German Movies
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1. 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: 5,694
2. 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: 410,327 | Gross: $11.29M
3. 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: 40,422 | Gross: $0.27M
4. 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: 152,610 | Gross: $4.06M
5. 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: 206,934 | Gross: $7.27M
6. 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: 40,111 | Gross: $0.48M
7. Lammbock (2001)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with aphids.
Director: Christian Zübert | Stars: Lucas Gregorowicz, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marie Zielcke, Julian Weigend
Votes: 11,868
8. Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
Director: Ralf Huettner | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Karoline Herfurth, Heino Ferch, Katharina Müller-Elmau
Votes: 6,002
9. Gigantic (1999)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Three friends from Hamburg spend one last night on the town before one of them leaves the city forever.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Frank Giering, Florian Lukas, Antoine Monot Jr., Julia Hummer
Votes: 4,892
10. Berlin Blues (2003)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called "Herr Lehmann", is part of a lethargic West Berlin-microcosm. His lifestyle is disturbed when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with his girlfriend and his best friend acts strange.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Katja Danowski, Detlev Buck, Janek Rieke
Votes: 7,630
11. NVA (2005)
98 min | Comedy
The story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Kim Frank, Oliver Bröcker, Detlev Buck, Jasmin Schwiers
Votes: 1,625
12. Go for Zucker (2004)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked ... See full summary »
Director: Dani Levy | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Golda Tencer
Votes: 2,885 | Gross: $0.09M
13. Gegengerade (2011)
100 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Director: Tarek Ehlail | Stars: Timo Jacobs, Denis Moschitto, Fabian Busch, Mario Adorf
Votes: 312
14. Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A violent chain of events ensues as a jailed criminal arranges to buy a car from a shady car dealer, unaware that his partner in freedom has squandered most of the money from their last bank robbery on horse race betting.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Oliver Korittke, Markus Knüfken, Ralf Richter, Diether Krebs
Votes: 10,825
15. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders
Votes: 17,522 | Gross: $0.15M
16. 00 Schneider - Im Wendekreis der Eidechse (2013)
94 min | Comedy
Commissioner Schneider is back. Nineteen years after "00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter" aging policeman now has to face villain Jean-Claude Pillemann.
Directors: Helge Schneider, Andrea Schumacher | Stars: Helge Schneider, Zorro, Peter Thoms, Tyree Glenn
Votes: 1,309
17. Head-On (2004)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç, Zarah Jane McKenzie
Votes: 57,645
18. 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: 5,368
19. 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: 7,258
20. 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: 32,374 | Gross: $0.18M
21. 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: 8,306
22. Chiko (2008)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Loyalty between two friends is stretched to its limit by one's deception.
Director: Özgür Yildirim | Stars: Denis Moschitto, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volkan Özcan, Reyhan Sahin
Votes: 3,822
23. Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (1993)
86 min | Comedy, Western
A parody of a western filmed in the country of Karl May, a German writer famous for his adventure books which feature the Apache Winnetou.
Directors: Ralf Huettner, Helge Schneider | Stars: Helge Schneider, Peter Thoms, Buddy Casino, Andreas Kunze
Votes: 2,545
24. 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994)
90 min | Comedy
Detective 00 Schneider has to return from retirement to catch a mad art collector.
Directors: Christoph Schlingensief, Helge Schneider | Stars: Helge Schneider, Helmut Körschgen, Andreas Kunze, Werner Abrolat
Votes: 2,685
25. Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002)
101 min | Comedy
A group of rather slapdash builders are rather imaginative at solving what problems come their way. Whatever it is that doesn't fit the picture, it will be made fit in no time.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Peter Thorwarth, Ralf Richter, Hilmi Sözer, Willi Thomczyk
Votes: 4,137
26. Ödipussi (1988)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Gray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the... See full summary »
Director: Vicco von Bülow | Stars: Vicco von Bülow, Katharina Brauren, Evelyn Hamann, Edda Seippel
Votes: 4,346
27. Kein Pardon (1993)
97 min | Comedy
Peter Schlönzke, adoring fan a TV show wants to be like the show's host. When he attends a talent contest, he fails entirely and manages to get only a job as cable person. His backstage view lets him see the real personality of his idol.
