List of films with Hellenic/Greek characters explained

English language films

YearTitleGenreDirectorCharacter(s)ActorNotesCountry
1927The ShowSilent DramaTod BrowningThe GreekLionel Barrymoren/aUSA
1938Crime SchoolCrime DramaLewis SeilerGeorge "Fats" Papadopoulos,
Nick Papadopoulos
Bernard Punsly
Paul Porcasi
n/aUSA
1944The Mask of DimitriosMysteryJean NegulescoDimitrios MakropoulosZachary Scott
n/aUSA
1944Destination TokyoWarDelmer DavesLeos Theofilos Karafias Jr aka "Tin Can"Dane Clark
n/aUSA
1951It's a Big CountryAnthologyCharles VidorIcarus XenophonGene Kellyn/aUSA
1953Beneath the 12-Mile ReefDramaRobert D. WebbTony PetrakisRobert Wagnern/aUSA
1954UlyssesDramaMario Camerini
Mario Bava
UlyssesKirk Douglas
n/aItaly, USA, France
1957Boy on a DolphinRomance AdventureJean NegulescoPhaedraSophia Loren
n/aUSA
1960Never on SundayDramaJules DassinIlyaMelina Mercouri
n/aGreece
1960SpartacusEpicStanley KubrickSpartacusKirk Douglas
n/aUSA
1960Oceans 11HeistLewis MilestoneSpyros AcebosAkim Tamiroff
n/aUSA
1961The Guns of NavaroneWarJ. Lee ThompsonCol Andrea Stavros
Maria Pappadimos
Anthony Quinn
Irene Pappas
n/aUK, USA
1962PhaedraDramaJules DassinPhaedra
Alexis
Melina Mercouri
Anthony Perkins
n/aUSA, Greece
1963America AmericaDramaElia KazanVariousVarious
n/aUSA
1964Zorba the GreekComedy-DramaMichael CacoyannisAlexis ZorbaAnthony Quinn
n/aUSA, Greece
1969A Dream of KingsDramaDaniel MannMatsoukas
Caliope
Anthony Quinn
Irene Pappas
n/aUSA
1969The ArrangementDramaElia KazanEvangelos Topouzoglou
(aka "Eddie Anderson")
Kirk Douglasn/aUSA
1969ZDramaCosta-GavrasVariousVarious
n/aFrance, Algeria
1978The Greek TycoonBiographical DramaJ. Lee ThompsonTheo TomasisAnthony Quinnn/aUSA
1981The Postman Always Rings TwiceDramaBob RafelsonNick PapadakisJohn Colicosn/aUSA
1985EleniDramaPeter YatesEleni Gatzoyiannis
Nicholas Gage
Kate Nelligan
John Malkovich
n/aUSA
1991Only the LonelyComedyChris ColumbusNick AcropolisAnthony Quinn
n/aUSA
1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsHeist ComedyGuy RitchieNick "the Greek"Stephen Marcus
n/aUK
1998The Big LebowskiHeist ComedyCoen BrothersTheodore Donald "Donny" KerabatsosSteve Buscemi
n/aUSA
2000300War EpicZack SnyderLeonidasGerard Butlern/aUSA
2002My Big Fat Greek WeddingComedyJoel ZwickVariousVariousn/aUSA, Canada
2002WindtalkersWar EpicJohn WooCorporal Milo "Greek" PappasMark Ruffalon/aUSA
2004TroyEpic WarWolfgang PetersenAchilles
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Menelaus
Brad Pitt
Sean Bean
Brian Cox
Brendan Gleeson
n/aUSA, UK, Malta
2009My Life in RuinsComedyDonald PetrieGeorgia Ianakopolisn/aUSA, Greece, Spain
2012Papadopoulos & SonsComedy-DramaMarcus MarkouVariousVariousn/aUK
2020The TavernaComedy-DramaAlkinos TsilimidosVariousVangelis Mourikisn/aAustralia

Greek language films

YearTitleGenreDirectorCharacter(s)ActorNotesCountry
1954The Little Mouse (Το ποντικάκι)Nikos TsiforosVariousVariousn/aGreece
1960Murder Backstage (Έγκλημα στα παρασκήνια)Dinos KatsouridisVariousVariousn/aGreece
1961The Clever Bird (Το έξυπνο πουλί,)Orestis LaskosVariousVariousn/aGreece
1966The Fear (Ο φόβος)Kostas ManoussakisVariousVariousn/aGreece
1983RembetikoCostas FerrisVariousVariousn/aGreece
2001The Bubble (Η Φούσκα)Nikos PerakisVariousVariousn/aGreece
2004Brides (Νύφες)Pantelis VoulgarisVariousVariousn/aGreece
2008Omega (Ωμέγα)Vasilis BlioumisVariousVariousn/aGreece
2009Dogtooth (Κυνόδοντας)Yorgos LanthimosVariousVarious n/aGreece
2013Little England (Μικρά Αγγλία)Pantelis VoulgarisVariousVarious n/aGreece
2013Miss ViolenceAlexandros AvranasVariousVarious n/aGreece
2015ChevalierAthina Rachel TsangariVariousVarious n/aGreece
2016The Other Me (Έτερος Εγώ)Sotiris TsafouliasVariousVariousn/aGreece
2016Lines (Γραμμές)Vassilis MazomenosVariousVariousn/aGreece
2017The Last Note (Το Τελευταίο Σημείωμα)Pantelis VoulgarisVariousVariousn/aGreece
2019The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Το Θαύμα της Θάλασσας των Σαργασσών)Syllas TzoumerkasVariousVariousn/aGreece
2021Smyrna my Beloved (Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη)Grigoris KarantinakisVariousVariousn/aGreece