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1. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,195 | Gross: $0.48M
2. Lola (1981)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A seductive cabaret singer-prostitute pits a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, launching an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything-and everyone-is for sale.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs
Votes: 6,851
3. Markus Lanz (2008– )
60 min | Talk-Show
Markus Lanz hosts his own talk show.
Stars: Markus Lanz, Elmar Theveßen, Robin Alexander, Karl Lauterbach
Votes: 217
4. 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
5. heute-show (2009– )
34 min | Comedy, News
The heute-show is a German late-night satirical television program presented by German comedian and journalist Oliver Welke.
Stars: Oliver Welke, Martina Hill, Hans-Joachim Heist, Christian Ehring
Votes: 1,690
6. Germany in Autumn (1978)
123 min | Documentary, Drama
Germany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel | Stars: Wolfgang Bächler, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann, Joachim Bißmeier
Votes: 1,414
7. Bismarck (1940)
118 min | Biography, Drama
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, Lil Dagover, Käthe Haack
Votes: 250
8. Rosemary (1958)
105 min | Drama
West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Thiele | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck, Carl Raddatz, Gert Fröbe
Votes: 511
9. Kundschafter des Friedens (2017)
93 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Jochen Falk and two further former Stasi agents embark on a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped president of Katschekistan. But soon it becomes clear that Falk pursues his own objectives.
Director: Robert Thalheim | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Antje Traue, Michael Gwisdek, Thomas Thieme
Votes: 631
10. Tagesschau (1952– )
15 min | Documentary, News, Sport
A German news show on the public broadcaster ARD.
Stars: Jan Hofer, Susan Stahnke, Jens Riewa, Angela Merkel
Votes: 247
11. Heroes (2013 TV Movie)
143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
On 21. September 2013, telecommunications satellite APV-1312 belonging to French media group CanalDouble crashes into the Brandenburg Gate, cutting a trail of destruction as far as the ... See full summary »
Director: Hansjörg Thurn | Stars: Christiane Paul, Hannes Jaenicke, Emilia Schüle, Jannis Niewöhner
Votes: 624
12. History (2000–2023)
Documentary, Drama, History
Follow the tale of important people in German history. Watch as they go in depth about why they think the way they do, and how they came to make the choices they did in their life time. ... See full summary »
Stars: Nick Benjamin, Guido Knopp, Isaak Dentler, Sönke Neitzel
Votes: 75
13. Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, War
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With the aid of Gustav Schultz, Father Pommer, Anna Wahl and others, he is gleaning accurate ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Roland Drew, Steffi Duna, Greta Granstedt, Alan Ladd
Votes: 163
14. Nimby (2020)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mervi and Kata, a lesbian couple living in Helsinki, are considering coming out of closet. They soon realize that they are not the only ones with secrets.
Director: Teemu Nikki | Stars: Susanna Pukkila, Almila Bagriacik, Elias Westerberg, Matti Onnismaa
Votes: 614
15. Die RAF (2007)
170 min | Documentary
From the inner workings of the RAF. Former RAF-member Peter-Jürgen Boock reveal the many secrets and myths about the Baader-Meinhof gang a.k.a. RAF - Rote Armee Fraktion.
Directors: Stefan Aust, Helmar Büchel | Stars: Susanne Albrecht, Andreas Baader, Anneliese Baader, Bommi Baumann
Votes: 12
16. Barschel: A Murder in Geneva (1993)
74 min | Drama
A conspiracy-theorizing filmmaker meets with a prospective producer in order to pitch a movie about the death of real-life German politician Uwe Barschel, in which the official ruling of suicide raised more questions than answers.
Directors: Uwe Boll, Frank Lustig | Stars: Michael Rasmussen, Peter Schwab, Karl-Friedrich Gerster, Bernd Rieser
Votes: 1,331
17. Hitler's Generals (1996– )
672 min | Documentary, Biography, War
Portraits of important people in Nazi-Germany.
Stars: David Ritchie, Christian Brückner, Traudl Junge, Robert Jackson
Votes: 259
18. Hitler in Colour (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to power to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Complemented by eyewitness material, tracks the dramatic ... See full summary »
Director: David Batty | Stars: Brian Cox, Adolf Hitler, Lutz Liebelt, Peter Vollebregt
Votes: 203
19. Rechts. Deutsch. Radikal. (2020 TV Movie)
124 min | Documentary
For the private German TV channel ProSieben, journalist Thilo Mischke has researched right-wing networks in around 18 months since 2019 and met supporters of various right-wing populist ... See full summary »
Stars: Thilo Mischke, Sanny Kujath, Alexander Deptolla, Michael Brück
Votes: 90
20. Der Fall Barschel (2015 TV Movie)
177 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Film about the death of the German politician Uwe Barschel, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hotel room in 1987, and the surrounding political scandals.
Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Alexander Fehling, Fabian Hinrichs, Matthias Matschke, Antje Traue
Votes: 298
21. München 72 - Das Attentat (2012 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, History
The 1972 Olympics should have been a sporting highlight. But then the unthinkable happens. In the early morning of September 5th Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic village and invade the quarters of the Israeli delegation.
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Bernadette Heerwagen, Heino Ferch, Felix Klare, Pasquale Aleardi
Votes: 250
22. Im Schatten der Macht (2003 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, History
The last days of Willy Brandt as chancellor in Germany.
Director: Oliver Storz | Stars: Michael Mendl, Jürgen Hentsch, Dieter Pfaff, Matthias Brandt
Votes: 118
23. Der Kandidat (1980)
129 min | Documentary
In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Directors: Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander von Eschwege | Stars: Wolf Biermann, Karl Carstens, Edmund Stoiber, Franz Josef Strauß
Votes: 130
24. Das war der wilde Osten (1992)
100 min | Comedy
The Struutz family return from holidays after the fall of the Berlin Wall to find their home being bulldozed to make way for a golf course. It gets worse when Udo inherits a nearly-bankrupt garden gnome factory.
Directors: Wolfgang Büld, Reinhard Klooss | Stars: Wolfgang Stumph, Marie Gruber, Claudia Schmutzler, Rolf Zacher
Votes: 524
25. hart aber fair (2001– )
90 min | Comedy, Drama, News
Hart aber fair is an info talk show.
Stars: Brigitte Büscher, Frank Plasberg, Louis Klamroth, Karl Lauterbach
Votes: 144
26. Anne Will (2007–2023)
75 min | Talk-Show
Anne Will invites mostly famous politicians and a few individuals to discuss issues regarding society and politics.
Stars: Anne Will, Norbert Röttgen, Sahra Wagenknecht, Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Votes: 123
27. Bismarck (1990– )
180 min | History
Stars: Uwe Ochsenknecht, Gottfried Lackmann, Rudolf Donath, Ulli Philipp
Votes: 30
28. Public Enemies (2014 TV Movie)
Drama, History
Playing in Germany in the 1960ies the movie narretes the conflict between former German politician Franz-Josef Strauß and Rudolf Augstein, German journalist and founder of 'Der Spiegel' ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Sebastian Rudolph, Francis Fulton-Smith, David Rott, Johann von Bülow
Votes: 295
29. Eichwald, MdB (2015–2019)
30 min | Comedy
An experienced member of parliament finds his position weakened in the era of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter in this political comedy series.
Stars: Bernhard Schütz, Rainer Reiners, Leon Ullrich, Lucie Heinze
Votes: 222
30. Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998–2009)
60 min | Talk-Show
The Johannes B. Kerner Show - a talk show with guests.
Stars: Johannes B. Kerner, Johann Lafer, Sarah Wiener, Horst Lichter
Votes: 236
31. Phoenix Runde (1997– )
45 min | Talk-Show
The program provides a forum for the current political debate in Germany.
Stars: Alexander Kähler, Anke Plättner, Gaby Dietzen, Pinar Atalay
Votes: 13
32. Deutschlandspiel (2000 TV Movie)
178 min | Drama
Das Deutschlandspiel is a 2-part German TV movie produced 2000. It tells the story of German reunification. In addition to scenes the protagonists of the unification were interviewed. The game scenes are supported by original documents.
Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Rudolf Wessely, Udo Samel, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Votes: 122
33. Heute Journal (1978– )
38 min | News
A German news show on the public broadcaster ZDF.
Stars: Gundula Gause, Marietta Slomka, Heinz Wolf, Claus Kleber
Votes: 111
34. Menschen bei Maischberger (2003– )
Talk-Show
Talkshow hosted by Sandra Maischberger.
Stars: Sandra Maischberger, Sahra Wagenknecht, Norbert Blüm, Heiner Geißler
Votes: 91
35. Peter Hahne (2010–2017)
30 min | Talk-Show
Peter Hahne was a talk show on ZDF. Moderator was Peter Hahne.
