Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With August Diehl

1. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent

Votes: 1,590,640 | Gross: $120.54M

2. The King's Man (2021)

R | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.

Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Harris Dickinson

Votes: 174,490 | Gross: $37.18M

3. A Hidden Life (2019)

PG-13 | 174 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser

Votes: 28,440

4. Allied (2016)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim

Votes: 170,289 | Gross: $40.10M

5. Pagan Peak (2018–2023)

TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ellie 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.

Stars: Matthias Hack, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Rony Herman

Votes: 9,615

6. Salt (2010)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Thriller

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski

Votes: 330,631 | Gross: $118.31M

7. Furia (2021– )

51 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Asgeir and Ragna get entangled in a web of radical right-wing groups and followers - sending them on a journey from the fjords of Norway to a Berlin preparing for Germany's election.

Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Pål Sverre Hagen, Hallvard Holmen, Nina Kunzendorf

Votes: 2,820

8. The Last Vermeer (2019)

R | 118 min | Drama, War

An artist is suspected of selling a valuable painting to the Nazis, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.

Director: Dan Friedkin | Stars: Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, Roland Møller

Votes: 5,813

9. Munich: The Edge of War (2021)

PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the German government.

Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Jeremy Irons, Liv Lisa Fries

Votes: 36,046

10. Documentary Now! (2015– )

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

"Documentary Now!" parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Deb Hiett

Votes: 8,029

11. The Command (2018)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl

Votes: 21,575

12. The Master and Margarita (2023)

157 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A writer's novel is banned and play canceled. He then conceives a satirical novel where a devil-like character metaphorically revenges those responsible. Knowing it cannot be published, his muse Margarita pushes him to write it anyway.

Director: Michael Lockshin | Stars: August Diehl, Yulia Snigir, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Claes Bang

Votes: 2,668

13. Bonhoeffer (2024)

Drama | Completed

Berlin during the Third Reich, examining Bonhoeffer's determination to live his life with uncompromising political and spiritual courage, while speaking truth to power, in his attempt to save countless Jewish lives.

Director: Todd Komarnicki | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Phileas Heyblom, August Diehl, Moritz Bleibtreu

14. Perfume (2018)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Thriller

When 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.

Stars: Friederike Becht, August Diehl, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Natalia Belitski

Votes: 10,162

15. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

R | 111 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck

Votes: 20,827

16. Control (XXXVI)

Action, Thriller | Filming

A troubled doctor wakes up one morning to the sound of a mysterious voice in his head. With his reality now in question, the voice makes a series of escalating demands he must follow or devastating consequences will unfold.

Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: James McAvoy, Julianne Moore, Jenna Coleman, Sarah Bolger

17. The Counterfeiters (2007)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History

The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach

Votes: 47,240 | Gross: $5.48M

18. Plan A (2021)

109 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In 1945, a group of Jewish holocaust survivors planned to poison the water system in Germany. The film tells the dangerous and bold secret-operation which was called - Plan A.

Directors: Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Stars: August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni, Nikolai Kinski

Votes: 1,730

19. Close to the Enemy (2016)

59 min | Drama

A British intelligence officer has to ensure that a captured German scientist helps the British develop jet aircraft.

Stars: Jim Sturgess, Lucy Ward, Charlotte Riley, August Diehl

Votes: 1,311

20. Sidonie in Japan (2023)

95 min | Drama, Romance

While on a book tour in Japan, Sidonie Perceval, still haunted by the ghost of her late husband, begins an affair with her mysterious Japanese publisher.

Director: Élise Girard | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Tsuyoshi Ihara, August Diehl, Yuko Hitomi

Votes: 258

21. The Robber Hotzenplotz (2022)

106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When the robber Hotzenplotz steals a grandmother's coffee grinder, Kasperl and his friend Seppel set out to get it back from him.

Director: Michael Krummenacher | Stars: Hedi Kriegeskotte, Nicholas Ofczarek, Hans Marquardt, Benedikt Jenke

Votes: 372

22. The Perfumier (2022)

TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A police detective tries to get back her boyfriend as well as her sense of smell, as she gets help from a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to find the perfect fragrance.

Director: Nils Willbrandt | Stars: Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, August Diehl, Robert Finster, Cornelia Heyse

Votes: 1,691

23. The Emperor of Paris (2018)

TV-MA | 120 min | Adventure, Crime, History

Vidocq escapes captivity in 1805; years later he's a fabric merchant in Paris under an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to catch or kill them.

Director: Jean-François Richet | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl, Olga Kurylenko

Votes: 6,149

24. The Birdcatcher (2019)

TV-PG | 100 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A Jewish girl, Esther, forced to conceal her true identity by pretending to be boy on a Nazi-Norwegian farm, plots her escape. The challenge of keeping her true identity a secret leads to a series of choices and consequences.

Director: Ross Clarke | Stars: Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Arthur Hakalahti, Jakob Cedergren, Laura Birn

Votes: 1,917

25. A Woman in Berlin (2008)

Unrated | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History

A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Director: Max Färberböck | Stars: Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler

Votes: 7,054 | Gross: $0.29M

26. The Young Karl Marx (2017)

Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.

Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps, Olivier Gourmet

Votes: 7,300 | Gross: $0.13M

27. I Am the Other Woman (2006)

104 min | Drama

A successful engineer recognizes a lawyer at a business meeting as the prostitute he spent the previous night with (despite being engaged). Based on a novel by Peter Märthesheimer, who also wrote scripts for Rainer Maria Fassbinder.

Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Katja Riemann, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Karin Dor, August Diehl

Votes: 482

28. Mouth to Mouth (2005)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

Young runaway Sherry meets the radical street collective Spark. Together they experience the group's giddy thrills as well as its punishing manipulations, as Sherry's journey to paradise begins to sour.

Director: Alison Murray | Stars: Elliot Page, Natasha Wightman, August Diehl, Beatrice Brown

Votes: 4,436

29. Love in Thoughts (2004)

89 min | Drama, Romance

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.

Director: Achim von Borries | Stars: Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Jana Pallaske

Votes: 4,288

30. Bauhaus - A New Era (2019)

45 min | Drama, History, Romance

The 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... See full summary »

Stars: August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Trine Dyrholm, Valerie Pachner

Votes: 575

31. Disappearance (IV)

Drama | Filming

Follows the story of notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele during his fugitive years, from Paraguay to the Brazilian jungle.

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: August Diehl, Burghart Klaußner, Dana Herfurth, Heinz K. Krattiger

32. Confession of a Child of the Century (2012)

TV-MA | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. ... See full summary »

Director: Sylvie Verheyde | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pete Doherty, August Diehl, Lily Cole

Votes: 666

33. Love the Hard Way (2001)

R | 104 min | Drama, Crime, Romance

The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved.

Director: Peter Sehr | Stars: Adrien Brody, Charlotte Ayanna, Jon Seda, August Diehl

Votes: 2,577 | Gross: $0.04M

34. LasVegas (2023)

98 min | Drama

Tristan is a young and ambitious fashion designer searching for independence from his family. When he meets Sunny, a charismatic hustler, he sees what freedom can look like. But Sunny has ... See full summary »

Director: Kolja Malik | Stars: Tim-Fabian Hoffmann, Daniel Roth, Thomas Thieme, Robert Stadlober

Votes: 20

35. 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: 7,300

36. Tattoo (I) (2002)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Two police detectives, a grizzled veteran and one fresh-faced rookie, hunt a ritualistic serial killer murdering people with tattoos and skinning them.

Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadeshda Brennicke, Johan Leysen

Votes: 3,300

37. The Noise of Time

Pre-production

Follows Soviet composer Shostakovich navigating Stalin's regime. His opera condemned, he narrowly escapes persecution. For decades, he grapples with appeasing authorities while preserving artistic integrity amidst political pressures.

Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, August Diehl

38. Anatomy 2 (2003)

R | 101 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Jo starts as intern in a Berlin hospital researching bionic muscle enhancement. Despite warnings, he joins an anti-Hippocratic group interested in results, not laws and body count.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: August Diehl, Ariane Schnug, Herbert Knaup, Birgit von Rönn

Votes: 3,955

39. NDR Talk Show (1979– )

120 min | Talk-Show

The NDR Talkshow is a talk show of the station NDR.

Stars: Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Barbara Schöneberger, Jörg Pilawa, Julia Westlake

Votes: 111

40. Come What May (2015)

R | 114 min | Drama, War

A German communist flees to Northern France with his son. German troops follow May 1940. The son flees with the village towards Dieppe at the English Channel, as does the separated dad, joined by a Scottish officer.

Director: Christian Carion | Stars: August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Alice Isaaz

Votes: 1,257 | Gross: $0.03M

41. The Adventures of Huck Finn (2012)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Family

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Leon Seidel, Jacky Ido, August Diehl, Henry Hübchen

Votes: 382

42. Hollywood Insider (2018– )

Talk-Show

A show focused on substance and meaningful entertainment while staying away from gossip and scandal.

Stars: Pritan Ambroase, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Holland, Margot Robbie

Votes: 1,419

43. Buddenbrooks (2008)

151 min | Drama

In the 1840s, Lübeck is a dominating commercial town on the Baltic coast, and the Buddenbrooks are among the town's first families. Consul Jean Buddenbrook has two sons, Thomas and ... See full summary »

Director: Heinrich Breloer | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Iris Berben, Jessica Schwarz, August Diehl

Votes: 1,570

44. Dark Inclusion (2016)

Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama

A revenge thriller in which, following his estranged father's death, a man vows vengeance against his relatives who had abandoned him and returns to the family diamond business with an elaborate robbery in mind.

Director: Arthur Harari | Stars: Niels Schneider, August Diehl, Abdel-Hafed Benotman, Hans Peter Cloos

Votes: 800

45. The Ninth Day (2004)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau

Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.07M

46. Head Under Water (I) (2007)

115 min | Thriller

Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch.

Director: Andreas Kleinert | Stars: Frederick Lau, August Diehl, Alice Dwyer, Devid Striesow

Votes: 304

47. If Not Us, Who? (2011)

124 min | Biography, Drama

West Germany, early 1960s. Star crossed lovers Bern and Gudrun begin a life long affair in the stifling atmosphere of provincial Germany. Setting out to challenge the establishment they ... See full summary »

Director: Andres Veiel | Stars: August Diehl, Lena Lauzemis, Alexander Fehling, Thomas Thieme

Votes: 1,308

48. The Coming Days (2010)

PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, the dreams of three adult siblings living in Germany are fractured by difficult romantic relationships and their unwitting involvement with an underground organization ... See full summary »

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Johanna Wokalek

Votes: 1,309

49. Willkommen Österreich (2007– )

50 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Traditional comedy talk show hosted by legendary stand-up duo Stermann and Grissemann.

Stars: Christoph Grissemann, Dirk Stermann, Russkaja, Hermes

Votes: 269

50. Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995–2004)

60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Celebrity talk show hosted by "Dirty Harry" Schmidt.

Stars: Harald Schmidt, Helmut Zerlett, Nathalie Licard, Peter Rütten

Votes: 820