Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Martin Brambach

1. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 260,156 | Gross: $34.19M

2. The Lives of Others (2006)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 410,882 | Gross: $11.29M

3. 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: 3,071

4. Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– )

90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two police inspectors and their team from a Bonn-Koeln precinct fight all sorts of criminals they encounter daily on major highways in Germany.

Stars: Erdogan Atalay, Gottfried Vollmer, Niels Kurvin, Dietmar Huhn

Votes: 5,842

5. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas

Votes: 152,828 | Gross: $4.06M

6. 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: 21,484

7. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)

45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A recently divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.

Stars: Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek

Votes: 6,226

8. Die Rosenheim-Cops (2002– )

50 min | Comedy, Crime

A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.

Stars: Max Müller, Marisa Burger, Karin Thaler, Alexander Duda

Votes: 423

9. Intimate (2023– )

30 min | Comedy

Bruno, Max, Leo, and identical twins Emil and Oskar are five friends from Hamburg in their early twenties. In both their professional and personal lives, they are prone to making poor decisions that constantly lead to awkward situations.

Stars: Bruno Alexander, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton, Max Mattis

Votes: 244

10. 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: 47,211 | Gross: $5.48M

11. Uprising (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 177 min | Drama, War

Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight

Votes: 5,125

12. Parlement (2020– )

25 min | Comedy

Samy, a young European parliamentary assistant arrives in Brussels a few weeks after the Brexit referendum. He is obviously not fit for the job. In fact, Samy doesn't know much about ... See full summary »

Stars: Xavier Lacaille, Liz Kingsman, William Nadylam, Philippe Duquesne

Votes: 1,072

13. 25 km/h (2018)

116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two very different brothers reunite and start on a very special journey: a road trip on their motorbikes which they imagined in their childhood.

Director: Markus Goller | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Bjarne Mädel, Sandra Hüller, Franka Potente

Votes: 5,954

14. Day and Night (2010)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama

An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.

Director: Sabine Derflinger | Stars: Philipp Hochmair, Nicoletta Prokes, Anna Rot, Martina Spitzer

Votes: 514

15. Police Call 110 (1971– )

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Borgelt, Jürgen Frohriep, Wolfgang Winkler, Jaecki Schwarz

Votes: 572

16. Notruf Hafenkante (2007– )

45 min | Crime, Drama

The stories of police officers and doctors working near the Port of Hamburg.

Stars: Harald Maack, Gerit Kling, Sanna Englund, Fabian Harloff

Votes: 352

17. North Face (2008)

Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.

Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek, Simon Schwarz

Votes: 16,438 | Gross: $0.71M

18. Frühling (2011– )

Drama

Katja Baumann is a nurse working in a hospital in Munich. One day as she leaves the hospital she meets Tim Lechner, a young boy who tells her his mother is in the hospital and a rural ... See full summary »

Stars: Simone Thomalla, Johannes Herrschmann, Kristo Ferkic, Marco Girnth

Votes: 118

19. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.

Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders

Votes: 17,549 | Gross: $0.15M

20. Tod im Kaffeehaus (2024 TV Movie)

88 min | Crime, Drama

Ein Schwerverletzter verlangt mit letzter Kraft nach Sonderermittler Alexander Haller. Es ist sein Freund und Ex-Kollege Scherf, der bis vor Kurzem wegen des Mordes an seiner Frau im ... See full summary »

Director: David Nawrath | Stars: Chiara Bauer, Martin Brambach, Nadeshda Brennicke, Michael Edlinger

Votes: 14

21. Two to One (2024)

116 min | Comedy

A family in East Germany finds millions in soon-to-be-worthless East German currency during 1990's reunification, and take what they can carry.

Director: Natja Brunckhorst | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ursula Werner

22. Klimt (2006)

Not Rated | 131 min | Biography, Drama

A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane, Saffron Burrows

Votes: 3,262

23. Pastewka (2005–2020)

23 min | Comedy

A show about the fictional everyday adventures of real-life comedian Bastian Pastewka. He experiences funny, strange, and embarrassing moments that he often causes by his lies.

Stars: Bastian Pastewka, Sonsee Neu, Matthias Matschke, Bettina Lamprecht

Votes: 4,049

24. Wilsberg (1995– )

90 min | Comedy, Crime

Wilsberg: the thriller from Münster.

Stars: Leonard Lansink, Rita Russek, Roland Jankowsky, Oliver Korittke

Votes: 421

25. Fast Forward (2009–2023)

45 min | Crime

Angelika Schnell is a chaotic policewoman who trusts her inner voice more than facts, which leads to curious conclusions as well as discussions with her medical-examiner ex-husband Stefan ... See full summary »

Stars: Ursula Strauss, Wolf Bachofner, Andreas Lust, Katharina Straßer

Votes: 336

26. The Peppercorns (1999– )

28 min | Crime, Family

Several children investigate cases in their city together.

Stars: Aglaja Brix, Vijessna Ferkic, Aurelia Stern, Julian Paeth

Votes: 361

27. Shades of Guilt (2015–2019)

Not Rated | 45 min | Crime

In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney ... See full summary »

Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Stieblich, Pheline Roggan, Laila Maria Witt

Votes: 605

28. Yella (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can't quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella's life takes an odd shift.

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner

Votes: 4,286

29. Nachtschicht (2003– )

89 min | Crime, Thriller

Night shift thriller story.

Stars: Armin Rohde, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, Barbara Auer, Özgür Karadeniz

Votes: 279

30. The Castle (1997 TV Movie)

123 min | Drama, Mystery

When a land surveyor arrives at a small snowy village, local authorities refuse to allow him to advance to the nearby castle. Increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles arise.

