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1. Momo (1986)
101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In the village of Momo the pace of time goes very slowly. Nobody is bothering about stress but everyone has time to chat and rest - until the day the grey men arrive. With a great selling ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Schaaf | Stars: Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 2,085
2. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 168,440 | Gross: $0.03M
3. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Lars Eidinger, Fritzi Haberlandt
Votes: 29,960
4. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 1,450,473 | Gross: $96.90M
5. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Barbara Valentin, Irm Hermann
Votes: 23,848
6. 4 Blocks (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Based in Neukölln, Berlin, Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arab gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, it's never that simple.
Stars: Kida Khodr Ramadan, Veysel Gelin, Sami Nasser, Wasiem Taha
Votes: 9,506
7. 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: 410,435 | Gross: $11.29M
8. 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: 375,180 | Gross: $5.51M
9. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 156,923 | Gross: $20.16M
10. Valkyrie (2008)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 259,222 | Gross: $83.08M
11. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,416
12. Jud Süss - Film ohne Gewissen (2010)
Not Rated | 114 min | Biography, Drama, War
Rise and fall of actor Ferdinand Marian, who takes the chance and stars in the anti-semitic movie Jud Süß (1940).
Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Tobias Moretti, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Justus von Dohnányi
Votes: 1,168
13. 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, Gia Bay
Votes: 2,994
14. Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt (2017)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Years after a nervous breakdown Karl goes on tour with old friends and upcoming electronic music DJs. Beeing the only sober person in a environment full of drugs and alcohol starts to bring back demons.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Charly Hübner, Annika Meier, Detlev Buck, Marc Hosemann
Votes: 1,075
15. Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver embark on an adventurous journey through fantastic worlds to free the kidnapped Princess Li Si from the impenetrable Dragon City and solve the secret of Jim's mysterious origins.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Henning Baum, Solomon Gordon, Annette Frier, Uwe Ochsenknecht
Votes: 2,858
16. 23 (1998)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp
Votes: 7,285
17. Berlin, I Love You (2019)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.
Directors: Dianna Agron, Peter Chelsom, Claus Clausen, Fernando Eimbcke, Justin Franklin, Dennis Gansel, Dani Levy, Daniel Lwowski, Stephanie Martin, Josef Rusnak, Til Schweiger, Massy Tadjedin, Gabriela Tscherniak | Stars: Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Luke Wilson, Jim Sturgess
Votes: 3,926
18. The Tin Drum (1979)
R | 142 min | Drama, War
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach
Votes: 25,749
19. Das Boot (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 264,319 | Gross: $11.49M
20. Berlin Blues (2003)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called "Herr Lehmann", is part of a lethargic West Berlin-microcosm. His lifestyle is disturbed when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with his girlfriend and his best friend acts strange.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Katja Danowski, Detlev Buck, Janek Rieke
Votes: 7,629
21. Europa Europa (1990)
R | 112 min | Drama, History, War
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider, André Wilms
Votes: 17,475 | Gross: $5.58M
22. Emil and the Detectives (1931)
75 min | Adventure, Family, Drama
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach
Votes: 715
23. Otto - Der Außerfriesische (1989)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian homeland, but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But when his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn to do, Otto tries to convince him.
Directors: Marijan David Vajda, Otto Waalkes | Stars: Otto Waalkes, Barbara May, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Volkmar Kleinert
Votes: 2,749
24. Der kleine Grenzverkehr (1943)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
Dr. Georg Rentmeister on vacation in Reichenhall (Bavaria) is going to meet his friend Karl in Salzburg (Austria). But due to foreign currency regulations he is only allowed to spend 10 ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Deppe | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Hertha Feiler, Heinz Salfner, Hilde Sessak
Votes: 25
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: 2,282
26. Kanak Attack (2000)
86 min | Drama
Director: Lars Becker | Stars: Andreas Hoppe, Tyron Ricketts, David Scheller, Luk Piyes
Votes: 847
27. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
This lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.
