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1. Phoenix (II) (2014)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, History, Music
After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter
Votes: 20,677
2. Barbara (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke
Votes: 15,994
3. Transit (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A man attempting to escape occupied France falls in love with the wife of a dead author whose identity he has assumed.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman
Votes: 11,872 | Gross: $0.82M
4. Undine (2020)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz
Votes: 9,238
5. Afire (2023)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs
Votes: 7,351
6. 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: 4,283
7. Jerichow (2008)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama
The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sözer, André Hennicke
Votes: 3,376 | Gross: $0.05M
8. The State I Am In (2000)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter begins to pose a threat to their security when she falls in love with a boy she meets on the beach.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Julia Hummer, Barbara Auer, Richy Müller, Bilge Bingül
Votes: 2,763
9. Ghosts (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Julia Hummer, Sabine Timoteo, Marianne Basler, Aurélien Recoing
Votes: 1,628
10. Wolfsburg (2003)
90 min | Drama
Philipp Gerber is a smart, self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann, Astrid Meyerfeldt
Votes: 1,320
11. Something to Remind Me (2001 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
The first entry in Petzold's "ghost trilogy," Something to Remind Me marks the first of his many collaborations with actress Nina Hoss. It's also the director's first variation on Vertigo, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, André Hennicke, Sven Pippig, Heinrich Schmieder
Votes: 724
12. Dreileben (2011– )
88 min | Crime, Drama
This Trilogy saga or Mini-Series made for TV, tells three different points of view about a little neighborhood in which a prisoner who went to visit his dying mother at a hospital, escapes ... See full summary »
Stars: Stefan Kurt, Jacob Matschenz, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Eberhard Kirchberg
Votes: 584
13. 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
14. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
15.
Dreileben (2011– )
Episode:
Etwas Besseres als den Tod
(2011)
88 min | Crime, Drama
Johannes is a loner who wants a better job. And then he meets Ana. Ana is attractive and even though her job is even less prestigious than Johannes's, he falls for her. And then she quits ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Jacob Matschenz, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Vijessna Ferkic, Rainer Bock
Votes: 243
16. Cinema 3 (1984–2016)
News
Stars: Jaume Figueras, Crisol Tuà, Monts Llussà, Àlex Gorina
Votes: 229
17.
Police Call 110 (1971– )
Episode:
Kreise
(2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Von Meuffels must investigate a baffling murder with Herrman, recently returned to the force. They're a formidable team but can't make any progress.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Matthias Brandt, Barbara Auer, Robert Besta, Sascha Alexander Gersak
Votes: 185
18. Süden (1990)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A lonesome car. The wind is whistling. A door of an undefined building opens-is it a holiday bungalow, a shed or a ruin? A woman is standing at the window. The heat of an idle day of holiday, perhaps. The South, a place of longing.
Director: Christian Petzold
Votes: 180
19. The Warm Money (1992 Video)
31 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Vera and Heike are two friends who aspire for a dazzling lifestyle, but don't own any savings to do so. Vera decides to start stealing from men while sipping drinks with them in bars. When ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Halit Bademsoy, Sabahat Bademsoy, Manuela Brandenstein, Andreas Hosang
Votes: 158
20. The Sex Thief (1998 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
Petra professionally works as a thief abroad to finance the studies of her younger sister Franziska in Germany.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Constanze Engelbrecht, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Richy Müller, Wolfram Berger
Votes: 155
21. Ostwärts (1991)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Shortly after German reunification, three residents of a quiet area north of Berlin talk about their plans and attempts at new economic beginnings amid the changes brought by the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Director: Christian Petzold
Votes: 155
22. Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)
106 min | Documentary
Ten personalities from the industry look back on the highlights of German film history.
Directors: Michael Althen, Hans Helmut Prinzler | Stars: Michael Ballhaus, Doris Dörrie, Andreas Dresen, Dominik Graf
Votes: 154
23.
Police Call 110 (1971– )
Episode:
Tatorte
(2018)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is executed in front of her daughter in a remote parking lot. For Nadja, the detective chief inspector Hanns von Meuffels as a dedicated assistant, the case seems obvious. A family ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Matthias Brandt, Barbara Auer, Maryam Zaree, Bettina Mittendorfer
Votes: 152
24. Pilots (1995 TV Movie)
68 min | Drama
Karin's world is the suburbs. It sells low-cost cosmetics in the large area of Leverkusen. She lives in simple hotels - during the week, the company pays, on weekends she gets special ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Eleonore Weisgerber, Nadeshda Brennicke, Udo Schenk, Barbara Frey
Votes: 144
25.
Police Call 110 (1971– )
Episode:
Wölfe
(2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Matthias Brandt, Barbara Auer, Sebastian Hülk, Michael Witte
Votes: 126
26. Cuba Libre (1996 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tom steals Tina's love and money, and five years later they meet again by chance. Both wanting to get back what was taken from them, they dream of traveling to Cuba. In the end, however, they only manage to get as far as the Belgian coast.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Richy Müller, Catherine Flemming, Wolfram Berger, Mark Schlichter
Votes: 112
27. Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004)
60 min | Documentary, War
Directors: Christoph Gampl, Brigitte Kramer, Marc Meyer, Uwe Nagel, Markus Schmidt | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Shubhra Swarup, Mohamed Hassan, Darnell Stephen Summers
Votes: 102
28. Volle Kanne (1999– )
85 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Volle Kanne is a service magazine on ZDF, which is sent from Monday to Friday.
Stars: Armin Roßmeier, Ingo Nommsen, Nadine Krüger, Andrea Ballschuh
Votes: 71
29. Fuck You Goethe: Her mit der Filmbildung (2015 TV Movie)
29 min | Documentary
Director: Antje Harries | Stars: Caroline Link, Christian Petzold
Votes: 66
30. Was heißt hier Ende? (2015)
120 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about the German film critic Michael Althen.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Michael Althen, Adolf Althen, Artur Althen, Hannelore Althen
Votes: 64
31. Mein Leben (2001– )
43 min | Documentary, Biography
Stars: Michael Haneke, Susanne Lothar, Blixa Bargeld, Daniel Richter
Votes: 25
32. L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art (2021 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Stefan Cornic | Stars: Olivier Assayas, Veronika Bachfischer, Tacita Dean, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 25
33. Wer ist Helene Schwarz? (2005)
85 min | Documentary
Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Helene Schwarz, Reinhard Hauff, Michael Ballhaus, Gerd Conradt
Votes: 23
34. Die Akademie bin ich - People i met on my 40th Birthday (2006 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
90-second entries by 40 graduates and students of the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Director: Matl Findel | Stars: Döndü Kiliç, The Chau Ngo, Britta Wauer, Nathalie Percillier
Votes: 23
35. Arte Journal (1998– )
45 min | News
Stars: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron, Nazan Gökdemir, Carolyn Höfchen
Votes: 20
36. Die UFA (1992)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Hartmut Bitomsky | Stars: Angela Schanelec, Siegfried Kracauer, Ludwig Berger, Emil Jannings
Votes: 14
37. Kennwort Kino (1984–2011)
Documentary
Stars: Nina Hoss, Michael Haneke, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Votes: 13
38. CinéKino (2016– )
Documentary
Stars: Barbara Schulz, Eva Mattes, Volker Schlöndorff, Margaret Ménégoz
Votes: 11
39. Vergangen, vergessen, vorüber (1994)
24 min | Short
Director: Jan Ralske | Stars: Bruno S., Jan Ralske
Votes: 11
40. Imaginäre Architektur - Der Baumeister Hans Scharoun (1995)
65 min | Documentary
Director: Hartmut Bitomsky
Votes: 7
41.
CinéKino (2016– )
Episode:
Allemagne
(2017)
Documentary
Director: Matthias Luthardt | Stars: Mario Adorf, Fatih Akin, Jurek Becker, Andrew Bird
Votes: 7
43. Bewegte Republik Deutschland (2014– )
45 min | History
Moving Republic of Germany.
Stars: Christian Petzold, Volker Schlöndorff, Herbert Grönemeyer, Uschi Glas
44. Festival de Cine de San Sebastián: Gala de inauguración (2023 TV Special)
51 min
Directors: Mireia Gabilondo, José María Sánchez-Chiquito Morón | Stars: Nerea Arriaga, María Berasarte, Carlos del Amor, Claire Denis
45. Love/Work/Cinema: A Conversation with Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss (2016)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss discuss their professional relationship, some of the key themes that have emerged in their films, the dilemmas Nelly faces in Phoenix, the very awkward reality in which the story is set, etc.
Stars: Nina Hoss, Christian Petzold
46. Das bleibt das kommt nie wieder (1992)
81 min | Documentary
Director: Herbert Schwarze | Stars: Christian Frosch, Dietmar Nieder, Christian Petzold, Heinz Rühmann
47. Seven Songs (2019– )
20 min | Documentary
Stars: Christian Petzold, Matthias Brandt, Frank Schätzing, Charlotte Roach
48. Navy Cut (1992)
80 min | Drama
The revolution is almost over, but the captain wants to send his crew into one last battle. Before this happen he is murdered. The crew is finally free. Meanwhile, the revolutionary Snow White has hidden on the ship, but is discovered.
Directors: Wolfgang Schmidt, Ulrike Tschackert | Stars: Carlos Bustamante, Angelika Levi, Harun Farocki, Paul Cabanis
49. Code(s) Polar (2016)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Stéphane Bergouhnioux, Jean-Marie Nizan | Stars: Lydia Andrew, Carlo Bonini, David Cage, Michael Connelly
50. Die Berliner Nouvelle Vague (2016)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Andre Hörmann, Nadya Luer | Stars: Maren Ade, Thomas Arslan, Rainer Gansera, Dominik Graf