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 A Regular Woman, directed by Sherry Hormann.
Join us Sunday, October 15th at 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT / 8:00pm - 9:00pm CET.
Pic of the Week
Pic of the Week
The Swarm
Frank Doelger, Frank Schätzing · 2023-2023 · Germany
Something ominous is happening is the world’s oceans: ice worms are triggering tsumamis; deadly bacteria are poisoning drinking water; and whales are aggressively attacking boats. A team of scientists boards a technologically advanced vessel capable of delving deep within the Arctic Ocean in search of an explanation.
Available on The CW, Spectrum On Demand
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KINO! Germany NOW! Discover New Talent
The German Film Office is pleased to announce the second edition of its KINO! Germany Now! Discover New Talent film program. From April through October 2023, theaters across the United States will present in-person screenings of a curated selection of new films from Germany fresh from the international festival circuit.
The Ordinaries
In a repressive three-class society, a young woman in a Supporting Role must prove she is worthy of becoming a Main Character.
- Germany • 2023
- Director Sophie Linnenbaum
- Cast Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Henning Peker, Sira-Anna Faal, Noah Tinwa, Denise M'Baye
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Axiom
A young museum attendant invites his co-workers and his girlfriend for a sailing trip - but things quickly go wrong.
- Germany • 2022
- Director Jöns Jönsson
- Cast Moritz von Treuenfels, Rojan Juan Barani, Marita Breuer, Zejhun Demirov, Jürgen Hartmann
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sorry Comrade
(Sorry Genosse)
A documentary portrait of two lovers caught in a divided Germany in the 1970s finding a way to be together.
- ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Vera Brueckner
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
AEIOU: A Quick Alphabet of Love
(AEIOU – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe)
A 60-year-old actress and 17-year-old boy fall in love through language lessons.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2022
- Director Nicolette Krebitz
- Cast Sophie Rois, Milan Herms, Udo Kier, Nicolas Bridet, Lilith Stangenberg, Adrien Lamande
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Popular from Germany
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
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
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
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 Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, AMC on Demand, DIRECTV
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
The Empress
(Die Kaiserin)
Elisabeth contends with her obligations as Empress after falling in love with and marrying Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Creator Katharina Eyssen
- Cast Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, Elisa Schlott, Jördis Triebel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Lives of Others
(Das Leben der Anderen)
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's secret police listened to your secrets.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2006
- Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Deutschland 89
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator Anna Winger, Jörg Winger
- Cast
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Hulu
Pagan Peak
(Der Pass)
When a gruesomely staged body is found on a mountain pass in the Alps near the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Creator Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Dominic Marcus Singer
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Topic, Plex
Barbarians
(Barbaren)
In 9 A.D., a former hostage of Rome unites the oppressed Germanic tribes against the invaders.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator Arne Nolting, Jan Martin Scharf, Andreas Heckmann
- Cast Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud, David Schütter, Gaetano Aronica, Bernhard Schütz, Eva Verena Müller
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
New from Germany
Vision Portraits
A feature-length documentary that chronicles the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists including a photographer (John Dugdale), dancer (Kayla Hamilton), writer (Ryan Knighton) and the film’s director, Rodney Evans.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Canada, United States • 2019
- Director Rodney Evans
- Cast John Dugdale, Rodney Evans, Kayla Hamilton, Ryan Knighton
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Apple TV
System Crasher
(Systemsprenger)
Too young for psychiatric treatment, too aggressive to stay in foster care: where can this little girl go?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2019
- Director Nora Fingscheidt
- Cast Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Lisa Hagmeister, Maryam Zaree, Melanie Straub
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Central Airport THF
(Zentralflughafen THF)
A portrait of Berlin’s famed Tempelhof airport. Once glorified by Nazis, today it houses refugees and asylum seekers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Brazil • 2018
- Director Karim Aïnouz
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Heimat Is a Space in Time
(Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit)
Descendants of a family torn apart in the early 20th century retrace their heritage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Director Thomas Heise
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, OVID, Kanopy, Apple TV
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, Spectrum On Demand
The School of the Magical Animals
(Die Schule der magischen Tiere)
One day, the teacher at Ida's new school announces that all students will soon have a magical animal. Ida’s magic animal will be the fox, Rabbat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2021
- Director Gregor Schnitzler
- Cast Emilia Maier, Leonard Artur Conrads, Loris Sichrovsky, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Heiko Pinkowski
- Genre Adventure, Family
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, DIRECTV
The Traitor
(Il traditore)
After trying to leave the mafia for Brazil, Tommaso Buscetta is forced to return to Italy and become an informant.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Bruno Cariello
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
The Audition
(Das Vorspiel)
A violin teacher's dedication to one student borders on obsession.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2019
- Director Ina Weisse
- Cast Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev, Sophie Rois
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Second Thoughts
(Ich Ich Ich)
When Marie’s boyfriend proposes to her in front of his entire family, she panics and flees to the countryside to think it over alone. Or maybe not so alone...
