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51. A Touch of Spice (2003)
108 min | Drama
A Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
Director: Tassos Boulmetis | Stars: Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer Karadagli
Votes: 14,928
52. Gorgones kai mages (1968)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Flora and Petros are competitors who try to buy cheap land on a Greek island and sell it to foreigner investors. During their stay comic things take place ending to find true love in the local residents.
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Mary Hronopoulou, Faidon Georgitsis, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Vagelis Seilinos
Votes: 840
53. Ekeino to kalokairi... (1971)
79 min | Drama, Romance
The mother of a girl decides to trust his father, with whom he is separated, when he learns that she is seriously ill. This summer will be the last for both of them and all that is left to Peter is to stand by their child.
Director: Vasilis Georgiadis | Stars: Elena Nathanail, Lakis Komninos, Roula Hristopoulou, Andreas Filippides
Votes: 310
54. Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoglu (2019)
141 min | Biography, Drama, History
The biography of Turkish weightlifter and Olympic champion Naim Suleymanoglu.
Director: Özer Feyzioglu | Stars: Hayat Van Eck, Selen Öztürk, Yetkin Dikinciler, Gürkan Uygun
Votes: 14,090
55. Les Grands Mythes (2014–2021)
26 min | Documentary, Animation, Fantasy
Tales of love, sex, power, betrayal, heinous crimes, unbearable separations, atrocious revenge, and metamorphoses - the poetic force of the myths has crossed the centuries.
Star: Thomas Balou Martin
Votes: 618
56. In the Nick of Time (2005–2007)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Five strangers witness the death of a former government official in an elevator of a luxurious hotel and they soon find themselves tangled in a huge mystery.
Stars: Smaragda Karydi, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Argyris Angelou
Votes: 5,680
57. Isaia... mi horeveis (1969)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Utterly disappointed by his first unsuccessful marriage, Isaias declares war to love from his thriving introduction and dating agency, unaware that Cupid has plans in store for him and his secretary. Will he give love a second chance?
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Jenny Roussea, Anna Matzourani, Nikitas Platis
Votes: 208
58. Chevalier (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A fishing trip in the Aegean Sea among a sextet of friends becomes the perfect setting for a relentless contest of male dominance. Everything can spark a fierce competition; but, only one can wear the precious chevalier. Who will it be?
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orfanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Yiorgos Kendros
Votes: 4,973 | Gross: $0.03M
59. The Trip to Greece (2020)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson
Votes: 4,765
60. Strella (2009)
111 min | Drama
Yorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed. He meets Strella, a young transsexual sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos.
Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Mina Orfanou, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Argyris Kavidas
Votes: 4,311
61. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.
Directors: William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt | Stars: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 3,910
62. Afti i nyhta menei (2000)
112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
On the brink of the new millennium, a young aspiring singer leaves Athens for the seedy nightclubs of the rough Greek province, bent on getting her big break amid milky-white cigarette smokes, decayed divas--and ultimately--broken hopes.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Nikos Kouris, Athina Maximou, Zoe Nalbanti, Kostas Markopoulos
Votes: 1,446
63. Pretty Smart (1987)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two private girls' school cliques, one rebellious, the other pristine-join forces to expose their corrupt headmaster who videotapes the girls in their rooms with a hidden surveillance camera and sells drugs on the side.
Director: Dimitri Logothetis | Stars: Tricia Leigh Fisher, Lisa Lörient, Dennis Cole, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 663
64. Caged No More (2016)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Aggie Prejean is a godmother on a desperate search to find her two goddaughters, Skye and Elle, who have been kidnapped by their sinister father. As the details behind the girls' ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Arnold | Stars: Debra Wilson, Kevin Sorbo, Cynthia Gibb, Cassidy Gifford
Votes: 562 | Gross: $0.11M
65. Xenia (2014)
Unrated | 134 min | Drama, Romance
Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.
Director: Panos H. Koutras | Stars: Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Giannis Stankoglou, Marisha Triantafyllidou
Votes: 4,355 | Gross: $0.00M
66. Murderball (2005)
R | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro | Stars: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan, Robert Soares
Votes: 10,464 | Gross: $1.52M
67. The Hot Month of August (1966)
79 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chance encounter with an international playboy and a clandestine affair with a cryptic married woman entangle an unsuspecting young man in a well-planned conspiracy. Has anyone emerged unscathed from the unbreakable shackles of passion?
