German/Austrian/Swiss Movies
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1. 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: 76,973 | Gross: $3.33M
2. Radical Evil (2013)
96 min | Documentary
How do normal young men turn into mass murderers? With detailed accounts from the diaries of Nazi death squads, Academy Award winning director Stefan Ruzowitzky crafts a chilling study on the nature of evil.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Benjamin Ferencz, Dave Grossman, Robert Jay Lifton, Christopher Browning
Votes: 214
3. System Error (2018)
95 min | Documentary
Melting glaciers, gullied seas, the financial markets are about to collapse. Spectacular images of how growth continues to be blinding. Outside you can hardly see anything because of the smog and the smoke screen.
Director: Florian Opitz | Stars: Haim Bodek, Ulrike Herrmann, Tim Jackson, Florian Opitz
Votes: 297
4. Master of the Universe (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A former banker in Germany, who entered the business with the advent of modern computer systems reminisces of his working years in some of the world-leading banking corporations.
Director: Marc Bauder | Stars: Rainer Voss, Angela Merkel
Votes: 1,201
5. The Parallel Street (1962)
86 min | Drama
Feature-documentary "pointing up a thousand facets of this world and probing to determine what may lie beneath the surface".
Director: Ferdinand Khittl | Stars: Friedrich Joloff, Ernst Marbeck, Wilfried Schröpfer, Herbert Tiede
Votes: 226
6. David Wants to Fly (2010)
96 min | Documentary
David Sieveking walks on David Lynchs path into the world of transcendental meditation (TM). He comes across the founder of this worldwide movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to whom the Beatles already pilgrimed.
Director: David Sieveking | Stars: Judith Bourque, Donovan, Raja Emanuel, Raja Felix
Votes: 695
7. Frohes Schaffen - Ein Film zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral (2012)
94 min | Documentary, Comedy, News
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job reductions, this documentary movie questions work as our 'hallow' sense in life in a way that both humors and pains us.
Director: Konstantin Faigle | Stars: Joe Biden, Susan Blackmore, Konstantin Faigle, Piet Fuchs
Votes: 155
8. World on a Wire (1973)
Not Rated | 212 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His ... See full summary »
Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl Heinz Vosgerau
Votes: 6,776
9. 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: 206,947 | Gross: $7.27M
10. The Cleaners (2018)
88 min | Documentary
A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
Directors: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck | Stars: Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Nicole Wong, Sarah T. Roberts
Votes: 1,828
11. Ein großer graublauer Vogel (1970)
95 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The poet Tom-X meets the vagrant and former scientist Belotti, who has developed the formula with four colleagues. According to Belotti, he is encoded in a poem of which he only knows a single verse.
Director: Thomas Schamoni | Stars: Klaus Lemke, Olivera Katarina, Sylvie Winter, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 94
12. 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: 62,491
13. We Feed the World (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Jean Ziegler, Peter Brabeck, Karl Otrok
Votes: 2,478
14. Kopfleuchten (1998)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Thomas Bergmann, Mischka Popp | Stars: Thomas Bergmann, Mischka Popp
Votes: 59
15. Alles unter Kontrolle (2015)
93 min | Documentary
Facebook, Amazon and Google provide us with around the clock access to the convenient digital world! Surveillance cameras on the streets take care of our security. But who actually collects... See full summary »
Director: Werner Boote | Stars: Jacob Appelbaum, Zygmunt Baumann, Zero Belo, Werner Boote
Votes: 49
16. Mollath (2015)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Annika Blendl, Leonie Stade | Stars: Annika Blendl, Beate Lakotta, Gustl Mollath, Leonie Stade
Votes: 21
17. 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
18. Reality XL (2012)
81 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
On 13 January 2011, highly intelligent but irritable Professor Konstantin Carus (Heiner Lauterbach) enters the control room of the particle accelerator together with 23 colleagues. Eight ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bohn | Stars: Heiner Lauterbach, Max Tidof, Godehard Giese, Annika Blendl
Votes: 244
19. Wie ich lernte, die Zahlen zu lieben (2014)
88 min | Documentary
How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The Berlin filmmaker Oliver ... See full summary »
Directors: Oliver Sechting, Max Taubert | Stars: Joey Arias, Jonathan Caouette, Phoebe Legere, Yony Leyser
Votes: 40
20. Faraway, So Close! (1993)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Horst Buchholz
Votes: 9,106 | Gross: $0.81M
21. 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: 49,620
22. 23 (1998)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp
Votes: 7,285
23. The Congo Tribunal (2017)
100 min | Documentary
20 years of atrocities due to greed claimed the lives of over 6 million people in Congo. Milo Rau collects details from survivors and perpetrators. 3 trials were heard exposing one of the most horrific cases of inhumanity in world history.
