl who moves to the city after her fiancé lacks the courage to face his father ,who is against their relationship. In the city the girls winds up being abused by men, giving birth to a child and supporting herself on prostitution.
Director: Teuvo Tulio | Stars: Marie-Louise Fock, Ture Ara, Kunto Karapää, Lauri Korpela
Votes: 259
49. Ihmiset suviyössä (1948)
66 min | Drama
A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Eila Pehkonen, Martti Katajisto, Emma Väänänen, Eero Roine
Votes: 203
50. The White Reindeer (1952)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead she gets turned into a white reindeer vampire.
Director: Erik Blomberg | Stars: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Jouni Tapiola
Votes: 2,489
51. The Unknown Soldier (1955)
177 min | Drama, War
The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Kosti Klemelä, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen, Veikko Sinisalo
Votes: 7,813
52. Elokuu (1956)
94 min | Drama
Viktor Sundvall is a guard of a little channel in the Finnish countryside. He is an unsuccessful playwright who is frustrated with his marriage and his life and therefore he has became an ... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Toivo Mäkelä, Emma Väänänen, Rauni Luoma, Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Votes: 287
53. Työmiehen päiväkirja (1967)
90 min | Drama
Leftist welder and right wing clerk get married. Soon enough they find themselves covered with financial and emotional problems.
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Elina Salo, Paul Osipow, Titta Karakorpi, Pentti Irjala
Votes: 195
54. Eight Fatal Shots (1972– )
316 min | Drama
Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time ... See full summary »
Stars: Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Pentikäinen, Tauno Paananen
Votes: 976
55. The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama
A young woman has an intense affair with a womanizing reindeer herdsman.
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Aimo Saukko, Milja Hiltunen
Votes: 917
56. Arvottomat (1982)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 1,275
57. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 7,007
58. The Prodigal Son (1992)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange ... See full summary »
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Hannu Kivioja, Esko Salminen, Leea Klemola, Markku Peltola
Votes: 439
59. The Student of Prague (1913)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a ... See full summary »
Directors: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Stellan Rye | Stars: Paul Wegener, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova, John Gottowt
Votes: 2,395
Germany
60. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,042
61. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,403
62. The Joyless Street (1925)
125 min | Drama
In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Ágnes Eszterházy, Werner Krauss
Votes: 1,720
63. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,479 | Gross: $1.24M
64. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.
Director: Walter Ruttmann | Star: Paul von Hindenburg
Votes: 4,793
65. Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück (1929)
121 min | Drama
Mutter Krause and her children live in the poorer section of Berlin's Wedding district. The film depicts the cruelty of poverty and communism as a rescuing force that reaches Mutter Krause and the child too late.
Director: Phil Jutzi | Stars: Alexandra Schmitt, Holmes Zimmermann, Ilse Trautschold, Gerhard Bienert
Votes: 322
66. People on Sunday (1930)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Rochus Gliese, Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen, Christl Ehlers
Votes: 3,547
67. Der blaue Engel (1930)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti
Votes: 16,291 | Gross: $0.08M
68. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,422 | Gross: $0.03M
69. Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
71 min | Drama
During Great Depression, a family is evicted from their apartment and with no other option they move to a tent camp called Kuhle Wampe.
Director: Slatan Dudow | Stars: Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer
Votes: 816
70. Murderers Among Us (1946)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi
Votes: 2,546
71. Der Untertan (1951)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wants to wield power himself. ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Werner Peters, Paul Esser, Renate Fischer, Ernst Legal
Votes: 946
72. The Bridge (1959)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Volker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Votes: 8,646
73. Abschied von gestern - (Anita G.) (1966)
88 min | Drama
The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life.
Director: Alexander Kluge | Stars: Alexandra Kluge, Günter Mack, Eva Maria Meineke, Hans Korte
Votes: 1,057
74. The Adventures of Villar (1924)
24 min | Short, Comedy
Villar gets a job at a dry cleaners' but his love for a young woman gets him mixed up in many adventures.
Director: Joseph Hepp | Stars: Nitsa Filosofou, Nikolaos Sfakianos
Votes: 86
Greece
75. Maria Pentagiotissa (1927)
100 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Maria, a beautiful girl, baptized by Father Gavriil, joins gang leader Davelis and returns to her village to take revenge on the people who had treated her badly.
Director: Ahilleas Madras | Stars: Frida Poupelina, Aimilios Veakis, Emmanouil Kadiotis, Vasilis Avlonitis
Votes: 22
76. The Wizard of Athens (1931)
58 min | Drama, Romance
A musician-magician of noble heritage wins the hearts of women. When his darling leaves him for a rich man, he does everything in his power to win her back.
Director: Ahilleas Madras | Stars: Frida Poupelina, Ahilleas Madras, Vasilis Afentakis, Maritsi Kalligeri
Votes: 73
77. Daphnis and Chloe (1931)
68 min | Drama, Romance
Lamonas the shepherd finds a boy sucking milk from the teats of a goat. He calls him Dafnis and takes him as his own child. At the same time, Dryantas, another shepherd, comes across a little girl whom he calls her Chloe.
Director: Orestis Laskos | Stars: Apollon Marsyas, Loucy Matli, Marika Raftopoulou, Kostas Palaiologos
Votes: 149
78. Sweetheart of a Shepherdess (1932)
95 min | Drama, Romance
On the verdant slopes of the Vardousia Mountains, a golden cross leads to heartbreak, as a herder is losing the girl of his dreams to a wealthy suitor. Will this gift separate the star-crossed lovers, or is this the prelude to true love?
