Top 100 Films on Ancient and Mythical Greece
by minalex | created - 28 Jul 2011 | updated - 3 months ago | Public[1] The best films set in ancient or mythical Greece. Also, modern versions of Greek mythology or classic literature. These films are from all over the world: Greece (35), USA (27), Italy (11), United Kingdom (7), France (6), Germany (3), Australia (2), Spain (2), Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Hungary, India and Turkey.
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1. Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
Brief "trick film" in which Zeus and two other gods romp with dancing girls on Olympian clouds.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 450
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
12 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies.
Directors: Charles Kent, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman, Dolores Costello, Helene Costello
Votes: 368
3. Elektra (1910)
Drama, Short
Agamemmon returns to Argos from the Siege of Troy, bringing, as a prisoner and trophy of war and victory, Cassandra, the beautiful daughter of King Priam of Troy. Clytemnestra, the wife of ... See full summary »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Maurice Costello, Mary Fuller
4. Dante's Inferno (1911)
71 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
Directors: Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro | Stars: Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Pier Delle Vigne
Votes: 3,460
5. The Fall of Troy (1911)
28 min | Short, War
One of the first epics on the History of Movies, it tells the story of the Fall of Troy: Paris seduces Helen, queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, city state of his father, King Priam. ... See full summary »
Directors: Luigi Romano Borgnetto, Giovanni Pastrone | Stars: Luigi Romano Borgnetto, Giovanni Casaleggio, Madame Davesnes, Emilio Gallo
Votes: 323
6. Cabiria (1914)
Not Rated | 148 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
Director: Giovanni Pastrone | Stars: Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta, Bartolomeo Pagano, Carolina Catena
Votes: 3,959
The story involves Archimedes and the Siege of Syracuse
7. The Centaurs (1921)
Not Rated | 3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A female centaur (a creature half-human and half-horse) enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 475
8. Maciste in Hell (1925)
95 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Bartolomeo Pagano, Umberto Guarracino, Mario Saio, Franz Sala
Votes: 627
9. Promithefs desmotis (II) (1927)
Drama
A short documentary about the theatrical performance of Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound", which was presented at the Delphic Festivals. The first record of Aggelos Sikelianos' efforts to present ancient Greek tragedy in an ancient theatre.
Director: Dimos Vratsanos | Stars: Thanos Bourlos, Dora Stratou, Popi Rigopoulou, Elli Grigoriadou
Votes: 8
10. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 11,861 | Gross: $0.01M
11. Daphnis and Chloe (1931)
68 min | Drama, Romance
Lamonas the shepherd finds a boy sucking milk from the teats of a goat. He calls him Dafnis and takes him as his own child. At the same time, Dryantas, another shepherd, comes across a little girl whom he calls her Chloe.
Director: Orestis Laskos | Stars: Apollon Marsyas, Loucy Matli, Marika Raftopoulou, Kostas Palaiologos
Votes: 149
12. The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When a lazy grasshopper prefers to sing and dance rather than forage like his friends the ants, he learns to regret it when winter approaches. The ants save his life and in return he entertains them with his music.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 1,958
From Aesop's fable
13. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.
Directors: William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt | Stars: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 3,889
14. The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Big race. Hare, fast and in lead, stops to loaf and show off to girl bunnies. Tortoise, plodding along at steady, slow pace, wins, although hare tries a last minute burst of speed.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Dorothy Compton, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Eddie Holden
Votes: 3,581
From Aesop's fable
15. Summertime (1935)
8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Spring is coming, but Old Man Winter isn't ready to retire for the year.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster | Star: Billy Bletcher
Votes: 170
16. The Golden Touch (1935)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A dwarf grants the king's wish that everything he touches will turn to gold. When the king finds that he cannot eat, he is no longer happy with the gift. By giving up his worldly property, he finds happiness going from riches to rags.
Director: Walt Disney | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Mary Moder, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen
Votes: 1,624
17. Porky's Hero Agency (1937)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky is reading the myth of the Greek gorgon, who turned everyone she looked at into stone. Mother tells him it's bed time; he dreams of being the hero that saves Greece, Porkyakarkus. The... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bernice Hansen, Sara Berner, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 236
18. Pygmalion (1938)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr
Votes: 9,667 | Gross: $3.05M
19. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Sport
The document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Erwin Blask
Votes: 5,240
Opening sequence on Ancient Olympics
20. Fantasia (1940)
G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Votes: 104,027 | Gross: $76.41M
21. Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An upset Bugs challenges the slick Cecil Turtle to a race.
Director: Tex Avery | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,638
A parody of Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare"
22. Sikandar (1941)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama, History, War
The story is set in 326 B.C. The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. He respects ... See full summary »
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Sohrab Modi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Vanamala, Meena Shorey
Votes: 93
23. The Olympic Champ (1942)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
Directors: Jack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: George Johnson, John McLeish
Votes: 1,176
24. Sürtük (1942)
The story of a woman who climbs the social ladder.
Director: Adolf Körner | Stars: Zehra Yumsel, Avni Dilligil, Halide Piskin, Muazzez Arçay
Votes: 15
A Turkish version of Pygmanlion
25. Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks like a tortoise.
Directors: Robert Clampett, Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers, Michael Maltese, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 1,636
And another parody of Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare"
26. Willoughby's Magic Hat (1943)
7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Delilah knits the hair from Samson into a hat. The hat gives its wearer super strength: Hercules, Samson, and in the modern day, the nebbishy Willoughby Wren. Willoughby decides he needs to... See full summary »
Director: Bob Wickersham | Stars: Grace Lenard, John McLeish
Votes: 40
27. Trombone Trouble (1944)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Pegleg Pete annoys the gods Jupiter and Vulcan and neighbor Donald with his nightly trombone sessions.
Director: Jack King | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Chester Cobb, John McLeish, Clarence Nash
Votes: 500
28. Mighty Mouse in the Trojan Horse (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A parody of the Greek myth of the conquering of the Trojan people featuring mice and cats.
Director: Mannie Davis | Star: Tom Morrison
Votes: 56
29. Orpheus (1950)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa
Votes: 13,414
30. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim
Votes: 4,742
An odd mix of the myth of Pandora and the legend of the Flying Dutchman
31. Ulysses (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà
Votes: 4,649
32. Alexander the Great (1956)
Not Rated | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones
Votes: 4,121
33. The Abduction of Persephone (1956)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
Two neighboring villages are almost at war over control of the water in the area.
Director: Grigoris Grigoriou | Stars: Aleka Katselli, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Orestis Makris, Lavrentis Dianellos
Votes: 22
34. Helen of Troy (1956)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance
The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
Directors: Robert Wise, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Stanley Baker, Rossana Podestà, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Sernas
Votes: 2,508 | Gross: $6.98M
35. Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Desperation and secret passions on a family farm lead to tragedy.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton
Votes: 1,448
36. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,268
37. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
76 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Trnka | Stars: Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton, Tom Criddle
Votes: 468
38. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,742
39. Antigone (1961)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Antigone defies her uncle's decree that her traitorous brother should go unburied and therefore find no rest in the afterlife; however, her actions have tragic consequences.
Director: Giorgos Tzavellas | Stars: Irene Papas, Manos Katrakis, Maro Kodou, Nikos Kazis
Votes: 897
A faithful adaptation of Sophocles' play
40. Electra (I) (1962)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Theano Ioannidou
Votes: 1,813
A faithful adaptation of Euripides' play
41. Phaedra (1962)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
To build bridges with his estranged son, a Greek shipping magnate enlists the help of his second wife, Phaedra. But, in rain-soaked Paris, their passionate affair threatens to destroy his empire. Will the modern temptress accept her fate?
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, Elizabeth Ercy
Votes: 1,894
42. Contempt (1963)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 36,052 | Gross: $0.04M
43. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
G | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 31,056 | Gross: $4.58M
44. My Fair Lady (1964)
G | 170 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 101,865 | Gross: $72.00M
A musical version of Pygmalion
45. Sandra (1965)
105 min | Drama, Mystery
Sandra returns to her childhood village to take care of family business, but her childhood memories and secrets soon overcome her.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig, Renzo Ricci
Votes: 2,244
46. Oedipus Rex (1967)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Rescued from abandonment and raised by the King and Queen, Oedipus is still haunted by a prophecy--he'll murder his father and marry his mother.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene
Votes: 6,885
Based on the myth of Oedipus this is not Sophocles play
47. Medea (1969)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy
After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile
Votes: 5,491
Based on the myth of Medea and starring Maria Callas this is not Euripides' play or an opera
48. Notes Towards an African Orestes (1970)
65 min | Documentary
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Gato Barbieri, Donald F. Moye, Marcello Melis, Yvonne Murray
Votes: 547
49. Out 1 (1971)
Not Rated | 776 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, a deaf-mute and a con artist simultaneously stumble upon the remnants of a secret society.
