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Plot Summary:
The mother of a girl decides to trust his father, with whom he is separated, when he learns that it is seriously ill. This summer will be the last for both of them and all that is left to Peter is to stand by their child.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tear jerker, tearjerker, cult film
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Mermaids for Love (1968)
Plot Summary:
Petros, a race car driver and son of a construction mogul, hears about an island with promising business opportunities. He tells his father, they have to buy land there but Flora, a night club owner also learns about it and arrives at the island before him. Their competition disturbs the peaceful lives of the island's residents. Marina, the daughter of the local restaurant owner falls in love with Petros while Flora charms the men of the island and especially Nicolas, causing his fiance's jealousy. She on the other hand falls for Iasonas, the son of the island's Lady who worries about the outcome of these events.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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I Daskala Me Ta Xantha Mallia (1969)
Plot Summary:
Mirto, a progressive teacher, is assigned to a backward village, where her ideas find opposition from the parents. She falls in love with Stephanos, the mayor's son, whom she marries. As soon as the marriage ends, the eve of 28 Oct, 1940, the war with Italy breaks out. Stephanos is enlisted and after a while, news of his death arrives. Mirto continues her teaching job, aided by a colleague of hers Angelos. After liberation Angelos proposes marriage and Mirto accepts, although she still loves her dead husband. However, Stephanos, who was wounded and healed in an Italian hospital returns and the couple lives happily ever after.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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One Day in August (2001)
Plot Summary:
Middle August in Athens. Three families, living in a three storey building, leave for their summer vacations. Everyone is wishing for a miracle to happen this summer. In the meantime, a drifter breaks into their apartments and rummages their personal belongings, thus unfolding hidden secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Woe to young people (1961)
Plot Summary:
Two rich old friends, Andreas and Agisilaos are in love with young Rita. Andreas believes that youth and not money drive the word. He sells his soul to the devil, becomes young and flirts Rita. However, in the end it is Agisilaos that wins, as both the girl and her mother, chose him because he is rich. The film ends as Andreas wakes up to discover that he is old and nothing from what he dreamed has happened. He understands that youth alone is not enough and decides to give a dowry to lovely Rita so that she can marry the one she loves.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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The Daughter of the Sun (1971)
Plot Summary:
The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites invaders who ravage and seize their possessions and from the chief landlord of the area Stratos Karatzas, who claims the lion’s share of their harvest. The dynamic daughter of one of the tenant farmers, Maya, who is about to get married to a young farmer, Lefteris, leads their struggle for better conditions and confronts Karatzas – as well as his niece Vgenio, who also wants Lefteris. The latter plots and succeeds to separate them. Lefteris leaves for the army and Karatzas persuades Maya to marry him. Lefteris is captured during an ambush set by the Turks, but in the end he is set free and returns to Maya’s arms forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Roza of Smyrna (2016)
Plot Summary:
An avid collector of Greek objects in Asia Minor, Dimitris, prepares an exhibition on multicultural life in Smyrna before World War I. In a trip to Izmir his girlfriend Rita, he finds in a small antique shop a Greek wedding dress that is stained with blood and an old photograph that send him on a journey to bridge the past with the present.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, sincere, romantic, captivating, melancholic
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Risotto (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two mothers/wives devise a solution to the downsides of marriage.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Christmas Tango (2011)
Plot Summary:
At the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, sentimental, emotional, romantic
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Matchbox (2003)
Plot Summary:
Dimitris, a grumpy middle-aged man, is having a hard time with his business partner on a particular decision as to opening a new business; and he's also having a hell of a time with his family members. He has a really short temper, and the unpleasant behaviour of his nasty wife and his disrespectful children don't contribute much to his health.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, weird
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A Quiet Death (1986)
Plot Summary:
Martha is unhappy with her life as it is at the moment, and among other issues, she has decided to give up her writing career. Along with that decision comes a need to get away from her husband and from her psychiatrist, with whom she has had more than just a doctor-patient relationship. As Martha travels through a deserted city landscape in a storm, the external world reflects something of her inner turmoil. Flashbacks are interspersed throughout the film to enhance the suspense of Martha's inner and outer journey.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 88 min
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The Flower of the Lake (1999)
Plot Summary:
Kastoria, a region in Western Macedonia at the turn of the century. Greeks, Turks, Jews and other nationalities live together under the rule of the Ottoman empire, amid the despair, the uncertainty and the confusion brought about by the 1897 war between Greece and Tyrkey. It is under these conditions that a family of fisherman in the Kastoria lakeside district tries to make a living. A fisherman, his wife, the grandfather, and their five children. The daughter works for a furrier, the youngest goes to Greek school, while the older son Christos, helps his father with the fishing. The flower that rises from the lake is personified by the film's main hero, Christos. Every morning when the sky and the waters of the lake become one in the mist, Christos casts his nets. These are the hours when birds, fish and men struggle to earn a living. Christos seemingly calm life is shattered when he meets a wounded guerilla who has been abandoned by his comrades. Despite the fact that the.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Red Lanterns (1963)
Plot Summary:
The story of 6 or 7 prostitutes, at Pireas harbor.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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A Foolish Love (1981)
Plot Summary:
The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. They have a very beautiful daughter, but after a few days he finds himself in love with the mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags:
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The Bachelor (1997)
Plot Summary:
The story of a thirties bank employee whose wife becomes a luxury prostitute. The same would happen with the next woman who knows. Xouan a promoter says he belongs to a particular class of people and asks him to work together.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: disgusting