Stars: Peter Hahne, Rainer Wendt, Wolfgang Bosbach, Hans-Christian Ströbele
36. Stresemann (1957)
105 min | Biography, Drama
The efforts of the German Foreign Minister, Gustav Stresemann, to achieve European unity and world peace are shown through the eyes of two young people.
Director: Alfred Braun | Stars: Ernst Schröder, Leonard Steckel, Anouk Aimée, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 57
37. Is' was, Kanzler (1984)
92 min | Comedy
Bonn, October 1982: The German political scene turns out to be illusory world, which is controlled by the United States. "For security reasons" lets the CIA stand in for important German ... See full summary »
Director: Gerhard Schmidt | Stars: Thomas Piper, Constanze Engelbrecht, Günter Lamprecht, Klaus Höhne
Votes: 54
38. Münchner Runde (1996– )
45 min | Talk-Show
Ursula Heller and Sigmund Gottlieb discuss alternately in this political talk show with leaders and experts from politics, business and society.
Stars: Ursula Heller, Sigmund Gottlieb, Christian Nitsche, Martin Lohmann
39. Bis fünf nach zwölf - Adolf Hitler und das 3. Reich (1953)
69 min | Documentary, War
The film begins with the First World War and ends in 1945. Without exception, recordings from this period were used, which came from weekly news reports from different countries.
Director: Gerhard Grindel | Stars: Martin Bormann, Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Karl Dönitz
Votes: 33
40. Helmut Schmidt - Lebensfragen (2013 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama, History
Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who led his nation through the turbulent 1970s and early '80s. He devoted his life to politics, but don't hold that against him. As politicians go, he's pretty dang impressive.
Director: Ben von Grafenstein | Stars: Ludwig Blochberger, Britta Hammelstein, Bernhard Schütz, Bibiana Beglau
Votes: 120
41. Die Anwälte - Eine deutsche Geschichte (2009)
92 min | Documentary
Depicts a section of Germany's history from the 1968 movement beginning with the year 2009 on the basis of a portrait of lawyers Otto Schily , Hans-Christian Ströbele and Horst Mahler .
Director: Birgit Schulz | Stars: Horst Mahler, Otto Schily, Hans-Christian Ströbele
Votes: 213
42. Günther Jauch (2011–2015)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Talk-Show with Günther Jauch.
Stars: Günther Jauch, Ursula von der Leyen, Wolfgang Bosbach, Edmund Stoiber
Votes: 49
43. Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011)
138 min | Documentary, Biography, History
He was a student activist, an urban guerrilla, a taxi driver; Joseph "Joschka" Fischer emerged from the Extra-parliamentary Opposition (APO) to become Hessen's trainer-clad environment ... See full summary »
Director: Pepe Danquart | Stars: Joschka Fischer, Hans Koschnick, Katharina Thalbach, Peter Grohmann
Votes: 200
44. Das Treibhaus (1987)
99 min | Drama, History
Director: Peter Goedel | Stars: Christian Doermer, Laila Florentine Freer, Jörg Hube, Hanns Zischler
Votes: 23
45. Der blinde Fleck (2013)
99 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The true story of a journalist who investigates the backgrounds of the Oktoberfest terror attack of 1980.
Director: Daniel Harrich | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nicolette Krebitz, Heiner Lauterbach, Jörg Hartmann
Votes: 456
46. Kanzler Brandt - Zwischen den Terminen (1971 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Dagobert Lindlau | Stars: Matthias Brandt, Rut Brandt, Willy Brandt, Günter Grass
47. DDR - die entsorgte Republik (2019 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the program traces the historical months between October 1989 and October 1990. Among other things, the political developments after the fall of the Wall are shown.
Director: Frank Diederichs | Stars: Helmut Kohl, Lothar de Maizière, Gregor Gysi, Rudolf Seiters
48. Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl (2017 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Stephan Lamby | Stars: Helmut Kohl, Rainer Barzel, Kurt Biedenkopf, Norbert Blüm
Votes: 5
49. Reichsgründung/Die nervöse Großmacht (2012 TV Movie)
180 min | History
Director: Bernd Fischerauer | Stars: Torsten Lennie Münchow, Bibiana Beglau, Michael Mendl, Undine Brixner
Votes: 26
50. Angela Merkel - Die Unerwartete (2016 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
"Angela Merkel - The Unexpected" tells the story of Chancellor Merkel's unexpected rise to power - from an East German physicist to the most powerful woman in the world. The film takes a ... See full summary »
Directors: Torsten Körner, Matthias Schmidt | Stars: Timothy Garton Ash, Bernd Birnbaum, Norbert Blüm, Lothar de Maizière
Votes: 60