OSCAR Highlights
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
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.
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- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
In the Fade
(Aus dem Nichts)
A woman seeks justice for the death of her husband and son.
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- 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, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
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 Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
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.
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- 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
Two Lives
(Zwei Leben)
She built one life on love, the other on deceit.
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- 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
Pina
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
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- 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, Plex Player
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Baader Meinhof Complex
(Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
The children of the Nazi generation vowed fascism would never rule their world again.
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- 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, Plex Player
The Edge of Heaven
(Auf der anderen Seite)
A widower pays a prostitute to live with him and keep him company in this story of Turkish immigrants living in Germany.
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- Germany, Turkey, Italy • 2007
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, 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.
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- 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
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
(Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage)
The true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany dared even think!
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- Germany • 2005
- Director Marc Rothemund
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke, Florian Stetter
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
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 Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Player
Nowhere in Africa
(Nirgendwo in Afrika)
One family's tale of a homeland lost --- and a homeland found.
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- 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
The Nasty Girl
(Das schreckliche Mädchen)
Is history history if no one knows about it?
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- 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
The Tin Drum
(Die Blechtrommel)
A savage, sweeping epic of a German society in chaos.
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- 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, Apple TV, Amazon Video