Spotlight: Female Power: Maria Schrader
In Darkness
To serve humanity is to serve one's inner self.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Poland, Germany, Canada • 2011
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Marcin Bosak, Julia Kijowska
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Aimee & Jaguar
Berlin, 1943. Bombs are falling and the city's Jewish population is in danger. Amidst all the violence, two women find love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1999
- Director Max Färberböck
- Cast Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch, Elisabeth Degen, Detlev Buck
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Chai Flicks, Kino Now, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
Rosenstrasse
(Rosenstraße)
A woman learns that there is more to her mother's past that she realized.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany, Netherlands • 2003
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade, Jutta Lampe, Svea Lohde, Jürgen Vogel
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex,
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
(Vor der Morgenröte)
In 1936, the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig flees Nazi Germany for Brazil, and falls in love with a new country.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany, France • 2016
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt, Charly Hübner
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
Deutschland
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Advertising Rules!
(Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man)
After stumbling into an advertising career, Viktor must choose between love and success.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2001
- Director Lars Kraume
- Cast Alexander Scheer, Götz George, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Schrader, Vadim Glowna, Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
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
Spotlight: Tribute to Nina Hoss
Yella
Narrowly escaping her abusive ex-husband, Yella flees her formerly East German town for a new life in the West.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2007
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner, Barbara Auer, Wanja Mues
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Vudu, Kanopy
Naked
(Nackt)
Described as a psychological film, three couples navigate marriage, fidelity, and sex in a series of games played blindfolded.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2002
- Director Doris Dörrie
- Cast Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jürgen Vogel, Nina Hoss, Mehmet Kurtuluş
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Gold
A woman joins a group of immigrants on a search for gold, yet find they may not be prepared for what awaits them.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Canada • 2013
- Director Thomas Arslan
- Cast Nina Hoss, Lars Rudolph, Uwe Bohm, Marko Mandič, Peter Kurth, Wolfgang Packhäuser
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Western
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Redbox,
Hannah
(Leben mit Hannah)
An beautiful and enigmatic photo developer must face old demons after coming across old photographs.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2006
- Director Erica von Moeller
- Cast Nina Hoss, Isabel Bongard, Wolfram Koch, Matthias Brandt, Marie-Lou Sellem, Milan Peschel
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Barbara
A Story of Love and Subterfuge with Simmering Intelligence.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2012
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke, Rainer Bock, Alicia von Rittberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Kino Now, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
We Are the Night
(Wir sind die Nacht)
Immortal. Insatiable.
- Germany • 2010
- Director Dennis Gansel
- Cast Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer, Max Riemelt, Arved Birnbaum
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Hostages of Costa Rica
(Die Geiseln von Costa Rica)
Based on a true story, a German tourist and a Swiss tour guide are kidnapped on vacation by rebels from Nicaragua.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany, Mexico • 2000
- Director Uwe Janson
- Cast Nina Hoss, Suzanne von Borsody, Marek Erhardt, Ronald Nitschke
- Genre Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Phoenix
A noirish study of treachery, identity, and survival.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Poland • 2014
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Trystan Pütter, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Baden-Württemberg von oben
A virtual bird’s-eye tour of the Swiss and German countryside.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Director Julia Zantl
- Cast Nina Hoss
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
And Nobody Weeps for Me
(Und keiner weint mir nach)
In post-WWI Germany, 18-year-old Leo Knie begins his adult life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1996
- Director Joseph Vilsmaier
- Cast Peter Ketnath, Nina Hoss, Steffen Schroeder, Susanna Wellenbrink, Andreas Nickl
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wolfsburg
A car accident brings together an unlikely pair.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann, Astrid Meyerfeldt, Matthias Matschke, Soraya Gomaa
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Audition
(Das Vorspiel)
A violin teacher's dedication to one student borders on obsession.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2019
- Director Ina Weisse
- Cast Nina Hoss, Simon Abkarian, Ilja Monti, Serafin Mishiev, Sophie Rois
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Elementary Particles
(Elementarteilchen)
Two very different half-brothers must navigate their equally complicated relationships with sexuality
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2006
- Director Oskar Roehler
- Cast Christian Ulmen, Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, Franka Potente, Nina Hoss, Corinna Harfouch
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Return to Montauk
(Rückkehr nach Montauk)
An author in his sixties reunites with a woman he loved seventeen years ago.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Ireland, France • 2017
- Director Volker Schlöndorff
- Cast Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Hoss, Bronagh Gallagher, Niels Arestrup, Susanne Wolff, Isi Laborde
