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- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAnthony QuinnAlan BatesIrene PapasAn uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasGiannis FertisAleka KatselliLiving 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.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasKostas KazakosKostas KarrasTo 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.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsKatharine HepburnVanessa RedgraveGeneviève BujoldThe women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMichael CacoyannisRauf DenktasGlafkos KleridesAn indictment of the protagonists in the Cypriot civil war.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorManousos ManousakisStarsAndreas KonstantinouVasiliki TroufakouAdrian FrielingDuring the tumultuous 1943, against the backdrop of a German-occupied Thessaloniki, two star-crossed lovers struggle to surmount prejudice and fear, as the brutalities against the town's persecuted Jewish community escalate.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsStavros PsyllakisAris ServetalisJohnny VekrisA group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsBarry G. BernsonHerb CaillouetBill CampSteven, 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.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica BardenIn a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsIrene PapasManos KatrakisMaro KodouAntigone defies her uncle's decree that her traitorous brother should go unburied and therefore find no rest in the afterlife; however, her actions have tragic consequences.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsEleni ProkopiouTakis EmmanuelKleopatra Rota200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.
- 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.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsIrene PapasStratos TzortzoglouPanos MihalopoulosA parody of the life in Athens of the 90ies where a widow and her son get entangled in crazy situations.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsMarina VladyEleonora StathopoulouVasilis LaggosIn 1897 Crete, as the armies of the Great Powers jockey for position, the French madam, Rosa Bonaparte, arrives in Chania escorted by twelve of her girls to start a brothel. All that she wants is a peaceful life. Will her dream come true?
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsManos KatrakisMary HronopoulouDionysis PapagiannopoulosAn old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsOmero AntonuttiEva KotamanidouMihalis GiannatosA rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence.
- DirectorAthina Rachel TsangariStarsAriane LabedVangelis MourikisEvangelia RandouStuck in her boring factory town, twenty-three-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsTom CourtenaySam WanamakerColin BlakelyA plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually, that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsFanis HinasPhilippo VlachosAlexis MannOn a deserted Greek island a number of men are leaded by an attractive female who, like a medusa or spider, devours any male without inhibition.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsLakis HalkiasGiorgos DalarasMariza KochThis documentary presents the reaction of the Greek people after the Colonel's Junta, and the celebrations that followed the fall of the dictatorial regime.
- DirectorAthina Rachel TsangariStarsWillem Dafoe
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsMinas ChristidisGiannis VoglisDimitris MyratThe life and work of Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos from his election in 1910 until 1927.
- DirectorNikos FoskolosStarsNikos KourkoulosManos KatrakisEleni ErimouAn incorruptible examiner finds the real culprit of a brutal homicide and tries to release his wrongfully accused ex-lover. Now, he is closer to the solution; but, it takes courage to face the facts. Is he prepared to confront the truth?
- DirectorStavros TsiolisStarsNikos KourkoulosBetty LivanouManos KatrakisAn undercover cop infiltrates in a spiral of drug dealers, trying to uncover the leader.
- DirectorMaria PlytaStarsAleka KatselliAndreas ZisimatosAnthi MiliadiWanting to have nothing to do with the feud that has decimated not only his family but also his neighbours', too, an irenic teacher faces his childhood sweetheart who yearns to kill him. Can the feared she-wolf see the error of her ways?
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsAntigoni AmanitouZaharias RohasNikos KapiosThe consequences of the Destruction of Smyrna and the Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey, as seen through the eyes of three characters who were dragged to the arid plains of Anatolia only to succumb to hunger, thirst, and the winner's knife.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsTitos VandisAnestis VlahosGiorgos EmirzasFour different stories taking place at border river between two enemy states.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsManos VakousisVera SotnikovaVasilis LaggosPoet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsEva PsilakiTheodosis ZannisDespina MirouIn a port of Peloponnese the local Master Mason, his daughter, a Palestinian commando, a corrupt police chief and 17 girls from eastern Europe await the arrival of a ship with a route from Panama to Israel.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsTitos VandisPetros FyssounAnestis VlahosSome months before the outbreak of the Greek Civil War three outlaws struggle for survival in the mountains.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsMimis FotopoulosSmaroula GiouliSperantza VranaA poor taxi driver works hard in order to pay off his car and to marry his fiancee.
- DirectorIlias MahairasStarsStefanos StratigosMarlen PapouliaKoula AgagiotouWhen the forces of the German occupation undertake a series of serious defeats in the Resistance, suspicions arise of being a traitor among the fighters. A girl who works within the Resistance finds in horror that the traitor is none other than her father.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsYvonne SansonDimitris HornVasilis AvlonitisA bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos AlexandrakisProud, independent Stella, an unconventional Rebetico singer who cherishes her freedom, finds herself in an intense whirlwind romance. Everything points to a tragic ending, and in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAlexandros MamatisJenny RussellNikiforos NanerisThe 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 CacoyannisStarsCharlotte RamplingAlan BatesTushka BergenAbandoned by her lover, the aristocratic Madame Lubov Ranevskaya returns to Russia, only to see her fragrant cherry orchard in full bloom: a painful reminder of her dire economic state and the imminent foreclosure of the enviable property.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsKeith MichellTony Lo BiancoColleen DewhurstA movie telling the Biblical stories of the last of the Hebrew Patriarchs in the Book of Genesis.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiVan HeflinFranco FabriziA wealthy and self-serving man, sets out on a perilous ocean voyage with his son. An unexpected incident with the vessel causes him to reflect on his not so perfect life.
