Films seen in 2020
by marthabaker | created - 10 Jan 2020 | updated - 07 Feb 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Little Women (2019)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 245,342 | Gross: $108.10M
in OV in Nizza
2. Knives Out (2019)
PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 773,304 | Gross: $165.36M
in OV in Nizza
3. Charlie's Angels (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.
Director: Elizabeth Banks | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks
Votes: 79,667 | Gross: $17.80M
in OV in Nizza
4. Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.
Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 62,802
in OV in Zebra Kino, KN
5. Nobody's Fool (1994)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A stubborn man past his prime reflects on his life of strict independence and seeks more from himself.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith
Votes: 22,517 | Gross: $39.49M
DVD borrowed from UB Kon, because I enjoyed other books by the author, Richard Russo
6.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Die goldene Zeit
(2019)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Falke and Grosz investigate after a murder in the Hamburg red light milieu.
Director: Mia Spengler | Stars: Wotan Wilke Möhring, Franziska Weisz, Michael Thomas, Bogdan Iancu
Votes: 233
7. Unfinished Song (2012)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife's passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to belong, a process that helps him build bridges with his estranged son, James.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 7,973 | Gross: $1.70M
on TV in German
8. A Hidden Life (2019)
PG-13 | 174 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser
Votes: 28,136
in English in Zebra Kino, KN
9. Guy Proposes to His Girlfriend on a Mountain (2019)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A oneshot filmed with a mobile phone. A bromance. A proposal.
Director: Bernhard Wenger | Stars: Laurence Rupp, Christopher Schärf, Clemens Berndorff, Michaela Schausberger
Votes: 59
Filmtage FN
10. Hi, A.I. (2019)
90 min | Documentary, Family, Sci-Fi
How will we live together with artificial intelligence? What will we win, what will we lose? The documentary shows us tomorrow's world today.
Director: Isabella Willinger | Stars: David Chalmers, Chuck, Mark Coeckelbergh, Kate Darling
Votes: 150
Filmtage FN
11. Mall (2019)
7 min | Short, Drama
A father shopping in a department store with his three sons must decide how do deal with his quiet middle son who is caught stealing a mermaid doll.
Director: Jerry Hoffmann | Stars: Thomas Arnold, Larissa Sirah Herden, Benno Krahn, Tobias Langhoff
Votes: 30
Filmtage FN
12. Kippa (2019)
25 min | Short
15-year-old Oskar is popular at his new high school. But after his classmates find out that he is Jewish, he gets threatened and is bullied brutally. While the headmaster ignores his ... See full summary »
Director: Lukas Nathrath | Stars: Samy Abdel Fattah, Frank Auerbach, Riccardo Campione, Dominik Ganser
Votes: 47
Filmtage FN
13. Girl Meets Boy (2020)
30 min | Short, Drama
Gwen meets Ben. Gwen is done with the questions of relationship and love for the moment. Ben agrees with that opinion and so the two strike a bargain.
Director: Ferdinand Arthuber | Stars: Franziska Weisz, Carlo Ljubek, Lena Dörrie, Jule Ronstedt
Votes: 25
Filmtage FN
14. Beyond the Tide (2019)
15 min | Short, Drama
When her long-forgotten mother is washed up ashore mysteriously, claiming her loving dad was about to die, a bright little girl decides to investigate a dark, tragic mystery.
Directors: Jan Mocka, Ingo Monitor | Stars: Keziah Bürki, Frederik Funke, Katharina Heyer
Votes: 8
Filmtage FN
15. Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (2019)
MA-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
Marthe Cohn, a 98-year-old French-Jewish outstanding lady who was a spy in Nazi Germany in WW2 never spoke about her experience after the war, now travels the globe to share her story.
Director: Nicola Hens | Stars: Marthe Cohn, L Cohn
Votes: 72
Filmtage FN
16. Golden Age (II) (2019)
85 min | Documentary
A documentary film following the daily events and activities over three months at a retirement residence for well-to-do senior citizens in Miami, Florida.
