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1. Sources of Life (2013)

174 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This is a family story that covers 30 years in the life of the Freytag family, narrated by grandson Robert. When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "... See full summary »

Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Meret Becker, Moritz Bleibtreu, Lavinia Wilson

Votes: 522

2. 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: 31,717

3. Iron Sky (2012)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Nazis set up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.

Director: Timo Vuorensola | Stars: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Udo Kier

Votes: 96,571

4. Albert Schweitzer (2009)

Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History

For generations the name Albert Schweitzer has been synonymous with hands-on compassion and the power of Christ-like sacrifice. Now director Gavin Miller presents a landmark drama about the... See full summary »

Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, Judith Godrèche, Samuel West

Votes: 414

5. Move (2012)

118 min | Comedy

Eight friends help each other repeatedly move house. One year of moving, from apartment to apartment, from shared flat to shared flat. These changes of the apartment are also a changes of relations -some break, others grow.

Director: Dietrich Brüggemann | Stars: Jacob Matschenz, Robert Gwisdek, Anna Brüggemann, Alice Dwyer

Votes: 1,397

6. Bis zum Ellenbogen (2007)

90 min | Comedy

Bei einer wilden Mountainbike-Abfahrt rast der Jung-Reeder Achim in den Hartz-IV-Empfänger Willi. Bankangestellter Sven nimmt die beiden in seiner Hütte auf, kommt aber dann bei einem ... See full summary »

Director: Justus von Dohnányi | Stars: Stefan Kurt, Jan Josef Liefers, Justus von Dohnányi, Susanne Wolff

Votes: 599

7. Bundle of Joy (2000)

91 min | Comedy

A girlie stranger to a small village seduces some men and causes real chaos in the lives of some straight citizens.

Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Mavie Hörbiger, Simon Schwarz, Pierre Besson, Detlev Buck

Votes: 349

8. König von Deutschland (2013)

97 min | Comedy

Thomas Müller is spotted by a marketing agency for his exceptional normality.

Director: David Dietl | Stars: Olli Dittrich, Veronica Ferres, Wanja Mues, Jonas Nay

Votes: 798

9. Friends of Friends (2002 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Gregor believes in true love and is sure that he will find it with Billie. His best friend Arthur, on the other hand, loves playing with fire and has never fallen in love before.

Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Sabine Timoteo, Florian Stetter, Jessica Schwarz

Votes: 286

10. Breaking Horizons (2012)

90 min | Drama

The film is a drama about a young woman who has to grapple with the painful consequences of an unplanned pregnancy. It not only reveals loss and loneliness, it is also a story of the search for a meaning to life by 20- to 30-year-olds.

Director: Pola Beck | Stars: Aylin Tezel, Henrike von Kuick, Tómas Lemarquis, Godehard Giese

Votes: 716

11. Resturlaub (2011)

97 min | Comedy

Under false pretenses, Pitschi flees from a mutual holiday with his girlfriend on Mallorca only to escape to Buenos Aires and from the responsibilities of having a baby and building a house.

Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Maximilian Brückner, Mira Bartuschek, Antoine Monot Jr., Stephan Luca

Votes: 1,308

12. Thank You for Bombing (2015)

99 min | Drama, War

Thank you for Bombing accompanies three correspondents to their working place in conflict areas and gives an insight into their daily routine aside from cameras and satellite phones - ... See full summary »

Director: Barbara Eder | Stars: Erwin Steinhauer, Manon Kahle, Raphael von Bargen, Christopher Ammann

Votes: 172

13. 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: 584

14. Men in the City 2 (2011)

112 min | Comedy, Romance

The heroes from "Männerherzen - Men in the city" return and are searching for their "one and only true great love" more vigorously than ever, which also happens to be the name of Schlager ... See full summary »

Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Nadja Uhl, Christian Ulmen, Nika von Altenstadt, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Votes: 2,851

15. 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: 822

16. More Than Honey (2012)

Unrated | 95 min | Documentary

70 Metascore

An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.

Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer

Votes: 4,320 | Gross: $0.07M

19. Ein Teil von mir (2008)

88 min | Drama

"A part of me". This movie is about problems of very young parents. Seventeen year old Vicky notices that she is pregnant. When she decides to keep the baby and informs the young father (... See full summary »

Director: Christoph Röhl | Stars: Ludwig Trepte, Karoline Teska, Lena Stolze, Julia Richter

Votes: 114

20. About a Girl (2014)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

Charleen, 15, quick-witted and sassy, is Kurt Cobain's biggest fan and wonders why 'growing up' has to be so complicated. One day, feeling especially melodramatic and rebellious, she ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Monheim | Stars: Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Heike Makatsch, Aurel Manthei, Simon Schwarz

Votes: 902

21. Tough Enough (2006)

98 min | Crime, Drama

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It's about ... See full summary »

Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre, Oktay Özdemir

Votes: 3,543

22. Losers and Winners (2006)

96 min | Documentary

A documentary about a German factory that is set to be taken apart and reassembled in China.

