Films from Germany. Includes films from both West and East Germany, but doesn't include German-language films from other countries here, unless they date from a time when that other country was part of Germany (namely, Austria from 1938-45).
For other German media, see here.
Tropes / Useful Notes
Films
- 7 Zwerge
- 8mm
- Ace of Aces
- Adrift
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed
- Agnes And His Brothers (Agnes und seine Brüder)
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
- Alexander (international co-production)
- Alice in the Cities
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- Alone in the Dark (2005) (international co-production)
- Amen (international co-production)
- The American Friend — A German production, but dialogue mostly in English
- Anatomy
- The Apple — Co-production with America
- Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos
- Asterix and the Big Fight (Asterix – Operation Hinkelstein) — French-German co-production
- Asterix Conquers America (Asterix in Amerika) — French-German co-production
- Au revoir les enfants (French-German co-production)
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
- Backbeat (Anglo-German co-production)
- Bagdad Cafe
- Bandits
- Bang Boom Bang
- Barnyard (German-American co-production)
- Before the Fall (Napola - Elite für den Führer)
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
- The Black Dahlia (international co-production)
- BloodRayne
- Bloody Moon (Die Säge des Todes) — joint West German/Spanish production
- The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel)
- Bluebeard (1972)
- Das Boot
- Boo, Zino & the Snurks
- The Bridge
- Buena Vista Social Club (international co-production)
- The Burning Moon
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- Canaris
- The Captain from Kopenick
- The Cave of the Yellow Dog (German-Mongolian co-production)
- Chinesisches Roulette
- Christiane F. (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
- Code Unknown (international co-production)
- La Colonia
- The Counterfeiters (German-Austrian production)
- Creep (2004) (British-German co-production)
- Cross of Iron
- The Damned (1969)
- Daughters of Darkness
- The Dead (1987)
- Dear Wendy (international co-production)
- DEFA Westerns (Indianerfilme)
- Desert Flower
- Diary of a Lost Girl
- Different from the Others
- The Doll (Die Puppe)
- Don't Turn the Other Cheek!
- Downfall (Der Untergang)
- Dragon Hunters (international co-production)
- Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler)
- The Edgar Wallace Films
- The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (Der Würger von Schloss Blackmoor)
- The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei)
- Enemy Mine — joint US/West German production
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle)
- Er Ist Wieder Da (Look who's back)
- Europa Europa (Hitlerjunge Salomon)
- Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen)
- Everything Will Be Okay
- Das Experiment
- Far Cry
- Faust: A German Folk Tale (Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage)
- Felidae
- Felix the Cat: The Movie
- Die Feuerzangenbowle (The Punch Bowl)
- Das Finstere Tal
- First Spaceship on Venus (Der schweigende Stern) — joint East German/Polish production
- Fitzcarraldo
- Fleisch (Spare Parts)
- Flightplan (2005) (German-American co-production)
- Forklift Driver Klaus (Staplerfahrer Klaus)
- The Four Companions
- Fox and His Friends
- Frantz
- Friendship
- From the Life of the Marionettes (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten)
- Genghis Khan
- Ghosts (2005) (Gespenster)
- The Golem: How He Came Into the World
- Goodbye Lenin
- The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (Die grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino)
- La Habanera
- Happily N'Ever After
- Heart of Glass
- Heidi (Swiss-German co-production)
- Horrors of Spider Island (released as Ein Toter hing im Netz and A Dead One Hung in the Web)
- House of the Dead
- House of Harmony (co-production with Singapore)
- I Don't Want to Be a Man
- Im Juli
- The International
- In the Name of the King (international co-production)
- Jack the Ripper (1976)
- Jakob the Liar
- Jew Süss (Jud Süß)
- Joyeux Noël (international co-production)
- Khadak (international co-production)
- Kingdom of Heaven (international co-production)
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Kolberg
- K-PAX (German-American co-production)
- Krabat
- The Last King of Scotland (British-German co-production)
- The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann)
- Last Orders (British-German co-production)
- Laws of Attraction (international co-production)
- Lebanon (international co-production)
- Der letzte Zug (The Last Train)
- The Life of David Gale (international co-production)
- Lisa and the Devil
- The Little Vampire (international co-production)
- The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
- Lord of War (international co-production)
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum)
- Lucky Number Slevin (international co-production)
- Ludwig
- Luther (German-American co-production)
- M
- Mädchen in Uniform
- Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (international co-production)
- Making Contact
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (German-American co-production)
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Metropolis
- Minotaur (international co-production)
- Les Misérables (1998) (international co-production)
- Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (co-production with Italy and Spain)
- Mongol (international co-production)
- Monster Family
- Monster-in-Law (British-American co-production)
- Mr. Nobody (international co-production)
- Münchhausen
- My Name Is Nobody
- The Name of the Rose (co-production with France and Italy)
- The Nasty Girl
- Nekromantik
- The Never Ending Story and its sequels
- Die Nibelungen
- Night Of The Living Dorks
- North Face (Nordwand)
- Nowhere in Africa
- Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)
- Olympia
- The Order (German-American co-production)
- Otto; or Up with Dead People (German-Canadian co-production)
- Outlander (international co-production)
- The Oyster Princess (Die Austernprinzessin)
- Pandora's Box
- Paris, je t'aime (international co-production)
- Paris, Texas
- Perfume
- The Pianist (international co-production)
- The Piano Teacher (international co-production)
- Plan B: Scheiß auf Plan A
- The Pool (Swimming Pool - Der Tod feiert mit)
- Possession (co-production with France)
- Quiero ser (I want to be...) (co-production with Mexico)
- Quills (international co-production)
- The Red Baron
- The Remains of the Day (international co-production)
- Romeos
- Roses for the Prosecutor (Rosen für den Staatsanwalt)
- Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)
- Running Scared (2006) (German-American co-production)
- Russian Ark (international co-production)
- RV (German-American co-production)
- Satansbraten
- Der Schuh des Manitu
- