Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fall-of-berlin-wall"

1. 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: 206,449 | Gross: $51.69M

2. Mirage (2018)

TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Two storms separated by 25 years. A woman murdered. A daughter missed. Only 72 hours to discover the truth.

Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darín, Javier Gutiérrez, Álvaro Morte

Votes: 64,206

3. The Souvenir: Part II (2021)

R | 107 min | Drama, Romance

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Honor Swinton Byrne, James Spencer Ashworth, Alice McMillan

Votes: 4,293

4. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)

R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

Director: Felix Herngren | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Mia Skäringer

Votes: 42,635 | Gross: $1.08M

5. Deutschland 89 (2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller

Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.

Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Corinna Harfouch

Votes: 3,340

6. The Pez Outlaw (2022)

TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family

Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.

Directors: Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel | Stars: Steve Glew, Kathy Glew, Josh Glew, Mike Mitros

Votes: 2,783

7. Where to Invade Next (2015)

R | 120 min | Documentary, Comedy

To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Johnny Fancelli, Christina Fancelli, Lorena Lardini

Votes: 25,700 | Gross: $3.82M

8. Le tourbillon de la vie (2022)

120 min | Drama, Romance

About an 80-year old Julia, who reflects on the decisions and circumstances that happened in her life which could have led her down different paths.

Director: Olivier Treiner | Stars: Lou de Laâge, Raphaël Personnaz, Isabelle Carré, Grégory Gadebois

Votes: 636

9. My Golden Days (2015)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance

Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.

Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Quentin Dolmaire, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Mathieu Amalric, Dinara Drukarova

Votes: 3,800 | Gross: $0.27M

10. Children of the Revolution (1996)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 2,426 | Gross: $0.83M

11. Amnesia (I) (2015)

96 min | Drama

Jo has come to Ibiza to be a DJ in the club Amnesia. He befriends a solitary woman who's trying to forget her past. As Jo draws her into techno music, Martha puts everything she had previously lived by into question.

Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Marthe Keller, Max Riemelt, Bruno Ganz, Corinna Kirchhoff

Votes: 1,205

12. World War Three (1998 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama, War

This mock documentary uses archival footage, interviews and reports taken out of context and staged interviews to highlight a possible escalation into a nuclear war. In this feature, ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Boris Sichkin, Christoph Gutknecht, Boris Lyoskin, Hans Sievers

Votes: 294

13. Un amore (1999)

97 min | Romance

Twenty years of the relationship between a man and a woman. We start in the present, as they are both married to other people and are having an adulterous affair with each other. Then we ... See full summary »

Director: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Stars: Lorenza Indovina, Fabrizio Gifuni, Luciano Federico, Roberta Lena

Votes: 191

14. 1989 (II) (2014)

97 min | Documentary, History, Thriller

The political drama of the fall of the Iron Curtain as told by one of its power brokers and the widow of one of its casualties.

Directors: Erzsébet Rácz, Anders Østergaard | Stars: Miklós Németh, Gundula Schafitel, Mathias Rössler, Uta Koch

Votes: 237

15. Friends from France (2013)

101 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1979, Carole and Jerome are 20 and go on tour in Odessa, behind the Iron Curtain. They are cousins and pretend engaged. The day as tourists, they visit monuments and museums. In the ... See full summary »

Directors: Philippe Kotlarski, Anne Weil | Stars: Soko, Jérémie Lippmann, Vladimir Friedman, Ania Bukstein

Votes: 154

16. Chris the Swiss (2018)

90 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war a young journalists' body is being found dressed with an uniform of the international mercenary group. 19 years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel detects his story.

Director: Anja Kofmel | Stars: Susanne-Marie Wrage, Megan Gay, Christian Würtenberg, Michael Würtenberg

Votes: 556

17. Castro's Revolution vs. The World (2019)

Documentary, Biography, History

Cuba's revolutionary story is one of much fervor. Fidel Castro had one objective: the liberation of a Communist Cuba. Castro's ability to form key strategic alliances enabled him to stand at the precipice of realizing his dream for Cuba.

Stars: Jose Basulto, Napoleon Vilaboa, Ricardo Alarcón, Fabian Escalante

Votes: 110

18. The Diplomat (2013)

50 min | Documentary, Sport

At the height of the Cold War, Katarina Witt became one of East Germany's most famous athletes. Trained in an ice rink that gave rise to socialist heroes, Witt dominated her field by ... See full summary »

Directors: Jennifer Arnold, Senain Kheshgi | Stars: Brian Boitano, Egon Krenz, Jutta Müller, Lothar Raschker

Votes: 45

19. Królik po berlinsku (2009)

Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History, News

The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls.

