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1. A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
129 min | Drama
A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Karoline Herfurth, Josef Bierbichler, Corinna Harfouch, Hanns Zischler
Votes: 1,648
2. Beyond Silence (1996)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music
Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice... See full summary »
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit
Votes: 4,588 | Gross: $0.17M
3. Nowhere in Africa (2001)
R | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
Due to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo
Votes: 13,967 | Gross: $6.17M
4. 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: 17,535 | Gross: $0.15M
5. Head-On (2004)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç, Zarah Jane McKenzie
Votes: 57,687
6. 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: 40,131 | Gross: $0.48M
7. 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: 15,980
8. 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: 410,603 | Gross: $11.29M
9. Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
119 min | Comedy
A comedy that follows an ex-convict who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
Director: Bora Dagtekin | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Karoline Herfurth, Katja Riemann, Jana Pallaske
Votes: 31,701
10. Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
Director: Ralf Huettner | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Karoline Herfurth, Heino Ferch, Katharina Müller-Elmau
Votes: 6,003
11. Lara (2019)
98 min | Drama, Music
It's Lara's 60th birthday, and this very evening, her son will be giving his debut piano concert. Lara mapped out his musical career. But Lara is not welcome at his debut performance. Even if Lara engages, everything gets out of control.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Johann von Bülow, Alexander Khuon, André Jung
Votes: 2,601
12. Toni Erdmann (2016)
R | 162 min | Comedy, Drama
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Votes: 52,072 | Gross: $1.48M
13. Dark (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne
Votes: 444,543
14. Bad Banks (2018–2020)
TV-14 | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ambitious Jana is confronted with the unscrupulous machinations of the world of finance. Her working life is determined by egotism, the pressure to succeed and machismo. She soon has to decide how far she is prepared to go for her career.
Stars: Paula Beer, Barry Atsma, Désirée Nosbusch, Albrecht Schuch
Votes: 6,229
15. The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf
Votes: 6,120 | Gross: $0.28M
16. The German Lesson (2019)
125 min | Drama
Siggi is in prison during the post-war period and tasked to write an essay. He remembers that his father was supposed to ban his profession from a friend who was a painter and Siggi was supposed to help him but he rebelled.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblätter, Tom Gronau
Votes: 1,439
17. Close to the Horizon (2019)
109 min | Drama, Romance
When Jessica leaves home one night, she has no idea she is about to meet her great love. But Danny hides a dark secret and soon Jessica will be faced with the most difficult decision of her life.
Director: Tim Trachte | Stars: Luna Wedler, Jannik Schümann, Luise Befort, Victoria Mayer
Votes: 1,891
18. 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: 11,858 | Gross: $0.82M
19. Cleo (I) (2019)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Can Cleo turn back time? It seems that misfortune has been haunting her loved ones since she was born. A legendary treasure sounds like the solution to her problems, but Cleo will have to let go of the past.
Director: Erik Schmitt | Stars: Marleen Lohse, Jeremy Mockridge, Max Mauff, Heiko Pinkowski
Votes: 608
20. All About Me (2018)
100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring, Hedi Kriegeskotte
Votes: 5,002
21. Rocca Changes the World (2019)
101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world.
Director: Katja Benrath | Stars: Luna Maxeiner, Caspar Fischer-Ortmann, Luise Richter, Leo Knizka
Votes: 581
22. 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: 9,226
23. Granny Nanny (2020)
104 min | Comedy
Three frustrated pensioners volunteer themselves as Grand-Godparents to three stressed children.
Director: Wolfgang Groos | Stars: Maren Kroymann, Günther Maria Halmer, Maxime Diemer, Barbara Sukowa
Votes: 926
24. Mein Leben & ich (2001–2010)
25 min | Comedy
German sitcom centered around teenage girl Alex (Wolke Hegenbarth), who stoically observes the world around her, where her parents refuse to grow up, and her brother Sebastian and friend ... See full summary »
Stars: Wolke Hegenbarth, Gottfried Vollmer, Maren Kroymann, Nora Binder
Votes: 471
25. Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)
Unrated | 176 min | Drama, Romance
1930s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl, Michael Wittenborn
Votes: 2,285
26. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 12,632
27. Die Unbeugsamen (2021)
99 min | Documentary
DIE UNBUGSAMEN tells the story of women in the Bonn republic who literally had to fight for their participation in the democratic decision-making processes against success-obsessed and ... See full summary »
Director: Torsten Körner | Stars: Carola von Braun-Stütze, Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Renate Faerber-Husemann, Elisabeth Haines
Votes: 207
28. Dear Thomas (2021)
150 min | Biography, Drama
Rebel. Poet. Revolutionary: LIEBER THOMAS is a declaration of love to writer Thomas Brasch, congenially brought to life by exceptional actor Albrecht Schuch.
