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 Sisi & I, directed by Frauke Finsterwalder.
Join us Sunday, January 19th at 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT / 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT.
Popular from Germany
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, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla
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
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
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
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
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, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
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
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
Labyrinth
When an archaeologist finds a ring in 21st century France, she doesn't expect it to teleport her back in time.
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- Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa • 2012
- Creator
- Cast Jessica Brown Findlay, Vanessa Kirby, Emun Elliott, John Hurt, Katie McGrath, Sebastian Stan
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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
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, Spectrum On Demand, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla
New from Germany
Behind the Haystacks
(Πίσω από τις Θημωνιές)
A tragic incident on Greece's northern border strikes a local family of three, pushing them to face their impasses while having to deeply consider the price for their actions.
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- Greece, Germany, North Macedonia • 2022
- Director Asimina Proedrou
- Cast Stathis Stamoulakatos, Eleni Ouzounidou, Evgenia Lavda, Christos Kontogeorgis, Dina Mihailidou, Paschalis Tsarouchas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Hitler's Hollywood
(Hitlers Hollywood)
What does the cinema know that we don't?
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- Germany • 2017
- Director Rüdiger Suchsland
- Cast Rüdiger Suchsland
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Chai Flicks, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Loveless
(Нелюбовь)
A missing child. A marriage destroyed. A country in crisis.
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- Russia, France, Germany • 2017
- Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasilyeva, Andris Keiss, Oleg Grisevich
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
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, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Conversion
(La conversione)
In 1850s Italy, Edgardo, a Jewish child, is secretly baptized by and then kidnapped from his family.
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- Italy, France, Germany • 2023
- Director Marco Bellocchio
- Cast Paolo Pierobon, Barbara Ronchi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, Fabrizio Gifuni
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex
The Garden
(Sommerhäuser)
An argument over a shared family yard takes a turn after a young girl disappears.
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- Germany • 2017
- Director Sonja Kröner
- Cast Laura Tonke, Mavie Hörbiger, Ursula Werner, Günther Maria Halmer, Thomas Loibl, Christine Schorn
- Genre Drama, Family, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Hoopla
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, Pluto TV
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, Hoopla
Treasure
Ruth brings her father, a Holocaust survivor, back to Poland to reconnect with their history.
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- Germany, France, Poland • 2024
- Director Julia von Heinz
- Cast Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Wenanty Nosul, Petra Zieser, Robert Besta
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Telescope Recommends
Paterson
A week in the life of a working-class poet named Paterson and his partner Laura—a DIY creative force—as they find inspiration through their daily activities and modest means.
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- France, Germany, United States • 2016
- Director Jim Jarmusch
- Cast Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, Method Man, Chasten Harmon, William Jackson Harper
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Fandango At Home, Freevee
Russian Ark
(Русский ковчег)
2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years. All in one take.
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- Russia, Germany, Japan • 2002
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Sergei Dreiden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Maksim Sergeev, Vladimir Baranov, Kirill Miller
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex Channel
Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto)
To avoid being beheaded, Scheherazade tells King Shahryar unfinished tales of modern Portugal each night.
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- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Miguel Gomes, Carloto Cotta, Adriano Luz, Rogério Samora, Maria Rueff
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
MI6 calls espionage veteran agent George Smiley out of his forced retirement to uncover a Soviet mole during the Cold War.
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- France, United Kingdom, Germany • 2011
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Tabu
When Pilar's befriended neighbour Aurora dies, he starts to dig into her past.
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- Portugal, Germany, Brazil • 2012
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Henrique Espírito Santo, Carloto Cotta, Isabel Muñoz Cardoso, Ivo Müller
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kino Film Collection, Kanopy
Aquarela
A film that explores and investigates water in all of its forms.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark • 2019
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Machines
Follow a group of workers inside a giant textile factory in India.
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- India, Germany, Finland • 2017
- Director Rahul Jain
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Things to Come
(L'avenir)
Thinking through things is one thing; doing them is another...
