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Luzifer
A mother and her mentally impaired adult son must confront the physical and psychological consequences of losing their land.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria • 2021
- Director Peter Brunner
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Susanne Jensen, Monika Hinterhuber, Theo Blaickner
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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
When We Leave
(Die Fremde)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2010
- Director Feo Aladag
- Cast Sibel Kekilli, Florian Lukas, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanrıöğen, Tamer Yiğit
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Before the Fall
(Napola – Elite für den Führer)
Men make history. We make the men.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2004
- Director Dennis Gansel
- Cast Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow, Joachim Bißmeier, Justus von Dohnányi, Michael Schenk
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Wheel of Time
(Rad der Zeit)
A mesmerizing documentary from Werner Herzog that immerses the viewer in Tibetan Buddhist tradition and rituals.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2003
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Tenzin Gyatso, Lama Lhundup Woeser, Takna Jigme Sangpo, Matthieu Ricard, Tenzin Dhargye
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
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 Hulu, Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Paradise: Love
(Paradies: Liebe)
Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to Kenya to be a sex tourist.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany, France • 2012
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz, Helen Brugat, Carlos Mkutano
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
The Robber
(Der Räuber)
A champion marathoner-slash-bank robber is on a winning streak — but not for long.
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- Germany, Austria • 2010
- Director Benjamin Heisenberg
- Cast Andreas Lust, Michael Welz, Franziska Weisz, Florian Wotruba, Johann Bednar, Markus Schleinzer
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Vudu, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Men...
(Männer)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1985
- Director Doris Dörrie
- Cast Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Dietmar Bär, Edith Volkmann, Janna Marangosoff
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Cocoon
(Kokon)
Nora, a shy 14-year-old Berlin girl, embarks upon a summer of change and personal discovery.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Director Leonie Krippendorff
- Cast Lena Urzendowsky, Lena Klenke, Jella Haase, Elina Vildanova, Anja Schneider, Ogulcan Sert
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Faust
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Russia • 2011
- Director Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cast Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk, Georg Friedrich, Hanna Schygulla, Florian Brückner
- Genre Fantasy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Kanopy
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, Plex Channel
West
(Westen)
She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2013
- Director Christian Schwochow
- Cast Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer, Jacky Ido, Anja Antonowicz
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Axolotl Overkill
Mifti has to grow up on her own, one way or another.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Director Helene Hegemann
- Cast Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Arly Jover, Mavie Hörbiger, Laura Tonke, Hans Löw, Bernhard Schütz
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Princess and the Warrior
(Der Krieger und die Kaiserin)
Somewhere Out There You Can Find Love
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2000
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph, Ludger Pistor, Jürgen Tarrach
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, YouTube
Michael
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
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- Austria • 2011
- Director Markus Schleinzer
- Cast Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss, Victor Tremmel, Xaver Winkler
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Cloud 9
(Wolke 9)
A story of new love in old age
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- Germany • 2008
- Director Andreas Dresen
- Cast Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal, Steffi Kühnert
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Mistress
(Das Fräulein)
A woman's quiet life in Zurich is interrupted when she crosses paths with an enigmatic Bosnian refugee.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina • 2006
- Director Andrea Štaka
- Cast Mirjana Karanović, Andrea Zogg, Marija Škaričić, Pablo Aguilar, David Imhoof, Sebastian Krähenbühl
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
Transatlantic
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 2023
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Cory Michael Smith, Gillian Jacobs, Yoli Fuller, Nadiv Molcho, Corey Stoll, Amit Rahav
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Audition
(Das Vorspiel)
A violin teacher's dedication to one student borders on obsession.
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- 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
Klitschko
An intimate and fascinating portrait of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, two exceptional boxers who are, before all else, brothers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2011
- Director Sebastian Dehnhardt
- Cast Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, Lamon Brewster, Chris Byrd, Bernd Bönte, Pearlman Hicks
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video
Vitus
With help from his grandfather, a 12-year-old piano prodigy tries to escape his overbearing parents' plans for his future.
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- Switzerland • 2006
- Director Fredi M. Murer
- Cast Fabrizio Borsani, Teo Gheorghiu, Julika Jenkins, Urs Jucker, Bruno Ganz, Eleni Haupt
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
A Coffee in Berlin
(Oh Boy)
An aimless college dropout struggles to engage with life — though life doesn’t seem to be evading him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2012
- Director Jan Ole Gerster
- Cast Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter, Justus von Dohnányi, Katharina Schüttler, Arnd Klawitter
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Friend
(Fremder Freund)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Elmar Fischer
- Cast Antonio Wannek, Navid Navid, Mina Tander, Mavie Hörbiger
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Under Control
(Unter Kontrolle)
A documentary about what nuclear power demands from the humankind.
