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1. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
R | 150 min | Action, Biography, Crime
A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Bruno Ganz
Votes: 40,154 | Gross: $0.48M
2. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime, Comedy
Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
Director: Thomas Jahn | Stars: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 33,740 | Gross: $0.00M
3. Head Full of Honey (2014)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Before Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Lars Gmehling | Stars: Pasquale Aleardi, Marco Boriero, Alexa Brunner, Belinda Busch
Votes: 7,160
4. Vier gegen die Bank (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Crime
Four men, betrayed by the bank, unite to take revenge.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Til Schweiger, Matthias Schweighöfer, Michael Herbig, Jan Josef Liefers
Votes: 3,516
5. 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
6. Simon och ekarna (2011)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
Two boys come of age in Sweden during World War II.
Director: Lisa Ohlin | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Jan Josef Liefers, Stefan Gödicke
Votes: 3,064 | Gross: $0.15M
7. Rossini (1997)
114 min | Comedy
Jakob Windisch has written THE number one bestselling novel. Since he is very shy, no-one has seen him except Uhu Zigeuner who is the designated director of the film adaption. Zigeuner is ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Dietl | Stars: Götz George, Mario Adorf, Heiner Lauterbach, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 2,400
8. TV total (1999– )
45 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Daily Late Night show hosted by Stefan Raab.
Stars: Heavytones, Stefan Raab, Elton, Sebastian Pufpaff
Votes: 1,856
9. Men Do What They Can (2012)
108 min | Comedy
Paul Schuberth's top 40 HR in a Berlin publishing house and thinks he's happy with his life as a single. By Lisa he is divorced, with Kathrin he has a loose affair ...
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Jasmin Gerat, Jan Josef Liefers, Fahri Yardim
Votes: 1,385
10. Wetten, dass..? (1981– )
165 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Long-running German TV show airing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this self-proclaimed "greatest European TV show" ordinary people try daring or even funny bets. A celebrity is challenged to guess of the person is able to do it.
Stars: Thomas Gottschalk, Frank Elstner, Mirjam Weichselbraun, Michelle Hunziker
Votes: 1,276
11. The Bloom of Yesterday (2016)
125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the Congress preparation: Zazie, of Jewish ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Kraus | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Adèle Haenel, Jan Josef Liefers, Hannah Herzsprung
Votes: 1,079
12. 666 - Traue keinem, mit dem Du schläfst! (2002)
85 min | Comedy
Comedy of a luckless cab driver who sells his soul to Mephisto to live the life of one of his idols.
Director: Rainer Matsutani | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Armin Rohde, Sonsee Neu, Ralf Bauer
Votes: 885
13. 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
14. Mara and the Firebringer (2015)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy
Mara Lorbeer, a fifteen year old girl, finds out that she has to save the world because the Norse god Loki is threatening to break free of his chains.
Director: Tommy Krappweis | Stars: Lilian Prent, Jan Josef Liefers, Esther Schweins, Christoph Maria Herbst
Votes: 714
15. Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994)
98 min | Comedy, Family
10 years ago Wolf and Sabine Palfy got divorced. Since then, their daughter Charlie grew up with her father, and her twin sister Louise lived with her mother. They never knew anything about... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Fritzi Eichhorn, Floriane Eichhorn, Heiner Lauterbach, Corinna Harfouch
Votes: 700
16. The Tower (2012 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
A look at Communist East Germany in its final decade. The story unfolds in 1982, when the cracks in the repressive police state's facade are beginning to surface. Despite the restrictions, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Claudia Michelsen, Götz Schubert
Votes: 610
17. Bis zum Ellenbogen (2007)
90 min | Comedy
Bei einer wilden Mountainbike-Abfahrt rast der Jung-Reeder Achim in den Hartz-IV-Empfänger Willi. Bankangestellter Sven nimmt die beiden in seiner Hütte auf, kommt aber dann bei einem ... See full summary »
Director: Justus von Dohnányi | Stars: Stefan Kurt, Jan Josef Liefers, Justus von Dohnányi, Susanne Wolff
Votes: 599
18. Teenosaurus Rex (2017)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Heike Makatsch, Harriet Herbig-Matten, Detlev Buck
Votes: 521
19. Arthurs Gesetz (2018– )
Comedy
Arthur is a total loser. He lost his right hand in an accident, he lost his job and his marriage is on the rocks. He plans to do away with his wife so he can collect her life insurance and ... See full summary »
Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Martina Gedeck, Cristina do Rego, David Bredin
Votes: 402
20. Sieben Monde (1998)
96 min | Horror, Mystery
Thomas Krömer follows the traces of a brutal murder in werewolf-manner out of personal interest. After investigating for some time, the traces all point to one person: himself. Now, he has ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Fratzscher | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Marie Bäumer, Ulrich Mühe, Christoph Waltz
Votes: 384
21. Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998)
92 min | Comedy
Rufus Lindner finally made it - his first movie is in production. The story is quite simple: The Pope's underground agents have always deleted VIPs that were in the Vatican's way. Now, Kai ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Jahn | Stars: Steffen Wink, Klaus J. Behrendt, Sandra Speichert, Stefan Jürgens
Votes: 377
22. Die Sturmflut (2006 TV Movie)
182 min | Action, Drama, Romance
February 16, 1962. A huge hurricane is brewing over the Atlantic, flooding large parts of the North Sea coast. Even in Hamburg, 100 km away, the storm reaches such a power that some parts are flooded.
Director: Jorgo Papavassiliou | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Götz George, Nadja Uhl, Jutta Speidel
Votes: 369
23.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Limbus
(2020)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After dinner with his closest colleagues, Professor Karl-Friedrich Boerne suffers a catastrophic car accident on his way on vacation. Seriously injured, he is taken to the hospital, where ... See full summary »
Director: Max Zähle | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Christine Urspruch, Hans Löw
Votes: 369
24. Desaster (2015)
86 min | Comedy
Two Hitmen are hired by a lawyer to observe and kill a psycho gangster, who's living near Nizza. The gangster is on the way home and in the meanwhile the hitmen unintentionally killed his ... See full summary »
Director: Justus von Dohnányi | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Justus von Dohnányi, Stefan Kurt, Anna Loos
Votes: 363
25. A Light in Dark Places (2003 TV Movie)
182 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Kaspar Heidelbach | Stars: Heino Ferch, Jan Josef Liefers, Heike Makatsch, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 346
26.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Der dunkle Fleck
(2002)
TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Peter F. Bringmann | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Sandra S. Leonhard, Dieter Kirchlechner
Votes: 338
27. Tod von Freunden (2021– )
467 min | Drama, Mystery
A German and a Danish family, whose previous idyllic life together goes upside down with the disappearance of one of the children.
Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Katharina Schüttler, Lene Maria Christensen, Thure Lindhardt
Votes: 327
28. RTL Samstag Nacht (1993–1998)
Comedy
Stars: Wigald Boning, Esther Schweins, Olli Dittrich, Tanja Schumann
Votes: 309
29.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Summ summ summ
(2013)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The police must solve the murder of a journalist who was found dead in a parking lot. In her jacket pocket she carried an honorary ticket for a concert by Roman König.
Director: Kaspar Heidelbach | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Petra Kleinert
Votes: 302
30.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Fangschuss
(2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Janina Fautz, Friederike Kempter
Votes: 292
31.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Der Hammer
(2014)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Thiel and Boerne have to find a serial killer who operates in a superhero costume.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Milan Peschel, Stephan Schwartz
Votes: 289
32. taff (1995– )
News, Talk-Show
taff - a tabloid magazine on ProSieben.
Stars: Annemarie Carpendale, Daniel Aminati, Nela Panghy-Lee, Rebecca Mir
Votes: 287
33. Da muss Mann durch (2015)
90 min | Comedy
Paul is done with love - until he meets Lena. Now he has to convince her family on Mallorca of himself being the right one for their daughter. Lena's mother though would prefer Patrick by ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Julia Jentsch, Jan Josef Liefers, Fahri Yardim
Votes: 285
34.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Das ewig Böse
(2006)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Young Helena Stettenkamp reveals under hypnosis that her late grandfather was murdered by poison. Another poison murder happens and Hauptkomissar Thiel and Professor Boerne investigate.
Director: Rainer Matsutani | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Karoline Eichhorn, Teresa Weißbach
Votes: 284
35.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Fakten, Fakten...
(2002)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jürgen Wilken is shot dead in front of Professor Dreiden's front door, a friend of Professor Boerne's.
Director: Susanne Zanke | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Friederike Kempter, Christine Urspruch
Votes: 282
36.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Lakritz
(2019)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The self-sufficient market champion of the Münster weekly Wagner is murdered by poisoned licorice. The list of suspects is headed by licorice seller Bellekom.
Director: Randa Chahoud | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Friederike Kempter, Christine Urspruch
Votes: 282
37.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Rhythm & Love
(2021)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
No cell phone, no papers, no clothes: a naked male corpse is found in a moorland area. Thanks to Prof. Boerne's instinct, of all things, the young man's identity is quickly clarified: It is... See full summary »
Director: Brigitte Bertele | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Christine Urspruch, Björn Meyer
Votes: 280
38. Nachtschicht (2003– )
89 min | Crime, Thriller
Night shift thriller story.
Stars: Armin Rohde, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, Barbara Auer, Özgür Karadeniz
Votes: 279
39.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Schwanensee
(2015)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is murdered in a mental institution and found dead in the swimming pool. Boerne goes under cover while Thiel investigates from the outside. A man with severe autism interests them both.
Director: André Erkau | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Robert Gwisdek, Hanns Jörg Krumpholz
Votes: 279
40.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Wolfsstunde
(2008)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Friederike Kempter, Christine Urspruch
Votes: 278
41. Nacht über Berlin (2013 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama, History
Berlin, 1932. The Weimar Republic is torn apart in the struggle between right- and left-wing extremists and Berlin is a powder keg. Nightclub singer Henny Dalgow get to know the Social ... See full summary »
Director: Friedemann Fromm | Stars: Anna Loos, Jan Josef Liefers, Sven Lehmann, Claudia Eisinger
Votes: 275
42.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Des Teufels langer Atem
(2022)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Thiel wakes up in a hotel room and has lost the memory of last night. His former boss is found dead nearby.
Director: Francis Meletzky | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Kim Riedle, Banafshe Hourmazdi
Votes: 274
43. Die Spätzünder (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A greater-Vienna seniors' home is run like a prison by the stuck-up female executive and staff. Hippie-type rebel Rochus 'Rocco' Siwak incurs a community service to be spent there as ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Jan Josef Liefers, Ursula Strauss, Joachim Fuchsberger, Bibiane Zeller
Votes: 273
44.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Spargelzeit
(2010)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Friederike Kempter, Christine Urspruch
Votes: 271
45.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Die chinesische Prinzessin
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Lars Jessen | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Huichi Chiu, Yvonne Yung Hee Bormann
Votes: 271
46.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Mord ist die beste Medizin
(2014)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young girl sees a man stabbed in the leg with a hypodermic keel over with a heart attack. She's sure it was an attempted murder. Thiel and Boerne investigate.
Director: Thomas Jauch | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Anna Bederke, Christian Beermann
Votes: 267
47.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Der Fluch der Mumie
(2010)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Kaspar Heidelbach | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Tobias Schenke, Marijam Agischewa
Votes: 265
48.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Der doppelte Lott
(2005)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Chulpan Khamatova
Votes: 260
49.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Spieglein Spieglein
(2019)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Prosecutor Wilhelmine Klemm rushed into the homicide squad with angry rage: only a short time after a dead person was found behind the cathedral, the first videos appeared on social ... See full summary »
Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher | Stars: Axel Prahl, Jan Josef Liefers, Kathrin Angerer, Arnd Klawitter
Votes: 259
50. Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980– )
120 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
The German TV-show fools and trolls celebrities captured on camera.
Stars: Frank Elstner, Paola Del Medico, Guido Cantz, Kurt Felix
Votes: 258