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
My Little Sister
(Schwesterlein)
The bond of twin siblings is tested by a diagnosis of leukemia in this poignant Swiss drama.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, Germany • 2020
- Director Stéphanie Chuat
- Cast Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier
- Genre
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Something to Remind Me
(Toter Mann)
A gorgeous woman comes for the pizza and leaves with his life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2002
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Nina Hoss, André Hennicke, Sven Pippig, Heinrich Schmieder, Kathrin Angerer, Henning Peker
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Volcano
(Der Vulkan)
Nina Hoss stars as a singer leaving Nazi Germany for a different life in Paris.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 1999
- Director Ottokar Runze
- Cast Nina Hoss, Meret Becker, Sylvester Groth, Stefan Kurt, Katharina Thalbach
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The White Masai
(Die weisse Massai)
Carola's vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2005
- Director Hermine Huntgeburth
- Cast Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido, Katja Flint, Antonio Prester, Janek Rieke, Helen Namaso Lenamarken
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Kleist File
(Die Akte Kleist)
An exploration of the life and mysterious death of German poet Kleist.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2011
- Director Torsten Striegnitz
- Cast Alexander Beyer, Meret Becker, Nina Hoss
- Genre History, Documentary, Drama
- Available on GuideDoc
Pelican Blood
(Pelikanblut)
A mother adopts a traumatized young girl and must work to contain her violent behavior.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Bulgaria • 2020
- Director Katrin Gebbe
- Cast Nina Hoss, Yana Marinova, Sebastian Rudolph, Murathan Muslu, Sophie Pfennigstorf
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Girl Called Rosemarie
(Das Mädchen Rosemarie)
Rosemarie works her way up the ladder by becoming one of the most infamous courtesans of her time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1996
- Director Bernd Eichinger
- Cast Nina Hoss, Heiner Lauterbach, Mathieu Carrière, Hannelore Elsner, Katja Flint, Horst Krause
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jerichow
Bite the hand that feeds. Kiss the hand that is fed.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2008
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sözer, André Hennicke, Claudia Geisler, Marie Gruber
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Vudu, Kanopy
Geschichte einer Liebe – Freya
Freya Deichmann and Helmuth James von Moltke meet and fall in love in the shadow of the Third Reich.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2016
- Director Hans-Helmut Grotjahn
- Cast Nina Hoss, Ulrich Matthes
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Woman in Berlin
(Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin)
World War II ends and her story begins.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Poland • 2008
- Director Max Färberböck
- Cast Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Juliane Köhler, August Diehl, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler
- Genre Drama, War, History
- Available on Hoopla, Amazon Video
Summer Window
(Fenster zum Sommer)
Juliane wakes up one morning unexplainably thrown back into her past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Finland • 2011
- Director Hendrik Handloegten
- Cast Nina Hoss, Mark Waschke, Fritzi Haberlandt, Lars Eidinger, Lasse Stadelmann, Susanne Wolff
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Rider of the Flames
(Feuerreiter)
A romantic and rebellious poet falls for his employer’s wife in 18th-century Germany.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Austria, Poland • 1998
- Director Nina Grosse
- Cast Martin Feifel, Marianne Denicourt, Ulrich Mühe, Matthias Faber, Ulrich Matthes, Nina Hoss
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Anarchist's Wife
A wife never gives up hope of seeing her revolutionary husband again.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Spain, France • 2008
- Director Marie Noëlle
- Cast María Valverde, Juan Diego Botto, Ivana Baquero, Nina Hoss, Laura Morante, Jean-Marc Barr
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Epstein's Night
(Epsteins Nacht)
After completing his 15-year prison sentence, Jochen Epstein is eager to leave Germany and his sordid past behind.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 2002
- Director Urs Egger
- Cast Mario Adorf, Bruno Ganz, Günter Lamprecht, Otto Tausig, Annie Girardot, Nina Hoss
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Heart Is a Dark Forest
(Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald)
A woman's life is destroyed when she discovers that her husband has another family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2007
- Director Nicolette Krebitz
- Cast Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Franziska Petri, Marc Hosemann, Monica Bleibtreu, Otto Sander
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spotlight: German Series
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Dogs of Berlin
They're about to cross a line.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2018
- Creator Christian Alvart
- Cast Felix Kramer
- Genre Action & Adventure
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
You Are Wanted
A man works to prove his innocence after a hacker implicates him in a crime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort
- Cast Matthias Schweighöfer
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Perfume
(Parfum)
An old group of friends are investigated after one of them is murdered.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2018
- Creator Oliver Berben, Philipp Kadelbach, Eva Kranenburg
- Cast Friederike Becht, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Juergen Maurer, Ken Duken, Natalia Belitski, August Diehl
- Genre Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Deutschland
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Berlin Station
Daniel Miller moves from American to work undercover in Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, Germany • 2016
- Creator Olen Steinhauer
- Cast Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita
- Genre Action & Adventure