Directors: Jacques Rivette, Suzanne Schiffman | Stars: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot
Votes: 1,554 | Gross: $0.03M
50. The Trojan Women (1971)
GP | 105 min | Drama
The women of Troy face enslavement after the fall of their city.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Votes: 1,698 | Gross: $0.11M
A faithful adaptation of Euripides' play
51. The Great Love Songs (1973)
70 min | Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
O Megalos Erotikos (Magnus Eroticus) is a song cycle of Manos Hadjidakis. In the film the camera tries to capture the atmosphere of the music. An optical voyage in Athens, a free play of image and sound.
Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Andreas Sinanos, Anna Vagena, Nasos Katakouzinos, Dimitris Psarianos
Votes: 53
52. Electra, My Love (1974)
70 min | Drama
It has been fifteen years since the death of her father, Agamemnon, and Elektra still burns with hatred for Aegisztosz, who conspired with Elektra's mother to kill him.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Mari Törőcsik, György Cserhalmi, József Madaras, Mária Bajcsay
Votes: 1,006
A bizzare political version of Electra
53. The Travelling Players (1975)
230 min | Drama, History, Music
Greece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Aliki Georgouli, Kiriakos Katrivanos
Votes: 4,353
A modern version of Oresteia Trilogy, set in Greece, during 1930s-1950s
54. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 52,056
55. Evridiki BA 2037 (1975)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy
Awaiting for Orpheus to save her from a modern Hades, Euridice faces her fears, desires, hallucinations and memories.
Director: Nikos Nikolaidis | Stars: Vera Tschechowa, John Moore, Niki Triantafillidi, Manolis Logiadis
Votes: 525
56. Iphigenia (1977)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
To appease offended gods before going to war, a commander must sacrifice his favorite daughter to them but does so under the pretext of marrying her off.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Irene Papas, Kostas Kazakos, Kostas Karras, Tatiana Papamoschou
Votes: 2,141
A faithful adaptation of Euripides' play
57. From the Cloud to the Resistance (1979)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese's "Dialoghi con Leucò", taken from classical mythology. The second segment is taken from Pavese's novel "La luna e i falò... See full summary »
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Olimpia Carlisi, Guido Lombardi, Gino Felici, Lori Pelosini
Votes: 483
58. Alexander the Great (1980)
210 min | Drama, History
A rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Eva Kotamanidou, Mihalis Giannatos, Grigoris Evangelatos
Votes: 1,132
Megalexandros is a Greek rebel, at 1900, and rather a symbolic figure, incorporating features of all heroes from Greek History, Greek Tragedy or Christian religion (Alexander the Great, Kolokotronis, Velouhciotis, Agamemnon, Orestis, Edipus, Christ, St George or even John the Baptist!).
59. Time Bandits (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 68,392 | Gross: $42.37M
60. Clash of the Titans (1981)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith
Votes: 47,789 | Gross: $41.09M
61. Arpa Colla (1982)
98 min | Comedy
Two filmmakers with progressive ideas try to be inspired by the surrounding reality on an attempt to make a movie.
Director: Nicos Perakis | Stars: Mimis Hrysomallis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Despina Pajanou, Rocky Taylor
Votes: 507
One of the segments is a parody of Antigone
62. O erotas tou Odyssea (1984)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
Meandering amid a hot Athenian summer, Odysseas finds himself in Hydra, after losing his job. There, an elusive dark-haired nymph lures him into a dream-like hunt for the ideal love, tempting him to embrace life. Will he emerge a new man?
Director: Vasilis Vafeas | Stars: Kostas Voutsas, Hara Angelousi, Giannis Goumas, Karyofyllia Karabeti
Votes: 101
A modern version of Homer's Odyssey.
63. Alligoria (1986)
120 min
The ruins of paganism and the birth of Christianity portrayed by immobile people along with music.
