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51. The Passenger (2012)
Unrated | 61 min | Crime, Drama
In the provocative new drama from the director of The Visitor, sexual and moral boundaries are put to the test when a handsome stranger begins to infiltrate the lives of two artists. While ... See full summary »
Director: Tor Iben | Stars: Niklas Peters, Lynn Femme, Urs Stämpfli, Maxim Albert
Votes: 317
52. Baltic Storm (2003)
113 min | Drama, Thriller
A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned.
Director: Reuben Leder | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Jürgen Prochnow, Donald Sutherland, Dieter Laser
Votes: 1,147
53. The Secret Agents (1965)
125 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The US intelligence chief in Europe relates the stories of three different operations that he was involved in with colleagues in Paris and Djibouti, Rome, and Berlin.
Directors: Christian-Jaque, Carlo Lizzani, Terence Young, Werner Klingler | Stars: Bourvil, Henry Fonda, Vittorio Gassman, Annie Girardot
Votes: 283
54. A Fool's World (1964)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
Documentary showing perverse and aberrant behavior from around the globe, including such things as sex slavery, dwarf love, Asian brothels and lesbians.
Directors: Roberto Bianchi Montero, Albert T. Viola | Stars: Boris Karloff, Federico Boido, Franz Drago, Ugo Fangareggi
Votes: 257
55. 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: 885 | Gross: $0.23M
56. The Wall Between Us (2019)
110 min | Drama, Romance
In 1984, Anna from West Germany and the GDR citizen Philipp meet at a church youth exchange in East Berlin. It's love at first sight. But it is also an impossible love, because between them stands the wall.
Director: Norbert Lechner | Stars: Lea Freund, Tim Bülow, Franziska Weisz, Fritz Karl
Votes: 117
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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
60. Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
115 min | Drama, Comedy
The owner of an independent neighbourhood gas station struggles financially and with his three sons who work at the station.
Director: Louis Bélanger | Stars: Serge Thériault, Gilles Renaud, Sébastien Delorme, Danny Gilmore
Votes: 1,158 | Gross: $0.88M
61. 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: 570
62. Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Thriller
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Jacques Breuer
Votes: 353
63. Punk Berlin 1982 (2015)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees the German provinces for West Berlin. A tour de force through the glorious dirt of West Berlin ensues. Full of sex, drugs, love and PUNK.
Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Tom Schilling, Wilson Gonzalez, Emilia Schüle, Frederick Lau
Votes: 715
64. The Berlin Conspiracy (1992)
R | 80 min | Action
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, four canisters containing biological weapons are stolen by European terrorists. The East and West must work together to stop the terrorists from selling the ... See full summary »
Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Mary Crosby, Stefan Danailov, Stephen Davies, Valentin Ganev
Votes: 203
65. 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
66. 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: 238
67. World War Three (1998 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama, War
This mock documentary uses archival footage, interviews and reports taken out of context and staged interviews to highlight a possible escalation into a nuclear war. In this feature, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Boris Sichkin, Christoph Gutknecht, Boris Lyoskin, Hans Sievers
Votes: 295
68. The Secret History of Eurovision (2011 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, History
A decade after the end of the Second World War, Marcel Besançon, a Swiss exec working for the European Broadcasting Union, had a daring idea. He wanted to stage a live Pan-European singing ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Oliver | Stars: Linda Cropper, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Thomas Schreiber, Donald Sassoon
Votes: 52
69. Teza (2008)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
The Ethiopian intellectual Anberber returns to his native country during the repressive totalitarian regime of Haile Mariam Mengistu and the recognition of his own displacement and ... See full summary »
Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: Aaron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech Beyene, Teje Tesfahun
Votes: 631
70. 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
71. Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire (1974)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, Music
Directed by celebrated British filmmaker Tony Palmer, "Bird on a Wire" follows Cohen on his 1972 European tour. Long lost 16mm prints were restored for this release, not seen since 1972.
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Leonard Cohen, Jennifer Warnes, Donna Washburn, Ron Cornelius
Votes: 205
72. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
73. Bornholmer Straße (2014 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A comic look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, told from the point of view of the German border guards at the checkpoint where it all started.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Charly Hübner, Milan Peschel, Ulrich Matthes, Rainer Bock
Votes: 869
74. Lena's Holiday (1991)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A woman gets caught up in a smuggling case when her luggage is accidentally switched with an identical case.
Director: Michael Keusch | Stars: Felicity Waterman, Chris Lemmon, Nick Mancuso, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 318
75. Die Wölfe (2009– )
270 min | Drama, History
The birth, separation and reunion of a group of friends in Berlin at three key times: as children in the streets of postwar Berlin, in the 60s when walls are built, and in the late 80s when a new generation breaks them down.
Stars: Axel Prahl, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Johanna Gastdorf
Votes: 162
76. Behind the Wall (2011)
71 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Behind The Wall documents what life was like on both sides of The Berlin Wall through the eyes of ordinary citizens from East and West Germany. They give an in-depth and overlooked ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Patrick Kelly | Stars: Thomas Bar, Wolfgang Bradler, Lothar de Maizière, Barbara Degner
Votes: 22
77. The Red Cockatoo (2006)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A coming-of-age story set in the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ingeborg Westphal
Votes: 877
78. Russendisko (2012)
100 min | Comedy
Following Russian immigrant narrator Wladimir as he and his friends navigate Berlin around the time of German Reunification, Russendisko holds plotlines pertaining to the lives and relationships of himself and those close to him.
