The Ultimate Guide to Greek Cinema (to be updated)

Created by Dimitris Psachos Springer.

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A work-in-progress list of acclaimed and personal favorite Greek films, with or without English subtitles, either feature or short films of any genre and sub-genre. I decided to update this only with films I've watched, a top 100 to begin with and a possible top 250. Shorts and documentaries will be excluded but will be alligned here in the info section, down below.

The top 10 Greek films according to the Greek Film Critics Association or Pan-Hellenic Film Critics Association:

2006 selection

1. O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens Nikos Koundouros
2. Evdokia Ευδοκία Alexis Damianos
– The Travelling Players Ο θίασος Theodoros Angelopoulos
4. Stella Στέλλα Michalis Kakoyannis
5. The Counterfeit Coin Η κάλπικη λίρα Yiorgos Tzavellas
6. Reconstruction Αναπαράσταση Theodoros Angelopoulos
– Rembetiko Ρεμπέτικο Costas Ferris
– The Photograph / Η φωτογραφία Nikos Papatakis
9. Karkalou / Καρκαλού by Stavros Tornes
10. Sweet Gang Γλυκιά Συμμορία Nikos Nikolaidis
– The four seasons of the law Η εαρινή σύναξις των αγροφυλάκων Dimos Avdeliodis

1986 selection

1. Evdokia / Ευδοκία by Alexis Damianos
2. O Drakos Ο Δράκος Nikos Koundouros
3. Reconstruction Αναπαράσταση Theodoros Angelopoulos
4. The Travelling Players Ο θίασος Theodoros Angelopoulos
5. The Counterfeit Coin / Η κάλπικη λίρα by Yiorgos Tzavellas
– Ta Chromata tis iridos / Τα Χρώματα της Ίριδος Nikos Panagiotopoulos
7. Karkalou Καρκαλού Stavros Tornes
– To proxenio tis Annas Το Προξενιό της Άννας Pantelis Voulgaris
9. Balamos Μπαλαμός Stavros Tornes
– Stella (Mihalis Kakogiannis)

Thessaloniki Film Festival online, public voting for the Centennial of Greek Cinema out of 200 films selected by film critics

1. Kinoniki Sapila / Social Corruption (Stelios Tatasopoulos, 1932)
2. Istoria mias Kalpikis Liras / The Counterfeit Coin Yorgos Tzavellas 1955
3. Stella (Mihalis Kakogiannis, 1955)
4. O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens (Nikos Koundouros 1956)
5. Synikia to Oniro / A Neighborhood Named “The Dream” (Alekos Alexandrakis, 1961)
6. Evdokia Alexis Damianos 1971
7. O Thiassos / The Travelling Players Theo Angelopoulos 1975
8. I Tembelides tis Eforis Kiladas / The Idlers of the Fertile Valley Nikos Panayotopoulos 1978
9. Glikia Symmoria / Sweet Bunch Nikos Nikolaidis 1983
10. I Timi tis Agapis / The Price of Love Tonia Marketaki 1983
11. Kali patrida, sintrofe / Happy Homecoming, Comrade by Lefteris Xanthopoulos
12. Ola Ine Dromos / It’s a Long Road by Pantelis Voulgaris
13. Apo tin akri tis polis / From the Edge of the City by Constantine Giannaris
14. Pes sti Morfini Akoma tin Psahno / Still Looking for Morphine by Yannis Fagras
15. Sose me / Save Me by Stratos Tzitzis
16. I Yenei tis Samothrakis / The Valiants of Samothrace by Stamatis Tsarouchas
17. Politiki kouzina / A Touch of Spice by Tassos Boulmetis
18. Kynodontas / Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos
19. Strella /A Woman's Way by Panos H. Koutras
20. Mikra Anglia / Little England by Pantelis Voulgaris

Top Documentaries (alphabetically)

Agelastos petra by Filippos Koutsaftis
Oi karvouniarides by Alinda Dimitriou
Makedonikos gamos by Takis Kanellopoulos
I istoria tis ellinikis haraktikis by Gay Aggeli

Top Short Films (alphabetically)

Ekpombi by Theodoros Angelopoulos
Grammata apo tin Ameriki by Lakis Papastathis
Lacrimae rerum by Nikos Nikolaidis
Ta matoklada sou lampoun by Costas Ferris
Monastiraki by Gay Aggeli
Periptoseis tou ohi by Dimitris Avgerinos, Lakis Papastathis
Thiraikos orthros by Kostas Sfikas, Stavros Tornes
Tsouf by Thodoros Maragos (animation)
Tzimis o tigris by Pantelis Voulgaris