Lola
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
West Germany · 1981
Rated R · 1h 53m
Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs
Genre Drama, Romance
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Lola is a cabaret singer in West Germany after WWII, looking to advance herself within the booming postwar economy. Her town is rife with corruption, and Lola uses her charm to pit a corrupt property developer against the new high-minded and principled building commissioner, all cogs in a town drowning in deceit.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Veronika Voss
(Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss)
German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1982
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer, Doris Schade, Erik Schumann
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Meaning of Life
Monty Python takes a look at life and all of the hard questions, why are we really here?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1983
- Director Terry Jones
- Cast Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Martha
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1974
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel, Gisela Fackeldey, Adrian Hoven
- Genre Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
- Available on Criterion Channel
Seven Beauties
(Pasqualino Settebellezze)
To survive, an Italian thief submits to the female commandant of a Nazi prison camp.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1975
- Director Lina Wertmüller
- Cast Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore, Roberto Herlitzka, Piero Di Iorio
- Genre Comedy, Drama, War
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
During the Vietnam War, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and escaped against the odds.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, France • 1997
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandor, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Stationmaster’s Wife
(Bolwieser)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1977
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Elisabeth Trissenaar, Kurt Raab, Bernhard Helfrich, Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Volker Spengler, Gustl Bayrhammer
- Genre Drama, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Two Popes
A Cardinal requests permission from Pope Benedict XVI to resign from the Church after being frustrated with the direction it is going.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy • 2019
- Director Fernando Meirelles
- Cast Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Sidney Cole, Juan Minujín, Federico Torre
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Both Sides of the Blade
(Avec amour et acharnement)
A woman's life spirals out of control when she becomes involved in a passionate love triangle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2022
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin, Mati Diop, Hana Magimel, Bulle Ogier
- Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Wonder
An English nurse travels to Ireland to see a girl who has supposedly survived for months without eating.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2022
- Director Sebastián Lelio
- Cast Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ruth Bradley
- Genre Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Conclave
When the Pope dies, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading the secretive ritual of selecting a new one.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2024
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube