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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up ...
Style: exciting, epic, saga, anamorphic, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: archaeologist, treasure hunt, indiana jones, time travel, medieval, treasure, college professor, spy, treasure hunter, supernatural, world war two, knife fight ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, year 1939, 1950s, year 1951 ...
Place: alexandria egypt, berlin germany, alps, ancient greece, athens greece ...
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 6.7
 5K
November (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In November 2015, a series of unprecedented and deadly attacks hits Paris. The anti-terrorist police led by Heloise and her chief commander Fred - face an unprecedented level of pressure: in a race against the clock, they must find the perpetrators ...
Style: political thriller
Plot: politics, espionage, terrorism, french history, french police, anti terrorism, fugitives, heroes, criminal, policewoman, police, disorientation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015
Place: paris france, athens greece, france
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 5.7
 28K
Beckett (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: While vacationing in Greece, Beckett, becomes the target of a manhunt after a devastating car accident forces him to run for his life across the country to clear his name but tensions escalate as the authorities close in and political unrest mounts ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: political conspiracy, tourist, tragic event, car accident, conspiracy, government conspiracy, anxiety, runaway, life risking, political unrest, escape attempt, evil plot ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: greece, athens greece
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 7.0
 37K
Cleopatra (1963)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 192 min.
Story: Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The winner of four Oscars, this epic saga of love, greed and betrayal stars Elizabeth Taylor as the passionate and ambitious Egyptian queen who's determined to hold on ...
Style: epic, period piece, costume drama, breathtaking, visual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: ancient rome, antiquity, ancient egypt, peplum, roman empire, queen, ancient history, julius caesar, ancient, cleopatra, love, femme fatale ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century, year 1963, 1st century b.c.
Place: egypt, rome italy, africa, alexandria egypt, greece ...
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 6.4
 1K
The Bait (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Α crook turns a cabaret girl into a fine lady to use her as bait for his victims.
Plot: scoundrel, dancer, poker, nightclub, friend, con game, wealth, con man, entertainment, customer, night, trick ...
Time: 60s
Place: greece, athens greece
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I Daskala Me Ta Xantha Mallia (1969)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story: 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 ...
Plot: world war two, school, death, bomb, happy ending, teaching, lust, wedding, nazi, presumed dead, war injury, village ...
Time: 60s
Place: hellas, greece, athens greece
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 6.1
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That Summer (1971)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 79 min.
Story: 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.
Style: tear jerker
Plot: underwater, mother, girl, athenian, separation, malfunction, engineer, scuba diving, physician, expatriate, tumor, daughter ...
Time: 70s
Place: hellas, london, athens greece, greece
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The Trial of the Judges (1974)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Greece
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A true story: The trial of judges Polizoidi and Tertseti for disobedience and their triumphant acquittal during the three men regency council, when king Othon of Greece was a minor. The cast of the film was enormous, with almost half of the ...
Style: heroic
Plot: independence, false witness, ministry, problem, fabrication, king, public, heroism, prison, death sentence, chief, decision ...
Time: 70s, 1830s
Place: hellas, greece, athens greece
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Teddy Boy My Love (1965)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two young lovers are discovering that the widowed parents keep hidden bond and plan to marry soon Life, salesman dream and consumer goods of our civilization, will enter the life Asimaki, a benevolent and middle-aged widower chromatopoli, having ...
Plot: saleswoman, widower, love, family relations, father, chore, descendant, club, money, inheritance, labor, nightclub ...
Time: 60s, future
Place: greece, athens greece
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Learn How to Read and Write, Son (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The most important political, post-military junta satire about the nation, the religion, the education, the family.
Plot: greek, celebration, teacher student relationship, generation gap, satire, social criticism, village life, graduate, teacher, brother brother relationship, stuttering, politics ...
Time: 80s
Place: greece, hellas, athens greece
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My friend Lefterakis (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Theodoros in order to be able to go out with his occasional lovers, he "invented" a non-existent friend from Patras, Lefterakis, and use him as an alibi in wife Fofo. When one day arrives at home, quite suddenly, the non-existent friend ...
Plot: imaginary friend, wife, womanizer, lie, night, farce, misunderstanding, maid, unfaithful husband, masquerade, greek, fur ...
Time: 60s
Place: hellas, athens greece, greece
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 7.4
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The... Copanoi (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Leonidas is tricked into thinking he will hit the jackpot by a guy from the underworld, Babis, also well-known on the street as "the teacher". So, he sets up an ad hoc gang with his close friends in order to rob a bank. The operation, ...
Style: fun
Plot: female nudity, robbery, chase, police, professional, heist, gang, retribution, revenge, fat woman, funeral, mentor ...
Time: 80s
Place: hellas, athens greece, greece
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 4.3
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Our Love (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An usherette in a theatre, where a distinguished and popular actor performs, gets her big break when the leading actress has an accident. The director decides to take advantage of the heretofore unexploited talent of the girl and asks her to replace ...
Plot: love affair, accident, replacement, success, behind the scenes, past, doorman, love, happy ending, singing, revenge, greek ...
Time: 60s
Place: greece, hellas, athens greece
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 7.2
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O roz gatos (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Panos and Archimedes (Panos Michalopoulos and Sotiris Moustakas) are colleagues (teachers) and roommates. The first is a new modern, and the second is more conservative. Panos will attempt to dynamically put Archimedes in life. The second will ...
Plot: female nudity, night, mobster, sleepwalker, shyness, sister, motorcycle, high school, egg, coach, sleeping, graduation ...
Time: 80s
Place: hellas, athens greece, greece
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The King of Gaffes (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A very clever detective is on a mission to find a shipowner's daughter, having as a sole research element a mole on the girl's buttock.
Style: detective
Plot: cycling, captured, male protagonist, tasks, fall in love, cruiser, investigation, affair, athenian, chase, investigator, love ...
Time: 60s
Place: greece, athens greece, hellas
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Signs & Wonders (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.
Style: serious, realistic, clever, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: infidelity, introspection, love affair, life turned upside down, love triangle, couple relations, crumbling marriage, betrayal, journalism, obsession, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, germany, greece, athens greece
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 6.4
 3K
The Tempest (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, entertaining, vintage ...
Audience: date night
Plot: shakespeare, island, midlife crisis, mind power, mediterranean, dancing, magic, psychokinesis, brain, psychic power, tragic love, architect ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: greece, new york, europe, usa, athens greece ...
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 6.6
 3K
The Burglars (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, cynical, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police corruption, chase, gangster, partner, police investigation, dishonesty, criminal heroes, investigation, heist, criminal, safecracker ...
Time: 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place: greece, athens greece, europe, france
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A Talking Picture (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Portugal, France, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter ...
Style: contemplative, talky, humorous, clever, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, ship, greek, cruise, self discovery, couple relations, love and romance, introspection, legends and myths, couples, parents and children, cruise ship ...
Time: year 2003, year 2001, middle ages, 21st century
Place: mediterranean sea, cairo egypt, greece, athens greece, israel ...
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 6.6
 241K
Jason Bourne (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, black ops, chase, hitman, rogue agent, assassin, betrayal, assassination, revenge, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, reykjavik iceland, berlin germany, rome italy, washington d.c. ...
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 7.1
 3K
Stratos (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Cyprus
Duration: 137 min.
Story: At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where underground boss Leonidas took him under his wing. One day during a rival gang attack, Leonidas saved his life. Stratos never forgot this. A free man now, ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tunnel, danger, forced into action, redemption, save the day, police officer, chaos, obsession, hired killer, curse, bakery, master criminal ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: greece, athens greece
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 7.1
 10K
Miss Violence (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, serious, cerebral ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, child prostitution, perversion, incest rape, suicide, child abuse, incest, family problems, parents and children, domineering husband, teen suicide, childhood sexual abuse ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: greece, europe, athens greece
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 6.3
 1K
Knifer (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cyprus, Greece
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After his father death, Nikos moves from Ptolemaida to Athens. His uncle offers him food and shelter while he starts taking care of his dogs. Alone in an isolated suburb, he's wearing down into his misery routine, till the moment his ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: starting over, love triangle, family problems, couples, dull life, unfulfillment, infidelity, murder, sex scene, uncle nephew relationship, aunt, hot and sexy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece, athens greece
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Loser Takes All (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Man (Gianis Aggelakas), a mysterious man of the underworld, small time grifter and big time hard-man, who has an anarchic tendency to mumble and comment on the system, society, police, the underworld itself and other things, along with his beloved ...
Style: surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, dark
Plot: obsession, lonely man, companion, loser, stealing, smoking, drunkenness, sex, corpse, female nudity, police, money ...
Place: athens greece
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Let the Women Wait! (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three guys related from marrying three sisters (Batzanakides) meet in Northern Greece at Lake Volvi. The two of them (Panos and Michalis) have as have as destination the Thasos Island whilst the third guy (Antonis) comes to see what is happening ...
Style: non fiction, hilarious, road movie
Plot: obsession, greek, family relations, satire, singer, surrealism, lake, fair
Place: greece, athens greece
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Love Under the Date-Tree (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Panagiotis (Argyris Bakirtzis) and Giannis (Lazaros Andreou) are two good friends but also rivals in love. The first is a merchant and the second a violinist; one is tall and slim and the other short and fat; one is bossy, the other one mild. Both ...
Plot: rural setting, friend, photograph, funeral, violinist, bus, train, husband wife relationship, pianist, guilt, merchant, sidekick ...
Place: greece, athens greece
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 8.1
 3K
Rembetiko (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
Style: philosophical, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: greek, refugee, women, ethnicity, sex crime, myth, mythology, resistance, musician, singer, biopic, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s
Place: greece, europe, athens greece
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Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story: From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
Style: captivating, thought provoking, psychological, inspirational, iconic
Plot: weightlifting, migration, olympics, real life, assimilation, tournament, athlete, muslim, communism, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time: 80s, year 1996, year 1992, year 1988, 90s
Place: atlanta georgia, barcelona, bulgaria, seoul, balkan ...
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 5.6
 30K
Scoob! (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang team-up with various Hanna-Barbera characters to save the world from the evil Dick Dastardly.
Style: light, 3d animation, anime, cult classic, detective ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: scooby doo, dog, danger, rivalry, disorder, heroes, moving, holiday, furry, superhero, human dog relationship, boy and dog ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: romania, venice beach california, california, athens greece, greece
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 8.1
 3K
The King (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A 35-year old man, just released from jail, decides to make a clean break from the big city and his troubled past. He retreats to the abandoned village his father came from and moves into an old, collapsing house. Alone, far from the bigger village ...
Style: touching, suspenseful, sincere, psychological, tension
Plot: drug addict, ex convict, prisoner, stranger, isolation, fight, rejection, farmhouse, pariah, gang, danger, community ...
Place: greece, athens greece, hellas
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