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1. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,434 | Gross: $0.03M
2. Tatort (1970– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 3,067
3. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,239
4. Friesland (2014– )
90 min | Crime
The humorously created crime films play in Ostfriesland and surroundings.
Stars: Felix Vörtler, Sophie Dal, Theresa Underberg, Holger Stockhaus
Votes: 197
5. Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967– )
60 min | Crime, News
With the help of viewers hints,unresolved crimes are to be clarified in public search.Viewers will be presented with unresolved cases in the form of ten-minute cinematic reconstructions in which the police-determined facts are illustrated.
Stars: Peter Nidetzky, Eduard Zimmermann, Michael Brennicke, Rudi Cerne
Votes: 252
6. 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: 10,829
7. Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis (2022)
TV-MA | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German and Dutch police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends badly.
Director: Volker Heise | Stars: Dieter Degowski, Hans-Jürgen Rösner
Votes: 3,031
8. The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A serial killer strikes again during World War II in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer, but justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Claus Holm, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Peter Carsten
Votes: 1,580
9. Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (1958)
99 min | Comedy, Musical, Adventure
Countess Franziska is "kidnapped" by a band of robbers. However, her father is not willing to pay the ransom, so Franziska changes sides.
Director: Kurt Hoffmann | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Carlos Thompson, Günther Lüders, Rudolf Vogel
Votes: 687
10. Rocker (1972 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, Action, Crime
In Hamburg, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs.
Director: Klaus Lemke | Stars: Hans-Jürgen Modschiedler, Gerd Kruskopf, Michael-Thomas Krannich, Paul Lys
Votes: 440
11. Hafenpolizei (1963–1966)
25 min | Crime
The cases of the Hamburg port police.
Stars: Jochen Blume, Herbert A.E. Böhme, Josef Dahmen, Til Kiwe
Votes: 68
12. They're Too Much (1965)
104 min | Comedy, Thriller
Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.
Director: Rolf Thiele | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Daliah Lavi, Walter Giller, Charles Regnier
Votes: 34
13. Duel in the Forest (1958)
115 min | Crime, Drama, History
The movie reports the historical story of Schinderhannes, based on a play by Carl Zuckmayr. Johannes Bückler, this his real name, led a band of brigands in the Hunsrück mountains during Napoleonic times.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Maria Schell, Christian Wolff, Fritz Tillmann
Votes: 206
14. Blaulicht (1959– )
Crime
Depicts the assignments of the Volkspolizei or VoPo, the national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Stars: Alexander Papendiek, Horst Torka, Bruno Carstens, Werner Senftleben
Votes: 8
15. Gladbeck Hostage Drama (1988 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
A hostage-taking crisis that happened in August 1988 after an armed bank raid in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. Two men with prior criminal records, went on the run for two days through Germany and the Netherlands.
Director: Michael Hirz | Stars: Holger Arndt, Silke Bischoff, Dieter Degowski, Ines Falk
16. Fluchtweg St. Pauli - Großalarm für die Davidswache (1971)
83 min | Crime, Thriller
The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Horst Frank, Christiane Krüger, Heinz Reincke, Klaus Schwarzkopf
Votes: 143
17. Die großen Kriminalfälle (2000–2006)
45 min | Documentary
Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Rolf Bossi, Elisabeth Müller-Luckmann, Josef Wilfling
Votes: 30
18. Razzia in St. Pauli (1932)
74 min | Crime, Drama
Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß, Wolfgang Zilzer, Charly Wittong
Votes: 91
19. Hafenmelodie (1949)
95 min | Crime
A gang of thieves plans to hit of a warehouse filled with precious stuff.
Director: Hans Müller | Stars: Kirsten Heiberg, Paul Henckels, Catja Görna, Heinz Engelmann
Votes: 31
20. Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958)
89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A police commissioner investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector.
Director: Eugen York | Stars: Vera Tschechowa, Joachim Fuchsberger, Wolfgang Preiss, Mady Rahl
Votes: 71
21. Blockierte Signale (1948)
97 min
Director: Johannes Meyer | Stars: Heidi Kürschner, Heinz Engelmann, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Franck
22. Als geheilt entlassen (1960)
86 min | Comedy, Crime
Pulle and Kippe are burglars. They want to break into the apartment that is directly above the safe they want to rob next, but its inhabitants never leave and argue continuously. Repairing their relationship is the first step in the plan.
Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Wolfgang Müller, Wera Frydtberg, Günther Schramm
Votes: 33
23. Wettlauf mit dem Tod - Das Geiseldrama von Gladbeck (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Crime
In August 1988, Hans-Jürgen Rösner and Dieter Degowski robbed a bank in Gladbeck. When the robbery fails, they take two hostages.
Director: Geronimo Beckers | Stars: Gernot Schmidt, Cornelius Schwalm, Dagmar Sachse, René Heinersdorff
Votes: 9
24. Banditen der Autobahn (1955)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Hans Christian Blech, Paul Hörbiger, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Votes: 47
25. Verbrechen, die Geschichte machten (1995– )
Crime
Stars: Manfred Schreiber, Walter Schuster, Wolf Roth, Catherine Flemming
26. Deutschlands größte Kriminalfälle: Dem Verbrechen auf der Spur (2014– )
88 min | Documentary
Stars: Gisela Friedrichsen, Nahlah Saimeh, Hans-Hermann Tiedje, Heinrich Schmitz
27. Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt (2020 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary, History
After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Bangel, Claudia Bracholdt, Paul Buske, Dilan Gropengiesser, Heike Kleffner, Stella Könemann, Lydia Meyer, Ulrike Neubecker, Johannes Radke, Elke Sasse, Toralf Staud, Adama Ulrich, Sven Wolters | Stars: Nurcan Özdemir, Amadeu António, Klaus Baldauf, Christian Bangel
Votes: 10