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1. The Exorcist (1973)

R | 122 min | Horror

When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb

Votes: 454,899 | Gross: $232.91M

2. Godzilla (I) (1998)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria

Votes: 203,534 | Gross: $136.31M

3. Kojak (1973–1978)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in his city.

Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas

Votes: 8,881

4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

Director: Joel Zwick | Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis

Votes: 144,612 | Gross: $241.44M

5. Good Time (2017)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Buddy Duress

Votes: 140,278 | Gross: $2.03M

6. Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Approved | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford

Votes: 25,205 | Gross: $12.32M

7. Ghost World (2001)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro

Votes: 126,824 | Gross: $6.22M

8. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

Votes: 124,887 | Gross: $66.66M

9. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner

Votes: 25,785 | Gross: $12.38M

10. Frankie and Johnny (1991)

R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Johnny has just been released from prison, and gets a job in a café beside waitress Frankie. Frankie is a bit of a loner, but Johnny is determined their romance will blossom.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Nathan Lane

Votes: 34,211 | Gross: $22.77M

11. The Kitchen (2019)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.

Director: Andrea Berloff | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson

Votes: 22,969 | Gross: $12.05M

12. Catchfire (1990)

R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life, running from town to town and switching identities along the way, but she cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief hit man sent after her.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price

Votes: 4,576

13. Empire State (2013)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored-car depository, but an NYPD officer stands in their way.

Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor

Votes: 22,926

14. Final Analysis (1992)

R | 124 min | Drama, Thriller

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts

Votes: 15,294 | Gross: $28.59M

15. My Life in Ruins (2009)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, Alexis Georgoulis

Votes: 20,864 | Gross: $8.66M

16. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)

G | 123 min | Drama

When deaf-mute Singer moves to a new town to be near his hospitalized friend, he makes an indelible impression on the lives of those around him.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Alan Arkin, Sondra Locke, Chuck McCann, Peter Mamakos

Votes: 4,730

17. Hunk (1987)

PG | 102 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A computer nerd makes a deal with the Devil and gets a new beefcake body.

Director: Lawrence Bassoff | Stars: John Allen Nelson, Steve Levitt, Deborah Shelton, Rebeccah Bush

Votes: 1,561 | Gross: $1.75M

18. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale

Votes: 4,268

19. Destination Tokyo (1943)

Passed | 135 min | Adventure, War

In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely

Votes: 5,751

20. Too Late Blues (1961)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Music

Ghost is an ideological musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer Jess ... See full summary »

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers, Nick Dennis

Votes: 1,526

21. Brides (2004)

128 min | Drama, Romance

Set in 1922, is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS KING ALEXANDER, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for her new husband, in New York; he is on his way home to a failed marriage.

Director: Pantelis Voulgaris | Stars: Damian Lewis, Victoria Haralabidou, Andréa Ferréol, Evi Saoulidou

Votes: 5,002

22. Mr. Lucky (1943)

Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper

Votes: 3,538

23. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Drama

Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 1,611

24. Go Naked in the World (1961)

Approved | 103 min | Drama

Son of a successful Greek emigrant is torn between the expectations his father has for him and his passionate love affair with a beautiful prostitute.

Directors: Ranald MacDougall, Charles Walters | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Franciosa, Ernest Borgnine, Luana Patten

Votes: 441

25. A Perfect Couple (1979)

PG | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A repressed, middle-aged divorced U.S. Greek meets a young singer through a dating service and becomes smitten.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Dooley, Marta Heflin, Titos Vandis, Belita Moreno

Votes: 1,012

26. Men of Respect (1990)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

It's Macbeth in mobster form!

Director: William Reilly | Stars: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle

Votes: 955 | Gross: $0.14M

27. Juke Girl (1942)

Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Richard Whorf, George Tobias

Votes: 545

28. Smart Money (1931)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama

A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Ralf Harolde

Votes: 2,236

29. Uncle Yanco (1967)

18 min | Documentary, Short

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda gets to know a relative she had never heard of before. This unknown uncle lives on a boat, is a painter, has adopted a hippie lifestyle and loves life.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Jean Varda, Tom Luddy, Agnès Varda, Vagadu Varda

Votes: 1,524

30. In Love and War (1958)

TV-14 | 111 min | Drama, War

In 1944, the family lives of three San Francisco Marines are affected by their personal experiences on the front lines in the Pacific and vice-versa.

Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange

Votes: 489

31. It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.

Directors: Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor, Don Weis, William A. Wellman | Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper, Nancy Reagan

Votes: 727

32. Crime School (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama

A gang of underprivileged teenagers are sentenced to serve two years in a reform school after almost killing a criminal fence who attacked them.

Directors: Lewis Seiler, William Clemens | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids, Gale Page, Billy Halop

Votes: 1,400

33. The Glory Brigade (1953)

Approved | 82 min | Action, Drama, War

During the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.

Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: Victor Mature, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Richard Egan

Votes: 358

34. WWE Divas: Undressed (2002 TV Special)

60 min | Sport

The hottest divas of World Wrestling Entertainment compete in a lingerie contest at The World in New York City. There's a tiny teddy contest, a bra and panties contest and a "Fantasy Free-For-All" contest.

Director: Kevin Dunn | Stars: Torrie Wilson, Trish Stratus, Dawn Marie Psaltis, Jacqueline Moore

Votes: 386

35. Signs & Wonders (2000)

105 min | Drama

Under the influence of signs and premonitions, a man allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with his colleague.

Director: Jonathan Nossiter | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Deborah Kara Unger, Dimitris Katalifos

Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.03M

36. Love Stories (1959)

100 min | Drama, Romance

Rabid desires and ungovernable passions rule the lives of mortals, as impatient wishes and blind hopes interweave in this triptych of disastrous human flaws. The glowing fire of love, or the lack of it, engulfs us. Can we have it all?

Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Eleni Zafeiriou, Sasa Katsarou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Kostas Ploumbis

Votes: 117

37. A Dream of Kings (1969)

R | 110 min | Drama

A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens, Sam Levene

Votes: 559

38. It Could Happen to You (1937)

Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

(1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Alan Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Owen Davis Jr., Astrid Allwyn

Votes: 50

39. Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Willard Robertson

Votes: 412

40. The Gay Bride (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy

After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts, Leo Carrillo

Votes: 659

41. Well Kept Secrets, Athanassia (2008)

100 min | Drama, Romance

A young Greek-American woman living in New York returns to the island of her origin, searching for the truth about her mother's past and the identity of her real father.

Director: Panos Karkanevatos | Stars: R.H. Thomson, Stavroula Logothettis, Marina Kalogirou, Yorgos Karamihos

Votes: 251

42. Double or Nothing (1937)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

According to the will of an eccentric millionaire, one of four randomly chosen strangers will become his heir if he/she can double $5000 by honest means.

Director: Theodore Reed | Stars: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle

Votes: 280

43. Ena votsalo sti limni... (1952)

102 min | Comedy

A nice comedy about a miserly man who cheats on his wife one night. A series of misunderstandings make him change his life forever.

Director: Alekos Sakellarios | Stars: Vasilis Logothetidis, Ilia Livykou, Mary Lalopoulou, Vangelis Protopappas

Votes: 439

44. Dark Odyssey (1961)

Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young Greek immigrant confronts New York City while searching for the man who raped his sister.

Directors: William Kyriakis, Radley Metzger | Stars: Athan Karras, Jeanne Jerrems, David Hooks, Rosemary Torri

Votes: 73

45. Marriage Adventures (1959)

84 min | Comedy, Romance

On her way back to Greece after two years in Paris as a student, a beautiful woman has a chance encounter with a kind co-passenger who wants to marry her. However, another handsome suitor arrives from America. Who will be the lucky one?

Director: Kostas Yeorgoutsos | Stars: Dinos Iliopoulos, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Kostas Kakavas, Yorgos Damasiotis

Votes: 60

46. The Opera Lover (1999)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy

When George Krikkos, middle-aged, divorced, Greek American selling vegetable produce for his father in Chicago, hears that his childhood love is returning to town to sing, his own love of opera reawakens, and reignites his singing career.

Directors: Ron Lazzeretti, Venturino Liberatore | Stars: Tom Bastounes, Megan Moore Burns, Pat Healy, Bob Altman

Votes: 137 | Gross: $0.00M

47. Frontrunners (2008)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

It's hard to run for office - even in high school. And the campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant, perhaps the most prestigious public high school in the country, is almost as ... See full summary »

Director: Caroline Suh | Stars: George Zisiadis, Hannah Freiman, Michael Zaytsev, Matt Polazzo

Votes: 267

48. Kino-Eye Journal (2023– )

Documentary

A series of experimental short films by Gianni Kazakis documenting life as an artist.

Star: Gianni Kazakis

49. Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982)

56 min | Documentary

In a series of conversations with Michel Ciment, Elia Kazan talks about his life's work in theatre, cinema and novels, the philosophy and attitudes behind his choices and his creations.

Director: Annie Tresgot | Stars: Michel Ciment, Elia Kazan, Robert De Niro, Mike Kazan

Votes: 111

50. Could Be Worse! (2000)

Musical

Everyone has something to come out about.

Director: Zack Stratis | Stars: Eustathios Stratis, Evmorphia Stratis, Gus Stratis, Olympia Stratis

Votes: 33