Greek Films Watchlist
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1. Hrysi Avgi: Prosopiki ypothesi (2016)
90 min | Documentary
A journalist and filmmaker is delving for years into a local group of the Greek neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn".
Director: Angélique Kourounis | Stars: Alexia Eastwood, Angélique Kourounis
Votes: 222
2. Joy (2012)
80 min
Chara enters a maternity hospital and grabs an infant. She spends two days with him, taking care of him as if she were his real mother, while the police try to locate her. She does not seem to be worried and starts for a trip with him.
Director: Elias Giannakakis | Stars: Kostas Berikopoulos, George Psomiadis Breadman, Nikos Flessas, Stefania Goulioti
Votes: 52
3. Ta oporofora tis Athinas (2010)
94 min | Comedy
The best way to know the city is to walk. At each step of discover the sounds, scents and flavors of Athens, testing all fruit and meet the most incredible characters, exchanging humorous dialogues with them.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Lefteris Voyatzis, Nikos Kouris, Alexia Kaltsiki, Petros Aivazis
Votes: 166
4. The Girls of the Rain (2012)
120 min | Documentary
Women arrested and tortured during the military dictatorship 1967-1974 confess their true stories.
Director: Alinda Dimitriou
Votes: 36
5. In This Land Nobody Knew How to Cry (2018)
90 min | Comedy
Something magical is happening on a utopian uncharted island somewhere in the Aegean Sea. Two unsuspecting visitors arrive at the idyllic Armenaki and come face-to-face with the bizarre lifestyle of its larger-than-life inhabitants.
Director: Giorgos Panousopoulos | Stars: Margarita Panousopoulou, Babis Hatzidakis, Foteini Tsakiri, Serge Requet-Barville
Votes: 176
6. Polyxeni (2017)
100 min | Drama
In 1955 a couple of prominent Greek Istanbulites adopt an orphan Greek girl from the town of their origin. They offer her a powerful family name and ensure her devotion. Twelve-year-old ... See full summary »
Director: Dora Masklavanou | Stars: Katia Goulioni, Özgür Emre Yildirim, Lydia Fotopoulou, Akilas Karazisis
Votes: 179
7. Pause (2018)
96 min | Drama
Trapped in the misery of an oppressive marriage, a middle-aged woman finds refuge in a fantasy world of vindictive violence. Soon, reality and fantasy start to blur.
Director: Tonia Mishiali | Stars: Stella Fyrogeni, Andreas Vasileiou, Popi Avraam, Marios Ioannou
Votes: 761
8. Riverbanks (2015)
96 min | Drama
John is an introvert young soldier serving as a minesweeper in Evros. When he meets Chryssa, a woman passing immigrants from borders between Greece and Turkey, he will try to convince her run away and start a new life.
Director: Panos Karkanevatos | Stars: Andreas Konstantinou, Elena Mavridou, Levent Üzümcü, Diamantis Adamantidis
Votes: 159
9. Birds (or How to Be One) (2020)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A movie about what is fake and what is real, that flutters between documentary and fiction. About flying and falling, the human need to fly, fear of heights, vertigo, utopia, Gods and man. ... See full summary »
Director: Babis Makridis | Stars: Alexandra Aidini, Kostas Berikopoulos, Konstantinos Bibis, Galini Chatzipaschali
Votes: 230
10. @9 at Nine (2019)
91 min | Drama
A young couple in love, eager to start their life together, will try to take advantage of a little ghost for their own benefit.
Director: Angelos Spartalis | Stars: Dimitra Spartali, Vassilis Awad, Sofia Papadopoulou, Vasilis Fakanas
Votes: 14
11. Invisible (V) (2015)
84 min | Drama, Thriller
Aris, 38, worker in a factory, is fired without any warning. He is shocked. As his attempts to be re-hired fail, he gradually becomes obsessed by the idea to take justice in his own hands. ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitris Athanitis | Stars: Giannis Stankoglou, Christos Benetsis, Menelaos Hazarakis, George Bakolas
Votes: 145
12. Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk (2019)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Womanizer Aris finds out he is a carrier of a sexually transmitted virus, lethal only for women. But he is also the only hope for a curing vaccine if he finds which one of his ex girlfriends had the first viral strain.
Director: Giorgos Georgopoulos | Stars: Omiros Poulakis, Vangelis Mourikis, Kora Karvouni, Ioanna Pappa
Votes: 177
13. Fan (2014)
90 min | Drama
A little girl is tired of her parents' behavior and decides to take over.
