Movies: Greek mythology

They have traveled the length and breadth, taught us to read and write, told us their fantastic stories. But who are these ancient Greeks we no longer remember? They are much closer to us than it seems. Because the desires, the anxieties, the fear...

The young teacher Marelle goes in search of her husband who mysteriously disappeared while attending the funeral of a childhood friend....

"Perseus won't bring you luck, Acrisius", oracles the seer Talos at the birth of Perseus, the son of the father of the god Zeus. And that doesn't happen. Acrisius sends his grandson out to sea. But Zeus protects his son and Perseus is saved. Will Ze...

Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange adventures of warrior king Odysseus, inventor of the idea of the Trojan horse, the poem can claim to be the g...

Animated actors and vases tell stories from Greek mythology. Part of a 100-film international project on the theme of world culture. (Robert Donn)...

Eminent classical historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths. He firmly believes that these fantastical stories lie at the root of western culture, and yet little is known about where the myths of the Gr...

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a statue to life....

A modern low-budget adaptation of the myth of Sisyphus, made by film students as an school project...

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A homoerotic exploration of the Odyssey mixing black and white, color, and old film clips....

Shot entirely on vintage VHS-C tapes and loosely following the greek myth, The One and Only Aethon is a surrealist nightmare. The story follows Aethon as he struggles with his eating disorder and overbearing hyper masculinity. He is coxed by a seemin...

A descendant of ancient Greek sirens searches for love on modern day Long Island. After many failed relationships she worries that the problem lies with her, but she remains determined to find her soulmate....

Belladonna is a monster film based around the "Lamia" in ancient Greek Mythology. With tones of Giallo films of the past, Belladonna tells a story of a once child-eating snake, who has found a way to stay hidden in the modern world....

An early horror treatment of the hero's encounter with the one-eyed man-eating Cyclops....

20 years have passed since Ulysses went to fight in the Trojan War. Now he's considered lost and deceased. In Itaca, his homeland, his old dog Argos awaits his owner, wondering if he'll ever come back....

Torn between loyalty to her family, and her love for Jason, Medea attacks her father and flees with Jason to unknown lands. Medea’s brother pursues them. When Jason betrays and abandons her, she is driven to the ultimate act of vengeful destruction....

In Greek mythology, there were colossal creatures with fifty heads and a hundred arms. In the manner of an illustration in a bestiary, this short film describes the titan in a contemporary city. The concrete masses on the outskirts of Mexico City are...

The son of Zeus must face a series of challenges....

What if the original myth was a lie?...

In 1963 Boultenhouse wrote, produced, and directed Dionysius,which he described as a “free treatment of Euripides' The Bacchae.”It starred the dancers Louis Falco, Anna Duncan, and Nicolas Magallanes as Dionysius, Agave, and Pentheus respectively, an...