Director: Hape Kerkeling | Stars: Hape Kerkeling, Heinz Schenk, Elisabeth Volkmann, Margret Homeyer
Votes: 2,424
28. DoppelPack (2000)
88 min | Comedy
Buddies Hoffi and Lehmi awake in Dortmund Zoo, after a night of drinking.
Director: Matthias Lehmann | Stars: Markus Knüfken, Eckhard Preuß, Margret Völker, Jeanne Tremsal
Votes: 238
29. Life Is Not for Cowards (2012)
98 min | Drama
A family struggles to come to terms with their mother's death and their grandmother's illness.
Director: André Erkau | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Helen Woigk, Christine Schorn, Frederick Lau
Votes: 776
30. 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: 31,663
31. Wetlands (2013)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
The adventures of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse, Meret Becker
Votes: 12,362 | Gross: $0.06M
32. Stromberg - The Movie (2014)
123 min | Comedy
The movie spin-off of the TV series centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Christoph Maria Herbst, Milena Dreißig, Bjarne Mädel, Diana Staehly
Votes: 8,323
33. Türkisch für Anfänger (2012)
105 min | Adventure, Comedy
After a plane crash Lena Schneider finds herself on a remote Andaman island with a teenage turk Cem, full of hormones, his religious sister and Greek Costa.
Director: Bora Dagtekin | Stars: Josefine Preuß, Elyas M'Barek, Anna Stieblich, Adnan Maral
Votes: 9,421
34. Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere! (2009)
96 min | Comedy
Horst Schlämmer, the deputy chief editor of the "Grevenbroicher Tagblatt", founds his own party to run in the 2009 German federal election.
Director: Angelo Colagrossi | Stars: Hape Kerkeling, Alexandra Kamp, Simon Gosejohann, Maren Kroymann
Votes: 1,388
35. Stereo (I) (2014)
98 min | Crime, Thriller
The appearance of a mysterious, hooded man evokes Erik's sinister past.
Director: Maximilian Erlenwein | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Georg Friedrich
Votes: 5,170
36. Der Knochenmann (2009)
127 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Private Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station "Löschenkohl". There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Josef Bierbichler, Birgit Minichmayr, Christoph Luser
Votes: 4,911
37. Keine Lieder über Liebe (2005)
98 min | Drama, Music, Romance
As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus, front man of "Hansen", one year ago, he decides to shoot a documentary about the ... See full summary »
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Florian Lukas, Jürgen Vogel, Heike Makatsch, Thees Uhlmann
Votes: 619
38. 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: 63,121
39. Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte (2012)
95 min | Comedy, Music
An inept music manager documents his attempt of bringing about a comeback of the 80s techno pioneers Fraktus, who in the past 30 years have disconnected both from each other and their music.
Directors: Lars Jessen, Jacques Palminger, Rocko Schamoni, Sebastian Schultz, Heinz Strunk | Stars: Devid Striesow, Heinz Strunk, Rocko Schamoni, Jacques Palminger
Votes: 1,523
40. Fleisch ist mein Gemüse (2008)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Heinz Strunk is a young and unemployed musician who lives with his sick mother in Hamburg-Harburg. One day he gets the chance to play the sax in a dance band.
Director: Christian Görlitz | Stars: Maxim Mehmet, Andreas Schmidt, Oliver Bröcker, Anna Fischer
Votes: 888
41. We Did It for the Money (2014 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A rich young lady marries a man without means only because her father tells her it is a way to save millions in income tax each year - by Germany's tax splitting rules for married couples.
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Florian Lukas, Diana Amft, Ludger Pistor, Ursula Karusseit
Votes: 113
42. Ein Schnitzel für alle (2013 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Armin Rohde, Ludger Pistor, Rick Okon, Daniel Michel
Votes: 112
43. 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: 11,021
44. 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
45. Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee (2013)
103 min | Comedy
The lifeguard of the Friedrichshagen lido is mysteriously bitten off his right hand. The bite wounds indicate the existence of a shark in the Müggelsee. On the advice of the city marketing representative, a shark alarm is finally sounded.
Directors: Leander Haußmann, Sven Regener | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Michael Gwisdek, Uwe Dag Berlin, Anna-Maria Hirsch
Votes: 632
46. Vorsicht vor Leuten (2015 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy
When a little liar almost loses his job and his wife he teams up with an impostor to nick the money from a construction project.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Charly Hübner, Michael Maertens, Lina Beckmann, Natalia Belitski
Votes: 583
47. 25 km/h (2018)
116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two very different brothers reunite and start on a very special journey: a road trip on their motorbikes which they imagined in their childhood.
