Best german movies/series
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1. 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: 410,744 | Gross: $11.29M
2. Mord mit Aussicht (2008–2024)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Sophie Haas, an aspiring criminal investigator from Cologne, is relegated to a very small police outpost in the Eifel mountains.
Stars: Petra Kleinert, Michael Hanemann, Caroline Peters, Bjarne Mädel
Votes: 1,990
3. Zwei Weihnachtsmänner (2008 TV Movie)
180 min | Comedy, Romance
An unsuccessful pool noodle representative and an ambitious corporate lawyer have nothing in common except for the desire to be at home for Christmas. But fate has other plans for them. ... See full summary »
Director: Tobi Baumann | Stars: Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka, Sophie von Kessel, Floriane Daniel
Votes: 1,233
4. Highway to Hellas (2015)
88 min | Comedy
The Germans are coming. To snoop, pry and inspect once again, because the Greek are always under suspicion to lie, cheat and scam. And rightfully so. Jörg Geissner, an employee of the ... See full summary »
Director: Aron Lehmann | Stars: Christoph Maria Herbst, Adam Bousdoukos, Akilas Karazisis, Hristos Valavanidis
Votes: 1,254
5. How About Adolf? (2018)
91 min | Comedy
Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and his wife Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) organize a dinner in their house in Bonn. Invited are family friend René (Justus von Dohnányi), Thomas (Florian ... See full summary »
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Christoph Maria Herbst, Florian David Fitz, Caroline Peters, Justus von Dohnányi
Votes: 7,646
6. Mutter muss weg (2012 TV Movie)
88 min | Comedy
A mentally disturbed guy who feels repressed by his mother hires a killer to kill her.
Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Bastian Pastewka, Judy Winter, Karoline Eichhorn, Götz Schubert
Votes: 451
7. Phoenix (II) (2014)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, History, Music
After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter
Votes: 20,678
8. 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: 9,833
9. Irre sind männlich (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Romance
About two therapy group crashers.
Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Fahri Yardim, Milan Peschel, Peri Baumeister, Josefine Preuß
Votes: 888
10. The Man Cave (2014)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Three men have different problems with their partners. To be undisturbed, they have created a secret place inside a boiler room only for men. The Männerhort.
Director: Franziska Meyer Price | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Christoph Maria Herbst, Detlev Buck, Serkan Cetinkaya
Votes: 2,052
11. Türkisch für Anfänger (2006–2008)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Set in the German capital Berlin, the series centers around a German woman and single mother of a teenage daughter, who starts a relationship and decides to live together with a widowed Turkish father and his two teenage children.
Stars: Josefine Preuß, Anna Stieblich, Elyas M'Barek, Adnan Maral
Votes: 4,565
12. Head Full of Honey (2014)
139 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Before Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Lars Gmehling | Stars: Pasquale Aleardi, Marco Boriero, Alexa Brunner, Belinda Busch
Votes: 7,159
13. Barefoot (2005)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hedonistic bachelor Nick falls for an escaped mental patient.
Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Til Schweiger, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Tiller, Michael Mendl
Votes: 11,213
14. Vier gegen die Bank (2016)
96 min | Comedy, Crime
Four men, betrayed by the bank, unite to take revenge.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Til Schweiger, Matthias Schweighöfer, Michael Herbig, Jan Josef Liefers
Votes: 3,513
15. Hot Dog (I) (2018)
100 min | Action, Comedy
A pair of Tactical Units Police Officers from different walks of life come together to rescue an ambassador's daughter.
Director: Torsten Künstler | Stars: Til Schweiger, Matthias Schweighöfer, Anne Schäfer, Lisa Tomaschewsky
Votes: 2,150
16. 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: 375,457 | Gross: $5.51M
17. Frau Ella (2013)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man kidnaps an 87-year-old woman to escape his looming fatherhood and instead finds what's important about life.
Director: Markus Goller | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, August Diehl, Anna Bederke
Votes: 1,508
18. 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: 115,180
19. Men in the City (2009)
107 min | Comedy
The story follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other.
Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Nadja Uhl, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Maxim Mehmet
Votes: 5,296
20. Men in the City 2 (2011)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
The heroes from "Männerherzen - Men in the city" return and are searching for their "one and only true great love" more vigorously than ever, which also happens to be the name of Schlager ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Nadja Uhl, Christian Ulmen, Nika von Altenstadt, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 2,851
21. Wer's glaubt, wird selig (2012)
101 min | Comedy
The snow is staying away from the Bavarian ski village of Haunzenberg, and so are the skiers. Business is failing and so is Georg's relationship with Emilie. During his attempt to reignite ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Marie Leuenberger, Nikolaus Paryla, Lisa Maria Potthoff
Votes: 807
22. Wo ist Fred? (2006)
107 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
To catch a basketball from the favorite team of his girlfriend's spoiled son, Fred poses as a paralyzed, wheelchair-bound fan. But when he catches the ball, he also catches the attention of... See full summary »
Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Til Schweiger, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jürgen Vogel, Christoph Maria Herbst
Votes: 6,049
23. Schutzengel (2012)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled veteran from the war in Afghanistan works to protect an orphaned teenager who witnessed a murder from the killer's henchmen.
Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Numan Acar, Volker Albers, Loyd Bateman, Gode Benedix
Votes: 4,366
24. Kokowääh (2011)
126 min | Comedy
Henry is a handsome screenwriter who is trying to win the heart of the woman he truly loves. His plans are interrupted when he finds Magdalena, a little girl at his house.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Numan Acar, Meret Becker, Gode Benedix, Anne-Sophie Briest
Votes: 10,346
25. Kokowääh 2 (2013)
122 min | Comedy
Henry,his daughter Magda,his girlfriend Katharina and their newborn son live together happily,but everything starts to change when Katherina decides to live separately for a while.
Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Arthur Abraham, Andreas Adam, Sascha Alexander, Loyd Bateman
Votes: 4,239
26. Rabbit Without Ears 2 (2009)
124 min | Comedy, Romance
Ludo Decker and Anna Gotzlowski have been living together for two years. Everyday routine has set in, with Ludo neglecting his household responsibilities much to Anna's dislike, while he is... See full summary »
Directors: Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler | Stars: Tom Beck, Annika Blendl, Yvonne Catterfeld, Ken Duken
Votes: 8,557
27. Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
116 min | Comedy, Romance
Rainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months; he's released on probation but must work at a local daycare center for 300 hours. He meets Anna, who has unfinished business with him.
Director: Til Schweiger | Stars: Til Schweiger, Nora Tschirner, Matthias Schweighöfer, Alwara Höfels
Votes: 18,657
28. Atomic Blonde (2017)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Director: David Leitch | Stars: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan
Votes: 206,674 | Gross: $51.69M
29. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent
Votes: 1,585,797 | Gross: $120.54M
30. Welcome to Germany (2016)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
When a well-off Munich family takes in Diallo, a refugee from Nigeria, he soon makes friends among the family members, but they are tested when they must face racism, bureaucracy, and terror suspicions because of him.
Director: Simon Verhoeven | Stars: Senta Berger, Heiner Lauterbach, Florian David Fitz, Palina Rojinski
Votes: 5,572
31. Dr. Klein (2014–2019)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
"Dr. Klein" is a medical and family TV series, which moves between great emotion and humor. Valerie Klein is 1.32 meter tall and the only doctor in the children's hospital who meets the ... See full summary »
Stars: Christine Urspruch, Simon Licht, Martina Eitner-Acheampong, Elisabeth von Koch
Votes: 118
32. Maybe... Maybe Not (1994)
R | 93 min | Comedy
Thrown out by his girlfriend from her apartment, Axel lives for a while with Norbert, a gay man he met some days before.
Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Til Schweiger, Katja Riemann, Joachim Król, Rufus Beck
Votes: 6,420 | Gross: $0.37M
33. The Most Beautiful Day (2016)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
Andi and Benno are terminally ill, but before it comes to an end for both, they want to experience the greatest day.
Director: Florian David Fitz | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Matthias Schweighöfer, Alexandra Maria Lara, Rainer Bock
Votes: 4,307
34. Polnische Ostern (2011)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Grumpy baker Grabosch can't bear the thought that his granddaughter, now that her mother has died, will live with her Polish father. He must get Mathilda back, by all means.
Director: Jakob Ziemnicki | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Grazyna Szapolowska, Paraschiva Dragus, Adrian Topol
Votes: 163
35. Ants in the Pants (2000)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A late bloomer, 15-year-old Flo experiences his sexual awakening, relentlessly targeting his gorgeous classmate Leonie. Flos friends eagerly try to help him out. The only problem may be Leonie's boyfriend.
Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Axel Stein, Luise Helm, Mina Tander
Votes: 4,431
36. Playing Doctor (2014)
95 min | Comedy
Andi has had an inferiority complex since childhood and not only has to deal with it, but also with girls, feelings and genitalia in different sizes
Director: Marco Petry | Stars: Merlin Rose, Lisa Vicari, Max von der Groeben, Jannis Niewöhner
Votes: 1,487
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