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1. The Strange Little Cat (2013)

Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Drama

80 Metascore

A family in a house, and a chain of events that take place, on an ordinary evening that they plan to have dinner with relatives.

Director: Ramon Zürcher | Stars: Jenny Schily, Anjorka Strechel, Mia Kasalo, Luk Pfaff

Votes: 1,032

2. Cracks in the Shell (2011)

113 min | Drama

Fine suffers from not being seen but she also does her best at not being noticed, even though she is an acting student. At night, when her mentally handicapped sister Jule cannot get to ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Stine Fischer Christensen, Ulrich Noethen, Dagmar Manzel, Christina Drechsler

Votes: 1,003

3. 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

4. Colonia (2015)

R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

33 Metascore

A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.

Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey

Votes: 57,166

5. Me and Kaminski (2015)

124 min | Comedy, Drama

Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 1,528

6. Kokowääh (2011)

126 min | Comedy

Henry is a handsome screenwriter who is trying to win the heart of the woman he truly loves. His plans are interrupted when he finds Magdalena, a little girl at his house.

Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Numan Acar, Meret Becker, Gode Benedix, Anne-Sophie Briest

Votes: 10,338

7. Phantomschmerz (2009)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama

Marc (Til Schweiger) is a passionate cyclist and urban slacker whose life changes in an instant when he loses his left leg in a hit-and-run accident.

Director: Matthias Emcke | Stars: Til Schweiger, Jana Pallaske, Stipe Erceg, Luna Schweiger

Votes: 939

8. Friendship! (2010)

110 min | Adventure, Comedy

A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago.

Director: Markus Goller | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Friedrich Mücke, Alicja Bachleda, Todd Stashwick

Votes: 5,820

9. The King's Surrender (2014)

107 min | Thriller

Violent youth gangs and a police force way out of its depth. When a police operation goes awry and two policemen die, the powder keg threatens to ignite as the SWAT team knows only one goal: revenge - irrespective of the law.

Director: Philipp Leinemann | Stars: Ronald Zehrfeld, Misel Maticevic, Thomas Thieme, Bernhard Schütz

Votes: 708

10. Not My Day (2014)

Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Bank teller Till Reiners' life is torn out of a rut by a series of offbeat coincidences that ultimately lead him to find himself and realize his life isn't so bad after all.

Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Axel Stein, Jasmin Gerat, Anna Maria Mühe

Votes: 5,012

11. Coming In (2014)

104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Notoriously-hip Berlin-based hairdresser Tom Herzner falls in love with beauty-parlor owner Heidi, turning both of their worlds upside down. So far so good. Only one problem: Tom is gay.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Katja Riemann, Andreja Schneider, Aylin Tezel, Max Felder

Votes: 770

12. Türkisch für Anfänger (2006–2008)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

Set in the German capital Berlin, the series centers around a German woman and single mother of a teenage daughter, who starts a relationship and decides to live together with a widowed Turkish father and his two teenage children.

Stars: Josefine Preuß, Anna Stieblich, Elyas M'Barek, Adnan Maral

Votes: 4,545

13. 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: 1,694

14. Gnade (2012)

132 min | Drama

A struggling German couple starts finding each other again after keeping as a secret about being responsible for a horrific accident.

Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Jürgen Vogel, Henry Stange, Ane Dahl Torp

Votes: 1,007

15. Life is All You Get (1997)

115 min | Comedy, Drama

After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Christiane Paul, Ricky Tomlinson, Hristina Papamihou

Votes: 1,968

16. Age of Cannibals (2014)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients' greed.

Director: Johannes Naber | Stars: Sebastian Blomberg, Devid Striesow, Katharina Schüttler, Romesh Ranganathan

Votes: 2,199

17. 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

18. The Coming Days (2010)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, the dreams of three adult siblings living in Germany are fractured by difficult romantic relationships and their unwitting involvement with an underground organization ... See full summary »

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Johanna Wokalek

Votes: 1,309

19. The German Friend (2012)

100 min | Drama, Romance, War

A German-Jewish girl becomes friends with the son of an SS officer in Argentina. The two stay friends throughout their adolescence and into adulthood.