- 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.
- 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?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiGiorgos PappasDimitris HornOn a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsJane AlexanderJohn CullumCarole LaureA U.S. woman joins the underground in 1973 Chile against the horrors of its military regime.
- DirectorBrigitte RoüanStarsNicole GarciaÉric CaravacaPatrick MilleThe gods don't like humans forcing the hand of fate. When Jo turns up in Greece with her sons even though she knows that the festival she founded has been cancelled because of the recession, when she squats a house because accommodation is no longer provided for her, when she forces the mayor to put on a "little" show all the same, the gods punish her: her sons sulk, the show degenerates and her grandson sleeps with a village girl. They are all hounded out and it's the end of a period in her life that she was clinging to.
- DirectorOrestis LaskosStarsDinos IliopoulosLabros KonstadarasLilian MiniatiSadly, a failed businessman wants to end his life, and his money-grubbing relatives see his failure as a golden opportunity to make an easy buck. Only a good employee believes in him; however, one is the question: To live or not live?
- DirectorBrigitte RoüanStarsLakis LazopoulosDemis RoussosGrigoris VasilasIn 2011, I shot a film in Greece, Tu honoreras ta mère et ta mère. After the 2012 riots, I went beck to interview my crew to get a different picture from the one presented by the media. What the Greeks are being subjected to doesn't prevent them from having an opinion: it's what they call "being philosophical". With a blend of despair, courage and humour, it's both comical and dramatic. Brigitte Roüan
- DirectorJohn KingStarsDemis Roussos
- DirectorGiorgos KonstadinouStarsGiorgos KonstadinouDionysis PapagiannopoulosSapfo NotaraTwo unemployed best friends meet an eccentric archaeologist, who enlists their help to steal a rare clay statuette from his biggest competitor, and they fall in love with his daughters. But, will the girls stay with them after 5,000 lies?
- DirectorFilippos FylaktosStarsNikos StavridisNikos RizosPopi LazouA traffic policeman, who is utterly devoted to service and duty, applies the traffic code with unyielding severity.
- DirectorGiorgos SkalenakisStarsElena NathanailThomas FritschAthinodoros ProusalisWhen a handsome prince spots a beautiful Greek tour-guide, he decides to pose as an elegant tourist to mingle with her group. Will the wandering Apollo return to his duties once he takes a sip of powerful Eros' intoxicating elixir?
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsNick Clark WindoJuan Diego BottoLaia MarullThe story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsDimitris KatalifosVasilis DiamantopoulosMagia LymberopoulouLoosely based on the life of Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsVangelis KazanKostas PavlouThanos GrammenosWhen a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsOdysseas PapaspiliopoulosMarina KalogirouThodoris AtheridisBiographical film of the life of the Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis.
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsSebastian KochEvgeniy StychkinJuan Diego BottoThe Greek pirate who turned businessman, Ioannis Varvakis, made his fortune selling caviar in Russia and all over the world. Varvakis strives all his life for freedom for himself and then for his country.
- DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsAntonis AntoniouKostas DelakourasAlbertos FaisA tribute on the first Greek modern Olympic Winner, Marathon runner Spyros Louis Spyros Louis is a saint of Hellenism and of the upper values of Greece. This film asserts to record this poor farmer from Maroussi who showed the complete sense and the meaning of fair play of ancient Greeks. The film SPYROS LOUIS defends the ethos of the disinterested marathon runner Spyros Louis who with his life and his victory became immortal by making Greeks regain their lost pride and dream once again.
- DirectorYannis Smaragdis
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandIrene PapasJean-Louis TrintignantThe public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsUlrich TukurMathieu KassovitzUlrich MüheDuring WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.
- DirectorMarios PiperidesStarsAdam BousdoukosFatih AlVicky PapadopoulouYiannis, a faded musician who is about to leave Cyprus for a better life abroad, sees his plans turned upside down when his dog crosses the Buffer Zone that separates the "Greek South" from the "Turkish North". Can he smuggle him back in?
- DirectorIlias MylonakosStarsLaura GemserGabriele TintiLivia RussoA woman struggles to keep her stepdaughter from harms way after she hires an assassin to kill her husband, but the hitman turns and blackmails her for the crime.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsChuck NorrisLee MarvinMartin BalsamAfter a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.
- DirectorYelena PopovicStarsAris ServetalisAlexander PetrovMickey RourkeExiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsSelahattin PasaliEkin KoçErol BabaogluEmre, a young prosecutor newly appointed to the small town of Yaniklar, finds himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first criminal investigation.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMarcello MastroianniNadia MourouziSerge ReggianiA bee keeper, Spiros, travels from the north to the south of Greece with his bees to meet the spring.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsHarvey KeitelMaia MorgensternErland JosephsonAn 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 AngelopoulosStarsBruno GanzIsabelle RenauldFabrizio BentivoglioFamous writer Alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from Albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMarcello MastroianniJeanne MoreauGregory Patrick KarrA reporter stuck in a border town with an overcrowding of refugees sees a man he believes to be a long lost politician.
- DirectorDimos TheosStarsAnestis VlahosKyriakos KatzourakisEleni TheofilouAthens 1967. The political assassinations and the background between the government and foreign powers, on the occasion of the "Polk Case", where an innocent leftist was convicted for the murder of an American journalist in Greece.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.