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
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41 +46
O thiasos
1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check -
97 +97
Attenberg
2010, in 2 top lists Check -
67 +70
Topio stin omihli
1988 — a.k.a. Landscape in the Mist, in 7 top lists Check -
71 +71
Singapore sling: O anthropos pou agapise ena ptoma
1990 — a.k.a. Singapore Sling, in 0 top lists Check -
58 +64
Taxidi sta Kythira
1984 — a.k.a. Voyage to Cythera, in 2 top lists Check -
22 +29
Mikres Afrodites
1963 — a.k.a. Young Aphrodites, in 1 top list Check -
57 +61
Rembetiko
1983, in 1 top list Check -
45 +51
1922
1978 — a.k.a. The Number, in 0 top lists Check -
32 +40
Anaparastasi
1970 — a.k.a. Reconstruction, in 2 top lists Check -
55 +61
Glykia symmoria
1983, in 1 top list Check -
18 +23
Makedonikos gamos
1960 — a.k.a. Macedonian Wedding, in 1 top list Check -
1 +6
Dafnis kai Hloi
1931 — a.k.a. Daphnis and Chloe, in 1 top list Check -
43 +50
Idées fixes/Dies irae
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
12 +20
O drakos
1956 — a.k.a. The Ogre of Athens, in 4 top lists Check -
29 +37
Oi voskoi
1967, in 3 top lists Check -
27 +37
....mehri to ploio
1966 — a.k.a. Cornerstone, in 2 top lists Check -
52 +60
Arpa colla
1982, in 1 top list Check -
5 +14
Diagogi... miden!
1949 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 1 top list Check -
33 +40
Evdokia
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
39 +45
Evridiki BA 2037
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
65 +68
I fotografia
1986 — a.k.a. The Photograph, in 2 top lists Check -
20 +28
Ilektra
1962 — a.k.a. Electra, in 4 top lists Check -
9 +18
Istoria mias kalpikis liras
1955 — a.k.a. The Counterfeit Coin, in 4 top lists Check -
8 +17
Kyriakatiko xypnima
1954 — a.k.a. Windfall in Athens, in 1 top list Check -
47 +56
O Megalexandros
1980 — a.k.a. Alexander the Great, in 0 top lists Check -
66 +70
Proini peripolos
1987 — a.k.a. Morning Patrol, in 0 top lists Check -
89 +89
Spirtokouto
2002 — a.k.a. Matchbox, in 0 top lists Check -
11 +19
Stella
1955, in 4 top lists Check -
24 +29
Tis kakomoiras
1963 — a.k.a. World Gone Mad, in 1 top list Check -
16 +21
To teleftaio psemma
1958 — a.k.a. A Matter of Dignity, in 1 top list Check -
63 +63
Topos
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
3 +14
Anna Roditi
1948 — a.k.a. Anna of Rhodes, in 1 top list Check -
84 +80
Apo tin akri tis polis
1998 — a.k.a. From the Edge of the City, in 1 top list Check -
95 +92
Diorthosi
2007 — a.k.a. Correction, in 0 top lists Check -
92 +90
Glykia mnini
2005 — a.k.a. Sweet Memory, in 0 top lists Check -
85 +82
I earini synaxis ton agrofylakon
1999 — a.k.a. The Four Seasons of the Law, in 1 top list Check -
36 +43
I fonissa
1974 — a.k.a. The Murderess, in 0 top lists Check -
94 +91
I psyhi sto stoma
2006 — a.k.a. Soul Kicking, in 0 top lists Check -
80 +74
Iniohos
1995 — a.k.a. The Charioteer, in 0 top lists Check -
83 +80
Kamia sympatheia gia ton Diavolo
1997 — a.k.a. No Sympathy for the Devil, in 0 top lists Check -
30 +37
Kierion
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
2 +8
Koinoniki sapila
1932 — a.k.a. Social Decay, in 1 top list Check -
77 +71
Krystallines nyhtes
1992 — a.k.a. Crystal Nights, in 1 top list Check -
6 +15
O methystakas
1950 — a.k.a. The Drunkard, in 2 top lists Check -
49 +56
Oi apenanti
1981 — a.k.a. A Foolish Love, in 1 top list Check -
4 +14
Oi Germanoi xanarhontai...
1948 — a.k.a. The Germans Strike Again, in 1 top list Check -
42 +50
Oi kynigoi
1977 — a.k.a. The Hunters, in 1 top list Check -
46 +52
Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas
1978 — a.k.a. The Idlers of the Fertile Valley, in 2 top lists Check -
23 +29
Ouranos
1962 — a.k.a. Glory Sky, in 1 top list Check -
26 +35
Prosopo me prosopo
1966 — a.k.a. Face to Face, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Oct 22, 2013;