German cinema
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1. Home for the Weekend (I) (2012)
85 min | Drama
Marko is in his mid-thirties, has just published his first book, and has been living in Berlin since his university days - far enough away from his parents Gitte and Günter whose bourgeois ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner
Votes: 1,002
2. 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: 17,540 | Gross: $0.15M
3. Berlin Calling (2008)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.
Director: Hannes Stöhr | Stars: Paul Kalkbrenner, Rita Lengyel, Corinna Harfouch, Araba Walton
Votes: 15,207
4. 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: 207,111 | Gross: $7.27M
5. Cracks in the Shell (2011)
113 min | Drama
Fine suffers from not being seen but she also does her best at not being noticed, even though she is an acting student. At night, when her mentally handicapped sister Jule cannot get to ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Stine Fischer Christensen, Ulrich Noethen, Dagmar Manzel, Christina Drechsler
Votes: 1,003
6. Emmas Glück (2006)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Max is very ill. He decides to steal in his own company. But when he tries to run away with the money, he has a car accident that takes him to Emma's pigs farm.
Director: Sven Taddicken | Stars: Jördis Triebel, Jürgen Vogel, Maik Solbach, Martin Feifel
Votes: 2,092
7. Sun Alley (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of kids grows up on the east side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West Germany. The antics of the people on Sonnenallee all show the absurdity of their everyday life.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach
Votes: 7,264
8. The Tunnel (2001)
150 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Cold War, Germany was divided into two states - East and West. This epic story tells about their dramatic connections.
Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 6,407 | Gross: $0.01M
9. The Strange Little Cat (2013)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Drama
A family in a house, and a chain of events that take place, on an ordinary evening that they plan to have dinner with relatives.
Director: Ramon Zürcher | Stars: Jenny Schily, Anjorka Strechel, Mia Kasalo, Luk Pfaff
Votes: 1,034
10. 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: 115,179
11. 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: 31,717
12. 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
13. Grossstadtklein (2013)
98 min | Comedy
A young man journeys to Berlin for an internship. While he thinks he is going there for one reason, the reality is there is another.
Director: Tobias Wiemann | Stars: Gode Benedix, Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen, Pit Bukowski, Emilia Cataldi
Votes: 255
14. The Miracle of Bern (2003)
118 min | Drama, Sport
A young boy from a working class family in post-war Germany struggles with his estranged father returning from war captivity, while a friend of his plays for the German National Soccer Team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf, Lucas Gregorowicz
Votes: 7,480
15. Dragan Wende - West Berlin (2012)
87 min | Documentary
Dragan Wende has lived in Berlin since the 1970s and has seen the city change throughout the years. His nephew comes to live with him and Dragan remembers the "good old days" he lived as a Yugoslavian immigrant in the divided city.
Directors: Lena Müller, Dragan von Petrovic | Stars: Rolf Eden, Dragan Wende
Votes: 160
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: 11,042
17. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,819 | Gross: $1.17M
18. Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
130 min | Biography, Drama
Against many odds, Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" becomes a phenomenal success. The film industry picks up the scent and seeks to make the master direct a film version of his "play... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Lang | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Tobias Moretti, Hannah Herzsprung, Joachim Król
Votes: 713
19. Me and Kaminski (2015)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 1,530
20. Neue Vahr Süd (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
In 1980 West Germany, Frank Lehmann is drafted into the Bundeswehr. Frank moves in with hippie squatters in his natal Bremen. Just as in the army, his big mouth and naive honesty keep causing trouble.
Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Frederick Lau, Eike Weinreich, Miriam Stein, Hinnerk Schönemann
Votes: 1,758
21. System Crasher (2019)
125 min | Drama
9-year-old Benni is a toss-up between institutions that cannot tackle her outbursts. She wants to move in with her mother, but she can not handle her wild daughter. After Micha is hired Benni slowly opens up and attaches herself to him.
Director: Nora Fingscheidt | Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Votes: 14,802
22. Who Am I (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot Jr.
Votes: 62,551
23. Next Door (2021)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Explores the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin.
Director: Daniel Brühl | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Rike Eckermann, Aenne Schwarz
Votes: 3,928
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