Greek & Armenian Genocide Movies and Documentaries
by StamStab | created - 09 Jan 2022 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicMovies, Series and Documentaries about #Greek and #Armenian #Genocide in Smyrna, #Constantinople, Asia Minor, Pontos, Armenia, Cyprus by #Turkish state.
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1. Smyrna (2021)
141 min | Drama, History, War
Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on vibrant Greek and Armenian communities.
Director: Grigoris Karantinakis | Stars: Mimi Denissi, Leonidas Kakouris, Burak Hakki, Krateros Katsoulis
Votes: 3,164
2. 1922 (1978)
135 min | Drama, History
The 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.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Antigoni Amanitou, Zaharias Rohas, Nikos Kapios, Vasilis Kolovos
Votes: 366
3. Brides (2004)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Set in 1922, is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS KING ALEXANDER, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for her new husband, in New York; he is on his way home to a failed marriage.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Damian Lewis, Victoria Haralabidou, Andréa Ferréol, Evi Saoulidou
Votes: 5,006
4. 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: 2,070
5. Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City - 1900-1922 (2012)
87 min | Documentary
An examination of the destruction of cosmopolitan city Smyrna in 1922.
Director: Maria Ilioú | Stars: Eleni Bastea, Alexandros Kitroev, Giles Milton, Jack Nalbantian
Votes: 112
6. Map of Salvation (2015)
90 min | Documentary
In the upheaval of the Armenian genocide, five European missionary women bring salvation and consolation to thousands of Armenian orphans.
Director: Aram Shahbazyan
Votes: 62
7. Mother (1991)
157 min | Drama
The saga of an Armenian family that immigrated to France after the break-up of the oppressive Ottoman Empire.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Isabelle Sadoyan
Votes: 3,634
8. The Cut (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra
Votes: 8,005 | Gross: $0.03M
9. The Promise (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 178,593
10. Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction (2017)
PG-13 | 115 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger meets with historians and scholars to discuss the Armenian Genocide and the continuing denial by the Turkish government of it ever happening.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Taner Akçam, Hagop Asadourian, Peter Balakian
Votes: 546
11. Genocide - A True Story (2019)
19 min | Short, Drama, History
This is the story of a Woman refugee from the Pontian Genocide. She describes what she have suffered trying to survive from killings and torture.
Director: Tryfonas Zisis | Stars: Olga Karapanagiotidou Tsaousidou, Anna Kyriakidou, Olga Tsartsabalidou Giapoutzis, Ioanna Tsilfidou
Votes: 20
12. Pontos: Mnimes stin omihli tou parelthontos (2018)
92 min | Documentary, History
Director: Yorgos Demir
14. Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks 1913-1923 (2019)
69 min | Documentary, War
The documentary chronicles the genocide of the Greeks, and other indigenous Christians, at the hands of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks. Nearly a million Greeks were killed, while ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Lambrinatos | Star: Bill Kurtis
Votes: 62
15. The Lark Farm (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History
A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family's only hope.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi, Ángela Molina
Votes: 2,327
16. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,781 | Gross: $1.55M
17. Life Triumphs (1977)
92 min | Drama
This story of a strong-willed man, Nahapet, who lost his family during the Armenian Genocide in 1915, is an eternal story of resurrection.
Director: Henrik Malyan | Stars: Sos Sargsyan, Sofik Sarkisyan, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Galya Novents
Votes: 436
18. Pain of Autumn (2009)
112 min | Drama
"When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the " Events of September 6th-7th in 1955.
Director: Tomris Giritlioglu | Stars: Murat Yildirim, Beren Saat, Okan Yalabik, Belçim Bilgin
Votes: 2,581
19. 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: 14,895
21. Attilas '74 (1975)
103 min | Documentary
An indictment of the protagonists in the Cypriot civil war.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Michael Cacoyannis, Rauf Denktas, Glafkos Klerides, Archbishop Makarios
Votes: 299
22. The Armenian Genocide (2006)
56 min | Documentary
This is the story of the first genocide of the 20th century; when the Young Turks at the end of the Ottoman Empire systematically exterminated 1.5 million Armenians during World War One.
Director: Laurence Jourdan
Votes: 169
23. Screamers (2006)
R | 91 min | Documentary, Music
Internationally known director Carla Garapedian follows the rock band System of a Down as they tour Europe and the US pointing out the horrors of modern genocide that began in Armenia in 1915 up though Darfur today.
Director: Carla Garapedian | Stars: Taner Akçam, Hrant Dink, John Dolmayan, Sibel Edmonds
Votes: 1,567 | Gross: $0.05M
24. Rembetiko (1983)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The 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.
Director: Costas Ferris | Stars: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka
Votes: 3,124
25. 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: 5,474
26. Red River (2019–2020)
45 min | Crime, Drama, History
A shocking love story. A har thousands of Greeks.
Stars: Ioannis Papazisis, Anastasia Pantousi, Argyris Pandazaras, Chara Mata Giannatou
Votes: 548
27. Matomena homata (2008–2009)
45 min | Drama, History
This is a Greek series which got aired on Alpha channel, and is about a guy called Manolis Axiotis who lives on the coast of Mikrasia in the beginning of the 20th century. In general the ... See full summary »
Stars: Yorgos Karamihos, Filareti Komninou, Dimitra Matsouka, George Mouriadis
Votes: 123
28. Ta paidia tis Niovis (2004–2005)
45 min | Drama
The series describes the life just before the Greek occupation in Anatolia, and the life up to the destruction of Smirna. At the second season is being described the displacement in Greece.... See full summary »
Stars: Maria Tzobanaki, Angelos Antonopoulos, Youlika Skafida, Tasos Nousias
Votes: 60
29. Oi magisses tis Smyrnis (2005–2006)
Drama
Katina a smart Smirnia, lives in slums. Atarti introduces her to magic. Erotic filters prove to be infallible. She marries four men, one better than the other. Her spells were found in a dusty trunk, 100 years later at her home in Egina.
Stars: Maria Kavoyianni, Despina Mirou, Thanos Chronis, Diamantis Falegos
Votes: 312
30. 100 Years Later (2016)
55 min | Documentary
A film about the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the work of historian Ara Sarafian to create reconciliation among Armenians, Kurds, and Turks, despite the official denialism of the Turkish state.
Director: John Lubbock | Stars: Yusuf Akbulut, Ismail Besikçi, Selahattin Demirtas, Ilie Kaso-Jito
Votes: 13
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