Greek Tragedy Movies
- 2024
Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of Kindness6.62024HD
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was...
- 1970
Medea
Medea6.61970HD
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...
- 1962
Phaedra
Phaedra5.71962HD
A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson...
- 1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra6.31947HD
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...
- 1986
Theban Plays: Antigone
Theban Plays: Antigone01986HD
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...
- 1971
The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women6.11971HD
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...
- 1962
Electra
Electra7.11962HD
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.
- 1968
Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King4.71968HD
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...
- 1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus01986HD
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...
- 2015
Prometheus
Prometheus02015HD
This is a film of the 2013 Cambridge Greek Play production of Prometheus, presented at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.
- 2024
Meinir's Tree
Meinir's Tree02024HD
- 2011
Antigone, or Let's Make Movies in Transylvania!
Antigone, or Let's Make Movies in Transylvania!62011HD
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...
- 1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King21986HD
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...
- 2020
Greek Gossip
Greek Gossip92020HD
In a world where Greek mythology is reality, Ben, a lonely reporter, finds his morals swayed by his desperation for affection.
- 2015
Grey and Black
Grey and Black6.12015HD
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...
- 1983
Narcissus
Narcissus5.21983HD
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...
- 2004
In the Darkness of the Night
In the Darkness of the Night5.92004HD
A disturbing film about the Portuguese underworld of prostitution.
- 2019
Medea
Medea5.62019HD
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...
- 2023
Stone Cold
Stone Cold02023HD
A lonely, recluse sculptor must confront his inner turmoil and reckon with his romantic desires when his statue comes to life.
- 2024
Le Troiane
Le Troiane02024HD
A short film by Chiara Del Bove. Starring Caterina Cesari, Elisa Brunelli, Denise Del Bove and Camilla Calabrò.