Good German Cinema
by Gnislew | created - 08 Mar 2014 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicA list with german films I like.
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1. Kebab Connection (2004)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now he makes commercials for his uncle's kebab restaurant. When Titzie, Ibo's ... See full summary »
Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Denis Moschitto, Nora Tschirner, Emanuel Bettencourt, Numan Acar
Votes: 5,211
2. Antibodies (2005)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte
Votes: 9,041
3. Das Lächeln der Tiefseefische (2005)
86 min | Drama
Malte lives in Usedom, an island in the Baltic, very popular for its sunshine. The young boy survives with difficulty thanks to a small job in a snack bar but especially thanks to the ... See full summary »
Director: Till Endemann | Stars: Jacob Matschenz, Alice Dwyer, Adrian Topol, Peter Kurth
Votes: 125
4. 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: 410,633 | Gross: $11.29M
5. Drawn in Blood (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
What do you do when love turns into suspicion and mourning turns to fear? When Marian gets word that her brother Michael has committed suicide, she travels to Berlin to sort out his life. ... See full summary »
Director: Péter Palátsik | Stars: Anna Fin, Tim Williams, Dan van Husen, Luise Bähr
Votes: 85
6. Unter Wölfen (2006 Video)
82 min | Thriller
A hunting turns into a psychological thriller when one of the huntsmen is found dead.
Directors: Daniel Hedfeld, René Sydow | Stars: Jochen Kolenda, Sebastian Sommerfeld, Kathrin Hildebrandt, Martin Brauer
Votes: 57
7. Weltverbesserungsmaßnahmen (2005)
91 min | Comedy
Directors: Jörn Hintzer, Jakob Hüfner | Stars: Christoph Bach, Peter Berning, Matthias Breitenbach, Christoph Busch
Votes: 164
8. Der Wixxer (2004)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle.
Director: Tobi Baumann | Stars: Oliver Kalkofe, Bastian Pastewka, Thomas Fritsch, Tanja Wenzel
Votes: 9,172
9. The Vexxer (2007)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Vexxer is back. The notorious criminal mastermind wants to murder seven people in one day. Inspectors Even Longer and Very Long will do everything in their power to stop the Vexxer.
Directors: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert | Stars: Oliver Kalkofe, Bastian Pastewka, Joachim Fuchsberger, Christiane Paul
Votes: 5,358
10. Mein Traum oder Die Einsamkeit ist nie allein (2008)
100 min | Drama
A Man (Wolfgang Seidenberg) realizes the absurd emptiness of his life and leaves home, without actually knowing what he's running from as well as what he's looking for. After a ride on a ... See full synopsis »
Director: Roland Reber | Stars: Wolfgang Seidenberg, Marina Anna Eich, Mira Gittner, Antonio Exacoustos
Votes: 35
11. The Room (2000)
82 min | Drama, Thriller
Sophie, a student of Egyptology as well as Christoph, an out-of-work actor, apply to a classified ad in the newspaper for a job. "Someone to look after my house for six weeks - good pay." ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Reber | Stars: Mira Gittner, Marcus Grüsser, Marina Anna Eich, Ute Meisenheimer
Votes: 51
12. Runaway Horse (2007)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A married couple meet an old friend of the husband during the vacation. The friend is also on vacation with his wife. The couples start to do things together. The four characters have ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Kaufmann | Stars: Ulrich Noethen, Ulrich Tukur, Katja Riemann, Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Votes: 463
13. Wolfsburg (2003)
90 min | Drama
Philipp Gerber is a smart, self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann, Astrid Meyerfeldt
Votes: 1,319
14. Schwarze Schafe (2006)
94 min | Comedy
"Black Sheep" is about urban Berlin Lifestyle. About a bunch of hopeless losers, who are trying, to get the big money with the strangest plans. There is an Ex-Handmodel for Rolex, who wants... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Rihs | Stars: Jule Böwe, Milan Peschel, Jenny Deimling, Robert Lohr
Votes: 1,009
15. Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe (2008)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
A young game designer falls in love with an older woman and suddenly his whole life turns upside down.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Tom Schilling, Christian Sengewald, Julia Dietze, Peter Jordan
Votes: 732
16. Der letzte schöne Tag (2011 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
A young mother and wife fights with depression which leads to committing suicide. The story follows lives of her beloved ones, husband and children, after this horrifying act.