Director: Jeanine Meerapfel | Stars: Max Riemelt, Benjamin Sadler, Celeste Cid, Jean Pierre Noher

Votes: 504

20. Tough Love (2015)

89 min | Biography, Drama

A karate expert recounts his early life, his turbulent childhood, rife with sexual abuse and a career as a pimp. Andreas "Karate Andy" Marquardt's subsequent rehabilitation treatment, ... See full summary »

Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Andreas Marquardt, Marion Erdmann, Hanno Koffler, Luise Heyer

Votes: 310

21. Looking for Simon (2011)

88 min | Drama, Romance

Simon, a young German doctor, who is living and working in Marseille, doesn't give any news. His appartment is empty. Valérie, his mother, is desperate. She doesn't understand the reason of... See full summary »

Director: Jan Krüger | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Nico Rogner, Mehdi Dehbi, Valérie Leroy

Votes: 312

22. Jerichow (2008)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

71 Metascore

The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sözer, André Hennicke

Votes: 3,371 | Gross: $0.05M

23. The White Ribbon (2009)

R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

84 Metascore

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

24. Stopped on Track (2011)

110 min | Drama

Frank is diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor and given only a few months to live. He and his wife don't know how and when to tell their children about it. Meanwhile, Frank's health is getting worse with each day.

Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Steffi Kühnert, Milan Peschel, Talisa Lilly Lemke, Mika Seidel

Votes: 1,648

25. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

A dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf

Votes: 28,662 | Gross: $0.68M

26. Berlin Is in Germany (2001)

99 min | Drama

When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.

Director: Hannes Stöhr | Stars: Jörg Schüttauf, Julia Jäger, Robin Becker, Robert Lohr

Votes: 1,172

27. Breathing (2011)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama

66 Metascore

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.

Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann

Votes: 3,026 | Gross: $0.00M

28. Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

51 Metascore

Inspired by horrifying true events, Nothing Bad Can Happen follows Tore, a young lost soul involved with an underground Christian punk movement who falls in with a dysfunctional family who test his seemingly unwavering faith.

Director: Katrin Gebbe | Stars: Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Gro Swantje Kohlhof

Votes: 2,122 | Gross: $0.00M

29. Agnes and His Brothers (2004)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

46 Metascore

This drama focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted librarian, who is interested in young students. Werner is a successful ... See full summary »

Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Martin Weiß, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann

Votes: 1,820 | Gross: $0.00M

30. The Legend of Rita (2000)

103 min | Drama, History, Romance

The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl

Votes: 2,469 | Gross: $0.67M

31. 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: 17,524 | Gross: $0.15M

32. Kroko (2003)

92 min | Drama

16 years old Julia calls herself Kroko and plays the role of a tough and ruthless girly gang leader in Berlin-Wedding, home of the losers within the German capital. She dominates her ... See full summary »

Director: Sylke Enders | Stars: Franziska Jünger, Alexander Lange, Hinnerk Schönemann, Danilo Bauer

Votes: 439

33. 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

34. Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen (2003)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.

Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz

Votes: 1,894 | Gross: $0.00M

35. Ghosts (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama

Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the... See full summary »

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Julia Hummer, Sabine Timoteo, Marianne Basler, Aurélien Recoing

Votes: 1,628

36. Sommer vorm Balkon (2005)

107 min | Drama

50 Metascore

A tragicomic movie which focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin. Katrin, a jobless single mom, and Nike, a nurse, live in the same house and ... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl, Andreas Schmidt, Stephanie Schönfeld

Votes: 2,948

37. I Am Guilty (2005)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

The story of a young man confessing crimes he has not committed.

Director: Christoph Hochhäusler | Stars: Constantin von Jascheroff, Manfred Zapatka, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Nora Waldstätten

Votes: 700

38. 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

39. Der Totmacher (1995)

110 min | Crime, Drama

Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this ... See full summary »

Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch, Pierre Franckh, Hans-Michael Rehberg

Votes: 2,348

40. Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)

R | 63 min | Action, Drama, Horror

Just when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much ... See full summary »

Director: Marvin Kren | Stars: Michael Fuith, Theo Trebs, Anka Graczyk, Emily Cox

Votes: 5,919

41. 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

42. Anatomy (2000)

R | 103 min | Horror, Thriller

33 Metascore

A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg

Votes: 14,033 | Gross: $0.01M

43. Antibodies (2005)

Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

57 Metascore

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: 9,037

44. 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: 5,371

45. The Robber (2010)

Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

65 Metascore

A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.

