Best German Language Movies by Rank
23
1
1931
Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Pre-Noir / Cult
Germany
German
25
2
1927
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
48
3
1972
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
Adventure / Drama / History / Epic / Cult
West Germany / Peru / Mexico
German
59
4
1987
Wim Wenders
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Curt Bois, Peter Falk
Fantasy / Drama / Romance / Religion
West Germany / France
German
61
5
1922
F.W. Murnau
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach
Horror / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
214
6
1930
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
222
7
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Drama / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
283
8
1981
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Drama / War / Adventure
West Germany
German
318
9
1979
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
Drama / War
West Germany
German
328
10
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
393
11
1922
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
430
12
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
448
13
2004
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes
Drama / History / War / Biography
Germany / Italy / Austria
German
456
14
1979
Volker Schlöndorff
Mario Adorf, David Bennent, Angela Winkler, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski
Drama / Period Film / War
West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia
German
460
15
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Hermann, Elma Karlowa
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
470
16
1977
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
485
17
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
491
18
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
507
19
1932
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Horror
France / Germany
German
513
20
1974
Werner Herzog
Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge
Drama / Crime / Biography / Period Film
West Germany
German
514
21
2009
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Josef Bierbichler
Drama / Period Film
Austria / France / Germany
German
542
22
1924
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
544
23
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
671
24
1984
Edgar Reitz
Marita Breuer, Edgar Reitz, Gudrun Landgrebe
Drama / History / Epic
West Germany
German
677
25
2003
Wolfgang Becker
Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova
Comedy / Drama
Germany
German
727
26
1990
Agnieszka Holland
Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
Drama / War / Comedy
Germany / France / Poland
German
742
27
1972
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Drama
West Germany
German
822
28
2016
Maren Ade
Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl
Comedy / Drama
Germany / Austria
German
831
29
1980
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal
Drama / Epic / Period Film / History
Italy / West Germany
German
983
30
1990
Michael Verhoeven
Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
1109
31
1979
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
Horror
West Germany / France
German
1140
32
1924
Fritz Lang
Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Drama / Adventure / Fantasy / War / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
1145
33
1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Drama
West Germany
German
1148
34
1976
Wim Wenders
Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer
Drama
West Germany
German
1163
35
1981
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
Drama
West Germany
German
1212
36
1933
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Germany
German
1340
37
1924
Fritz Lang
Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Paul Richter, Theodor Loos
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
1343
38
1997
Michael Haneke
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski
Horror / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Austria
German
1363
39
1920
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
1523
40
1926
F.W. Murnau
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
1535
41
2004
Fatih Akin
Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Catrin Striebeck, Güven Kirac, Meltem Cumbul
Drama / Romance
Germany / Turkey
German
1550
42
2022
Edward Berger
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald
Action / Drama / War / Epic
Germany / USA / UK
German
1555
43
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
G.W. Pabst, Lotte Lenya, Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Musical / Romance / Drama
Germany
German
1613
44
1931
Leontine Sagan
Emilia Unda, Dorothea Wieck, Hedwig Schlichter, Hertha Thiele
Drama / Romance
Germany
German
1722
45
1975
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Peter Chatel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven
Drama / Crime / Romance
West Germany
German
1772
46
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit
Drama / Period Film
West Germany
German
1776
47
1973
Maximilian Schell
Peggy Ashcroft, Elisabeth Bergner, Lil Dagover
Drama
Switzerland / West Germany / Israel
German
1784
48
1948
Roberto Rossellini
Edmund Moeschke, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger
Drama / War
Italy / Germany / France
German
1883
49
1930
Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann
Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Documentary / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
1889
50
1978
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Drama
West Germany
German
1897
51
1975
Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Bennent
Drama
West Germany
German
1908
52
1927
Walter Ruttmann
Documentary / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
1927
53
2007
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner
Crime / Drama / War
Austria / Germany
German
1928
54
2018
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci
Drama / History / Thriller / Epic
Germany / Italy
German
1960
55
1978
Reinhard Hauff
Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech
Drama / Thriller
West Germany
German
1982
56
1933
Gustav Machatý
Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Zvonimir Rogoz, Leopold Kramer, Emil Jerman
Drama / Romance / Experimental
Czechoslovakia / Austria
German
1989
57
1982
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Experimental / Drama / Documentary
France
German
2028
58
1925
Ewald André Dupont
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Alice Hechy, Georg John
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2038
59
1921
Fritz Lang
Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fantasy / Romance / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2063
60
2005
Marc Rothemund
Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Gerald Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf
Drama / War / Biography
Germany
German
2087
61
1933
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Germany
German
2122
62
1972
Wim Wenders
Arthur Brauss, Marie Bardischewski, Sybille Danzer, Rosl Dorena
Drama
West Germany / Austria
German
2122
62
1979
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine, Volker Spengler
Comedy / Crime / Drama
West Germany
German
2130
63
1935
Werner Hochbaum
Thekla Ahrens, Tom Kraa, Peter Petersen, Franz Schafheitlin
Drama / Fantasy
Austria / Switzerland
German
2142
65
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2150
66
1959
Bernhard Wicki
Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2159
67
1927
Ernst Lubitsch, John M. Stahl
Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
German (Silent)
2161
68
1981
Volker Schlöndorff
Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitersha
Drama / War
France / West Germany
German
2169
69
1925
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Valeska Gert, Werner Krauss, Einar Hanson, Loni Nest
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2183
70
1972
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Irm Hermann, Hans Hirschmüller, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch
Drama
West Germany
German
2195
71
2012
Christian Petzold
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke, Claudia Geisler
Drama
Germany
German
2200
72
2008
Uli Edel
Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers
Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Thriller / Period Film / War
Germany / France / Czech Republic
German
2208
73
2023
Ilker Çatak
Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer
Drama / Thriller
Germany
German
2216
74
2008
Götz Spielmann
Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Ursula Strauss, Andreas Lust, Johannes Thanheiser
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Austria
German
2227
75
1946
Wolfgang Staudte
Hildegard Knef, Elly Burgmer, Erna Sellmer, Hilde Adolphi, Marlise Ludwig
Drama / War / Romance
Germany
German
2234
76
2010
Oliver Schmitz
Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe, Lerato Mvelase
Drama
South Africa / Germany
German
2271
77
2007
Fatih Akin
Nurgül Yesilçay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla
Drama
Germany / Turkey
German
2305
78
1980
Ingmar Bergman
Robert Atzorn, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath, Toni Berger
Drama / Crime
West Germany / Sweden
German
2305
78
1985
Doris Dörrie
Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener
Comedy
West Germany
German
2305
78
1930
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Gustav Diessl, Fritz Kampers, Hans-Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen
Drama / War
Germany
German
2324
79
1974
Wim Wenders
Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer,
Drama
West Germany
German
2337
80
1932
Slatan Dudow
Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer, Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
Drama
Germany
German
2340
81
1978
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
André Heller, Harry Baer, Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern
War / Experimental
West Germany / UK / France
German
2356
82
1981
Margarethe von Trotta
Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade
Drama / History
West Germany
German
2358
83
2009
Fatih Akin
Moritz Bleibtreu, Birol Ünel, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Jan Fedder
Comedy
Germany
German
2360
84
2017
Fatih Akin
Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar, Samia Muriel Chancrin, Johannes Krisch
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Germany / France
German
2377
85
2011
Wim Wenders
Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta Armenta
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / France / UK
German
2408
86
1954
Helmut Käutner
Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting, Carl Möhner
Drama / War
Yugoslavia / Austria
German
2410
87
1926
Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Family
Germany
German (Silent)
2420
88
1981
Markus Imhoof
Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz, Curt Bois
Drama / War
Switzerland / West Germany / Austria
German
2440
89
2001
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Drama / Thriller
Germany
German
2440
89
2015
Sebastian Schipper
Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Experimental
Germany
German
2480
90
1937
Veit Harlan
Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Maria Koppenhofer, Hilde Körber
Drama
Germany
German
2480
90
1948
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Ewald Balser, Ernst Deutsch, Albert Truby, Heinz Moog
Drama / Period Film
Austria
German
2485
91
1976
Eric Rohmer
Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Peter Lühr
Drama / Period Film / Romance
West Germany / France
German
2489
92
1924
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2511
93
1929
Joe May
Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav Fröhlich, Betty Amann
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2511
93
1922
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Dagny Servaes, Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova
History / Drama / Epic / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2511
93
1922
F.W. Murnau
Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover, Lya De Putti, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2511
93
1992
Helmut Dietl
Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger
Comedy
Germany
German
2553
94
1951
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph, Johanna Hofer, Renate Mannhardt
Drama / Thriller / War / Crime / Film-Noir
West Germany
German
2553
94
1954
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt, Kurt Kreuger, Elise Aulinger
Drama
West Germany / Italy
German
2553
94
1921
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Hermann Thimig
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2555
95
1948
Robert A. Stemmle
Gert Fröbe, Tatjana Sais, Ute Sielisch, Aribert Wäscher
Comedy
Germany
German
2568
96
2022
Marie Kreutzer
Colin Morgan, Vicky Krieps, Finnegan Oldfield, Ivana Urban, Alma Hasun
Biography / Drama / History
Austria / Luxembourg / Germany / France
German
2573
97
2014
Christian Petzold
Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens
Drama
Germany / Poland
German
2586
98
2014
Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Hans Escher, Elfriede Schatz
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Horror
Austria
German
2605
99
1931
Jacques Feyder
Greta Garbo, Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann, Salka Viertel, Herman Bing
Drama / Romance
USA / Germany
German
2605
99
2002
André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer
Traudl Junge
Documentary / Biography / History / War
Austria
German
2605
99
1979
Peter Lilienthal
Mario Fischel, Walter Taub, Irene Vrkijan, Eva Mattes, Dominique Horwitz
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2605
99
1955
Helmut Käutner
Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Viktor de Kowa, Karl John, Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2605
99
1976
Werner Herzog
Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz
Drama / Experimental / Period Film
West Germany
German
2605
99
1927
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Édith Jéhanne, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte Helm
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2605
99
1999
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Claudia Cardinale
Documentary / Biography
UK / Germany / Finland / USA
German
2605
99
1986
Margarethe von Trotta
Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt, Jürgen Holtz
Biography / Drama
Czechoslovakia / West Germany
German
2605
99
1989
Michael Haneke
Dieter Berner, Udo Samel, Leni Tanzer, Silvia Fenz, Birgit Doll, Robert Dietl
Drama
Austria
German
2605
99
1926
Henrik Galeen
Fritz Alberti, Agnes Esterhazy, Ferdinand von Alten, Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta
Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
2605
99
1984
Heinz Schirk
Robert Atzorn, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Gerd Böckmann, Jochen Busse
Drama / War / History
Austria / West Germany
German
2607
100
1982
Wim Wenders
Isabelle Weingarten, Rebecca Pauly, Jeffrey Kime, Geoffrey Carey