Director: Milo Rau | Stars: Sylvestre Bisimwa, Jean-Louis Gilissen, Vénantie Bisimwa Nabintu, Colette Braeckman
Votes: 108
24. Redhead (1962)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A redhead, approaching forty, is bored with her husband and with life in general. Having an affair with another man fails to produce the excitement she is craving. So she leaves Germany, ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Ruth Leuwerik, Rossano Brazzi, Giorgio Albertazzi, Harry Meyen
Votes: 132
25. Hard to Be a God (1989)
119 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Fleischmann | Stars: Edward Zentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Hugues Quester, Anne Gautier
Votes: 1,234
26. Hannah Arendt (2012)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Votes: 12,021 | Gross: $0.71M
27. Carte Blanche (III) (2011)
91 min | Documentary
They don't wear uniforms or carry weapons; they have no bodyguards. Yet their missions take them to the most dangerous places on Earth. As investigators of the International Criminal Court ... See full summary »
Director: Heidi Specogna
Votes: 19
28. Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
107 min | Documentary
A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni
Votes: 5,662 | Gross: $0.20M
29.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Meta
(2018)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A package with a severed finger leads Rubin and Karow to an art film eerily paralleling their investigation.
Director: Sebastian Marka | Stars: Meret Becker, Mark Waschke, Ole Puppe, Fabian Busch
Votes: 346
30. Bottled Life: Nestle's Business with Water (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Do you know how to turn ordinary water into a billion-dollar business? In Switzerland there's a company which has developed the art to perfection - Nestlé. This company dominates the global... See full summary »
Director: Urs Schnell | Stars: Peter Brabeck, Res Gehriger, Hanspeter Müller
Votes: 859
31. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 13,591
32. Don't Swallow Everything (2015)
86 min | Documentary
"None of the psycho-pharmaceutical drugs have a healing approach. They subdue symptoms." NICHT ALLES SCHLUCKEN highlights the eternal stigma of mental illness, the power of medicine and ... See full summary »
Directors: Jana Kalms, Piet Stolz, Sebastian Winkels
Votes: 16
33. Der Fischer und seine Frau (2005)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Otto (Ulmen) and his friend Leo (Verhoeven) are German veterinarians, travelling Japan looking for Fish to buy and sell. They meet young German fashion designer Ida (Lara) and they both ... See full synopsis »
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Christian Ulmen, Simon Verhoeven, Zoe Hüttenhain
Votes: 837
34. 666 - Traue keinem, mit dem Du schläfst! (2002)
85 min | Comedy
Comedy of a luckless cab driver who sells his soul to Mephisto to live the life of one of his idols.
Director: Rainer Matsutani | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Armin Rohde, Sonsee Neu, Ralf Bauer
Votes: 884
35. Gundermann (2018)
128 min | Biography, Drama, History
The movie deals with the real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Alexander Scheer, Anna Unterberger, Axel Prahl, Thorsten Merten
Votes: 2,121
36. Lila, Lila (2009)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller the real author introduces himself in his life and begins to take-over David's life.
Director: Alain Gsponer | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Hannah Herzsprung, Henry Hübchen, Kirsten Block
Votes: 1,135
37. Let's Make Money (2008)
110 min | Documentary
Most of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Mark Mobius, Mirko Kovats, K. Sujatha Raaju, Gerhard Schwarz
Votes: 1,753
38. The Poetess (2017)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
This is the story of a Saudi woman who grabs the opportunity to speak against religious extremism and stands up for a peaceful Islam. This is Hissa's story.
