Best Greek action movies

Bullets Don't Come Back (1967)

From a tragic misunderstanding, the farmer Stathis Karatasos (Angelos Antonopoulos) is accused as the leader of a notorious gang. He manages to escape just before getting executed and the law enforcement starts chasing him. Even the bandits are looking to find him, believing that he has the loot of the robbery in his possession. In addition, another prisoner called Tsakos (Kostas Kazakos) tries to locate him and bring him back dead or alive, in order to ensure the freedom promised to him by the police.

Hero Bunker (1972)

Following the torpedoing of the destroyer Elli on August 15, 1940 on Tinos by an Italian submarine, war was declared, and the Italians attacked the Albanian front on October 28. From an outpost on the Greek-Albanian border, a military truck unexpectedly comes under fire by Italian tanks. Petros, the only one who manages to escape death or captivity, saves a village girl, Maria. However, the Greeks manage to recapture the machine-gun nest, setting free the soldiers who had been pinned down. The platoon in question puts up a hard fight against the Italian invaders, while, at the same time, the Greek army is preparing for a counter-attack, which doesn't take long to happen. Right after, the Italians are forced to fall back; Northern Epirus is recaptured, and the army of the Badoglio is repulsed from the Adriatic.

The Red Train (1982)

Captain Angelos and the soldier Memos participate in a group of experienced ELAS's guerrillas. The team assumes the dangerous mission to reach the center of Athens, under the control of the English and the Greek regular army, and blow up the headquarters of the British headquarters located in the hotel of "Great Britain". When after a fight they manage to reach and place the explosives, the order is revoked. Their headquarters were afraid of the consequences of the possible death of British Prime Minister Wilson Churchill, who suddenly arrived in Athens and so the whole business was canceled.

The Traitor (1967)

When the forces of the German occupation undertake a series of serious defeats in the Resistance, suspicions arise of being a traitor among the fighters. A girl who works within the Resistance finds in horror that the traitor is none other than her father.

Pavlos Melas (1973)

The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. Pavlos Melas is the symbol of the struggle for the independence of Macedonia in Greece.

Animal (2024)

Under the hot Greek sun, animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy tourist season. Kalia is the group leader. Paper decorations, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia's struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.

Short Fuse (2016)

In this ticking clock action-thriller, a courier's last delivery of the day may also be the last day of his life. Strapped with explosives, he must fight for his life while trying to solve a mystery involving both his family and a criminal empire.

The Republic (2015)

A photojournalist and surveillance expert decides to go up against a system of political corruption and corporate intrigue after witnessing the murder of his brother.

Blue Queen (2018)

An armed robbery is the starting point of an unpredictable story that unfolds in four different versions; one for each of the film’s characters who rival over the "Blue Queen", one of the world’s most rare diamonds.

Emergency exit (1980)

When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her to marry him. That's exactly when she meets a junkie named Tasos Bekiris and falls in love with him. When he is murdered by a mysterious woman all the clues lead to Daisy who tries to prove her innocence. As she discovers, this woman is in charge of a drug-smuggling racket and she is also planning to import a huge quantity of heroin in Athens. Daisy kills her and arrives at their meeting place along with Markos.

Death Has Blue Eyes (1976)

Bob and Ches are two bachelors on the make. They are hired by Geraldine to guard her and her daughter, Christine. It seems Christine is psychic, and knows all the details of a political murder.

Black Aphrodite (1977)

Six American special agents are sent to an idyllic Greek island to disrupt the operation of an international operation of illegal arms deals and African based terrorists. Three agents are killed - so their team has an infiltrated enemy.

Ghost of a Chance (2002)

In the casino there is only one queen, the small ball that spins on the roulette table. None of the players pays the slightest attention to the female dealers. But Takis, a «perennial» med student, doesn't go to the casino to win millions but to earn a day's wages. Vera works in a gym but trains and gets a second job as a dealer. Her aim is to protect her mother since regulations forbid relatives of employees from entering the casino. Let her Dad knock himself out. There's no way he'll ever play roulette again! At some point, Takis and Vera become lovers. They rig a game at the roulette table, leave the money with her mother and hide out in a friend's house, where their romantic dream soon succumbs to the wretched conditions in which they live. When her father dies of a heart attack in his Jeep, Vera suddenly finds herself with money. At the funeral, the manager of the casino threatens to send her to prison...

To remali tis Athinas (1985)

An ex-wrestler becomes a junkie. When his cousin dies from heroin-use, he wants to take revenge and goes after the big boss.

A Day Somewhere in Athens (2014)

Football games, fights between mosters and explosions, everything that happens in a normal day in Athens.

Computer of Death (1987)

Paris Vellis is a computer games programmer who has developed a computer that it is possible to transport oneself into to play games. Despite the computer warning of the danger he enters his latest game where he must win or die.

Why is the red mullet red? (2015)

A film that tries to analyse a very big question, why is the red mullet red. A violent, action packed film, set in the bottoms of the sea.

Blood Tide (1982)

An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins.

Minore (2024)

When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city in this quirky action-comedy.

Electra (1962)

Living 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.

Indomitable: The Dragonphoenix Chronicles (2013)

A savage warrior escapes slavery and hunted by his former masters, begins a perilous journey back to his homeland and his wife.

The Garden of God (1994)

It's Christmas time. Shortie, Beanpole, Alekos and Sinoue, everyday people, decide to reinvent themselves because in the garden of god everything seems the same. They play ball, keep notes, lose their friends, strike their enemies, working out in the yard, learning how to dance, reciting poetry. They drink alcohol, paint, set fire to their bodies. And they promised to themselves, this Christmas to "make their way down" to the sea.

Iphigenia (1977)

The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia.

The Loser Takes All (2002)

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 bird, Bellafonte, meets up with an odd posse consisting of kid, who is a young songwriter, a prostitute who gathers money in order to open a bookstore, an alcoholic girl haunted by the relationship with her dead mother, and the grudgey bar-woman-ex-girlfriend. The five of them get caught up in a scheme involving the media, the mob, politicians and the police. And they definitely want to get the hell out of the city, probably to some Caribbean paradise.

Big Hit (2013)

Sergeant Kormas is investigating the murder of a colleague, unearthing a dirty conspiracy where organized crime and law enforcement are two sides of the same coin. Tough men, femme fatales, cheeky one-liners and a hero who becomes the victim of his own choices, i.e. all the basic noir ingredients, are present and accounted for

Turning Point (1982)

Two young couples decide to run away from home and go to Athens in order to find the exciting life that they couldn't live at the country. The guys get busted for robbing a gas station while the girls start working at a night club. Daisy meets a young and handsome man named Panos. He is a motorcycle racing driver. They immediately start a destructive relationship. Panos tastes his first joint with her and soon they become heroin-addicts, willing to do anything in order to get their daily fix. The film goes on describing their downfall until the apocalyptic ending.

Dangerous Cargo (1977)

A pirate takes over a munitions ship, killing the captain, and when the crew mutinies and abandons ship, is left aboard with the captain's widow.

Assignment Skybolt (1968)

An American secret service agent goes to Greece to investigate a stolen hydrogen bomb. It's connected to an antique coin that belonged to his brother...another agent. Now he's tasked with taking his brother out!

Οι Κολασμένοι Του Σεξ (1974)

Διαμάντια στο γυμνό σου σώμα (1974)

A female hotel manager and her male accomplice, murder a German gangster to steal his diamonds. Soon, other members of the gang arrive to find out what went on.