Best Movies from Germany by Director
2550
186
1996
Jan Troell
Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold
Biography / Drama / War
Germany / Norway / Sweden / Denmark
Danish
2793
248
2024
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Harry Melling, Frank Dillane, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosy McEwen, Arinzé Kene
Drama / History
UK / Germany / USA / France / Greece
English
2812
257
2006
Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein
Yunis Khatayer Abbas
Documentary / Biography / War
Germany / USA
English
429
14
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
2656
212
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
2762
239
2000
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph
Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2788
246
2006
Tom Tykwer
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany / France / Spain
English
2793
248
2010
Tom Tykwer
Devid Striesow, Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Senta Dorothea Kirschner
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German
2391
156
2011
Morten Tyldum
Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund
Action / Crime / Thriller
Norway / Germany
Norwegian
2776
242
1940
Gustav Ucicky
Heinrich George, Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer, Hans Holt
Drama / Romance
Germany / Austria
German
2210
129
2000
Liv Ullmann
Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon, Michelle Gylem
Drama / Romance
Sweden / Italy / Germany / Finland / Norway
Swedish
2109
118
1991
Jaco van Dormael
Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Drama / Comedy
France / Belgium / Germany
French
2793
248
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
1412
65
2016
Paul Verhoeven
Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira
Drama / Thriller
France / Germany / Belgium
French
2114
119
2006
Paul Verhoeven
Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch
Thriller / War / Drama
Netherlands / UK / Germany
Dutch
2865
272
1991
Teresa Villaverde
Ricardo Colares, Teresa Roby, Joaquim de Almeida, Vincent Gallo
Drama
Portugal / Germany
Portuguese
2794
249
1995
Joseph Vilsmaier
André Eisermann, Dana Vávrová, Ben Becker
Drama
Germany
German
2857
270
1993
Joseph Vilsmaier
Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph
Drama / War / Epic
Germany / Sweden
German
2695
225
1943
Josef von Báky
Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Brigitte Horney, Michael Bohnen, Ferdinand Marian
Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Germany
German
2745
235
1931
Géza von Bolváry
Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Crime / Caper
Germany
German
2745
235
1930
Géza von Bolváry
Walter Janssen, Oscar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Musical / Drama
Germany
German
327
10
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
1934
102
2018
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci
Drama / History / Thriller / Epic
Germany / Italy
German
2793
248
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
520
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
1150
48
2011
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Sci-Fi
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
English
2402
160
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
2804
253
2013
Lars von Trier
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf
Drama
Denmark / Germany / Belgium / UK / France
English
2806
255
2009
Lars von Trier
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Drama / Horror
Denmark / Germany / France / Sweden / Italy / Poland
English
2822
261
2006
Lars von Trier
Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Comedy / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / Italy / France / Norway / Finland / Germany
Danish
2793
248
2003
Margarethe von Trotta
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jürgen Vogel
Drama / War / Period Film
Germany / Netherlands
German
2857
270
1995
Margarethe von Trotta
Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner, Walerij J. Alexeiew, Anka Baier
Romance / Drama
Germany / France / Switzerland
German
2847
267
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
2624
202
2002
Randall Wallace
Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
Action / Drama / History / War
USA / Germany
English
1622
80
1995
Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Harold Perrineau, Jr.
Comedy / Drama
Germany / USA
English
2745
235
1930
Erich Waschneck
Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayßler
Drama / Religion
Germany
German
1325
60
2004
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Experimental / Adventure
Thailand / France / Germany / Italy
Thai
1565
75
2010
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Sakda Kaewbuadee, Jenjira Pongpas, Thanapat Saisaymar, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk
Comedy
UK / Thailand / France / Germany / Spain
Thai
2805
254
2021
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego
Drama
Colombia / Thailand / France / Germany / Mexico / Qatar / UK / China / Switzerland
English
2837
265
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
1366
62
1920
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
2695
225
1944
Helmut Weiss
Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak, Erich Ponto, Paul Henckels
Comedy
Germany
German
2477
170
2002
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Weisz
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK / USA / France / Germany
English
2677
220
2017
Ai Weiwei
Israa Abboud, Hiba Abed, Rami Abu Sondos, Asmaa Al-Bahiyya, Eman Al-Masina
Documentary
Germany
English
1810
89
1999
Wim Wenders
Lázaro Villa, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea, Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / USA / UK / France / Cuba
English
2384
154
2011
Wim Wenders
Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta Armenta
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / France / UK
German
2551
187
2023
Wim Wenders
Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asô
Drama
Japan / Germany
Japanese
2784
245
1993
Wim Wenders
Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Nastassja Kinski, Martin Olbertz, Aline Krajewski
Fantasy / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Religion
Germany
German
2793
248
2004
Wim Wenders
Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Wendell Pierce
Drama
USA / Germany
English
2793
248
2016
Wim Wenders
Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer, Nick Cave
Drama
France / Germany / Portugal
French
2804
253
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
2812
257
2011
Tanya Wexler
Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Period Film
UK / France / Germany / Luxembourg
English
421
13
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
2745
235
1930
Robert Wiene
Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
2797
250
1923
Robert Wiene
Gregori Chmara, Elisabeta Skulskaja, Alla Tarasova
Drama / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2695
225
1924
Herbert Wilcox
Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke, Werner Krauss, Bernhard Goetzke, Randle Ayrton
Drama / Romance
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
1218
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
2780
244
2000
John Woo
Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy
USA / Germany
English
2626
203
2011
Joe Wright
Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett, Paris Arrowsmith
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller
USA / UK / Germany
English
2232
132
2015
Martin Zandvliet
Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Drama / History / War
Denmark / Germany
Danish
1842
92
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
2804
253
2006
Jasmila Zbanic
Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic, Jasna Beri
Drama
Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia
Serbo-Croatian
566
28
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
1045
44
2001
Terry Zwigoff
Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro
Comedy / Drama
USA / UK / Germany
English
2508
178
2003
Terry Zwigoff
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac
Comedy / Crime / Detective
USA / Germany
English
