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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pandorum
Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing.
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- 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
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
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
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, Xumo Play, DistroTV, Hoopla
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
New from Germany
Lovely Rita
Misunderstood by her classmates and parents, Rita, a teenager living in suburban Austria, starts seducing her school bus driver.
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- Austria, Germany • 2001
- Director Jessica Hausner
- Cast Barbara Osika, Wolfgang Kostal, Karina Brandlmayer, Peter Fiala
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex, Hoopla
On the Beach at Night Alone
(밤의 해변에서 혼자)
An actress ponders her relationship with a married man.
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- Korea, Germany • 2017
- Director Hong Sang-soo
- Cast Kim Min-hee, Jung Jae-young, Seo Young-hwa, Kwon Hae-hyo, Song Seon-mi, Moon Sung-keun
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Black Cat, White Cat
(Crna mačka, beli mačor)
After a failed business deal, a small time hustler forces his teenage son into an arranged marriage.
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- Yugoslavia, France, Germany • 1998
- Director Emir Kusturica
- Cast Bajram Severdzhan, Srđan Todorović, Zabit Memedov, Florijan Ajdini, Branka Katić, Ljubica Adzovic
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on fuboTV, Klassiki
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
Scarlet
(L'envol)
A WWI veteran returns to his French village, discovering his wife's death. Left to care for daughter Juliette, he witnesses her becoming a free-spirited woman.
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- France, Italy, Germany • 2023
- Director Pietro Marcello
- Cast Raphaël Thiéry, Juliette Jouan, Louis Garrel, Noémie Lvovsky, Yolande Moreau, François Négret
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Fallen Leaves
(Kuolleet lehdet)
Ansa and Holappa cross paths accidentally, and despite adversity and misunderstandings, they attempt to forge a relationship in the challenging realm of state welfare.
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- Finland, Germany • 2023
- Director Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Anna Karjalainen, Kaisa Karjalainen, Janne Hyytiäinen
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
The Teachers' Lounge
(Das Lehrerzimmer)
A new schoolteacher has her ideals tested when one of her students is accused of stealing.
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- Germany • 2023
- Director İlker Çatak
- Cast Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Kathrin Wehlisch
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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
The Swarm
An ecological thriller about the delicate interconnectedness between mankind and Earth.
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- Germany • 2023
- Creator Frank Doelger, Frank Schätzing
- Cast Alexander Karim, Cécile de France, Leonie Benesch, Joshua Odjick, Takehiro Hira, Krista Kosonen
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on The CW
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Bridge of Spies
An American lawyer is charged with defending a Soviet spy and negotiating his exchange for an American hostage in the USSR.
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- Germany, India, United States • 2015
- Director Steven Spielberg
- Cast Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Sebastian Koch, Austin Stowell
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on MGM Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
(Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed)
This earliest surviving animated feature film tells the story of a heroic prince attempting to save his sister from an evil sorcerer.
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- Germany • 1926
- Director Lotte Reiniger
- Cast Dana Dempsey
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kanopy
The Blue Angel
(Der blaue Engel)
A professor becomes obsessed with a cabaret dancer.
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- Germany • 1930
- Director Josef von Sternberg
- Cast Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, JustWatchTV
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
Waltz with Bashir
(Vals Im Bashir)
When a young soldier has trouble accessing memories of a massacre, conversations with others help piece his memories together.
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- Israel, France, Germany • 2008
- Director Ari Folman
- Cast Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi, Ronny Dayag
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Paris Calligrammes
In this autobiographical film, contemporary artist Ulrike Ottinger looks back at a formative period in her life and she city where she lived it.
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- Germany, France • 2020
- Director Ulrike Ottinger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Filmforum
Ayka
(Айка)
A young immigrant worker in Moscow desperately works to pay off her debts while dealing with postpartum health issues.
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- Russia, Germany, Poland • 2019
- Director Sergei Dvortsevoy
- Cast Samal Yeslyamova, Dzhipargul Abdilova, David Alaverdyan, Cholponay Borubaeva, Nurzhan Kunnazarova
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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
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 MGM Plus, fuboTV, Epix Amazon Channel, Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
Actors: Daniel Brühl
Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
The story of Karl Lagerfeld's rise in the fashion world.
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- 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.
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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
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
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
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 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
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, Microsoft Store, YouTube
John Rabe
History needs extraordinary heroes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Wings of Desire
(Der Himmel über Berlin)
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
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- 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
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
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
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