Directors: Sokrates Kapsaskis, Doris Wishman | Stars: Petros Fyssoun, Giannis Fertis, Minas Christidis, Katerina Vasilakou
Votes: 140
68. Last Words (II) (2020)
126 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
It is 2085. A young man, one of the few survivors of the human community of old, embarks on a long voyage to find others.
Director: Jonathan Nossiter | Stars: Nick Nolte, Kalipha Touray, Charlotte Rampling, Alba Rohrwacher
Votes: 368
69. The Angry Hills (1959)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War, Thriller
In 1941, the Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a secret Greek double-agent list that must reach London and not fall into German hands.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Müller, Gia Scala
Votes: 1,165
70. The Elite (I) (2001)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Maxine Bahns, Robin Givens, Jason Lewis
Votes: 591
71. The Waiter (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Renos, a lonely professional waiter, sees his well-organized life routine changing after an unexpected series of events.
Director: Steve Krikris | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Giannis Stankoglou, Alexandros Mavropoulos, Chiara Gensini
Votes: 1,479
72. Spirtokouto (2003)
80 min | Drama
During an unbearably hot Athenian summer, a cramped flat becomes a hellish urban battlefield for an ornamental paterfamilias and his family. Now, ugly truths and deleterious words become weapons in a dirty war. Can they emerge unscathed?
Director: Yannis Economides | Stars: Errikos Litsis, Eleni Kokkidou, Costas Xikominos, Giannis Voulgarakis
Votes: 3,834
73. Byron (2003 TV Movie)
147 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Following the success of his poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", Byron becomes the toast of London.
Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Oliver Milburn, Michael Elwyn, Jonny Lee Miller
Votes: 1,160
74. Our Lady of Lust (1972)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A sexually liberated young woman vows to become a nun after a near-death experience. She struggles to contain her urges in the convent, and ends up engaging in sexual relations, before leaving the nunnery and falling into a life of sin.
Director: Sergio Bergonzelli | Stars: Toti Achilli, Magda Konopka, Vassili Karis, Gerardo Rossi
Votes: 218
75. Cheap Smokes (2000)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
As the lights flicker on a warm August night amid vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he has just met. The perfect strangers stroll around the city's quiet night streets, changed by the unforgettable journey.
Director: Renos Haralambidis | Stars: Renos Haralambidis, Anna-Maria Papaharalambous, Michalis Iatropoulos, Kostas Tsakonas
Votes: 3,952
76. Constantine's and Helen's (1998–2000)
Comedy
Eleni and Konstantinos who hate each other are forced to live under the same roof awaiting the trial which will determine the ownership of the house.
Stars: Eleni Randou, Haris Romas, Vassilis Koukouras, Maria Lekaki
Votes: 4,044
77. Young Aphrodites (1963)
88 min | Drama, History, Romance
200 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.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Eleni Prokopiou, Takis Emmanuel, Kleopatra Rota, Vangelis Ioannidis
Votes: 842
78. Blackmail Boy (2003)
100 min | Drama, Romance
In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day ... See full summary »
Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Nena Menti, Maria Kavoyianni, Akilas Karazisis, Joyce Evidi
Votes: 1,242 | Gross: $0.02M
79. To thavma tis thalassas ton Sargasson (2019)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In a small eel-farming town in the west of Greece, two women live solitary lives while dreaming of getting away. Elisabeth is a once-ambitious policewoman forced to relocate from Athens ten... See full summary »
Director: Syllas Tzoumerkas | Stars: Angeliki Papoulia, Youla Boudali, Christos Passalis, Argyris Xafis
Votes: 874
80. The Ogre of Athens (1956)
103 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Nikos Koundouros | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 2,206
81. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 434
82. Stefania (1966)
95 min | Drama
Stefania, an eighteen-year-old temptress, ends up in a squalid Athenian reformatory for women. As she plans her escape, someone wants to destroy her. Can sinful Stefania hope for redemption?
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Spyros Fokas, Lefteris Vournas, Spyros Kalogirou
Votes: 342
83. God Loves Caviar (2012)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The 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.
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Sebastian Koch, Evgeniy Stychkin, Juan Diego Botto, Olga Sutulova
Votes: 3,155
84. Epiheirisis Apollon (1968)
88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When 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?
Director: Giorgos Skalenakis | Stars: Elena Nathanail, Thomas Fritsch, Athinodoros Prousalis, Hristos Tsaganeas
Votes: 232
85. The King (2002)
130 min | Drama
A 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?
