German movies & TV series
by ouraniapa | created - 11 Aug 2017 | updated - 3 weeks ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. The Edukators (2004)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner
Votes: 32,382 | Gross: $0.18M
2. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,680 | Gross: $4.06M
3. 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: 40,135 | Gross: $0.48M
4. Das weiße Rauschen (2001)
103 min | Drama
Kati, Jochen and Lukas take a trip on magic mushrooms. Lukas is not coming back.
Directors: Hans Weingartner, Tobias Amann | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Anabelle Lachatte, Patrick Joswig, Karl Danguillier
Votes: 3,550
5. The Wave (2008)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich
Votes: 115,153
6. The Experiment (2001)
R | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 96,109 | Gross: $0.14M
7. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders
Votes: 17,536 | Gross: $0.15M
8. A Friend of Mine (2006)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, Peter Kurth
Votes: 4,423
9. Run Lola Run (1998)
R | 80 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Votes: 207,054 | Gross: $7.27M
10. Victoria (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit
Votes: 63,160
11. 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: 15,982
12. Downfall (2004)
R | 156 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler
Votes: 375,364 | Gross: $5.51M
13. The Lives of Others (2006)
R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 410,642 | Gross: $11.29M
14. Funny Games (1997)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Votes: 84,161
15. The White Ribbon (2009)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 77,677 | Gross: $2.22M
16. Goodbye Berlin (2016)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tristan Göbel, Aniya Wendel, Justina Humpf, Paul Busche
Votes: 11,036
17. Engel & Joe (2001)
93 min | Drama, Romance
A love story about a 17-year-old punk-rocker and a 15-year-old runaway girl.
Director: Vanessa Jopp | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Jana Pallaske, Sabine Berg, Mirko Lang
Votes: 976
18. Love Me! (2014)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Sarah is loud, non-conforming, rude, honest and provocative. She seems invincible, but she is lonely and lost. Struggling with her daily life.
Director: Philipp Eichholtz | Stars: Lilli Meinhardt, Christian Ehrich, Peter Trabner, Eva Bay
Votes: 686
19. 3 Türken & ein Baby (2015)
95 min | Comedy
The Yildiz brothers - Celal, Sami and Mesut - still live under one roof - despite their differences. The family bridal shop is doing really badly and they each yearn for a different life: ... See full summary »
Director: Sinan Akkus | Stars: Kida Khodr Ramadan, Eko Fresh, Kostja Ullmann, Sabrina Klüber
Votes: 1,870
20. Bright Night (2014)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Mystery
Two couples visit a home from their past, and sexual tension brings out the worst in each other. Long-buried grudges resurface.
Director: Florian Gottschick | Stars: Anna Grisebach, Vladimir Burlakov, Benno Fürmann, Kai Ivo Baulitz
Votes: 1,330
21. We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
123 min | Crime, Drama, History
People from different walks of life in the German city of Rostock intersect when a rampaging mob besieges a residential building occupied by Vietnamese immigrants.
Director: Burhan Qurbani | Stars: Jonas Nay, Trang Le Hong, Devid Striesow, Joel Basman
Votes: 2,345
22. Schubert in Love: Vater werden ist (nicht) schwer (2016)
94 min | Comedy
Olaf is the last descendent of Schubert dinasty. He hás great ideas and no time to find a girlfriend. Until the day his father says that Olaf must have kids.
Director: Lars Büchel | Stars: Olaf Schubert, Mario Adorf, Marie Leuenberger, Jochen Barkas
Votes: 426
23. Right Here Right Now (2018)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
On New Year's Eve in Hamburg, a young club owner is struggling to keep the party going when a violent ex-pimp, the police, a former rock star, and the love of his life all come for him.
Director: Jakob Lass | Stars: Bela B., Esther Blankenhagel, Mathias Bloech, Niklas Bruhn
Votes: 346
24. Familiye (2017)
92 min | Drama
"Familiye" tells the story of an ex-con who, after his release from prison, must care for his two younger brothers; one is a gambling addict and the other has Down syndrome. One of whom is a gambling addict, the other has Down Syndrome.
Directors: Sedat Kirtan, Kubilay Sarikaya | Stars: Sedat Kirtan, Ridvan Kirtan, Kubilay Sarikaya, Elisyan Silvan Sarikaya
Votes: 702
25. Isi & Ossi (2020)
TV-MA | 113 min | Comedy, Romance
To realize their culinary and boxing dreams, the daughter of a billionaire forms a mutually beneficial alliance with the son of a struggling single mom.
Director: Oliver Kienle | Stars: Livia Renner, Lisa Vicari, Christina Hecke, Hans-Jochen Wagner
Votes: 9,823
26. Berlin, Berlin (2020)
80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lolle's love life in Berlin is as complicated as ever. After the story with Sven, her second cousin, was over, she got together with her best friend Hart and the two are about to get married. That is, if Sven doesn't ruin things.
Director: Franziska Meyer Price | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Janina Uhse, Jan Sosniok, Matthias Klimsa
Votes: 583
27. All Is Well (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama
Janne's new boss's brother-in-law rapes her, but she doesn't report the incident and continues her way of life as usual. But her silence has consequences, not only for her but also for the love that she feels for her friend Piet.
Director: Eva Trobisch | Stars: Aenne Schwarz, Andreas Döhler, Hans Löw, Tilo Nest
Votes: 1,619
28. Kitz (2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A year after the tragic death of her brother, Lisi enters the decadent world of a Munich clique at a ski resort, but soon she kicks off an avalanche that reveals the truth behind the facade full of glamor, money and hedonism.
Stars: Valerie Huber, Felix Mayr, Zoran Pingel, Ben Felipe
Votes: 2,940
29. Four Minutes (2006)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Music
An elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's penitentiary.
Director: Chris Kraus | Stars: Hannah Herzsprung, Monica Bleibtreu, Vadim Glowna, Sven Pippig
Votes: 7,497
30. Je Suis Karl (2021)
TV-MA | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Maxi, the survivor of a terrorist attack, joins the beguiling student Karl and becomes part of a European youth movement; one that aims for nothing less than seizing power.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Luna Wedler, Jannis Niewöhner, Milan Peschel, Edin Hasanovic
Votes: 1,562
31. Black Island (2021 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The dark secrets of a seemingly peaceful island threaten to swallow up an orphaned student when he grows close to a mysterious new teacher.
Director: Miguel Alexandre | Stars: Philip Froissant, Alice Dwyer, Hanns Zischler, Mercedes Müller
Votes: 3,384
32. The Scary House (2020)
100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Hendrik is sixteen, a big city kid, and vexed to learn that his mother is moving with him and his little brother Eddi to a village in the south of Austria. To make matters worse, the locals... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Prochaska | Stars: León Orlandianyi, Benno Rosskopf, Julia Koschitz, Marii Weichsler
Votes: 4,325
33. Formentera (2012)
97 min | Drama
A young couple on holiday slowly becomes estranged.
Director: Ann-Kristin Reyels | Stars: Sabine Timoteo, Thure Lindhardt, Ilse Ritter, Tatja Seibt
Votes: 164
34. Freud (2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Thriller
Young Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
Stars: Robert Finster, Ella Rumpf, Georg Friedrich, Christoph F. Krutzler
Votes: 13,307
35. Combat Girls (2011)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama
Marisa hates foreigners; she finds them guilty of the decline of her country. But her convictions will slowly evolve when she accidentally meets a young Afghan refugee.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Alina Levshin, Jella Haase, Sayed Ahmad, Gerdy Zint
Votes: 5,704
36. Kleo (2022– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former spy killer is set free and embarks on a revenge spree against the people who conspired to betray her.
Stars: Jella Haase, Dimitrij Schaad, Vincent Redetzki, Vladimir Burlakov
Votes: 13,284
37. Twin Sisters (2002)
R | 137 min | Drama, Romance, War
Twin sisters Lotte and Anne grow up very differently after their parents death. Now adults, they want to reunite but World War II and their growing socioeconomic differences complicate things.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras, Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 7,279 | Gross: $0.00M
38. Woman of the Dead (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Felix Klare, Hans-Uwe Bauer
Votes: 6,380
39. The Last Word (2020)
TV-MA | 40 min | Comedy, Drama
While still working through her husband's recent death, a widow offers her services as an eulogy speaker. With her fresh personality, she is soon known as a fun alternative to the other typically somber German eulogy speakers.
Stars: Anke Engelke, Thorsten Merten, Johannes Zeiler, Nina Gummich
Votes: 1,177
40. Skylines (I) (2019)
56 min | Crime, Drama, Music
In Frankfurt, A young, talented hip-hop producer in Germany signs with a record label where he finds that the worlds of music and organized crime collide.
Stars: Peri Baumeister, Erdal Yildiz, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Edin Hasanovic
Votes: 2,997
41. Close to Home: Murder in the Coalfield (2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious murder brings police officer Maik Briegand back to the place of his childhood: Lauchhammer. Together with the LKA investigator Annalena Gottknecht, Briegand begins to remove the secrets of the past layer by layer.
Stars: Misel Maticevic, Odine Johne, Marc Hosemann, Ella Lee
Votes: 1,843
42. Dig Deeper - Das Verschwinden von Birgit Meier (2021)
236 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
After Birgit Meier vanishes in 1989, police missteps plague the case for years. But her brother never wavers in his tireless quest to find the truth.
Stars: Wolfgang Sielaff, Harald Meier, Frederic Heidorn, Sandra Schreiber
Votes: 2,497
43. Sleeping Dog (2023– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A former detective now living on the streets searches for the truth after a new death raises unnerving doubts about a supposedly settled murder case.
Stars: Max Riemelt, Luise von Finckh, Peri Baumeister, Tara Corrigan
Votes: 3,123
44. Dear Child (2023)
TV-MA | 286 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
Stars: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw
Votes: 25,625
45. Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer (2024)
120 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2012, a string of grisly murders sends shock waves through the Berlin party scene. As news of the murders hits the headlines across Germany, the pressure mounts on the investigators to solve the case.
Stars: Miroslaw Wawak, Katrin Faust, Andreas Voges, Monika Laschke
Votes: 711
Tell Your Friends