Directors: Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken

Votes: 73

23. Taxi (I) (2015)

94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Hamburg, mid 80s, ALEX is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex... See full summary »

Director: Kerstin Ahlrichs | Stars: Rosalie Thomass, Peter Dinklage, Leonardo Arivelo, Michael Darlinger

Votes: 565

24. Tour de Force (2014)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

Belgium, of all places. What's Belgium got besides chocolates and fries? No matter, this year it was Hannes' and Kiki's turn to choose the destination of their annual bike tour with their ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Zübert | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Julia Koschitz, Jürgen Vogel, Miriam Stein

Votes: 2,074

25. Head Full of Honey (2014)

139 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Before Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.

Directors: Til Schweiger, Lars Gmehling | Stars: Pasquale Aleardi, Marco Boriero, Alexa Brunner, Belinda Busch

Votes: 7,158

26. The Manny (2015)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Young industrialist Clemens Klina doesn't have time for his children and accidentally hires a man who actually came to him, seeking revenge, as a nanny for them.

Directors: Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Milan Peschel, Paula Hartmann, Arved Friese

Votes: 2,282

27. Homevideo (2011 TV Movie)

89 min | Drama

Shy, sensitive gymnasium (high school)-outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy... See full summary »

Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Jonas Nay, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Nicole Marischka, Sophia Boehme

Votes: 1,278

28. Ein Tick anders (2011)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

"Ein Tick anders" tells the story of the 17 year old Eva who suffers of Tourette Syndrom. She tries to find a way to avoid to have move from the countryside to Berlin with her parents as ... See full summary »

Director: Andi Rogenhagen | Stars: Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Waldemar Kobus, Stefan Kurt

Votes: 1,051

29. Labyrinth of Lies (2014)

R | 124 min | Drama, History

62 Metascore

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: 14,011 | Gross: $0.79M

30. Messner (2012)

Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Feature documentary about mountaineering icon Reinhold Messner and how he became what he is. This film is as much about his personality as it is about his extraordinary exploits - the psycho-gram of a controversial mountaineer.

Director: Andreas Nickel | Stars: Reinhold Messner, Maxime Belleville, Maurice Cretton, Paul Faller

Votes: 803

31. Not Far from Me (2015)

95 min | Drama

Louisa is living a gloomy life. She takes rescue in literature, loosing herself in books and novels. One day she takes a book from the library, she did not choose: A guide to Lucid Dreaming... See full summary »

Directors: Rüdiger Görlitz, Susanne Kurz | Stars: Jennifer Sabel, Florian Kleine, Anna Prüstel, Claudia Bill

Votes: 39

32. Schmitke (2014)

94 min | Comedy, Mystery

Schmitke is an old German wind turbine engineer. One day, he is dispatched to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix an old squeaking wind turbine. His colleague disappears and mysterious things begin to happen in the forest.

Director: Stepan Altrichter | Stars: Peter Kurth, Johann Jürgens, Helena Dvoráková, Jakub Zácek

Votes: 299

33. Becks letzter Sommer (2015)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A frustrated music teacher and former musician discovers in a pupil a talent for guitar playing and singing and decides to help him into the music business. In the process, the teacher changes also his own life.

Director: Frieder Wittich | Stars: Lena Klenke, Friederike Becht, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Hermann Beyer

Votes: 272

34. 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: 8,308

36. Herrgott für Anfänger (2017 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy

A taxi driver meets love, God, and friendship with lots of great humor.

Director: Sascha Bigler | Stars: Deniz Cooper, Katharina Straßer, Tim Seyfi, Thomas Mraz

Votes: 99

38. I'm Off Then (2015)

92 min | Comedy

Based on the book "Ich Bin Dann Mal Weg" by Hape Kerkeling, in which the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there.

Director: Julia von Heinz | Stars: Devid Striesow, Martina Gedeck, Karoline Schuch, Annette Frier

Votes: 2,580

39. Expedition Happiness (2017)

95 min | Documentary

Two free spirits, one dog. Traveling the vast spaces of an enormous continent in search of something more.

Director: Felix Starck | Stars: Mogli, Felix Starck

Votes: 4,874

40. Wir sind die Neuen (2014)

91 min | Comedy

Three old friends from college move back in together in an apartment in Munich for financial reasons.