- Germany • 2021
- Director Zora Rux
- Cast Elisa Plüss, Thomas Fränzel, Lola Klamroth, Paul Lux, Henriette Confurius, Sebastian Schneider
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, YouTube, Disney Plus, Apple TV, fuboTV
The Magic Flute
(The Magic Flute – Das Vermächtnis der Zauberflöte)
Join 17-year-old Tim Walker as he travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend a legendary boarding school named for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Director Florian Sigl
- Cast Jack Wolfe, F. Murray Abraham, Iwan Rheon, Jeanne Goursaud, Amir Wilson, Stéfi Celma
- Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, DIRECTV
Ana, My Love
(Ana, mon amour)
Two university students fall in love but mental illness causes their relationship to slowly collapse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Călin Peter Netzer
- Cast Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Carmen Tănase, Vasile Muraru, Tania Popa, Igor Caras-Romanov
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Klassiki
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 basic with Ads, Netflix
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
Passed by Censor
(Görülmüştür)
By day, Zakir works as a censor at a prison in Istanbul; by night, he is a student in a creative writing course. Then the two worlds collide.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Germany, France • 2019
- Director Serhat Karaaslan
- Cast Berkay Ateş, Saadet Işıl Aksoy, Füsun Demirel, Erdem Şenocak, Müfit Kayacan, İpek Türktan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
German Series
Holiday Secrets
(Zeit der Geheimnisse)
A family reunion at Christmas opens up the past, showing the intimate complexities of one family's history.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2019
- Creator Katharina Eyssen
- Cast Corinna Harfouch, Christiane Paul, Svenja Jung, Leonie Benesch, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Golo Euler
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Queer Eye Germany
Five experts in lifestyle, fashion, beauty, health, and design dazzle a nation and transform lives in this makeover series.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Jan-Henrik Scheper-Stuke, Aljosha Muttardi, Ayan Yuruk, Leni Bolt
- Genre Reality
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Frozen Planet
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Spain • 2011
- Creator David Attenborough
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Discovery+, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
King of Stonks
Can the mastermind behind the most successful FinTech company of all time also be a decent human being?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Creator Philipp Käßbohrer, Matthias Murmann
- Cast Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Thomas Schubert, Matthias Brandt, Larissa Sirah Herden, Maryam Zaree, Jasin Challah
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle
(Die Dasslers)
Rivals Forever recounts the family saga behind the rise of two global brands, Adidas and Puma.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator
- Cast Christian Friedel, Hanno Koffler, Hannah Herzsprung, Alina Levshin, Ted Otis, John Keogh
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Pagan Peak
(Der Pass)
When a gruesomely staged body is found on a mountain pass in the Alps near the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Creator Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Dominic Marcus Singer
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Topic, Plex
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 Viaplay, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Tribes of Europa
Three siblings fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic Europe broken into warring tribes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Creator Philip Koch
- Cast Emilio Sakraya, Henriette Confurius, David Ali Rashed, Oliver Masucci, Melika Foroutan, James Faulkner
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
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
Arthur's Law
(Arthurs Gesetz)
Everyone needs a little luck now and then. Even murderers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2018
- Creator Benjamin Gutsche
- Cast Jan Josef Liefers, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, David Bredin, Ronald Kukulies, Michael Klammer
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Oh Hell
Otherwise known as "Hell," 24-year-old Helene does not have it all figured out. But that won't stop her from trying to live the life she always imagined on her own terms.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Creator Johannes Boss
- Cast Mala Emde, Edin Hasanović, Salka Weber, Knut Berger, Deborah Kaufmann, Thomas Loibl
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
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 PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Turncoat
(Der Überläufer)
During World War II, a young German soldier questions whether his priorities should be to his country or his conscience.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Jannis Niewöhner, Małgorzata Mikołajczak, Leonie Benesch, Rainer Bock, Katharina Schüttler, Bjarne Mädel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
(Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
Six teenagers fight for their dreams, leaving behind all the problems with parents and teachers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Czech Republic, Italy • 2021
- Creator Annette Hess
- Cast Jana McKinnon, Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda, Bruno Alexander, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Jeremias Meyer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video
Perfume
(Parfum)
An old group of friends are investigated after one of them is murdered.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2018
- Creator Oliver Berben, Philipp Kadelbach, Eva Kranenburg
- Cast Friederike Becht, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Juergen Maurer, Ken Duken, Natalia Belitski, August Diehl
- Genre Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Telescope Recommends
Fox and His Friends
(Faustrecht der Freiheit)
Survival of the fittest.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1975
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach, Harry Baer
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
Los Reyes
The lives of real teens revealed through the eyes of two stray dogs living in a Chilean skatepark.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, Germany • 2019
- Director Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy, Apple TV
The Decameron
(Il Decameron)
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio's "Decameron".
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, West Germany • 1971
- Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Cast Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanović, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina
- Genre History, Drama, Comedy
- Available on MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, fuboTV
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
(რას ვხედავთ, როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ?)
After falling in love at first sight, two people find themselves incapable of locating or even recognizing each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Georgia • 2021
- Director Alexandre Koberidze
- Cast Oliko Barbakadze, Giorgi Ambroladze, Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Sofio Chanishvili, Vakhtang Panchulidze
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Gavagai
Language may have its limits, but love and friendship are transcendent.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Norway, Canada, Germany • 2016
- Director Rob Tregenza
- Cast Andreas Lust, Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Joakim Nango
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
A Film Unfinished
(שתיקת הארכיון)
This powerful and devastating documentary reveals how the Nazis created propaganda about Jewish life during World War II.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Israel • 2010
- Director Yael Hersonski
- Cast Alexander Beyer, Rüdiger Vogler
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Chai Flicks, Topic, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Never Look Away
(Werk ohne Autor)
A young West German art student in love must grapple with his past, and that of his family and his country.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Italy • 2018
- Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cast Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci, Lars Eidinger
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
The Four Times
(Le quattro volte)
An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Germany, Switzerland • 2010
- Director Michelangelo Frammartino
- Cast Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
Under the Sun
(Im Strahl der Sonne)
A year in the life of a family in Pyongyang, North Korea as the daughter prepares to join the Korean Children’s Union.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Czech Republic, Russia, Germany • 2016
- Director Vitaly Mansky
- Cast Lee Zin-Mi, Yu-Yong, Hye-Yong, Oh-Gyong, Choi Song-min
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, OVID, Kanopy, Plex, Tubi TV, Apple TV
Young Törless
(Der junge Törless)
A shy boy at boarding school does nothing as his classmates bully a fellow student - until the torture goes too far.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1966
- Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast Mathieu Carrière, Marian Seidowsky, Bernd Tischer, Fred Dietz, Lotte Ledl, Jean Launay
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Conformist
(Il conformista)
A fascist is ordered to assassinate his former professor, a political dissident exiled in Paris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, West Germany • 1970
- Director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Dominique Sanda, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
The Whistlers
(La Gomera)
A corrupt policeman is intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Téglás
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Redbox, Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
(Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceaușescu)
This towering cinematic achievement tracks the rise, reign, and fall of the infamous Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu through his own propaganda footage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Romania, Germany • 2010
- Director Andrei Ujica
- Cast Nicolae Ceaușescu, Elena Ceausescu, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kino Now, Kanopy, Metrograph
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
Metropolis
This silent science-fiction classic follows a couple from different backgrounds who attempt to reform a dystopian city defined by class division.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1927
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, FlixFling, Classix, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Crackle, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Redbox, Kanopy, Plex
Monos
Eight child soldiers on a remote mountain in Latin America watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
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- Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands • 2019
- Director Alejandro Landes
- Cast Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, AMC on Demand, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Max, Max Amazon Channel
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
(Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari)
An ambitious young theater director faces censorship when she is hired to create a public art project related to Romania's past.
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- Romania, Germany, Bulgaria • 2018
- Director Radu Jude
- Cast Ioana Iacob, Alex Bogdan, Alexandru Dabija, Ion Rizea, Claudia Ieremia
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Kanopy, Klassiki
The Aviator
Howard Hughes, successful film producer and aviation magnate, descends into volatility as a result of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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- Germany, United States • 2004
- Director Martin Scorsese
- Cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Showtime, , Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , DIRECTV, Vudu, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, AMC on Demand, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Pluto TV
The Heiresses
(Las herederas)
After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality.
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- Paraguay, Germany, Uruguay • 2018
- Director Marcelo Martinessi
- Cast Ana Brun, Margarita Irún, Ana Ivanova, Nilda Gonzalez, María Martins, Alicia Guerra
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Spotlight: Lars Eidinger
Personal Shopper
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there.
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- France, Germany, Czech Republic • 2016
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graïa
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Hulu, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Apple TV
Terror - Ihr Urteil
After a hijacker threatens to crash a plane into a sold-out football stadium, a German air force pilot must decide whether to shoot down the plane.
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- Germany • 2016
- Director Lars Kraume
- Cast Florian David Fitz, Lars Eidinger, Martina Gedeck, Burghart Klaußner, Jördis Triebel
- Genre TV Movie
- Available on YouTube
Clouds of Sils Maria
A veteran actress faces some uncomfortable truths when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career.
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- France, Germany, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Olivier Assayas
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Brady Corbet
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex
Home for the Weekend
(Was bleibt)
When Gitte tells her family that she has recovered after a long mental illness, everyone responds differently, threatening the delicate balance of their relationships.
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- Germany • 2012
- Director Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner, Picco von Groote, Egon Merten
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, The Roku Channel
Cut Off
(Abgeschnitten)
Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
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- Germany • 2018
- Director Christian Alvart
- Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Lars Eidinger, Fahri Yardım, Niels-Bruno Schmidt
- Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Freevee, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
My Little Sister
(Schwesterlein)
The bond of twin siblings is tested by a diagnosis of leukemia in this poignant Swiss drama.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2020
- Director Stéphanie Chuat
- Cast Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier
- Genre
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV