The Ultimate Guide to Greek Cinema (to be updated)

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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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  1. 41 +46

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 47 +56

    O Megalexandros

    1980 — a.k.a. Alexander the Great, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 80 +74

    Iniohos

    1995 — a.k.a. The Charioteer, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 35 +42

    Ioannis o viaios

    1973 — a.k.a. John the Violent, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 85 +82

    I earini synaxis ton agrofylakon

    1999 — a.k.a. The Four Seasons of the Law, in 1 top list Check
  6. 42 +50

    Oi kynigoi

    1977 — a.k.a. The Hunters, in 1 top list Check
  7. 55 +61

    Glykia symmoria

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  8. 62 +63

    Petrina hronia

    1985 — a.k.a. Stone Years, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 77 +71

    Krystallines nyhtes

    1992 — a.k.a. Crystal Nights, in 1 top list Check
  10. 100 new

    To Mikro Psari

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 45 +51

    1922

    1978 — a.k.a. The Number, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 90 +89

    O vasilias

    2002 — a.k.a. The King, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 9 +18

    Istoria mias kalpikis liras

    1955 — a.k.a. The Counterfeit Coin, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 67 +70

    Topio stin omihli

    1988 — a.k.a. Landscape in the Mist, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 91 +90

    Olo to varos tou kosmou

    2003 — a.k.a. All the Weight of the World, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 49 +56

    Oi apenanti

    1981 — a.k.a. A Foolish Love, in 1 top list Check
  17. 88 +89

    Para ligo, para ponto, para triha

    2002 — a.k.a. Close So Close, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 58 +64

    Taxidi sta Kythira

    1984 — a.k.a. Voyage to Cythera, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 87 new

    Pes sti morfini akoma tin psahno

    2001 — a.k.a. Still Looking for Morphine, in 1 top list Check
  20. 46 +52

    Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas

    1978 — a.k.a. The Idlers of the Fertile Valley, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 94 +91

    I psyhi sto stoma

    2006 — a.k.a. Soul Kicking, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 16 +21

    To teleftaio psemma

    1958 — a.k.a. A Matter of Dignity, in 1 top list Check
  23. 71 +71

    Singapore sling: O anthropos pou agapise ena ptoma

    1990 — a.k.a. Singapore Sling, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 96 +97

    Strella

    2009 — a.k.a. A Woman's Way, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 92 +90

    Glykia mnini

    2005 — a.k.a. Sweet Memory, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 59 +64

    I timi tis agapis

    1984 — a.k.a. The Price of Love, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 20 +28

    Ilektra

    1962 — a.k.a. Electra, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 57 +61

    Rembetiko

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  29. 74 +72

    Isyhes meres tou Avgoustou

    1991 — a.k.a. Quiet Days of August, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 98 +98

    Macherovgaltis

    2010 — a.k.a. Knifer, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 66 +70

    Proini peripolos

    1987 — a.k.a. Morning Patrol, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 72 +71

    Isimeria

    1991 — a.k.a. Equinox, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 37 +45

    Modelo

    1974 — a.k.a. Model, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 6 +15

    O methystakas

    1950 — a.k.a. The Drunkard, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 56 +61

    Revanche

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 52 +60

    Arpa colla

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  37. 76 +71

    Ta hronia tis megalis zestis

    1992 — a.k.a. The Years of the Big Heat, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 99 +103

    Imerologia amnisias

    2012 — a.k.a. Amnesia Diaries, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 12 +20

    O drakos

    1956 — a.k.a. The Ogre of Athens, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 65 +68

    I fotografia

    1986 — a.k.a. The Photograph, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 51 +56

    To ergostasio

    1981 — a.k.a. The Factory, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 32 +40

    Anaparastasi

    1970 — a.k.a. Reconstruction, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 39 +45

    Evridiki BA 2037

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 13 +20

    To koritsi me ta mavra

    1956 — a.k.a. A Girl in Black, in 1 top list Check
  45. 54 +60

    To stigma

    1982 — a.k.a. Stigma, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 14 +20

    Enas iros me padoufles

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 79 +74

    Telos epohis

    1994 — a.k.a. End of an Era, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 97 +97

    Attenberg

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 33 +40

    Evdokia

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 29 +37

    Oi voskoi

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
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