Drama / Mystery
West Germany / Portugal / USA
German
2637
101
1958
Rolf Thiele
Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck, Carl Raddatz, Gert Fröbe
Drama / Music
West Germany
German
2658
102
1973
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Eva Mattes, Harry Baer, Jörg von Liebenfels, Ruth Drexel
Drama / Crime
West Germany
German
2666
103
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Max Kronert
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2688
104
2008
Philipp Stölzl
Benno Fürmann, Johanna Wokalek, Ulrich Tukur, Florian Lukas, Georg Friedrich
Adventure / Drama / History / Sports / Period Film
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
2689
105
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissen
Drama / Biography / History / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1921
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ossip Runitsch, Ferdinand von Alten
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1958
Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch
Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, Manfred Müller
Drama / War
East Germany
German
2689
105
1924
Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni
Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle, Olga Belajeff
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1913
Max Mack
Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus, Nelly Ridon, Hanni Weisse, Leon Resemann
Drama / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1918
Eugen Illés, Victor Janson, Paul L. Stein
Pola Negri, Adolf E. Licho, Harry Liedtke, Werner Bernhardt, Victor Janson
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1931
Erik Charell
Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt, Carl-Heinz Schroth
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Germany
German
2689
105
1944
Helmut Weiss
Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak, Erich Ponto, Paul Henckels
Comedy
Germany
German
2689
105
1913
Urban Gad
Asta Nielsen, Paul Otto, Fritz Weidemann, Fred Immler
unknown
Germany / Denmark
German (Silent)
2689
105
1913
Max Reinhardt
Paul Davidson, Erika De Planque, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Mary Dietrich
Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1940
Veit Harlan
Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / Period Film
Germany
German
2689
105
1949
Josef von Báky
Fritz Kortner, Johanna Hofer, Rosemary Murphy, Lina Carstens, William Sinnigen
Drama
West Germany
German
2689
105
1922
Richard Oswald
Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener, Heinrich George
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri,Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1926
Arthur Robison
Lya De Putti, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard Rothauser, Fritz Greiner
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1947
Kurt Maetzig
Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat, Alfred Balthoff, Claus Holm, Willy Prager, Hans Leibelt
Drama / Religion
Germany
German
2689
105
1943
Josef von Báky
Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Brigitte Horney, Michael Bohnen, Ferdinand Marian
Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Germany
German
2689
105
1946
Gerhard Lamprecht
Charles Brauer, Hans Trinkaus, Siegfried Utecht, Harry Hindemith, Hedda Sarnow
Drama / War
Germany
German
2689
105
1919
Fritz Lang
Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Lil Dagover, Paul Biensfeldt, Harry Frank
Adventure / Action / Crime / Serial
Germany
German (Silent)
2689
105
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Egede Nissen
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2709
106
1985
Agnieszka Holland
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2709
106
1958
Franz Peter Wirth
O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers, Jan Hendriks
Comedy / Romance / War
West Germany
German
2709
106
1956
Helmut Käutner
Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth
Comedy / Drama / Action
West Germany
German
2709
106
1957
Robert Siodmak
Claus Holm, Annemarie Düringer, Mario Adorf
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Detective
West Germany
German
2709
106
1970
Maximilian Schell
John Moulder-Brown, Dominique Sanda, Maximilian Schell
Drama / Romance
West Germany / Switzerland / Hungary
German
2709
106
1978
Hans W. Geissendörfer
Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, Dieter Laser, Walter Kohut
Crime / Drama / Thriller
West Germany
German
2709
106
1975
Frank Beyer
Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen
Comedy / Drama / War
East Germany / Czechoslovakia
German
2709
106
1986
Wolfgang Glück
Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner, Romuald Pekny
Drama / Period Film / Romance
Austria / West Germany
German
2730
107
1943
Herbert Selpin, Werner Klingler
Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Action / Drama
Germany
German
2740
108
1932
Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs
Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Führer
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Adventure
