Discover the best of Greek cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Greece. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Greece
Greek cinema is a cinema of philosophers and provocateurs, a film culture where ancient tragedy meets modern absurdity under a brilliant Mediterranean sun. Its international fame was first cemented by classics like Michael Cacoyannis’s exuberant Zorba the Greek and the spirited charm of Melina Mercouri in Never on Sunday. These films introduced the world to a nation of incredible passion and spirit. But its artistic soul is often found in the epic vision of Theo Angelopoulos, a master director whose sweeping, philosophical films explored the grand sweep of Greek history. In recent years, Greek cinema has electrified the world with a brilliant and bizarre movement: the 'Greek Weird Wave'. Led by the visionary Yorgos Lanthimos, this new generation of filmmakers crafts surreal, deadpan, and blackly comic fables that have taken international film festivals and the Oscars by storm. This creative energy also fuels a vibrant domestic television scene, with beloved comedy series becoming a staple of Greek life. What makes Greek cinema so unique is this daring intelligence. It is a cinema that isn't afraid to ask big questions, often with a mischievous, challenging glint in its eye.
Best Greek series
Maestro in Blue 2022
A musician goes to lead a festival on a scenic island, where he begins an unexpected romance and finds himself entwined in other people's problems.
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The Other Me 2019
A series of murders alarm the police authorities, as strange symbolisms are traced to every crime scene. The eccentric professor of criminology Dimitris Lainis is asked to shed some light on the mystery.
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In the Nick of Time 2005
Five people, strangers to each other, are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They witness a murder and from then on an endless tangle of adventures begins for them. Dalia, Zoumboulia, Spyros, Fotis, Angela... unite in a group, draw strength from each other and aim to deliver justice in an old and dark case... Through dangers and upheavals they will manage to reach in the truth of the case but also their own, personal truth.
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The Island 2010
Based on the best-selling English novel The Island by Victoria Hislop, the series takes place on the island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, and in the village of Plaka which lies within swimming distance across it. The series premiered on 11 October 2010 to record ratings and critical acclaim. It is the most expensive Greek television production ever with a budget of €4 million.
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Konstantinou and Elenis 1998
Eleni and Konstantinos are two totally different people who are forced to live under the same roof, because they are in the middle of the proceedings of a trial, regarding the ownership of the house. Konstantinos is a strict university professor, while Eleni is a crazy girl who works at a bar. Their different characters put them in constant conflict, but does this mean that they really hate each other?
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Eutuxismenoi Mazi 2007
A man with three sons and a woman with two daughters fall in love and decide to live together as a family.
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Best Greek movies
Dogtooth 2009
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
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Inside 2023
An art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.
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The Return 2024
After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
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Miss Violence 2013
On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep insisting that it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? Why does her family persist in trying to "forget" her and to move on with its life?
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Suntan 2016
Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take over the local clinic. His whole life and routine will turn upside down when he meets an international group of young and beautiful tourists and he falls in love with Anna, a 19-year-old goddess.
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Alps 2011
A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased, to assist with the grieving process.
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