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- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorGiorgos KabanellisIakovos KabanellisStarsDionysis PapagiannopoulosNiki TriantafillidiGiorgos DanisA quartet of short stories in Greece during the various occupations during World War II.
- DirectorPanos GlykofrydisStarsGiorgos FoundasAnestis VlahosGiannis FertisDuring the German occupation in Greece, the Germans are about to execute 30 men in retaliation for the death of a German soldier. The villagers out of pity, request from them to pardon at least one of the 3 sons of a villager, who have all been selected to die. The officer's condition is that the father selects the one to live. The tragic dilemma is unbearable to the father ...
- 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 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 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.
- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsMaria VassiliouGiorgos KoutouzisKoula AgagiotouAthens, 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?
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- 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 AngelopoulosStarsAlexandra AidiniNikos PoursanidisGiorgos ArmenisThe story starts in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni.
- 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.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- 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 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.
- DirectorDimitris AthanitisStarsKostas KazanasLena KitsopoulouGiorgos KotanidisA romance of extremes in Athens tomorrow. A cashier finds true love in the face of a young waitress who has just been released from prison. When he looses her, he travels all the way to get her back.
- 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.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThemis BazakaDimitris KatalifosMaria MartikaA young couple fight for their love and freedom.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsStratos TzortzoglouThemis BazakaNikos BousdoukosBill, a great football talent, experiences the rise and fall of his career while being introduced to the world of Greek professional football.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsAndreas KonstantinouAndré HennickeMelia KreilingThe execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters and Communists by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsDamian LewisVictoria HaralabidouAndréa FerréolSet 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.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsZorz SarriGiorgos MoshidisStavros KalaroglouThe film depicts the penal experience of political prisoners exiled to a small Aegean island during the military junta and in particular one prisoner's refusal to submit.
- 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.
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsVangelis MourikisMarilita LambropoulouMinas HatzisavvasA former drug addict gets a new lease of life in his grandfather's dilapidated rural house, only to face the unwritten laws of the close-knit community. Now, all that's needed is a catalyst. Who can stop the advent of hell on New Paradise?
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsVangelis GermanosDespoina GeroulanouNikitas TsakiroglouA director in existential and creative crisis tries to find the script of his new film.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsNikitas TsakiroglouVangelis KazanElena KyranaDuring the shooting of a film, a strange man enters the set holding an umbrella. He walks into the sea and disappears. The musician for the film tries to investigate the incident and the significance of this action.