Germany
German
2740
108
1930
Robert Wiene
Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
2740
108
1931
Géza von Bolváry
Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Crime / Caper
Germany
German
2740
108
1966
John Olden, Claus Peter Witt
Horst Tappert, Hans Cossy, Günther Neutze
Crime / Thriller / Drama
West Germany
German
2740
108
1933
Gerhard Lamprecht
Hans Brausewetter, Ruth Hellberg, Erwin Kalser, Fritz Odemar
Drama
Germany
German
2740
108
1929
Johannes Meyer
Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Biebrach, Ossip Darmatow
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2740
108
1928
Joe May
Lars Hanson, Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Theodor Loos
Drama / War
Germany
German (Silent)
2740
108
1933
Vernon Sewell, Gustav Ucicky
Rudolf Forster, Fritz Genschow, Paul Westermeier,
War / History
Germany
German
2740
108
1939
Hans Steinhoff
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko
Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2740
108
1931
Alexis Granowsky
Aribert Mog, Margot Ferra, Ernst Busch, Leo Monosson
Drama
Germany
German
2740
108
2018
Christian Petzold
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree
Drama / Sci-Fi / War
Germany / France
German
2740
108
1930
Géza von Bolváry
Walter Janssen, Oscar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Musical / Drama
Germany
German
2740
108
1930
Erich Waschneck
Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayßler
Drama / Religion
Germany
German
2742
109
1989
Harun Farocki
Documentary / War / History
West Germany
German
2757
110
2000
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2771
111
1942
Veit Harlan
Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / History / War / Biography / Epic
Germany
German
2771
111
1936
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker, Viktoria Von Ballasko, Elise Aulinger
Western / History / Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2771
111
1940
Gustav Ucicky
Heinrich George, Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer, Hans Holt
Drama / Romance
Germany / Austria
German
2771
111
1968
Alexander Kluge
Hannelore Hoger, Alfred Edel, Curd Jürgens, Klaus Schwarzkopf
Drama
West Germany
German
2771
111
2011
Aleksander Sokurov
Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy, Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla
Drama / Fantasy
Russia
German
2771
111
1941
Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch
Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder
Biography / War
Germany
German
2773
112
1956
Gottfried Reinhardt
Hans Albers, Annemarie Düringer, Martin Held
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
2773
112
1955
László Benedek
Alice Treff, Marianne Sinclair, Beate Koepnick
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2773
112
1957
Kurt Hoffmann
Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Ingrid Andree, Susi Nicoletti
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
2773
112
1953
Victor Vicas, Beate von Mollo
Ivan Desny, Ruth Niehaus, René Deltgen, Karl John
Drama / Romance / War
West Germany
German
2776
113
1959
Fritz Lang
Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm
Adventure / Romance / Drama
West Germany / France / Italy
German
2778
114
1972
Werner Schroeter
Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling
Musical / Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Experimental
West Germany
German
2778
114
1936
Géza von Bolváry
Gina Falckenberg, Attila Hörbiger, Paula Wessely
Drama
Austria
German
2779
115
1993
Wim Wenders
Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski, Martin Olbertz, Aline Krajewski
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Religion
Germany
German
2785
117
2016
Maria Schrader
Barbara Sukowa, Tómas Lemarquis, Charly Hübner, Josef Hader
Drama
Austria / Germany / France
German
2788
118
1966
Alexander Kluge
Alexandra Kluge, Guenter Mack, Eva-Maria Meineke, Hans Korte
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
2788
118
2020
Julia von Heinz
Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Andreas Lust
Crime / Drama / Romance
Germany / France
German
2788
118
1939
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, Ilse Werner, Lizzi Waldmüller, Olga Tschechowa
Drama / Comedy / Musical
Germany
German
2788
118
1995
Romuald Karmakar
Götz George, Jürgen Hentsch, Pierre Franckh
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
2788
118
2001
Ulrich Seidl
Maria Hofstätter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann
Drama
Austria
German
2788
118
1935
Walter Reisch
Paula Wessely, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Otto Tressler, Friedl Czepa
Romance / Comedy
Austria
German
2788
118
2006
Barbara Albert
Georg Friedrich, Birgit Minichmayr, Nina Proll, Kathrin Resetarits
Drama
Austria
German
2788
118
2002
Winfried Bonengel
Aaron Hildebrand, Christian Blümel, Jule Flierl, Detlef Kapplusch
Drama / Crime
Germany / Italy
German
2788
118
1938
Carl Froelich
Zarah Leander, Heinrich George, Ruth Hellberg, Lina Carstens
Drama
Germany
German
2788
118
2008
Christian Petzold
Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann, Hilmi Sözer, Knut Berger, Claudia Geisler
Drama
Germany
German
2788
118
2009
Jessica Hausner
Sylvie Testud, Irma Wagner, Gilette Barbier, Walter Benn, Aurelia Burckhardt
Drama
Austria
German
2788
118
1967
Edgar Reitz
Heidi Stroh, Georg Hauke, Nina Frank, Ruth von Zerboni
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
2788
118
2002
Doris Dörrie
Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara
Comedy / Drama
Germany
German
2788
118
1999
Barbara Albert
Nina Proll, Edita Malovcic, Astrit Alihajdaraj, Tudor Chirila
Drama / Romance
Austria / Germany / Switzerland
German
2788
118
2012
Ulrich Seidl
Maria Hofstätter
Drama / Religion
Austria / France / Germany
German
2788
118
2013
Philip Gröning
Alexandra Finder, David Zimmerschied, Pia Kleemann, Chiara Kleemann, Horst Rehberg
Drama
Germany
German
2788
118
2003
Margarethe von Trotta
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jürgen Vogel
Drama / War / Period Film
Germany / Netherlands
German
2788
118
1981
Frank Ripploh
Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Orpha Termin, Peter Fahrni, Dieter Godde
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
2788
118
2010
Tom Tykwer
Devid Striesow, Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Senta Dorothea Kirschner
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2788
118
1964
Rolf Thiele
Jean-Claude Brialy, Nadja Tiller, Werner Hinz, Anaid Iplicjian
Drama
West Germany
German
2788
118
2023
Timm Kröger
Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, David Bennent
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
2789
119
1999
Max Färberböck
Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek
Romance / Drama / War / Period Film
Germany
German
2789
119
1958
Kurt Hoffmann
Hansjörg Felmy, Robert Graf, Johanna von Koczian
Comedy / Drama
West Germany
German
2789
119
1995
Joseph Vilsmaier
André Eisermann, Dana Vávrová, Ben Becker
Drama
Germany
German
2789
119
1960
Axel von Ambesser
Heinz Rühmann, Ernst Stankovski, Franz Muxeneder
Comedy / Drama / War
West Germany
German
2789
119
1993
Hans W. Geissendörfer
Maximilian Schell, Thomas Heinze, Anna Thalbach
Drama / Crime
Germany / Switzerland
German
2789
119
1990
Robert Dornhelm
Felix Mitterer, Viktoria Schubert, August Schmolzer
Drama
Austria / France / Romania
German
2792
120
1989
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Andreas Yon Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Howard Vernon
Short / Drama
France
German
2792
120
1968
Jean-Marie Straub
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer
Short / Drama
West Germany
German
2792
120
1989
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Documentary
France / West Germany
German
2792
120
1971
Werner Herzog
Lotte Eisner, Eugen Des Montagnes, James William Gledhill
Drama / Experimental
West Germany
German
2792
120
1990
Harun Farocki
Documentary / History
West Germany
German
2792
120
1959
Fritz Lang
Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm
Adventure / Romance
West Germany / France / Italy
German
2792
120
1969
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Elga Sorbas
Drama
West Germany
German
2792
120
1974
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin
Drama / Thriller
West Germany
German
2792
120
1965
Jean-Marie Straub
Heinrich Hargesheimer, Carlheinz Hargesheimer, Martha Staendner
Drama
West Germany
German
2792
120
1973
Alexander Kluge
Alexandra Kluge, Bion Steinborn, Sylvia Gartmann
Drama
West Germany
German
2792
120
1960
Fritz Lang
Gert Fröbe, Peter Van Eyck, Linda Sini, Wolfgang Preiss
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France / Italy / West Germany
German
2792
120
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein
Comedy
Germany
German (Silent)
2792
120
1923
Robert Wiene
Gregori Chmara, Elisabeta Skulskaja, Alla Tarasova
Drama / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2792
120
1936
Douglas Sirk
Willy Birgel, Lil Dagover, Maria von Tasnady
Music / Drama
Germany
German
2792
120
1992
Robert Busch, Edgar Reitz
Henry Arnold, Anke Sevenich, Daniel Smith, Michael Schonborn
Drama / Epic
Germany
German
2792
120
1926
F.W. Murnau
Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2792
120
1979
Ulrike Ottinger
Magdalena Montezuma, Nina Hagen, Kurt Raab, Volker Spengler
Drama / Experimental
West Germany
German
2799
121
2020
Burhan Qurbani
Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Drama
Germany / Netherlands / France / Canada
German
2799
121
1999
Aleksandr Sokurov
Yelena Rufanova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Leonid Sokol, Yelena Spiridonova
Drama / Period Film
Russia / Germany / Japan / Italy / France
German
2799
121
2012
Jan Ole Gerster
Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi
Drama / Comedy
Germany
German
2799
121
2019
Nora Fingscheidt
Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister
Drama
Germany
German
2799
121
2020
Christian Petzold
Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance
Germany / France
German
2801
122
1981
Uli Edel
Eberhard Auriga, Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Peggy Russiek
Biography / Drama
West Germany
German
2801
122
2000
Volker Schlöndorff
Bibiana Beglau, Richard Kropf, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl, Harald Schrott
Drama
Germany
German
2801
122
2002
Maximilian Schell
Maria Schell, Maximilian Schell, Falko Skrabal, Gerhard Hannak, Harry Stuhlhofer
Documentary / Drama / Biography
Austria
German
2801
122
2003
Michael Schorr
Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl Fred Müller, Ursula Schucht
Comedy / Drama / Music
Germany
German
2801
122
1993
Ray Müller
Leni Riefenstahl, Marlene Dietrich, Walter Frentz, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess
Documentary / Biography / History / War
France / UK / Germany / Belgium
German
2801
122
2007
Christian Petzold
Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner
Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
2803
123
1929
Hanns Schwarz
Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward, Lya Jan, Harry Hardt
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2807
124
1929
Richard Eichberg
Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Soen Ling, Elwood Fleet Bostwick
Drama / Romance
Germany / UK
German (Silent)
2807
124
1999
Rolf Schübel
Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król, Ben Becker, Stefano Dionisi
Romance / Drama
Germany / Hungary
German
2807
124
1929
Eugen Schüfftan
Carl Balhaus, Alice Iversen, Theo Lingen, Aribert Mog, Hélène Robert
Short
Germany
German (Silent)
2807
124
2014
Giulio Ricciarelli
Alexander Fehling, André Szymanski, Friederike Becht, Johannes Krisch
Drama
Germany
German
2807
124
1929
Marco de Gastyne
Simone Genevois, Fernand Mailly, Georges Paulais, Jean Debucourt
Drama / History
France / Germany
German (Silent)
2807
124
2001
Valeska Grisebach
Nicole Gläser, Monique Gläser, Jeanine Gläser
Romance / Drama
Germany / Austria
German
2807
124
1999
Veit Helmer
Denis Lavant, Chulpan Khamatova, Philippe Clay, Terrence Gillespie, E.J. Callahan
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Germany
German (No Dialogue)
2807
124
1994
Fred Kelemen
Valerij Fedorenko, Marc Ottiker, Sanja Spengler
Drama
Germany
German
2807
124
1929
Curtis Bernhardt
Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kortner, Frida Richard, Oskar Sima, Uno Henning
Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2817
125
2005
Fatih Akin
Alexander Hacke, Baba Zula, Orient Expressions, Duman, Replikas, Erkin Koray
Documentary / Music
Germany / Turkey
German
2817
125
2021
Sebastian Meise
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Thomas Stecher
Drama
Austria / Germany
German
2835
126
1968
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Bob van Asperen, Bernd Weikl
Biography / History / Music / Drama
West Germany / Italy
German
2845
127
1984
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Christian Heinisch, Nazzareno Bianconi, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti, Harun Farocki
Drama
West Germany / France
German
2849
128
1971
Werner Herzog
Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, Fini Straubinger
Documentary / Biography
West Germany
German
2852
129
1996
Helke Misselwitz
Kathrin Angerer, Susanne Lothar, Herbert Fritsch, Luise Wolfram, Heide Kipp
Drama / Romance / Comedy
Germany
German
2852
129
2001
Sandra Nettelbeck
Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner
Comedy / Romance / Drama
Italy / Germany / Austria / Switzerland
German
2852
129
1994
Doris Dörrie
Maria Schrader, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Michael von Au, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2852
129
1995
Margarethe von Trotta
Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner, Walerij J. Alexeiew, Anka Baier
Romance / Drama
Germany / France / Switzerland
German
2852
129
1993
Joseph Vilsmaier
Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph
Drama / War / Epic
Germany / Sweden
German
2858
131
1992
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Documentary / Sci-Fi / History
France / UK / Germany
German
2860
132
1970
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Hark Bohm, Marius Aicher
Drama / Crime / Gangster
West Germany
German
2860
132
1980
Helma Sanders-Brahms
Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek, Angelika Thomas
Drama / War
West Germany
German
2860
132
1974
Werner Herzog
Walter Steiner
Documentary / Biography / Sports
West Germany
German
2860
132
1959
Fritz Lang
Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm
Adventure / Romance
Italy / France / West Germany
German
2860
132
1944
Veit Harlan
Carl Raddatz, Kristina Söderbaum, Irene von Meyendorff
Romance / Drama
Germany
German
2860
132
1924
Lupu Pick
Edith Posca, Eugen Klöpfer, Frieda Richard, Karl Harbacher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
NR
-
2012
Cate Shortland
Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, André Frid, Mika Seidel, Kai-Peter Malina
Drama / Thriller / War / Adventure
Germany / Australia / UK
German
NR
-
2010
Baran bo Odar
Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Saß, Sebastian Blomberg
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Germany
German