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- Argentina, Germany • 2011
- Director Volker Sattel
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
Until the End of the World
(Bis ans Ende der Welt)
Dr. Farber, in trying to find a cure for his wife's blindness, has created a device that allows the user to send images directly to the brain, enabling the blind to see.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Australia • 1991
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, Ernie Dingo, Sam Neill
- Genre Thriller, Drama, Science Fiction, Action
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Blue My Mind
15-year-old Mia faces an overwhelming transformation which puts her entire existence into question
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland • 2017
- Director Lisa Brühlmann
- Cast Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, Regula Grauwiller, Georg Scharegg, Lou Haltinner, Yaël Meier
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
Luz
A demonic entity follows a young female cab driver into a run-down police station.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2019
- Director Tilman Singer
- Cast Luana Velis, Jan Bluthardt, Julia Riedler, Nadja Stübiger, Johannes Benecke
- Genre Horror, Mystery
- Available on Vudu, Redbox, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
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, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Fandor, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Public Domain Movies, Cultpix, Plex Channel
Cherry Blossoms
(Kirschblüten - Hanami)
You never know what you have until its gone.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2008
- Director Doris Dörrie
- Cast Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl, Maximilian Brückner, Aya Irizuki, Birgit Minichmayr
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, 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
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
Dark Star: HR Giger’s World
(Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt)
The life and work of H.R. Giger told on-screen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Switzerland • 2014
- Director Belinda Sallin
- Cast H.R. Giger, Leslie Barany, Sandra Beretta, Mia Bonzanigo, Tom Gabriel Fischer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Longing
(Sehnsucht)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2006
- Director Valeska Grisebach
- Cast Andreas Müller, Ilka Welz, Anett Dornbusch, Erika Lemke, Markus Werner, Doritha Richter
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Jonathan
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1970
- Director Hans W. Geißendörfer
- Cast Jürgen Jung, Hans-Dieter Jendreyko, Paul Albert Krumm, Hertha von Walther, Oskar von Schab, Ilona Grübel
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
(Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer)
Attorney General Fritz Bauer works with Israeli intelligence to bring Adolf Eichmann to trial.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Director Lars Kraume
- Cast Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sebastian Blomberg, Jörg Schüttauf, Lilith Stangenberg, Laura Tonke
- Genre History, Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Paradise: Faith
(Paradies: Glaube)
A devout Catholic is unprepared for the reappearance of her estranged husband, who is Muslim.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Germany, France • 2012
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, Natalya Baranova, Rene Rupnik, Daniel Hoesl, Trude Masur
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Gloomy Sunday
(Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod – Gloomy Sunday)
A Hungarian woman falls in love with two men and draws the attention of a third.
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- Germany, Hungary • 1999
- Director Rolf Schübel
- Cast Erika Marozsán, Joachim Król, Ben Becker, Stefano Dionisi, András Bálint, Géza Boros
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Chai Flicks, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Experiment
(Das Experiment)
As part of a psychological research project, twenty recruits will be divided up into prisoners and guards, in a controlled penitentiary-like environment.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2001
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Stephan Szasz, Polat Dal
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy
Benny's Video
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own with tragic results.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Switzerland • 1993
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner, Stephanie Brehme, Stefan Polasek
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Unveiled
(Fremde Haut)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2005
- Director Angelina Maccarone
- Cast Jasmin Tabatabai, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Navid Navid, Georg Friedrich, Jens Münchow, Ruth Wohlschlegel
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Go for Zucker
(Alles auf Zucker!)
When his mother dies, Zucker has a debt to repay.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2004
- Director Dani Levy
- Cast Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Golda Tencer, Steffen Groth, Anja Franke
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Kanopy
Guys & Balls
(Männer wie wir)
After being cast aside by his teammates, a recently out gay man challenges his former teammate to a soccer match.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2004
- Director Sherry Hormann
- Cast Maximilian Brückner, Dietmar Bär, Saskia Vester, David Rott, Rolf Zacher, Mariele Millowitsch
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Spectrum On Demand
Otomo
A Liberian refugee encounters rampant racism while seeking employment in the German city of Stuttgart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1999
- Director Frieder Schlaich
- Cast Isaach De Bankolé, Eva Mattes, Hanno Friedrich, Barnaby Metschurat, Lara Kugler
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
(Lou Andreas-Salomé)
Lou Andreas-Salomé, the woman who enraptured 19th century Europe’s greatest minds, recounts her life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2016
- Director Cordula Kablitz-Post
- Cast Katharina Lorenz, Julius Feldmeier, Nicole Heesters, Merab Ninidze, Carl Achleitner
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Hinterland
A WW1 veteran returns to Austria and tries to catch a killer.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, Luxembourg • 2021
- Director Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cast Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries, Marc Limpach, Max von der Groeben, Maximilien Jadin, Timo Wagner
- Genre Crime, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Human Factors
(Der menschliche Faktor)
A mysterious home invasion exposes the tensions beneath the surface in an average middle-class family.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Italy, Denmark • 2022
- Director Ronny Trocker
- Cast Mark Waschke, Sabine Timoteo, Marthe Schneider, Wanja Valentin Kube, Hassan Akkouch, Spencer Bogaert
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee
The Red Orchestra
The story of the Red Orchestra, one of the most critical resistance groups to WWII.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2003
- Director Stefan Roloff
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Kanopy
The Child I Never Was
(Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen)
What Becomes a Serial Killer Most?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2002
- Director Kai S. Pieck
- Cast Tobias Schenke, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter Gontermann, Jürgen Christoph Kamcke, Sebastian Rüger, Stephan Szasz
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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 Vudu, Spamflix, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla
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