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- France, Germany • 2016
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka, Sarah Le Picard, Solal Forte
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, JustWatchTV
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.
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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
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, Pluto TV, 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.
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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
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
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 Amazon Video, 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
Animal Eyes
We're all familiar with animal actors and their anthropomorphized animated counterparts in films from the likes of Disney and DreamWorks. However, rare is the film that tells a story straight from the eyes of the animal itself, naturally and without dialogue. Featuring a wide variety of furry creatures, this curation seeks to showcase a fresh and unique perspective in film that often remains unexplored: an animal's point of view.
The Bear
(L'Ours)
He is an orphan at the start of a journey -- a journey to survive.
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- France, United States • 1988
- Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Cast Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Xumo Play, Kanopy
A Camel
(Jamal)
A camel operates a sesame mill, confined to a drab little room.
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- Sudan • 1981
- Director Ibrahim Shaddad
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
White God
(Fehér Isten)
A girl and her dog are separated and must each deal with their harsh situations, culminating in a canine revolt.
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- Hungary, Germany, Sweden • 2014
- Director Kornél Mundruczó
- Cast Zsófia Psotta, Luke, Body, Sándor Zsótér, Thuróczy Szabolcs, Lili Monori
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
Bestiary
(Bestiaire)
When we observe animals, they also observe us.
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- Canada, France • 2012
- Director Denis Côté
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spamflix, Kanopy, Hoopla
Gunda
An intimate look at the life of a sow and her companions.
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- Norway, United States • 2021
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Au Hasard Balthazar
(Au hasard Balthazar)
In the French countryside, donkey Balthazar experiences different sides of human nature as he is passed from owner to owner.
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- France, Sweden • 1966
- Director Robert Bresson
- Cast Anne Wiazemsky, Walter Green, François Lafarge, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Philippe Asselin, Pierre Klossowski
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Los Reyes
The lives of real teens revealed through the eyes of two stray dogs living in a Chilean skatepark.
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- Chile, Germany • 2019
- Director Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
(子猫物語)
Milo is one lucky cat. He's got nine lives and a best friend.
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- Japan • 1986
- Director Masanori Hata
- Cast Dudley Moore, Kyoko Koizumi, Milo, Otis, Shigeru Tsuyuki
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Kedi
This documentary looks at the thousands of free-roaming cats in Istanbul, Turkey, showing the city through their perspective.
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- Turkey, United States • 2017
- Director Ceyda Torun
- Cast Bengu, Deniz, Duman, Gamsiz, Aslan Parcasi, Psikopat
- Genre Documentary
- Available on YouTube Premium, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
EO
(Hi-Han)
A gray donkey begins his life as a circus performer before escaping on a trek across the Polish and Italian countryside.
- Poland • 2022
- Director Jerzy Skolimowski
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jacek Murański, Mateusz Murański, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Sandra Drzymalska
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
March of the Penguins
(La Marche de l'empereur)
In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way.
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- France • 2005
- Director Luc Jacquet
- Cast Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman, Torsten Michaelis, Andrea-Kathrin Loewig
- Genre Documentary, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Actors: Daniel Brühl
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
2 Days in New York
Manhattan couple Marion and Mingus find their comfortable family dynamic jostled by a visit from Marion's relatives.
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- 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 fuboTV, 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
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
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- 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, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
The Coming Days
(Die kommenden Tage)
Set in the imagined, dystopian collapse of the European Union, three siblings attempt to cope with their new reality.
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- Germany • 2010
- Director Lars Kraume
- Cast Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, Johanna Wokalek, August Diehl, Susanne Lothar, Ernst Stötzner
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Video
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, Hoopla
Rush
Everyone's driven by something.
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- 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
A Most Wanted Man
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team
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- 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, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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
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.
Run Lola Run
(Lola rennt)
Every second of every day, you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
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- Germany • 1998
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, 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.
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- 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, Kanopy, Hoopla
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
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- 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, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Animals United
(Konferenz der Tiere)
A group of animals bands together to try to convince the humans not to interfere with nature.
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- 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.
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.
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- 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
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
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
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand