Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "greek", "restaurant"

1. The Lobster (2015)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman

Votes: 296,135 | Gross: $8.70M

2. The Last Samurai (2003)

R | 154 min | Action, Drama

Nathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton

Votes: 470,894 | Gross: $111.11M

3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis

Votes: 144,586 | Gross: $241.44M

4. The Two Faces of January (2014)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.

Director: Hossein Amini | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Bevan

Votes: 33,651 | Gross: $0.51M

5. Midnight Express (1978)

R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli

Votes: 88,216 | Gross: $35.00M

6. Crooked House (2017)

PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Stars: Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Kneafsey

Votes: 27,524

7. Diner (1982)

R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern

Votes: 22,811 | Gross: $14.10M

8. Date Movie (2006)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.

Directors: Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg | Stars: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge

Votes: 62,228 | Gross: $48.55M

9. The Wog Boy (2000)

92 min | Comedy

When a 'dole bludging' Greek gains national fame following a television appearance, he's recruited by a political party as the face of their campaign to improve the country's unemployment rate.

Director: Aleksi Vellis | Stars: Nick Giannopoulos, Lucy Bell, Vince Colosimo, Geraldine Turner

Votes: 2,313

10. Poolhall Junkies (2002)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years must return to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy--the very man who held him back from greatness.

Director: Mars Callahan | Stars: Mars Callahan, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Rosenbaum, Ricky Schroder

Votes: 10,844 | Gross: $0.56M

11. The Man with the Answers (2021)

Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A former Greek diving champion and an eccentric German student take an adventurous road-trip of rediscovery from Bari to Bavaria.

Director: Stelios Kammitsis | Stars: Vasilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil, Stella Fyrogeni, Marc Pistono

Votes: 3,959

12. The Riot Club (2014)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay

Votes: 24,115

13. Malcolm (1986)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi

A socially awkward and mechanically gifted man becomes involved in a quirky and unconventional crime.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies, Chris Haywood

Votes: 2,841 | Gross: $0.54M

14. Goodbye, Children (1987)

PG | 104 min | Drama, War

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg

Votes: 36,114 | Gross: $4.54M

15. 15 Minutes (2001)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.

Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks

Votes: 51,929 | Gross: $24.40M

16. Soul Kitchen (2009)

99 min | Comedy, Drama

In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke

Votes: 40,426 | Gross: $0.27M

17. The Burglars (1971)

PG | 120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plans an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector, but corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.

Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein

Votes: 2,990

18. La fille sur le pont (1999)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

One night, a fading entertainer intervenes when a woman contemplates suicide, beginning a strange, unpredictable relationship.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Frédéric Pfluger, Dimitris Georgalas

Votes: 14,356 | Gross: $1.71M

19. Head On (1998)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.

Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Elle Mandalis, Damien Fotiou, Alex Papps

Votes: 4,625 | Gross: $0.38M

20. The Trip to Greece (2020)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

Actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan travel from Troy to Ithaca following in the footsteps of the Odysseus.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Rebecca Johnson

Votes: 4,747

21. Blackmail Boy (2003)

100 min | Drama, Romance

In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day ... See full summary »

Directors: Thanasis Papathanasiou, Michalis Reppas | Stars: Nena Menti, Maria Kavoyianni, Akilas Karazisis, Joyce Evidi

Votes: 1,240 | Gross: $0.02M

22. Joe Gould's Secret (2000)

R | 104 min | Drama

Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of twenty thousand conversations he's overheard.

Director: Stanley Tucci | Stars: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Sarah Hyland

Votes: 1,645 | Gross: $0.64M

23. Kings & Queen (2004)

Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin

Votes: 4,015 | Gross: $0.29M

24. Bourek (2015)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Set against the backdrop of economic crisis and bad news, an extravagant international cast of characters meet, fight, and fall in love, while hiding from the end of the world and other calamities on the tiny Greek island of Khronos.

Director: Vladan Nikolic | Stars: William Leroy, Katerina Misichroni, Robert Rees, Sergej Trifunovic

Votes: 2,807

25. Siberia (1998)

Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Goof and Hugo are flatmates in Amsterdam who have made a tidy sum from having sex with tourists, then robbing them. Their goal is to spend the money together on a world trip and their scam ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Jan Westdijk | Stars: Roeland Fernhout, Hugo Metsers, Vlatka Simac, Nicole Eggert

Votes: 958

26. Valkanizater (1997)

97 min | Comedy

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.

Director: Sotiris Goritsas | Stars: Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Stelios Mainas, Katharina Zapatka, Giota Festa

Votes: 904

27. Jack of All Trades, Master of None (1963)

80 min | Comedy

Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries many different jobs; druggist, photographer, even wrestling referee. The result is always hilarious and explosive!

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Thanasis Vengos, Marika Krevata, Giorgos Gavriilidis, Niki Linardou

Votes: 1,236

28. A Night at the Ritz (1935)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy

Duke Regan is the high-pressure, irresponsible promotions/marketing/press agent at the Ritz Hotel. He gets the taste of the home cooking, done by the mother of Marcia Jaynos, but thinks it ... See full summary »

Director: William C. McGann | Stars: William Gargan, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Dorothy Tree

Votes: 129

29. Cloaks and Daggers (2018)

16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Adoni Carter begins a new job at a local restaurant, only to find herself thrown into a girl world where only she doesn't know the rules. She goes head-to-head with the restaurant's queen ... See full summary »

Directors: Jordan Dueck, Kristina Hampton | Stars: Kristina Hampton, Abbey Dutton, Laura Geluch, Brenna Llewellyn

30. Good Times, Money and Love (1955)

84 min | Comedy

In high hopes of changing his life for the better, a young law student receives his affluent uncle who seems to be gravely ill. However, what happens if the unsuspecting relative, instead of deteriorating, gets a second chance at life?

Director: Nikos Tsiforos | Stars: Vasilis Avlonitis, Smaroula Giouli, Sperantza Vrana, Nikos Rizos

Votes: 62

31. The Cicada and the Ant (1958)

81 min | Comedy

Two partners and polar opposites have a different point of view towards life. The one is only interested in saving for a rainy day, while the other, prefers living for the moment. What would happen if they swapped places with each other?

Director: Filippos Fylaktos | Stars: Vasilis Avlonitis, Rena Dor, Nikos Rizos, Thodoros Moridis

Votes: 71

32. The Optimist (1973)

90 min | Comedy

A minor fender-bender triggers a string of unexpected events when a young optimist and car sales representative chances upon the incognito daughter of his antagonist. Will this lead to a fresh romance, and the fulfilment of his dreams?

Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Elena Nathanail, Andreas Filippides, Marika Krevata

Votes: 122

33. Minder (1979–1994)
Episode: The Dessert Song (1980)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Having saved Charlie, a Greek-Cypriot, from a beating, Terry learns that Christina, Charlie's cousin, is also being threatened by her brother-in-law, who wants to take over their Greek ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Dennis Waterman, George Cole, Diane Keen, Peter Bland

Votes: 79

34. Kitchen Nightmares (2007–2023)
Episode: Kati Allo (2014)

TV-14 | 44 min | Reality-TV

Chef Ramsay heads to Queens, New York in hopes of restoring Kati Allo, a Greek restaurant run by husband-and-wife team Manny and Christine. Ramsay is surprised when he finds Kati Allo isn't... See full summary »

Directors: Jay Hunter, Glenn GT Taylor | Stars: Gordon Ramsay, Lara Whateley

Votes: 118