All German feature films I have seen (ratings & comments)
by karstenschmieder | created - 17 Nov 2018 | updated - 4 weeks ago | PublicThis list will concentrate on the cinematic heritage of my home country. Eligible are productions (no documentaries) that were mainly done in Germany, though its sometimes hard to distinguish with so many production companys participating in Euopean films. If more than one country is involved, I will add them when the main language is German.
There are some notable films in the German language that were produced in Austria or Switzerland. These will not appear in this list, unless they were co-produced in Germany...you see: its going to be complicated!
German cinema may not have the revolutionary tradition of French or Italian cinema in the latest years, but there is nonetheless much to be explored. This will be a work in progress and is sorted randomly.
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1. Europa Europa (1990)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, War
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider, André Wilms
Votes: 17,493 | Gross: $5.58M
Original title: Hitlerjunge Salomon
Recipent of the Best Foreign Language Golden Globe and nominated for its script at the Oscars, this movie is suprisingly entertaining despite many heartbreaking scenes. Its tone may not be very consistent, switching from Blechtrommel-like Satire to solemn, touching Holocaust drama, but its vision and scale is admirable.
Rating: 8/10
2. Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Not Rated | 231 min | Drama, History
Jakob longs for a new life for himself and his troubled family in Brazil.
Director: Edgar Reitz | Stars: Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill, Maximilian Scheidt, Marita Breuer
Votes: 1,539
3. Anatomy (2000)
R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg
Votes: 14,039 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Crazy (2000)
97 min | Drama
16 year old, paralyzed Benjamin switches to a boarding school to get better grades where he has to struggle with the various problems of coming of age: He falls in love with the school's dream girl Malen.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Tom Schilling, Oona-Devi Liebich, Julia Hummer
Votes: 4,335
5. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,631 | Gross: $1.24M
6. Stalingrad (1993)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, War
The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph
Votes: 37,747 | Gross: $0.08M
7. Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen (1994 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
This movie depicts the story of Erwin Makolajczyk, a psychopath who killed 9 people in a courtroom on the 9th of March 1994. All of his life Erwin was a loner with a special liking for ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Christoph Waltz, Cornelia Froboess, Christian Redl, Tamara Kafka
Votes: 103
8. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,511
9. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Horror
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Votes: 40,571
10. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,141 | Gross: $0.48M
11. Paula (I) (2016)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and career of breakthrough German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Carla Juri, Albrecht Schuch, Roxane Duran, Joel Basman
Votes: 868
12. No More School (2000)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
The last weeks of school have begun; before graduation, the boys catch their last chance to really have fun with friends and all the girls. From the life of a group of school pupils in a small town- the last days before real life begins
Director: Marco Petry | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jasmin Schwiers, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Mina Tander
Votes: 3,547
13. The Tin Drum (1979)
R | 142 min | Drama, War
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach
Votes: 25,764
14. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,550 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte (2012)
95 min | Comedy, Music
An inept music manager documents his attempt of bringing about a comeback of the 80s techno pioneers Fraktus, who in the past 30 years have disconnected both from each other and their music.
Directors: Lars Jessen, Jacques Palminger, Rocko Schamoni, Sebastian Schultz, Heinz Strunk | Stars: Devid Striesow, Heinz Strunk, Rocko Schamoni, Jacques Palminger
Votes: 1,523
16. The White Ribbon (2009)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 77,687 | Gross: $2.22M
17. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,098
18. Head-On (2004)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç, Zarah Jane McKenzie
Votes: 57,703
19. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 264,468 | Gross: $11.49M
20. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
PG | 158 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Votes: 38,624
21. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 18,919
22. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,338
23. Woyzeck (1979)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge
Votes: 10,540
24. The Lives of Others (2006)
R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 410,709 | Gross: $11.29M
25. Wetlands (2013)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
The adventures of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse, Meret Becker
Votes: 12,364 | Gross: $0.06M
26. In the Fade (2017)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Numan Acar, Adam Bousdoukos, Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto
Votes: 35,649 | Gross: $0.32M
27. Soul Kitchen (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke
Votes: 40,454 | Gross: $0.27M
28. Holly - The Movie (1984)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Otto, a young man from East-Frisia, comes to the big city of Hamburg to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a wealthy young girl; and ... See full summary »
Directors: Xaver Schwarzenberger, Otto Waalkes | Stars: Otto Waalkes, Elisabeth Wiedemann, Sky du Mont, Jessika Cardinahl
Votes: 4,621
29. Otto - Der Liebesfilm (1992)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Armor gets caught by God playing video games and must now make a perfect match for two people to fall in love.
