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A list of notable films produced in Greece in the 1990s.
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| Cinema of Greece |
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| List of Greek films |
| Pre 1940 |
| 1940s |
| 1950s |
| 1960s |
| 1970s |
| 1980s |
| 1990s |
| 2000s |
| 2010s |
A list of notable films produced in Greece in the 1990s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| Singapore Sling (Singapore Sling: Ο Άνθρωπος που Αγάπησε ένα Πτώμα) | Nikos Nikolaidis | Meredyth Herold, Panos Thanassoulis, Michele Valley | Drama | 3 Awards in Thessaloniki Film Festival | ||
| Love Under the Date-Tree | Stavros Tsiolis | |||||
| Isyhes meres tou Avgoustou (Ήσυχες μέρες του Αυγούστου) | Pantelis Voulgaris | Thanassis Veggos, Aleka Paizi, Themis Bazaka | Drama | Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival | ||
| Meteoro vima tou pelargou, To (Το μετέωρο βήμα του πελαργού) | Theodoros Angelopoulos | Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau | Drama/Romance | Entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Ante geia... (Άντε γεια...) | Yorgos Tsemperopoulos | Ketty Papanika, Alkis Kourkoulos | Romantic drama | |||
| Crystal Nights (Κρυστάλλινες νύκτες) | Tonia Marketaki | Screened at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| From the Snow (Απ' το χιόνι) | Sotiris Goritsas | Gerasimos Skiadaresis | Drama | Golden Alexander in Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2 Awards in Greek State Film Awards | ||
| Lefteris Dimakopoulos (Λευτέρης Δημακόπουλος) | Periklis Hoursoglou | Nikos Georgakis, Maria Skoula | Drama | 4 Awards in Greek State Film Awards Award of Greek Film Critics Association Awards | ||
| Pano kato ke plagios (Πάνω κάτω και πλαγίως) | Michael Cacoyannis | Irene Papas, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Panos Mihalopoulos, Yannis Bezos, Elda Panopoulou | Comedy | |||
| Telos Epohis (Τέλος εποχής) | Antonis Kokkinos | Kostas Kazanas, Dimosthenis Papadopoulos, Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos | Drama | 5 Awards in Greek State Film Awards Award of Greek Film Critics Association Awards | ||
| Jaguar (Ιαγουάρος) | Katerina Evangelakou | Entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival 2 Awards in Greek State Film Awards | ||||
| To koritsi me tis valitses (Το κορίτσι με τις βαλίτσες) | Nikos Nikolaidis | Lakis Lazopoulos, Meredyth Herold, Mirka Kalatzopoulou | Drama | |||
| Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea, Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα) | Theo Angelopoulos | Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern | War Drama | 8 wins, including one at Cannes and 2 nominations; German/ UK/ Greek/ French/ Italian co-production | ||
| Akropol (Ακροπόλ) | Pantelis Voulgaris | Lefteris Voyatzis, Stavros Paravas,Konstantinos Tzoumas, Themis Bazaka, Sotiria Leonardou | Music Drama | |||
| Days of Rage (Days of Rage) | Vassilis Mazomenos | Animation | Fantasporto Belgrade Film Festival | |||
| Apontes (Απόντες) | Nikos Grammatikos | Drama | 4 Awards in Greek State Film Awards Award of Greek Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| The Triumph of Time'' (The Triumph of Time) | Vassilis Mazomenos | Animation | Award in Greek State Film Awards Fantasporto Belgrade Film Festival | |||
| Biznes sta Valkania (Μπίζνες στα Βαλκάνια) | Vassilis Boudouris | Alexandros Logothetis, Daniela Nane | Comedy/Drama | |||
| Vasiliki (Βασιλική) | Vangelis Serdaris | Paschalis Tsarouhas, Tamila Koulieva | Drama | 1 Award in Greek State Film Awards Award of Greek Film Critics Association Awards 1 Award in Cairo International Film Festival | ||
| Kyrios me ta gri, O (Ο κύριος με τα γκρι) | Periklis Hoursoglou | Yorgos Michalakopoulos, Eirini Inglesi | Drama | |||
| Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera, Μία Αιωνιότητα και μία Ημέρα) | Theo Angelopoulos | Bruno Ganz | Drama | Won the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival 7 Awards in Greek State Film Awards | ||
| Apo tin akri tis polis (Από την άκρη της πόλης) | Constantinos Giannaris | Stathis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou | Drama | 2 Awards in Greek State Film Awards Award of Greek Film Critics Association Awards | ||
| Shores of Twilight (Τα Ροδίνα Ακρογίαλια) | Efthymios Hatzis | Alexis Damianos, Stefanos Iatridis, Anna-Maria Papaharalambous, Maria Skoula, Mirto Alikaki, Despina Kourti, Dimitris Poulikakos, Evangelia Adreadaki, Tasos Palatzidis, Marianna Toli | Drama based on Alexandros Papdiamantis novella. | 2 Award in Greek State Film Awards
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| Ola einai dromos (Όλα είναι δρόμος) | Pantelis Voulgaris | Thanassis Veggos, Giorgos Armenis | Drama | 2 Awards in Greek State Film Awards | ||
| Black Out p.s. Red Out | Menelaos Karamaghiolis | Entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival 4 Awards in Greek State Film Awards | ||||
| Money, A Mythology of Darkness | Vassilis Mazomenos | 3D Animation | Award in Greek State Film Awards Special Jury Award in Fantasporto Nomination for the Best European Fantasy Film Sitges Film Festival Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Peppermint | Costas Kapakas | Georges Corraface, Anny Loulou | Romantic comedy | 9 Awards in Greek State Film Awards | ||
| Safe Sex | Michalis Reppas, Thanasis Papathanasiou | Mina Adamaki, Alexandros Antonopoulos, Evelina Papoulia | Comedy | |||
| Attack of the Giant Moussaka, The (I Epithesi tou gigantiaiou mousaka, Η επίθεση του γιγαντιαίου μουσακά) | Panos H. Koutras | Giannis Aggelakas, Themis Bazaka | Comedy | |||
| See You in Hell, My Darling (Θα σε Δω στην Κόλαση Αγάπη μου) | Nikos Nikolaidis | Vicky Harris, Valeria Christodoulidou, Paschalis Tsarouhas | Drama | |||
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