Director: Markus Goller | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Bjarne Mädel, Sandra Hüller, Franka Potente
Votes: 5,910
48. All About Me (2018)
100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring, Hedi Kriegeskotte
Votes: 4,996
49. 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
50. Sörensen hat Angst (2020 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With an anxiety disorder in his luggage, Chief Inspector Sörensen is transferred from Hamburg to the Frisian town of Katenbüll. He hopes that the small town will provide him with a quiet, tranquil working life.
Director: Bjarne Mädel | Stars: Bjarne Mädel, Katrin Wichmann, Leo Meier, Matthias Brandt
Votes: 2,066
51. Dark Woods (2020– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A case that remained a mystery for nearly thirty years. The desperate search of a brother for his sister. And the agony of those who are left behind by a chillingly brutal crime.
Stars: Matthias Brandt, Karoline Schuch, Silke Bodenbender, August Wittgenstein
Votes: 1,363
52. Wild Mouse (2017)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.
Director: Josef Hader | Stars: Josef Hader, Pia Hierzegger, Georg Friedrich, Jörg Hartmann
Votes: 2,855
53. Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt (2017)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Years after a nervous breakdown Karl goes on tour with old friends and upcoming electronic music DJs. Beeing the only sober person in a environment full of drugs and alcohol starts to bring back demons.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Charly Hübner, Annika Meier, Detlev Buck, Marc Hosemann
Votes: 1,074
54. Do You Sometimes Feel Burned Out and Empty? (2017)
94 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Marriage counselor Luisa is happily married to Richard, but also has an affair with Leopold, Richard's boss. Luisa can't decide which man to choose, until she wakes up one morning and meets a second Luisa, calling herself Ann.
Director: Lola Randl | Stars: Lina Beckmann, Charly Hübner, Benno Fürmann, Traute Hoess
Votes: 127
55. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,236
56. Beckenrand Sheriff (2021)
113 min | Comedy
The local outdoor swimming pool in Grubberg is a thorn in the side of the mayor (Gisela Schneeberger). It is at best, is way overpriced and therefore should be closed. The builder Albert ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Stars: Milan Peschel, Dimitri Abold, Johanna Wokalek, Sarah Mahita
Votes: 501
57. Lommbock (2017)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy
Stefan's back in Germany for a paper for his wedding in Dubai. His old friend, Kai, gets him in drug trouble. They try to help Kai's stepson, who works for drug dealers. Stefan meets an old flame.
Director: Christian Zübert | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Dar Salim, Thomas Binder, Daniela Eck
Votes: 4,042
58. Stellungswechsel (2007)
97 min | Comedy
Five cute guys who set up an Escort Service for women and find out how hard it is to sell yourself.
Director: Maggie Peren | Stars: Florian Lukas, Sebastian Bezzel, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Herbert Knaup
Votes: 667
59. Jürgen - Heute wird gelebt (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy
Middleaged Jürgen and his pal Bernd, an odd couple without social competence, are attending a trip by 'EuropLove' to eastern Europe to finally find a woman.
Director: Lars Jessen | Stars: Heinz Strunk, Charly Hübner, Friederike Kempter, Peter Heinrich Brix
Votes: 737
60. Das Fest der Liebe (2023)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
"Das Fest der Liebe" is a impro-comedy series on ARD Mediathek. It's a spin off from Das Begräbnis (2022).
Stars: Charly Hübner, Devid Striesow, Claudia Michelsen, Luise von Finckh
Votes: 70
61. Silentium (2004)
116 min | Crime, Thriller
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Joachim Król, Maria Köstlinger
Votes: 3,518
62. Ummah - Unter Freunden (2013)
107 min | Comedy, Drama
After killing two skinheads in a failed operation against NeoNazis, young undercover intelligence agent Daniel finds a hiding place and new friends in Berlins Turkish Arab community. ... See full summary »
Director: Cüneyt Kaya | Stars: Tamer Arslan, Claudia Eisinger, Katharina Heyer, Çetin Ipekkaya
Votes: 820
63. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 12,603
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