greek tragedy movies

Medea (1970)
6.6 / 10

Drama, Fantasy

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the...

Phaedra (1962)
5.6 / 10

Drama, Romance

A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, is married to the younger, fiery...

Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
0 / 10

Drama

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of...

The Trojan Women (1971)
6.1 / 10

Drama

In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to...

Medea (1963)
0 / 10

TV Movie, Drama

Medea is a powerful witch who gets revenge on her cheating husband Jason by killing their children.

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
6.3 / 10

Drama

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s...

Electra (1962)
7 / 10

Action, History, Drama

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.

In the Darkness of the Night (2004)
5.9 / 10

Crime, Drama

A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.

Oedipus the King (1968)
4.7 / 10

Drama

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for...

Meinir's Tree (2024)
0 / 10

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986)
0 / 10

Drama

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to...

Prometheus (2015)
0 / 10

Drama

This is a film of the 2013 Cambridge Greek Play production of Prometheus, presented at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Medea (2019)
5.6 / 10

Drama

Medea is expelled from the mining region in the Atacama Desert and is given just one day to disappear. But in that single day, she comes up with a...

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
2 / 10

Drama

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king...

Greek Gossip (2020)
9 / 10

Comedy, Drama

In a world where Greek mythology is reality, Ben, a lonely reporter, finds his morals swayed by his desperation for affection.

Le Troiane (2024)
0 / 10

Drama

A short film by Chiara Del Bove. Starring Caterina Cesari, Elisa Brunelli, Denise Del Bove and Camilla Calabrò.

Grey and Black (2015)
6.1 / 10

Drama

The story of Maria, a woman betrayed by his companion, David, when he steals a sack of money and flees, taking refuge in the island of Pico. Furious...

Stone Cold (2023)
0 / 10

Drama, Fantasy

A lonely, recluse sculptor must confront his inner turmoil and reckon with his romantic desires when his statue comes to life.

Narcissus (1983)
5.2 / 10

Music

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a...

Antigone, or Let's Make Movies in Transylvania! (2011)
6 / 10

Comedy

A crew of young filmmakers from Translyvania set out to make an adaptation of the Greek classic Antigone. The film is a summary of their mishaps and...