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1. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
PG-13 | 142 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Albus Dumbledore knows that Gellert Grindelwald is moving to take control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he asks Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team on a dangerous mission.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler
Votes: 170,177 | Gross: $95.85M
2. Army of Thieves (2021)
TV-MA | 127 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A prequel, set before the events of Army of the Dead, which focuses on German safecracker Ludwig Dieter leading a group of aspiring thieves on a top secret heist during the early stages of the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Matthias Schweighöfer | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin
Votes: 88,685
3. Tatort (1970– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 3,065
4. Toni Erdmann (2016)
R | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Votes: 52,001 | Gross: $1.48M
5. The Command (2018)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl
Votes: 21,438
6. The Old Fox (1977– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
A police department led by an older, experienced detective solves crimes together.
Stars: Michael Ande, Markus Böttcher, Ulf Söhmisch, Rolf Schimpf
Votes: 770
7. Ruby Red (2013)
122 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On her 16th birthday, Gwendolyn Shepherd finds out that instead of her cousin, she has inherited a rare gene that allows her to travel through time.
Director: Felix Fuchssteiner | Stars: Josefine Preuß, Florian Bartholomäi, Uwe Kockisch, Johannes Silberschneider
Votes: 8,263
8. Derrick (1974–1998)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant, Inspector Harry Klein, solve murder cases in Munich and surrounding areas.
Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Holger Petzold
Votes: 1,841
9. Das Beste kommt noch! (2023)
111 min | Comedy
Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Til Schweiger, Michael Maertens, Neda Rahmanian, Franziska Machens
Votes: 535
10. Sapphire Blue (2014)
116 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gwen has just discovered that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she must juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with Gideon, and figuring out dark secrets surrounding the Circle.
Directors: Felix Fuchssteiner, Katharina Schöde, Lev L. Spiro | Stars: Josefine Preuß, Florian Bartholomäi, Karl Walter Sprungala, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 4,320
11. Emerald Green (2016)
113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Adaptation of the final part of famous time-travel trilogy. Gwendolyn's heart is broken, will she trust Gideon again? There's no time to wallow in tears. Something unbelievable happens, and Gwendolyn finds herself in the race against time.
Directors: Felix Fuchssteiner, Katharina Schöde | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Josefine Preuß, Maria Ehrich, Jannis Niewöhner
Votes: 2,878
12. Ein starkes Team (1994– )
90 min | Crime
It's almost 20 years since our illustrious Trio set off to solve some of Berlin's more bizarre murder mysteries. The success of the show's longevity hinges around the humor of former DDR ... See full summary »
Stars: Florian Martens, Arnfried Lerche, Jaecki Schwarz, Maja Maranow
Votes: 175
13. Measures of Men (2023)
116 min | Drama, History, War
End of 19th century German ethnologist Hoffmann travels to the former colony "German Southwest Africa" to gather art and skulls for the Berlin Ethnological Museum and slowly begins to lose his moral compass.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Girley Jazama, Peter Simonischek, Sven Schelker
Votes: 411
14. Ludwig II (2012)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at age 18 to his passionate support of... See full summary »
Directors: Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr | Stars: Sabin Tambrea, Sebastian Schipper, Hannah Herzsprung, Edgar Selge
Votes: 878
15. Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free (2016)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
Born 1861, Lou Andreas Salomé shuns tradition in pursuit of intellectual perfection, inflaming the hearts and minds of the 19th century's greatest thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Sigmund Freud.
Director: Cordula Kablitz-Post | Stars: Nicole Heesters, Katharina Lorenz, Liv Lisa Fries, Helena Pieske
Votes: 635 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Sukkubus (1989)
80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After a delirious night of drinking, two herdsmen and a boy who are all alone in the alps with their cattle, create a primitive female doll. When their creation comes to life as a beautiful succubus, they have to fear for their lives.
Director: Georg Tressler | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Giovanni Früh, Andy Voß, Pamela Prati
Votes: 392
17. Peterchens Mondfahrt (2021)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young boy embarks on an intergalactic mission to save his little sister from the clutches of a vengeful man on the moon.
Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi | Stars: Jacob Banigan, Stephan Benson, David Daria, Gerti Drassl
Votes: 648
18. Lieber Kurt (2022)
136 min | Drama
Kurt (Til Schweiger) and Lena (Franziska Machens) move together into an old house outside the city that is in need of renovation in order to be closer to Kurt's six-year-old son, little ... See full summary »
Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Marie Burchard, Jasmin Gerat, Teresa Harder, Simon Hatzl
Votes: 322
19. Hierankl (2003)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Young student Lene is standing at the train station; she must decide whether to take the train back to Berlin where she lives or the one to the Bavarian countryside where her family resides... See full summary »
Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Johanna Wokalek, Barbara Sukowa, Josef Bierbichler, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 369
20. DAS! (1991– )
45 min | Talk-Show
DAS is a talk show of the station NDR.
Stars: Hinnerk Baumgarten, Inka Schneider, Bettina Tietjen, Sandra Maahn
Votes: 75
21. Das Sacher. In bester Gesellschaft (2016– )
200 min | Drama
A soap-operatic mini-series about the history of Hotel Sacher in Vienna. It starts with the takeover by Anna Sacher after her husband Eduard dies at age 59. Most of the time, someone high ... See full summary »
Stars: Ursula Strauss, Josefine Preuß, Julia Koschitz, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 314
22. NDR Talk Show (1979– )
120 min | Talk-Show
The NDR Talkshow is a talk show of the station NDR.
Stars: Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Barbara Schöneberger, Jörg Pilawa, Julia Westlake
Votes: 111
23. The Interpreter (2018)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
Ali Ungar discovers in his 80s a book written by an SS soldier describing how he killed his parents back in Slovakia. He decides to take revenge, but when he arrives at the soldier's house he finds his son instead.
Director: Martin Sulík | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Jirí Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Anita Szvrcsek
Votes: 580
24. Bella Block (1993–2018)
Crime
For more than 20 years, determined Hannelore Hoger ruled on ZDF as Bella Block, Hamburg police-chief commissioner against criminals.
Stars: Hannelore Hoger, Hansjürgen Hürrig, Rudolf Kowalski, Devid Striesow
Votes: 204
25. Wetten, dass..? (1981– )
165 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Long-running German TV show airing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this self-proclaimed "greatest European TV show" ordinary people try daring or even funny bets. A celebrity is challenged to guess of the person is able to do it.
Stars: Thomas Gottschalk, Frank Elstner, Mirjam Weichselbraun, Michelle Hunziker
Votes: 1,274
26. Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück (2021– )
Comedy
Klaus Kranitz thinks "normal" couples therapy is just expensive separation support. His self-made approach promises quick success. In whatever form, otherwise you get your money back. He ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Simonischek, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Yannik Heckmann, Jan Georg Schütte
Votes: 170
27. Oktober November (2013)
114 min | Drama
A successful actress returns to her family home in rural Austria to visit her ailing father and sister, who spent her whole life taking care of him and her family. The reunion is marked by jealousy, introspection and a secret.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Nora Waldstätten, Peter Simonischek, Ursula Strauss, Sebastian Koch
Votes: 523
28. Universum (1987– )
45 min | Documentary
A wide variety of documentary subjects, from animals (dragonflies, ants) to people (Genghis Khan) to science (time, perception) to places (St. Stephens Cathedral, Umbria). The style is ... See full summary »
Stars: Otto Clemens, Cornelius Obonya, Gregor Seberg, Peter Faerber
Votes: 152
29. Volle Kanne (1999– )
85 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Volle Kanne is a service magazine on ZDF, which is sent from Monday to Friday.
Stars: Armin Roßmeier, Ingo Nommsen, Nadine Krüger, Andrea Ballschuh
Votes: 71
30. Stockinger (1996–1997)
45 min | Comedy, Crime
In a spinoff from the Inspector Rex series, Detective Ernst Stockinger is transferred from Vienna (where the Inspector Rex series took place) to Salzburg, where he carries out investigations in his own unique style.
Stars: Karl Markovics, Sandra Cervik, Hans-Peter Heinzl, Anja Schiller
Votes: 180
31. Crescendo (II) (2019)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Music
When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems.
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Götz Otto, Daniel Donskoy, Peter Simonischek, Sabrina Amali
Votes: 379
32. Only God Can Judge Me (2017)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a botched robbery attempt five years ago, Ricky went to jail for his brother Rafael and his buddy Latif. Now that he is back out of jail, Latif wants to show his gratitude: he says he... See full summary »
Director: Özgür Yildirim | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Edin Hasanovic, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 2,421
33. HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin (1998–2001)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite unit of the Berlin police fights crime using a high-tech prototype helicopter.
