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 Good Bye, Lenin!, directed by Wolfgang Becker.
Join us Sunday, November 17th at 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT / 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT.
Popular from Germany
1899
Immigrants on a steamship encounter a mysterious second ship adrift at sea.
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- 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
Das Boot
When the hunters become the hunted.
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- 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Paris, Texas
A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.
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- 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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Generation War
(Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)
Five German friends leave for war and promise each other to be back in time for Christmas.
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- Germany • 2013
- Creator Philipp Kadelbach
- Cast Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte, Miriam Stein, Mark Waschke
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Plex, Freevee, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Amazon Prime Video 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 Amazon Prime Video, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Hoopla
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 Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
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- 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 Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Scene of the Crime
(Tatort)
German, Austrian, and Swiss police solve complex crimes in this long-running crime procedural.
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- West Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 1970
- Creator Günter Rohrbach, Gunther Witte
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Afire
(Roter Himmel)
When a forest fire traps vacationers in a home on the Baltic Sea, tensions, sexual and otherwise, rise.
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- • 2023
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
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- 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
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.
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- 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
New from Germany
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.
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- 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
Kaulitz & Kaulitz
After years of touring with Tokio Hotel, twins Tom and Bill Kaulitz offer a more intimate glimpse into their lives in this reality series.
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- Germany • 2024
- Creator
- Cast Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, Simone Kaulitz, Heidi Klum
- Genre Reality
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Pacifiction
A French official navigates simmering tensions in Tahiti when a mysterious submarine is sighted offshore.
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- 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
Isle of Dogs
Welcome to the Isle of Dogs.
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- Germany, United States • 2018
- Director Wes Anderson
- Cast Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Animation
- Available on Disney Plus, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
A hilarious love triangle of hard choices and second chances.
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- United Kingdom, Germany • 2002
- Director Shane Meadows
- Cast Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Shirley Henderson, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson, Finn Atkins
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, The Roku Channel
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything
(Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen)
Nineteen year old Maria begins a doomed romance with an older farmer right before the reunification of Germany.
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- Germany • 2023
- Director Emily Atef
- Cast Marlene Burow, Felix Kramer, Cedric Eich, Silke Bodenbender, Christine Schorn, Victoria Mayer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
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- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
Guelwaar
A man is killed, purportedly assassinated, and his body stolen, prompting an investigation that digs up all kinds of secrets.
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- France, Germany, Senegal • 1993
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Abou Camara, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Myriam Niang, Omar Seck, Samba Wane
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Devil's Bath
(Des Teufels Bad)
Agnes, a woman living in 18th-century Austria, enters an unhappy marriage, and as a result, her dark thoughts grow.
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- Austria, Germany • 2024
- Director Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
- Cast Birgit Minichmayr, Maria Hofstätter, Anja Plaschg
- Genre Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Telescope Recommends
Wetlands
(Feuchtgebiete)
Get ready for Helen.
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- Germany • 2013
- Director David Wnendt
- Cast Carla Juri, Axel Milberg, Meret Becker, Peri Baumeister, Christoph Letkowski, Edgar Selge
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
Whale Rider
A contemporary story of family, rejection and triumph.
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- 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 fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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.
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- 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, Klassiki, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Mali Blues
A documentary showcasing four musicians in Mali who perform in the face of the takeover of much of the country by Islamic fundamentalists.
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- Germany, Mali • 2016
- Director Lutz Gregor
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint
(Jenseits des Sichtbaren - Hilma af Klint)
The life and artwork of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, who's abstract works predate the origin of the style.
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- Germany, Sweden, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Halina Dyrschka
- Cast Iris Müller-Westermann, Julia Voss, Josiah McElheny, Johan af Klint, Ulla af Klint
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Foxtrot
(פוֹקְסטְרוֹט)
After Michael and Daphna receive terrible news about their soldier son, they experience one of life's unfathomable twists.
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- Israel, Switzerland, Germany • 2017
- Director Samuel Maoz
- Cast Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonaton Shiray, Shira Haas, Yehuda Almagor, Karin Ugowski
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Holy Motors
A day in the life of an actor who has many appointments. But no audience.
