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1. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Barry G. Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy
Votes: 187,591 | Gross: $2.29M
2. Contempt (1963)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 36,055 | Gross: $0.04M
3. Summer Lover (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.
Director: Robert Crombie | Stars: Avalon Barrie, Todd Soley, Lyudmila Shiryaeva, Bogdan Stupka
Votes: 1,872
4. Medea (1969)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile
Votes: 5,491
5. Chinese Coffee (2000)
R | 99 min | Drama
Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd, Ellen McElduff
Votes: 4,637
6. Iphigenia (1977)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
To appease offended gods before going to war, a commander must sacrifice his favorite daughter to them but does so under the pretext of marrying her off.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Kostas Kazakos, Kostas Karras, Tatiana Papamoschou
Votes: 2,141
7. Never on Sunday (1960)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Foundas, Titos Vandis
Votes: 6,148
8. Phaedra (1962)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
To build bridges with his estranged son, a Greek shipping magnate enlists the help of his second wife, Phaedra. But, in rain-soaked Paris, their passionate affair threatens to destroy his empire. Will the modern temptress accept her fate?
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, Elizabeth Ercy
Votes: 1,894
9. Antigone (I) (2019)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.
Director: Sophie Deraspe | Stars: Nahéma Ricci, Rachida Oussaada, Nour Belkhiria, Rawad El-Zein
Votes: 1,869
10. The Travelling Players (1975)
230 min | Drama, History, Music
Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Aliki Georgouli, Kiriakos Katrivanos
Votes: 4,353
11. Angela (1977)
91 min | Drama
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Sophia Loren, Steve Railsback, John Vernon, John Huston
Votes: 212
12. Electra (I) (1962)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Theano Ioannidou
Votes: 1,813
13. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, James Anthony Perez, Cheryce Livingston, Don Tempesta
Votes: 21
14. The Book of Clarence (2017)
120 min | Documentary
We follow the life, health and career of the Grammy award winning Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama. This journey is woven together with "Gospel at Colonus"
Director: Lee Breuer | Stars: Clarence Fountain, Samuel Butler Jr., Jimmy Carter, Barbara Fountain
15. Medea (1988 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt
Votes: 3,641 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Oedipus Rex (1957)
Approved | 87 min | Drama
The land ruled by King Oedipus is plagued by ill-fortune and the people are promised relief by the gods if the slayer of the former king is apprehended and punished. This does not bode well... See full summary »
Directors: Tyrone Guthrie, Abraham Polonsky | Stars: Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, Robert Goodier, William Hutt
Votes: 345
17. Kravgi gynaikon (1978)
R | 110 min | Drama
Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of Greek tragedy "Medea".
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Despo Diamantidou
Votes: 397
18. The Gangster (1947)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Shubunka (Barry Sulivan) is a cynical gangster who controls the Neptune Beach waterfront. He runs a numbers racket with the local soda shop owner. The police are in his pocket and the local hoods are on his payroll.
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 1,071
19. Ritual (2000)
78 min | Drama
Sensing there is something terribly wrong at home, a young man drops out of college and tries to 'fix' his family.
Director: Stanley Bennett Clay | Stars: Clarence Williams III, Denise Nicholas, Shawn Michael Howard, Angelle Brooks
Votes: 101
20. Noite Escura (2004)
94 min | Drama, Crime
"Noite Escura" is a disturbing movie about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
Director: João Canijo | Stars: Fernando Luís, Rita Blanco, Beatriz Batarda, Cleia Almeida
Votes: 615
21. Backanterna (1993 TV Movie)
140 min | Music
The young wine god Dionysus returns to his native town of Thebes after having established his cult in the east. In his entourage, he has a run of Bacchantes. Semele, his mother, was ... See full summary »
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Sylvia Lindenstrand, Laila Andersson-Palme, Sten Wahlund, Peter Mattei
Votes: 76
22. Die Bakchen (1974 TV Movie)
207 min
Film of an Austrian stage production of Euripedes's "The Bacchae", portraying a conflict between the god Dionysus (AKA Bacchus), son of Zeus, and his cousin Pentheus, the ruler of Thebes.
Director: Klaus-Michael Grüber | Stars: Edith Clever, Peter Fitz, Bruno Ganz, Heinrich Giskes
23. Zina (1985)
92 min | Biography, Drama
After Stalin's purges, Zinaida Volkova, daughter of Leon Trotsky, is exiled to Berlin. As the Nazis rise to power, and World War II is approaching, she becomes obsessed with Antigone, the protagonist of a famous Greek tragedy, and loses her mind.
Director: Ken McMullen | Stars: Ian McKellen, Domiziana Giordano, Philip Madoc, Paul Geoffrey
Votes: 128
24. Antigone at the Barbican (2015 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A continuation from 'Oedipus at Colonnus', it follows Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus wishing to bury her dead brother, yet is stopped by her uncle Kreon.
Directors: Ivo van Hove, Tim Van Someren | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Obi Abili, Patrick O'Kane, Kirsty Bushell
Votes: 52
25. Mourning Becomes Electra (1978– )
290 min | Drama, Romance
Eugene O'Neill's trilogy of plays inspired by Aeschylus' Oresteia. Set near the end of the American Civil War, the action follows the turmoil of the Mannon family and its myriad psychological torments.
