Top 100 Greek films (chronological order)
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- DirectorOrestis LaskosStarsApollon MarsyasLoucy MatliMarika RaftopoulouLamonas, a shepherd, discovers a baby boy nursing from a goat and takes him in as his own, naming him Dafnis. Around the same time, another shepherd, Dryantas, finds a little girl and names her Chloe.
- DirectorStelios TatasopoulosStarsStelios TatasopoulosDanai GrizouTasos KefalasStelios Tatasopoulos directs the first film of social realism in Athens of the 1930s. Drugs, gangs, prisons, strikes, and also clashes with the police.
- DirectorTakis BakopoulosStarsEllie LambetiNikos KazisNikos FilippopoulosA rich widower impregnates a poor young woman and dumps her. Her brother, member of a resistance group during the Occupation, tries to mend things up.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsOrestis MakrisDimitris HornBilly KonstantopoulouA 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.
- DirectorGrigoris GrigoriouStarsEleni ZafeiriouInta HristinakiMichalis NikolopoulosA poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children.
- DirectorStelios TatasopoulosStarsGiorgos FoundasSofi LilaTassos KyriakopoulosA young emerald miner is in love with a girl but doesn't ask her to marry him because he cannot support her financially.
- DirectorGregg G. TallasStarsMaria KostiNikos FermasVasileios FragedakisA young survivor of World War II and former member of the reputed "Barefoot Battalion", a close-knit pack of disciplined orphaned boys, recounts to a homeless street urchin the story of 160 orphans who aided the Resistance.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsGiorgos FoundasMargarita PapageorgiouStefanos StratigosKosmas, 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.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos AlexandrakisCaught 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiDimitris HornEleni ZafeiriouAgainst the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsOrestis MakrisAntigoni ValakouVasilis AvlonitisWith his son abroad, his foster daughter having no one else to turn to, and with the profession of carriage driving on the verge of extinction, a weary horse-drawn carriage driver is fighting a losing battle. Is this the end of an era?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiAthena MichaelidouEleni ZafeiriouA daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsYvonne SansonDimitris HornVasilis AvlonitisA bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.
- DirectorNikos TsiforosStarsGeorgia VasileiadouVasilis AvlonitisNikos RizosTheoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her rickety house.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsTitos VandisAnestis VlahosGiorgos EmirzasFour different stories taking place at border river between two enemy states.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriJules DassinGiorgos FoundasAn American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsAliki VougiouklakiDimitris PapamichaelPantelis ZervosA tenacious daughter and an expert boatman are more than eager to prolong their parents' irreconcilable feud. However, an untimely demise will only make things worse. Can a humble priest help them bury the hatchet and, maybe, find love?
- DirectorAlekos AlexandrakisStarsAlekos AlexandrakisManos KatrakisAliki GeorgouliThe stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsDimitris HornMaro KontouSmaro StefanidouIn 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?
- DirectorErrikos AndreouStarsMichalis NikolinakosVoula HarilaouThanasis MylonasAfter receiving threatening calls from an acquaintance named Evi, Anna asks Tonis to find out what's going on. As he speaks to Anna's mother, an abstract painter, a sleazy photographer, and Evi's uncle - a series of gruesome murders follow. How is her brother involved? And what will be revealed when he finally speaks to the ever elusive Evi?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasGiannis FertisAleka KatselliLiving in exile after their father's death, the children of an usurped and murdered king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsAimilia PittaFaidon GeorgitsisTakis EmmanuelThe experiences and suffering of a band of Greek soldiers during the 1939-45 war.
- DirectorGiannis DalianidisStarsZoi LaskariVagelis VoulgaridisEleni ZafeiriouAs the Athenian Teddy Boys find creative ways to channel their resentment, the daughter of a puritanical philologist has a secret relationship with a student. Now, an unforeseen complication leads to a crisis. Is law 4.000 the solution?