Director: Johannes Fabrick | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Matilda Merkel, Nick Julius Schuck, Julia Koschitz
Votes: 252
17. Die heimlichen Wunden (2013)
11 min | Short, Drama
Director: Christian Witte | Stars: Martin Hentschel, Christian Witte, Iris Witte
Votes: 9
18. Illusion (V) (2013)
95 min | Drama
ILLUSION is a film about people, their wishes, fears, hopes and longings. A glance behind the facade of daily routine. A visually stunning cycle between reality and illusion, a carousel of ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Reber | Stars: Carolina Hoffmann, Christoph Baumann, Thomas Kollhoff, Antje Mönning
Votes: 109
19. Dead Eyes Open (2006)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
Six young people on their way to a joint holiday - when the tank gets empty they find themselves stranded in the midst of an unknown wilderness. Everything looks perfect, but near an old ... See full summary »
Director: Ralf Möllenhoff | Stars: Tanek Seranek, Malte Gutkowski, Rocco Finamore, Michael Möllenhoff
Votes: 71
20. Video Kings (2007)
100 min | Comedy
Flo and his buddy Hotte work in the lousy video store Video König in Neukölln. No wonder, because Hotte shines with zero film knowledge, and Flo has to deal with the fact that his girlfriend left him.
Directors: Daniel Acht, Ali Eckert | Stars: Fabian Busch, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Monica Nancy Wick, Hendrik Arnst
Votes: 412
21. Am Ende kommen Touristen (2007)
85 min | Drama
A civil service worker befriends an elderly concentration camp survivor.
Director: Robert Thalheim | Stars: Alexander Fehling, Ryszard Ronczewski, Barbara Wysocka, Piotr Rogucki
Votes: 1,113
22. Der Typ (2003)
50 min | Drama
The 30-year-old Fabo wanders aimlessly through the night and drowns his frustration in alcohol.
Director: Patrick Tauss | Stars: Karen Böhne, Stipe Erceg, Bernadette Heerwagen, Wolfgang Packhäuser
Votes: 111
23. Happy Hour (I) (2015)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
3 Germans. 2 midlife crises. But only 1 Ireland.
Director: Franz Müller | Stars: Simon Licht, Mehdi Nebbou, Alexander Hörbe, Susan Swanton
Votes: 87
24. Geh ins Herz (2015)
11 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
Director: Christian Witte | Star: Martin Hentschel
25. Cordelias Kinder (2015)
76 min | Thriller
A look into the lives of a dysfunctional family after the father dies.
Director: Lars Henriks | Stars: Elena Meißner, David Adams, Anna Berg, Ulrich Bähnk
Votes: 15
26. The Nightmare (2015)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After attending a rave party, a teenage girl forms a bond with a strange monster as she suffers a slow chaotic mental breakdown.
Director: Akiz | Stars: Carolyn Genzkow, Sina Tkotsch, Wilson Gonzalez, Arnd Klawitter
Votes: 3,183
27. Taste of Life (2017)
TV-MA | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
What does life taste of? For joyful Nikki the answer is clear: of pleasure. Delightfully she enjoys this at every possible occasion, as she drives through the country looking for people and their stories for her video-blog.
Director: Roland Reber | Stars: Antje Mönning, Andreas Pegler, Wolfgang Seidenberg, Iris Boss
Votes: 286
28. Radio Heimat (2016)
85 min | Comedy
The 80s: Four friends in western Germany try to impress girls with bad singing and worse dancing. They find out that to find your significant other it isn't enough to be just a pretty girl, neither it helps to be a showoff.
Director: Matthias Kutschmann | Stars: David Hugo Schmitz, Maximilian Mundt, Jan Bülow, Hauke Petersen
Votes: 363
29. My Blind Date with Life (2017)
111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Jacob Matschenz, Anna Maria Mühe, Johann von Bülow
Votes: 5,780
30. Ostfriesenkiller (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime
Director: Sven Bohse | Stars: Christiane Paul, Christian Erdmann, Barnaby Metschurat, Peter Heinrich Brix
Votes: 157
31. 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
32. Die Anfängerin (2017)
98 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Annebärbel's life and feelings have become as frigid as a block of ice. At the age of 58, she stands as an unfriendly monument to former times. As a doctor, she shows little compassion, and... See full summary »
Director: Alexandra Sell | Stars: Ulrike Krumbiegel, Annekathrin Bürger, Maria Rogozina, Christine Errath
Votes: 88
33. Mountain Miracle (2017)
97 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A girl struggling with asthma is taken to a clinic in South Tyrol to be cured. After some time she decides to get out of this hell (that's how she feels about it) and soon she meets a new ... See full summary »
Director: Tobias Wiemann | Stars: Mia Kasalo, Samuel Girardi, Susanne Bormann, Denis Moschitto
Votes: 458
34. Klassentreffen (2019– )
88 min | Comedy, Drama
It has been 25 years since they graduated from high school or could have done it if they had not graduated beforehand, had done laps of honor or simply failed. Now they see each other again... See full summary »
Stars: Annette Frier, Anna Schudt, Elena Uhlig, Oliver Wnuk
Votes: 233
35. 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: 2,427
36. Das Leben meiner Tochter (2019)
95 min | Drama
Eight-year-old Jana desperately needs a heart donor. But the months pass and there is no suitable organ. Out of desperation, her father Micha - against the advice of the doctors and the will of his wife - turns to illegal organ traders.
Director: Steffen Weinert | Stars: Christoph Bach, Maggie Valentina Salomon, Alwara Höfels, André Hennicke
Votes: 69
37. 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: 8,333
38. Dampfnudelblues (2013)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
'Die, you pig!'. The words are emblazoned on the wall of school principal Höpfl's home for all the villagers to see. Soon after, this very man is found lying dead as a doornail on the train... See full summary »
Director: Ed Herzog | Stars: Sebastian Bezzel, Ilse Neubauer, Eisi Gulp, Simon Schwarz
Votes: 2,887
39. Roland Reber's Cabaret of Death (2019)
93 min | Comedy
What is life? Is it the yearning of a lover, the fear of growing old, the rebellious struggle for a dignified death or the hunt for the most clicks? Is it maybe just a show?
Director: Roland Reber | Stars: Waltraut Borchmann, Christian Buse, Marina Anna Eich, Mira Gittner
Votes: 46
40. Winterkartoffelknödel (2014)
96 min | Comedy, Crime
Crime comedy set in a village somewhere in Bavaria, centering around a village policeman's attempt to solve a murder case, his chaotic private life and the dysfunctional relationship with his wacky father.
Director: Ed Herzog | Stars: Sebastian Bezzel, Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Enzi Fuchs
Votes: 2,483
41. The Dumpling Affair (2017)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Police officer Franz Eberhofer is woken up by his colleagues because his boss Barschl has been killed. The murder weapon is Franz' knife, so he is suspected to be the murderer of his hated boss.
Director: Ed Herzog | Stars: Sebastian Bezzel, Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Enzi Fuchs
Votes: 2,076
42. 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: 77,677 | Gross: $2.22M
43. Down There in Heaven (2019)
82 min | Comedy
Six men meet at a surprise party. A note left behind reveals that they are part of a therapeutic intervention. Reluctantly, they surrender to their destiny and embark on a journey to explore their own selves.
Director: Felix Schäfer | Stars: Maryan Bartilla, Roger Bonjour, Maximilian Dirr, Sinha Melina Gierke
Votes: 12
44. Too Far Away (2019)
89 min | Drama, Family
A bullied 12-year-old boy bonds over soccer with a 11-year-old Syrian refugee.
Director: Sarah Winkenstette | Stars: Yoran Leicher, Anna König, Andreas Nickl, Ben Nicolas Behrend
Votes: 191
45. Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver embark on an adventurous journey through fantastic worlds to free the kidnapped Princess Li Si from the impenetrable Dragon City and solve the secret of Jim's mysterious origins.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier, Uwe Ochsenknecht
Votes: 2,860
46. Der König von Köln (2019 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An official becomes a puppet of the Cologne upper class.
Director: Richard Huber | Stars: Rainer Bock, Serkan Kaya, Joachim Król, Jörg Hartmann
Votes: 250
47. Tot oder Lebendig (2015)
Action, Horror, Western
The film deals with the American Civil War in a way that makes both armies appear to be sadists.
Director: Jochen Taubert | Stars: Markus Beyer, Thomas Binder, Uwe Choroba, Sascha Goldbach
Votes: 22
48. The Sad Girls of the Mountains (2019)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
Four depressive teenagers withdraw from patriarchal society to start a new life in a mountain hideout. They transform their misery and melancholia into pornography for their website "Sad ... See full summary »
Directors: Candy Flip, Theo Meow | Stars: Hendrik Adams, Candy Flip, Jenz, Jochen Werner
Votes: 94
49. 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: 5,004
50. Der Geburtstag (2019)
80 min | Drama
Married but separated couple Matthias and Anna, marital wounds still open, get together to plan their son Lukas' birthday party. When, at the end of the party, little guest Julius isn't ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Andrés Morelli | Stars: Mark Waschke, Anna Brüggemann, Kasimir Brause, Anne Ratte-Polle
Votes: 80
51. Performaniax (2019)
75 min | Thriller
Emily desperately wants to be an actress. When a weird theater troupe of misfits take her in, she is excited at first. But the group turns out to be a deadly cult.
Director: Lars Henriks | Stars: Chiara Lüssow, Vanessa Grzybowski, Luisa Höfer, Sophie Riva
Votes: 48
52. Stangenfieber (1987)
9 min | Short, Comedy
Rods fever.
Director: Helge Schneider | Stars: Helge Schneider, Peter Thoms, Eva Kurowski, Uwe Lyko
Votes: 20
53. 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: 2,547
54. 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: 2,686
55. 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: 17,536 | Gross: $0.15M
56. 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: 7,632
57. Stumme Schreie (2019 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
A young assistant doctor is confronted with bad cases of abused children. She is shocked at how complicated it is to hold responsible parents accountable.
Director: Johannes Fabrick | Stars: Timur Bartels, Natalia Belitski, Carla Demmin, Maximilian Gehrlinger
Votes: 62
58. 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: 7,288
59. Goldjungs (2021 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The biggest Bank crash after WWII caused by young money dealers
Director: Christoph Schnee | Stars: Tobias Schäfer, Martin Brambach, Tim Oliver Schultz, Waldemar Kobus
Votes: 227
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