Director: Bartosz Konopka

Votes: 900

20. Stasi: A State Against Its People (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History

After the Berlin Wall fell, records of East Germany's secret police were uncovered. A documentary explores the Stasi archives, revealing surveillance methods and victims through interviews, documents and reconstructed files.

Director: Barbara Necek | Stars: Véronique Augereau, Walter Ulbricht, Karl Alich, Günther Grässler

Votes: 43

21. Decade (1989 TV Movie)

96 min | Documentary

From the 80s to the entire world.

Directors: Ted Haimes, Martha Spanninger | Stars: Linda Ellerbee, Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Eric Bogosian

Votes: 56

22. Kings for a Day (1997)

95 min | Comedy

Two simpletons finally get their 15 minutes of fame through a mistaken identity.

Director: François Velle | Stars: Stéphane Freiss, Maruschka Detmers, Mariusz Pujszo, Thierry Lhermitte

Votes: 180

23. Wer zu spät kommt - Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990 TV Movie)

115 min | Drama

The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the ... See full summary »

Directors: Jürgen Flimm, Claudia Rohe | Stars: Hanns Joachim Friedrichs, Günther Flesch, Christoph Bantzer, Edgar Bessen

Votes: 13

24. DDR - die entsorgte Republik (2019 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the program traces the historical months between October 1989 and October 1990. Among other things, the political developments after the fall of the Wall are shown.

Director: Frank Diederichs | Stars: Helmut Kohl, Lothar de Maizière, Gregor Gysi, Rudolf Seiters

25. Die Ex bin ich (2009 TV Movie)

86 min | Drama

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Director: Katrin Rothe | Stars: Maria Kwiatkowsky, Friederike Kempter, Heike Warmuth, Michael Krabbe

Votes: 22

26. The Fall (VII)

Drama, History, Thriller | Announced

East Berlin, 1989: A single mother is forced to become a spy to save her son when he's framed for murder. Her act of revenge, woven into historic events, leads to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

27. Wende im Eis - Die Geschichte der letzten DDR-Antarktisforscher (2020 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History

In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedition the Berlin Wall fell on November ... See full summary »

Director: Anna Schmidt | Stars: Hans Henrik Wöhler, Jean-Baptiste Marcenac, Norbert Flaake, Thomas Gerloff

Votes: 12

28. Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt (2020 TV Movie)

89 min | Documentary, History

After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian Bangel, Claudia Bracholdt, Paul Buske, Dilan Gropengiesser, Heike Kleffner, Stella Könemann, Lydia Meyer, Ulrike Neubecker, Johannes Radke, Elke Sasse, Toralf Staud, Adama Ulrich, Sven Wolters | Stars: Nurcan Özdemir, Amadeu António, Klaus Baldauf, Christian Bangel

Votes: 10

29. Imágenes 89 (1989 Video)

180 min | Documentary, News

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Director: Rafael S. Avelló | Stars: Manuel Chavez González, Lola Flores, Pere Gimferrer, Alfred Herrhausen

30. Jesus Jones: Right Here, Right Now (1990 Music Video)

3 min | Music

Jesus Jones performs in the music video "Right Here, Right Now" from the album "Doubt" recorded for EMI Records and SBK Records. The band performs on a sound stage while surrounded by ... See full summary »

Stars: Iain Baker, Jerry De Borg, Al Doughty, Mike Edwards

Votes: 24

31. Alles aussteigen...! - Ein S-Bahnhof und die Wende (1995 TV Movie)

44 min | Documentary

About the Berlin S-Bahn station Oranienburg, where the S1 still has one of its two end stations. At that time I took the S1 through Berlin every day, but never to Oranienburg. Because Berlin did not yet have a Ringbahn.

Director: Arpad Bondy

32. 20 to 1 (2005–2019)
Episode: Moments That Stopped the World (2006)

Documentary

Bert Newton counts down unforgettable moments and iconic images from world events from 20 to 1.

Stars: Bert Newton, Buzz Aldrin, Vanessa Amorosi, Neil Armstrong

33. Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies (2016–2019)
Episode: The Spy Game: Russian Espionage (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, Thriller

After a suspicious rise in Russian diplomats visiting the State Department, the FBI works with the Diplomatic Security Service to follow mysterious radio frequencies. The agents soon have a... See full summary »

Director: Domini Hofmann | Stars: Trevor Black, Ian Stanley

Votes: 13

34. Putin: A Russian Spy Story (2020)
Episode: The Rise of Putin (2020)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography

Putin escapes poverty by joining the KGB, his reinvention as a political fixer in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and how he gets into position to take over from President Yeltsin.

