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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: 1,180,297 | 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: 142,407 | 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: 80,248 | Gross: $17.24M
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
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. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Der treue Roy
(2016)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The remains of employee Roy Weischlitz are found in the blast furnace slag of a steel mill in the tranquil city of Weimar where he worked. Inspectors Kira Dorn and Lessing quickly rule out ... See full summary »
Director: Gregor Schnitzler | Stars: Nora Tschirner, Christian Ulmen, Fritzi Haberlandt, Florian Lukas
Votes: 330
24.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Die Ballade von Cenk und Valerie
(2012)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Mehmet Kurtulus, Peter Jordan, Corinna Harfouch, Kai Wiesinger
Votes: 275
25. Civil Courage (2010 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Götz George, Carolyn Genzkow, Arnel Taci, Marko Mandic
Votes: 229
26. 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
27. 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
28.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Ätzend
(2015)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The detectives find two dead bodies on a construction site. One in a barrel full of acid and one buried in the ground. They find out that illegal immigrants have something to do with one of the dead bodies.
Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Meret Becker, Mark Waschke, Husam Chadat, Elmira Rafizadeh
Votes: 188
29.
Beat (2018)
Episode:
BEAT
(2018)
TV-MA | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Club promoter Robert Schlag, aka "Beat", lives a life of excess. Fast and hard. But then the bodies of two young girls are discovered in his club, and a mysterious stranger wants to get to ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Berkel, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 185
30. 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
31.
Beat (2018)
Episode:
POP
(2018)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The European Secret Service is convinced that the new co-owner of the club belonging to Beat's best friend Paul is a dangerous man with close ties to the organized crime. To protect Paul, ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Berkel, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 141
32. Der 7. Tag (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Thriller
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Stefanie Stappenbeck, Marcus Mittermeier, Katharina Schüttler, Henning Baum
Votes: 139
33.
Beat (2018)
Episode:
BPM
(2018)
TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Beat tries to win Vossberg's trust. Vossberg is rich, arrogant, cold and smart. The two men are worlds apart. But Beat is able to get close to Vossberg. Soon he comes across the first clues that point to Vossberg's criminal actions.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Berkel, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 134
34.
Beat (2018)
Episode:
LOOP
(2018)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Beat gets caught in the crossfire when another undercover officer in Philipp Vossberg's circle gets busted. Vossberg's system of organized crime turns out to be a cynical cycle of violence and exploitation.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Karoline Herfurth, Christian Berkel, Alexander Fehling
Votes: 131
35.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Schleichendes Gift
(2007)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Uwe Janson | Stars: Dominic Raacke, Boris Aljinovic, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Veit Stübner
Votes: 106
36. 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
37.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Blinder Glaube
(2008)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Katja Manteuffel, Head of Department of the Berlin University Ophthalmic Clinic, ist found murdered. The investigation lead detectives Ritter and Stark to the Cornea AG, a firm which has ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jürgen Bretzinger | Stars: Dominic Raacke, Boris Aljinovic, Justus von Dohnányi, Judith Engel
Votes: 95
38. 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
39. 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
40. Herr und Frau Bulle (2018– )
90 min | Crime
Stars: Alice Dwyer, Johann von Bülow, Tim Kalkhof, Birge Schade
Votes: 52
41. 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
42. Familie! (2016– )
Drama
Stars: Iris Berben, Jürgen Vogel, Anna Maria Mühe, Natalia Belitski
Votes: 49
43.
Herr und Frau Bulle (2018– )
Episode:
Tod im Kiez
(2018)
Crime
Director: Till Franzen | Stars: Alice Dwyer, Johann von Bülow, Tim Kalkhof, Birge Schade
Votes: 49
44.
The Typist (2018– )
Episode:
Andere Gesetze
(2018)
57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The alleged rapist Thilo Menken is acquitted in court. Freya is convinced of his guilt and decides to take care of justice.
Directors: Nina Grosse, Samira Radsi | Stars: Iris Berben, Peter Kurth, Moritz Bleibtreu, Katharina Schlothauer
Votes: 49
45. Alles muss raus - Eine Familie rechnet ab (2014– )
Drama
Stars: Robert Atzorn, Lisa Martinek, Josefine Preuß, Florian Lukas
Votes: 47
46.
The Inspector and the Sea (2007–2021)
Episode:
Der sterbende Dandy
(2009)
90 min | Crime
An art dealer is found murdered - the investigation uncovers the theft of major artwork. Motive leads to a betrayed wife, a mistress and a lover. Robert's jealousy is triggered when Line's ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Weiler | Stars: Walter Sittler, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, Andy Gätjen, Inger Nilsson
Votes: 40
47. 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
48. Wer rettet Emily (2021)
90 min | Drama
Director: Elmar Fischer | Stars: Lisa Maria Potthoff, Christian Erdmann, Annika Blendl, Jasmin Kraze
Votes: 39
49.
The Inspector and the Sea (2007–2021)
Episode:
Schwarzer Engel
(2009)
90 min | Crime
A prominent architect is found dead at a celebratory event - Inspector Anders and team's investigation leads through mutiple suspects with complex alibis. At home, Line becomes more ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Weiler | Stars: Walter Sittler, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, Andy Gätjen, Inger Nilsson
Votes: 39
50. 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