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1. 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: 12,986
2. Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– )
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two police inspectors and their team from a Bonn-Koeln precinct fight all sorts of criminals they encounter daily on major highways in Germany.
Stars: Erdogan Atalay, Gottfried Vollmer, Niels Kurvin, Dietmar Huhn
Votes: 5,834
3. Der freie Wille (2006)
Unrated | 163 min | Crime, Drama
A man is released from a mental institution after serving 9 years for multiple rape.
Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, André Hennicke, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 3,303
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: 3,065
5. Erkan & Stefan (2000)
87 min | Comedy
Editor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Herbig | Stars: John Friedmann, Florian Simbeck, Alexandra Neldel, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 2,334
6. Derrick (1974–1998)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant, Inspector Harry Klein, solve murder cases in Munich and surrounding areas.
Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Holger Petzold
Votes: 1,842
7. Germany in Autumn (1978)
123 min | Documentary, Drama
Germany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a ... See full summary »
Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alf Brustellin, Hans Peter Cloos, Alexander Kluge, Maximiliane Mainka, Edgar Reitz, Katja Rupé, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schubert, Bernhard Sinkel | Stars: Wolfgang Bächler, Heinz Bennent, Wolf Biermann, Joachim Bißmeier
Votes: 1,413
8. Eden (2006)
98 min | Drama, Romance
A successful chef falls for a married woman.
Director: Michael Hofmann | Stars: Josef Ostendorf, Charlotte Roche, Devid Striesow, Wioletta Breskic
Votes: 895
9. A Case for Two (1981–2023)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
German crime series centering around a succession of lawyers and a private investigator and former police officer, who typically team up to clear a client of the lawyer, who is usually an innocent suspect in a murder case.
Stars: Claus Theo Gärtner, Renate Kohn, Paul Frielinghaus, Rainer Hunold
Votes: 813
10. The Old Fox (1977– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
A police department led by an older, experienced detective solves crimes together.
Stars: Michael Ande, Markus Böttcher, Ulf Söhmisch, Rolf Schimpf
Votes: 770
11. The Black Forest Hospital (1985–1989)
90 min | Drama, Family
The Brinkmann family of doctors run the Black Forest Clinic in West Germany.
Stars: Klausjürgen Wussow, Gaby Dohm, Sascha Hehn, Barbara Wussow
Votes: 716
12. I Am Guilty (2005)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
The story of a young man confessing crimes he has not committed.
Director: Christoph Hochhäusler | Stars: Constantin von Jascheroff, Manfred Zapatka, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Nora Waldstätten
Votes: 700
13. Das Traumschiff (1981– )
60 min | Drama, Romance
Every episode features a cruise to a different spectacular location aboard a German luxury liner. There are usually several storylines, mostly of the romantic kind, involving the passengers... See full summary »
Stars: Heide Keller, Horst Naumann, Siegfried Rauch, Sascha Hehn
Votes: 625
14. 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: 571
15. Todesspiel (1997 TV Movie)
177 min | Documentary, Drama, Thriller
Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.
Director: Heinrich Breloer | Stars: Hans Brenner, Robert Viktor Minich, Birol Ünel, Sebastian Koch
Votes: 559
16. Our Charly (1995–2012)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Charlie, a small African chimpanzee, ends up in the home of the Martin family and turns their quiet life upside down.
Stars: Regina Lemnitz, Ralf Lindermann, Brigitte Böttrich, Aurelio Malfa
Votes: 442
17. Offset (2006)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Nicu (Razvan Vasilescu) runs a print shop in Bucharest, Romania, and Brindusa (Alexandra Maria Lara) is his secretary and translator. They were lovers years ago; now they maintain a ... See full summary »
Director: Didi Danquart | Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Felix Klare, Razvan Vasilescu, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 428
18. All My Loving (2019)
116 min | Drama
A film about three siblings. All have reached a point where they have to change something quickly before the second half of their lives begins. Between chaos, inadequacies and losses, they search for a path that might lead to happiness.
Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Hans Löw, Christine Schorn
Votes: 390
19. Großstadtrevier (1986– )
50 min | Crime, Comedy, Drama
The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.
Stars: Maria Ketikidou, Jan Fedder, Till Demtrøder, Saskia Fischer
Votes: 373
20. Notruf Hafenkante (2007– )
45 min | Crime, Drama
The stories of police officers and doctors working near the Port of Hamburg.
Stars: Harald Maack, Gerit Kling, Sanna Englund, Fabian Harloff
Votes: 352
21. Utopia (1983)
198 min | Drama
A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws of lust-as-commerce is played out by five prostitutes and their pimp, who pits them ... See full summary »
Director: Sohrab Shahid Saless | Stars: Manfred Zapatka, Imke Barnstedt, Gundula Petrovska, Gabriele Fischer
Votes: 349
22. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
45 min | Crime
Leipzig police's Special Commission unit investigates capital crimes like murder and manslaughter
Stars: Melanie Marschke, Marco Girnth, Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Daniel Steiner
Votes: 345
23. Elefantenherz (2002)
95 min | Drama
Daniel Brühl stars as a talented boxer, accepting an offer of a dubious businessman to become a professional. Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as... See full summary »
Director: Züli Aladag | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Manfred Zapatka, Jochen Nickel, Angelika Bartsch
Votes: 323
24. The Last U-Boat (1993 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama, War
In 1945 an advanced type of German U-boat loaded with atomic technology en route for Japan and escorted by Japanese naval officers receives news that Germany has capitulated.
Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Kaoru Kobayashi, Gorô Ôhashi
Votes: 304
25. KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007–2010)
45 min | Crime
Big and small stories surrounding a police station in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Stars: Götz Schubert, Manfred Zapatka, Saskia Vester, Barnaby Metschurat
Votes: 304
26. Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder (2004)
95 min | Drama
She is full of energy for life; she wants to have fun and be happy. But husband sits all day on the couch, reading. But the young woman does not give up; she wants more out of life. She encourages him, she provokes him.
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: Frank Giering, Anne Ratte-Polle, Manfred Zapatka, Marthe Keller
Votes: 289
27. Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
90 min | Drama, Romance
A series of television movies based on the works of Rosamunde Pilcher, a popular British writer of romance novels and short stories.
Stars: Stuart Davidson, Colin Matthews, Alexander-Klaus Stecher, Patrik Fichte
Votes: 282
28. SOKO München (1978–2020)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the Munich police's major-crimes unit.
Stars: Michel Guillaume, Wilfried Klaus, Hartmut Schreier, Florian Odendahl
Votes: 269
29. Besondere Schwere der Schuld (2014 TV Movie)
89 min | Thriller
Joseph Komalschek returns to his old neighborhood - thirty years after he was convicted for the murders of a young woman and her newborn child, a crime he never confessed.
Director: Kaspar Heidelbach | Stars: Götz George, Hanno Koffler, Hannelore Elsner, Thomas Thieme
Votes: 263
30. Der große Bellheim (1993)
Drama
The great Bellheim is a four-part German television film by Dieter Wedel.
Stars: Mario Adorf, Will Quadflieg, Heinz Schubert, Renan Demirkan
Votes: 250
31. Der letzte Zeuge (1998–2006)
45 min | Crime
"The Last Witness" is a crime series aired by the Second German Television. It's about medical examiner Dr. Robert Kolmaar (Ulrich Mühe).
Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Gesine Cukrowski, Jörg Gudzuhn, Renate Schroeter
Votes: 248
32. Zimmer frei! (1996–2020)
60 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Each show introduces one guest who then is 'judged' by the studio audience as to be welcome as a new roommate or not.
Stars: Christine Westermann, Götz Alsmann, Arnd Schimkat, Cordula Stratmann
Votes: 247
33. Der Fahnder (1984–2005)
50 min | Crime
Der Fahnder was an evening crime series of the ARD.
Stars: Dietrich Mattausch, Dieter Pfaff, Norbert Wartha, Klaus Wennemann
Votes: 240
34. DoppelPack (2000)
88 min | Comedy
Buddies Hoffi and Lehmi awake in Dortmund Zoo, after a night of drinking.
Director: Matthias Lehmann | Stars: Markus Knüfken, Eckhard Preuß, Margret Völker, Jeanne Tremsal
Votes: 238
35. Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998–2009)
60 min | Talk-Show
The Johannes B. Kerner Show - a talk show with guests.
Stars: Johannes B. Kerner, Johann Lafer, Sarah Wiener, Horst Lichter
Votes: 236
36. The Friends of Jesus - Thomas (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
When Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, THOMAS arrives there. Like most of the other disciples, he had worriedly taken refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jesus's arrest. After ... See full summary »
Directors: Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti | Stars: Roberta Armani, Mathieu Carrière, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Mehmet Günsür
Votes: 218
37. Coast Guard (1997–2016)
45 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the crew of the Albatros, a patrol boat of the German Coast Guard operating in the Baltic Sea area.
Stars: Michael Kind, Rüdiger Joswig, Elmar Gehlen, Andreas Arnstedt
Votes: 209
38. Wolffs Revier (1992–2006)
45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Work and personal life of German police officers.
Stars: Jürgen Heinrich, Nadine Seiffert, Gerd Wameling, Klaus Pönitz
Votes: 207
39. Cologne P.D. (2003– )
45 min | Crime
SOKO Köln is a German crime series that is broadcast on ZDF.
Stars: Kerstin Landsmann, Thomas Clemens, Pierre Besson, Lukas Piloty
Votes: 206
40. Dead Man Working (2016 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Much to everyone's surprise, a powerful financier at the peak of his career jumps off the bank's rooftop. As the markets react violently, it's up to his protégé to shed light on this obscure case. Was it a suicide or a premeditated murder?
Director: Marc Bauder | Stars: Benjamin Lillie, Wolfram Koch, Jördis Triebel, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 192
41. Der Staatsanwalt (2005– )
Crime, Drama
Cases and complicated lives of a public prosecutor and a police unit, a member of whom is the prosecutor's son, who work in Wiesbaden.
Stars: Rainer Hunold, Fiona Coors, Astrid Posner, Simon Eckert
Votes: 188
42. Wilder Westen inclusive (1988– )
Comedy, Drama
Wilder Westen inclusive.
Stars: Peter Striebeck, Krystyna Janda, Katja Studt, Gudrun Gabriel
Votes: 188
43. Manila (2000)
113 min | Drama
Due to a delayed flight a group of German flight passengers have to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd is quite mixed, ranging from an cultivated east German teacher ... See full summary »
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: Eddi Arent, Ana Capri, Margit Carstensen, Michael Degen
Votes: 186
44. Gli amici di Gesù - Giuda (2001 TV Movie)
91 min | Biography, Drama, History
PILATE and the Roman legate VETURIUS look on worriedly as JESUS is celebrated as the new messiah in Jerusalem, fearing an uprising. Veturius decides to have Jesus arrested as soon as a ... See full summary »
Directors: Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Danny Quinn, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 180
45. Your Children (2016 TV Movie)
130 min | Thriller
Two children disappear without a trace. Their grandfather recognizes similarities with an abduction in the past.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Georg Arms, Matthias Brandt, Fabian Busch, Rike Eckermann
Votes: 176
46. Under Suspicion (2002– )
90 min | Crime
Under suspicion crime series.
Stars: Senta Berger, Rudolf Krause, Gerd Anthoff, Michael Lerchenberg
Votes: 173
47.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Schutzmaßnahmen
(2023)
TV-14 | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Freddy is alarmed because an arson attack has been carried out on his daughter's restaurant. In the burned out "miracle lamp" the police find a charred corpse beyond recognition. Freddy takes up the investigation together with Ballauf.
Director: Nina Vukovic | Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Dietmar Bär, Natalie Spinell, Timur Isik
Votes: 171
48. Die Chefin (2012– )
60 min | Crime
Kriminalkommissarin Vera Lanz leitet eine Abteilung bei der Münchener Mordkommission. Ihre beiden Mitarbeiter leitet sie mit einer Mischung aus Autorität und mütterlicher Nachsicht.
Stars: Katharina Böhm, Jürgen Tonkel, Christian Hockenbrink, Tatja Seibt
Votes: 159
49. Südstadt (2017 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
In three apartments in a house, three couples who are friends share the fate of having to put their relationships and concepts of life to the test. After 20 years of marriage, Anne and Martin are about to separate.
Director: Matti Geschonneck | Stars: Anke Engelke, Matthias Matschke, Andrea Sawatzki, Dominic Raacke
Votes: 137
50. Das Himmler Projekt (2000)
182 min | Documentary
The speech of Heinrich Himmler, held on Oct. 4th, 1943 in front of 92 SS generals at the castle Posen, read by Manfred Zapatka.
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Star: Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 134