Directors: Otto Waalkes, Bernd Eilert | Stars: Otto Waalkes, Jessika Cardinahl, Juraj Kukura, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Votes: 1,915
30. Jailbirds (1996)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ein weiteres Highlight am deutschen Kinohimmel. Ein Förderprogramm bringt die beiden Knackis Gerd und Steinbock in die Obhut von Frauen. Dort sollen sie beweisen, dass sie in der Lage sind ... See full summary »
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Til Schweiger, Detlev Buck, Leander Haußmann, Marie Bäumer
Votes: 1,687
31. Bibi & Tina (2014)
TV-Y7 | 101 min | Fantasy
Bibi Blocksberg is a girl with special powers: she is a witch. She spends her summer holidays at riding school with her best friend Tina. The two girls go riding together every day. But ... See full summary »
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Lina Larissa Strahl, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Louis Held, Ruby O. Fee
Votes: 895
32. Bibi & Tina voll verhext! (2014)
TV-Y7 | 137 min | Adventure, Family
When robbers hit Frankenstein's castle, teen pals Bibi and Tina hunt for the crooks, then devise a plan to save the neighbors' failing ranch.
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Lina Larissa Strahl, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Louis Held, Emilio Sakraya
Votes: 777
33. Bibi & Tina: Mädchen gegen Jungs (2016)
TV-Y7 | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Best friends Bibi and Tina must come to terms with an exchange pupil who cheats to undermine their endeavors to win a geocache search/treasure hunt.
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Lina Larissa Strahl, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Louis Held, Michael Maertens
Votes: 773
34. The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018)
102 min | Adventure, Family
En route to a party they are not keen on attending, the Famous Five are almost relieved when Aunt Fanny's car breaks down, stranding them in a small town. To pass the time, they visit the ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Marzuk | Stars: Allegra Tinnefeld, Marinus Hohmann, Ron Antony Renzenbrink, Amelie Lammers
Votes: 307
35. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime, Comedy
Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
Director: Thomas Jahn | Stars: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 33,708 | Gross: $0.00M
36. A Friend of Mine (2006)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, Peter Kurth
Votes: 4,423
37. Windstorm (2013)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Mika is sent to spend the summer at her strict grandmother's horse farm. She is hesitant at first, but when she meets the wild stallion Ostwind, Mika discovers her amazing horse whispering powers.
Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hanna Binke, Marvin Linke, Cornelia Froboess, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 2,164
38. Windstorm 2 (2015)
103 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
As Mika returns to the farm for the summer, she finds a wild white horse in the forest. When one day, she spots a mysterious young man trying to tame the animal, that Mika believes to be a unicorn, Mika and the stranger strike a deal.
Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hanna Binke, Jannis Niewöhner, Marvin Linke, Amber Bongard
Votes: 1,151
39. Windstorm 3 (2017)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Mika sets off on a journey to Andalusia, the place of Ostwind's heritage, where she discovers a fascinating woman living with wild horses in a place of legend, that will turn out to be instrumental in saving them.
Director: Katja von Garnier | Stars: Hanna Binke, Jannis Niewöhner, Amber Bongard, Marvin Linke
Votes: 670
40. Wendy (I) (2017)
91 min | Adventure, Family
Former horse riding champion Wendy refuses to go back on a horse after an accident. When she encounters Dixie, a stallion who was sold to a slaughterhouse, her perspective begins to change.
Director: Dagmar Seume | Stars: Jule Hermann, Jasmin Gerat, Benjamin Sadler, Julius Hotz
Votes: 165
41. 3096 Tage (2013)
111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the factual case of Natascha Kampusch.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Thure Lindhardt, Amelia Pidgeon, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 16,280
42. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
With slicked-down hair and three-piece suits, dependable Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Lilith Ungerer, Kurt Raab, Amadeus Fengler, Lilo Pempeit
Votes: 2,925
43. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann
Votes: 23,880
44. Godless Youth (2017)
114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
German students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.
Director: Alain Gsponer | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Fahri Yardim, Emilia Schüle, Alicia von Rittberg
Votes: 1,889
45. The Pedestrian (1973)
PG | 98 min | Drama
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Peter Hall, Maximilian Schell, Gila von Weitershausen
Votes: 288
46. Nowhere in Africa (2001)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
Due to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo
Votes: 13,970 | Gross: $6.17M
47. Schtonk (1992)
115 min | Comedy, Crime
The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.
