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 Everyone Else, directed by Maren Ade.
Join us Sunday, April 16th at 11am - 12pm PST / 2pm - 3pm EST / 8pm - 9pm CET.
Pic of the Week
See all →Pic of the Week
Faraway
Vanessa Jopp · 2023 ·
After inheriting a house on a Croatian island from her recently deceased mother, a woman flees her demanding, unappreciative family in Munich in search of some peace of mind. But when she arrives at the house, she is surprised to discover a former owner still in residence.
Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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OSCAR Highlights
See all →Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2004
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
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
In the Fade
(Aus dem Nichts)
A woman seeks justice for the death of her husband and son.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2017
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar, Johannes Krisch, Ulrich Brandhoff, Hanna Hilsdorf
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Magnolia Selects, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Crackle, Hoopla, Vudu, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hulu, Plex, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, FlixFling, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
The Nasty Girl
(Das schreckliche Mädchen)
Is history history if no one knows about it?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1990
- Director Michael Verhoeven
- Cast Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram, Michael Gahr, Robert Giggenbach
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, , Vudu, Apple TV
Pina
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Pina Bausch, Jorge Puerta, Mechthild Großmann
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, AMC+ Roku Premium 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 DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
The Baader Meinhof Complex
(Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
The children of the Nazi generation vowed fascism would never rule their world again.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Czech Republic • 2008
- Director Uli Edel
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Stipe Erceg, Niels-Bruno Schmidt
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Plex, 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
The Edge of Heaven
(Auf der anderen Seite)
A widower pays a prostitute to live with him and keep him company in this story of Turkish immigrants living in Germany.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Turkey, Italy • 2007
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
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, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Two Lives
(Zwei Leben)
She built one life on love, the other on deceit.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Norway • 2012
- Director Georg Maas
- Cast Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann, Sven Nordin, Ken Duken, Dennis Storhøi, Vicky Krieps
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, YouTube, Starz Amazon Channel, Apple TV
Nowhere in Africa
(Nirgendwo in Afrika)
One family's tale of a homeland lost --- and a homeland found.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2001
- Director Caroline Link
- Cast Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo, Matthias Habich, Lea Kurka, Karoline Eckertz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, Chai Flicks, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV
The Tin Drum
(Die Blechtrommel)
A savage, sweeping epic of a German society in chaos.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France, Poland • 1979
- Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Apple TV, HBO Max
European Shooting Stars 2023: Leonie Benesch
See all →The White Ribbon
(Das weisse Band)
In rural Germany just before World War I, strange things are happening to a once-ordinary, authoritarian village society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, France • 2009
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaußner, Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Susanne Lothar
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg, his valet Passepartout, and journalist Abigail Fix attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany, Italy • 2021
- Creator Ashley Pharoah, Caleb Ranson
- Cast David Tennant, Leonie Benesch, Ibrahim Koma
- Genre Action & Adventure, Family
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, 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
8 Seconds
A woman living in Berlin with her family feels caged in by her normal life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Turkey, Germany • 2015
- Director Ömer Faruk Sorak
- Cast Esra Inal, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Ralph Herforth, Grit Boettcher, Leonie Benesch, Axel Stein
- Genre Drama
- Available on Pantaflix, Apple TV
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
Spotlight: Franz Rogowski
See all →Victoria
A Spanish woman newly relocated to Berlin meets a group of mysterious men at a club and decides to follow them on their dangerous escapade in this film shot in one continuous take.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Director Sebastian Schipper
- Cast Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Showtime, Vudu, Alamo on Demand, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Pantaflix, Showtime Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Paramount+ Showtime
Happy End
Don't believe the title.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Germany • 2017
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Toby Jones, Franz Rogowski
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Transit
Georg, after assuming the identity of a dead writer, meets Marie — the wife of the man whose identity he stole.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2018
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Saint Maud
A Catholic nurse believes God has made her responsible for saving an atheist in her care.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Rose Glass
- Cast Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight, Lily Frazer, Turlough Convery, Rosie Sansom
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Undine
A woman recently betrayed by her boyfriend fights off her doomed fate in the love of an industrial diver.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2020
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Titane
A near-fatal car crash leaves a girl with physical and emotional trauma that shapes her future — and her fetishes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 2021
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé, Marin Judas
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, Redbox, AMC on Demand, DIRECTV, Kanopy
In the Aisles
(In den Gängen)
Coworkers flirt over coffee in this supermarket drama.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Stuber
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Henning Peker, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Sascha Nathan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, OVID, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, MUBI Amazon Channel, MUBI
Tiger Girl
Tigers don't mess around.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Jakob Lass
- Cast Ella Rumpf, Maria Dragus, Enno Trebs, Franz Rogowski, Orce Feldschau, Benjamin Lutzke
- Genre Action
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pantaflix
Udo Kier Special
See all →Iron Sky
In 1945, the Nazis set up a base on the moon in preparation for their return to power in 2018.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Finland, Germany, Australia • 2012
- Director Timo Vuorensola
- Cast Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Udo Kier, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul
- Genre Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, VUDU Free, Tubi TV, YouTube, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video
Arteholic
"Arteholic" Udo Kier lives, breathes, and makes art; at times he is even a living art piece.
- Germany • 2014
- Director Hermann Vaske
- Cast Udo Kier, Jonathan Meese, Nicolette Krebitz, Marcel Odenbach, Rosemarie Trockel
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Saint Maud
A Catholic nurse believes God has made her responsible for saving an atheist in her care.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2019
- Director Rose Glass
- Cast Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight, Lily Frazer, Turlough Convery, Rosie Sansom
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube, Paramount Plus, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel
Terror 2000
(Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland)
A couple investigates the disappearance of a German social worker and the Polish family under his care.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1992
- Director Christoph Schlingensief
- Cast Margit Carstensen, Peter Kern, Udo Kier, Susanne Bredehöft, Alfred Edel, Artur Albrecht
- Genre Comedy, Horror
- Available on Amazon Video
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
A middle-aged woman hires a young sex worker in hopes of feeling pleasure for the first time in her life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Sophie Hyde
- Cast Emma Thompson, Daryl McCormack, Isabella Laughland, Les Mabaleka, Lennie Beare
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu
Invincible
A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland • 2001
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Udo Kier, Anna Gourari, Max Raabe, Gustav-Peter Wöhler
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on DIRECTV, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Happy Animation
See all →The Ogglies: Welcome to Smelliville
(Smelliville)
A family of garbage-eating monsters must find a new home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Toby Genkel, Jens Møller
- Cast Sema'j Alexander Cunningham, Kya Stein, Ben Young, Lily Held, Tony Clark, Susan Tackenberg
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, DIRECTV
Spy Cat
(Die sagenhaften Vier)
A spoiled house cat sets off alongside a dog, a rooster, and a zebra to investigate a series of burglaries.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Belgium • 2019
- Director Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
- Cast Axel Prahl, Alexandra Neldel, Erik Borner, Sylvain Urban, Obada Adnan
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Vudu, Hulu, YouTube, FlixFling, Apple TV
Dragon Rider
A dragon, forest brownie, and orphan team up and set out in search of a mythological safe haven for dragons.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Belgium • 2020
- Director Tomer Eshed
- Cast Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Freddie Highmore, Felicity Jones, Patrick Stewart, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nonso Anozie
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
Luis and the Aliens
Extraterrestrial. Extra trouble.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark • 2018
- Director Christoph Lauenstein
- Cast Michaël Gregorio, Dermot Magennis, Ian Coppinger, Paul Tylak
- Genre Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
- Available on Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Hoopla, VUDU Free, Peacock Premium, Tubi TV, Peacock
The Gruffalo
A mouse avoids getting eaten in the woods by telling stories of a fearsome monster, the Gruffalo.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2009
- Director Max Lang, Jakob Schuh
- Cast Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Next Generation: Tom Schilling
See all →Who Am I
(Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher)
A group of computer hackers form a subversive hacker group in order to achieve world fame.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Baran bo Odar
- Cast Tom Schilling, Elyas M’Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot Jr., Hannah Herzsprung, Trine Dyrholm
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Netflix basic with Ads, Netflix
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
Generation War
(Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)
Five German friends leave for war and promise each other to be back in time for Christmas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2013
- Creator Philipp Kadelbach
- Cast Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte, Miriam Stein, Mark Waschke
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Hoopla
Tod den Hippies!! Es lebe der Punk!
Seeking to lose himself among the grime, grit, and glamour of the big city, 19-year old Robert flees to West Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Director Oskar Roehler
- Cast Tom Schilling, Götz Otto, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Emilia Schüle, Frederick Lau, Simon Böer
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Available on Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV
Next Generation: Jannis Niewöhner
See all →Munich: The Edge of War
A British bureaucrat travels to Munich for negotiations, and must face a former friend who is now a German diplomat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Christian Schwochow
- Cast George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Sandra Hüller, Jeremy Irons, August Diehl, Ulrich Matthes
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Mute
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
- ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2018
- Director Duncan Jones
- Cast Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Seyneb Saleh, Robert Sheehan, Jannis Niewöhner
- Genre Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Netflix
Jonathan
Jonathan struggles to care for his father and attempts to uncover secrets when a long-lost friend of his father arrives.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2016
- Director Piotr J. Lewandowski
- Cast Jannis Niewöhner, André Hennicke, Julia Koschitz, Thomas Sarbacher, Barbara Auer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Tubi TV, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Apple TV
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
One ring to rule them all
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, United States • 2001
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Action
- Available on DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Netflix basic with Ads, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand, Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV, HBO Max
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
Spotlight: Franka Potente
See all →It's a Jungle Out There
(Nach Fünf im Urwald)
Seventeen year-old Anna runs away from home and explores urban Munich with the enamored Simon.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1995
- Director Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast Franka Potente, Axel Milberg, Dagmar Manzel, Farina Brock, Sibylle Canonica, Peter Ender
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Pantaflix
The Sinking of the Laconia
After realizing who's onboard, a German U-boat captain defies orders and tries to rescue the ship he just sank.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2011
- Creator Uwe Janson
- Cast Franka Potente, Ken Duken, Jacob Matschenz, Stefan Rudolf, Matthias Koeberlin, Frederick Lau
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
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, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Anatomy
(Anatomie)
Some study. Some are studied.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2000
- Director Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cast Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Oliver Wnuk, Sebastian Blomberg, Holger Speckhahn
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Anatomy 2
(Anatomie 2)
A new experiment in terror...
- ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cast Barnaby Metschurat, Herbert Knaup, Heike Makatsch, Roman Knizka, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Franka Potente
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on DIRECTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, YouTube, Apple TV
Home
Upon returning home from prison, an ex-convict confronts his violent past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Netherlands • 2021
- Director Franka Potente
- Cast Kathy Bates, Jake McLaughlin, Lil Rel Howery, James Jordan, Derek Richardson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Starz, fuboTV, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Weltkino
Reconciliation
See all →Go for Zucker
(Alles auf Zucker!)
When his mother dies, Zucker has a debt to repay.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2004
- Director Dani Levy
- Cast Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Golda Tencer, Steffen Groth, Anja Franke
- Genre Comedy
- Available on OVID, Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel
The Keeper
(Trautmann)
A former Nazi becomes a British hero when he finds he excels at soccer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Marcus H. Rosenmüller
- Cast David Kross, Freya Mavor, John Henshaw, Gary Lewis, Harry Melling, Michael Socha
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Vudu, Chai Flicks, VUDU Free, Kino Now, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, Apple TV