Austria, Film & the influence on Hollywood.
by maxi13 | created - 12 Jan 2016 | updated - 10 Mar 2018 | PublicAustria is a small country and films coming from here (except some rare exceptions) are not very famous. But Austria has some directors which are able to win in Cannes, some even won Oscars, there are some great documentary movie makers and this country is also well known for its avantgarde films.
Thinking about it… quite astonishing for such a tiny country. What is also not so well known is that Austria had a huge impact on Hollywood. Some important directors flew from the Nazis, others left because cheap productions from the USA destroyed huge parts of the film industry of Europe and they wanted to work under better conditions.
Here is a list of chosen films of such persons, which have strong connections to Austria. Most of them would say they are Americans and i have no intention to say something else, just that they are coming from here and that Austria was important in their lives. Just… that some of those people spent important youth years in this country in the middle of Europe.
Its a selected list of films of directors and actors… and even one filmmusic composer got mentioned.
Like in all countries, there are a lot of films which are hard to understand if you dont know the country and the language well. All this Austrian films for Austrians are listed at the end. Most of them are comedies and Austrians humor is very much based on the speach, so its sometimes impossible to understand the jokes if you are not fluently in Austrian german. But if you are really interested in Austrian films, you can give it a try.
All films are listed by the imdb-ratings, from best to worst.
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101. Woman in the Moon (1929)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A tenacious scientist blasts off for the moon in hopes of riches that may be found there.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl, Fritz Rasp
Votes: 3,860
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
better than the imdb-rating.
102. The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Rudolf Forster, Lotte Lenya, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Votes: 2,542
Georg Wilhelm Pabst born in a town which is now in Czech, but he was a german speaking citizen of the Austrian-Hungarian-Empire with Austrian parents which just worked in this area. So most people say he was an Austrian director.
103. Porgy and Bess (1959)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey
Votes: 1,915
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
104. That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Servais Mont, a photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies. Trying to help her, he borrows the money from the loan sharks to finance the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Claude Dauphin
Votes: 4,650 | Gross: $0.02M
Romy Schneider used to be a big film star. She is an Austrian actress.
105. Julia (1977)
PG | 117 min | Drama
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell
Votes: 10,413
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
106. The Last Bridge (1954)
102 min | Drama, War
A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting, Carl Möhner
Votes: 452
Maria Schell was an Austrian actress.
107. Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001 TV Movie)
184 min | Crime, Drama
When wealthy college student Richard Oetker is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom, state police officer Georg Kufbach becomes obsessed with bringing the kidnapper to justice. This film is based on a true story.
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Sebastian Koch, Christoph Waltz, Günther Maria Halmer
Votes: 213
its a german TV movie, but Tobias Moretti and Christoph Waltz are Austrian actors.
108. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Passed | 86 min | Biography, Drama, History
The biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods
Votes: 3,152
Paul Muni (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Actor.
109. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring
Votes: 45,424
Oskar Werner was an Austrian actor.
much better than the imdb-rating.
110. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt
Votes: 10,231
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
much better than the imdb-rating.
111. The Front Page (1974)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia
Votes: 15,302 | Gross: $17.30M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
112. Caché (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Votes: 85,239 | Gross: $3.63M
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
113. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
71 scenes revolving around a recent immigrant, a couple that has just adopted a daughter, a college student and a lonely old man.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent
Votes: 8,730
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
114. Plastic Planet (2009)
TV-G | 95 min | Documentary
Werner Boote presents an up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic. He takes us on a ... See full summary »
Director: Werner Boote | Stars: Werner Boote, John Taylor, Peter Lieberzeit, Marques Brown
Votes: 1,233 | Gross: $0.00M
a great Austrian Documentary.
115. The Joyless Street (1925)
125 min | Drama
In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Ágnes Eszterházy, Werner Krauss
Votes: 1,719
Georg Wilhelm Pabst born in a town which is now in Czech, but he was a german speaking citizen of the Austrian-Hungarian-Empire with Austrian parents which just worked in this area. So most people say he was an Austrian director.
116. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,018
Paul Muni (Austro-American). Joseph Schildkraut (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
117. An American in Paris (1951)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Votes: 36,884 | Gross: $4.50M
John Alton (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
118. Titanic (1953)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
An unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton
Votes: 7,660 | Gross: $4.91M
Walter Reisch (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
119. The Sundowners (1960)
Passed | 133 min | Drama, Western
In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns
Votes: 4,833
Fred Zinnemann was born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire and grew up in Vienna/Austria. He moved to Hollywood in the age of 22.
120. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Approved | 158 min | Biography, Drama, War
A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curd Jürgens, Michael David
Votes: 5,421
Curd Jürgens was an Austrian actor.
121. Dishonored (1931)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland
Votes: 3,197
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
122. Ein Augenblick Freiheit (2008)
110 min | Drama
Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.
Director: Arash T. Riahi | Stars: Navid Navid, Pourya Mahyari, Elika Bozorgi, Sina Saba
Votes: 682
123. The Inheritors (1998)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery
Austria, a little farming valley. Beginning of the century. When one of the farmers is found murdered one day, his labourers know of nothing, but are relieved, as the tyranny has ended. ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 1,187 | Gross: $0.20M
Austrian film
124. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
When his family goes away for the summer, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a beautiful neighbor.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts
Votes: 42,474 | Gross: $12.00M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
125. 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: 18,636
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
126. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 8,217
Johnny Weissmuller was born in Austrian-Hungary empire (nowadays Rumania) and had german speaking (Austrian) parents. His family left the empire when he was seven months old, so the boundings to Austria are not that big, but he used to stay with german speaking people in the USA where he started to "Jodel" (a style of singing which is typical in the alps). This "jodel" was the base for the famous Tarzan shout. Johnny Weissmuller was the first human being able to swim 100 metres under 1 minute and he is maybe still the most famous Tarzan actor.
127. Blonde Venus (1932)
Passed | 93 min | Drama
A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely-ill husband's operation.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Herbert Marshall, Dickie Moore
Votes: 5,621
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
128. Me and the Colonel (1958)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, War
Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye), a Jewish refugee, flees from the Germans with Colonel Prokoszny (Curt Jurgens), an aristocratic, anti-Semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to England. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 732
Curd Jürgens was an Austrian actor.
129. Avanti! (1972)
R | 144 min | Comedy, Romance
A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body--and discovers that Dad died with his long-time mistress.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews
Votes: 11,663 | Gross: $3.30M
Billy Wilder was born in a town which used to be part of Austrian-Hungarian empire (nowadays it is in Poland). His parents were german speaking Austrians and the family moved to Vienna/Austria when he was 10. When he was 28 he left Europe and went to the USA.
130. Carnage (2011)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Votes: 133,028 | Gross: $2.55M
Christoph Waltz, born in Vienna/Austria, won 2 Oscars. His astonishing performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was maybe the best acting performance of the whole decade. You will never forget his interpretation of the Nazi Col. Hans Lauda. One of the most pregnant moments in cinema of the last years. Working with Polanski was one of the possibilities he got after this.
131. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre
Votes: 37,179 | Gross: $28.20M
Peter Lorre, the iconic villain, was an Austrian actor.
132. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 3,949
Josef von Sternberg is an Austrian director.
133. The Dark Valley (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Drama, Western
Through a hidden path, a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alps. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.
Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert
Votes: 14,310
Austrian alps "Western".
134. Das weiße Rauschen (2001)
103 min | Drama
Kati, Jochen and Lukas take a trip on magic mushrooms. Lukas is not coming back.
Directors: Hans Weingartner, Tobias Amann | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Anabelle Lachatte, Patrick Joswig, Karl Danguillier
Votes: 3,549
Hans Weingartner is an Austrian director.