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video
Weissensee
Romeo and Juliet meets the communist East Berlin of the 1980s.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on The Roku Channel, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Spotlight: German Docs
Beuys
Joseph Beuys was an artist and activist who believed art was a powerful way of communicating.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Andres Veiel
- Cast Joseph Beuys
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Hitler's Hollywood
(Hitlers Hollywood)
What does the cinema know that we don't?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Rüdiger Suchsland
- Cast Rüdiger Suchsland
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
An energetic, sharply edited celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2016
- Director Thorsten Schütte
- Cast Frank Zappa, Theodore Bikel, Arlene Francis, Keith Moon, Steve Allen
- Genre Music, Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Human Flow
When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, China • 2017
- Director Ai Weiwei
- Cast Boris Cheshirkov, Marin Din Kajdomcaj, Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, Abeer Khalid
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Nobody's Perfect
Niko von Glasow embarks on a very personal project with this documentary that profiles thalidomiders.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2008
- Director Niko von Glasow
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex, , Reveel
Gerhard Richter Painting
An intimate film portrait of a legendary contemporary visual artist.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2012
- Director Corinna Belz
- Cast Gerhard Richter
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Kino Now, Kanopy
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Cast Andy Goldsworthy, Tina Fiske, Holly Goldsworthy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex,
Forbidden Films
(Verbotene Filme)
The hidden legacy of Nazi Film.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Felix Moeller
- Cast Stefan Drößler, Johanna Liebeneiner, Ernst Szebedits, Margarethe von Trotta
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Scorpions - Forever and a Day
A documentary on the acclaimed rock band Scorpions.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Director Katja von Garnier
- Cast Klaus Meine
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Night Flight Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee
How to Make a Book with Steidl
For 40 years, Gerhard Steidl has made perfect books.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2010
- Director Gereon Wetzel
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Kino Now, Kanopy
Goff in the Desert
(Goff in der Wüste)
A creative documentary about the American architect Bruce Goff.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Heinz Emigholz
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Forecaster
Martin Armstrong uses math to predict economic turning points.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2014
- Director Marcus Vetter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc
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 MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex,
Master of the Universe
A tense documentary about the psychology of the most powerful people in the banking world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany • 2013
- Director Marc Bauder
- Cast Rainer Voss, Angela Merkel
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Gaza Surf Club
Amidst Gaza's political turmoil, there's a beautiful escape out in the water.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Mickey Yamine
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Full Metal Village
A small village called Wacken swells to 80,000 people every year for Europe's largest heavy metal festival.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2007
- Director Sung Hyung Cho
- Cast Uwe Trede, Lore Trede, Klaus H. Plähn, Irma Schaack, Eva Waldow, Ann-Kathrin Schaack
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
More Than Honey
Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof tackles the vexing issue of why bees, worldwide, are facing extinction.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, Germany, Austria • 2012
- Director Markus Imhoof
- Cast Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer, Heidrun Singer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
Forget Me Not
(Vergiss mein nicht)
A filmmaker returns home to care for his mother with Alzheimer's, and learns about his parents' left-wing marriage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2013
- Director David Sieveking
- Cast Gretel Sieveking, Malte Sieveking
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Into Great Silence
(Die große Stille)
After sixteen years of waiting, Philip Gröning was finally allowed inside a French monastery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Switzerland, Germany • 2005
- Director Philip Gröning
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Buena Vista Social Club
In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Dancing Dreams
(Tanzträume)
Forty teenagers spent a year learning Pina Bausch's "Kontakthof" dance, a piece full of youth's romantic anxieties.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2010
- Director Rainer Hoffmann
- Cast Pina Bausch, Jo-Ann Endicott, Bénédicte Billiet
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kanopy
Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot
Dirk Nowitzki began playing in Germany's regional basketball leagues, and rose to play in the NBA championship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Sebastian Dehnhardt
- Cast Dirk Nowitzki, Holger Geschwinder, Kobe Bryant, Michael Finley, Steve Nash
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Plex,
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
(Beltracchi - Die Kunst der Fälschung)
Forging masterpieces takes a stroke of genius.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Arne Birkenstock
- Cast Wolfgang Beltracchi, Helene Beltracchi
- Genre Crime, Documentary, History
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Kanopy
Song from the Forest
25 years ago, Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Michael Obert
- Cast Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Brad Connor, Jim Jarmusch
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Rhythm is it!
