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- DirectorJan-Ole GersterStarsTom SchillingKatharina SchüttlerJustus von DohnányiAn aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
- DirectorDavid WnendtStarsOliver MasucciThomas M. KöpplMarc-Marvin IsraelAdolf 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.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsBruno GanzSolveig DommartinOtto SanderAn angel tires of his purely ethereal life of merely overseeing the human activity of Berlin's residents, and longs for the tangible joys of physical existence when he falls in love with a mortal.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 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.
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsChristian FriedelKatharina SchüttlerBurghart KlaußnerIn 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.
- DirectorCaroline LinkStarsJuliane KöhlerMerab NinidzeMatthias HabichDue to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich MatthesTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsChristian FriedelErnst JacobiLeonie BeneschStrange 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?
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsDaniel BrühlKatrin SassChulpan KhamatovaIn 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.
- DirectorGötz SpielmannStarsJohannes KrischIrina PotapenkoAndreas LustEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsMargit CarstensenHanna SchygullaKatrin SchaakeA troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsMartina GedeckMoritz BleibtreuJohanna WokalekA look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsMargarete TieselPeter KazunguInge MauxTeresa, 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.
- DirectorErnst MarischkaStarsRomy SchneiderKarlheinz BöhmMagda SchneiderIn the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
- CreatorHenk HandloegtenTom TykwerAchim von BorriesStarsVolker BruchLiv Lisa FriesLars EidingerColognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
- CreatorCyrill BossPhilipp StennertStarsMatthias HackJulia JentschNicholas OfczarekEllie Stocker and Gedeon Winter have become bitter enemies. A ritual murder leads to the formation of a German-Austrian Soko and forces the two opponents to investigate together.
- StarsFriederike BechtAugust DiehlWotan Wilke MöhringWhen a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.
- CreatorAnna WingerJörg WingerStarsJonas NayMaria SchraderUlrich NoethenMartin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
- CreatorAnna WingerJörg WingerStarsJonas NayMaria SchraderFlorence KasumbaAbandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long banished to Africa for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch is now sent back into the field.
- StarsTom SchillingSofia HelinFriederike BechtLars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
- StarsVolker BruchTom SchillingKatharina SchüttlerFive friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.
- StarsKida Khodr RamadanVeysel GelinSami NasserBased in Neukölln, Berlin, Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arab gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, it's never that simple.
- StarsOliver WelkeMartina HillHans-Joachim HeistThe heute-show is a German late-night satirical television program presented by German comedian and journalist Oliver Welke.
- StarsJan BöhmermannWilliam CohnRalf KabelkaThe Neo Magazine Royale is a satirical late-night show hosted by Jan Böhmermann.
- StarsChristiane PaulMark WaschkeLena KlenkeA family attempts to escape from the impact zone of an asteroid that is due to hit Earth in eight days.
- StarsPaula BeerBarry AtsmaDésirée NosbuschAmbitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
- CreatorOle BornedalStarsPilou AsbækSarah-Sofie BoussninaBent MejdingWhen Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus WennemannA German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
- CreatorPhilipp KässbohrerMatthias MurmannStarsMaximilian MundtDanilo KamperidisLena KlenkeTo win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe's largest online drug business from their teenage bedroom.
- StarsMoritz BleibtreuAnna StieblichPheline RogganIn the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Knonberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice in favour of his client for crimes that are never black and white and what they may seem.
- CreatorNina GrosseStarsIris BerbenPeter KurthMoritz BleibtreuA long-serving police secretary defies protocol to launch an unconventional investigation to find her missing daughter in this German thriller set in Berlin.
- CreatorChristian DitterStarsLuna WedlerJessica SchwarzThomas PrennA fast-paced thriller following medical student Mia Akerlund who discovers the use of highly advanced biohacking technology in her university town.
- CreatorChristian AlvartStarsFelix KramerFahri YardimKatharina SchüttlerA politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
- StarsRobert FinsterElla RumpfGeorg FriedrichYoung Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
- StarsMax RiemeltRonald ZehrfeldMarie BäumerThe worlds of a young Russo-German cop who investigates within the Berlin Russian mafia milieu and a young Russian woman who is forced into prostitution, intertwine when they meet and fall in love.
- CreatorLars KraumeStarsAugust DiehlAnna Maria MüheTrine DyrholmThe 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 the teachers and students of Bauhaus who inspired our modern lifestyle while telling a story of love, betrayal, and the loss of paradise.
- CreatorArne NoltingJan Martin ScharfPhilipp G. SteffensStarsFriedrich MückeGudrun LandgrebeAntje TraueAn amnesiac must unravel a strange mystery after waking up in a town filled with secrets.
- CreatorCarlos V. IrmscherAron LehmannStarsAnke EngelkeThorsten MertenJohannes ZeilerWhile still working through her husband's recent death, a widow offers her services as an eulogy speaker. With her fresh personality, she is soon known as a fun alternative to the other typically somber German eulogy speakers.