Director: Ralf Westhoff | Stars: Gisela Schneeberger, Heiner Lauterbach, Michael Wittenborn, Claudia Eisinger

Votes: 1,696

41. Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht! (2009)

96 min | Comedy

When Jan decides to marry his girlfriend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his ... See full summary »

Director: Neele Leana Vollmar | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Mina Tander, Lino Banfi, Maren Kroymann

Votes: 2,256

42. We Used to Be Cool (2016)

96 min | Comedy

Three couples who are friends decide to all become parents at the same time. They are more on the young side age-wise, professionally successful and cool. Both idealistic and materialistic,... See full summary »

Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Pia Hierzegger, Pheline Roggan, Marcel Mohab

Votes: 448

43. 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: 5,172

44. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

63 Metascore

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: 17,539 | Gross: $0.15M

45. Macho Man (2015)

98 min | Comedy, Romance

A German man falls in love with a Turkish woman and changes his lifestyle for her family.

Director: Christof Wahl | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Aylin Tezel, Dar Salim, Axel Stein

Votes: 539

46. Emmas Glück (2006)

99 min | Drama, Romance

Max is very ill. He decides to steal in his own company. But when he tries to run away with the money, he has a car accident that takes him to Emma's pigs farm.

Director: Sven Taddicken | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Jürgen Vogel, Maik Solbach, Martin Feifel

Votes: 2,091

47. In July (2000)

99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

71 Metascore

A young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Üner

Votes: 22,848

48. 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: 49,671

49. Dschungelkind (2011)

131 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Stella Kunkat, Thomas Kretschmann, Nadja Uhl, Sina Tkotsch

Votes: 1,279

50. Als Paul über das Meer kam - Tagebuch einer Begegnung (2017)

93 min | Documentary

An unusual friendship in an agitated political context.

Director: Jakob Preuss | Star: Paul René Nkamani

Votes: 100

51. Human Flow (2017)

PG-13 | 140 min | Documentary

77 Metascore

Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis.

Director: Ai Weiwei | Stars: Israa Abboud, Hiba Abed, Rami Abu Sondos, Fadi Abou Akleh

Votes: 2,799 | Gross: $0.53M

52. Paradise: Love (2012)

Unrated | 120 min | Drama

65 Metascore

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: 10,038 | Gross: $0.02M

53. The Captain (2017)

118 min | Drama, History, Thriller

67 Metascore

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he's escaping from.

Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Max Hubacher, Alexander Fehling, Sebastian Rudolph, Max Thommes

Votes: 21,612 | Gross: $0.11M

55. Honigfrauen (2017– )

260 min | Drama

Written by International Emmy winner Christoph Silber and Natalie Scharf, this three-part drama series tells Stasi spy stories centered around two young girls from East Germany on holiday at Lake Balaton.

Stars: Cornelia Gröschel, Sonja Gerhardt, Anja Kling, Götz Schubert

Votes: 336

56. Welcome to Germany (2016)

116 min | Comedy, Drama

When a well-off Munich family takes in Diallo, a refugee from Nigeria, he soon makes friends among the family members, but they are tested when they must face racism, bureaucracy, and terror suspicions because of him.

Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Senta Berger, Heiner Lauterbach, Florian David Fitz, Palina Rojinski

Votes: 5,572

57. Twinfruit - Die Dose muss menschlich werden (2015 TV Movie)

72 min | Comedy

Good advertisement has to move your deepest emotions and touch your heart. But who needs good advertisement, when you can have plush fruit-costumes and cute kid-rappers? Twinfruit lets us peek behind the scenes of an insane industry.

Director: Matthias Thönnissen | Stars: Ben Rodrian, Michael Halberstadt, Anton Schneider, Christiane Bärwald

Votes: 105

58. Vier gegen die Bank (2016)

96 min | Comedy, Crime

Four men, betrayed by the bank, unite to take revenge.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Til Schweiger, Matthias Schweighöfer, Michael Herbig, Jan Josef Liefers

Votes: 3,513

59. The Milk System (2017)

90 min | Documentary

There's one thing milk stands for - health. It's seen as natural and nutrient-rich. But is it really that healthy? We set out to take a critical look at the milk system. Along the way we'll... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Pichler | Star: Karim Cherif

Votes: 596

60. 303 (2018)

145 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two university students, Jule and Jan, leave Berlin together in an old camper on a road trip south, but for different reasons.

Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Mala Emde, Anton Spieker, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Thomas Schmuckert

Votes: 8,888

61. The Fourth State (2012)

115 min | Thriller

A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 2,435

62. North Face (2008)

Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

67 Metascore

A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.

Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Simon Schwarz

Votes: 16,436 | Gross: $0.71M

63. Vollidiot (2007)

102 min | Comedy

29-year-old Simon works in a phone shop, but his thoughts circle around finding a new girlfriend after being left by his last one year ago. However, he finds the woman of his dreams in his most-hated coffee shop.

Director: Tobi Baumann | Stars: Oliver Pocher, Oliver Fleischer, Ellenie Salvo González, Anke Engelke

Votes: 2,454

64. Der Seewolf (1971)

93 min | Adventure, Drama

The writer Humphrey van Weyden gets overboard in 1906 in a shipwreck in the fog in the Bay of San Francisco and is rescued by a seal catcher, the schooner Ghost under the brutal Captain Wolf Larsen.

Stars: Edward Meeks, Raimund Harmstorf, Emmerich Schäffer, Peter Kock

Votes: 733

65. Men Do What They Can (2012)

108 min | Comedy

Paul Schuberth's top 40 HR in a Berlin publishing house and thinks he's happy with his life as a single. By Lisa he is divorced, with Kathrin he has a loose affair ...

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Jasmin Gerat, Jan Josef Liefers, Fahri Yardim

Votes: 1,385

66. Karniggels (1991)

94 min | Comedy

Young policeman Koeppe just left the academy and is transferred to a small police station in the countryside. He's a merry guy and dreams of a career, but he's not very bright. A brutal cow... See full summary »

Directors: Detlev Buck, Hans-Erich Viet | Stars: Bernd Michael Lade, Ingo Naujoks, Julia Jäger, Inga Busch

Votes: 533

67. Hell (2011)

R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun.

Director: Tim Fehlbaum | Stars: Lilo Baur, Marco Calamandrei, Lisa Vicari, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 12,388

68. 13 Semester (2009)

101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The friends Moritz and Dirk get accepted at the TU Darmstadt and leave their small home village in Brandenburg to set out for the big town to study business arithmetic (mathematical economics).

Director: Frieder Wittich | Stars: Max Riemelt, Dieter Mann, Robert Gwisdek, Amit Shah

Votes: 1,862

69. Rabbit Without Ears 2 (2009)

124 min | Comedy, Romance

Ludo Decker and Anna Gotzlowski have been living together for two years. Everyday routine has set in, with Ludo neglecting his household responsibilities much to Anna's dislike, while he is... See full summary »

Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Tom Beck, Annika Blendl, Yvonne Catterfeld, Ken Duken

Votes: 8,557

70. Men in the City (2009)

107 min | Comedy

The story follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other.

Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Nadja Uhl, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Maxim Mehmet

Votes: 5,296

71. World on a Wire (1973)

Not Rated | 212 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

76 Metascore

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: 6,784

72. All Together (2011)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

57 Metascore

Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternate to living in a retirement home; joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on the aging population.

Director: Stéphane Robelin | Stars: Guy Bedos, Daniel Brühl, Geraldine Chaplin, Jane Fonda

Votes: 3,062 | Gross: $0.04M

73. Gravity (2009)

97 min | Crime, Drama

The story of a seemingly settled bank employee who breaks the shackles of his everyday life and becomes a wanderer between worlds. Frederik is an up-and-coming young bank employee who lives... See full summary »

Director: Maximilian Erlenwein | Stars: Fabian Hinrichs, Jürgen Vogel, Nora Waldstätten, Thorsten Merten

Votes: 844

74. The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2012)

87 min | Comedy, Drama

Tiffany is convinced that a disaster must follow every lucky incident.

Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Johanna Wokalek, Iris Berben, Richy Müller, Katharina Marie Schubert

Votes: 553

75. What a Man (2011)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

39 Metascore

What a Man: The young teacher Alex is abandoned by his girlfriend Caroline and therefore begins a journey in search of himself. But how he overcomes the pitfalls out there for a modern man? And what is it that makes a man a man?

Directors: Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Mavie Hörbiger, Thomas Kretschmann, Paul Alhäuser

Votes: 3,964

76. Palermo Shooting (2008)

124 min | Drama

After the wild life-style of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman help him calm himself down?

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Campino, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper, Inga Busch

Votes: 3,196

77. Da geht noch was (2013)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

When three generations of one family temporarily have to live together under one roof chaos ensues.

Director: Holger Haase | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Henry Hübchen, Marius V. Haas, Leslie Malton

Votes: 1,357

78. Lost in Siberia (2012)

100 min | Comedy

A comedy about a shy logistician of a German mail order company who is sent to Siberia by his boss to create a work flow system for a Russian subsidiary of his German company.

