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1. V for Vendetta (2005)
R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea
Votes: 1,180,226 | Gross: $70.51M
2. The Book Thief (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Drama, War
While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being protected by her adoptive parents.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer
Votes: 142,401 | Gross: $21.49M
3. A Most Wanted Man (2014)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Daniel Brühl, Robin Wright
Votes: 80,244 | Gross: $17.24M
4. 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
5. Anonymous (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto
Votes: 42,140 | Gross: $4.46M
6. The Collini Case (2019)
Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Heiner Lauterbach, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 13,053
7. We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (2021)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
A dramatization of Christiane F.'s memoirs and her hard beginnings in Berlin.
Stars: Jana McKinnon, Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda, Michelangelo Fortuzzi
Votes: 3,408
8. Beat (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Beat works as a promoter in Berlin's most famous techno club and does not miss a party himself. The european secret services recruit him as an undercover insider. Soon, he discovers the ... See full summary »
Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Berkel, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 3,097
9. Rising High (2020)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.
Director: Cüneyt Kaya | Stars: Frederick Lau, Ellen Dubin, David Kross, Emily Goss
Votes: 5,712
10. The Inspector and the Sea (2007–2021)
90 min | Crime
German police inspector Robert Anders is a family man who lives with his Swedish wife and investigates murders in the spectacular landscape of the Swedish island of Gotland.
Stars: Walter Sittler, Andy Gätjen, Inger Nilsson, Frida Hallgren
Votes: 370
11. Eight Miles High (2007)
Unrated | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Uschi Obermeier, a German cover model from the 1960s who embodied the dreams of the hippie generation - joins a commune, begins a modelling career, meets rock stars, and travels the world in a bus, enjoying love, drugs and freedom.
Director: Akiz | Stars: Natalia Avelon, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Scheller, Friederike Kempter
Votes: 3,028
12. Kokowääh 2 (2013)
122 min | Comedy
Henry,his daughter Magda,his girlfriend Katharina and their newborn son live together happily,but everything starts to change when Katherina decides to live separately for a while.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Arthur Abraham, Andreas Adam, Sascha Alexander, Loyd Bateman
Votes: 4,239
13. The Typist (2018– )
300 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A long-serving police secretary defies protocol to launch an unconventional investigation to find her missing daughter in this German thriller set in Berlin.
Stars: Iris Berben, Peter Kurth, Moritz Bleibtreu, Katharina Schlothauer
Votes: 461
14. Joy of Fatherhood (2014)
110 min | Comedy, Romance
Felix enjoys his single life to the fullest, but a ferret bites him, sterilizing him in the process. He tries everything in his power to find the soon-to-be mother of his only child, the result of his first and last sperm donation.
Directors: Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Isabell Polak, Friedrich Mücke, Tom Beck
Votes: 2,842
15. What to Do in Case of Fire (2001)
R | 101 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
6 anarchists place a time bomb in a West Berlin building in 1987. It's a dud. It blows up in 2000. Only 2 remain anarchists. How can the 6 steal evidence from a police "fortress" and avoid 8 years prison?
Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Til Schweiger, Martin Feifel, Sebastian Blomberg
Votes: 3,759
16. The Break Up Man (2013)
R | 110 min | Comedy
Paul, an employee at a professional separation agency that helps couples break up amicably, tries to tackle the problems that come with Toto, the boyfriend of a customer, while he has his own thinking to do about love and relationships.
Directors: Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Sascha Alexander, Ariane Pochon, Martin Neuhaus, Isabel Schosnig
Votes: 3,873
17. Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods (2011)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Viking village Flake's chief Halvar orders clever, tiny son Wickie to rob a knights convoy. The warriors must take over but fail to see Wickie being abducted with a cargo of Eskimo slaves ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Ditter | Stars: Jonas Hämmerle, Valeria Eisenbart, Waldemar Kobus, Nic Romm
Votes: 1,483
18. The Mopes (2021– )
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This show is about a depressed former boy band star who is haunted by a woman representing his own depression.
Stars: Nora Tschirner, Anton von Lucke, Roel Dirven, Jennifer Ulrich
Votes: 197
19. Werner - Eiskalt! (2011)
93 min | Animation, Comedy
'Brösel' creator of German cult comic 'Werner' contemplates about his life, work and death to overcome his biggest defeat yet in this interconnected fifty-fifty animation live action flick.
Director: Gernot Roll | Stars: Rötger Feldmann, Ivonne Schönherr, Marysol Fernandez, Richard Sammel
Votes: 1,326
20. Die Superbullen - Sie kennen keine Gnade (2011)
85 min | Comedy
Tommie and Mario are on the prowl again. But this time not through the alcohol haze of Cologne Kalk or the Ballermann Club on Mallorca but through the German underworld.
Director: Gernot Roll | Stars: Tom Gerhardt, Hilmi Sözer, Axel Stein, Thomas Heinze
Votes: 755
21. Balko (1995–2006)
45 min | Comedy, Crime
Balko was a comedy crime series that aired on the private channel RTL.
Stars: Ludger Pistor, Armin Krug, Mathias Kniesbeck, Bruno Eyron
Votes: 197
22. Sperling (1996–2007)
Crime
Sperling is a crime film series of the channel ZDF.
Stars: Dieter Pfaff, Hans-Joachim Grubel, Anna Böttcher, Benno Fürmann
Votes: 39
23. Herr und Frau Bulle (2018– )
90 min | Crime
Stars: Alice Dwyer, Johann von Bülow, Tim Kalkhof, Birge Schade
Votes: 52
24. Bummm! (2006)
103 min | Drama
Inner chaos breaks free in two families.
Director: Alain Gsponer | Stars: Katja Riemann, Ulrich Noethen, Hannah Herzsprung, Josef Mattes
Votes: 341
25. Jerry Cotton (2010)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers of gangster boss Serrano.
Directors: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert | Stars: Christian Tramitz, Christian Ulmen, Mónica Cruz, Christiane Paul
Votes: 986
26. Der 7. Tag (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Thriller
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Stefanie Stappenbeck, Marcus Mittermeier, Katharina Schüttler, Henning Baum
Votes: 139
27. Mitte 30 (2007 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
Thirtysomething Gerrit, married to Claudia, without children, learns that his professional life has failed. After the end of their company, his business partner Markus dies, and his widow ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Mark Waschke, Silke Bodenbender, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Robert Dölle
Votes: 83
28. Werther (2008 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
Charts the emotional journey of a young man who falls in love with Lotte, engaged to another man. As he realizes that his passion is doomed to failure and constant pain, Werther contemplates taking the most drastic measures.
Director: Uwe Janson | Stars: Stefan Konarske, Hannah Herzsprung, David Rott, Fritz Roth
Votes: 73
29. Love on Loan (2007 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Michael Kreihsl | Stars: Henriette Heinze, Felix Eitner, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Manuel Cortez
Votes: 25
30. 3faltig (2010)
95 min | Comedy
Hage, the Holy Spirit, is writing a musical, when Jesus returns to earth at Christmas to prepare the apocalypse. To prevent this, Hage tries to convince him that mankind is worth saving with the help of a beautiful striptease dancer.
Director: Harald Sicheritz | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Christian Tramitz, Roland Düringer, Adele Neuhauser
Votes: 396
31. Civil Courage (2010 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Götz George, Carolyn Genzkow, Arnel Taci, Marko Mandic
Votes: 229
32. Familie! (2016– )
Drama
Stars: Iris Berben, Jürgen Vogel, Anna Maria Mühe, Natalia Belitski
Votes: 49
33. Wer rettet Emily (2021)
90 min | Drama
Director: Elmar Fischer | Stars: Lisa Maria Potthoff, Christian Erdmann, Annika Blendl, Jasmin Kraze
Votes: 39
34. Der Vater meines Sohnes (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Silvia, a successful architect and single mother of nine-year-old Marc, is about to marry her colleague Rolf. Just now, after years of silence, Marc's father Ricardo, a rich South American entrepreneur's son, shows up.
Director: Dagmar Damek | Stars: Désirée Nosbusch, Gedeon Burkhard, Samuel Maxim Benke, Ralph Herforth
Votes: 21
35. Das Haus der Schwestern (2002 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama
Director: Rolf von Sydow | Stars: Christine Reinhart, Harald Krassnitzer, Günther Maria Halmer, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 19
36. Rockstars zähmt man nicht (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Kai Meyer-Ricks | Stars: Tom Beck, Cristina do Rego, Dirk Borchardt, Dennis Schigiol
Votes: 50
37. Sind denn alle Männer Schweine? (2010 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Divorce lawyer Maja lives alone with her son Niklas and has sworn off men after one too many disappointments. Now her first case at a new firm holds quite a surprise: The other party's ... See full summary »
Director: Sophie Allet-Coche | Stars: Valerie Niehaus, Oliver Mommsen, Anna Grisebach, Denise Zich
Votes: 143
38. A Dead Brother (2005 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
A man and a woman go to a reunion with a former fellow student - now a successful politician - and threatens to get involved in a murder plot.
Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Marie Bäumer, Thomas Dannemann, Michael Rotschopf, Valerie Koch
Votes: 38
39. Deadline - Jede Sekunde zählt (2007– )
45 min | Crime
Stars: Heio von Stetten, Oliver Boysen, Daniel Zillmann, Sonsee Neu
Votes: 36
40. Meine schönsten Jahre (2004– )
25 min | Comedy
Stars: Christoph Emanuel Oehme, Ulrike Mai, Guntbert Warns, Madeleine Telge
Votes: 14
41. Alles muss raus - Eine Familie rechnet ab (2014– )
Drama
Stars: Robert Atzorn, Lisa Martinek, Josefine Preuß, Florian Lukas
Votes: 47
42. Vor meiner Zeit (2001 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Ingo Naujoks, Nadeshda Brennicke, Jan-Gregor Kremp, Katharina Meinecke
Votes: 10
43. ABC des Lebens (2003 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Viktor knows what love is but not how to spell it
Director: Titus Selge | Stars: Tolgahan Aydemir, Anica Dobra, Rainer Ewerrien, Heinrich Giskes
44. Die zwei Leben meines Vaters (2001 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
Director: Olaf Kreinsen | Stars: Heinz Hoenig, Matthias Koeberlin, Muriel Baumeister, Kathrin Lindner
Votes: 21
45. Club der Träume - Mexiko, Yucatan (2003 TV Movie)
88 min | Family
Director: Berno Kürten | Stars: Francis Fulton-Smith, Hermann Lause, Melvin Lipke, Leonard Lansink
Votes: 9
46. Solange wir lieben (2001 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
A couple in love stirs up old memories.
Director: Olaf Kreinsen | Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Michael Mendl, Marius Frey, Hanns Zischler
Votes: 10
47. Der Duft des Geldes (2002 TV Movie)
Family
A single mother fights for her gifted child
Director: Karl Kases | Stars: Valerie Niehaus, Mickey Hardt, Heiner Radau, Bernd Herzsprung
Votes: 22
48. Gnadenlose Bräute (2001 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Stefanie Stappenbeck, Barbara Philipp, Andreas Schmidt, Stephan Kampwirth
Votes: 16
49. Italien im Herzen (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Romance
Director: Michael Steinke | Stars: Barbara Wussow, Thomas Heinze, Luciano Casini, Philipp Danne
Votes: 18
50. Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen (2013 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime
Director: Christiane Balthasar | Stars: Iris Berben, Melika Foroutan, Florian Panzner, Bernd Tauber
Votes: 99