Directors: Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff | Stars: Hissa Hilal, Mastoura Al-Ahmadi, Ziad Batal, Stefanie Brockhaus
Votes: 96
39. The Forecaster (2014)
PG | 100 min | Documentary, Biography
Martin Armstrong, once a Wall Street-based financial advisor, was arrested on charges of orchestrating a 3 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, which he still disputes to this day. After 11 years in prison, he's ready to set the record straight.
Directors: Marcus Vetter, Karin Steinberger | Stars: Martin Armstrong, Vicky Armstrong, Oliver Brown, Michael Campbell
Votes: 1,258
40. The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1970 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Film about the doctors that fly all over central Africa to bring medical help to the people living in the bush.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: James Kabale, Wilfried Klaus, Betty Miller, Karl Hans Röttcher
Votes: 511
41. Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953)
100 min | Family, Fantasy
An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much like them, but with better manners and a ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Thomas Schmidt, Johannes Maus, Friedrich Richter, Trude Hesterberg
Votes: 799
42. The Green Wave (2010)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A documentary on Iran's 2010 Green Revolution.
Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi | Stars: Mohsen Kadivar, Mitra Khalatbari, Shadi Sadr, Mehdi Mohseni
Votes: 365
43. 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: 8,717
44. Vergiss mein nicht (2012)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
Filmmaker David Sieveking portays the home care of his mother who, like 2 million other people in Germany, suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. David's parents had been a part of the student ... See full summary »
Director: David Sieveking | Stars: Margarete Sieveking, Malte Sieveking, David Sieveking
Votes: 470
45. Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth (2011)
98 min | Documentary
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Clouds pass before the sun and away again while a gentle voice speaking in the splendid tones of the Mayan language explains how the Earth came to be. There were... See full synopsis »
Directors: Eric Black, Frauke Sandig | Stars: Josefa 'Chepita' Hernández Pérez, Floridalma Pérez Gonzalez, Carlos Chan Chanuk, Kajkan Felipe Mejía Sepet
Votes: 49
46. Cahier africain (2016)
118 min | Documentary
It all started with a small exercise book. Its page were checkered with the courageous testimonies of 300 Central African women, girls and men. They reveal what Congolese mercenaries did to... See full summary »
Director: Heidi Specogna | Star: Salena Godden
Votes: 37
48. Brother Jakob (2016)
92 min | Documentary
I lost my brother to a God named Allah. While Jakob searches for the truth, I search for Jakob. Will we ever find each other?
Director: Elí Roland Sachs
Votes: 28
49. The Fraulein and the Sandman (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Luisi | Stars: Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger, Beat Schlatter, Florine Elena Deplazes
Votes: 745
50. 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: 84,037
51. Mysteries of the Gods (1976)
G | 87 min | Documentary
A documentary movie about the influence of "ancient astronauts" in mankind's history.
Directors: Harald Reinl, Charles Romine | Stars: William Shatner, Robert Charroux, Jeane Dixon, Max H. Flindt
Votes: 222
52. Bear Ye One Another's Burden (1988)
115 min | Drama
At the beginning of the 50s, two extremely disparate men meet in a private sanatorium for consumptives: an officer in the People's Police, Josef Heiliger; and a young Protestant curate, ... See full summary »
Director: Lothar Warneke | Stars: Jörg Pose, Manfred Möck, Karin Gregorek, Heinz-Dieter Knaup
Votes: 147
53. Momo (1986)
101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In the village of Momo the pace of time goes very slowly. Nobody is bothering about stress but everyone has time to chat and rest - until the day the grey men arrive. With a great selling ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Schaaf | Stars: Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 2,084
54. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Not Rated | 242 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel
Votes: 9,172
55. Young Törless (1966)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz
Votes: 2,665
56. Angst (I) (1983)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
Director: Gerald Kargl | Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Karin Springer
Votes: 13,456
57. Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
Directors: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni | Stars: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin, Amgaabazar Gonson, Zeveljamz Nyam
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $1.74M
58. 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: 6,547 | Gross: $0.01M
59. Invincible (2001)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, War
A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Jouko Ahola, Tim Roth, Anna Gourari, Max Raabe
Votes: 4,542 | Gross: $0.08M
60. The Green Lie (2018)
93 min | Documentary
The Green Lie questions if corporations seduces consumers with fake promises of organic products.