Stars: Roberta Maxwell, Deborah Offner, Peter Weller, Roberts Blossom
Votes: 71
26. Notes Towards an African Orestes (1970)
65 min | Documentary
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Gato Barbieri, Donald F. Moye, Marcello Melis, Yvonne Murray
Votes: 547
27. Electra (1990)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Born with the beauty of the gods, Electra's lust for sexual gratification is exceeded only by her lust for vengeance. Enter a world of forbidden family love, betrayal and murder.
Director: Jay Raskin | Stars: Robin O'Dell, Greg Pitts, Paula Cale, Kevin Zorro
Votes: 87
28. Die Nacht (1985)
367 min
A six hour long monologue performed by Edith Clever, who reads texts by Syberberg, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist, Plato, Friedrich Hölderlin, Novalis, Friedrich Nietzsche,... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Star: Edith Clever
Votes: 48
29. Achilles (1995)
11 min | Animation, Short
With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.
Director: Barry Purves | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Simon Green, David Holt, Tim Morgan
Votes: 405
30. Elektra (I) (2010 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Andreas Morell | Stars: Albert Dohmen, Jane Henschel, René Kollo, Manuela Uhl
31. End of the World (I) (2020)
10 min | Short
When Mike Mag discovers his cheating girlfriend Sienna Stunda has been sleeping with her coworker at the Pike bar in Long Beach California, he sets off on a journey through heartbreak and ... See full summary »
Stars: Shane Carter, Michael Magalhaes, Sienna Stunda
32. Beyond Tragedies (2022)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.
Director: Rafael Oliveira | Stars: Rafael Oliveira, Telma Sueli Oliveira
33. Medea (1979 TV Movie)
67 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Directors: Gogi Aleksidze, Elguja Jgenti | Stars: Marine Goderdzishvili, Viktoria Laperashvili, Vladimer Julukhadze, Nukri Magalashvili
Votes: 10
34. Idomeneo (1991 TV Movie)
142 min | Music, Drama
Director: Thomas Olofsson | Stars: Stuart Kale, David Kuebler, Ann Christine Biel, Anita Soldh
Votes: 10
35. Iphigénie en Tauride (2001 TV Movie)
108 min | Music, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Thomas Grimm | Stars: Juliette Galstian, Rodney Gilfry, Deon van der Walt, Anton Scharinger
Votes: 18
36. Medea (2013)
12 min | Short, Drama
Mayer's film Medea takes its starting point from Pier Paolo Pasolini's Medea of 1969. The ancient legend of Medea contrasts two worlds which are no longer compatible with one another - the ... See full summary »
Director: Ursula Mayer | Star: JD Samson
37. Électre (1972 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Pierre Dux | Stars: Paul-Emile Deiber, François Chaumette, Michel Aumont, Michel Duchaussoy
38. Medea (II) (2012)
12 min | Short, Drama
Director: Kleio Fanouraki | Stars: Kleio Fanouraki, Harris Galifianakis, Konstandinos Kioulpalis, Danae Orfanou
39. Medea (I) (2012)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Medea, a stranger on the run from her homeland, lives with her two young children on the fringes of a small American town, thanks to Jason, an old lover who owes her his life. Sam, a ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Burkey | Stars: Cameron Comstock, Rosemary Cook, Sean Cook, Gus Crow
40. Ariadne auf Naxos (2001 TV Movie)
138 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Brian Large | Stars: Deborah Polaski, Natalie Dessay, Jon Villars, Susan Graham
Votes: 12
41. Medea (I) (2017)
Short, Drama
When Medea, a refugee fleeing for her life, arrives in Corinth her husband leaves her for a younger bride. She and her children are left alone in a country they do not know, while their ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Bailey | Stars: Sarah Beebe, Victoria Leijten, Guy Warren-Thomas
42. Unremembered (2009)
135 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
John Outis doesn't have a past. But his life history is being restored in the present and it's dramatically altering the lives of his friends, his wife, and his lover. As he begins to ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Kerr | Stars: Tim Delaney, Karla Mason, Carmela Ramaglia, Laura Duyn
Votes: 30
43. Medea (II) (2015)
15 min | Short, Drama
Director: Eric Glez | Stars: Albert Nualart, Sara Gracia, Duncan, Neus Soler
44. Cassandra (2008)
27 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Euripides' Greek tragedy, "The Trojan Women" is played out on the edge of a rocky desolate Mexican border town in this poetic reinterpretation by Director Mauricio Chernovetzky.
Director: Mauricio Chernovetzky | Stars: Nelly Bablumian, Chaz Chilcote, Araceli Guzman-Rico, Doug Purcell
Votes: 38
45. Les Troyens (2000 TV Movie)
210 min | Music, Drama
Director: Alexandre Tarta | Stars: Jon Villars, Russell Braun, Tigran Martirossian, Robert Lloyd
46. Medea (2001)
Short, Drama
Director: Joel Montanez | Stars: Armine Aroutiunian, Michael Daley, Martin Dansky, Jolan Laveugle
47. Medea (III) (2016)
Short, Drama
Director: Gerardo Avendaño | Stars: Victor Manuel Fornieles, Margarita Hardessen, Alex Luhas, Violeta Mato
48. Antigone (I) (1958 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Ennio Balbo, Elena Cotta, Antonio Crast, Dario Dolci
Votes: 10
49. Medea (1982 TV Movie)
46 min | Drama
An experimental, streamlined treatment of the Greek tragedy material.
Director: Frans Zwartjes | Stars: Ganci Geraedts, Josée Ruiter
Votes: 18
50. Antigone (1970 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Director: Per Bronken | Stars: Monna Tandberg, Jørn Ording, Bab Christensen, Lise Fjeldstad