- CreatorSabine Thor-WiedemannJakob HeinChristine OttoStarsAlicia von RittbergMala EmdeNina GummichThe series describes the accomplishments of several famous German physicians and scientists at the prestigious Charité hospital in Berlin during its history.
- CreatorSabine Thor-WiedemannJakob HeinChristine OttoStarsAlicia von RittbergMala EmdeNina GummichThe series describes the accomplishments of several famous German physicians and scientists at the prestigious Charité hospital in Berlin during its history.
- StarsUdo KierSunnyi MellesNicholas OfczarekA family blessed with richness and power is desperately seeking a liver for their father, who wants to hand down his wealth to the one who obtains the organ for him.
- StarsOlli SchulzFynn KliemannWhen celebrities Olli Schulz and Fynn Kliemann decided to buy and repurpose the old houseboat in which the German musician Gunter Gabriel lived up to his death, they didn't know for how much they signed up for.
- StarsAngelina KirschBernd SiefertHome cooks try -- and inevitably fail -- to re-create spectacular confections on this comical competition show, all for a sweet 5,000 euros.
- CreatorJan BergerDennis GanselPeter ThorwarthStarsLudwig SimonLuise BefortMichelle BarthelA new version of Rhue's novel in which a group of teenagers who start a youth movement which develops a dangerous momentum.
- StarsCorinna HarfouchChristiane PaulSvenja JungA Christmas reunion becomes a gateway to the past in this three-part series that explores the intimate complexities of one family's history.
- DirectorLiam O'DonnellStarsLindsey MorganJonathan HowardDaniel BernhardtWhen a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
- StarsUrsula StraussJosefine PreußJulia KoschitzA soap-operatic mini-series about the history of Hotel Sacher in Vienna. It starts with the takeover by Anna Sacher after her husband Eduard dies at age 59. Most of the time, someone high or low in society seems to be kissing (or more) in one of the chambres séparées.
- CreatorUwe KerskenStarsLiv Lisa FriesPegah FerydoniLuise HeyerThis dramatized series portrays six remarkable women in unprecedented detail.
- StarsJosefine PreußHeino FerchMarie BäumerThe mini-series follows the construction and history of the famous Adlon hotel in Berlin, as seen through the eyes of Sonja Schadt, the youngest member of the wealthy fictional Schadt family who are friends with the Adlons.
- StarsBjarne MädelJörg PosePeer MartinyThe bizarre everyday adventures of Heiko "Schotty" Schotte, whose profession is to clean up crime scenes.
- StarsJohanna BittenbinderJonathan BerlinHenriette ConfuriusA story of one village in Germany at the end of WW2.
- StarsHeino FerchGerhard LiebmannGerda DrabekCriminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna.
- StarsLeonard LansinkRita RussekRoland JankowskyWilsberg: the thriller from Münster.
- CreatorHans W. GeissendörferStarsMarie-Luise MarjanAndrea SpatzekMoritz A. SachsThis weekly soap opera focuses on the lives of normal people living in an average quarter of Munich. Besides the typical storyline like love, marriage, and death, the show has treated many controversial issues through the years, like homosexuality, drug abuse, domestic violence, rape, xenophobia, prostitution, and AIDS.
- StarsGabriele MetzgerKonrad KraussMartina ServatiusYoung friends, families navigate life's ups and downs in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Storylines explore societal classes, from wealthy aristocrats to ordinary folk, and taboo romances like LGBTQ+ and infidelity.
- StarsAnnette FrierAxel SieferNadja BeckerDanni Lowinski is a former hairdresser who has graduated to law. When she does not get a job in a noble law firm, she starts to give legal advice from a folding table in the basement of a shopping mall.
- CreatorArmin MaiwaldGert K. MünteferingDieter SaldeckiStarsArmin MaiwaldGünter DybusSiham El-MaimouniA weekly show aimed at the education of children. Short movies explain different things of everyday life, (e.g. how cars work, how movies are made etc.), they are followed by a short sequence of animated clips.
- CreatorRalf HusmannStarsChristoph Maria HerbstOliver WnukBjarne MädelA comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.
- StarsLaura OsswaldAlexandra NeldelTim SanderLisa Plenske is the protagonist of this telenovela, set in the often cold and superficial fashion business. Living in a rural suburb of Berlin, the honest and polite young woman tries to get a job in the big city and surprisingly becomes personal assistant of David Seidel, CEO of the fashion company "Kerima". As Lisa doesn't look like a supermodel, she has to bear the prejudices and nasty remarks of her colleagues in the beginning and, superfluously, falls in love with the engaged David. Nevertheless, due to her warm character and her abilities, she more and more gets involved into the personal and professional relations in the company...
- CreatorMarie ReinersStarsPetra KleinertMichael HanemannCaroline PetersSophie Haas, an aspiring criminal investigator from Cologne, is relegated to a very small police outpost in the Eifel mountains.
- StarsHeino FerchBarbara AuerMax LandgrebeA student disappears on the beach during a graduation party and is found murdered the next morning. Kessler establishes a connection with a murder in Hamburg and begins to investigate.