135. Whores' Glory (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
An examination of the lives, needs, troubles, and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand, Bangladesh, and Mexico.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Emma, Ning, Toh, Wat
Votes: 5,118 | Gross: $0.03M
Austrian director
136. Out of Africa (1985)
PG | 161 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
Votes: 86,367 | Gross: $87.10M
Klaus Maria Brandauer is a Austrian actor.
137. Dog Days (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama
In the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Maria Hofstätter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann, Georg Friedrich
Votes: 6,548 | Gross: $0.01M
Ulrich Seidl is an austrian director.
much better than the imdb-rating.
138. Brother of Sleep (1995)
R | 127 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: André Eisermann, Dana Vávrová, Ben Becker, Jochen Nickel
Votes: 1,678
139. Import Export (2007)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in Central Europe, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Ekateryna Rak, Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka, Oksana Ivanivna Sklyarenko, Dmytro Andriyovich Gachkov
Votes: 6,309
Ulrich Seidl is an austrian director.
better than the imdb-rating.
140. Effi Briest (1974)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karlheinz Böhm
Votes: 2,699
Karlheinz Böhm was born in South-Germany, where he grew up, but his mother was Austrian and he left Germany in his early 20s. From then on he lived in Austria till he died. He had the Austrian citizenship.
141. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 3,805
The director Fritz Lang is born in Vienna, the capitol of Austria. He left Austria at the age of 43. His first american movie was "Fury" (1936).
142. Fantômas (1980)
TV-14 | 356 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Master criminal Fantomas kills an ambassador, is having an affair with the dead man's wife, sneaks into a rich woman's house handing out vanishing-ink business cards, is caught and ... See full summary »
Stars: Helmut Berger, Jacques Dufilho, Pierre Malet, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 241
Helmut Berger is an Austrian actor.
143. Nordrand (1999)
103 min | Drama
Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad, and Roman live near the northern border of Austria in 1995. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Nina Proll, Edita Malovcic, Astrit Alihajdaraj, Tudor Chirila
Votes: 604
Austrian film
144. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel
Votes: 116,284 | Gross: $46.80M
Curd Jürgens, the villain in this Bond, was an Austrian actor.
145. Little Girl (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A circus woman and her husband find a two year old girl in the trailer park where they are living. With the help of another child, they search for her mother.
Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Stars: Patrizia Gerardi, Tairo Caroli, Walter Saabel, Asia Crippa
Votes: 741 | Gross: $0.00M
Austrian film
146. Calling Hedy Lamarr (2004)
71 min | Documentary
A Face, a Tag Line, an Invention. Two facets that don't seem to belong to the same woman. A Hollywood star as an ingenious inventor piques our curiosity. The director Georg Misch is ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Misch | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Anthony Loder, Denise Loder-DeLuca, Charles Stansel
Votes: 132
Austrian film
147. East of War (1996)
117 min | Documentary, War
A controversial photography exhibit about atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front during World War II inspired Ruth Beckermann to interview soldiers about their experiences beyond the bounds of "normal" warfare.
Director: Ruth Beckermann
Votes: 119
Austrian film
148. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)
45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A recently divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.
Stars: Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek
Votes: 6,219
an Austrian TV series which used to be popular in a lot of european countries, though this is just mainstream and nothing extraordinary.
NOT RECOMMENDED
149. The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny, Paul Askonas
Votes: 3,385
150. The Swimming Pool (1969)
16+ | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter, Penelope, to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.
Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin
Votes: 12,749 | Gross: $0.03M
Romy Schneider used to be a big film star. She is an Austrian actress.
better than the imdb-rating.
151. Slumming (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two yuppies play mean tricks on one another until one joke has fatal consequences.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Paulus Manker, August Diehl, Michael Ostrowski, Pia Hierzegger
Votes: 869
Michael Glawogger was a somewhat famous Austrian director.
better than the imdb-rating.
one of the best first scenes of a film i ve ever seen.
152. Breathing (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann
Votes: 3,025 | Gross: $0.00M
Karl Markovics (born in Vienna/austria), best known for his performance in "The Counterfeiters" and "Grand Budapest Hotel", was the director if this film.
better than the imdb-rating.
153. Paradise: Love (2012)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama
Teresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz
Votes: 10,033 | Gross: $0.02M
Ulrich Seidl is an austrian director.
154. Big Eyes (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter
Votes: 99,120 | Gross: $14.48M
Christoph Waltz, born in Vienna/Austria, won 2 Oscars. His astonishing performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was maybe the best acting performance of the whole decade. You will never forget his interpretation of the Nazi Col. Hans Lauda. One of the most pregnant moments in cinema of the last years. Working with Tim Burton was one of the possibilities he got after this.
155. Forever Never Anywhere (2007)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Never at the sea.
Director: Antonin Svoboda | Stars: Christoph Grissemann, Dirk Stermann, Heinz Strunk, Philip Bialkowski
Votes: 1,150
Austrian film
156. Michael (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Director: Markus Schleinzer | Stars: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 5,118 | Gross: $0.02M
Austrian film
157. Sissi (1955)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz
Votes: 9,981
Romy Schneider used to be a big film star. She is an Austrian actress. there were 3 parts of "Sissi"-Films, i put just one here.
158. Spectre (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 466,239 | Gross: $200.07M
Christoph Waltz, born in Vienna/Austria, won 2 Oscars. His astonishing performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was maybe the best acting performance of the whole decade. You will never forget his interpretation of the Nazi Col. Hans Lauda. One of the most pregnant moments in cinema of the last years. He was also the villain in "Spectre".
159. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family
An expedition seeking to bring Jane back to civilization, and Tarzan into captivity, gets more than it's bargained for.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, James C. McKay, George B. Seitz, William A. Wellman | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume
Votes: 3,606
Johnny Weissmuller was born in Austrian-Hungary empire (nowadays Rumania) and had german speaking (Austrian) parents. His family left the empire when he was seven months old, so the boundings to Austria are not that big, but he used to stay with german speaking people in the USA where he started to "Jodel" (a style of singing which is typical in the alps). This "jodel" was the base for the famous Tarzan shout. Johnny Weissmuller was the first human being able to swim 100 metres under 1 minute and he is maybe still the most famous Tarzan actor.
160. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure
Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey
Votes: 3,588
Johnny Weissmuller was born in Austrian-Hungary empire (nowadays Rumania) and had german speaking (Austrian) parents. His family left the empire when he was seven months old, so the boundings to Austria are not that big, but he used to stay with german speaking people in the USA where he started to "Jodel" (a style of singing which is typical in the alps). This "jodel" was the base for the famous Tarzan shout. Johnny Weissmuller was the first human being able to swim 100 metres under 1 minute and he is maybe still the most famous Tarzan actor.
161. Battle of Britain (1969)
G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens
Votes: 24,516 | Gross: $4.36M
Curd Jürgens was an Austrian actor.
162. Ecstasy (1933)
TV-MA | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Eva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Zvonimir Rogoz, Aribert Mog, Leopold Kramer
Votes: 2,780
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress and a huge film star. She also invented something which is used in nowadays cell phones. In "Ecstasy" you can see a very controversal scene, where the first time a female orgasm was depicted in a movie.
163. Carmen Jones (1954)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James
Votes: 5,923
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
164. In the Basement (2014)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Fritz Lang, Alfreda Klebinger, Manfred Ellinger, Inge Ellinger
Votes: 3,102 | Gross: $0.00M
Austrian film
165. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman
Votes: 162,520 | Gross: $39.57M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that.
Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
overrated on imdb.
166. Exodus (1960)
Approved | 208 min | Action, Drama, War
The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford
Votes: 11,389 | Gross: $18.97M
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
Ernest Gold (Austo-American) won the Oscar for Best Music.
better than the imdb-rating.
