The best Greek films of all time
The top 3 according to 1 vote: The Travelling Players (1975) · The Ogre of Athens (1956) · Stella (1955). (Updated Jun 13, 2026.)
From Stella to Dogtooth: the Greek films that stand out in the lists of the Greek film critics' association, the BFI and critics (Ethnos, Cityportal, Filmy).
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Top 14
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1
The Travelling Players (1975)
Theo Angelopoulos; first on the Greek critics' list.
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2
The Ogre of Athens (1956)
Nikos Koundouros, a clerk who looks like a notorious criminal.
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3
Stella (1955)
Michael Cacoyannis with Melina Mercouri.
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4
Dogtooth (2009)
Yorgos Lanthimos; Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes.
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5
Never on Sunday (1960)
Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri in Piraeus.
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6
Rembetiko (1983)
Costas Ferris; the story of a rebetiko singer.
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7
Voyage to Cythera (1984)
Theo Angelopoulos.
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8
Evdokia (1971)
Alexis Damianos; a sergeant and a prostitute.
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9
Sweet Bunch (1983)
Nikos Nikolaidis.
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10
The Photograph (1986)
Nikos Papatakis, two Greek emigrants in Paris.
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11
The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
Giorgos Tzavellas, four stories around a fake coin.
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12
The Fear (1966)
Kostas Manoussakis, a crime in a farming family.
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13
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)
Nikos Panayotopoulos, a family that does nothing at all.
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14
Let the Women Wait (1998)
Stavros Tsiolis.
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15
Reconstruction (1970)
Theo Angelopoulos, his first feature.
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