Greek Tragedy Movies

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...

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.

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...

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...

Recalling his childhood and relationship with his mother, a film student tries to understand the origin of his love for cinema and tragedies.

Witness the epic rise and fall of Margie's Meatloaf Mecca, a restaurant in Ohio famous for only serving two things: meatloaf and strawberry milk....

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...

Antigone asks the question of the difference between the spirit of the Law and the letter of the Law. This elemental ancient play about - honor,...

Set during the turbulent shift from silent to sound, this film intertwines the lives of a struggling filmmaker and a solitary fisherman. A meditation...

“The Suppliants of Aeschylus were part of a trilogy consisting of Supplicants, Sons of Egypt and Danaids, followed by a satyr drama Amirnon. It...

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...

Oedipus the King unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit.

Three witches live together in a forest, each with unique traits. Nasaige, the youngest, faces a prophecy that leads her on a journey with her...

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌While performing the role of Oedipus on stage, a string...