Austrian Crime Films
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1. Taxi für eine Leiche (2002)
83 min | Comedy, Crime
Diverse characters, regular customers of the Viennese cafe Sperlhof, suspect each other of being the Necktie Murderer, whose last victim is found in a local movie theater, but the corpse disappears.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Gertraud Jesserer, Karlheinz Hackl, Brigitte Kren, Karl Fischer
Votes: 91
2. Polt (2013)
Crime
Director: Julian Pölsler | Stars: Erwin Steinhauer, Fritz Karl, Elisabeth Orth, Cornelius Obonya
Votes: 71
3. Heile Welt (2007)
89 min | Crime, Drama
Adolescents in the amphibious situation between child and adult try to cope with their emotions and their environment. Right there they would need limits, a foothold and hope and yet they ... See full summary »
Director: Jakob M. Erwa | Stars: Simon Möstl, Michael Sauseng, Angelika Schneider, Tatjana Koschutnig
Votes: 106
4. Der Überfall (2000)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor's shop. What was supposed to last only a few minutes ends up being a bizarre afternoon for three men: the ... See full summary »
Director: Florian Flicker | Stars: Roland Düringer, Josef Hader, Joachim Bißmeier, Birgit Doll
Votes: 522
5. Das dunkle Paradies (2019)
90 min | Crime
The Salzburg police duo Heilmayr and Merana is looking for the murderer of a noble call girl.
Director: Catalina Molina | Stars: Stefanie Reinsperger, Manuel Rubey, Andrea Wenzl, Wolfgang Rauh
Votes: 208
6. Blind ermittelt: Die toten Mädchen von Wien (2018)
88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Jano Ben Chaabane | Stars: Philipp Hochmair, Andreas Guenther, Stipe Erceg, Jaschka Lämmert
Votes: 85
7. Vanessa (I) (2015)
82 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Former famous singer VANESSA is dreaming about a comeback. Living on a small mediterranean island we spend a heart-stopping, thrilling, weird, sad and funny night with her and some other ... See full summary »
Directors: Marion Mitterhammer, Hans-Günther Bücking | Stars: Marion Mitterhammer, Helmut Bohatsch, Werner Prinz, Thomas Oláh
Votes: 13
8. Bad Luck (I) (2015)
80 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
BAD LUCK is a lovingly made, tragic-comic film about wrong decisions, chance and the search for happiness.
Director: Thomas Woschitz | Stars: Valerie Pachner, Markus Schwärzer, Josef Smretschnig, Christian Zankl
Votes: 200
9. Planet Ottakring (2015)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Any idea how to start a revolution?
Director: Michael Riebl | Stars: Michael Steinocher, Cornelia Gröschel, Sebastian Wendelin, Serkan Kaya
Votes: 91
10. Heller als der Mond (2000)
88 min | Crime, Comedy
Director: Virgil Widrich | Stars: Christopher Buchholz, Lars Rudolph, Piroska Szekely, Gerhard Liebmann
Votes: 88
11. Die Fremde (2000)
102 min | Crime, Drama
The seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico, newly arrived at the Vienna airport with her German boyfriend Rainer, where they have smuggled a kilo of ... See full summary »
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Goya Toledo, Hary Prinz, Martin Feifel, Nina Proll
Votes: 83
12. Jack (IV) (2015)
97 min | Crime, Drama
Jack Unterweger was and remains an enigma, elevated to celebrity status and acclaimed for his underworld-plunging poetry and fiction before being charged with the murders of 11 prostitutes in Austria and abroad.
Director: Elisabeth Scharang | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Minichmayr, Sarah Viktoria Frick
Votes: 149
13. Whispering Moon (2006)
Unrated | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In a dystopia future world we follow a gay couple, Jannis and Patrick, who is filming a secret documentary in a circus.
Director: Michael Satzinger | Stars: Franz Robert Ceeh, Michael Fernbach, Mischa Fernbach, Dominik Hartl
Votes: 258
14. Silentium (2004)
116 min | Crime, Thriller
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Joachim Król, Maria Köstlinger
Votes: 3,522
15. Der Knochenmann (2009)
127 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Private Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station "Löschenkohl". There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Josef Bierbichler, Birgit Minichmayr, Christoph Luser
Votes: 4,910
16. Life Eternal (2015)
123 min | Comedy, Crime
Former cop Brenner has to return to his home town where he gets involved in a tragic story between his old friends.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Tobias Moretti, Nora Waldstätten, Roland Düringer