Director: Werner Boote | Stars: Werner Boote, Kathrin Hartmann, Christina Weidinger, Manfred Seitz
Votes: 456
62. The Ring Thing (2004)
80 min | Adventure, Comedy
Middle Earth is... right in the heart of Europe! A spoof of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy set in Switzerland.
Director: Marc Schippert | Stars: Edward Piccin, Gwendolyn Rich, Leo Roos, Sebastian Arenas
Votes: 894
63. Profilers, Gaze Into the Abyss (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A portrait of the work of six criminal profilers.
Director: Barbara Eder | Stars: Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm, Gerard Labuschagne, Helen Morrison, Robert R. Hazelwood
Votes: 45
64. Schilf (2012)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Sebastian is a physics professor at the University of Jena and dealing for years with parallel universes. Meticulously, he tries to prove its existence scientifically. His college friend ... See full summary »
Director: Claudia Lehmann | Stars: Mark Waschke, Stipe Erceg, Bernadette Heerwagen, Nicolas Treichel
Votes: 162
65. Zeitschleifen - Im Dialog mit Christa Wolf (1990)
101 min | Documentary
Christa Wolf was a central figure in the literary and intellectual history of the German Democratic Republic. Admired as an idol or exposed to hateful attacks, the most prominent German-speaking authoress has become a public institution.
Director: Karlheinz Mund | Stars: Kurt Biedenkopf, Lev Kopelev, Dieter König, Hans Mayer
Votes: 8
66. 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: 29,395
67. 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
68. Hans Röckle und der Teufel (1974)
75 min | Family, Fantasy
Hans Röckle, a cheerful, skillful puppeteer and inventor, returns to his native village after a long wandering. One day, the Devil comes to his house to get the soul and talent of the master.
Director: Hans Kratzert | Stars: Rolf Hoppe, Peter Aust, Herbert Köfer, Regina Beyer
Votes: 99
69. Das Sandmännchen - Abenteuer im Traumland (2010)
Not Rated | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Each night, like every other child in the world, Miko goes to Dreamland thanks to magic sand dispersed by the Sandman. But one night, the evil dream Habumar steals the Sand of Dreams and ... See full summary »
Directors: Jesper Møller, Sinem Sakaoglu, Helmut Fischer | Stars: Bruno Renne, Ilja Richter, Volker Lechtenbrink, Marc Wehe
Votes: 150
70. Pre-Crime (2017)
TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Crime
Science fiction turns into disturbing fact as forecasting softwares, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing to abandon for the sake of security?
Directors: Matthias Heeder, Monika Hielscher | Stars: Steven Caluris, Jeremy Gorner, Robert McDaniel, Andrew Ferguson
Votes: 170
71. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 156,888 | Gross: $20.16M
72. Spuk von draußen (1987–1988)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
After a family moved into an infamous haunted house in a small town, the children realize that their strange housemate Opa Rodenwald is a robot and that he and the house were built by aliens who want both things back.
Stars: Madeleine Lierck, Wolf-Dieter Lingk, Kathrin Bachert, Janine Demuschewsky
Votes: 131
73. 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: 105,394
74. Wir sind die Flut (2016)
84 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
On the coastline of Windholm one morning 15 years ago the ocean just disappeared. Since then the emptiness has been raising questions and anxiety. The cause of the phenomenon remains ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastian Hilger | Stars: Max Mauff, Lana Cooper, Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Roland Koch
Votes: 455
75. 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: 18,605
76. Everyone Dies Alone (1976)
106 min | Drama
When they start losing family members and neighbors due to World War II and the German government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Carl Raddatz, Sylvia Manas, Martin Hirthe
Votes: 267
77. 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: 2,755 | Gross: $2.28M
78. 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: 410,375 | Gross: $11.29M
79. The Pasta Detectives (2014)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The child-duo Rico and Oskar. One is more sluggish but because of fantasy and his own world view; the other is smart but scared of life.