167. Brainwashed (1960)
102 min | Drama, Sport, War
In 1938 Austria shortly after the Nazi occupation, a prominent Viennese intellectual, Werner von Basil, is arrested for smuggling art treatures out of the country and imprisoned by the ... See full summary »
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Claire Bloom, Hansjörg Felmy, Mario Adorf
Votes: 656
Curd Jürgens was an Austrian actor.
168. Lourdes (2009)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Elina Löwensohn
Votes: 3,731 | Gross: $0.01M
Austrian film
169. Ich gelobe (1994)
115 min | Drama
In a small army base at the Eastern border of Austria a young recruit is trained to be a soldier to protect his country in case of war. He has to stay for 8 months and during this time he escapes in his own fantasy world...
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Christoph Dostal, Andreas Lust, Andreas Simma, Marcus J. Carney
Votes: 202
Austrian film, Austrian director
170. Gigi (1958)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 24,502
Frederik Loewe (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Song.
171. Sun Alley (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of kids grows up on the east side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West Germany. The antics of the people on Sonnenallee all show the absurdity of their everyday life.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach
Votes: 7,262
- is a German film, but Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor.
(not seen yet)
172. The Robber (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg | Stars: Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner, Hannelore Klauber-Laursen
Votes: 4,630 | Gross: $0.08M
Austrian film
173. Samson and Delilah (1949)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Family, History
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 8,982 | Gross: $28.80M
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress and a huge film star. She also invented something which is used in nowadays cell phones.
174. Krampus (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman
Votes: 84,079 | Gross: $42.59M
"Krampus" is not an Austrian film, for sure not, but it is based on a figure which can be mostly seen in Austria - and: the grandma is an Austrian actress.
175. My Best Enemy (2011)
Unrated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A dark WWII comedy about two friends, stolen artwork, and an unfortunate case of mistaken identity as a Jewish man switches places with his Nazi best friend in order to survive
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss, Marthe Keller
Votes: 1,534
German film, but Austrian director
176. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
M/PG | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Two aging playboys are both after the same attractive young woman, but she fends them off by claiming that she plans to remain a virgin until her wedding night. Both men determine to find a way around her objections.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully
Votes: 2,519
Otto Preminger was born in the Ukraine, but at that time it was austrian-hungarian territory and his parents were german speaking Austrians, who just worked there. When Otto was a teen they went back to (todays) Austria where he got his education. Otto worked mostly in Vienna and Graz, before he left Austria with the age of 30.
much better than the imdb-rating.
177. Empire Me - Der Staat bin ich! (2011)
100 min | Documentary
Handmade utopias - a filmic search for the worldwide phenomenon of the micronation movement. Do-it-yourself states that have distanced themselves from the economic and political ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Poet | Stars: John Rinaldi, Paul Poet, Caledonia Curry, James Bates
Votes: 159
a great Austrian Documentary.
better than the imdb-rating.
178. Different from the Others (1919)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.
Director: Richard Oswald | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Ilse von Tasso-Lind, Alexandra Willegh
Votes: 1,488
Richard Oswald is an Austrian director. This movie is an early example of homosexuality in film.
179. Gold (1934)
120 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
After his colleague and a mentor, Prof. Achenbach dies in a set-up accident, while trying to produce gold from the lead, Werner Holk seeks revenge. Meanwhile, a British millionaire suggests that Holk work on him on a similar project.
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Hans Albers, Friedrich Kayßler, Brigitte Helm, Michael Bohnen
Votes: 266
Karl Hartl, the director of this movie, was Austrian.
180. Paradise: Hope (2013)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('... See full summary »
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas
Votes: 4,992 | Gross: $0.01M
Ulrich Seidl is an austrian director.
181. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
101 min | Drama, Sport
Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Libgart Schwarz
Votes: 2,259
Erika Pluhar is an Austrian actress.
182. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,774 | Gross: $1.17M
< not seen yet > Austrian film.
183. Time of the Wolf (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Anaïs Demoustier, Béatrice Dalle, Patrice Chéreau
Votes: 11,503 | Gross: $0.06M
Michael Haneke is maybe the most important austrian director alive. He won 14 awards in Cannes, "Amour" (2012) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
much better than the imdb-rating.
184. 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
- is a German film, but Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor.
better than the imdb-rating.
185. Models (1999)
118 min | Drama
Four models share their life experience.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Viviane Bartsch, Tanja Petrovsky, Lisa Grossmann, Elvyra Geyer
Votes: 1,185
Ulrich Seidl is an austrian director.
better than the imdb-rating
186. Ant Street (1995)
87 min | Comedy
In the middle of Vienna stands an old tenement building, and time has left its mark both on the house and its inhabitants. Here, time passes at a strange pace. Floor by floor, the visitor ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Robert Meyer, Bibiane Zeller, Nikolaus Paryla, Monika Tajmar
Votes: 101
Michael Glawogger was a somewhat famous Austrian director.
187. Anthony Adverse (1936)
Passed | 141 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 18th-century Italy, an orphan's debt to the man who raised him threatens to separate him forever from the woman he loves.
Directors: Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz | Stars: Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise
Votes: 2,027
Erich W. Korngold (Austro-American) won the Oscar for Best Music.
188. Still Life (2011)
78 min | Drama
An unexpected letter forces siblings Bernhard and Lydia to confront each other and to deal with their family history.
Director: Sebastian Meise | Stars: Daniela Golpashin, Christoph Luser, Fritz Hörtenhuber, Roswitha Soukup
Votes: 161
Austrian film
189. Scorpio (1973)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos
Votes: 5,208
Nearly the whole film plays in the capitol of Austria (Vienna).
much better than the imdb-rating.
190. The Expendables (2010)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren
Votes: 364,733 | Gross: $103.07M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that. Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
191. 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: 230
Austrian film
192. Zorros Bar Mizwa (2006)
90 min | Documentary
At the Wailing Wall or in the spotlight of a stage, wearing a Zorro costume or a designer dress, solemn or rollicking: crossing the threshold to the adult world can take place in very ... See full summary »
Director: Ruth Beckermann
Votes: 83
Austrian film
193. Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
150 min | Drama
When the old multimillionaire Jackson Harber wants to marry the young model Mary, she hesitates, but her mother convinces her that this is her chance to lead a life in luxury and leisure. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Georg Reimers, Victor Varconi, Lucy Doraine, Erika Wagner
Votes: 243
early Austrian monumental film
194. Amour Fou (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. ... See full summary »
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Christian Friedel, Birte Schnöink, Stephan Grossmann, Sandra Hüller
Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $0.01M
Austrian film
195. Böse Zellen (2003)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich, Marion Mitterhammer
Votes: 559 | Gross: $0.00M
Austrian film
196. Never Say Never Again (1983)
PG | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow
Votes: 73,141 | Gross: $55.50M
Klaus Maria Brandauer, the villain in this Bond movie, is an Austrian actor.
197. F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
114 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Hans Albers, Sybille Schmitz, Paul Hartmann, Peter Lorre
Votes: 306
Karl Hartl, the director of this movie, was Austrian.
198. Twins (1988)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Crime
A physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb
Votes: 137,279 | Gross: $111.94M
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria, but left the country at the age of 21. He is maybe the most famous Austrian alive, though a lot of Austrians are not that proud of that. Mozart and Sigmund Freud are maybe more interesting people than this guy ;-) nevertheless… he has Austrian roots.
199. Slugs (2004)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Three young pals plan to earn money by shooting an hardcore-porno movie. But is it really so easy to shoot some gang-banging with home-video equipment?
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Raimund Wallisch, Michael Ostrowski, Pia Hierzegger, Iva Lukic
Votes: 1,080
Austrian film.
200. The City Without Jews (1924)
80 min | Drama
Jews are expelled from the city of Utopia.
Director: H.K. Breslauer | Stars: Eugen Neufeld, Hans Moser, Anny Miletty, Johannes Riemann
Votes: 455
Austrian film
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