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- France, Germany • 2012
- Director Leos Carax
- Cast Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, Edith Scob, Big John
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
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 fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Pandora's Box
(Die Büchse der Pandora)
Lulu is seductive, beautiful, and most of all, deadly.
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- Germany • 1929
- Director G.W. Pabst
- Cast Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts
- Genre Drama, Romance, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
German Series
Unorthodox
A young Hasidic Jewish woman flees to Berlin.
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- Germany • 2020
- Creator Alexa Karolinski, Anna Winger
- Cast Shira Haas, Tamar Amit-Joseph, Aaron Altaras, Ronit Asheri, Felix Mayr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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.
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- 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
Freud
Young psychiatrist Sigmund Freud investigates a murder while navigating Viennese high society, drug addiction, and academic ridicule.
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- Austria, Germany • 2020
- Creator Marvin Kren, Benjamin Hessler, Stefan Brunner
- Cast Manuel Ossenkopf
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 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.
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- 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 , Plex, Freevee, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Kaulitz & Kaulitz
After years of touring with Tokio Hotel, twins Tom and Bill Kaulitz offer a more intimate glimpse into their lives in this reality series.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2024
- Creator
- Cast Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, Simone Kaulitz, Heidi Klum
- Genre Reality
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Dear Child
(Liebes Kind)
After escaping from captivity a young girl tells the police what happened, but is what she says true?
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- Germany • 2023
- Creator Isabel Kleefeld, Julian Pörksen
- Cast Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw, Haley Louise Jones, Justus von Dohnányi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
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- 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
Inspector Rex
(Kommissar Rex)
Rex the German Shepherd and the team in the Viennese homicide investigation unit work together to solve murders.
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- Austria, Germany • 1994
- Creator Peter Hajek, Peter Moser
- Cast Alexander Pschill, Elke Winkens
- Genre Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
In your Dreams
Australian twins Samantha and Benjamin work to save their relatives castle in Germany.
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- Germany, Australia • 2013
- Creator Noel Price
- Cast Tessa de Josselin, David Delmenico, Soma Pysall, Lars Kokemüller, Kendra Appleton, Mia Morrissey
- Genre Comedy, Kids
- Available on Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Gomorrah
(Gomorra - La serie)
Ciro, a member of the brutal Neapolitan crime organization the Camorra, must navigate the dangers of the criminal underworld.
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- 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
Actors: Daniel Brühl
John Rabe
History needs extraordinary heroes.
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- France, China, Germany • 2009
- Director Florian Gallenberger
- Cast Ulrich Tukur, Dagmar Manzel, Steve Buscemi, Daniel Brühl, Zhang Jingchu, Teruyuki Kagawa
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Curiosity Stream, CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel, Hoopla
2 Days in Paris
Jack and Marion's romantic trip takes a turn as Jack is exposed to Marion's sexually perverse and emotionally unstable family.
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- France, Germany • 2007
- Director Julie Delpy
- Cast Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl, Adan Jodorowsky, Alexandre Nahon, Albert Delpy
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
2 Days in New York
Manhattan couple Marion and Mingus find their comfortable family dynamic jostled by a visit from Marion's relatives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Belgium • 2012
- Director Julie Delpy
- Cast Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Kate Burton, Dylan Baker, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Edukators
(Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei)
Three young anti-capitalist activists decide to "educate" the upper-classes by breaking into homes and vandalizing them.
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- Germany, Austria • 2004
- Director Hans Weingartner
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner, Peer Martiny, Petra Zieser
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video
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
Rush
Everyone's driven by something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2013
- Director Ron Howard
- Cast Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl, Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino, David Calder
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
A Most Wanted Man
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany • 2014
- Director Anton Corbijn
- Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Daniel Brühl, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
70 Years of German Films
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.
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, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy, Hoopla
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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.
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- 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 Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Animals United
(Konferenz der Tiere)
A group of animals bands together to try to convince the humans not to interfere with nature.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Director Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe
- Cast Christoph Maria Herbst, Ralf Schmitz, Thomas Fritsch, Bastian Pastewka, Oliver Kalkofe, Nana Spier
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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, Max, Tubi TV