Best Greek Movies

Living in exile after their father's death, the children of an usurped and murdered king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.

Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".

A bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.

In an Athens neighbourhood, a grocery store owner and his assistant have fallen for the block's belles. Unaware that the ladies only have eyes for their secret sweethearts, the ambitious suitors must kick it up a notch to stay in the game.

The inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.

Caught up in an all-consuming whirlwind romance with a local heartthrob, Stella, a fiercely proud Rebetiko diva, resists surrender. But everything points to a tragic ending. And in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.

In return for handsome and unclouded youth, a weary old geezer makes a pact with the father of lies to woo his beautiful next-door-neighbour. However, will he admit his mistake, now that things are not working out as planned?

The stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.

A Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.

Betrayed 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?

A young engineer works in a firm that is managed by a beautiful but rather "stiff" civil engineer woman. When they come face to face, there are sparks flying everywhere...

Three poor friends, Ilias, Thomás and Vangelis, decide to commit a burglary, but everything, although being planned with detail, goes wrong.

An unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.

When it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?

A young idealist scholar at an all-girls boarding school comes face to face with the institution's privileged students. Will they learn a thing or two about respect? Can a little discipline pave the way for a fresh whirlwind romance?

Aunt Calliopi returns to Greece from Chicago after 30 years and plans to marry off her nieces.

Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries many different jobs; druggist, photographer, even wrestling referee. The result is always hilarious and explosive!

A reserved English writer travelling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

Instead 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?

The frustration of an unkept promise and an insuppressible youthful rebellion lead to an unprecedented act of love, as the daughter of the Hellenic Naval Academy's commander and a fourth-year cadet meet again in the strangest of places.