Director: Dimitris Bitos | Stars: Danai Androulaki, Giorgos Valais, Eirini Drakou, Antonis Chiller
Votes: 30
14. Ap' ta kokala vgalmena (2011)
89 min | Comedy
A story about the reality in Greek hospitals from a funny view
Director: Sotiris Goritsas | Stars: Argyris Xafis, Dimitris Imellos, Anna Koutsaftiki, Minas Hatzisavvas
Votes: 496
15. Man at Sea (2011)
92 min | Drama
Alex a captain with sad past saves thirty teens Afghan refugees. With tension constantly increasing, Alex tries to tackle the company's and crew pressures.
Director: Constantine Giannaris | Stars: Antonis Karistinos, Theodora Tzimou, Konstadinos Avarikiotis, Konstantinos Siradakis
Votes: 85
16. 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: 6,211
17. Loufa kai parallagi: Seirines sti steria (2011)
101 min | Comedy
A few years after the incident in Pitta islet, the companions meet again to help a friend find a missing girl.
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Orfeas Avgoustidis, Vicky Kaya, Stelios Xanthoudakis, Ioannis Papazisis
Votes: 1,097
18. I ypografi (2011)
126 min | Drama
Anna, a young art historian is preparing a retrospective of the work of the famous painter, Maria Dimou. She is assisted by Angelos, an old friend of the painter. Dimou was found dead ... See full summary »
Director: Stelios Charalampopoulos | Stars: Georges Corraface, Maria Protopappa, Alexia Kaltsiki, Nikos Kouris
Votes: 162
19. I limouzina: Komodia parexigiseon (2013)
112 min | Comedy
Marcos, Collette and Max start from Paris at 60s, to attempt a journey by car in today Greece. Through meetings with various mythical and imaginary people, go through the relaxation of youth to the maturity.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Nikos Kouris, Doukissa Nomikou, Dimitris Katalifos, Adrian Frieling
Votes: 169
20. I kori tou Rembrandt (2015)
79 min | Comedy
Comic incidents occur during the search of a rare painting at a bourgeois reception.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Lakis Lazopoulos, Christos Loulis, Giannis Bezos, Alexia Kaltsiki
Votes: 139
21. The City of Children (2011)
96 min | Drama
The arrival of children, as seen through the stories of four different couples, just when a pregnancy comes along and conflicts with their lives. A marital crisis becomes a family tragedy; ... See full summary »
Director: Yorgos Gkikapeppas | Stars: Kika Georgiou, Giorgos Ziovas, Vassilis Bisbikis, Anna Kalaitzidou
Votes: 166
22. Silent (II) (2015)
89 min | Drama
Stricken by a perplexing case of hysterical laryngitis, silent young soprano Dido holes up in her grandmother's abandoned home. As family and friends struggle to understand, the unhealed, hideous wounds of the past come to light.
Director: Yorgos Gkikapeppas | Stars: Kika Georgiou, Aneza Papadopoulou, Manos Vakousis, Electra Nikolouzou
Votes: 69
23. The Rebellion of Red Maria (2011)
95 min | Crime, Drama
In a city - with heavy metal music haunting the heroes and the voice of Maria Callas being heard, an aged man, ex-terrorist, who dresses like a woman, the "red Maria", lives without any law... See full summary »
Director: Costas Zapas | Stars: Antonis Papadopoulos, Christos Vernikos, Triandafyllia Dimitriadi, Haris Flouskiounis
Votes: 82
24. Love, Love, Love (2016)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stella, a forty years old exotic woman, after her husband's death in a car accident, whose causes remain unresolved for the police, works as a stripper in an old movie theatre that has been... See full summary »
Director: Costas Zapas | Stars: Angeliki Papathemeli, Antonis Papadopoulos, Nikol Drizi, Mara Darmousli
Votes: 29
25. The Distance Between Us and the Sky (2019)
9 min | Short, Drama
Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking money to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
Director: Vasilis Kekatos | Stars: Ioko Ioannis Kotidis, Nikos Zeginoglou
Votes: 913
26. The Silence of the Dying Fish (2018)
19 min | Short, Drama
On his way to work, a lonely fish-farm worker learns he died the day before. Oblivious to his preposterous condition, he spends his last day on Earth trying to verify his existence. What will become of his poor canaries?
Director: Vasilis Kekatos | Stars: Andreas Konstantinou, Alexandra K., Aggelos Skasilas, Alexandros Papaioannou
Votes: 399
27. Zero Star Hotel (2016)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Two men are talking inside a car. One of them is dead.