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Nikolaus Paryla, André Eisermann

Votes: 3,572

31. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Interwoven stories of people in India and US as they face dilemmas of life time in the months leading to the biggest Industrial disaster in human history that claimed 10,000 innocent lives within a few hours. Inspired by real events.

Director: Ravi Kumar | Stars: Mischa Barton, Martin Sheen, Kal Penn, Lisa Dwan

Votes: 2,204 | Gross: $0.01M

32. Großstadtrevier (1986– )

50 min | Crime, Comedy, Drama

The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.

Stars: Maria Ketikidou, Jan Fedder, Till Demtrøder, Saskia Fischer

Votes: 373

33. 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

34. Nord Nord Mord (2011– )

90 min | Crime

North North murder crime series.

Stars: Julia Brendler, Oliver Wnuk, Peter Heinrich Brix, Anne Weber

Votes: 200

35. Bettys Diagnose (2015– )

45 min | Drama

"Bettys Diagnose" is a German TV show produced by the production company Network Movie on behalf of the ZDF. The series' story is set in a hospital and has run since 2014, every Friday at 19:25 in the evening.

Stars: Sybille J. Schedwill, Ercan Durmaz, Claudia Hiersche, Annina Hellenthal

Votes: 175

36. 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: 3,949

37. Sam - A Saxon (2023)

TV-MA | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on the true story of Sam Meffire's rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam's desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice in the wild years following German reunification.

Stars: Malick Bauer, Arianna Ratner, Svenja Jung, Luise von Finckh

Votes: 590

38. SOKO München (1978–2020)

50 min | Crime, Drama

The cases of the Munich police's major-crimes unit.

Stars: Michel Guillaume, Wilfried Klaus, Hartmut Schreier, Florian Odendahl

Votes: 269

39. Letzte Spur Berlin (2012– )

Crime, Drama

People who disappear without a trace challenge the team of the Berlin Missing-Person Office of the LKA, headed by chief mediator Radek.

Stars: Hans Werner Meyer, Jasmin Tabatabai, Josephin Busch, Aleksandar Radenkovic

Votes: 193

40. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )

45 min | Crime

Leipzig police's Special Commission unit investigates capital crimes like murder and manslaughter

Stars: Melanie Marschke, Marco Girnth, Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Daniel Steiner

Votes: 345

41. Der Kriminalist (2006–2020)

Crime

Crime series about a police unit in Berlin's Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.

Stars: Christian Berkel, Antonia Cäcilia Holfelder, Nils Nelleßen, Suzan Anbeh

Votes: 223

42. Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt (1998–2007)

45 min | Drama

Medicopter 117 is centered around the very hazardous job of two rescue teams. Equipped with a rescue helicopter the emergency doctors of Medicopter 117 fly to the most difficult jobs, where... See full summary »

Stars: Serge Falck, Hanno Pöschl, Sabine Petzl, Roswitha Meyer

Votes: 632

43. Snow White (2009 TV Movie)

59 min | Family, Fantasy

The king decides that since his daughter Snow White, whose mother died in childbirth, is old enough to marry an already-chosen prince, it's time now for him to remarry, but his evil bride ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Freundner | Stars: Sonja Kirchberger, Laura Berlin, Nicolás Artajo, Jörg Schüttauf

Votes: 229

44. Die Chefin (2012– )

60 min | Crime

Kriminalkommissarin Vera Lanz leitet eine Abteilung bei der Münchener Mordkommission. Ihre beiden Mitarbeiter leitet sie mit einer Mischung aus Autorität und mütterlicher Nachsicht.

Stars: Katharina Böhm, Jürgen Tonkel, Christian Hockenbrink, Tatja Seibt

Votes: 159

45. Gute Freunde - Der Aufstieg des FC Bayern (2023– )

Drama

The coming up of FC Bayern Munich between 1965 and 1974, from a team that came out of nowhere.

Stars: Maximilian Brückner, Michael A. Grimm, Markus Krojer, Sascha Alexander Gersak

Votes: 144

46. Ein paar Tage Licht (2021–2022)

Drama, Romance, Thriller

A German Police investigator assigned to his country's embassy in Algiers leads an illicit love story with an Algerian Prosecutor. The kidnapping of a German arms dealer puts them in direct conflict as they head each side of the case.

Stars: Ken Duken, Hania Amar, Sofiane Zermani, Dali Benssalah

Votes: 193

47. Marie Brand (2008– )

90 min | Crime

The highly talented chief inspector Marie Brand investigates with her pragmatic colleague Simmel. Together they bring heart and mind perfectly together and solve exciting murder cases in Cologne in this series.

Stars: Mariele Millowitsch, Hinnerk Schönemann, Thomas Heinze, Daniel Buder

Votes: 53

48. Coast Guard (1997–2016)

45 min | Crime, Drama

The cases of the crew of the Albatros, a patrol boat of the German Coast Guard operating in the Baltic Sea area.

Stars: Michael Kind, Rüdiger Joswig, Elmar Gehlen, Andreas Arnstedt

Votes: 209

49. Cologne P.D. (2003– )

45 min | Crime

SOKO Köln is a German crime series that is broadcast on ZDF.

Stars: Kerstin Landsmann, Thomas Clemens, Pierre Besson, Lukas Piloty

Votes: 206

50. The Harmonists (1997)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The film chronicles the rise and fall of Germany's most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany.

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich Schafmeister

Votes: 3,616 | Gross: $0.48M