Director: Kostas Sfikas | Stars: Thomas Bodinas, Michalis Galanakis, Thomas Gerasimidis, Panos Halkos
Votes: 23
64. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed
Votes: 56,891 | Gross: $8.08M
65. Medea (1988 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt
Votes: 3,639 | Gross: $0.02M
Based on the myth of Medea, this is not Euripides' play
66. Oh Babylon (1989)
90 min | Fantasy
A film adaptation of the ancient tragedy, The Bacchae. Surreal scenes unfold before Pentheus' eyes, arousing doubts as to whether his experiences are real or not.
Director: Costas Ferris | Stars: Alkis Panagiotidis, Sotiria Leonardou, Giorgos Moshidis, Maxi Priest
Votes: 58
67. Dyo ilioi ston ourano (1991)
110 min | Adventure, Drama
A young child brings conflict between a pagan community and an early Christian one.
Director: Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos | Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Benoît Rossel, Nikiforos Naneris, Katerina Razelou
Votes: 57
68. The Years of the Big Heat (1991)
104 min | Drama
One woman's lonely search for the truth about her mother's murder.
Director: Frieda Liappa | Stars: Ilektra Alexandropoulou, Periklis Moustakis, Kiriakos Agelakos, Eleni Demertzi
Votes: 54
69. Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag) (1992)
100 min | Drama
A teenaged girl is executed for going against a king's wishes and honoring her brother's death.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Astrid Ofner, Ursula Ofner, Hans Diehl, Kurt Radeke
Votes: 455
70. Enastros tholos (1993)
80 min | Drama
Director: Kostas Aristopoulos | Stars: Sofocles Peppas, Eirini Inglesi, Smaragda Karydi, Maria Kehayioglou
Votes: 9
71. I Ariadni menei sti Lero (1993)
116 min | Drama
Director: Thanassis Rakintzis | Stars: Eleftheria Rigou, Giannis Thomas, Vasos Andronidis, Margarita Anthidou
72. Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
Unrated | 176 min | Drama, War
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson, Thanasis Vengos
Votes: 7,446 | Gross: $0.04M
A modern version of Homer's Odyssey set in the Balkans.
73. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela Blair, Rene Ceballos
Votes: 42,823 | Gross: $6.70M
74. Hercules (1997)
G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Barbara Barrie
Votes: 255,343 | Gross: $99.05M
75. Medousa (1998)
87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
In this wry retelling of the ancient Medusa myth, strange, clothed statues of men are appearing all over Greece. Only Perseus, a leader of a gang of modern Athenian thieves, with a strange ... See full summary »
Director: George Lazopoulos | Stars: Eleni Filini, Thanos Amorginos, Vana Rambota, Haris Mihalogiannakis
Votes: 217
76. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman
Votes: 330,991 | Gross: $45.51M
A version of Homer's Odyssey set in the 1930s' American South.
77. Agelastos petra (2000)
87 min | Documentary
The 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.
Director: Filippos Koutsaftis | Star: Panagiotis Farmakis
Votes: 538
78. Cold Mountain (2003)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 156,129 | Gross: $95.64M
From Charles Frazier's novel that is a version of Homer's Odyssey set in the American Civil War.
79. Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004)
170 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story starts in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni.
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos
Votes: 5,281 | Gross: $0.02M
A loose adaptation of Theban Cycle
80. Troy (2004)
R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama
An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Julian Glover
Votes: 570,770 | Gross: $133.38M
81. 300 (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama
In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. They face insurmountable odds when they are betrayed by a Spartan reject.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West
Votes: 864,681 | Gross: $210.61M
82. Pandora (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
Vissilis wanders around in the dilapidated house, where he was raised by his uncle Kostis. His mind is floded with memories of a time long-gone.
