Best Movies from Germany by Director
430
14
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
2653
213
2012
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae
Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Epic
Germany / USA / Hong Kong / Singapore
English
2759
240
2000
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2785
247
2006
Tom Tykwer
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany / France / Spain
English
2790
249
2010
Tom Tykwer
Devid Striesow, Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Senta Dorothea Kirschner
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2387
157
2011
Morten Tyldum
Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund
Action / Crime / Thriller
Norway / Germany
Norwegian
2773
243
1940
Gustav Ucicky
Heinrich George, Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer, Hans Holt
Drama / Romance
Germany / Austria
German
2206
130
2000
Liv Ullmann
Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon, Michelle Gylem
Drama / Romance
Sweden / Italy / Germany / Finland / Norway
Swedish
2105
119
1991
Jaco van Dormael
Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Drama / Comedy
France / Belgium / Germany
French
2790
249
2009
Jaco van Dormael
Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans, Jared Leto, Juno Temple, Sarah Polley, Toby Regbo
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Sci-Fi
Canada / Belgium / France / Germany
English
NR
-
2010
Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Documentary
Germany
English
1410
65
2016
Paul Verhoeven
Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira
Drama / Thriller
France / Germany / Belgium
French
2110
120
2006
Paul Verhoeven
Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch
Thriller / War / Drama
Netherlands / UK / Germany
Dutch
2862
272
1991
Teresa Villaverde
Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida, Vincent Gallo
Drama
Portugal / Germany
Portuguese
2791
250
1995
Joseph Vilsmaier
André Eisermann, Dana Vávrová, Ben Becker
Drama
Germany
German
2854
270
1993
Joseph Vilsmaier
Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph
Drama / War / Epic
Germany / Sweden
German
2692
226
1943
Josef von Báky
Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Brigitte Horney, Michael Bohnen, Ferdinand Marian
Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Germany
German
2742
236
1931
Géza von Bolváry
Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Crime / Caper
Germany
German
2742
236
1930
Géza von Bolváry
Walter Janssen, Oscar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Musical / Drama
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
1930
103
2018
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci
Drama / History / Thriller / Epic
Germany / Italy
German
2790
249
2020
Julia von Heinz
Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Andreas Lust
Crime / Drama / Romance
Germany / France
German
214
5
1930
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
521
22
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
839
36
1994
Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred
Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Comedy / Cult
Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden
Danish
961
38
2000
Lars von Trier
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Musical / Drama
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / USA / UK / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
English
1149
48
2011
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Sci-Fi
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
English
2398
161
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
2801
254
2013
Lars von Trier
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf
Drama
Denmark / Germany / Belgium / UK / France
English
2803
256
2009
Lars von Trier
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Drama / Horror
Denmark / Germany / France / Sweden / Italy / Poland
English
2819
262
2006
Lars von Trier
Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Comedy / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / Italy / France / Norway / Finland / Germany
Danish
2790
249
2003
Margarethe von Trotta
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jürgen Vogel
Drama / War / Period Film
Germany / Netherlands
German
2854
270
1995
Margarethe von Trotta
Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner, Walerij J. Alexeiew, Anka Baier
Romance / Drama
Germany / France / Switzerland
German
2844
268
2008
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Sci-Fi / Sports
USA / UK / Germany / Japan
English
2621
203
2002
Randall Wallace
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
Action / Drama / History / War
USA / Germany
English
1619
80
1995
Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Harold Perrineau, Jr.
Comedy / Drama
Germany / USA
English
2742
236
1930
Erich Waschneck
Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayßler
Drama / Religion
Germany
German
1323
60
2004
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental / Adventure
Thailand / France / Germany / Italy
Thai
1563
75
2010
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk
Comedy
UK / Thailand / France / Germany / Spain
Thai
2802
255
2021
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego
Drama
Colombia / Thailand / France / Germany / Mexico / Qatar / UK / China / Switzerland
English
2834
266
2015
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Jenjira Pongpas, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram, Petcharat Chaiburi
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Thailand / UK / Germany / France / Malaysia / South Korea / Mexico / USA / Norway
Thai
1364
62
1920
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
2692
226
1944
Helmut Weiss
Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak, Erich Ponto, Paul Henckels
Comedy
Germany
German
2473
170
2002
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK / USA / France / Germany
English
2674
221
2017
Ai Weiwei
Israa Abboud, Hiba Abed, Rami Abu Sondos, Asmaa Al-Bahiyya, Eman Al-Masina
Documentary
Germany
English
1805
89
1999
Wim Wenders
Lázaro Villa, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea, Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / USA / UK / France / Cuba
English
2380
155
2011
Wim Wenders
Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta Armenta
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / France / UK
German
2547
187
2023
Wim Wenders
Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asô
Drama
Japan / Germany
Japanese
2781
246
1993
Wim Wenders
Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski, Martin Olbertz, Aline Krajewski
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Religion
Germany
German
2790
249
2004
Wim Wenders
Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce
Drama
USA / Germany
English
2790
249
2016
Wim Wenders
Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer, Nick Cave
Drama
France / Germany / Portugal
French
2801
254
2005
Wim Wenders
Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley
Drama
France / Germany / USA
English
NR
-
2001
Simon West
Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
USA / UK / Japan / Germany
English
2809
258
2011
Tanya Wexler
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany / Luxembourg
English
422
13
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
2742
236
1930
Robert Wiene
Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
2794
251
1923
Robert Wiene
Gregori Chmara, Elisabeta Skulskaja, Alla Tarasova
Drama / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2692
226
1924
Herbert Wilcox
Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke, Werner Krauss, Bernhard Goetzke, Randle Ayrton
Drama / Romance
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
1217
52
2004
Kar Wai Wong
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang
Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
China / France / Germany / Hong Kong
Cantonese
2777
245
2000
John Woo
Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy
USA / Germany
English
2623
204
2011
Joe Wright
Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett, Paris Arrowsmith
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller
USA / UK / Germany
English
2228
133
2015
Martin Zandvliet
Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Drama / History / War
Denmark / Germany
Danish
1838
93
2020
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey
Bosnian
2801
254
2006
Jasmila Zbanic
Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic, Jasna Beri
Drama
Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia
Serbo-Croatian
567
28
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
1043
44
2001
Terry Zwigoff
Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro
Comedy / Drama
USA / UK / Germany
English
2504
178
2003
Terry Zwigoff
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac
Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA / Germany
English
