Cine.gr's The Best of Greek Cinema
In 2011, 6 cine.gr editors published their lists of the top 10 Greek films, followed by a list of the top 60 Greek films (not compiled from the 6 lists but a separate list). This is the top 60 list. The list was published in 3 parts: 60-41, 40-21, 20-1.
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- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis FotopoulosPivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of an otherwise honest goldsmith, four brief vignettes of human imperfection; seduction; fate; desire, and devotion inextricably interweave.
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsSotiria LeonardouNikos KalogeropoulosMichalis ManiatisThe story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsDespina TomazaniDora MasklavanouTakis MoshosA band of handsome Athenian pariahs waiting for a miracle have a fateful encounter with the ever-present state instead. And as the law's suffocating stranglehold tightens around them, the shotguns have the final say.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiGiorgos PappasDimitris HornOn a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?
- DirectorThanasis VengosStarsThanasis VengosAntonis PapadopoulosVasilis AndreopoulosThou-Vou and his new partner, MAP31, accept three imaginary tasks from a cunning director who is only interested in filming the unsuspecting duo for his upcoming movie feature. Will the agents manage to squeeze success out of failure?
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsToula StathopoulouYannis TotsikasThanos GrammenosA husband working in West Germany pays a visit back home to his village in Epirus and is murdered by his wife and her married lover.
- 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.
- DirectorNicos PerakisStarsNikos KalogeropoulosGiorgos KimoulisTakis SpyridakisThe "adventures" of some friends during their military service.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsKatharine HepburnVanessa RedgraveGeneviève BujoldThe women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsEleni KastaniAkilas KarazisisAmalia MoutousiThree couples flee Athens for the summer, and their journeys change their lives forever.
- DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosYorgos TsemberopoulosGiorgos TsemperopoulosStarsBetty LivanouAris RetsosGiorgos SiskosOn a hot Athenian July, a reclusive Astronomy student spots a disillusioned woman with his telescope, and his dull existence takes on a new meaning. They coexist in time and space; but, they are so far apart. Will they ever become one?
- DirectorJules DassinStarsMelina MercouriJules DassinGiorgos FoundasAn American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
- DirectorDimos AvdeliodisStarsYannis AvdeliodisNikos MioterisMarina DelivoriaThe friendship between two young boys during the summertime in 60's Chios island.
- DirectorAlekos AlexandrakisStarsAlekos AlexandrakisManos KatrakisAliki GeorgouliThe stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.
- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsHristos TsagasAlexis DamianosEleni BourbouhakiAs a grizzled, poverty-stricken mountaineer heads to the bustling port of Piraeus to embark for Australia, three intertwined stories of vehement passion become the painful reminders that, when love ends, life is ugly and unbearable.
- 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.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisNitsa TsaganeaIlia LivykouA quiet and modest man, disappointed and embittered by the civil war that plagues Greece after WWII, faces Hitler and his Nazis who strike back to retake Greece.
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsNikos GeorgakisGiorgos EvgenikosVangelis MourikisThe story follows the sporadic reunions of six friends during the seven-year period of their integration into society.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsDimitris HornMaro KodouSmaro StefanidouIn return for handsome and unclouded youth, a weary old geezer makes a pact with the father of lies to woo his beautiful next-door-neighbour. However, will he admit his mistake, now that things are not working out as planned?
- DirectorNikos PapatakisStarsHristos TsagasAris RetsosZozo ZarpaA young furrier leaves Castoria in 1971 to emigrate to France to live with a relative. He finds a photograph, leading to a confrontation with his relative.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsVangelis KazanEva KotamanidouGiorgos DanisOn New Year's Eve, a group of hunters finds the frozen body of a dead WWII partisan fighter. They spend the night debating what to do with it.
- 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?
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsNikos KourisAthina MaximouZoe NalbantiOn the brink of the new millennium, a young aspiring singer leaves Athens for the seedy nightclubs of the rough Greek province, bent on getting her big break amid milky-white cigarette smokes, decayed divas--and ultimately--broken hopes.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsKostas HatzihristosMarika KrevataDionysis PapagiannopoulosThree poor friends, Ilias, Thomás and Vangelis, decide to commit a burglary, but everything, although being planned with detail, goes wrong.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsMaro KodouGiorgos KonstadinouDespo DiamantidouAn unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsKostas HatzihristosNikos RizosKostas DoukasA well-off grocery store owner and his outspoken right hand, who are head over heels in love with their neighbours, are about to have their ambitious plans crushed when the girls' true sweethearts put in an appearance at a joyous event.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsMarcello MastroianniJeanne MoreauGregory Patrick KarrA reporter stuck in a border town with an overcrowding of refugees sees a man he believes to be a long lost politician.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsYvonne SansonDimitris HornVasilis AvlonitisA bank teller discovers an accounting error and becomes rich.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosCostas KotsianidisPanagiotis ChartomatsidisA group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsManos KatrakisMary HronopoulouDionysis PapagiannopoulosAn old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.
- DirectorTonia MarketakiStarsFrançois DelaiveMichele ValleyTania TrypiA German woman who believes in magic falls in love with a Jewish young man.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThanasis VengosGiorgos ArmenisDimitris KatalifosThree men head towards a turning point in their lives.
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsAimilia PittaFaidon GeorgitsisTakis EmmanuelThe experiences and suffering of a band of Greek soldiers during the 1939-45 war.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsGiorgos FoundasMargarita PapageorgiouStefanos StratigosKosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsAlkis PanagiotidisKonstantinos TzoumasRita BensousanFive friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence.
- DirectorSokrates KapsaskisStarsVasilis AvlonitisGeorgia VasileiadouNikos RizosTo finally walk down the aisle with his much younger fiancée who is at the end of her tether, a middle-aged wholesale meat supplier must first get Eftichia, his beauty-challenged sister, married. However, this is easier said than done.
- DirectorNikos PapatakisStarsOlga KarlatosGeorge DialegmenosLambros TsagasThanos, a poor shepherd who has returned to Greece after spending time in Germany as an immigrant worker, puts into motion the mechanism of fate.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsZorz SarriGiorgos MoshidisStavros KalaroglouThe film depicts the penal experience of political prisoners exiled to a small Aegean island during the military junta and in particular one prisoner's refusal to submit.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsVangelis KazanKostas PavlouThanos GrammenosWhen a trade unionist is murdered in broad daylight, the suspects rounded up include Sofianos, who doggedly maintains his innocence. When a minister visits his cell, he tricks his warders and takes the man hostage, threatening to kill him.
- DirectorNicos PerakisStarsMimis HrysomallisNikos KalogeropoulosDespina PajanouTwo filmmakers with progressive ideas try to be inspired by the surrounding reality on an attempt to make a movie.
- DirectorYorgos TsemberopoulosStarsKonstandinos PapadimitriouAlexandriani SikelianouHaris SozosAn Athens youth has adulthood thrust upon him after he loses his father.
- DirectorNicos PerakisStarsGiorgos KimoulisDimitris KallivokasGiorgos KotanidisA smart electronic technician needs his fifteen minutes of fame to scrutinise the corrupt Government, threatening to blow a building to smithereens with his devilishly intricate explosive device. Who can stop a man with nothing to lose?
- DirectorAndreas PantzisStarsGeorges CorrafaceValeria GolinoGiannis VoglisDrama set in 1940 about a peasant who traverses Cyprus to pray at a monastery.
- DirectorPeriklis HoursoglouStarsNikos GeorgakisMaria SkoulaNikos OrfanosAfter years of estrangement, two best friends reunite at a New Year's Eve party. As they take a trip down memory lane, their bittersweet story unfolds: 15 long years of youthful ambitions, sacrifices, lost loves, and forgotten ideals.
- DirectorAlexis AlexiouStarsYorgos KakanakisSerafita GrigoriadouDafni LambrogianniLove leads to madness when an unstable man falls for an unsuspecting woman in this thriller from Greece.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsJenny KareziGiorgos FoundasDimitris PapamichaelThe inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.
- DirectorGiannis DalianidisStarsRena VlahopoulouLabros KonstadarasLili PapayanniAbout Aleka who is obsessed with playing cards and the efforts of her husband to make her quit this bad "habit".
- 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.
- DirectorThodoros MaragosStarsVasilis DiamantopoulosAnna MatzouraniNikos KalogeropoulosIn a small Greek village, short time after the collapse of the Junta regime, a memorial of those who died in the German occupation of Greece brings in the surface the political differences of a conservative teacher and his two sons.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisStarsMakis KontizasMitsos KaramitsosArgyris BakirtzisA group of escapees goes to mountainous Peloponnese, looking for a buried treasure.
- DirectorFilippos KoutsaftisStarsPanagiotis FarmakisThe past and the present coexist in a place spoiled by modern industry but which long ago hosted the Eleusinian Mysteries, the secret ceremonies that initiated the ancient Greeks into the miracles of life, death and the afterlife.
- DirectorTassos BoulmetisStarsGeorges CorrafaceIeroklis MichaelidisRenia LouizidouA Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsOrestis MakrisGeorgia VasileiadouJenny KareziAunt Calliopi returns to Greece from Chicago after 30 years and plans to marry off her nieces.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiAthena MichaelidouEleni ZafeiriouA daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
- DirectorYorgos ApostolidisYannis SmaragdisYiannis TypaldosStarsHarry KlynnDimitris PiatasJoly GarbiPeppered with unblushing advertisements against the backdrop of a new era in early-1980s Greece, Harry Klynn's enthusiastic triptych unfolds, depicting an entire nation's aspirations, desires, and fears before a brave new world.