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1. Dear Child (2023)
TV-MA | 286 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
Stars: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw
Votes: 25,474
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: 168,406 | Gross: $0.03M
3. Tatort (1970– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 3,065
4. Blutige Anfänger (2020– )
43 min | Crime, Drama
During police academy in Halle, students face first homicide cases under seasoned detectives' guidance. Mistakes arise as beginners learn. Each episode sees a case solved while exploring personal lives.
Stars: Esther Schweins, Neil Malik Abdullah, Martin Bretschneider, Werner Daehn
Votes: 184
5. One, Two, Three (1961)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy
In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis
Votes: 22,962
6. Hubert ohne Staller (2011– )
43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A show about two police officers from Wolfsrathausen who sometimes work a bit differently.
Stars: Christian Tramitz, Michael Brandner, Paul Sedlmeir, Hannes Ringlstetter
Votes: 892
7. Prefontaine (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer
Votes: 7,667 | Gross: $0.53M
8. Ganz normale Männer - Der 'vergessene Holocaust' (2022 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, History, War
The Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial of 1947/1948 is considered the largest murder trial in history against members of four death squads from the security police and SD (the security service ... See full summary »
Directors: Manfred Oldenburg, Oliver Halmburger | Stars: Brian Cox, Benjamin Ferencz, Christopher Browning, Harald Welzer
Votes: 1,662
9. SOKO München (1978–2020)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the Munich police's major-crimes unit.
Stars: Michel Guillaume, Wilfried Klaus, Hartmut Schreier, Florian Odendahl
Votes: 269
10. Friesland (2014– )
90 min | Crime
The humorously created crime films play in Ostfriesland and surroundings.
Stars: Felix Vörtler, Sophie Dal, Theresa Underberg, Holger Stockhaus
Votes: 197
11. Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967– )
60 min | Crime, News
With the help of viewers hints,unresolved crimes are to be clarified in public search.Viewers will be presented with unresolved cases in the form of ten-minute cinematic reconstructions in which the police-determined facts are illustrated.
Stars: Peter Nidetzky, Eduard Zimmermann, Michael Brennicke, Rudi Cerne
Votes: 252
12. WaPo Bodensee (2017– )
Crime
A team of German maritime police solve crimes on and around Lake Constance.
Stars: Floriane Daniel, Wendy Güntensperger, Noah Calvin, Diana Körner
Votes: 64
13. La Forêt des disparus (2022–2023)
43 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Near the Franco-German border, in the heart of the Black Forest and the binational military base; 12 bodies are found in a mass grave. All the victims are men, both French and German.
Stars: Hélène de Fougerolles, Grégory Fitoussi, Tchéky Karyo, Thierry Godard
Votes: 250
14. Coast Guard (1997–2016)
45 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the crew of the Albatros, a patrol boat of the German Coast Guard operating in the Baltic Sea area.
Stars: Michael Kind, Rüdiger Joswig, Elmar Gehlen, Andreas Arnstedt
Votes: 209
15. Freies Land (2019)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Trystan Pütter, Nurit Hirschfeld, Felix Kramer, Oleksandr Pecherytsia
Votes: 1,411
16. Rampage (1963)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Romance
In colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot's mistress, Anna.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Elsa Martinelli, Jack Hawkins, Sabu
Votes: 807
17. Stralsund (2009– )
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stralsund is a TV crime series of the ZDF.
Stars: Alexander Held, Katharina Wackernagel, Andreas Schröders, Karim Günes
Votes: 75
18. Man on a String (1960)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A US secret agent is sent to Berlin to pretend to be a spy for the USSR.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Kerwin Mathews, Colleen Dewhurst, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 496
19. The Invincibles (1994)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The members of a special police task force uncover a conspiracy involving leading politicians, organized crime masterminds and an ex-colleague who was believed dead. When they are to be silenced, they investigate on their own initiative.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Herbert Knaup, Katja Flint, Hansa Czypionka, Heinz Hoenig
Votes: 784
20. Der Fahnder (1984–2005)
50 min | Crime
Der Fahnder was an evening crime series of the ARD.
Stars: Dietrich Mattausch, Dieter Pfaff, Norbert Wartha, Klaus Wennemann
Votes: 240
21. Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977–1988)
25 min | Crime
Stars: Walter Sedlmayr, Elmar Wepper, Max Grießer, Bruni Löbel
Votes: 108
22. The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
German Police Inspector Lohmann investigates a string of crimes resembling Dr. Mabuse's M.O. but Mabuse is in Professor Polland's care inside an insane asylum.
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid, Charles Regnier
Votes: 607
23. The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Crime, Drama
Evil mastermind Dr. Mabuse seeks Professor Erasmus' secret invention, a device that makes one invisible, but a murder in a revue theatre brings the German police and the FBI into the mix.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Rudolf Fernau
Votes: 593
24. Rocker (1972 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, Action, Crime
In Hamburg, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs.
Director: Klaus Lemke | Stars: Hans-Jürgen Modschiedler, Gerd Kruskopf, Michael-Thomas Krannich, Paul Lys
Votes: 440
25. Desperate Moment (1953)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Simon Van Halder (Sir Dirk Bogarde) is accused of murdering a British soldier during post-World War II mayhem. His girlfriend works on his behalf to expose the true villain.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven
Votes: 214
26. Hafenpolizei (1963–1966)
25 min | Crime
The cases of the Hamburg port police.
Stars: Jochen Blume, Herbert A.E. Böhme, Josef Dahmen, Til Kiwe
Votes: 68
27. Isar 12 (1961–1963)
25 min | Action, Drama
Stars: Karl Tischlinger, Wilmut Borell, Fritz Straßner, Eberhard Mondry
Votes: 65
28. Blaulicht (1959–1968)
Crime
Depicts the assignments of the Volkspolizei or VoPo, the national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Stars: Alexander Papendiek, Horst Torka, Bruno Carstens, Werner Senftleben
Votes: 8
29. In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod (1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Two women with different goals in life are independently out on the town of Frankfurt am Main. One is an offbeat thief and the other an East German spy.