Votes: 2,536
17. Wild Mouse (2017)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.
Director: Josef Hader | Stars: Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Georg Friedrich, Jörg Hartmann
Votes: 2,856
18. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,173 | Gross: $5.48M
19. Benny's Video (1992)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner
Votes: 18,610
20. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 15,943
21. Funny Games (1997)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Votes: 84,063
22. Tag der Teufel (2007)
95 min | Crime, Thriller
Right away after her graduation from university, young Penelope Beyer gets a job as a reporter of the local TV station. Her first task is to report on the first "day of the devils" since ... See full summary »
Directors: Stefan Peczelt, Elmar Weihsmann | Stars: Christine Untermoser, Monica Baci, Alexander E. Fennon, Werner Wulz
Votes: 35
23. Kommissar Taler (2014)
63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
"Kommissar Taler" is about the young and dynamic inspector Christian Taler (Alexander Knaipp) and his feisty new Tyrolean assistant, Angela Reiter (Tina Winkler) and how these two different... See full summary »
Director: Victoria Halper | Stars: Alexander Knaipp, Tina Winkler, Margit Holzhaider, Daniel Pascal
24. Der See (1996)
120 min | Crime
Director: Thomas Roth | Stars: Gabriel Barylli, Heribert Sasse, Mercedes Echerer, Roland Düringer
Votes: 24
25. Kleinstadt - Dirty Little Secrets? (2016)
Comedy, Crime
What happens next determines what happened before. That is why the small town journalist, Jonathan D., recognizes connections where others see only random events. With the narrative about ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Rabenstein | Stars: Anita Knappe, Yuuna, Martin Mangold, Helmut Elsasser
26. C.S.EI Meidling - Special Agent Dreams (2007)
88 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Harald Huto | Stars: Tanja Taktlos, Stefan Weber, Alf Poier, Birgit Waite
27. Septem (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seven people with problems and two therapists. Spending time in a lonely hut in the mountains. A whole week therapy which could be strenuous but healing. One person has an eating disorder. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Fandl | Stars: Nicolas Brieger, John Fricke, Daniel Jesch, Sven Kaschte
Votes: 55
28. Fever (I) (1998)
89 min | Crime, Comedy
Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger | Stars: Gudrun Landgrebe, Erwin Steinhauer, Herbert Knaup, Gregor Bloéb
Votes: 39
29. Caracas (1989)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Hopfner runs a gas station together with his wife Helga. They both prepare for a dance competition. A prostitute from a nearby brothel bears a striking resemblance to his wife, leading him to hatch a plan to get rid of Helga.
Director: Michael Schottenberg | Stars: Regula Bill, Gerhard Zemann, Herta Böhm, Christoph Künzler
Votes: 16
30. 22:43 (2010)
93 min | Crime, Mystery
365 days. 416 pages. Euphoria. But no ones interested in Max' manuscript. Reality again destroys his big dream of a writing life. 365 days. 416 pages. Frustration. A night-time walk should ... See full summary »
Director: Markus Hautz | Stars: Martin Loos, Anton Noori, Laila Alina Reischer, Silvia Schantl
Votes: 17
31. Auf bösem Boden (2007)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Romeo and Juliet - a couple that has a very odd perception of their relationship. They decide to buy a loft situated in a run-down factory. Somenone already lives there. The deranged owner ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Koller | Stars: Aleksandar Petrovic, Birgit Stauber, Kari Rakkola, Faris Rahoma
Votes: 331
32. Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus (2010)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Maj. Adolf Kottan III has to return to the police as the situation is worse than ever. He is the only hope.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Lukas Resetarits, Udo Samel, Johannes Krisch, Robert Stadlober
Votes: 191
33. Die 3 Posträuber (1998)
93 min | Crime, Family
Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Thierry van Werveke, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Rudolf Kowalski, Dolores Schmidinger
Votes: 51
34. Die Wildnis (1993)
98 min | Crime
The son of a farmer is bathed in his blood in front of an isolated mountain hut. There is no record of the attacker. Two investigators disappear without a trace. Years later, policeman Brenner sets out to find his colleagues.
Director: Werner Masten | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Cécile Pallas, Philippe Clay, David Martin
Votes: 20
35. Der Fall des Lemming (2009)
96 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Nikolaus Leytner | Stars: Fritz Karl, Julia Koschitz, Roland Düringer, Florian Teichtmeister
Votes: 164
36. Easy come, easy go (2008)
94 min | Crime
A guy who is usually dogged by bad luck finds a bag full of drugs and thinks this may change everything. But someone misses this bag.
Director: Bernhard Goeth | Stars: Achmed Abdel-Salam, Domenica Grosinger, Mohamed Ghanim, Leonard Höller
Votes: 8
37. Vienna Murder Mystery (1997)
94 min | Crime
After the last concert of a long tour, Dr. Kurt Ostbahn retires to his favorite café to relax. He is suddenly dragged into a bizarre criminal case. His vacation then fills with vice, perversion and murder.
Director: Thomas Roth | Stars: Willi Resetarits, Lukas Resetarits, Uschi Obermaier, Inga Busch
Votes: 77
38. What a Difference a Day Makes (2011)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The successful politician Robert is going on a romantic weekend trip with his pregnant girlfriend Katharina as a unexpected old friend of Robert,Wolfgang suddenly appears on the surface and start to stalk the couple.
Director: Peter Payer | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Anna Unterberger, Nicholas Ofczarek, Carmela Achleitner
Votes: 163
39. Joint Venture (1994)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Dieter Berner | Stars: Michaela Kuklová, Gregor Bloéb, Nina Franoszek, Jirí Menzel
Votes: 26
40. Schnellschuß (1995)
90 min | Crime
Director: Thomas Roth | Stars: Michael Schottenberg, Wolfram Berger, Johannes Silberschneider, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 17
41. The Leaving (2003)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director: Robert Narholz | Stars: Elisabeth Lanz, Thomas Sturm, Eleonore Weisgerber, Ange Billman
Votes: 16
42. K-10 Stunden Angst (2015)
Crime
Director: Hans-Günther Bücking | Stars: Marion Mitterhammer, Werner Prinz, Thomas Oláh
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