A monthly online film club to discuss German film
KINO! Film Salon
Each month we choose a German film or series currently available to stream, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German film.
Our next meeting will be about Balloon, directed by Michael Herbig.
Join us Sunday, May 12th at 11:00am - 12:00pm PST / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST / 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST.
Popular from Germany
Afire
(Roter Himmel)
When a forest fire traps vacationers in a home on the Baltic Sea, tensions, sexual and otherwise, rise.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2023
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Mhz Choice
Black Death
In an age of darkness one man will face the ultimate battle against evil.
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- Germany, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Christopher Smith
- Cast Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon, John Lynch
- Genre Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Plex Player
1899
Immigrants on a steamship encounter a mysterious second ship adrift at sea.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2022
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast Emily Beecham, Andreas Pietschmann, Aneurin Barnard, Isabella Wei, Maciej Musiał, Yann Gael
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2017
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Paris, Texas
A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France, United Kingdom • 1984
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2004
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Player
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Pandorum
Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing.
- ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Christian Alvart
- Cast Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse
- Genre Action, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee
Das Boot
When the hunters become the hunted.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1981
- Director Wolfgang Petersen
- Cast Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
New from Germany
Weissensee
Romeo and Juliet meets the communist East Berlin of the 1980s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2010
- Creator Friedemann Fromm
- Cast Florian Lukas, Uwe Kockisch, Jörg Hartmann, Ruth Reinecke, Katrin Sass, Anna Loos
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Sea of Shadows
To save the world's smallest whale from extinction, activists must face poachers, cartels, and an illegal multimillion-dollar business.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Australia, Germany • 2019
- Director Richard Ladkani
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, National Geographic
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
(Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle)
The true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier during WWII who surrendered 10,000 days after the Empire.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Japan, Germany • 2021
- Director Arthur Harari
- Cast Yuya Endo, Kanji Tsuda, Yuya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba, Shinsuke Kato, Kai Inowaki
- Genre Adventure, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
The Bridge
(Bron/Broen)
Detectives from neighboring countries must work together on the case of a body found on the Swedish-Danish border.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2011
- Creator Hans Rosenfeldt
- Cast Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Mikael Birkkjær, Sarah Boberg, Selma Modéer Wiking, Rafael Pettersson
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Topic, Plex, Plex Player, Topic Apple TV Channel
The Visit
(الزيارة)
What goes on when the cameras aren't rolling is even more important.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Egypt, Germany • 2015
- Director Marouan Omara
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
The Sinking of the Laconia
After realizing who's onboard, a German U-boat captain defies orders and tries to rescue the ship he just sank.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2011
- Creator Uwe Janson
- Cast Franka Potente, Ken Duken, Jacob Matschenz, Stefan Rudolf, Matthias Koeberlin, Frederick Lau
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Bowling for Columbine
A documentary examining America's gun culture.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Canada, Germany • 2002
- Director Michael Moore
- Cast Michael Moore, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Charlton Heston, Jacobo Árbenz, Mike Bradley
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, Denmark • 2005
- Creator Henning Mankell
- Cast Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Italy • 2002
- Creator Yves Simoneau, Max Gallo
- Cast Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Only the Animals
(Seules les Bêtes)
A twisty thriller about the disappearance of a Parisian socialite.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2019
- Director Dominik Moll
- Cast Laure Calamy, Denis Ménochet, Valeria Bruni‑Tedeschi, Damien Bonnard, Bastien Bouillon, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Stowaway
The lives of the crew on a mission to Mars are jeopardized by an unexpected passenger.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2021
- Director Joe Penna
- Cast Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Pacifiction
A French official navigates simmering tensions in Tahiti when a mysterious submarine is sighted offshore.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain, Germany • 2022
- Director Albert Serra
- Cast Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun, Sergi López, Montse Triola
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Maya
A French war reporter returns to India where he grew up, and reunites with a young girl he once knew.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2018
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Roman Kolinka, Aarshi Banerjee, Alex Descas, Judith Chemla
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
The Swarm
An ecological thriller about the delicate interconnectedness between mankind and Earth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2023
- Creator Frank Doelger, Frank Schätzing
- Cast Alexander Karim, Cécile de France, Leonie Benesch, Joshua Odjick, Takehiro Hira, Krista Kosonen
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on The CW
Telescope Recommends
Mr. Turner
A singular Romantic painter discovers a new life and love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, Germany • 2014
- Director Mike Leigh
- Cast Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Transit
Georg, after assuming the identity of a dead writer, meets Marie — the wife of the man whose identity he stole.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2018
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Safe Conduct
(Laissez-passer)
Assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and screenwriter Jean Aurenche work within the French film industry to resist the Nazis.