Directors: Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz | Stars: Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Alfred Edel, Norbert Kentrup
Votes: 219
30. The NSU-Complex (2016 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
An underground neo-nazi organisation evades law enforcement whilst performing horrific acts of crime and violence. But for how long?
Directors: Stefan Aust, Dirk Laabs | Stars: Stefan Aust, Tino Brandt, Uwe Böhnhardt, Arne-Andreas Ernst
Votes: 359
31. Natürlich die Autofahrer (1959)
82 min | Comedy
Eberhard Dobermann is a widower and a policeman who loves to control the roads and let people pay fines. Even with his neighbour and friend Jutta Schmalbach he has no pity. Thus he cannot ... See full summary »
Director: Erich Engels | Stars: Heinz Erhardt, Maria Perschy, Erik Schumann, Ruth Stephan
Votes: 488
32. Wir Kellerkinder (1960)
86 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A camera team is desperately searching for swastika graffiti. Finally they find a man willing to paint one -- on the window of his fathers nightclub. And he tells them also, how his father ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Bellenbaum | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Karin Baal, Ingrid van Bergen, Jo Herbst
Votes: 149
33. Fluchtweg St. Pauli - Großalarm für die Davidswache (1971)
83 min | Crime, Thriller
The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Staudte | Stars: Horst Frank, Christiane Krüger, Heinz Reincke, Klaus Schwarzkopf
Votes: 143
34. Polizeirevier Davidswache (1964)
97 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
A couple of days in the life of a police station in Hamburg.
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Wolfgang Kieling, Hannelore Schroth, Günther Ungeheuer, Günther Neutze
Votes: 104
35. Die großen Kriminalfälle (2000–2006)
45 min | Documentary
Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Rolf Bossi, Elisabeth Müller-Luckmann, Josef Wilfling
Votes: 30
36. Razzia in St. Pauli (1932)
74 min | Crime, Drama
Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.
Director: Werner Hochbaum | Stars: Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß, Wolfgang Zilzer, Charly Wittong
Votes: 91
37. Im Namen des Volkes (1939)
85 min
Director: Erich Engels | Stars: Rudolf Fernau, Christine Grabe, Fritz Kampers, Ellen Bang
38. Die Scheinheiligen (2001)
80 min | Comedy
The local government are planning the construction of a motorway exit with a fast-food restaurant.
Director: Thomas Kronthaler | Stars: Maria Singer, Johannes Demmel, Michael Emina, Andreas Lechner
Votes: 223
39. The Small White Mouse (1964)
76 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Every morning, Helene rides her motor scooter past Fritz, the police officer who controls traffic at the intersection. He shows his affection by favorably switching the green light for her.... See full summary »
Director: Gottfried Kolditz | Stars: Rolf Herricht, Karin Schröder, Marianne Wünscher, Gerd Ehlers
Votes: 60
40. Blockierte Signale (1948)
97 min
Director: Johannes Meyer | Stars: Heidi Kürschner, Heinz Engelmann, Wolfgang Lukschy, Walter Franck
41. Staatsfeinde in Uniform (2019 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
There is enormous suspicion in connection with the case of the right-wing soldier Franco A., who allegedly illegally hided masses of firearm munition for the Day X of the coup against the ... See full summary »
Director: Dirk Laabs | Stars: Goetz Bielefeldt, Rafael Behr, Armin Bohnert, Lorenz Caffier
42. Der Schuß im Tonfilmatelier (1930)
73 min | Thriller
During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police.
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Gerda Maurus, Harry Frank, Berthe Ostyn, Erwin Kalser
Votes: 61
43. Einsatz aus besonderem Anlass (1988)
15 min | Short
An unusual record of a police operation to ensure the "smooth handling" of a major soccer event (first division soccer game of Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Werden Bremen).
Director: Joachim Kreck
44. Im Fadenkreuz: Deutschland und die RAF (1997)
Documentary
Stars: Helmut Schmidt, Hans-Christian Ströbele, Wolfgang Steinke, Horst Bubeck
45. Hate: A Journey to the Dark Heart of Racism (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Nadav Eyal in a fascinating journey to meet the new anti-semitics in Europe. Rare interviews with Neo-Nazis, extreme writers and victims of antisemitism.
Director: Nadav Eyal | Stars: Nadav Eyal, Adonis Georgiades, Dieter Hanitzsch, Fiyaz Mughal
46. Banditen der Autobahn (1955)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Hans Christian Blech, Paul Hörbiger, Karl Ludwig Diehl
Votes: 47
47. Der scheinheilige Florian (1941)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Joe Stöckel | Stars: Joe Stöckel, Erna Fentsch, Josef Eichheim, Elise Aulinger
48. Hitlers Polizei (2011 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Frank Gutermuth, Holger Hillesheim, Sebastian Kuhn, Wolfgang Schoen | Stars: Christopher Browning, Serge Klarsfeld
Votes: 9
49. Deutschlands größte Kriminalfälle: Dem Verbrechen auf der Spur (2014– )
88 min | Documentary
Stars: Gisela Friedrichsen, Nahlah Saimeh, Hans-Hermann Tiedje, Heinrich Schmitz
50. Der Polizeistaatsbesuch - Beobachtungen unter deutschen Gastgebern (1967 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife Farah Diba in West Germany in 1967.
Director: Roman Brodmann | Stars: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, Kurt-Georg Kiesinger, Willy Brandt
Votes: 33