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1. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,766 | Gross: $1.24M
2. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,690 | Gross: $0.03M
3. Metropolis (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi
Votes: 22,642 | Gross: $0.64M
4. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Paul Richter, Margarete Schön, Theodor Loos, Gertrud Arnold
Votes: 6,567
5. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 13,607
6. M (1951)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler
Votes: 2,370
7. Destiny (1921)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg
Votes: 6,703 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Not Rated | 242 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel
Votes: 9,188
9. Woman in the Moon (1929)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A tenacious scientist blasts off for the moon in hopes of riches that may be found there.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl, Fritz Rasp
Votes: 3,862
10. Metropolis (I)
Drama, Sci-Fi | Pre-production
A TV series adaptation of Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 sci-fi silent film "Metropolis.
Stars: Lindy Booth, Briana Middleton
11. The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 3,225
12. Worlds Apart (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
In modern Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love with a foreigner, each story coming together in the end to form a whole.
Director: Christopher Papakaliatis | Stars: J.K. Simmons, Maria Kavoyianni, Andrea Osvárt, Christopher Papakaliatis
Votes: 9,213
13. The Indian Tomb (1959)
102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 2,950
14. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Votes: 5,003
15. Spies (1928)
Not Rated | 90 min | Romance, Thriller
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Lien Deyers
Votes: 3,951
16. Burning Hearts (1945)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
During Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces. Residents organize resistance against the French army besieging and bombarding the city, refusing to surrender.
Directors: Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Horst Caspar, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 759
17. Journey to the Lost City (1960)
94 min | Adventure
"Journey to the Lost City" is not a specific film by Fritz Lang but the combination of The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) with its sequel The Indian Tomb (1959), done in 1960 by American International Pictures.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 302
18. Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth (1921)
120 min | Adventure, Fantasy
The unfaithful wife of a cruel Indian prince attempts to escape from his domination.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Olaf Fønss, Mia May, Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena
Votes: 395
19. Michael (1924)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Triangle story: painter, his young male model, unscrupulous princess.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen, Nora Gregor, Alexander Murski
Votes: 2,046
20. The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
German Police Inspector Lohmann investigates a string of crimes resembling Dr. Mabuse's M.O. but Mabuse is in Professor Polland's care inside an insane asylum.
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid, Charles Regnier
Votes: 610
21. Phantom (1922)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Romance
A shiftless young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and yearns to find her again.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Alfred Abel, Frida Richard, Aud Egede-Nissen, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Votes: 1,957
22. The Wandering Image (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Romance
Mia May has surrendered herself to a disciple of free love, and, having given birth to a child, marries the twin brother and Doppelgänger of her chosen lover.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Mia May, Hans Marr, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Loni Nest
Votes: 589
23. Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law (1921)
100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Irene saves Herbert and the two help Princess Savitri flee the palace.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Olaf Fønss, Mia May, Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena
Votes: 428
24. Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy... See full summary »
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Harry Liedtke, Mady Christians, Robert Scholtz, Alfred Abel
Votes: 979
25. The Burning Soil (1922)
98 min | Drama
When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ... See full summary »
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 781
26. Four Around the Woman (1921)
Not Rated | 52 min | Drama
Harry Yquem, a wealthy broker, remains obsessed with delusions of his devout wife's infidelity.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Hermann Böttcher, Carola Toelle, Lilli Lohrer, Ludwig Hartau
Votes: 593
27. A varieté csillagai (1939)
103 min | Drama
Simultaneously filmed Hungarian version of the German film Menschen vom Variete: a marksman and a magician in a show troupe feud backstage over the magician's exotic former wife.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Bella Bordy, Pál Jávor, Antal Páger, Erzsi Simor
Votes: 31
28. Menschen vom Varieté (1939)
86 min | Crime, Drama
In a cosmopolitan city vaudeville theatre, meeting place of the most successful artistes, the art shooter gets in suspicion to have committed a murderous poster on his jealous partner. - ... See full summary »
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: La Jana, Christl Mardayn, Karin Hardt, Hans Holt
Votes: 26
29. Affairs of Dr. Holl (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama
A doctor marries, out of pity, the invalid daughter of a wealthy industrialist.Though the doctor has helped to cure her, he expects she will not live much longer.
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Maria Schell, Dieter Borsche, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Carl Wery
Votes: 39
30. Jugend (1938)
93 min | Drama
Annie is an illegitimate child brought up by her uncle, a fanatical priest. After her first sexual experience, Annie is so overwhelmed by guilt, it profoundly affects the lives of those closest to her.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Kristina Söderbaum, Eugen Klöpfer, Hermann Braun, Werner Hinz
Votes: 34
31. Eskapade (1936)
93 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Polish agent Helene persuades American traveler Arthur to pose as a married couple when they arrive at the Czarist Russian border. Arthur quickly realizes that he is now part of a desperate plot to free prisoners from a notorious fortress.
Director: Erich Waschneck | Stars: Renate Müller, Georg Alexander, Grethe Weiser, Walter Franck
Votes: 20
32. The Broken Jug (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy
The man who broke the jug, the judge, is trying a case who determine who broke the jug. Long before the evidence becomes conclusive against the suspects, it becomes apparent that the ... See full summary »
Directors: Gustav Ucicky, Emil Jannings | Stars: Emil Jannings, Friedrich Kayßler, Max Gülstorff, Lina Carstens
Votes: 232
33. Life Goes On (1945)
Drama, War
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Gustav Knuth, Hilde Krahl, Lina Lossen, Marianne Hoppe
Votes: 31
34. Das indische Grabmal (1938)
94 min | Drama
Back in India after what happened at first part Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Maharadscha Chandra is ready to carry on his well-planned vengeance, in which German architect Peter Fürbringer, his... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Philip Dorn, Kitty Jantzen, La Jana, Theo Lingen
Votes: 131
35. The Making of a King (1935)
91 min | Drama
The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Director: Hans Steinhoff | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Hinz, Leopoldine Konstantin, Claus Clausen
Votes: 114
36. Die Prinzessin Suwarin (1923)
Drama
Two passenger ships dock in the port of Hamburg. Aboard the one is the Russian princess Suwarin, who has fled from the Bolshevik homeland into German exile, while the millionaire Cyrus ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Guter | Stars: Lil Dagover, Heinrich Schroth, Xenia Desni, Alfred Abel
37. Der Herrscher (1937)
103 min | Drama
Mathias Clausen is a self-made businessman who is forced to do a great deal of soul-searching when his wife unexpectedly dies.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Hannes Stelzer, Hilde Körber
Votes: 86
38. An Ideal Spouse (1935)
85 min | Comedy
The mysterious Mrs Cheveley wants Sir Robert to support a bill in parliament that his conscience tells him to oppose. But she blackmails him with a dark secret from his past. Sir Robert asks his philandering friend Lord Goring for help.
Director: Herbert Selpin | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Sybille Schmitz, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Georg Alexander
Votes: 27
39. Der Läufer von Marathon (1933)
98 min | Romance, Sport
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter, Ursula Grabley, Viktor de Kowa
Votes: 13
40. Covered Tracks (1938)
81 min | Drama
Séraphine and her mother arrive in Paris for the 1867 World Exhibition. As their reservation was lost they must be accommodated in separate hotels. The next day the mother has disappeared and everybody denies having ever met her.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn, Charlotte Schultz, Friedrich Kayßler
Votes: 114
41. Der steinerne Reiter (1923)
86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A dreaded master lives in a gloomy castle on top of a mountain, while the villagers in the valley below dread his arrival at every wedding.
Director: Fritz Wendhausen | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lucie Mannheim, Gustav von Wangenheim, Georg John
Votes: 103
42. Via Mala (1945)
108 min | Crime, Drama
A hated and bully patriarch is murdered. The investigating judge falls in love and marries the daughter, and then she confesses to have killed. Did she? Or she was protecting some one?
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Karin Hardt, Carl Wery, Viktor Staal, Hilde Körber
Votes: 42
43. M. le maudit (1982 TV Short)
13 min | Short
A short remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic "M" made by French New Wave director Claude Chabrol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Francis Arnaud, Henri Attal, Marie-France Caron, Serge Feuillard
Votes: 171
44. Annelie (1941)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A Berlin woman grows up in the wake of Prussia's victory over France in 1870 and lives to see her grandchildren participating in the military successes of Germany under Hitler.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Luise Ullrich, Werner Krauss, Käthe Haack, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Votes: 45
45. The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938)
96 min | Drama
The Maharadscha vom Eschnapur hires a German architect to build a mausoleum. Burning with vengeance when he finds out his young wife has fallen for an adventurer he develops a deadly plan, ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Kitty Jantzen, La Jana, Philip Dorn, Alexander Golling
Votes: 128
46. Hurrah! I'm a Papa (1939)
80 min | Comedy
A dissolute man ignores his father's attempts to reform. However, one morning he returns home to find a small boy (Walter Schuller) in his room with a letter informing him that he is the boy's father; he is forced to change his ways.
Director: Kurt Hoffmann | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Albert Florath, Walter Schuller, Carola Höhn
Votes: 66
47. Die Frau am Scheidewege (1938)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Following the breakdown of her marriage to an artist, a female doctor goes back to her position at a hospital.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Ewald Balser, Magda Schneider, Karin Hardt, Hans Söhnker
Votes: 16
48. Mother Song (1937)
93 min | Drama, Musical
Backstage melodrama: The past of a star tenor's wife catches up with her when the unsavory father of her illegitimate child returns.The jealous wife of the father murders him.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Beniamino Gigli, Maria Cebotari, Peter Bosse, Hans Moser
Votes: 32
49. Mit den Augen einer Frau (1942)
100 min | Drama
Director: Karl Georg Külb | Stars: Ada Tschechowa, Olga Tschechowa, Gustav Fröhlich, Karl Martell
50. Dein Herz ist meine Heimat (1953)
81 min | Drama
Director: Richard Häussler | Stars: Inge Egger, Erwin Strahl, Viktor Staal, Elisabeth Markus