Director: Neele Leana Vollmar | Stars: Anton Petzold, Juri Winkler, Karoline Herfurth, Axel Prahl
Votes: 602
80. 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: 77,621 | Gross: $2.22M
81. Forbidden Films (2014)
94 min | Documentary
During the years of the Third Reich, some 1200 films were produced under Joseph Goebbels' ministry of propaganda. Until now, 40 of them are still banned in Germany.
Director: Felix Moeller | Stars: Hans Albers, Götz Aly, Elise Aulinger, Berta Drews
Votes: 215
82. Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990)
91 min | Documentary
Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Michael Goldsmith, Werner Herzog, Augustine Assemat, David Dacko
Votes: 728
83. From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014)
119 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland | Stars: Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Volker Schlöndorff
Votes: 897
84. Chariots of the Gods (1970)
G | 92 min | Documentary
Based on Erich Von Daniken's book purporting to prove that throughout history aliens have visited earth.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Heinz-Detlev Bock, Klaus Kindler, Christian Marschall, Aleksandr Kazantsev
Votes: 1,742 | Gross: $25.95M
85. 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
86. 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: 25,748
87. The Net (2003)
Not Rated | 121 min | Documentary
Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the... See full summary »
Director: Lutz Dammbeck | Stars: Lutz Dammbeck, Eva Mattes, Tom Vogt, Stewart Brand
Votes: 390
88. Finsterworld (2013)
91 min | Drama
A number of individuals in Germany whose lives are connected in some ways, and all of them have dark sides which may shock us to the core.
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder | Stars: Gisela Aderhold, Christoph Bach, Margit Carstensen, Jakub Gierszal
Votes: 2,029
89. The Red Cockatoo (2006)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A coming-of-age story set in the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ingeborg Westphal
Votes: 875
90. Der Duft des Geldes (1998)
78 min | Documentary
Director: Dieter Gränicher | Stars: Susanne Stehli, Jürg Marquard, Thomas Westermeier, Hans Walk
Votes: 11
91. Naked Beauty (2015)
103 min | Documentary
Director: Mario Schneider | Stars: Anette Kufner, Uta Pilling, Jens-Paul Wollenberg, Gabriela Hamm
Votes: 15
92. Far. The Story of a Journey Around the World (2017)
128 min | Documentary, Adventure
Two young Germans spend three and a half years traveling around the world just by hitchhiking, bus, train and ship. They travel almost 100,000 kilometers through Europe, Asia, North and Central America.
Directors: Patrick Allgaier, Gwendolin Weisser | Stars: Patrick Allgaier, Gwendolin Weisser
Votes: 1,237
93. Versicherungsvertreter - Die erstaunliche Karriere des Mehmet Göker (2011)
79 min | Documentary
Director: Klaus Stern | Star: Mehmet Göker
Votes: 246
94. The Woman with the 5 Elephants (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
First her father ends up in one of Stalin's prison camps, then young Svetlana herself experiences the German invasion. In order to survive she learns German at home in Kiev. She is good and... See full summary »
Director: Vadim Jendreyko | Stars: Svetlana Geier, Anna Götte, Hannelore Hagen, Jürgen Klodt
Votes: 330 | Gross: $0.01M
95. 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: 40,114 | Gross: $0.48M
96. Hotel Lux (2011)
102 min | Comedy
In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds ... See full summary »
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Michael Herbig, Jürgen Vogel, Thekla Reuten, Valeriy Grishko
Votes: 1,238
97. Murderers Among Us (1946)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi
Votes: 2,547
98.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Der sanfte Tod
(2014)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The chauffeur of a rich sausage entrepreneur seems to be shot by accident.
Director: Alexander Adolph | Stars: Maria Furtwängler, Heino Ferch, Bibiana Beglau, Robert Dölle
Votes: 174
99. 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: 13,992 | Gross: $0.79M
100. Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (1994)
88 min | Documentary
This film follows some extremely right-wing teenagers in Leipzig, Germany, over a period of one year (1992/1993). It portrays what they think about belief, love and hope as well as about violence and their country.
Director: Andreas Voigt
Votes: 18
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