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra introduces 250 youths to classical music for a dance performance to 'The Rite of Spring.'
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2004
- Director Enrique Sánchez Lansch
- Cast Royston Maldoom, Susannah Broughton, Marie Theinert, Simon Rattle
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Legend of the Ugly King
A young German-Kurdish filmmaker sets out to explore the eventful life of famous Kurdish director, actor, and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2017
- Director Hüseyin Tabak
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spotlight: German Angst
The College Girl Murders
(Edgar Wallace - Der Mönch mit der Peitsche)
Scotland Yard pursue a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with acid and poison gas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1967
- Director Alfred Vohrer
- Cast Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Konrad Georg, Grit Boettcher, Tilly Lauenstein
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV
Nosferatu
(Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
A symphony of horror.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1922
- Director F.W. Murnau
- Cast Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach, Georg H. Schnell, Ruth Landshoff
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on Screambox, Screambox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, FlixFling, Classix, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Cultpix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Public Domain Movies, Popflick,
Hell
What gave us our beginning, will lead to our end.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Switzerland • 2011
- Director Tim Fehlbaum
- Cast Hannah Herzsprung, Lars Eidinger, Stipe Erceg, Lisa Vicari, Angela Winkler, Yoann Blanc
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Fellowship of the Frog
(Edgar Wallace - Der Frosch mit der Maske)
Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace’s, authorities investigate a criminal gang led by a man in a frog mask.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, West Germany • 1959
- Director Harald Reinl
- Cast Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Eddi Arent, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Walter Wilz, Carl Lange
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)
After his friend is found dead, Francis suspects the crazed hypnotist Dr. Caligari and his somnambulist, Casare.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1920
- Director Robert Wiene
- Cast Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Rudolf Lettinger
- Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Classix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Crackle, Fandor, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Public Domain Movies, Cultpix,
Ever After
(Endzeit)
A classic female buddy movie. With zombies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2019
- Director Carolina Hellsgård
- Cast Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Maja Lehrer, Trine Dyrholm, Yûho Yamashita, Barbara Philipp
- Genre Horror
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Cineverse
The Curse of the Yellow Snake
(Edgar Wallace - Der Fluch der gelben Schlange)
The theft of a Chinese icon sparks a battle between the authorities and a group of underground fanatics.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1963
- Director Franz Josef Gottlieb
- Cast Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Pinkas Braun, Doris Kirchner, Charles Regnier
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video
Krabat
A young sorcerer must rebel against his master after making a disturbing discovery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, Romania • 2008
- Director Marco Kreuzpaintner
- Cast David Kross, Daniel Brühl, Robert Stadlober, Hanno Koffler, Christian Redl, Paula Kalenberg
- Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Terrible People
(Edgar Wallace - Die Bande des Schreckens)
The ghost of a hanged man seeks revenge.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1960
- Director Harald Reinl
- Cast Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Karl-Georg Saebisch, Eddi Arent, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Whispers Behind the Wall
(Die Frau hinter der Wand)
First love can be horrific...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2013
- Director Grzegorz Muskala
- Cast Vincent Redetzki, Katharina Heyer, Florian Panzner, Robert Stadlober, Nikolai Kinski, Petra Zieser
- Genre Thriller, TV Movie
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Hagazussa
A Heathen's Curse.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany • 2018
- Director Lukas Feigelfeld
- Cast Aleksandra Cwen, Claudia Martini, Tanja Petrovsky, Haymon Maria Buttinger
- Genre Horror, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
The Silence
(Das letzte Schweigen)
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night, in the same spot where a girl was killed 23 years ago.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2010
- Director Baran bo Odar
- Cast Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass, Sebastian Blomberg, Burghart Klaußner, Oliver Stokowski
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, Topic, Topic Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Fear of Fear
(Angst vor der Angst)
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1975
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Margit Carstensen, Ulrich Faulhaber, Brigitte Mira, Irm Hermann, Armin Meier, Kurt Raab
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Classix, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Pantaflix, Kanopy, Plex,
Soundless
(Lautlos)
A mercenary killer must keep his past a secret as he handles death threats from his employer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2004
- Director Mennan Yapo
- Cast Joachim Król, Nadja Uhl, Christian Berkel, Rudolf Martin, Lisa Martinek, Peter Fitz
- Genre Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spotlight: Female Power
Rosenstrasse
(Rosenstraße)
A woman learns that there is more to her mother's past that she realized.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany, Netherlands • 2003