Director: Yiorgos Stamboulopoulos | Stars: Theodora Tzimou, Giannis Stankoglou, Giannos Perlegas, Gacy Ziou
Votes: 59
83. Quei loro incontri (2006)
68 min | Drama
This movie is the sequel of Straub and Huillet's Dalla nube alla resistenza and like its prequel is inspired by Cesare Pavese's book Dialoghi con Leucò.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Angela Nugara, Vittorio Vigneri, Grazia Orsi, Romano Guelfi
Votes: 245
84. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 73,076 | Gross: $0.62M
85. Eden Is West (2009)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Desperate to escape the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a smuggler ship to France. This is the beginning of his odyssey across Western Europe to Paris, where miraculous promises, new friends, and dangers await him at every turn.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Léa Wiazemsky, Tess Spentzos
Votes: 2,700
The adventures of an illegal immigrant in another version of Homer's Odyssey
86. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 165,967 | Gross: $3.19M
A twisted version of Pygmalion
87. Medea, Louder Than My Thoughts (2014)
Documentary
A documentary based on the original play by Euripides, Medea, now set in the streets of present day Athens through a breathtaking detective manner. Throughout the investigation we ... See full summary »
Director: Nikos Grammatikos | Stars: Aggeliki Anagnostopoulou, Antonis Antoniou, Alexandros Asonitis, Ioanna Bakalakou
Votes: 28
88. Interruption (II) (2015)
109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A post modern theater adaptation of a classic Greek tragedy takes place in a central theater of Athens. Like every night, the audience take their seats and the play begins. Suddenly, the ... See full summary »
Director: Yorgos Zois | Stars: Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Maria Kallimani, Alexia Kaltsiki, Christos Stergioglou
Votes: 549
89. Arkadia haire (2015)
90 min | Documentary
A wandering in the past and present of Arcadia, a place full of myths and historical references.
Director: Filippos Koutsaftis | Star: Filippos Koutsaftis
Votes: 52
90. The Other Me (2016)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.
Director: Sotiris Tsafoulias | Stars: Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Dimitris Katalifos, Manos Vakousis, Ioanna Kolliopoulou
Votes: 12,690
91. Mythopathy (2016)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
From the day the first love worries appear in Stavros, his desire to tell stories in his own, subversive way ignites.
Director: Tassos Boulmetis | Stars: Yiannis Niarros, Themis Panou, Maria Kallimani, Taxiarhis Hanos
Votes: 1,201
92. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Barry G. Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy
Votes: 187,559 | Gross: $2.29M
93. Wonder Woman (2017)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis
Votes: 699,898 | Gross: $412.56M
94. The Mountain Tears (2018)
111 min | Drama
The Mountain Tears' follows the odyssey of a guild of stonemasons during the troublesome first years of the twentieth century. Far from their homeland, hunted, cut off by war and battles, ... See full summary »
Director: Stelios Charalampopoulos | Stars: Nikos Georgopoulos, Loukia Katopodi, Argyris Kogkas, Lygeri Tambakopoulou
Votes: 23
A version of Odyssey
95. Antigone (I) (2019)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy which falls within a social realism. To the law of men, the young Antigone apposes her own sets of values.
Director: Sophie Deraspe | Stars: Nahéma Ricci, Rachida Oussaada, Nour Belkhiria, Rawad El-Zein
Votes: 1,869
96. To ihnos tou hronou (2020)
97 min | Documentary
A film about time, memory, and nostalgia. A film about the beauty of archeology and excavation, conveyed through the post-mortem portrait of archeologist Yannis Sakellarakis. A journey in ... See full summary »
Director: Dionysia Kopana
Votes: 7
97. Birds (or How to Be One) (2020)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A movie about what is fake and what is real, that flutters between documentary and fiction. About flying and falling, the human need to fly, fear of heights, vertigo, utopia, Gods and man. ... See full summary »
Director: Babis Makridis | Stars: Alexandra Aidini, Kostas Berikopoulos, Konstantinos Bibis, Galini Chatzipaschali
Votes: 230
98. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 401,471 | Gross: $343.26M
Zeus enters with a Greek immigrant accent
99. Mideia (2022)
82 min | Drama
Medea, Jason, and their two children live as refugees in the Greek city of Corinth. When Jason abandons her to marry the king's daughter, Medea is forced to leave the country, on penalty of death.
Director: Dimitris Athanitis | Stars: Alexandra Kazazou, Markos Papadokostantakis, Kostas Kazanas, Lefteris Tsatsis
Votes: 26
100. Zakros (2023)
99 min | Documentary
Zakros is a documentary about an archeological excavation of a prehistorical site near a small village of Crete, both observational and poetic, that was shot during a period of 35 years.
Director: Filippos Koutsaftis
Votes: 26
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