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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4 +14
Oi Germanoi xanarhontai...
1948 — a.k.a. The Germans Strike Again, in 1 top list Check -
9 +18
Istoria mias kalpikis liras
1955 — a.k.a. The Counterfeit Coin, in 4 top lists Check -
11 +19
Stella
1955, in 4 top lists Check -
12 +20
O drakos
1956 — a.k.a. The Ogre of Athens, in 4 top lists Check -
13 +20
To koritsi me ta mavra
1956 — a.k.a. A Girl in Black, in 1 top list Check -
16 +21
To teleftaio psemma
1958 — a.k.a. A Matter of Dignity, in 1 top list Check -
20 +28
Ilektra
1962 — a.k.a. Electra, in 4 top lists Check -
21 +28
Psila ta heria Hitler
1962, in 1 top list Check -
22 +29
Mikres Afrodites
1963 — a.k.a. Young Aphrodites, in 1 top list Check -
24 +29
Tis kakomoiras
1963 — a.k.a. World Gone Mad, in 1 top list Check -
32 +40
Anaparastasi
1970 — a.k.a. Reconstruction, in 2 top lists Check -
33 +40
Evdokia
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
39 +45
Evridiki BA 2037
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
41 +46
O thiasos
1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check -
42 +50
Oi kynigoi
1977 — a.k.a. The Hunters, in 1 top list Check -
47 +56
O Megalexandros
1980 — a.k.a. Alexander the Great, in 0 top lists Check -
55 +61
Glykia symmoria
1983, in 1 top list Check -
57 +61
Rembetiko
1983, in 1 top list Check -
58 +64
Taxidi sta Kythira
1984 — a.k.a. Voyage to Cythera, in 2 top lists Check -
59 +64
I timi tis agapis
1984 — a.k.a. The Price of Love, in 0 top lists Check -
62 +63
Petrina hronia
1985 — a.k.a. Stone Years, in 0 top lists Check -
66 +70
Proini peripolos
1987 — a.k.a. Morning Patrol, in 0 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 -
84 +80
Apo tin akri tis polis
1998 — a.k.a. From the Edge of the City, in 1 top list Check -
89 +89
Spirtokouto
2002 — a.k.a. Matchbox, in 0 top lists Check -
92 +90
Glykia mnini
2005 — a.k.a. Sweet Memory, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Oct 22, 2013;