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade, Jutta Lampe, Svea Lohde, Jürgen Vogel
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex,
Two Mothers
(Zwei Mütter)
As if being lesbians in Germany, where homosexuality still isn't celebrated, wasn't hard enough.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2013
- Director Anne Zohra Berrached
- Cast Karina Plachetka, Sabine Wolf, Florian Weber, Maarten Van Santen, Tilmann A. Müller, Joachim Welz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Mostly Martha
(Bella Martha)
Martha, the head chef at a chic restaurant, must reevaluate her life and priorities when a fateful accident brings her niece to her doorstep.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Italy, Austria • 2001
- Director Sandra Nettelbeck
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner, Sibylle Canonica, Katja Studt
- Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Desert Flower
The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Austria • 2009
- Director Sherry Hormann
- Cast Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV
Stations of the Cross
(Kreuzweg)
A young girl is torn between normal teenage life and her fundamentalist Catholic upbringing.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2014
- Director Dietrich Brüggemann
- Cast Lea van Acken, Franziska Weisz, Florian Stetter, Lucie Aron, Moritz Knapp, Michael Kamp
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex,
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
(Vor der Morgenröte)
In 1936, the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig flees Nazi Germany for Brazil, and falls in love with a new country.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany, France • 2016
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt, Charly Hübner
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
The Chambermaid Lynn
(Das Zimmermädchen Lynn)
A chance encounter prompts a chambermaid who fears human interaction to come out of her shell.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Director Ingo Haeb
- Cast Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Münster, Christian Aumer, Christine Schorn
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Promise
(Das Versprechen)
A love, a hope, a wall.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Switzerland • 1995
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Meret Becker, Corinna Harfouch, Anian Zollner, August Zirner, Eva Mattes, Hark Bohm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on 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 Midnight Pulp, Amazon Video, Pantaflix, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Cineverse
Lore
When your life is a lie, who can you trust?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Australia, United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Cate Shortland
- Cast Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika Seidel
- Genre Drama, War, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
(Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen)
The story of Hildegard von Bingen, a Benedictine nun ahead of her time.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France • 2009
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Devid Striesow, Sunnyi Melles, Lena Stolze
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
Hannah Arendt
Her ideas changed the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Luxembourg, France • 2012
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Woodeson, Ulrich Noethen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Metrograph, Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
Spotlight: Festival Favorites
The Forecaster
Martin Armstrong uses math to predict economic turning points.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2014
- Director Marcus Vetter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc
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, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bye Bye Germany
(Es war einmal in Deutschland)
Four Holocaust survivors dream of making it to America.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium • 2017
- Director Sam Garbarski
- Cast Anatole Taubman, Moritz Bleibtreu, Joel Basman, Tim Seyfi, Antje Traue
- Genre Comedy, Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex,
The White Sound
(Das weisse Rauschen)
After moving in with his older sister, Lukas must adjust to his new home while battling the onset of paranoid schizophrenia.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2001
- Director Hans Weingartner
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Anabelle Lachatte, Patrick Joswig, Katharina Schüttler, Ilse Strambowski, Michael Schütz
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Song from the Forest
25 years ago, Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Michael Obert
- Cast Louis Sarno, Samedi Mathurin Bokombe, Brad Connor, Jim Jarmusch
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Lore
When your life is a lie, who can you trust?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Australia, United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Cate Shortland
- Cast Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika Seidel
- Genre Drama, War, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
The Strange Little Cat
(Das merkwürdige Kätzchen)
In this family apartment, the mundane is not what it seems.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2013
- Director Ramon Zürcher
- Cast Anjorka Strechel, Jenny Schily, Matthias Dittmer, Luk Pfaff
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Grill Point
(Halbe Treppe)
Built in part from improv sessions with the cast, this offbeat tragicomedy documents the relationship crisis between two married couples.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2002
- Director Andreas Dresen
- Cast Steffi Kühnert, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Thorsten Merten, Axel Prahl, Janko Brett, Miro De Vittoris
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Beuys
Joseph Beuys was an artist and activist who believed art was a powerful way of communicating.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Andres Veiel
