Directors: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. One of the founders of the New German Cinema movement, the iconic director (and pop culture celebrity) has over 80 film credits to his name. We've included some of the highlights here.
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Date Created: August 17, 2025
The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
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The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Werner Herzog
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2022
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United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States
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The Fire Within: Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft
Documentarian Werner Herzog crafts a tribute to Katia and Maurice Krafft, married volcanologists who were killed on an expedition.
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- United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States, France · 2022
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Werner Herzog, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Harry Glicken
- Genre: Documentary
- Available on: History Vault, HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel, HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog
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2010
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Canada, United States, France
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog is given exclusive access to the Chauvet Caves in Southern France where he films the oldest pictorial creations of humankind in history.
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- Canada, United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom · 2010
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Werner Herzog, Dominique Baffier, Jean Clottes, Jean-Michel Geneste
- Genre: Documentary, Family
- Available on: Google Play Movies, YouTube, Philo, Pluto TV
My Best Fiend
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My Best Fiend
Werner Herzog
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1999
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Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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My Best Fiend (Mein liebster Feind)
A revelatory documentary depicting the complicated and conflict-filled relationship between an iconic filmmaker and actor.
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- Germany, United Kingdom, United States · 1999
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Justo González, Mick Jagger, Eva Mattes
- Genre: Documentary
- Available on: Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Fawesome, Plex Channel, YouTube, Fandor, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Metrograph, Apple TV, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Criterion Channel, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Philo, Plex, Fandor Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel
Fitzcarraldo
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Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog
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1982
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West Germany, Peru
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Fitzcarraldo
A developer attempts to build an opera house in the Amazon rainforest, entailing a series of increasingly ambitious efforts.
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- West Germany, Peru · 1982
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
- Available on: Cineverse, Shout! Factory TV, Google Play Movies, BFI Player Amazon Channel, YouTube, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Criterion Channel, Tubi TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fandango at Home Free, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Fawesome, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Night Flight Plus, Plex Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Metrograph
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Werner Herzog
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1974
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West Germany
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle)
After being chained in a cellar for the first 17 years of life, Kaspar is freed and abandoned, left to wander.
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- West Germany · 1974
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Willy Semmelrogge, Kidlat Tahimik
- Genre: Drama, History
- Available on: Google Play Movies, Cineverse, Amazon Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, Plex, Kanopy, Plex Channel, Criterion Channel, Philo, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube, Apple TV
Land of Silence and Darkness
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Land of Silence and Darkness
Werner Herzog
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1971
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West Germany
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Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit)
This documentary depicts the lives of deaf and blind people through the experience of Fini Straubinger, an elderly German woman.
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- West Germany · 1971
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Fini Straubinger, Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, M. Baaske, Resi Mittermeier
- Genre: Documentary
- Available on: Plex Channel, Kanopy, Cineverse, Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Criterion Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Amazon Video, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Philo, Fandor
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Werner Herzog
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1972
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West Germany, Mexico
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness.
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- West Germany, Mexico · 1972
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on: Amazon Video, Cineverse, History Vault, Night Flight Plus, Philo, Apple TV, Fawesome, Fandango at Home Free, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Tubi TV, YouTube, Google Play Movies, Kanopy, fuboTV, Metrograph, BFI Player Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Plex Channel, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Plex, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Shout! Factory TV
Nosferatu the Vampyre
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
Werner Herzog
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1979
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West Germany, France
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht)
A real estate agent seeks to buy property from Count Dracula, whose true interests lie in the agent's wife.
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- West Germany, France · 1979
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Martje Grohmann
- Genre: Drama, Horror
- Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Night Flight Plus, Shout! Factory TV, Philo, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Plex Channel, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Plex, Fandango At Home, Fandor Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Apple TV, fuboTV, Kanopy, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Metrograph, Pluto TV, Cineverse, Fawesome, Tubi TV
Into the Inferno
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Into the Inferno
Werner Herzog
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2016
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United Kingdom, Germany, Canada
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Into the Inferno
What we worship can destroy us.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada · 2016
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft, Sri Sumarti
- Genre: Documentary
- Available on: Netflix Standard with Ads, Netflix
Lessons of Darkness
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Lessons of Darkness
Werner Herzog
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1992
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France, United Kingdom, Germany
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Lessons of Darkness (Lektionen in Finsternis)
As the oil fields of Kuwait burn, the filmmakers investigate the cataclysm of horror and beauty preceding the Gulf War.
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- France, United Kingdom, Germany · 1992
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Werner Herzog
- Genre: Documentary, War
- Available on: Criterion Channel, Cineverse, Fandor, Tubi TV, Fandor Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Plex Channel, Apple TV, YouTube, Plex, Shout! Factory TV, Kanopy, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Philo
Stroszek
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Stroszek
Werner Herzog
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1977
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West Germany
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Stroszek
After being released from prison, Bruno joins a sex worker and an elderly eccentric in moving from Germany to Wisconsin.
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- West Germany · 1977
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest, Clayton Szalpinski
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Available on: Kanopy, Google Play Movies, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Cineverse, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube, Plex, Plex Channel, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Philo, Shout! Factory TV, Criterion Channel
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Werner Herzog
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1997
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Germany, United Kingdom, France
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
During the Vietnam War, Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, captured, and escaped against the odds.
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- Germany, United Kingdom, France · 1997
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Cast: Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog, Eugene Deatrick
- Genre: Documentary
- Available on: Amazon Video, Shout! Factory TV, Philo, Fandor, Plex Channel, Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Amazon Prime Video, Plex, The Roku Channel, YouTube, Criterion Channel