Unlike so many lists of movies on travel websites, I wanted to add a little structure to this list and a little more background. In short, there is a movie for everyone. Sometimes Greece is the star of the movie, sometimes Greece is just the setting. I’ve drawn inspiration from both. I’ve included the IMDB rating (10 point scale, higher is better) – personally I’ve found that most movies rated over a “6” can be quite good even if it’s not a genre a love.
Action
For Your Eyes Only
The Guns of Navarone. 1961. Actors Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn spent several months filming in Rhodes.
Ill Met by Moonlight. 1957. A Nazi general is kidnapped in Crete in this true story.
Coming of Age
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Romantic
Boy on the Dolphin
My Life in Ruins
Mamma Mia
Shirley Valentine
Classics
Eleni
Never on Sunday
Zorba the Greek
Drama
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Pascal’s Island
Television
The Durrells
Greece in Focus 