245 Films & TV Shows Set In Greece
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Jason and the Argonauts
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryGreatest Odyssey Of The Ages - for the first time on the screen โ Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
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The Red Lanterns
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 1960sDaring! Realistic! Overwhelming! โ The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
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The Conquest of Mycenae
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryGordon Scott plays Glaucus, the prince of Tiryns, a powerful warrior who goes undercover in Mycenae to infiltrate the evil cult of Moloch, which is exacting tribute from neighboring kingdoms in the form of attractive young hostages, both male and female. Calling himself "Hercules," Glaucus defeats Mycenae's champions and gains the favor of the voluptuous Queen Demetra (Rosalba Neri) whose son, covered in a dog's head mask, has been raised as the living embodiment of the dark god Moloch and receives sacrifices in his sprawling underground grotto.
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The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 4th Century BCItalian sword & sandal thrills as the son of Hercules is pitted against an evil king and his wretched followers.
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The 300 Spartans
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 5th Century BCEssentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
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Electra
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryLiving 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.
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Phaedra
๐ฌ๐ท GreeceA violent drama of profane love โ A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, marries the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family? Alexis's roadster and the music of Bach figure in the conclusion.
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Fury of Achilles
๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐น๐ท Turkey Ancient HistoryIn the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.
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My Son, the Hero
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryAn evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.
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Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryUlysses offends the gods so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.
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Vulcan, Son of Giove
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryA superhero battles lizard men and other monsters that are terrorizing the countryside.
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It Happened in Athens
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 1890sWhen Jayne Becomes the Olympic Prize...It's An Outdoor Variation on an Inside Sport! โ In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. A young shepherd, Spiridon Loues, decides to enter the 26-mile marathon. Once in Athens, he meets Christina Gratsos, a young woman from his hometown who is now the personal maid of Eleni Costa, Greece's most glamorous actress. Though he has arrived after the qualification date, Spiridon's athletic prowess so impresses Coach Graham of the American team that he is permitted to enter the contest. Eleni informs the press that she will marry the victor, confident it will be her lover, Lieutenant Vinardos.
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The Guns of Navarone
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 1940sThe Greatest High Adventure Ever Filmed! โ A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
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The Colossus of Rhodes
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 3rd Century BCA monster statue of bronze and stone...A fabulous fortress 20 stories tall! โ While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
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Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐น๐ท TurkeyAfter the death of Captain Thรฉmistocle Paparanic, Captain Haddock's old friend, he inherits a ship called the Golden Fleece. Once Tintin and the captain arrive in Istanbul, where the ship is anchored, they meet Mr. Karabine, a businessman who stubbornly insists on buying it even though it is in a dilapidated state.
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Alice in the Navy
๐ฌ๐ท GreeceAliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!
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Antigone
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryIn Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...
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It's Greek to Me-ow!
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryThis cartoon opens with a narrator introducing the ancient Greek Acropolis, describing its wealth and beautiful architecture. Tom is depicted as one of these inhabitants, an alley cat who lives in the shadows of Athens searching for food.
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Goliath and the Dragon
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryThe mightiest adventure of them all! โ A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.
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Never on Sunday
๐ฌ๐ท GreeceThe Happy Street-Walker of Piraeus... โ An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
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Colossus and the Amazon Queen
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryTwo muscle-men come up against a tribe of Amazon women.
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The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryKing Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur. The daughter raised by Minos tries to have her twin killed, but failing in her first attempt, continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.
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The Giants of Thessaly
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryIn order to placate the angry gods, who have allowed Thessaly to be overrun with barbarian invaders and beset with natural disasters, King Jason takes his Argonauts on a search for the fabled Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, back at home, his scheming regent is plotting to get his hands on the kingdom--and the queen.
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