Director: Ralf Huettner | Stars: Katja Riemann, Vladimir Burlakov, Joachim Król, Armin Rohde

Votes: 670

79. 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: 10,833

80. Barbara (I) (2012)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama

86 Metascore

A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke

Votes: 15,993

81. My Best Enemy (2011)

Unrated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, War

43 Metascore

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: 1,533

82. Bauhaus - A New Era (2019)

45 min | Drama, History, Romance

The year is 1919, the Great War is over, and Dörte Helm becomes part of a group of young artists and revolutionaries who evolve from the Lost to the Golden Generation. The series introduces... See full summary »

Stars: August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Trine Dyrholm, Valerie Pachner

Votes: 574

83. The Dark Side of the Moon (2015)

98 min | Mystery, Thriller

A psychedelic mushroom trip turns a successful lawyer into a wanted man.

Director: Stephan Rick | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nora Waldstätten, André Hennicke

Votes: 7,671

84. Die Männer der Emden (2012)

180 min | Adventure, Drama, History

When their ship is sunk in the first world war, in the Indian ocean, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find allies and finally make it home to Germany. A breathtaking real-live odyssey.

Director: Berengar Pfahl | Stars: Sibel Kekilli, Ken Duken, Felicitas Woll, Matthias Schloo

Votes: 354

85. Run Lola Run (1998)

R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

79 Metascore

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: 207,105 | Gross: $7.27M

86. A Friend of Mine (2006)

84 min | Comedy, Drama

An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.

Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, Peter Kurth

Votes: 4,423

87. 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

88. So glücklich war ich noch nie (2009)

92 min | Drama

After a flirtation in a store looking for the imposter Frank is taken and to be behind bars. Free again, he tries to earn money in an honest way. One day, he meets the woman from the store ... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Adolph | Stars: Devid Striesow, Nadja Uhl, Jörg Schüttauf, Floriane Daniel

Votes: 344

89. Day and Night (2010)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.

Director: Sabine Derflinger | Stars: Philipp Hochmair, Nicoletta Prokes, Anna Rot, Martina Spitzer

Votes: 513

90. Partly Sunny (2012)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tim and his friend Can go to bars and lie to girls about one of them being terminally ill so they can gain sympathy and be guaranteed a "hook up" for the night. Tim meets Marie hooks up ... See full summary »

Director: Marco Petry | Stars: Max Riemelt, Anna Fischer, Jessica Schwarz, Elyas M'Barek

Votes: 1,487

91. Eingeimpft (2017)

95 min | Documentary

Should parents trust the vaccines doctors champion for their children?

Director: David Sieveking | Stars: Yentl de Rooij, Zaria de Rooij, Jessica de Rooij, David Sieveking

Votes: 94

92. 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

93. Free Rainer (2007)

130 min | Comedy, Drama

Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.

Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard, Milan Peschel, Gregor Bloéb

Votes: 4,682

94. 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: 7,633

95. Planet Deutschland - 300 Millionen Jahre (2014)

93 min | Documentary

Nature documentary about the geological origins of the landmass which Germany encompasses and the evolution of its flora and fauna.

Director: Stefan Schneider | Stars: Dieter Moor, Helmut Aulenbach, Andreas Engelmann, Demet Fey

Votes: 39

96. Sams im Glück (2012)

102 min | Family

There is something everyone should know: if you live with a Sams under the same roof for over ten years, you slowly but surely start to transform yourself into a Sams.

Director: Peter Gersina | Stars: Ulrich Noethen, Christine Urspruch, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Armin Rohde

Votes: 232

97. Leaving the Frame (2019)

90 min | Documentary

Actress Maria Ehrich and journalist Manuel Vering go in early 2018 on a world tour, which lasts seven months. They travel over 20,000 kilometers with an old VW Beetle, in which they sleep and travel from Mexico to Newfoundland.

Directors: Maria Ehrich, Manuel Vering | Stars: Maria Ehrich, Manuel Vering

Votes: 141

98. A Jar Full of Life (2018)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

After her adventurous brother dies in a car crash, a neurotic, broke girl, who can't choose, what to do with her life, goes on the adventure, he wasn't able to take - the Antarctic.

Director: Florian Ross | Stars: Marc Benjamin, Ilka Bessin, Adam Bousdoukos, Gerda Böken

Votes: 591

99. 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

100. Rising High (2020)

TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

40 Metascore

Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

Director: Cüneyt Kaya | Stars: Frederick Lau, David Kross, Ellen Dubin, Emily Goss

Votes: 5,711



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