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51. Crackerjack (1994)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Director: Michael Mazo | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Nastassja Kinski, Christopher Plummer, George Touliatos
Votes: 876
52. And Next Year at Lake Balaton (1980)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy
A true road movie. Set in the 1970-s, in Communist Central Europe. An East German guy with a Dutch girl -- hitchhiking their way, with all sorts of adventures. This movie feels like you're on a holiday yourself.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Gudrun Ritter, Peter Bause, Odette Bereska, Fred Delmare
Votes: 137
53. 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: 5,834
54. Two Lives (2012)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, Katrine, the daughter of a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier, finds her idyllic life disrupted as she refuses to testify a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of her fellow "war children."
Directors: Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann | Stars: Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann, Sven Nordin, Ken Duken
Votes: 3,259 | Gross: $0.00M
55. Pentathlon (1994)
R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An Olympic gold medalist escapes to freedom in the US, only to be tracked down by his sadistic ex-coach.
Director: Bruce Malmuth | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, David Soul, Renée Coleman, Roger E. Mosley
Votes: 2,026
56. 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: 7,302
57. In a Land That No Longer Exists (2022)
100 min | Drama
The cover model of an East German fashion magazine is tempted by a photographer she falls in love with, to flee to to the West.
Director: Aelrun Goette | Stars: Marlene Burow, Sabin Tambrea, David Schütter, Claudia Michelsen
Votes: 518
58. 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: 7,635
59. 3 1/2 Stunden (2021 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, History
Passengers on a train from Munich to East Berlin learn on the way that the GDR has just been closed off by the new Berlin Wall. They have 3 1/2 hours to decide whether to take the train all the way to East Berlin or to remain in the FRG.
Director: Ed Herzog | Stars: Jeff Wilbusch, Alli Neumann, Jan Krauter, Susanne Bormann
Votes: 468
60. The Defector (1966)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
Director: Raoul Lévy | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu
Votes: 814
61. ...verdammt, ich bin erwachsen (1974)
94 min | Drama
The 15-year-old Kurbel, lives in a village in Lausitz and feels really grown up. He is tall and strong, tolerates plenty of rhubarb wine and he has already kissed.
Director: Rolf Losansky | Stars: Ralf Schlösser, Frank Wuttig, Lilo Josefowitz, Angelika Herrmann
Votes: 33
62. Seven Freckles (1978)
79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A well-made, enjoyable, East German coming-of-age film. Cunningly weaving Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet' into its plot. All set in a summer vacation camp.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Kareen Schröter, Harald Rathmann, Christa Löser, Evelyn Opoczynski
Votes: 487
63. Driving Me Crazy (1991)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Comedy
An eccentric East German inventor and defector travels to Los Angeles, California to sell a prototype revolutionary new car that runs on vegetables and produces no pollution, but he runs ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Thomas Gottschalk, Billy Dee Williams, Dom DeLuise, Milton Berle
Votes: 765
64. Murderers Among Us (1946)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi
Votes: 2,555
65. High Flight (1957)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, War
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Ray Milland, Bernard Lee, Kenneth Haigh, Anthony Newley
Votes: 291
66. Inside Out (1975)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Thirty years after WW2, a team of former GIs and German soldiers plans to retrieve Nazi loot hidden in the Soviet occupied East Germany, its exact location only known to an imprisoned Nazi war criminal.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason, Aldo Ray
Votes: 657
67. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
442 min | Biography, Drama
Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern, Hellmut Lange, Rainer von Artenfels
Votes: 906
68. Unser Sandmännchen (1959– )
10 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Sandman's everyday life, travels and fantastic adventures. The character often showcased socialist technological achievements, such as the use of awe-inspiring vehicles like futuristic cars and flying devices.
Stars: Sergey Obraztsov, Paul Robeson, Josef Skupa, German Titov
Votes: 180
69. Singing the Blues in Red (1986)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Music
A singer swaps the political intimidation of working in East Germany for the equally controlling capitalist music industry in the West.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner, Cristine Rose
Votes: 571
70. Die zweite Heimat: Chronik einer Jugend (1992)
1,416 min | Drama, History
Hermann Simon, an aspiring composer, comes of age in Munich during the troubled 1960s.
Stars: Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Frank Röth, Armin Fuchs
Votes: 356
71. Das tapfere Schneiderlein (1956)
83 min | Fantasy, Family
Screen version of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm "The Brave Little Tailor"
Director: Helmut Spieß | Stars: Kurt Schmidtchen, Christel Bodenstein, Horst Drinda, Fred Kronström
Votes: 138
72. Freies Land (2019)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Trystan Pütter, Nurit Hirschfeld, Felix Kramer, Oleksandr Pecherytsia
Votes: 1,419
73. Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
Director: Michael Schorr | Stars: Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl-Fred Müller, Ursula Schucht
Votes: 3,771 | Gross: $0.59M
74. Invisible Heroes (2019)
285 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two Finnish diplomats struggle to save thousands of lives during and following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
Stars: Pelle Heikkilä, Sophia Heikkilä, Ilkka Villi, Aksa Korttila
Votes: 675
75. Dear Thomas (2021)
150 min | Biography, Drama
Rebel. Poet. Revolutionary: LIEBER THOMAS is a declaration of love to writer Thomas Brasch, congenially brought to life by exceptional actor Albrecht Schuch.
Director: Andreas Kleinert | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Ioana Iacob, Jörg Schüttauf
Votes: 495
76. A Perfect Crime (2020)
40 min | Documentary, Crime
In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.
