01 Three generations of a family gather to decide who will care for their ailing grandmother.
Directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu · 1h 52m
12 Best Greek Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 1, 2026
Greece Arthouse thought provokingslow and atmospheric
Greek cinema’s newest wave, led by Yorgos Lanthimos, built an entire deadpan, unsettling style out of families and societies enforcing bizarre private rules, and it’s made Greek film genuinely hard to ignore internationally again. In Landscape in the Mist (1988): Two children travel across Greece searching for a father who may not even exist. Another standout is Zorba the Greek (1964): A reserved writer’s life is upended by a free-spirited laborer’s appetite for living.
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02 A dying writer spends his last day caring for an orphaned Albanian boy while revisiting his own past.
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos · 2h 13m
03 Two children travel across Greece searching for a father who may not even exist.
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos · 2h 05m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
04 A middle-aged doctor's obsession with a young tourist spirals into humiliation over one island summer.
Directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos · 1h 44m
Where to watch
Stream: Strand Releasing Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Fetch TV
05 A young woman's awkward sexual awakening unfolds while her father is dying.
Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari · 1h 37m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Strand Releasing Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Stream: MUBI
Stream: MUBI
06 A group secretly impersonates the recently deceased to help grieving families cope, until the roleplay stops being professional.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · 1h 34m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: MUBI Amazon Channel, Curzon Amazon Channel · Rent: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Curzon Home Cinema, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: Kino Film Collection
Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
07 A reserved writer's life is upended by a free-spirited laborer's appetite for living.
Directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis · 2h 22m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Rent or buy: Sky Store
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
08 An American academic tries to reform a free-spirited Greek sex worker, and ends up learning more than he teaches.
Directed by Jules Dassin · 1h 31m
Where to watch
Stream: ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel
09 A political assassination investigation exposes a government conspiracy reaching the very top.
Directed by Costa-Gavras · 2h 02m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
10 Three adult siblings are kept entirely isolated from the outside world by parents who've invented their own language and rules.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · 1h 38m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Kino Film Collection · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Stream: MUBI, BFI Player, ITVX Premium · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Sky Store
Stream: Crave · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
Stream: MUBI · Rent: JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Stream: MUBI
11 A girl's birthday-party suicide unravels the disturbing secret her family has been hiding for years.
Directed by Alexandros Avranas · 1h 39m
Where to watch
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video · Buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
12 A broke young man in Athens's economic collapse survives on scraps while fixating on his upstairs neighbor.
Directed by Ektoras Lygizos · 1h 20m
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