Director: Helmut Dietl | Stars: Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger, Dagmar Manzel
Votes: 4,031
48. The Bridge (1959)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.
Director: Bernhard Wicki | Stars: Volker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Votes: 8,660
49. Operation Sugar (2012 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A commissioner and a public prosecutor become allies in the investigation into a case of child trafficking and child prostitution in Berlin. You are David against Goliath: courageous women ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Kaufmann | Stars: Nadja Uhl, Senta Berger, Anatole Taubman, Paraschiva Dragus
Votes: 336
50. The Nasty Girl (1990)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Votes: 2,759 | Gross: $2.28M
51. Generation War (2013)
TV-MA | 270 min | Action, Drama, History
Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein
Votes: 32,603 | Gross: $0.09M
52. Westfront 1918 (1930)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Romance, War
A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, Hans-Joachim Möbis, Claus Clausen
Votes: 2,423
53. Welcome to Germany (2016)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
When a well-off Munich family takes in Diallo, a refugee from Nigeria, he soon makes friends among the family members, but they are tested when they must face racism, bureaucracy, and terror suspicions because of him.
Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Senta Berger, Heiner Lauterbach, Florian David Fitz, Palina Rojinski
Votes: 5,572
54. Der schwarze Nazi (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Directors: Karl-Friedrich König, Tilman König | Stars: Aloysius Itoka, Judith Bareiß, Christian Weber, Bernd-Michael Baier
Votes: 229
55. Tischlein deck dich (2008 TV Movie)
59 min | Family, Fantasy, Romance
Goofy farm boy Max Klopstock seems good for nothing, although the mean goat makes him look worse then he actually does. Feeling an utter disappointment to his dad, he decides to follow his ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrich König | Stars: Remo Schulze, Linn Reusse, Christine Neubauer, Michael Brandner
Votes: 229
56. Mephisto (1981)
Unrated | 146 min | Drama
In early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildikó Bánsági, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,600
57. Mitten in Deutschland: NSU (2016)
Crime, Drama
After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them.
Stars: ShockingRotom, Anna Maria Mühe, Ben Münchow, Albrecht Schuch
Votes: 1,036
58. The Murder Farm (2009)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
On a remote farm an entire family is murdered.
Director: Bettina Oberli | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Monica Bleibtreu, Volker Bruch, Filip Peeters
Votes: 1,134
59. The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf
Votes: 6,120 | Gross: $0.28M
60. Wings of Desire (1987)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
An angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois
Votes: 77,097 | Gross: $3.33M
61. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,759 | Gross: $4.06M
62. The American Friend (1977)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Votes: 18,616
63. The White Rose (1982)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Verhoeven | Stars: Lena Stolze, Martin Benrath, Wulf Kessler, Oliver Siebert
Votes: 1,112
64. Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a band. They fall in love with each other, ... See full summary »
Director: Connie Walter | Stars: Anna Bertheau, Antonio Wannek, Tim Sander, Carmen Simone Birk
Votes: 520
65. Der Totmacher (1995)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this ... See full summary »
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch, Pierre Franckh, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Votes: 2,349
66. Death Is My Trade (1977)
145 min | Biography, Drama
The disturbing biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.
Director: Theodor Kotulla | Stars: Götz George, Elisabeth Schwarz, Kai Taschner, Hans Korte
Votes: 428
67. Friend Request (2016)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a college student unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.
Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan
Votes: 27,826 | Gross: $3.76M
68. Als wir träumten (2015)
117 min | Drama
In 1990s east Germany, three boys are in love with techno music and start their own club.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Joel Basman, Marcel Heuperman
Votes: 1,325
69. The Wave (2008)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich
Votes: 115,173
70. König von Deutschland (2013)
97 min | Comedy
Thomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.
Director: David Dietl | Stars: Olli Dittrich, Veronica Ferres, Wanja Mues, Jonas Nay
Votes: 798
71. Downfall (2004)
R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 375,433 | Gross: $5.51M
72. Werner - Beinhart! (1990)
93 min | Action, Animation, Comedy
Broesel has to make a Werner animation film but right now he has no real ideas for new stories. Thus he simply draws some stories from Werner's youth.
Directors: Gerhard Hahn, Niki List, Michael Schaack | Stars: Klaus Büchner, Andi Feldmann, Kulle Westphal, Rötger Feldmann
Votes: 6,233
73. Werner - Das muss kesseln!!! (1996)
85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Animation
Because of a bet, Werner and his friend have to construct the fastest vehicle to win a race, because life depends on it.
Directors: Udo Beissel, Michael Schaack | Stars: Monty Arnold, Klaus Büchner, Andi Feldmann, Benno Hoffmann
Votes: 3,416
74. The Experiment (2001)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 96,122 | Gross: $0.14M
75. Lauras Stern (2004)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Family
An adolescent girl and her toddler brother, find a star that has actually fallen to earth, that turns out to be living being...complete with cosmic powers
Directors: Piet De Rycker, Thilo Rothkirch | Stars: Céline Vogt, Sandro Iannotta, Maximilian Artajo, Brit Gülland
Votes: 776
76. Kleines Arschloch (1997)
82 min | Animation, Comedy
He is a small, short-sighted boy who politically incorrectly terrorizes his environment in an old-fashioned, disrespectful and sometimes vulgar manner.
Directors: Michael Schaack, Veit Vollmer | Stars: Ilona Schulz, Helge Schneider, Arne Elsholtz, Kathrin Ackermann
Votes: 3,913
77. Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (1993)
86 min | Comedy, Western
A parody of a western filmed in the country of Karl May, a German writer famous for his adventure books which feature the Apache Winnetou.
Directors: Ralf Huettner, Helge Schneider | Stars: Helge Schneider, Peter Thoms, Buddy Casino, Andreas Kunze
Votes: 2,548
78. Praxis Dr. Hasenbein (1997)
94 min | Comedy
An eccentric doctor tries as best he can to lead a pleasant life, despite the bad tricks played by the residents of an orphanage.
Director: Helge Schneider | Stars: Helge Schneider, Peter Berling, Andreas Kunze, Horst Mendroch
Votes: 1,967
79. Soloalbum (2003)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Ben is a young editor for a famous german music magazine in the mid 1990s. His life is falling apart after his girlfriend breaks up with him. From now on he decides to go solo...
Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Tschirner, Oliver Wnuk, Christian Näthe
Votes: 2,228
80. Heroes (2013 TV Movie)
143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On 21. September 2013, telecommunications satellite APV-1312 belonging to French media group CanalDouble crashes into the Brandenburg Gate, cutting a trail of destruction as far as the ... See full summary »
Director: Hansjörg Thurn | Stars: Christiane Paul, Hannes Jaenicke, Emilia Schüle, Jannis Niewöhner
Votes: 624
81. The Edukators (2004)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner
Votes: 32,382 | Gross: $0.18M
82. Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)
R | 87 min | Drama
Kati and Steffi have been best friends forever. Their love lives are heating up, so they're hitting the books less and going out to nightclubs more. When Steffi sees her father with another woman, her life begins to spiral out of control.
Director: Maria von Heland | Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Karoline Herfurth, Josefine Domes, David Winter
Votes: 1,798
83. Berlin Calling (2008)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Director: Hannes Stöhr | Stars: Paul Kalkbrenner, Rita Lengyel, Corinna Harfouch, Araba Walton
Votes: 15,207
84. Immigration Game (2017)
94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Germany refuses to receive any more refugees. The only way to obtain citizenship is to survive the popular TV show 'Immigration Game'. Whoever participates as a 'Runner' will be abandoned ... See full summary »
Director: Krystof Zlatnik | Stars: Katharina Sporrer, Simson Bubbel, Eskindir Tesfay, Horst Günter Marx
Votes: 398
85. Die Supernasen (1983)
88 min | Comedy
When Mike is left by his girlfriend, he meets Tommy, who just lost his job. The dynamic duo decides deliberately to work as private investigators. Their first case involves a rich man who wants to know if his wife is cheating.
Director: Dieter Pröttel | Stars: Mike Krüger, Thomas Gottschalk, Liane Hielscher, Gert Haucke
Votes: 1,296
86. Piratensender Power Play (1982)
90 min | Comedy
Tommy and Mike operate a famous pirate radio station, the most listened to radio station in Germany. The police as well as the operators of the "Bayerischer Rundfunk" (Bavarian Broadcast Company) try to stop their illegal broadcast.