Director: Josef von Báky | Stars: Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Hans Brausewetter
Votes: 2,182
28. Voll normaaal (1994)
91 min | Animation, Comedy, Thriller
Tommie works as mechanic in a garage and loves crazy exhausts. But when he steals the exhaust of the procurer Jupp a lot of trouble starts: Jupp gives Tommie an ultimatum to replace the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralf Huettner | Stars: Tom Gerhardt, Hilmi Sözer, Veronica Ferres, Grace Simon
Votes: 3,587
29. Attention, Papa Arrives! (1991)
89 min | Comedy, Family
After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire. The former manager has plenty of time now to spend with his wife and their 16... See full summary »
Directors: Vicco von Bülow, Renate Westphal-Lorenz | Stars: Evelyn Hamann, Vicco von Bülow, Irm Hermann, Hans-Peter Korff
Votes: 5,942
30. The Exception (2016)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, War
A German soldier tries to determine if the Dutch resistance has planted a spy to infiltrate the home of Kaiser Wilhelm in Holland during the onset of World War II, but falls for a young Jewish Dutch woman during his investigation.
Director: David Leveaux | Stars: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Ella Holland
Votes: 15,402 | Gross: $0.61M
31. Elementarteilchen (2006)
113 min | Drama, Romance
Two half brothers in Berlin, 30+, one an introverted scientist, the other a sexually frustrated teacher, have no love life. That's about to change.
Director: Oskar Roehler | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Franka Potente, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 8,305
32. Club Las Piranjas (1995 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy
Karl-Heinz, a filling-station attendant, and his family, Herta, a retiree, Kurt, a drugstore branch manager, and Margot, a divorced man-hunter, have only one thing in common: they have ... See full summary »
Director: Ulli Baumann | Stars: Hape Kerkeling, Angelika Milster, Judy Winter, Michael Brandner
Votes: 694
33. Superstau (1991)
80 min | Comedy
Every year a lot of German people prepare to spent their holidays in the sunny south. And all of them have to use the same motor ways. And every year all comes to an end in a big jam.
Director: Manfred Stelzer | Stars: Ottfried Fischer, Ralf Richter, Monika Baumgartner, Hildegard Lena Kuhlenberg
Votes: 1,013 | Gross: $0.26M
34. Sörensen hat Angst (2020 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With an anxiety disorder in his luggage, Chief Inspector Sörensen is transferred from Hamburg to the Frisian town of Katenbüll. He hopes that the small town will provide him with a quiet, tranquil working life.
Director: Bjarne Mädel | Stars: Bjarne Mädel, Katrin Wichmann, Leo Meier, Matthias Brandt
Votes: 2,068
35. Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002)
101 min | Comedy
A group of rather slapdash builders are rather imaginative at solving what problems come their way. Whatever it is that doesn't fit the picture, it will be made fit in no time.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Peter Thorwarth, Ralf Richter, Hilmi Sözer, Willi Thomczyk
Votes: 4,137
36. In the Fade (2017)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Numan Acar, Adam Bousdoukos, Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto
Votes: 35,627 | Gross: $0.32M
37. Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A violent chain of events ensues as a jailed criminal arranges to buy a car from a shady car dealer, unaware that his partner in freedom has squandered most of the money from their last bank robbery on horse race betting.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Oliver Korittke, Markus Knüfken, Ralf Richter, Diether Krebs
Votes: 10,829
38. 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: 115,097
39. 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: 152,635 | Gross: $4.06M
40. Annaluise & Anton (1999)
107 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
Pünktchen and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother, who always travels through the world more for public... See full summary »
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Elea Geissler, Max Felder, Juliane Köhler, August Zirner
Votes: 1,062
41. 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: 206,969 | Gross: $7.27M
42. 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: 40,117 | Gross: $0.48M
43. 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: 32,375 | Gross: $0.18M
44. 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: 3,549
45. 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: 96,094 | Gross: $0.14M
46. How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
To win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe's largest online drug business from their teenage bedroom.
Stars: Maximilian Mundt, Danilo Kamperidis, Lena Klenke, Damian Hardung
Votes: 39,811
47. Look Who's Back (2015)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.
Director: David Wnendt | Stars: Oliver Masucci, Thomas M. Köppl, Marc-Marvin Israel, David Gebigke
Votes: 49,630
48. 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: 444,064
49. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2019)
119 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A Jewish family in Berlin family must flee the Nazis. First, they go to Zürich. From there they go to Paris, and finally to London.