Stars: Sam Booth, Theo Waigel, Rainer Hofmeyer, Klaus-Dieter Matschke
Votes: 1,699
77. Helden wie wir (1999)
93 min | Comedy
Heroes Like Us presents as heroes ordinary teenagers and young East German adults, who in Thomas Brussig's (the novel and screenplay author) story, caused the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Our ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastian Peterson | Stars: Daniel Borgwardt, Xenia Snagowski, Adrian Heidenreich, Luca Lenz
Votes: 362
78. West (2013)
R | 102 min | Drama
She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Jacky Ido, Anja Antonowicz
Votes: 1,036
79. Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange (1967)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Chingachgook is about to marry the daughter of the Delaware chief, when the Hurons kidnap her. Chingachgook and his friend Deerslayer try to rescue her though white scalp hunters interfere until the tribes unite against the palefaces.
Director: Richard Groschopp | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Rolf Römer, Helmut Schreiber, Jürgen Frohriep
Votes: 460
80. Jacob the Liar (1974)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen, Blanche Kommerell
Votes: 1,379
81. The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, and Paula leads a troublesome life raising two children on her own. ... See full summary »
Director: Heiner Carow | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Winfried Glatzeder, Heidemarie Wenzel, Fred Delmare
Votes: 1,231
82. Stop Train 349 (1963)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold War drama about an East German man trying to escape to the West via a U.S. military train passing through the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany.
Director: Rolf Hädrich | Stars: José Ferrer, Sean Flynn, Nicole Courcel, Jess Hahn
Votes: 117
83. Als wir träumten (2015)
117 min | Drama
In 1990s east Germany, three boys are in love with techno music and start their own club.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Joel Basman, Marcel Heuperman
Votes: 1,326
84. Adam & Evelyn (2018)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Summer 1989, East Germany. Adam works as a tailor, Evelyn as a waitress. They are planning a vacation together when Evelyn finds out that Adam is cheating on her and decides to leave for the holiday on her own.
Director: Andreas Goldstein | Stars: Florian Teichtmeister, Anne Kanis, Lena Lauzemis, Milian Zerzawy
Votes: 165
85. Go Trabi Go (1991)
92 min | Comedy
Family Struutz lives in Bitterfeld (GDR). After the fall of the wall, they take the opportunity to go on holiday with their car, an old Trabant. They simply want to visit Italy. But there ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Wolfgang Stumph, Claudia Schmutzler, Marie Gruber, Dieter Hildebrandt
Votes: 1,655
86. Paragraph 175 (2000)
Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, History, Romance
Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel
Votes: 2,196 | Gross: $0.07M
87. Missile from the East (2021)
90 min | Biography
The story of East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner, who, at the height of the Cold War and on the cusp of achieving his life ambition to win the world championship, fled East Germany with his family in a heart-stopping escape.
Director: Justin Stokes | Stars: Aliona Baranova, James G. Nunn, Murray Walker, Alan Wai
Votes: 88
88. Judgment in Berlin (1988)
PG | 96 min | Drama
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Max Gail, Jürgen Heinrich
Votes: 890 | Gross: $0.23M
89. Das Versprechen (1994)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner, Anian Zollner
Votes: 858 | Gross: $0.09M
90. Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
102 min | Comedy
She left the land of Marks and Spencer and went to the world of Marx and Lenin. Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a feelgood comedy following one dysfunctional family's journey from 1968 West ... See full summary »
Director: Bille Eltringham | Stars: Jessica Barden, Catherine Tate, Susan Tordoff, Brittany Ashworth
Votes: 671
91. Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz (1974)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
In this film, Wolf and scriptwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase explore the role of art and the artist in socialist society. A sculptor questions the reception and value of his work, in a delicately... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Kurt Böwe, Ursula Karusseit, Andreas Schmid, Reimar J. Baur
Votes: 106
92. The Company Man (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action
Ernest Gray is a bookstore owner who lives peacefully with his daughter. When a crew of mercenaries attacks, his real identity of an ex-CIA agent is blown. Control 5, who betrayed him ten years ago, is on his trail again.
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Matthias Hues, Don Stroud, Bryan Genesse
Votes: 94
93. Besuch aus der Zone (1958 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Herr Reichert and Herr Kleinschmidt were business partners and jointly owned a company in what became East Germany after the war. Kleinschmidt fled to West Germany with his family while he ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Wolffhardt | Stars: Paula Denk, Olga von Togni, Werner Peters, Siegfried Lowitz
Votes: 38
94. Führer Ex (2002)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
Repentant ex neo-Nazi Ingo Hasselbach's autobiographical experiences are the basis for "Fuhrer Ex". Two friends dream of escaping the oppression of communist GDR in 1980s in Berlin. When ... See full summary »
Director: Winfried Bonengel | Stars: Aaron Hildebrand, Christian Blümel, Jule Flierl, Detlef Kapplusch
Votes: 1,553
95. Changing Skins (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils hijack a teacher in the GDR.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Susanne Bormann, Fabian Busch, Otto Mellies, Christel Peters
Votes: 161
96. 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: 2,473 | Gross: $0.67M
97. The Cold Room (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A girl who arrives in modern day East Germany begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl in 1936.
Director: James Dearden | Stars: George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renée Soutendijk, Warren Clarke
Votes: 260
98. 1989 (II) (2014)
97 min | Documentary, History, Thriller
The political drama of the fall of the Iron Curtain as told by one of its power brokers and the widow of one of its casualties.
Directors: Erzsébet Rácz, Anders Østergaard | Stars: Miklós Németh, Gundula Schafitel, Mathias Rössler, Uta Koch
Votes: 237
99. The Devil's Agent (1962)
77 min | Drama, Mystery
In East Germany, a double agent falls for a beautiful young escapee from Hungary.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Peter van Eyck, Macdonald Carey, Marianne Koch, Christopher Lee
Votes: 122
100. 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