Director: Andreas Kleinert | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Ioana Iacob, Jörg Schüttauf
Votes: 489
29. Great Freedom (2021)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.
Director: Sebastian Meise | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn
Votes: 7,352
30. 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: 7,296
31. School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The students of the school of magical animals want to perform a musical for the school's anniversary. Will the rehearsals end in chaos or will the class pull together? And what's up with the strange holes on the school grounds?
Director: Sven Unterwaldt Jr. | Stars: Emilia Maier, Loris Sichrovsky, Lilith Julie Johna, Leonard Conrads
Votes: 392
32. Looking for Simon (2011)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Simon, a young German doctor, who is living and working in Marseille, doesn't give any news. His appartment is empty. Valérie, his mother, is desperate. She doesn't understand the reason of... See full summary »
Director: Jan Krüger | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Nico Rogner, Mehdi Dehbi, Valérie Leroy
Votes: 312
33. Main Man (2018)
44 min | Short, Drama
For Kevin, a shy teenager, being bullied is part of everyday life. But one day an older guy, Benny, comes to his aid. Impressed by Benny's self-as-sured appearance, Kevin seeks his company ... See full summary »
Director: Florian Forsch | Stars: Thomas Bartholomäus, Jarl Lando Beger, Adrian Grünewald, David Rothe
Votes: 75
34. Cruisen (2012)
Short, Thriller
They seem to have everything. But something is missing. Bored by themselves, four teenagers opt for self-justice and meet the dangers of the real world. Hunters become hunted.
Director: Florian Forsch | Stars: Elena Berthold, Christian Dücker, Anna Florkowski, Lukas Hablitzel
35. Wir lieben Alltag (2010)
Short, Comedy, Reality-TV
Single parent Manuela is the protagonist of a reality soap. When she realizes how much the film crew falsifies her life, she turns the tables.
Director: Florian Forsch | Stars: Susa Weber, Doreen Fietz, Anton Weber
36. Venusfliegenfalle (2015)
21 min | Short, Action, Mystery
Director: Tim Dünschede | Stars: Jasmin Rischar, Yûsuke Yamazaki, Christoph von Friedl, Thomas Wenke
Votes: 22
37. Limbo (II) (2020)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
90 minutes, one take: When a young compliance manager encounters a money laundering network, her paths cross with those of an aging small-time crook, an undercover agent and a Viennese gangster boss during an illegal bare knuckle fight.
Director: Tim Dünschede | Stars: Elisa Schlott, Tilman Strauss, Martin Semmelrogge, Mathias Herrmann
Votes: 250
38. Fremde (2018)
30 min | Short, Thriller
The world as we know it no longer exists.
Director: Tim Dünschede | Stars: Emma Bading, David Bredin, Michel Haebler, Linus Jahn
Votes: 20
39. Haltlos (2012)
14 min | Short, Drama
Director: Tim Dünschede | Stars: Michaela Wiebusch, Patrick Atzler
40. The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
Director: Ilker Çatak | Stars: Leonie Benesch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Rafael Stachowiak, Michael Klammer
Votes: 15,910
41. Playing God (2020 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
Der 78-jährige ehemalige Architekt Richard Gärtner möchte seinem Leben ein Ende setzen. Dies soll jedoch nicht im Ausland, sondern ganz legal mit der Hilfe seiner Hausärztin geschehen. Für ... See full summary »
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Barbara Auer, Lars Eidinger, Matthias Habich, Ulrich Matthes
Votes: 338
42. Measures of Men (2023)
116 min | Drama, History, War
End of 19th century German ethnologist Hoffmann travels to the former colony "German Southwest Africa" to gather art and skulls for the Berlin Ethnological Museum and slowly begins to lose his moral compass.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Girley Jazama, Peter Simonischek, Sven Schelker
Votes: 416
43. Wunderschön (2022)
132 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five women of different ages are confronted with their self-image and the demands of themselves and others.
Director: Karoline Herfurth | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, Joachim Król
Votes: 2,438
44. Einfach mal was Schönes (2022)
116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Radio presenter Karla's biological clock is ticking, and it's now very loud and clear. But no matter what she does, she simply cannot find a suitable man with whom she could imagine a family.
Director: Karoline Herfurth | Stars: Karoline Herfurth, Nora Tschirner, Milena Tscharntke, Ulrike Kriener
Votes: 692
45. The Ordinaries (2022)
124 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Have you ever felt like a Supporting Character in your own life? What if you really are one...?
Director: Sophie Linnenbaum | Stars: Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker, Sira-Anna Faal
Votes: 634
46. The Little Witch (2018)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The story of a young and nice witch who learns everything there is to know about magic, in order to be accepted by the other older mean witches.
Director: Mike Schaerer | Stars: Karoline Herfurth, Axel Prahl, Luis Vorbach, Momo Beier
Votes: 1,519
47. The Silent Revolution (2018)
PG | 111 min | Drama, History
A group of twelfth-grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Isaiah Michalski
Votes: 6,021
48. The Verdict (2016 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Can it be justified to shoot down a civilian plane, converted by terrorists into a deadly suicide missile? Can "human arithmetic" be a legal calculus?
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Martina Gedeck, Florian David Fitz, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 1,327
49. Familienfest (2015)
90 min | Drama
Clashes between the estranged members of a family occur on the day of the grandfather's birthday celebration.
Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Günther Maria Halmer, Hannelore Elsner, Michaela May, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 366
50. Drifter (I) (2023)
Unrated | 79 min | Drama
Moritz has moved to Berlin to be with his boyfriend, but their relationship soon ends. The 22-year-old embarks on a journey filled with kinks, metamorphoses and self-discovery into the depths of Berlin's party scene.
Director: Hannes Hirsch | Stars: Lorenz Hochhuth, Cino Djavid, Gustav Schmidt, Oscar Hoppe
Votes: 402
51. Stella: A Life (2023)
121 min | Drama, War
Stella, grows up in Berlin during the rule of the Nazi regime. She dreams of a career as a jazz singer, despite all the repressive measures she is forced to go into hiding with her parents in 1944, her life turns into a culpable tragedy.
Director: Kilian Riedhof | Stars: Paula Beer, Bekim Latifi, Damian Hardung, Joel Basman
Votes: 230
52. Narcissus and Goldmund (2020)
110 min | Drama
Goldmund is to study in the monastery Mariabronn. His father sent him there. There he meets a religious monk named Narziss. He has subjected himself to a strict life and lives completely ascetically.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, Henriette Confurius, Emilia Schüle
Votes: 1,100
53. Hagen (2024)
Drama | Post-production
A reinterpretation of the Nibelungen saga centering on Hagen von Tronje, a Viking who allies himself with the ancient gods and takes up arms against an unscrupulous ruler.
Directors: Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Jannis Niewöhner, Rosalinde Mynster, Gijs Naber
54. Miss Merkel - Ein Uckermark-Krimi (2023 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
After resigning from office, the chancellor moved to a small town in the Uckermark with her husband and dog. But initially it is not easy for her to leave the hectic city life and politics ... See full summary »
Director: Christoph Schnee | Stars: Taneshia Abt, Martin Brambach, Susanne Bredehöft, Judith Engel
Votes: 118
55. Gestern waren wir noch Kinder (2022)
44 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When Peter snaps his actions cause his family ties to be broken forever, catapulting his three children into turmoil. His past finally catches up with him, also affecting the intertwined fates of three associated families.
Stars: Torben Liebrecht, Damian Hardung, Julia Willecke, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 770
56. Bones and Names (2023)
104 min | Drama
Boris and Jonathan's relationship is at a turning point. Actor Boris begins to confuse work and reality and writer Jonathan must face his fears.
Director: Fabian Stumm | Stars: Haley Louise Jones, Godehard Giese, Milena Dreißig, Rainer Sellien
Votes: 89
57. Keep Surfing (2009)
94 min | Documentary
A fascinating look at Munich's legendary river-surfing community, a group of six very different characters who all share a passion for going against the flow.
Director: Bjoern Richie Lob | Stars: Dieter Deventer, Steffen Dittrich, Mark Steffan Gassner, Markus Knörringer
Votes: 215
58. Neubau (2020)
82 min | Drama
Summer in Brandenburg. Markus is torn between the love for his grandmothers in need of care and the longing for a different life in Berlin. A crowd of shimmering demons keeps appearing in ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Maria Schmit | Stars: Tucké Royale, Monika Zimmering, Jalda Rebling, Minh Duc Pham
Votes: 57
59. The Swimmer (2021)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Sees the discriminative tendencies in sports against LGBTQ people, and how a sportsman learns to accept and love himself despite that.
Director: Adam Kalderon | Stars: Omer Perelman Striks, Asaf Jonas, Ofek Nicki-Cohen, Gal Ben Amra
Votes: 939
60. Elephant (II) (2022)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Bartek is a young man who runs a small horse farm and looks after his possessive mother. Their relation is not easy but it becomes even more difficult when he falls in love with the musician Dawid and begins to dream of leaving home.
Director: Kamil Krawczycki | Stars: Jan Hrynkiewicz, Pawel Tomaszewski, Ewa Skibinska, Wiktoria Filus
Votes: 637
61. Sublime (2022)
100 min | Drama
Manuel lives in a small coastal town. He plays bass in a band with his best friends. One of them is Felipe, with whom he shares a strong friendship. Unbreakable bond. Until the time comes to put it to test.
Director: Mariano Biasin | Stars: Martín Miller, Teo Inama Chiabrando, Azul Mazzeo, Joaquín Arana
Votes: 1,134
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