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Riva Krymalowski, Marinus Hohmann, Carla Juri, Oliver Masucci
Votes: 3,380
50. Never Look Away (2018)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl
Votes: 25,342 | Gross: $1.30M
51. 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: 6,015
52. Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the legendary King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), his opera interest and friendship with theatre personalities such as Richard Wagner and Joseph Kainz, and at the same time a reflection of the German 1800s.
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Stars: Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Hanna Köhler, Ursula Strätz
Votes: 336
53. Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee (2013)
103 min | Comedy
The lifeguard of the Friedrichshagen lido is mysteriously bitten off his right hand. The bite wounds indicate the existence of a shark in the Müggelsee. On the advice of the city marketing representative, a shark alarm is finally sounded.
Directors: Leander Haußmann, Sven Regener | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Michael Gwisdek, Uwe Dag Berlin, Anna-Maria Hirsch
Votes: 632
54. Hannah Arendt (2012)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Votes: 12,021 | Gross: $0.71M
55. Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
Director: Yasemin Samdereli | Stars: Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Lilay Huser, Demet Gül
Votes: 7,223
56. Leroy (2007)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Leroy (16) is an Afro-German boy who, not only notoriously unlucky, must also battle with an identity crisis born of the fact that he is both a highly cultured, well-mannered German AND ... See full summary »
Director: Armin Völckers | Stars: Alain Morel, Anna Hausburg, Constantin von Jascheroff, Günther Kaufmann
Votes: 678
57. Morris from America (2016)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
Director: Chad Hartigan | Stars: Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Patrick Güldenberg
Votes: 5,632 | Gross: $0.09M
58. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime, Comedy
Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
Director: Thomas Jahn | Stars: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu
Votes: 33,678 | Gross: $0.00M
59. Ballermann 6 (1997)
95 min | Comedy
Scrambling up their last money, two dudes journey to Mallorca to fullfill their dream and participate in Europe's most famous beach parties.
Directors: Gernot Roll, Tom Gerhardt | Stars: Tom Gerhardt, Hilmi Sözer, Diana Frank, Christoph M. Ohrt
Votes: 3,477
60. Operation Finale (2018)
PG-13 | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz
Votes: 48,906 | Gross: $17.61M
61. Bunte Hunde (1995)
100 min | Crime
Director: Lars Becker | Stars: Oana Solomon, Peter Lohmeyer, Til Schweiger, Catrin Striebeck
Votes: 68
62. Russendisko (2012)
100 min | Comedy
Following Russian immigrant narrator Wladimir as he and his friends navigate Berlin around the time of German Reunification, Russendisko holds plotlines pertaining to the lives and relationships of himself and those close to him.
Director: Oliver Ziegenbalg | Stars: Matthias Schweighöfer, Friedrich Mücke, Christian Friedel, Peri Baumeister
Votes: 1,803
63. Fraktus - Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte (2012)
95 min | Comedy, Music
An inept music manager documents his attempt of bringing about a comeback of the 80s techno pioneers Fraktus, who in the past 30 years have disconnected both from each other and their music.