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Evdokia (1971)
Plot Summary:
A prostitute (Evdokia) meets a sergeant (Yorgos). They fall in love and get married after a short love affair. Her profession, however, is a barrier for their relationship. They try to stay together and overcome their inner conflicts, but the social environment crushes them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Love Me Not? (1989)
Plot Summary:
Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to the head. Ineed, at the hospital, the family is told that he is brain dead, and that if they like, his heart can be given to someone else as a transplant. Giorgos' grieving wife (Betty Livanou) agrees to this arrangement. The film now follows the recipient of the dead man's heart (Giorgos Constas), as he wanders all over Greece, driven by his newly lusty heart into the arms of many beautiful women. Eventually he is led to the one woman his new heart truly loved, Giorgios' wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Edge of Night (2000)
Plot Summary:
Stella is a beautiful young girl who dreams of becoming one day a famous singer. Her boyfriend Andreas leads a quiet life working at his small store, and doesn't approve Stella's quest for fame. When she decides to leave Athens for a singing job offered to her somewhere in north Greece, Andreas sets off on a quest to find her again and convince her to come back to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags:
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Revanche (1983)
Plot Summary:
During the night of the big earthquake that shook Athens in 1981, Yannis, a 30-year-old cinephile, falls in love with his best friend Yorgos’ girlfriend who allows him to sleep next to her feeling her breast. Yannis and Eva have to overcome Yorgos’ jealousy as well as the ups and downs of their own affair. Since they all seem to be suffering, they form a trio and manage to live together in harmony for some time but then a well-hidden secret from the men’s political activism in the past is about to hit them like a new earthquake.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Well Kept Secrets: Athanassia (2008)
Plot Summary:
ATHANASIA A young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by her stepfather, she shatters the very myths designed to protect her. She uncovers an unlikely relationship between those who raised her, a globe-trotting photojournalist and Athanasia. Athanasia, a girl with no right in life. A choice of nature, but not of her community. Angela finds her father and discovers her mother.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece, USA, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: disclosure
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Worlds Apart (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic turmoil that dominates Southern Europe as a whole, only to connect as a single story in the end.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, serious, suspenseful, extraordinary
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Love and Blood (1968)
Plot Summary:
The abysmal hatred which exists between two landowners is transferred to their natural environment as well. Whatever crosses the river separating the two families, be it man or beast, dies. The film is yet another rendering of the Romeo and Juliet tale, with intense emotions, dominated by the extreme behavior of the heroes. The film tries to imitate the style, atmosphere and action of westerns.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Honeyglue (2015)
Plot Summary:
After learning she only has three months to live, Morgan flips her conservative protected life upside down. That is where she meets Jordan, a purse snatching cross dresser artist, who takes her on adventure of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 621
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, queer cinema
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Guddu (1995)
Plot Summary:
Guddu Bahadur is only child in the Bahadur family, consisting of Advocate Vikram, and his wife, Kavita. While Kavita is a devout and a religous Hindu, Vikram is not. Guddu and Salina Gupta are in love. One day, while driving, they meet with an accident, and Salina loses her sight. Guddu blames himself, and so do Salina's parents, and he is asked to keep away from Salina. Salina herself knows that the accident was not Guddu's fault, but would not like to meet Guddu and be a burden on him. Then Guddu overhears a conversation between their family doctor and his dad, and he comes to know that he has brain tumor, and has only a few more months to live. He wants to donate his eyes to the hospital so that Salina can benefit from them, but his dad will not even consider this. Things take a turn for the worse, when Guddu decides to go to court to assert his right to donate his eyes, not knowing that his decision will change everyone's lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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What If... (2012)
Plot Summary:
Athens - Greece - The age of Economic crisis Demetris is a highly independent man who lives a normal life. A confirmed bachelor at the age of 33! When a moment arrives, his choice at that point in time will change everything. His roommate is a female German Shepherd called Lonesome. One night, after supper, Lonesome wants to be taken out. Demetris tries to change her mind but Lonesome insists Its at this moment that he comes to a decision. This decision will change his entire life. If Demetris goes out he will meet Christina, the love of his life. If he stays in, he will not meet her. Does true love exist? What is the impact of a severe economic crisis on people and how can the crisis destroy a couple? One story shown from two different angles.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, romantic, clever, breathtaking, heartbreaking, cerebral, mind blowing, romantic drama
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Strapless (1989)
Plot Summary:
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, serious, realistic, disturbing, independent film, contemplative, gloomy
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Little England (2013)
Plot Summary:
Τwo sisters from the island of Andros, dubbed Little England because of its affluence, are both in love with the same man. Set in the Greek Civil War period and ending in the 1950s, the movie is based on the homonymous novel by Ioanna Karystiani.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, realistic, stylized, romantic, romantic drama, period drama
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A Warm December (1973)
Plot Summary:
Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, surprise ending
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Blackmail Boy (2003)
Plot Summary:
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 life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, crying, humorous, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Before Midnight (2013)
Plot Summary:
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: philosophical, meditative, sentimental, romantic, atmospheric, intense, breathtaking, sweet, emotional, existential
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My Life Without Me (2003)
Plot Summary:
A Pedro Almodovar production in which a fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies with out telling her family of her illness.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sad, touching, contemplative, romantic, philosophical, sincere, emotional, heartbreaking, depressing, poignant