Directors: Beat Oswald, Samuel Weniger
Votes: 54
Filmtage FN
17. Charlatan (2020)
Unrated | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of successful Czech healer Jan Mikolasek, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and strong familiarity with plants, set against the background of the events of the totalitarian fifties.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
Votes: 3,212
world premiere with German subtitles, at Berlinale 2020
18. Von glücklichen Schafen (2015)
96 min | Drama
The perfect world of a small family breaks, when Can discover that his mother works in a brothel. In a maelstrom of anger, guilt and despair Mother and son are forced to forgive himself.
Director: Kadir Sözen | Stars: Narges Rashidi, Marlene Metternich, Jascha Baum, Vedat Erincin
Votes: 213
19. Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes
Votes: 256,272 | Gross: $0.62M
20. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 958,228 | Gross: $53.37M
21. Paris-Brest (2020 TV Movie)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
Kévin looked at me with a little smile. I said nothing. I had my project writing a novel about my family I had Elise and a wild desire to move to Paris. But to do all that I needed money and my grandmother was not about to give me any yet.
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Anthony Bajon, Catherine Arditi, Valérie Karsenti, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 121
im deutschen Fernsehen
22. Wadjda (2012)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd
Votes: 21,470 | Gross: $1.35M
23. Unterleuten: The Torn Village (2020)
270 min | Drama
Unterleuten - A village in the Brandenburg province 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. An investor plans to build a wind farm. This leads to conflicts between the villagers and the landowners.
Stars: Thomas Thieme, Hermann Beyer, Miriam Stein, Rosalie Thomass
Votes: 387
DVD aus FN
24. 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: 115,063
Aus der Schulbibliothek
25. Me Before You (2016)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
Director: Thea Sharrock | Stars: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance
Votes: 286,959 | Gross: $56.25M
OV auf DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei
26. The Giver (2014)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift
Votes: 125,580 | Gross: $45.09M
OV auf DVD ausgeliehen
27. Contagion (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow
Votes: 315,839 | Gross: $75.66M
OV auf DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei
28. 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: 1,437
DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei
29. Official Secrets (2019)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 54,543 | Gross: $0.40M
OV auf DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei
30. Pain and Glory (2019)
R | 113 min | Drama
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas
Votes: 63,090
DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei
31. 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: 2,599
DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei
32. The Chosen Ones (2014 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
Based on true events, the story is set in the 1970's/1980's at the boarding school "Odenwald Schule", when a newly hired young teacher (Julia Jentsch) notices pupils are being sexually abused by the staff, including the director.
Director: Christoph Röhl | Stars: Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Tukur, Leon Seidel, Béla Gabor Lenz
Votes: 205
DVD aus der STadtbuecherei
33. The Aftermath (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin, Jason Clarke
Votes: 23,809 | Gross: $1.62M
DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei; 1945 in Hamburg, es fehlt etwas Spannung in der außereheliche Affäre, um sie glaubwürdig darzustellen
34. Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei
Votes: 556,281 | Gross: $390.53M
OV auf DVD aus der Stadtbuecherei; Europäische Kulissen fantasievoll eingeblendet
35. Beautiful Boy (I) (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull
Votes: 99,383 | Gross: $7.65M
OV auf DVD aus der STadtbuecherei, tragische Geschichte in Schnelllauf, viele Lücken in der Erzählung
36. Tenet (2020)
PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak
Votes: 592,234 | Gross: $58.46M
OV in FN
37. Superegos (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A weird friendship story between a book thief and an old psychology professor who was a Nazi in the past.