Stars: Peter Simonischek, Matthias Matz, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, Christoph M. Ohrt
Votes: 194
34. Three Sisters (1988)
112 min | Drama, Romance
Roberto and his three sisters don't know what to do with their lives.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 326
35. Kölner Treff (1976– )
90 min | Talk-Show
Kölner Treff - talk show with Bettina Böttinger.
Stars: Bettina Böttinger, Susan Link, Micky Beisenherz, Alfred Biolek
Votes: 58
36. Menschen & Mächte (2007– )
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Matthias Euba, Peter Faerber, Susanne Rossouw, Angelika Lang
Votes: 15
37. Erbe Österreich (2017– )
Documentary
Stars: Angelika Lang, Karl Hohenlohe, Katrin Unterreiner, Karin Steger
Votes: 16
38. Bergwelten (2012– )
Documentary, History
"Bergwelten" shows people as they experience adventures on mountains all around the world. Personalities, fascinated by the world of the mountains, bring us closer to the freedom many people experience in such breezy hights.
Stars: Otto Clemens, Reinhold Messner, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Peter Habeler
Votes: 16
39. Gebürtig (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Schindel, Lukas Stepanik | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Ruth Rieser, August Zirner, Katja Weitzenböck
Votes: 233
40. Einsatz in Hamburg (2000– )
90 min | Crime
Stars: Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Hannes Hellmann, Rainer Strecker, Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Votes: 198
41. Beresina or The Last Days of Switzerland (1999)
108 min | Comedy
An innocent Russian call girl believes that she would make use of her influential contacts to get Swiss nationality.
Director: Daniel Schmid | Stars: Elena Panova, Geraldine Chaplin, Martin Benrath, Ulrich Noethen
Votes: 601
42. Tief oben (1995)
90 min | Mystery
The story of a musician who wants to become famous and impress only one girl. Unfortunately, he succeeds in both.
Director: Willi Hengstler | Stars: Hans Platzgumer, Barbara Steele, Peter Simonischek, Gerhard Balluch
Votes: 27
43. Clara Immerwahr (2014 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama, History
Clara Immerwahr and her husband to be Fritz Haber are both young and gifted chemists. Their struggle for acknowledgment in nationalistic Germany during World War I lead to the development and use of the first chemical weapons.
Director: Harald Sicheritz | Stars: Katharina Schüttler, Maximilian Brückner, Wolf Bachofner, Christoph Bittenauer
Votes: 95
44. Love Your Neighbour! (1998)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Lea Mornar, Heike Makatsch, Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Grube-Deister
Votes: 388
45. Biest (2014)
75 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
In order to find to each other again, Andy and Lena decide to spend a long weekend at a vacation cottage in the mountains of Styria. When Andi finds Lena misssing without a trace the next morning, the situation escalates
Director: Stefan Müller | Stars: Paul Hassler, Stephanie Lexer, Peter Simonischek, Marian Cencic
Votes: 112
46. Gott schützt die Liebenden (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A war photographer returns from abroad. He is shocked: His lifelong love has disappeared. The police patrol in the dark. In Salzburg, he meets Petra who knows the missing woman from before - under another name.
Director: Carlo Rola | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Iris Berben, Nina Proll, Ole Puppe
Votes: 43
47. Stöckl (2013– )
Talk-Show
Talk show with Barbara Stöckl and guests.
Stars: Barbara Stöckl, Johannes Huber, Peter Rapp, Lotte Tobisch
Votes: 9
48. Willkommen Österreich (2007– )
50 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Traditional comedy talk show hosted by legendary stand-up duo Stermann and Grissemann.
Stars: Christoph Grissemann, Dirk Stermann, Russkaja, Hermes
Votes: 268
49. Tod in Istanbul (2010 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
Criminal superintendent Mark Kleinert is supposed to transfer the Turk Baran Sahin from Cologne to Istanbul for illegal possession of weapons . On the way he receives a call from his former... See full synopsis »
Director: Matti Geschonneck | Stars: Heino Ferch, Jürgen Vogel, Ina Weisse, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 77
50. Krücke (1993)
98 min | Drama
Losing his mother to WW2, 13-year-old Tom visits his aunt but finds her missing. Not knowing what to do, he is befriended by Krücke, a one-legged war veteran, and finds shelter with a Jewish woman who sells alcohol to the Allied soldiers.
Director: Jörg Grünler | Stars: Heinz Hoenig, Götz Behrendt, Martina Gedeck, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 44