Director: Nikos Grammatikos | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Marilita Lambropoulou, Minas Hatzisavvas, Babis Giotopoulos
Votes: 2,576
86. Eisai stin EOK, pathe gia tin EOK (1981)
95 min | Comedy
As Greece prepares for the imminent admission in the European Economic Community, a pair of reporters arrive at a small village to document the inhabitants' mixed feelings. Will this pivotal political event mark the beginning of a new era?
Director: Dimis Dadiras | Stars: Stavros Paravas, Hronis Exarhakos, Nikos Tsoukas, Giannis Vogiatzis
Votes: 90
87. Under the Sign of Virgo (1973)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime
What drives a woman into prostitution? An abused streetwalker recounts to her prying customers three diverse itineraries in her life, pivoting around the allure of success; a fateful event, and the ultimate sacrifice. Which story is real?
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Zoi Laskari, Hristos Politis, Hristos Nomikos, Spyros Kalogirou
Votes: 180
88. The Giant of Marathon (1959)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Mario Bava | Stars: Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni, Alberto Lupo
Votes: 1,084
89. From the Edge of the City (1998)
Unrated | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
Director: Constantine Giannaris | Stars: Stathis Papadopoulos, Costas Kotsianidis, Panagiotis Chartomatsidis, Anestis Polychronidis
Votes: 1,478
90. The Last Note (2017)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, History, War
The 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.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Andreas Konstantinou, André Hennicke, Melia Kreiling, Tasos Dimas
Votes: 3,341
91. Loafing and Camouflage (1984)
99 min | Comedy
The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spyridakis, Stavros Xenidis
Votes: 3,658
92. Safe Sex (1999)
100 min | Comedy
A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. We see several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way as the film progresses.
Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Mina Adamaki, Alexandros Antonopoulos, Kostas Grekas, Vaso Goulielmaki
Votes: 3,849
93. An Unbelievable Fool (1969)
84 min | Comedy, Romance
A silent remnant of WWII lies hidden in the backyard of an unsuspecting barber, as a former Gestapo officer and his henchmen, disguised as tourists, return to claim what's theirs. Will the resilient everyman find out their secret?
Director: Thanasis Vengos | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Nora Katseli, Takis Miliadis
Votes: 324
94. Roza of Smyrna (2016)
97 min | Drama, Romance
During the volatile 1987 Aegean crisis, a collector sets out to the memory-laden coast of Asia Minor and unearths a haunting mystery dating back to the Great Fire of Smyrna. Can a blood sacrifice appease decades of pain and suffering?
Director: George Kordellas | Stars: Tasos Nousias, Lida Protopsalti, Evgenia Dimitropoulou, Yilmaz Gruda
Votes: 2,082
95. On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980)
PG | 100 min | Comedy
Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Francis Perrin, Catherine Alric
Votes: 1,004
96. Norway (2014)
73 min | Fantasy
Photophobic Zano, arrives in the city for the very first time. The year is 1984 and Athens beckons. A vampire and a fine dancer, Zano quickly gets devoured by the dark underbelly of the capital city. All he really wants is a ''warm'' girl.
Director: Yannis Veslemes | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Alexia Kaltsiki, Daniel Bolda, Markos Lezes
Votes: 931
97. Otan oi rodes horevoun (1984)
88 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Yorgos and his friends are a bike gang that lives wild, until he meets Eirini and things get complicated.
Director: Giannis Dalianidis | Stars: Stamatis Gardelis, Vasia Panagopoulou, Tolis Velonakis, Pavlos Evagelopoulos
Votes: 176
98. Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
104 min | Adventure, Drama
Tintin and Captain Haddock try to discover what is so desirable about their old and apparently worthless ship.
Director: Jean-Jacques Vierne | Stars: Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot, Milo
Votes: 1,541
99. I zoi mou arhizei me sena (1961)
92 min | Drama
An arrogant lieutenant of the Royal Hellenic Navy who finds out that his ex-lover has deeper feelings for one of his colleagues, wants to take his revenge on him after a nearly fatal accident. Can he swallow his pride and accept the truth?
Director: Filippos Fylaktos | Stars: Pari Leventi, Nikos Xanthopoulos, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Giorgos Moutsios
Votes: 22
100. The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued after the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson
Votes: 3,979