Director: Oliver Ziegenbalg | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Friedrich Mücke, Christian Friedel, Peri Baumeister
Votes: 1,804
79. Freedom Fighter (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A U.S. soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to the West.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Tony Danza, Neil Dickson, Geraldine James, David McCallum
Votes: 78
80. Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a band. They fall in love with each other, ... See full summary »
Director: Connie Walter | Stars: Anna Bertheau, Antonio Wannek, Tim Sander, Carmen Simone Birk
Votes: 520
81. Skenbart: En film om tåg (2003)
100 min | Comedy, Thriller
On a train in 1945 a train conductor is in charge of a motley bunch: a failed author who means well but creates chaos; a soldier who is actually on the wrong train; a doctor who wants to ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Dalle | Stars: Gustaf Hammarsten, Magnus Roosmann, Anna Björk, Kristina Törnqvist
Votes: 2,683
82. Peace, War and 9/11 (2023)
TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, History
In a wide-ranging interview filmed six months before his passing, eminent scholar and lifelong peace activist Graeme MacQueen shares his final words on 9/11 and the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Directors: Richard Heap, Ted Walter | Stars: George W. Bush, Wesley Clark, John Gross, Richard Hamburger
Votes: 35
83. Chris the Swiss (2018)
90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war a young journalists' body is being found dressed with an uniform of the international mercenary group. 19 years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel detects his story.
Director: Anja Kofmel | Stars: Susanne-Marie Wrage, Megan Gay, Christian Würtenberg, Michael Würtenberg
Votes: 556
84. Królik po berlinsku (2009)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History, News
The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls.
Director: Bartosz Konopka
Votes: 902
85. Friends from France (2013)
101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1979, Carole and Jerome are 20 and go on tour in Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. They are cousins and pretend engaged. The day as tourists, they visit monuments and museums. In the ... See full summary »
Directors: Philippe Kotlarski, Anne Weil | Stars: Soko, Jérémie Lippmann, Vladimir Friedman, Ania Bukstein
Votes: 154
86. Westler (1985)
94 min | Drama
Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening.... See full summary »
Director: Wieland Speck | Stars: Sigurd Rachman, Rainer Strecker, Andy Lucas, Frank Rediess
Votes: 433
87. One-way to Moscow (2020)
99 min | Comedy
Around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, hundreds of thousands of people were spied on in Switzerland. Policeman Schuler goes undercover to reveal a possible political coup in the Zurich Schauspielhaus.
Director: Micha Lewinsky | Stars: Miriam Stein, Philippe Graber, Mike Müller, Michael Maertens
Votes: 258
88. Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1989 Berlin, Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Maxim Mehmet, Anna Fischer, Thomas Thieme
Votes: 479
89. Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene.
Director: George Hencken | Stars: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp
Votes: 617
90. That Man: Peter Berlin (2005)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary, Biography
This intimate film reveals the legendary man with the white saran wrapped pants, undersized leather vests, and Dutch-boy haircut who is the iconic Peter Berlin.
Director: Jim Tushinski | Stars: Peter Berlin, Armistead Maupin, John Waters, Jack Wrangler
Votes: 424 | Gross: $0.06M
91. The Final Days (2008 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
The Berlin Wall separated families and friends for 28 years. Some accepted it, and some worked hard to make it fall.
Director: Thomas Berger | Stars: Anja Kling, Madeleine Lierck, Matthias Koeberlin, Lino Sliskovic
Votes: 236
92. Berlin Break (1993– )
45 min | Action, Thriller, Adventure
The Berlin Wall is gone, so for all intents and purposes the Cold War is over. In Berlin, former spy Mac Mackenzie, currently the proprietor of Mac's, a bar in Berlin which is considered to... See full summary »
Stars: George Beach, Peter Scollin, Werner Daehn, Jason Riddington
Votes: 25
93. Something to Do with the Wall (1991)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
In 1986, Ross McElwee and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world's most visible symbol of hardline Communism.
Directors: Marilyn Levine, Ross McElwee | Stars: Marilyn Levine, Ross McElwee
Votes: 50
94. Die PARTEI (2009)
90 min | Documentary, Comedy
The Movie describes the rise of the german satirical political party Die PARTEI.
Directors: Andreas Coerper, Martin Sonneborn | Stars: Markus Altekrüger, Dieter Althaus, Jennifer Apolinario, John Baldoz
Votes: 234
95. The Architects (1990)
95 min | Drama
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Kahane | Stars: Kurt Naumann, Rita Feldmeier, Judith Richter, Jürgen Watzke
Votes: 294
96. The American Sector (2020)
67 min | Documentary
The American Sector is a film about panels of the Berlin Wall scattered across the United States. It captures how monuments to our country's past resonate into the present.
Directors: Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez
Votes: 120
97. 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
98. The Man on the Wall (1982)
105 min | Drama
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
Director: Reinhard Hauff | Stars: Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Julie Carmen, Towje Kleiner, Patricia von Miseroni
Votes: 83
99. Die Mauer (1991)
99 min | Documentary
A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. From the Potsdamer Platz to the Brandenburg Gate, ... See full summary »
Director: Jürgen Böttcher
Votes: 81
100. Gehlen: Hitler's Superspy (1974 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
This is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.
Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Siegfried Westphal, Walter Warlimont, Kenneth Strong, Lyman Kirkpatrick
Votes: 24