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg | Stars: Georg Friedrich, André Wilms, Nicolas Wackerbarth, Saskia Walker
Votes: 288
38. The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
PG | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 22,388
39. The Tale of a Thousand and One Lives (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
12-year-old Oktay is finally reunited with her parents after being under the guardianship of his grandmother in Turkey. A , is finally reunited with his parents after being under the ... See full summary »
Director: Yilmaz Arslan | Stars: Roland Kagan Sommer, Taies Farzan, Hilmi Sözer, Katharina Thalbach
Votes: 68
40. Nomadland (2020)
R | 107 min | Drama
A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Gay DeForest
Votes: 183,280
OV at ZFF16
41. Late Night (2019)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy
Votes: 40,808 | Gross: $15.50M
OV in Nice
42. The Truth (2019)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A stormy reunion between scriptwriter Lumir with her famous mother and actress, Fabienne, against the backdrop of Fabienne's autobiographic book and her latest role in a Sci-Fi picture as a daughter of a mother who never grows old.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clémentine Grenier
Votes: 7,833
OV in Nice
43. 80.000 Schnitzel (2020)
102 min | Documentary
Battering, breading, frying - Berta has prepared thousands of schnitzels in her old cast-iron pan over the years. This 83-year-old landlady's life on the family farm with adjoining guest ... See full summary »
Director: Hannah Schweier
Votes: 41
OV at ZFF16
44. How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Paulette and her husband have been running a housekeeping school. After the sudden death of her husband, Paulette discovers that the school is on the verge of bankruptcy and has to take her responsibilities.
Director: Martin Provost | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Yolande Moreau, Noémie Lvovsky, Edouard Baer
Votes: 2,211
OmU
45. Coded Bias (2020)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
Director: Shalini Kantayya | Stars: Joy Buolamwini, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O'Neil, Silkie Carlo
Votes: 2,755
OV at ZFF16
46. Des (2020)
Not Rated | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
Stars: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook
Votes: 20,739
OV at ZFF16
47. Falling (I) (2020)
R | 112 min | Drama
John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
Director: Viggo Mortensen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen
Votes: 6,973
OV at ZFF16
48. The Father (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Director: Florian Zeller | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams
Votes: 192,976
OV at ZFF16
49. Here We Are (2020)
94 min | Drama
Aharon raises autistic son Uri in isolation. Facing possibility of Uri living in specialized home, Aharon runs away with Uri on road trip, unwilling for separation from his son.
Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Shai Avivi, Noam Imber, Smadi Wolfman, Efrat Ben-Zur
Votes: 547
OV at ZFF16
50. Limbo (VI) (2020)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
Director: Ben Sharrock | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Kenneth Collard, Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai
Votes: 5,280
OV at ZFF16
51. Oeconomia (2020)
89 min | Documentary
Our economic system has made itself invisible and eludes understanding. In recent years, we have often had little more than a diffuse and unsatisfactory feeling that something is going ... See full summary »
Director: Carmen Losmann | Stars: Samirah Kenawi, Dag Schulze, Marc Sierszen, Lino Zeddies
Votes: 377
OV at ZFF16
52. Peacemaker (2020– )
45 min | Drama, Thriller
A UN peace negotiator takes her final job before retirement to try to broker a deal between Turkey and the Kurds. She finds, however, wheels within wheels and that nothing is as it seems.
Stars: Irina Björklund, Mikko Nousiainen, Louise Peterhoff, Kardo Razzazi
Votes: 480
OmU at ZFF16
53. Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.
Director: Lili Horvát | Stars: Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Zsolt Nagy
Votes: 2,751
OmU at ZFF16
54. Supernova (II) (2020)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
Director: Harry Macqueen | Stars: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen
Votes: 14,295
OV at ZFF16
55. Wildland (2020)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ida moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.
Director: Jeanette Nordahl | Stars: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Joachim Fjelstrup, Elliott Crosset Hove
Votes: 1,838
OmU at ZFF16
56. Judy (II) (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 54,818
57. RBG (2018)
PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Nina Totenberg
Votes: 15,056 | Gross: $14.02M
58. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi
Votes: 441,060 | Gross: $33.37M
59. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski
Votes: 552,349
60. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong
Votes: 193,245
61. A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Peter Dinklage
Votes: 29,697 | Gross: $0.01M
62. Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019)
103 min | Documentary
Based on Thomas Piketty's No. 1 New York Times Bestseller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most important and controversial subjects of our time: wealth, and who gets a share of the dividends.
Director: Justin Pemberton | Stars: Michael Douglas, Vanessa Redgrave, Ronald Reagan, Daniel Huttlestone
Votes: 3,029
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