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 Head-On, directed by Fatih Akin.
Join us Sunday, May 18th 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New from Germany
Sleeping Sickness
(Schlafkrankheit)
Ebbo must give up his life in Africa or risk losing the woman he loves.
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- Germany, France, Netherlands • 2011
- Director Ulrich Köhler
- Cast Pierre Bokma, Jean-Christophe Folly, Jenny Schily, Hippolyte Girardot, Maria Elise Miller, Sava Lolov
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
A visual and aural sensation that takes viewers into the hillsides, terrains, and other outdoor spaces where Goldsworthy feels most at home and inspired.
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- United Kingdom, Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Cast Andy Goldsworthy, Tina Fiske, Holly Goldsworthy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, DistroTV, Kanopy, Plex Channel
The Team
The serial murder of prostitutes across national borders prompts the creation of a pan-European police task force to catch the killer.
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- Switzerland, Austria, Germany • 2015
- Creator
- Cast Jürgen Vogel, Marie Bach Hansen, Lynn Van Royen, Navid Negahban
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
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
The French Dispatch
A collection of stories set in the fictional 20th century French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé.
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- United States, Germany, Sweden, France, United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Wes Anderson
- Cast Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FXNow
The Magic Gloves
(Los guantes mágicos)
An absurdist ensemble comedy following the economic and social struggles of a Buenos Aires cab driver and the people around him.
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- Argentina, France, Germany • 2003
- Director Martín Rejtman
- Cast Vicentico, Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabián Arenillas, Cecilia Biagini, Susana Pampín, Diego Olivera
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Ben-Gurion, Epilogue
An unobstructed view of one of the most prominent leaders in modern history.
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- Israel, France, Germany • 2016
- Director Yariv Mozer
- Cast David Ben-Gurion
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Chai Flicks, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Hoopla
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.
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- 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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
Telescope Recommends
Abuse of Weakness
(Abus de faiblesse)
Would you trust a con-man?
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- France, Belgium, Germany • 2013
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Isabelle Huppert, Kool Shen, Christophe Sermet, Daphné Baiwir, Laurence Ursino
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
M
(M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder)
When police in a German city are unable to catch a child killer, local criminals agree to join in the manhunt.
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- Germany • 1931
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Winter Sleep
(Kış Uykusu)
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2014
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbağ, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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
Ajami
Cultural and religious differences divide a conflict-wrought Tel Aviv, where residents must navigate faith and interpersonal relationships.
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- Germany, Israel • 2009
- Director Scandar Copti
- Cast Fouad Habash, Nisrine Rihan, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani, Abu George Shibli, Ibrahim Frege
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Buena Vista Social Club
In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.
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- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 1999
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, 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.
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- 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 fuboTV, FlixFling, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV, Darkroom
Tulpan
(Тюльпан)
A young man tries to win over his mysterious neighbor, the only eligible girl in town.
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- Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany • 2009
- Director Sergei Dvortsevoy
- Cast Askhat Kuchencherekov, Samal Yeslyamova, Tolepbergen Baysakalov, Ondas Besikbasov, Bereke Turganbayev, Nurzhigit Zhapabayev
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Available on Klassiki
The Ghost Writer
Read between the lies.
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- France, Germany, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Roman Polanski
- Cast Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton
- Genre Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
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
Berlin ER
(KRANK Berlin)
After her private life falls apart, a young doctor seeking a fresh start takes over the emergency room in Berlin's toughest, most chaotic hospital.
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- Germany • 2025
- Creator Samuel Jefferson, Viktor Jakovleski
- Cast Haley Louise Jones, Slavko Popadic, Bernhard Schütz, Şafak Şengül, Aram Tafreshian, Samirah Breuer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV+, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
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
Face to Face with German Films 2025
The initiative Face to Face with German Films shines a spotlight on some of the most influential German talents currently working in the industry, who represent just some of the many dynamic 'faces' of German filmmaking today. Explore the work of the 2025 Face to Face Ambassadors below.
Cocoon
(Kokon)
Nora, a shy 14-year-old Berlin girl, embarks upon a summer of change and personal discovery.
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- Germany • 2020
- Director Leonie Krippendorff
- Cast Lena Urzendowsky, Lena Klenke, Jella Haase, Elina Vildanova, Anja Schneider, Ogulcan Sert
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Pimp – No F***ing Fairytale
(Luden - Könige der Reeperbahn)
Inspired by true events, this gangster epic tells the rise of the Nutella Gang, the most famous pimp cartel in Hamburg's legendary Reeperbahn during the 1980s.
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- Germany • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Lena Urzendowsky, Noah Tinwa, Karsten Antonio Mielke, Stefan Konarske, Lara Feith
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Berlin ER
(KRANK Berlin)
After her private life falls apart, a young doctor seeking a fresh start takes over the emergency room in Berlin's toughest, most chaotic hospital.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2025
- Creator Samuel Jefferson, Viktor Jakovleski
- Cast Haley Louise Jones, Slavko Popadic, Bernhard Schütz, Şafak Şengül, Aram Tafreshian, Samirah Breuer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV+, Apple TV Plus Amazon Channel
The Second Attack
(Der zweite Anschlag)
A survivor of racist, right-wing violence explores how he and his family were revictimized by the media and German society at large.
- Germany • 2018
- Director Mala Reinhardt
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc
Unorthodox
A young Hasidic Jewish woman flees to Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Mario
Two young gay soccer players struggle to make their relationship work in the high-pressure environment of the sport.
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- Switzerland • 2018
- Director Marcel Gisler
- Cast Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec, Jürg Plüss, Doro Müggler, Andreas Matti
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Actors: Daniel Brühl
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
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
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, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
The story of Karl Lagerfeld's rise in the fashion world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2024
- Creator Raphaëlle Bacqué, Isaure Pisani-Ferry, Jennifer Have
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Sunnyi Melles, Théodore Pellerin, Paul Spera, Agnès Jaoui, Alex Lutz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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, Kanopy, Hoopla
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 Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
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, 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.
- ✭ ✭
- 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