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GREEK CINEMA - A JOURNEY IN TIME

by alak-51366 • Created 2 years ago • Modified 2 months ago
FROM THE SILENT ERA TO MODERN TIMES (2018).
THE MOST DETAILED ( WITH FORGOTTEN BUT GOOD MOVIES, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BAD RATINGS FROM HATERS IN IMDB) LIST COVERING ALL GENRES ( EXCEPT PORNO).
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  • Maria Vassiliou in Evdokia (1971)

    1. Evdokia

    19711h 37m
    7.0 (905)
    Athens, 1971. In the tumultuous years of the Greek military junta, an unconventional couple is torn between the complexities of love, life, and the suffocating pressure of fragile societal relations. Will they survive one another?
    DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsMaria VassiliouGiorgos KoutouzisKoula Agagiotou
  • Elli Fotiou in The Fear (1966)

    2. The Fear

    19661h 42m
    7.6 (544)
    A disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.
    DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsElli FotiouAnestis VlahosSpyros Fokas
  • Olga Karlatos and Dimitris Poulikakos in Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas (1978)

    3. Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas

    19781h 58m
    7.2 (916)
    A father moves with his three sons and their beautiful, hard working servant in a big, old house in the countryside, where a weird drowsiness seems to occupy the four men. Will it be possible for one of them to break free?
    DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsOlga KarlatosGeorge DialegmenosDimitris Poulikakos
  • Mimis Fotopoulos, Ellie Lambeti, Ilia Livykou, Vasilis Logothetidis, and Orestis Makris in The Counterfeit Coin (1955)

    4. The Counterfeit Coin

    19552h 7m
    8.6 (3.3K)
    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.
    DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis Fotopoulos
  • Dimitris Horn and Yvonne Sanson in We Only Live Once (1958)

    5. We Only Live Once

    19581h 51m
    8.3 (1.9K)
    A bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.
    DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsYvonne SansonDimitris HornVasilis Avlonitis
  • Ellie Lambeti in A Matter of Dignity (1958)

    6. A Matter of Dignity

    19581h 52m
    7.7 (733)
    A 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.
    DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiAthena MichaelidouEleni Zafeiriou
  • Taxidi tou melitos (1979)

    7. Taxidi tou melitos

    19791h 52m
    7.0 (88)
    A retired couple spends its vacation at a spa town. Their also retired friends see life with a different eye. Some believe that the future does not reserve anything important for them and others seek love and try to live every moment.
    DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosStarsStavros XenidisAleka PaiziBetty Livanou
  • Kostas Mousouris and Aliki Theodorides in Astero (1929)

    8. Astero

    19291h 12m
    6.8 (94)
    At the foot of Mount Chelmos, under the clear blue sky of the untamed Greek countryside, Thimios and Astero exchange vows of everlasting devotion. But, a wealthy suitor claims her, and the sun has now dimmed. Are they meant to be together?
    DirectorDimitris GaziadisStarsAliki TheodoridesAimilios VeakisKostas Mousouris
  • Efi Roditi and Thanasis Vengos in Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou (1972)

    9. Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou

    19721h 26m
    7.2 (354)
    Still owing his truck to his voracious employer, and with his sister still dangerously unmarried, a poor lorry driver meets an equally wronged young woman and realises that not all wars can be won. Can his trusted gun right the wrongs?
    DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosEfi RoditiAntonis Papadopoulos
  • Dinos Iliopoulos in The Ogre of Athens (1956)

    10. The Ogre of Athens

    19561h 43m
    7.9 (2.3K)
    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.
    DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis Argyris
  • The Travelling Players (1975)

    11. The Travelling Players

    19753h 50m
    7.8 (4.6K)
    Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
    DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki Georgouli
  • Oi apenanti (1981)

    12. Oi apenanti

    19812h 1m
    7.0 (510)
    On a hot Athenian July, a reclusive Astronomy student spots a disillusioned woman with his telescope, and his dull existence takes on a new meaning. They coexist in time and space; but, they are so far apart. Will they ever become one?
    DirectorsGiorgos PanousopoulosYorgos TsemberopoulosStarsBetty LivanouAris RetsosGiorgos Siskos
  • Glykia symmoria (1983)

    13. Glykia symmoria

    19832h 34m
    7.4 (1.8K)
    A band of handsome Athenian pariahs waiting for a miracle have a fateful encounter with the ever-present state instead. And as the law's suffocating stranglehold tightens around them, the shotguns have the final say.
    DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsDespina TomazaniDora MasklavanouTakis Moshos
  • Anaparastasi (1970)

    14. Anaparastasi

    19701h 50m
    7.3 (1.6K)
    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.
    DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsToula StathopoulouYannis TotsikasThanos Grammenos
  • Alexis Damianos and Venia Palliri in ....mehri to ploio (1966)

    15. ....mehri to ploio

    19661h 29m
    7.1 (228)
    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.
    DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsHristos TsagasAlexis DamianosEleni Bourbouhaki
  • Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

    16. Ulysses' Gaze

    19952h 56mUnrated
    7.6 (7.8K)
    An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
    DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsHarvey KeitelMaia MorgensternErland Josephson
  • Melina Mercouri in Stella (1955)

    17. Stella

    19551h 30m
    7.9 (3.1K)
    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.
    DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos Alexandrakis
  • Landscape in the Mist (1988)

    18. Landscape in the Mist

    19882h 7mTV-MA
    7.9 (11K)
    Two children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
    DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos George o'Glou
  • Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Sotiria Leonardou, and Michalis Maniatis in Rembetiko (1983)

    19. Rembetiko

    19831h 50m
    8.1 (3.2K)
    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.
    DirectorCostas FerrisStarsSotiria LeonardouNikos KalogeropoulosMichalis Maniatis
  • Eroika (1960)

    20. Eroika

    19601h 30m
    6.6 (120)
    The lives of two male Greek teens and the young daughter of the British Ambassador in Greece are turned upside down when the best friend of a teenage gang leader dies. Meanwhile, a love triangle is developed between the three characters.
    DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAlexandros MamatisJenny RussellNikiforos Naneris
  • Prosopo me prosopo (1966)

    21. John the Violent

    19733h
    7.9 (229)
    The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.
    DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsManolis LogiadisMika FloraVangelis Kazan
  • Vasilis Logothetidis in A Hero in His Slippers (1958)

    22. A Hero in His Slippers

    19581h 38m
    7.8 (585)
    After forty years of service, the Nation is about to immortalise an honest Greek Army general who is unaware that an unscrupulous duo is planning to make a profit behind his back. Will the gallant veteran teach them a lesson in respect?
    DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouNitsa Tsaganea
  • Eva Brika and Giorgos Foundas in The Magic City (1954)

    23. The Magic City

    19541h 20m
    7.2 (419)
    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.
    DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsGiorgos FoundasMargarita PapageorgiouStefanos Stratigos
  • Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Nikos Kourkoulos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Eleni Zafeiriou, and Sasa Katsarou in Love Stories (1959)

    24. Love Stories

    19591h 40m
    6.7 (121)
    Rabid desires and ungovernable passions rule the lives of mortals, as impatient wishes and blind hopes interweave in this triptych of disastrous human flaws. The glowing fire of love, or the lack of it, engulfs us. Can we have it all?
    DirectorSokrates KapsaskisStarsEleni ZafeiriouSasa KatsarouDionysis Papagiannopoulos
  • Despo Diamantidou, Maro Kontou, and Giorgos Konstadinou in And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband (1965)

    25. And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband

    19651h 45m
    7.8 (2.2K)
    An unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.
    DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsMaro KontouGiorgos KonstadinouDespo Diamantidou

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