Director: Sigi Rothemund | Stars: Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger, Evelyn Hamann, Ralf Wolter
Votes: 1,274
87. Das Zaubermännchen (1960)
73 min | Family, Fantasy
Once upon a time, there lived a lazy miller who spent all his time drinking wine and telling stories. When the king's treasurer comes to him with a demand to pay the tax, the miller lies that his daughter Marie can spin gold from straw.
Director: Christoph Engel | Stars: Karl-Heinz Rothin, Karin Lesch, Reinhard Michalke, Peter Dommisch
Votes: 136
88. The Flying Classroom (1973)
92 min | Comedy
A group of boys from a boarding school in Bamberg face a multitude of challenges - fights against local school boys, conflicts with their prefect and overcoming their own fears.
Director: Werner Jacobs | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Reincke, Diana Körner, Bernd Herzsprung
Votes: 785
89. Liegen lernen (2003)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Helmut, living in West Germany in the early 1980s, has a big crush on a fellow student, Britta. He does everything to get to know her, but, when she suddenly moves away to San Francisco, he's devastated.
Director: Henk Handloegten | Stars: Fabian Busch, Susanne Bormann, Fritzi Haberlandt, Sophie Rois
Votes: 1,371
90. Ödipussi (1988)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Gray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the... See full summary »
Director: Vicco von Bülow | Stars: Vicco von Bülow, Katharina Brauren, Evelyn Hamann, Edda Seippel
Votes: 4,349
91. Attention, Papa Arrives! (1991)
89 min | Comedy, Family
After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire. The former manager has plenty of time now to spend with his wife and their 16... See full summary »
Directors: Vicco von Bülow, Renate Westphal-Lorenz | Stars: Evelyn Hamann, Vicco von Bülow, Irm Hermann, Hans-Peter Korff
Votes: 5,947
92. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
TV-G | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A German Army officer is captured by the Soviets in World War II and sent to a labor camp in Eastern Siberia. After five years of enormous hardship he escapes, commencing an incredible, arduous, danger-filled journey.
Director: Hardy Martins | Stars: Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Michael Mendl
Votes: 8,094
93. Sex Up (2003 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy
Three teenage friends - who are all still virgins - discover a plant that produces a strong aphrodisiac. They want to use this to their advantage to finally get laid.
Director: Florian Gärtner | Stars: André Kaminski, Jacob Matschenz, Joseph Bolz, Mareike Lindenmeyer
Votes: 500
94. Girls on Top (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy
18-year old Inken is frustrated for not having had an orgasm with her boyfriend. Her two best friends Vicky and the still-virgin Lena are in the same situation. All try to best to change their respective situations.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Diana Amft, Felicitas Woll, Karoline Herfurth, Andreas Christ
Votes: 4,479
95. Manta, Manta (1991)
91 min | Comedy
Proud German owners of Opel Manta's race the streets against VW's and Mercedes. They decide to set up a real race with lots of money involved.
Director: Wolfgang Büld | Stars: Til Schweiger, Tina Ruland, Stefan Gebelhoff, Sabine Berg
Votes: 5,836
96. Manta - Der Film (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Life is tough on car fanatic Fred. As soon as he has convinced the beautiful hairdresser Tina, he wins an Opel Manta in a raffle and is rid of the lady immediately. From now on, Tina ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Sebastian Rudolph, Nadeshda Brennicke, Jophi Ries, Edda Fischer
Votes: 1,256
97. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 207,100 | Gross: $7.27M
98. Voll normaaal (1994)
91 min | Animation, Comedy, Thriller
Tommie works as mechanic in a garage and loves crazy exhausts. But when he steals the exhaust of the procurer Jupp a lot of trouble starts: Jupp gives Tommie an ultimatum to replace the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralf Huettner | Stars: Tom Gerhardt, Hilmi Sözer, Veronica Ferres, Grace Simon
Votes: 3,587
99. Ballermann 6 (1997)
95 min | Comedy
Scrambling up their last money, two dudes journey to Mallorca to fullfill their dream and participate in Europe's most famous beach parties.
Directors: Gernot Roll, Tom Gerhardt | Stars: Tom Gerhardt, Hilmi Sözer, Diana Frank, Christoph M. Ohrt
Votes: 3,477
100. Otto - Der Außerfriesische (1989)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian homeland, but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But when his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn to do, Otto tries to convince him.
Directors: Marijan David Vajda, Otto Waalkes | Stars: Otto Waalkes, Barbara May, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Volkmar Kleinert
Votes: 2,752
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