Director: Benjamin Heisenberg | Stars: Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner, Hannelore Klauber-Laursen

Votes: 4,631 | Gross: $0.08M

46. In 3 Tagen bist du tot (2006)

R | 97 min | Horror, Thriller

In Ebensee, the teenagers Nina, her boyfriend Martin, Clemens, his girlfriend Alex and Mona are best friends since their childhood. On their high-school graduation day, they all receive the... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Sabrina Reiter, Julia Rosa Peer, Michael Steinocher, Nadja Vogel

Votes: 2,638

47. Der freie Wille (2006)

Unrated | 163 min | Crime, Drama

A man is released from a mental institution after serving 9 years for multiple rape.

Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, André Hennicke, Manfred Zapatka

Votes: 3,303

48. 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

49. The City Below (2010)

105 min | Drama

Steve recently moved to Frankfurt for work. His wife is a stranger in the new city, bored and vulnerable. She meets her husband's boss who is going through some big events in his life as well. They start to have an affair.

Director: Christoph Hochhäusler | Stars: Nicolette Krebitz, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Mark Waschke, Corinna Kirchhoff

Votes: 742

50. Silent Youth (2012)

Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Romance

Silent Youth is a film for misfits, dreamers and lovers. It's the classic story of a coming out, but it focuses on the moments one tends to quickly forget: the first approach, the creaking ... See full summary »

Director: Diemo Kemmesies | Stars: Martin Bruchmann, Josef Mattes, Mathias Neuber, Linda Schüle

Votes: 1,154

51. 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

52. Hedi Schneider Is Stuck (2015)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman comes down with panic disorder and has to come to terms with this.

Director: Sonja Heiss | Stars: Laura Tonke, Hans Löw, Leander Nitsche, Melanie Straub

Votes: 427

53. Too Hard to Handle (2016)

TV-PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

Karo has lots of psychological Problems, 105 minutes of it.

Director: Laura Lackmann | Stars: Claudia Eisinger, Katja Riemann, Barbara Schöne, Laura Tonke

Votes: 507

54. We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)

123 min | Crime, Drama, History

People from different walks of life in the German city of Rostock intersect when a rampaging mob besieges a residential building occupied by Vietnamese immigrants.

Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Jonas Nay, Trang Le Hong, Devid Striesow, Joel Basman

Votes: 2,343

55. 13 Minutes (2015)

R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, War

58 Metascore

In November 1939, Georg Elser's attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow

Votes: 10,063 | Gross: $0.16M

56. Five Years (2013)

95 min | Drama

How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.

Director: Stefan Schaller | Stars: Sascha Alexander Gersak, Ben Miles, Marc Hodapp, Özkan Akdogan

Votes: 723

57. Shifting the Blame (2012)

93 min | Drama

In a project with the concept of open-prison, Benjamin is given the unique chance of a new beginning. As one of seven juvenile offenders he should adopt social skills and experience ... See full summary »

Director: Lars-Gunnar Lotz | Stars: Edin Hasanovic, Julia Brendler, Marc Ben Puch, Pit Bukowski

Votes: 426

58. We Are the Night (2010)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer

Votes: 8,843

59. 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: 2,434

60. 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: 1,313

61. Apt Pupil (1998)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

53 Metascore

A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson, Mickey Cottrell

Votes: 41,605 | Gross: $8.84M

62. Krieg (2017)

93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A father, drawn by dramatic experiences, retreats with his dog into the mountains and encounters an unknown enemy.

Director: Rick Ostermann | Stars: Ulrich Matthes, Barbara Auer, Jördis Triebel, Thomas Loibl

Votes: 265

63. The Migrumpies (2017)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

For a TV documentary, the two unemployed friends Benny and Marko pretend to be petty criminals with immigrant background until the coin flips and reality turns against them.

Director: Arman T. Riahi | Stars: Faris Rahoma, Aleksandar Petrovic, Doris Schretzmayer, Daniela Zacherl

Votes: 465

64. 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: 21,564 | Gross: $0.11M

65. In the Aisles (2018)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance

67 Metascore

Christian begins to work as a shelf stacker at a supermarket and finds himself in a new, unknown world: the long aisles, the bustle at the checkouts, the forklifts.