- Cast Joseph Beuys
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Captain
(Der Hauptmann)
A deserter of the Nazi army stumbles upon an officer's uniform and soon finds people following him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Poland • 2017
- Director Robert Schwentke
- Cast Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Marko Dyrlich, David Scheller, Sebastian Rudolph
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
Tehran Taboo
Four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive Islamic society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2017
- Director Ali Soozandeh
- Cast Arash Marandi, Alireza Bayram, Siir Eloglu, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, Klaus Ofczarek
- Genre Drama, Animation
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Invisibles
(Die Unsichtbaren)
Four jewish teenagers in Berlin go to extraordinary lengths to survive in World War II Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Claus Räfle
- Cast Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee, Aaron Altaras, Naomi Krauss, Tania Carlin
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Barbarians
(Barbaren)
In 9 A.D., a former hostage of Rome unites the oppressed Germanic tribes against the invaders.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator Arne Nolting, Jan Martin Scharf, Andreas Heckmann
- Cast Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud, David Schütter, Gaetano Aronica, Bernhard Schütz, Eva Verena Müller
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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 Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Pantaflix, Kanopy
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 MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex,
Pianomania
Pianomania takes the audience on a humorous journey through the secret world of sound and accompanies Stefan Knüpfer in his extraordinary work with the greatest pianists in the world.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany • 2009
- Director Robert Cibis
- Cast Lang Lang, Stefan Knüpfer, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Hyung-Ki Joo, Alfred Brendel, Aleksey Igudesman
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Tuvalu
A family living in an old swimming pool faces outsiders.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1999
- Director Veit Helmer
- Cast Denis Lavant, Philippe Clay, Terrence Gillespie, E.J. Callahan, Đoko Rosić
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance, Family
- Available on Spamflix, Freevee, Kanopy
Berlin Calling
A Berlin DJ struggles in rehab as he works on his next album.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2008
- Director Hannes Stöhr
- Cast Paul Kalkbrenner, Rita Lengyel, Corinna Harfouch, Araba Walton, Megan Gay, Dirk Borchardt
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi 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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Inglourious Basterds
Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2009
- Director Quentin Tarantino
- Cast Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
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 Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Western
A thriller on the frontier of Eastern Europe.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Bulgaria, Austria • 2017
- Director Valeska Grisebach
- Cast Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifo, Veneta Frangipova, Viara Borisova
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
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 Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Cast Andy Goldsworthy, Tina Fiske, Holly Goldsworthy
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex,
Human Flow
When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, China • 2017
- Director Ai Weiwei
- Cast Boris Cheshirkov, Marin Din Kajdomcaj, Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, Abeer Khalid
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
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, CuriosityStream Apple TV Channel
Gaza Surf Club
Amidst Gaza's political turmoil, there's a beautiful escape out in the water.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Mickey Yamine
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Spotlight: German Oscar® Submissions
Beloved Sisters
(Die geliebten Schwestern)
The secret story of Schiller's passion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 2014
- Director Dominik Graf
- Cast Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Hannah Herzsprung, Ronald Zehrfeld, Andreas Pietschmann
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex,
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 OVID, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Labyrinth of Lies
(Im Labyrinth des Schweigens)
A young lawyer in post-war Germany works to punish Nazis that worked in the camps and uncovers family secrets along the way.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Giulio Ricciarelli
- Cast Alexander Fehling, André Szymanski, Friederike Becht, Johann von Bülow, Hansi Jochmann
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu
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 Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex,
Buena Vista Social Club
In Havana, music isn't a pastime, it's a way of life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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, Vudu, 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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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 MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex,
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, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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 Criterion Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon 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 Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
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 Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,