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1. Victoria (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit
Votes: 63,085
2. Cracks in Concrete (2014)
104 min | Drama
A drama centered on two men at different states in life: Ertan, an ex-con who is trying to make amends for his past actions and Mikail, a teen-aged drug runner an aspiring musician.
Director: Umut Dag | Stars: Murathan Muslu, Stephanie Nur, Alechan Tagaev, Erdem Türkoglu
Votes: 229
3. Who Am I (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot Jr.
Votes: 62,435
4. Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
R | 124 min | Drama, History
A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli | Stars: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling, Friederike Becht, Johannes Krisch
Votes: 13,978 | Gross: $0.79M
5. Look Who's Back (2015)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Oliver Masucci, Thomas M. Köppl, Marc-Marvin Israel, David Gebigke
Votes: 49,553
6. Combat Girls (2011)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama
Marisa hates foreigners; she finds them guilty of the decline of her country. But her convictions will slowly evolve when she accidentally meets a young Afghan refugee.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Alina Levshin, Jella Haase, Sayed Ahmad, Gerdy Zint
Votes: 5,685
7. Deutschland 83 (2015)
TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 14,998
8. 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: 114,984
9. Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
Director: Yasemin Samdereli | Stars: Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Lilay Huser, Demet Gül
Votes: 7,218
10. 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: 15,194
11. 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: 96,063 | Gross: $0.14M
12. 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: 23,821
13. 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: 374,796 | Gross: $5.51M
14. 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: 152,512 | Gross: $4.06M
15. Goodbye Berlin (2016)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tristan Göbel, Aniya Wendel, Justina Humpf, Paul Busche
Votes: 11,006
16. Center of My World (2016)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
After a summer spent with his his best friend Kat to escape his family, Phil goes back to school and starts to question his feelings towards Nicholas, a new classmate.
Director: Jakob M. Erwa | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Jannik Schümann, Sabine Timoteo, Ada Philine Stappenbeck
Votes: 7,221
17. 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: 206,783 | Gross: $7.27M
18. Getürkt (1996)
12 min | Short, Comedy
Two Turks from Germany find each other in their homeland during summer holidays and their need for weed start a funny little adventure. A pretty smart idea that comes from a Turk solves the problem: getürkt.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Fatih Akin, Mehmet Kurtulus, Cem Akin, Nadire Ilter
Votes: 394
19. Short Sharp Shock (1998)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gabriel (Mehmet Kurtulus) gets out of jail and is determined to put his criminal past behind him. Yet with his two friends Bobby (Aleksandar Jovanovic) and Costa (Adam Bousdoukos) drawn to crime, will he be dragged back in?
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Mehmet Kurtulus, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Adam Bousdoukos, Regula Grauwiller
Votes: 5,363
20. Christiane F. (1981)
R | 138 min | Biography, Drama
A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski
Votes: 29,321
21. The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Baki Davrak, Gürsoy Gemec, Cengiz Daner, Tuncel Kurtiz
Votes: 33,495 | Gross: $0.74M
22. 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: 40,401 | Gross: $0.27M
23. The Dark Side of the Moon (2015)
98 min | Mystery, Thriller
A psychedelic mushroom trip turns a successful lawyer into a wanted man.
Director: Stephan Rick | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nora Waldstätten, André Hennicke
Votes: 7,664
24. Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
119 min | Comedy
A comedy that follows an ex-convict who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
Director: Bora Dagtekin | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Karoline Herfurth, Katja Riemann, Jana Pallaske
Votes: 31,619
25. When We Leave (2010)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama
Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against her family's resistance. Her struggle initiates a dynamic that results in a life-threatening situation.
Director: Feo Aladag | Stars: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriögen
Votes: 5,559 | Gross: $0.02M
26. 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: 32,368 | Gross: $0.18M
27. 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: 4,419
28. The State I Am In (2000)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter begins to pose a threat to their security when she falls in love with a boy she meets on the beach.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Julia Hummer, Barbara Auer, Richy Müller, Bilge Bingül
Votes: 2,758
29. Elementarteilchen (2006)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Two half brothers in Berlin, 30+, one an introverted scientist, the other a sexually frustrated teacher, have no love life. That's about to change.
Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Franka Potente, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 8,305
30. 3 (2010)
Unrated | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Striesow, Angela Winkler
Votes: 5,389 | Gross: $0.06M
31. Der Tatortreiniger (2011–2018)
26 min | Comedy, Crime
The bizarre everyday adventures of Heiko "Schotty" Schotte, whose profession is to clean up crime scenes.
Stars: Bjarne Mädel, Jörg Pose, Peer Martiny, Jule Böwe
Votes: 7,984
32. Dark (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne
Votes: 442,593
33. Fucking Berlin (2016)
94 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful girl, bored and hungry for life, takes advantage of her new-found freedom away from her parents to explore what lies beneath the surface of Berlin.
Director: Florian Gottschick | Stars: Svenja Jung, Mateusz Dopieralski, Christoph Letkowski, Charley Ann Schmutzler
Votes: 2,476
34. 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: 1,035
35. Head Full of Honey (2014)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Before Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Lars Gmehling | Stars: Pasquale Aleardi, Marco Boriero, Alexa Brunner, Belinda Busch
Votes: 7,134
36. Dogs of Berlin (2018– )
TV-MA | 542 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
Stars: Felix Kramer, Fahri Yardim, Katharina Schüttler, Anna Maria Mühe
Votes: 14,191
37. 4 Blocks (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Based in Neukölln, Berlin, Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arab gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, it's never that simple.
Stars: Kida Khodr Ramadan, Veysel Gelin, Sami Nasser, Wasiem Taha
Votes: 9,475
38. Bruder: Schwarze Macht (2017– )
180 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Sibel Kekilli, Yasin Boynuince, Tim Seyfi, Friedrich Mücke
Votes: 172
39. Familie Braun (2016)
Comedy, Drama
Thomas and Kai are neo-Nazis and live in a shared flat. One day a black woman leaves her and Thomas' 6-year-old daughter Lara with them. Living with the "black girl" challenges the beliefs of the fresh father.
Stars: Edin Hasanovic, Vincent Krüger, Nomie Laine Tucker, Marios Gavrilis
Votes: 767
40. 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: 35,601 | Gross: $0.32M
41. Back on Track (2013)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.
Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Dieter Hallervorden, Tatja Seibt, Heike Makatsch, Katharina Lorenz
Votes: 2,488
42. Nashorn im Galopp (2013)
15 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bruno is making his way through the city searching for its soul. Driven by his curiosity, a challenging imagination and his wild reflection on reality he is lifting the old dusty curtain on the city's crusted perception.
Director: Erik Schmitt | Stars: Tino Mewes, Marleen Lohse, Folke Renken
Votes: 253
43. Spielzeugland (2007)
TV-PG | 14 min | Short, Drama, War
A German mother lies to her son about where the Nazis are sending their Jewish neighbors.
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank | Stars: Julia Jäger, Cedric Eich, Tamay Bulut Özvatan, Torsten Michaelis
Votes: 3,162
44. Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (2022)
119 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer, Charly Hübner, Nazmi Kirik
Votes: 1,290
45. Nico (2021)
79 min | Drama
Nico enjoys the summer in Berlin with her best friend Rosa until a racist attack pulls her out of her carefree everyday life. Traumatized by the crime, the geriatric nurse decides never to ... See full summary »
Director: Eline Gehring | Stars: Sara Fazilat, Javeh Asefdjah, Sara Klimoska, Brigitte Kramer
Votes: 125
46. A Stasi Comedy (2022)
116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After falling in love with the Nathalie and sleeping with his first target, Corinna, Ludger ends up living two lives - one as an underground poet and one as a Stasi agent - both of which eventually come back to haunt him 30 years later.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: David Kross, Jörg Schüttauf, Antonia Bill, Margarita Broich
Votes: 454
47. Next Door (2021)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Explores the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin.
Director: Daniel Brühl | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Rike Eckermann, Aenne Schwarz
Votes: 3,908
48. Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war (2023)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
Joachim Meyerhoff's autobiographical recollections include his childhood and teenager years living on the premises of a psychiatric clinic, his father being the director of the child and adolescent ward.
Director: Sonja Heiss | Stars: Arsseni Bultmann, Laura Tonke, Devid Striesow, Pola Geiger
Votes: 450
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