Directors: Lars Jessen, Jacques Palminger, Rocko Schamoni, Sebastian Schultz, Heinz Strunk | Stars: Devid Striesow, Heinz Strunk, Rocko Schamoni, Jacques Palminger
Votes: 1,523
64. Verschwende deine Jugend (2003)
97 min | Music, Comedy, Drama
The year is 1981, the German New Wave is at the peak. Harry, otherwise Sparkasse trainee, wants to make it big as a manager of the band of his friends, Apollo Schwabing. He has booked the ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Quabeck | Stars: Tom Schilling, Robert Stadlober, Jessica Schwarz, Marlon Kittel
Votes: 1,138
65. Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe (2008)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
A young game designer falls in love with an older woman and suddenly his whole life turns upside down.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Tom Schilling, Christian Sengewald, Julia Dietze, Peter Jordan
Votes: 732
66. Tough Enough (2006)
98 min | Crime, Drama
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It's about ... See full summary »
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre, Oktay Özdemir
Votes: 3,541
67. Pünktchen und Anton (1953)
91 min | Comedy, Family
Despite their social differences, daughter of wealthy parents Luise (aka Pünktchen) befriends Anton, a boy who must earn his own money in order to support his sick mother and himself. ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Engel | Stars: Hertha Feiler, Paul Klinger, Annie Rosar, Jane Tilden
Votes: 245
68. 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
69. Der Fischer und seine Frau (2005)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Otto (Ulmen) and his friend Leo (Verhoeven) are German veterinarians, travelling Japan looking for Fish to buy and sell. They meet young German fashion designer Ida (Lara) and they both ... See full synopsis »
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Christian Ulmen, Simon Verhoeven, Zoe Hüttenhain
Votes: 837
70. Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht! (2009)
96 min | Comedy
When Jan decides to marry his girlfriend Sara, he is not aware of his opponent: her father, an Italian patriarch. Antonio won't hear of a wedding anywhere else than in Campobello, his ... See full summary »
Director: Neele Leana Vollmar | Stars: Christian Ulmen, Mina Tander, Lino Banfi, Maren Kroymann
Votes: 2,248
71. Merkel (2020 TV Movie)
118 min | Drama, History
Angela Merkel's decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country: some praised the moral stance, others criticized the surrender of sovereignty. Yet what would ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Wagner | Stars: Imogen Kogge, Josef Bierbichler, Wolfgang Pregler, Tristan Seith
Votes: 410
72. 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: 57,662
73. Soul Kitchen (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke
Votes: 40,429 | Gross: $0.27M
74. The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Baki Davrak, Gürsoy Gemec, Cengiz Daner, Tuncel Kurtiz
Votes: 33,516 | Gross: $0.74M
75. In July (2000)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Üner
Votes: 22,838
76. Solino (2002)
124 min | Drama, Comedy
In the sixties Romano Amato, his wife Rosa and their two sons Giancarlo and Gigi emigrate from Solino in Italy to Duisburg in the Ruhr area and establish the first Pizza restaurant in town.... See full summary »
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Barnaby Metschurat, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Tasche, Tiziana Lodato
Votes: 5,736
77. Ödipussi (1988)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Gray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the... See full summary »
Director: Vicco von Bülow | Stars: Vicco von Bülow, Katharina Brauren, Evelyn Hamann, Edda Seippel
Votes: 4,348
78. Short Sharp Shock (1998)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Gabriel (Mehmet Kurtulus) gets out of jail and is determined to put his criminal past behind him. Yet with his two friends Bobby (Aleksandar Jovanovic) and Costa (Adam Bousdoukos) drawn to crime, will he be dragged back in?
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Mehmet Kurtulus, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Adam Bousdoukos, Regula Grauwiller
Votes: 5,371
79. Manta, Manta (1991)
91 min | Comedy
Proud German owners of Opel Manta's race the streets against VW's and Mercedes. They decide to set up a real race with lots of money involved.
Director: Wolfgang Büld | Stars: Til Schweiger, Tina Ruland, Stefan Gebelhoff, Sabine Berg
Votes: 5,825
80. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,245
81. Kebab Connection (2004)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
In Hamburg, Ibrahim "Ibo" Secmez, of Turkish descent, wants to direct the first German kung-fu movie. For now he makes commercials for his uncle's kebab restaurant. When Titzie, Ibo's ... See full summary »
Director: Anno Saul | Stars: Denis Moschitto, Nora Tschirner, Emanuel Bettencourt, Numan Acar
Votes: 5,211
82. Only God Can Judge Me (2017)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a botched robbery attempt five years ago, Ricky went to jail for his brother Rafael and his buddy Latif. Now that he is back out of jail, Latif wants to show his gratitude: he says he... See full summary »
Director: Özgür Yildirim | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Edin Hasanovic, Peter Simonischek
Votes: 2,421
83. UFO in Her Eyes (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A mysterious Chinese peasant woman one day claims she has seen a UFO, from that day the world turns to upside down. The film is a metaphoric political satire on post-Mao era China.
Director: Xiaolu Guo | Stars: Ke Shi, Udo Kier, Mandy Zhang, Y. Peng Liu
Votes: 193
84. Rossini (1997)
114 min | Comedy
Jakob Windisch has written THE number one bestselling novel. Since he is very shy, no-one has seen him except Uhu Zigeuner who is the designated director of the film adaption. Zigeuner is ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Dietl | Stars: Götz George, Mario Adorf, Heiner Lauterbach, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 2,398
85. Der Schattenmann (1996)
600 min | Crime, Thriller
Undercover cop Charly Held sneaks into the organization of Jan Herzog, the head of organised crime in Frankfurt. Slowly, he gains the Herzog's trust and is pulled deeper and deeper into the... See full summary »
Stars: Stefan Kurt, Mario Adorf, Heinz Hoenig, Günter Strack
Votes: 296
86. Die Reise nach Wien (1973)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
During the closing months of the Second World War, two small-town German women discover some money in an attic and decide to spend it on a trip to Vienna.
Director: Edgar Reitz | Stars: Elke Sommer, Hannelore Elsner, Mario Adorf, Nicolas Brieger
Votes: 72
87. The Day It Rained (1959)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A motorcycle gang in post-war Germany wreaks havoc on a town, until one of their members begins to have second thoughts after a run-in with the police.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Mario Adorf, Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe, Corny Collins
Votes: 92
88. Chiko (2008)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Loyalty between two friends is stretched to its limit by one's deception.
Director: Özgür Yildirim | Stars: Denis Moschitto, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volkan Özcan, Reyhan Sahin
Votes: 3,821
89. The Endless Night (1963)
85 min | Drama
A thick fog force the travelers to persevere on the ground for many hours at Berlin-Tempelhof airport. Among them is a businessman who is facing ruin and not shy away, throwing his girlfriend to another man's neck in order to save himself.
Director: Will Tremper | Stars: Karin Hübner, Louise Martini, Harald Leipnitz, Hannelore Elsner
Votes: 290
90. Der Totmacher (1995)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this ... See full summary »
Director: Romuald Karmakar | Stars: Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch, Pierre Franckh, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Votes: 2,348
91. Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (1985)
95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man who has just become unemployed kills his closest relatives before he judges himself. Commissioner Schimanski determined.
Director: Hajo Gies | Stars: Götz George, Renan Demirkan, Rufus, Eberhard Feik
Votes: 442
92. Werner - Beinhart! (1990)
93 min | Action, Animation, Comedy
Broesel has to make a Werner animation film but right now he has no real ideas for new stories. Thus he simply draws some stories from Werner's youth.
Directors: Gerhard Hahn, Niki List, Michael Schaack | Stars: Klaus Büchner, Andi Feldmann, Kulle Westphal, Rötger Feldmann
Votes: 6,230
93. Schtonk (1992)
115 min | Comedy, Crime
The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.
Director: Helmut Dietl | Stars: Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger, Dagmar Manzel
Votes: 4,028
94. Harms (2013)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Tough felon Harms comes out of jail and plans the next big thing with his old crew: rob the central bank.
Director: Nikolai Müllerschön | Stars: Ben Blaskovic, Martin Brambach, Hans-Maria Darnov, Blerim Destani
Votes: 184
95. Enlightenment Guaranteed (1999)
109 min | Drama, Comedy
Two very different brothers get together for a temporary stay in a Japanese Zen monastery. The trip from Germany to Japan brings up some unexpected quests they need to manage. Soon both ... See full summary »
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Uwe Ochsenknecht, Gustav-Peter Wöhler, Petra Zieser, Ulrike Kriener
Votes: 1,365
96. Ein schmaler Grat (2013)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Daniel Harrich | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Grit Boettcher, Hannah Goesch, Heiner Lauterbach
Votes: 31
97. Men... (1985)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
A man's wife leaves him to take up with an artist, so the man responds by becoming the artist's roommate.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Janna Marangosoff
Votes: 1,347
98. Joyeux Noel (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music
In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
Votes: 31,986 | Gross: $1.05M
99. Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
TV-14 | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
A profile of the life of Adolf Hitler with a unique slant, as a child and his rise through the ranks of the National Socialist German Workers Party prior to World War II.
Stars: Peter Stormare, Friedrich von Thun, Peter O'Toole, Zoe Telford
Votes: 23,616
100. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
R | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two enamoured strangers look for a warm place in a cold world.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Votes: 14,945 | Gross: $0.87M
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