Directors: Ilias Paraskevas, Dimitris Tsakiris | Stars: Sofia Dorival, Dimitris Tsakiris, Nina Afentaki, Aimilia Marikou
Votes: 67
79. Social Decay (1932)
62 min | Drama
Stelios Tatasopoulos directs the first film of social realism in Athens of the 1930s. Drugs, gangs, prisons, strikes, and also clashes with the police.
Director: Stelios Tatasopoulos | Stars: Stelios Tatasopoulos, Danai Grizou, Tasos Kefalas, Joly Garbi
Votes: 116
80. The Song of Separation (1940)
75 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
An attractive Athenian woman holidaying on Hydra falls in love with a local fisherman and steals him from his girlfriend to promote him as a singer in Athens' music clubs.
Director: Filopoimin Finos | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Linda Miranda, Alekos Livaditis, Evgenia Danika
Votes: 43
81. Anna Roditi (1948)
78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Italian-occupied Rhodes, a brave lieutenant of the Greek Navy risks his life to extract vital information. But, his mission leads to an unforeseen love affair with the daughter of his unaware host. Is she prepared to die for Greece?
Directors: Yannis Filippou, Mihallis Gaziadis | Stars: Ketty Panou, Labros Konstadaras, Yannis Prineas, Lalas Iakovidis
Votes: 58
82. Marina (1947)
74 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Having left behind her family and a man who cares for her, Marina moves to Athens only to end up working as a cabaret singer. As the prodigal daughter returns home, so does her ignoble past. Will she ever manage to wipe the slate clean?
Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Stella Greka, Dimitris Myrat, Elias Destounis, Periklis Hristoforidis
Votes: 53
83. Zero for Conduct (1949)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A naughty, love-smitten teacher sets in motion an audacious scheme to woo a charming final-year student who is in love with her fisherman beau.
Directors: Yannis Filippou, Mihallis Gaziadis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Labros Konstadaras, Dinos Iliopoulos, Fragiskos Manellis
Votes: 123
84. O methystakas (1950)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor cobbler has become a drunkard and the laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When she falls in love with a rich young man, her father tries in vain to hide his passion from his family.
Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Orestis Makris, Dimitris Horn, Billy Konstantopoulou, Athanasia Moustaka
Votes: 391
85. Bitter Bread (1951)
83 min | Drama
A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children.
Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Eleni Zafeiriou, Inta Hristinaki, Michalis Nikolopoulos, Alkis Papas
Votes: 72
86. Bloody Christmas (1951)
95 min | Drama, War
Returning to Athens after the end of the World War II, Captain Nikolas finds out what happened to his family from a neighbor.
Director: Giorgos Zervos | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Nikos Hatziskos, Athanasia Moustaka, Yannis Apostolidis
Votes: 63
87. The Magic City (1954)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, 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.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Giorgos Foundas, Margarita Papageorgiou, Stefanos Stratigos, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 376
88. The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
127 min | Drama, Romance
Pivoting 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.
Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Vasilis Logothetidis, Ilia Livykou, Mimis Fotopoulos, Sperantza Vrana
Votes: 3,112
89. 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
90. The Ogre of Athens (1956)
103 min | Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 2,194
91. 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
92. The Aegean Tragedy (1961)
63 min | Documentary, History
Documentary history of the turmoil and factionalism Greece went through, from the pre WWI accession of King Constantine to the post WWII defeat of leftist forces in a civil conflict.
Director: Basil Maros | Stars: Vassilis Zochos, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, King George VI
Votes: 11
93. Makedonikos gamos (1960)
24 min | Documentary, Short
A traditional Western Macedonian wedding. The documentary was filmed in the village of Velvendo.
Director: Takis Kanellopoulos
Votes: 85
94. Electra (I) (1962)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
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.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Theano Ioannidou
Votes: 1,812
95. Psila ta heria Hitler (1962)
75 min | Drama
After many years, two good friends meet by chance during an excursion. Their joy is great as they both thought the other was dead. They start to reminisce about their common struggle for survival during the German occupation of Athens
Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Spyros Kalogirou, Vasilis Andreopoulos
Votes: 297
96. Ekdromi (1966)
85 min | Drama, Romance, War
The love story between a captain's wife and his sergeant which has a tragic ending.
Director: Takis Kanellopoulos | Stars: Lili Papayanni, Kostas Karagiorgis, Angelos Antonopoulos, Dimitris Gakidis
Votes: 195
97. Prosopo me prosopo (1966)
84 min | Drama, Romance
Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?
Director: Roviros Manthoulis | Stars: Costas Messaris, Eleni Stavropoulou, Theano Ioannidou, Labros Kotsiris
Votes: 242
98. Tzimis o Tigris (1966)
15 min | Short, Drama
Tzimis o Tigris, a Greek strongman, impresses a young tourist and passes the day with her.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Spyros Kalogirou, Marilyse Preysler, Nasos Katakouzinos, Mihalis Grigoriou
Votes: 142
99. ....mehri to ploio (1966)
89 min | Drama
As a grizzled, poverty-stricken mountaineer heads to the bustling port of Piraeus to embark for Australia, three intertwined stories of vehement passion become the painful reminders that, when love ends, life is ugly and unbearable.
Director: Alexis Damianos | Stars: Hristos Tsagas, Alexis Damianos, Eleni Bourbouhaki, Venia Palliri
Votes: 214
100. 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
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