- StarsLuke MockridgeSeyneb SalehCristina do RegoBastian returns home for the holidays to learn that his brother is dating his ex, and if that wasn't enough, his parents are also keeping a big secret.
- CreatorPhilip KochStarsHenriette ConfuriusEmilio SakrayaDavid Ali Rashed2074. In the wake of a mysterious global disaster, war rages between the Tribes that have emerged from the wreckage of Europe. Three siblings from the peaceful Origine tribe are separated and forced to forge their own paths.
- DirectorSpencer McCallStarsArye BenderBoston BlakeJeff HullA documentary on the Jejune Institute, a mind-bending San Francisco phenomenon where 10,000 people became "inducted" without ever quite realizing what they'd signed up for.
- StarsCorinna HarfouchChristiane PaulSvenja JungA Christmas reunion becomes a gateway to the past in this three-part series that explores the intimate complexities of one family's history.
- DirectorTil SchweigerStarsTil SchweigerNora TschirnerMatthias SchweighöferRainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months; he's released on probation but must work at a local daycare center for 300 hours. He meets Anna, who has unfinished business with him.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsAdam BousdoukosMoritz BleibtreuPheline RogganIn Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
- DirectorLeander HaußmannStarsAlexander ScheerAlexander BeyerRobert StadloberA 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.
- DirectorJoachim MasannekStarsJimi Blue OchsenknechtRaban BielingSarah Kim GriesA home-made soccer team of kids have to get ready for a match against the team that has taken the kids' field to play and won't give it back unless they lose a match against the kids.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsMartina GedeckMoritz BleibtreuJohanna WokalekA look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsMartina GedeckMaxime FoersteSergio CastellittoWhen a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.
- DirectorYasemin SamdereliStarsVedat ErincinFahri YardimLilay HuserThe story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsMatthias SchweighöferFriedrich MückeAlicja BachledaA young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago.
- DirectorHermine HuntgeburthStarsSidonie von KrosigkKatja RiemannCorinna HarfouchAn evil witch tries to take possession of a crystal ball from the hands of a young and benevolent witch.
- CreatorBora DagtekinStarsJosefine PreußAnna StieblichElyas M'BarekSet 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.
- CreatorOlen SteinhauerStarsLeland OrserMichelle ForbesMina TanderFollows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities.
- StarsFlorian LukasJörg HartmannUwe KockischThe lives of two families in East Berlin between 1980 and 1990 as the era of communist DDR slowly comes to an end.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsBirol ÜnelSibel KekilliGüven KiraçWith 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.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsNaomi WattsTim RothMichael PittTwo psychopathic young men take a family hostage in their cabin.
- DirectorFedor BondarchukStarsMariya SmolnikovaYanina StudilinaPyotr FyodorovA group of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.
- DirectorNatascha BellerStarsMichèle RohrbachAnne HaugSarah Hostettlera zany, contemporary comedy about the misfortunes of three thirtysomething girlfriends dealing with the social pressure that focuses on children, careers and relationships.
- DirectorMartin ZechEin Weltreise Roadmovie. Zwei Jahre waren der Dresdner Filmemacher Martin Zech, seine Frau Katherine und ihr treues Gefährt "Herr Lehmann" in der Welt unterwegs. Mit 69 PS bezwangen sie die schlechtesten, die schönsten und die interessantesten Straßen rund um den Globus. In der 90 minütigen Dokumentation berichten sie vielschichtig und subjektiv von ihrem Weg durch die Amerikas, Asien und zurück.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsTil SchweigerKatja RiemannJoachim KrólThrown out by his girlfriend from her apartment, Axel lives for a while with Norbert, a gay man he met some days before.
- DirectorMartin ZechEin Weltreise Roadmovie. Zwei Jahre waren der Dresdner Filmemacher Martin Zech, seine Frau Katherine und ihr treues Gefährt "Herr Lehmann" in der Welt unterwegs. Mit 69 PS bezwangen sie die schlechtesten, die schönsten und die interessantesten Straßen rund um den Globus. In der 90 minütigen Dokumentation berichten sie vielschichtig und subjektiv von ihrem Weg durch die Amerikas, Asien und zurück.
- CreatorBora DagtekinSteffi AckermannStarsDiana AmftPeter PragerUrsela MonnAfter being left at the altar, a doctor gets a job at her father's hospital, where she is reunited with a bully from school--but also a crush from school.
- StarsBastian PastewkaSonsee NeuMatthias MatschkeA show about the fictional everyday adventures of real-life comedian Bastian Pastewka. He experiences funny, strange, and embarrassing moments that he often causes by his lies.
- StarsWolfgang BahroAnne MendenUlrike FrankGrowing up, solving problems of life, finding an own identity--these are the main issues the inhabitants of a neighborhood in Berlin are facing, while searching for individual life- and love-forms and dealing with difficulties at school, at work, and in friendships, relationships, and family .
- DirectorMatthias SchweighöferTorsten KünstlerStarsMatthias SchweighöferMavie HörbigerThomas KretschmannWhat 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?
- StarsDoris JensenKurt ZipsArthur HoldenThe story of a young bee named Maya and her adventures.