Director: Thomas Stuber | Stars: Andreas Leupold, Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Steffen Scheumann

Votes: 5,990 | Gross: $0.03M

66. 24 Weeks (2016)

103 min | Drama

At work, Astrid is admired by her fans as a famous cabaret artist and privately a second child is on road to complete her family happiness.

Director: Anne Zohra Berrached | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Mädel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske

Votes: 1,786

67. A Heavy Heart (2015)

109 min | Drama

A former East German boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect on his life when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.

Director: Thomas Stuber | Stars: Peter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Edin Hasanovic, Lena Lauzemis

Votes: 802

68. 4 Kings (2015)

98 min | Drama

Christmas is approaching, and with it, desire for harmony, beauty, light, and hope.

Directors: Put Puttipong Nakthong, Theresa von Eltz | Stars: Paula Beer, Jella Haase, Jannis Niewöhner, Moritz Leu

Votes: 1,158

69. Never Look Away (2018)

R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

68 Metascore

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl

Votes: 25,333 | Gross: $1.30M

70. Todesspiel (1997 TV Movie)

177 min | Documentary, Drama, Thriller

Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.

Director: Heinrich Breloer | Stars: Hans Brenner, Robert Viktor Minich, Birol Ünel, Sebastian Koch

Votes: 559

71. All Is Well (2018)

TV-MA | 90 min | Drama

80 Metascore

Janne's new boss's brother-in-law rapes her, but she doesn't report the incident and continues her way of life as usual. But her silence has consequences, not only for her but also for the love that she feels for her friend Piet.

Director: Eva Trobisch | Stars: Aenne Schwarz, Andreas Döhler, Hans Löw, Tilo Nest

Votes: 1,619

72. Balloon (2018)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, History, Thriller

53 Metascore

East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.

Director: Michael Herbig | Stars: Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg

Votes: 13,314 | Gross: $0.01M

73. Die Unberührbare (2000)

110 min | Drama

Flanders, a famous female author, travels 1989 after the fall of the Berlin wall into the German capital. She is deeply depressed of the events because she saw the communistic states as a ... See full summary »

Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Vadim Glowna, Tonio Arango, Michael Gwisdek

Votes: 887

74. The Summer House (2014)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A haunting portrait of a well-established German family living on the outskirts of Berlin in their ideal world, but are slowly shaken by external influences.

Director: Curtis Burz | Stars: Sten Jacobs, Anna Altmann, Jaspar Fuld, Nina Splettstößer

Votes: 467

75. Where Are You Going, Habibi? (2015)

Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ibrahim falls in love with Alexander, a blond, blue eyed German criminal and show wrestler who is straight - an impossible friendship that surpasses the both of them.

Director: Tor Iben | Stars: Cem Alkan, Martin Walde, Tuncay Gary, Ilknur Boyraz

Votes: 1,095

76. Enlightenment Guaranteed (1999)

109 min | Drama, Comedy

68 Metascore

Two very different brothers get together for a temporary stay in a Japanese Zen monastery. The trip from Germany to Japan brings up some unexpected quests they need to manage. Soon both ... See full summary »

Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Uwe Ochsenknecht, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Petra Zieser, Ulrike Kriener

Votes: 1,365

77. Sleeping Sickness (2011)

91 min | Drama

A German doctor (Pierre Bokma) battling Sleeping Sickness in rural Cameroon fears that he will be a stranger in his own country as the end of his post draws near, and he prepares to move ... See full summary »

Director: Ulrich Köhler | Stars: Pierre Bokma, Jean-Christophe Folly, Jenny Schily, Hippolyte Girardot

Votes: 703

78. Tiere (2017)

95 min | Mystery, Thriller

A collision with a sheep on a country road initiates a whole series of weird and unsettling experiences for Anna and Nick which ultimately leave them both incapable of being certain exactly... See full summary »

Director: Greg Zglinski | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Philipp Hochmair, Mona Petri, Mehdi Nebbou

Votes: 722

79. Barefoot (2005)

118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Hedonistic bachelor Nick falls for an escaped mental patient.

Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Til Schweiger, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Tiller, Michael Mendl

Votes: 11,208

80. The Invisibles (2017)

110 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

60 Metascore

While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.

Director: Claus Räfle | Stars: Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee, Aaron Altaras

Votes: 1,726 | Gross: $0.41M

81. Muxmäuschenstill (2004)

89 min | Comedy, Drama

A pseudo documentary study of an archetypal German who tries to model his world according to his ideas of law and (sexual) order.

Director: Marcus Mittermeier | Stars: Jan Henrik Stahlberg, Fritz Roth, Wanda Perdelwitz, Markus von Lingen

Votes: 2,724

82. 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

83. 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: 2,073

84. 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

85. 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: 797

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. Wild (I) (2016)

97 min | Drama, Mystery

An anarchist young woman breaks the tacit contract with civilization and fearlessly decides on a life without hypocrisy or an obligatory safety net.

Director: Nicolette Krebitz | Stars: Lilith Stangenberg, Georg Friedrich, Silke Bodenbender, Saskia Rosendahl

Votes: 1,620

91. All of a Sudden (2016)

112 min | Drama, Mystery

Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.

Director: Asli Özge | Stars: Sebastian Hülk, Julia Jentsch, Hanns Zischler, Sascha Alexander Gersak

Votes: 972

92. Berlin Falling (2017)

91 min | Thriller

When Frank offers Andreas a ride into Berlin out of courtesy he is certainly not aware that this decision will end up in a violent road trip for life and death.

Director: Ken Duken | Stars: Tom Wlaschiha, Marisa Leonie Bach, Ken Duken, Ricardo Ewert

Votes: 1,474

93. Asphaltgorillas (2018)

103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A gangster in Berlin tries to change his fate.

Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Samuel Schneider, Ella Rumpf, Jannis Niewöhner, Kida Khodr Ramadan

Votes: 691

94. End of the Season (2017)

97 min | Drama

Becker is a German ex-con trying to hold down a job as a night watchman, but a chance encounter with the man whose family Becker killed 18 years earlier sends his new life spiraling out of control.

Director: Lars Henning | Stars: Peter Kurth, Karl Markovics, Catrin Striebeck, Leonardo Nigro

Votes: 265

95. Marija (2016)

100 min | Drama

Marija, a young Ukrainian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. But when she... See full summary »

Director: Michael Koch | Stars: Margarita Breitkreiz, Georg Friedrich, Sahin Eryilmaz, Olga Dinnikova

Votes: 303

96. Rocket Perelman (2017)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

In the artist colony Rocket Perelman ten people strive to live their version of freedom and independence - everybody for themselves and all together. But that's hard work, since the joined ... See full summary »

Director: Oliver Alaluukas | Stars: Liv Lisa Fries, Tobias Lehmann, Gordon Kämmerer, Stefan Lampadius

Votes: 96

97. Zurich (2013)

103 min | Drama

Terminally-ill Lea surprises her family with her wish to die, consciously and controlled, on her own birthday. Her mother tries everything to prevent the plan. But things turn out differently. Tragic and dignified.

Director: Frederik Steiner | Stars: Liv Lisa Fries, Lena Stolze, Sophie Rogall, Max Hegewald

Votes: 307

98. Staudamm (2013)

89 min | Drama, Romance

The Dam tells the story of young man called Roman, who is working for an attorney. Roman has to travel to a small village in Bavaria, in order to get some files from a local police station.... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Sieben | Stars: Friedrich Mücke, Liv Lisa Fries, Arnd Schimkat, Dominic Raacke

Votes: 159

99. Above Us Only Sky (2011)

88 min | Drama

Martha is in a happy relationship, she has a home and knows just where she belongs. But then one day, two policewomen appear at her door and all at once everything changes.

Director: Jan Schomburg | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Schmidt-Knopp, Kathrin Wehlisch

Votes: 754

100. Red Bracelets: The Beginning (2019)

115 min | Drama

This prequel to the TV series tells of the individual fates of the member of the later "Red Bracelets" and how they came together.

Director: Felix Binder | Stars: Katinka Auberger, Timur Bartels, Luise Befort, Larissa Breidbach

Votes: 202



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