Director: Vasilis Kekatos | Stars: Alexandros Papaioannou, Fanis Pavlopoulos
Votes: 112
28. The Waiter (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Renos, a lonely professional waiter, sees his well-organized life routine changing after an unexpected series of events.
Director: Steve Krikris | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Giannis Stankoglou, Alexandros Mavropoulos, Chiara Gensini
Votes: 1,473
29. Copa-Loca (2017)
14 min | Short, Drama
This is the story of Copa-Loca, an abandoned Greek summer resort. Paulina is the girl at the heart of Copa-Loca. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone - in every possible way.
Director: Christos Massalas | Stars: Elsa Lekakou, Pavlos Iordanopoulos, Stathis Stamoulakatos, Talat Iqbal
Votes: 272
30. Cosmic Candy (2019)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
When a young girl's father suddenly disappears, her weirdo neighbor - an eccentric supermarket cashier - is forced to take care of her.
Director: Rinio Dragasaki | Stars: Maria Kitsou, Pipera Maya, Kimonas Kouris, Dimitris Lalos
Votes: 240
31. Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year (2018)
24 min | Short, Drama
New Year's eve dawns in a moon-kissed car, and Sofia has a dream that she tells no one: while walking on a desert, she gets to know that she is sick. She pretends she does not care. Has she lost her heart?
Director: Jacqueline Lentzou | Stars: Sofia Kokkali, Katerina Zisoudi, Nikos Zeginoglou, Nikos Panagiotopoulos
Votes: 235
32. 7 Kinds of Wrath (2014)
105 min | Drama
Petros is an archaeologist who experiences the naked Greek paranoia in the center of Athens. Either by choice or coincidence, he comes into contact with people who are "different": An Arab ... See full summary »
Director: Christos Voupouras | Stars: Maximos Moumouris, Nikos Gelia, Sofia Kokkali, Haris Fragoulis
Votes: 119
33. Luton (2013)
100 min | Drama
Although they seem to have no relations, the lives of a young trainee lawyer in her thirties, a wealthy high school boy trapped within the manners and etiquette of his social class, and a ... See full summary »
Director: Michalis Konstantatos | Stars: Nicholas Vlachakis, Eleftheria Komi, Christos Sapountzis, Yota Argyropoulou
Votes: 313
34. Symptom (2015)
87 min | Fantasy, Horror
A young woman has to face her fear and the guilt that plagues her after the loss of her sister on a bleak and remote Greek island.
Director: Angelos Frantzis | Stars: Katia Goulioni, Iris Baglanea, Constantine Markoulakis, Vali Mavridi
Votes: 97
35. Polaroid (2000)
96 min | Musical, Comedy
Despite the soccer World Cup fever during the summer of 1998, a group of young people insist on rehearsing for a theatrical performance. The process they are getting into will form the ... See full summary »
Director: Angelos Frantzis | Stars: Stratis Vouyoucas, Ektoras Kolias, Korina Pateli, Thalia Protonotariou
Votes: 55
36. USSAK (2017)
118 min | Drama
In a suffering country, at a point of time in the future, people sunk in apathy and illusions, wake up and demand a different life.
Director: Kyriakos Katzourakis | Stars: Katia Gerou, Giannis Tsortekis, Nikos Nikas, Theodora Tzimou
Votes: 48
39. I teleftaia anoixi (1972)
70 min | Drama, War
Three men renegotiate such concepts as desertion, humanism, and freedom.
Director: Takis Kanellopoulos | Stars: Aimilia Ypsilanti, Giorgos Fourniadis, Panagiotis Patsourakis, Akis Pergantis
Votes: 15
40. To hroniko mias Kyriakis (1975)
72 min | Drama
This film narrates six different stories in a very lyrical way: a coachman wanders around town; two elderly people go to the park every Sunday; a man leaves flowers in various neighborhoods... See full summary »
Director: Takis Kanellopoulos | Stars: Thanasis Tzeneralis, Popi Alva, Georgios Domouzis, Renos Fesas
Votes: 54
41. Topos kraniou (1973)
90 min | Drama
The film shows a movie crew who with the help of the people in Mani depict the passions of Christ.
Director: Kostas Aristopoulos | Stars: George Dialegmenos, Takis Kilakos, Babis Pethymisis
Votes: 11
42. I periptosi Evridiki (2009)
74 min | Drama
Director: Freddy Vianellis | Stars: Sofia Georgovassili, Maria Leivadarou, Magia Moshandreou, Giouli Tasiou
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