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- France, Germany, Spain • 2002
- Director Bertrand Tavernier
- Cast Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Ged Marlon, Philippe Morier-Genoud
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kanopy
Spencer
A fictionalized account of Princess Diana's decision to leave the British royal family
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Chile, United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Pablo Larraín
- Cast Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Thomas Douglas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 3, O Encantado)
In the trilogy’s final installment, Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Bernardo Alves, Carloto Cotta, Américo Silva
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
The House I Live In
The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany • 2012
- Director Eugene Jarecki
- Cast Eugene Jarecki
- Genre Documentary
- Available on IndieFlix, Amazon Video, Plex Player
The Other Side of Hope
(Toivon tuolla puolen)
A gambler and a refugee look to smuggle the refugee's sister out of Lithuania.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, Germany • 2017
- Director Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast Sakari Kuosmanen, Sherwan Haji, Simon Al-Bazoon, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Whale Rider
A contemporary story of family, rejection and triumph.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, Germany • 2003
- Director Niki Caro
- Cast Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Starz, Hoopla, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
The Piano Teacher
(La Pianiste)
Perversion --- at its absolute best.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Germany • 2001
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Corsage
A stunning exploration of beauty, aging, and loneliness through a fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Luxembourg • 2022
- Director Marie Kreutzer
- Cast Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Finnegan Oldfield
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hulu, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Our Daily Bread
(Unser täglich Brot)
An unsettling look at modern food processing only using sounds and images.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2006
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Tibor Korom, András Szarvas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
35 Shots of Rum
(35 rhums)
A close-knit father and daughter navigate changes in their relationship as the daughter prepares to live her own life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2009
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Ingrid Caven
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kanopy
Return to Homs
Filmed over three years in Homs, this film accompanies two young men as the war alters their lives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Syria, Germany • 2013
- Director Talal Derki
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Ajami
Cultural and religious differences divide a conflict-wrought Tel Aviv, where residents must navigate faith and interpersonal relationships.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Israel • 2009
- Director Scandar Copti
- Cast Fouad Habash, Nisrine Rihan, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani, Abu George Shibli, Ibrahim Frege
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Foxtrot
(פוֹקְסטְרוֹט)
After Michael and Daphna receive terrible news about their soldier son, they experience one of life's unfathomable twists.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Israel, Switzerland, Germany • 2017
- Director Samuel Maoz
- Cast Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray, Shira Haas, Yehuda Almagor, Karin Ugowski
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu
German Series
Sleeping Dog
(Schlafende Hunde)
A former detective, now living on the streets, searches for the truth after a suicide raises doubts about a supposedly closed case.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2023
- Creator Noah Stollman, Oded Davidoff
- Cast Max Riemelt, Luise von Finckh, Carlo Ljubek, Peri Baumeister, Antonio Wannek, Mélodie Wakivuamina
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Biohackers
In this high-octane thriller, medical student, Mia, discovers her visionary and eccentric biology professor is abusing advanced biohacking technology.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator Christian Ditter
- Cast Luna Wedler, Jessica Schwarz, Adrian Julius Tillmann, Thomas Prenn, Jing Xiang, Caro Cult
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lexx
A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny finds themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Germany, United Kingdom • 1997
- Creator Paul Donovan, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Lex Gigeroff
- Cast Brian Downey, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Tom Gallant, Xenia Seeberg
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, VUDU Free, VIX , Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Italy • 2002
- Creator Yves Simoneau, Max Gallo
- Cast Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, Denmark • 2005
- Creator Henning Mankell
- Cast Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
The Sinking of the Laconia
After realizing who's onboard, a German U-boat captain defies orders and tries to rescue the ship he just sank.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2011
- Creator Uwe Janson
- Cast Franka Potente, Ken Duken, Jacob Matschenz, Stefan Rudolf, Matthias Koeberlin, Frederick Lau
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Weissensee
Romeo and Juliet meets the communist East Berlin of the 1980s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2010
- Creator Friedemann Fromm
- Cast Florian Lukas, Uwe Kockisch, Jörg Hartmann, Ruth Reinecke, Katrin Sass, Anna Loos
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Dicte
Newly divorced Danish crime reporter Dicte comes into conflict with the local police over the course of an investigation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, Germany • 2013
- Creator Kasper Barfoed
- Cast Iben Hjejle, Lars Brygmann, Lærke Winther Andersen, Emilie Kruse
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Gomorrah
(Gomorra - La serie)
Ciro, a member of the brutal Neapolitan crime organization the Camorra, must navigate the dangers of the criminal underworld.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Germany • 2014
- Creator Roberto Saviano
- Cast Salvatore Esposito, Marco D'Amore, Ivana Lotito, Arturo Muselli
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
Deutschland
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Mhz Choice
The Same Sky
(Der gleiche Himmel)
Lars, an East German Romeo agent, must seduce powerful West German women in order to gain valuable information.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Paula Milne
- Cast Tom Schilling, Sofia Helin, Friederike Becht, Ben Becker, Hannes Wegener, Uwe Preuss
- Genre War & Politics, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
You Are Wanted
A man works to prove his innocence after a hacker implicates him in a crime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort
- Cast Matthias Schweighöfer
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
70 Years of German Cinema
In 2024, German Films celebrates 70 years of supporting, promoting, and accompanying German feature films and German filmmakers around the world. Here we look back at a selection of those films.
Wings of Desire
(Der Himmel über Berlin)
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1987
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Wolfgang Becker
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
The White Ribbon
(Das weisse Band)
In rural Germany just before World War I, strange things are happening to a once-ordinary, authoritarian village society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, France • 2009
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaußner, Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Susanne Lothar
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
The Marriage of Maria Braun
(Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
During World War II, a German woman named Maria struggles to live and to love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1979
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, George Eagles, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Run Lola Run
(Lola rennt)
Every second of every day, you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1998
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Oscar Season: Sandra Hüller
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
In the Aisles
(In den Gängen)
Coworkers flirt over coffee in this supermarket drama.
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- Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Stuber
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Henning Peker, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Sascha Nathan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Requiem
She claimed she was possessed. There was no way to know for sure.
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- Germany • 2006
- Director Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner, Imogen Kogge, Friederike Adolph, Anna Blomeier, Nicholas Reinke
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV
Above Us Only Sky
(Über uns das All)
A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...
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- Germany • 2011
- Director Jan Schomburg
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp, Kathrin Wehlisch, Valery Tscheplanowa, Stephan Grossmann
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Anatomy of a Fall
(Anatomie d'une chute)
After Sandra is put on trial for the murder of her husband, their blind son faces a moral dilemma.
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- France • 2023
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado-Graner, Swann Arlaud, Saadia Bentaïeb, Jehnny Beth, Samuel Theis
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand