Greece - a country ranking
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- DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsElli FotiouAnestis VlahosSpyros FokasA disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsOlga KarlatosGeorge DialegmenosDimitris PoulikakosA 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?
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsMaria AlkeouDora LytinakiDimitris PoulikakosAdaptation of Papadiamantis' novel Fonissa about a woman who murders little girls.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsVera TschechowaJohn MooreNiki TriantafillidiAwaiting for Orpheus to save her from a modern Hades, Euridice faces her fears, desires, hallucinations and memories.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsFrançois DelaiveMichele ValleyTania TrypiA German woman who believes in magic falls in love with a Jewish young man.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMichalis ZekeTania PalaiologouStratos TzortzoglouTwo children journey the long road to Germany to find the man they believe to be their father.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsJenny KareziGiorgos FoundasDimitris PapamichaelThe inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsMina OrfanouYannis KokiasmenosMinos TheoharisYorgos 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.
- DirectorDimos AvdeliodisStarsAngeliki MalantiAngelos PantelarasTakis AgorisIn early-1960s Chios, the sudden death of a forest ranger forces the local agronomist to appoint his successor. But, none of the available field guards accepts the position due to the bad reputation of the village.
- 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.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsToula StathopoulouAnny LoulouStratis TsopanellisSet on the island of Corfu at the beginning of the century. Story of the troubled love affair between Rene and Andreas and the refusal of Rene's mother to give Andreas the dowry he demands.
- 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.
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosStarsMakis PapadimitriouElli TringouHara KotsaliOn a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsAnna VagenaSmaro VeakiKostas RigopoulosAnna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna.
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosEfi RoditiAntonis PapadopoulosDuring the dark years of the German Occupation in Greece, the mysterious disappearance of a cherished tomcat throws a destitute factory worker straight into the bowels of Kommandantur, to taste firsthand the oppressor's lavish hospitality.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsNikos GeorgakisGiorgos EvgenikosVangelis MourikisThe story follows the sporadic reunions of six friends during the seven-year period of their integration into society.
- DirectorThanasis VengosStarsThanasis VengosZanninoDimitris NikolaidisVengos studies in a secret agents' academy, dreaming of becoming a great spy like 007. Unfortunately, he can't do anything right, so he wreaks havoc during his final exams.
- DirectorNikos ZervosStarsCostas FerrisMarili TsopanelliHristina AulianouRebellious Costas, now in his forties, feels alienated in all modern social or ideological groups. He leaves the commune and walks out into the boulevard. But his soul still feels empty.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsAimilia PittaFaidon GeorgitsisTakis EmmanuelThe experiences and suffering of a band of Greek soldiers during the 1939-45 war.