Director: Nick Green | Stars: Bashar al-Assad, Tony Brenton, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Fishman

Votes: 77

35. Die Wölfe (2009– )
Episode: Hoffnung auf Glück (2009)

Drama, History

In 1989, a new generation comes into focus as change is coming to Berlin. Two young people meet and fall in love, unknowing that their parents share a long-hidden past.

Director: Friedemann Fromm | Stars: Axel Prahl, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Johanna Gastdorf

Votes: 27

36. The Palace (2021–2022)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2022)

42 min | Drama, Music

In the autumn of 1989, a new show at the Friedrichstadt-Palast premiered with Christine in a starring role. An Englishman has choreographed the show and the East German authorities are not ... See full summary »

Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Svenja Jung, Anja Kling, Hermann Beyer, Ursula Werner

Votes: 44

37. Kylmän sodan Suomi (2021–2022)
Episode: Viimeinen filminauha (2022)

30 min | Documentary, History

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Directors: Tommi Pietiläinen, Antti Seppänen | Stars: Jari Tervo, Antti Seppänen, Martti Ahtisaari, George Bush

Votes: 10

38. Mark Felton Productions (2017– )
Episode: Vladimir Putin - KGB Agent (2022)

8 min | Documentary, History

The current (2022) leader of Russia, Vladamir Putin, joined the Soviet Communist Party and KGB right out of college. He spent his entire career in the KGB, serving much of it in Germany in ... See full summary »

Star: Mark Felton

39. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: The Gulf War: Steel Rain (1998)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Uncover the best kept secrets of the air campaign in the Gulf War. From the classified spy plane missions to the clever use of deception, learn more about the controversial yet strategic plans to destroy Iraqi targets.

Stars: Charlton Heston, David A. Fulghum, Kenneth Pollack, Paul Beaver

40. Civilization: Is the West History? (2011– )
Episode: Consumerism (2011)

TV-G | 47 min | Documentary

How post-war fashion and music captivated and created a global market. Blue jeans and rock n' roll are the thread running from 1950's America to 1968 France and Prague through 1989 Berlin and China today. Will Islam prove the lone holdout?

Stars: Niall Ferguson, Peter Janda, Annekatrin Hendel

Votes: 17

41. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Soviet General Who Switched Sides (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eva Dillon, James M. Olson, Paul Joyal, Oleg Kalugin

42. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Romeo Project (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Gabrielle Kleim was one of many women working in West Germany targeted by "Romeo Spies." Duped into sharing intelligence for love at the behest of the "Man Without a Face", East German HVA Chief Marcus Wolf.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: James M. Olson, Paul Maddrell, H. Keith Melton, David Charney

43. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Gentleman Spy: George Blake (2022)

Documentary, History, War

While a prisoner in North Korea, George Blake was recruited by the Soviets to spy on the British. He was caught and sentenced to prison but escaped to the Soviet Union.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Roger Hermiston, Mark Stout, David Major, Mark Kelton

44. The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode: Tinderbox Yugoslavia (2021)

Documentary, History, War

We begin with the search for traces in Yugoslavia's prehistory. Under the influence of changing rulers and empires, the country's structure is formed over centuries as home to five ... See full summary »

Stars: Misha Glenny, Marie-Janine Calic, Herfried Münkler, James Gow

45. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989 (2023)

Documentary, History

In 1989, the Berlin Wall was knocked down. The Soviet Union begins to come apart.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Paul Maddrell, Adam Roberts, Richard John Evans, Hope M. Harrison

46. The Goldbergs (2013–2023)
Episode: The Adam Bomb (2015)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Adam and Barry get in a prank war, while Erica tries to become a pop star.

Director: Lew Schneider | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia

Votes: 384

47. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Secrets and Sacrifices (2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Cuba's survival depends on its Communist allies. The end of the Cold War means the end of foreign aid to the island - and pushes Cuba to the brink of famine.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Dariel Alarcón Ramirez, Juan Juan Almeida, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 79

48. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: John Simpson - 50 Years on the Frontline (2016)

29 min | Documentary, News

In a very personal Panorama, one of the BBC's best known foreign correspondents looks back over his 50 year career revisiting the people and places that have impacted most on him and reveals his thoughts on the challenges for the future.

Stars: John Simpson, Xi Jinping, Lam Wang Kee, Nelson Mandela

49. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Travel Agency (No. 90) (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Cooper enlists Red on a case of personal importance, Ressler leads the Task Force to stop the resurgence of once-dormant murder-for-hire. Tom continues to investigate the suitcase despite a warning.

Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 1,336

50. Counterpart (2017–2019)
Episode: Twin Cities (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The origins of the Crossing are revealed.

Director: Justin Marks | Stars: Samuel Roukin, James Cromwell, Christiane Paul, Julia Koschitz

Votes: 1,138