10 Great Movies That Evoke Greek Tragedy

"Everything builds upon something. In the earliest days of cinema, it drew inspiration from vaudeville and theater. If we go back down in history through operas and stages, we will end up in ancient times and in this case, ancient Greek theater. For their theater, it was based upon tragedies from family chaos, myths, epics, and so forth.
Certain films today can be compared to a Greek tragedy, especially to pioneers of the times such as Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. On this list are contemporary or modern films that resemble Greek tragedies. In terms of 'contemporary' or 'modern', there aren't any films that take place in ancient times such as a wonderful body of work by Michael Cacoyannis. Here are some films that drew inspiration from Greek tragedies."

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