Austria (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Corsage (2022)
114 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Colin Morgan, Vicky Krieps, Finnegan Oldfield, Jeanne Werner
Votes: 6,474
2. Funny Games (1997)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Votes: 77,790
3. Woman of the Dead (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Felix Klare, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Emilia Pieske
Votes: 4,517
4. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 56,451 | Gross: $1.17M
5. Antares (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories revolve around the love lives of an adulterous woman, a checkout girl and a single mother.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Petra Morzé, Andreas Patton, Hary Prinz, Susanne Wuest
Votes: 3,288
6. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Votes: 102,337 | Gross: $6.74M
7. Freud (2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Thriller
Young Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
Stars: Robert Finster, Ella Rumpf, Georg Friedrich, Christoph F. Krutzler
Votes: 12,423
8. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)
45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A recently-divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.
Stars: Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek
Votes: 5,834
9. Great Freedom (2021)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.
Director: Sebastian Meise | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn
Votes: 5,607
10. Rubikon (2022)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Following a catastrophe on Earth, the planet is covered in a toxic fog. The crew in the space station, must decide whether to risk their lives to get home and search for survivors, or stay safe in the station's "algae symbiosis system".
Director: Magdalena Lauritsch | Stars: Julia Franz Richter, George Blagden, Mark Ivanir, Nicholas Monu
Votes: 3,194
11. Angst (I) (1983)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
Director: Gerald Kargl | Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Karin Springer
Votes: 12,093
12. The Dark (I) (2018)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.
Directors: Justin P. Lange, Klemens Hufnagl | Stars: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics, Sarah Murphy-Dyson
Votes: 5,713
13. Benny's Video (1992)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner
Votes: 17,340
14. Sissi (1955)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz
Votes: 9,412
15. The Dawn Wall (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
Directors: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer | Stars: John Branch, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson
Votes: 20,308 | Gross: $1.08M
16. The Seventh Continent (1989)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia, seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel
Votes: 15,890
17. Michael (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Directors: Markus Schleinzer, Kathrin Resetarits | Stars: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 4,965 | Gross: $0.02M
18. Import Export (2007)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Ekateryna Rak, Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka, Oksana Ivanivna Sklyarenko, Dmytro Andriyovich Gachkov
Votes: 6,022
19. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during WWII.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 46,337 | Gross: $5.48M
20. The Wall (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Pölsler | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach, Karlheinz Hackl, Ulrike Beimpold
Votes: 6,598 | Gross: $0.04M
21. Little Joe (2019)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor
Votes: 8,446
22. Sparta (2022)
101 min | Drama
Follow-up to Ulrich Seidl's previous film, Rimini. It focuses on Richie Bravo's brother, Ewald.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Georg Friedrich, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Florentina Elena Pop
Votes: 125
23. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 15,098
24. Family Dinner (I) (2022)
97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An overweight teenager spends the holidays at her aunt's farm in the hope of getting help to lose weight, but soon after her arrival, she begins to suspect that something is very wrong at this place.
Director: Peter Hengl | Stars: Pia Hierzegger, Michael Pink, Nina Katlein, Alexander Sladek
Votes: 244
25. Hagazussa (2017)
102 min | Drama, Horror
Paranoia & Superstition in 15th Century Europe.
Director: Lukas Feigelfeld | Stars: Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky
Votes: 6,388 | Gross: $0.01M
26. The Trouble with Being Born (2020)
94 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Elli is an android programmed with memories that mean everything to her owner but nothing to her. The story of a machine and the ghosts we all carry within us.
Director: Sandra Wollner | Stars: Lena Watson, Dominik Warta, Ingrid Burkhard, Jana McKinnon
Votes: 1,257
27. The Dark Valley (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Drama, Western
Through a hidden path, a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alps. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.
Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert
Votes: 13,819
28. Tage, die es nicht gab (2022– )
Drama
The cohesion of Miriam, Doris, Inés and Christiane - four school friends who are still very close friends despite their differences - is put to the test. A suicide turns out to be murder, ... See full summary »
Stars: Franziska Weisz, Diana Amft, Jasmin Gerat, Sissy Höfferer
Votes: 130
29. Hinterland (2021)
98 min | Crime, Drama, History
When an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial-killer to justice.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries, Max von der Groeben, Marc Limpach
Votes: 1,242
30. The Scary House (2020)
100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hendrik is sixteen, a big city kid, and vexed to learn that his mother is moving with him and his little brother Eddi to a village in the south of Austria. To make matters worse, the locals... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Prochaska | Stars: León Orlandianyi, Benno Rosskopf, Julia Koschitz, Marii Weichsler
Votes: 4,161
31. Vera (I) (2022)
115 min | Drama
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Stars: Asia Argento, Annamaria Ciancamerla, Sebastian Dascalu, Daniel De Palma
Votes: 187
32. Paradise: Love (2012)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama
Teresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz
Votes: 9,384 | Gross: $0.02M
33. The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A high-powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic sister attempts suicide.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger, Michelle Barthel
Votes: 1,275 | Gross: $0.02M
34. Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl (1981)
97 min | Drama, Romance
A West German man, mistaken by the police for a left wing terrorist, hides in Vienna with a prostitute and her incestuous teen daughter. They become both a threesome and a happy surrogate family, but nothing lasts forever.
Director: Hans-Christof Stenzel | Stars: Volker Spengler, Lydia Kreibohm, Karina Fallenstein, Heinz Schubert
Votes: 130
35. Dog Days (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama
In the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Maria Hofstätter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann, Georg Friedrich
Votes: 6,369 | Gross: $0.01M
36. Day and Night (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.
Director: Sabine Derflinger | Stars: Philipp Hochmair, Nicoletta Prokes, Anna Rot, Martina Spitzer
Votes: 466
37. Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 5,661
38. Club Zero
Drama, Thriller | Post-production
A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sam Hoare, Amanda Lawrence
39. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
71 scenes revolving around a recent immigrant, a couple that has just adopted a daughter, a college student and a lonely old man.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent
Votes: 8,207
40. 42plus (2007)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Successful and attractive Christine is married to the equally profession oriented Georg. They have a teenage child Sonja whom is beginning to break away from the parental nest. Everything ... See full summary »
Director: Sabine Derflinger | Stars: Claudia Michelsen, Ulrich Tukur, Tobias Moretti, Petra Morzé
Votes: 220
41. Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
107 min | Drama, History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 6,954
42. Eismayer (2022)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, History, Romance
Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. Based on real events.
Director: David Wagner | Stars: Gerhard Liebmann, Luka Dimic, Julia Koschitz, Anton Noori
Votes: 300
43. Some Like It Cool (1977)
R | 100 min | Comedy
While hiding from the royal authorities,Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are... See full summary »
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Marisa Mell, Jean Lefebvre
Votes: 462
44. Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert (2023)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Samuel Resch, Basil Eidenbenz
Votes: 67
45. Klimt (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Biography, Drama
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 3,147
46. Blood Glacier (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Scientists working in the Austrian Alps discover that a glacier is leaking a liquid that appears to be affecting local wildlife.
Director: Marvin Kren | Stars: Gerhard Liebmann, Edita Malovcic, Santos, Hille Beseler
Votes: 3,920
47. Mesmer (1994)
Not Rated | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Donal Donnelly, David Burke, Peter Dvorsky, Alan Rickman
Votes: 1,081
48. Fast Forward (2009–2023)
45 min | Crime
Angelika Schnell is a chaotic policewoman who trusts her inner voice more than facts, which leads to curious conclusions as well as discussions with her medical-examiner ex-husband Stefan ... See full summary »
Stars: Wolf Bachofner, Ursula Strauss, Katharina Straßer, Andreas Lust
Votes: 302
49. Paradise: Faith (2012)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
A single woman in her 50s devotes her vacations to doing Catholic missionary work in Vienna, descending into violent self-punishment as part of her faith.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, René Rupnik, Natalya Baranova
Votes: 4,763 | Gross: $0.01M
50. Progressive Touch (2020)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Progressive Touch depicts three futuristic, absurdist love scenes in which the goal is to "improve" sex by complicating its rhythm and choreography. Sex as dance as comedy - with every move synchronized to the propulsive electronic score.
Director: Michael Portnoy | Stars: Tizo All, Ilona Bankiraj, Marc Philipp Gabriel, Juan Felipe Amaya González
Votes: 52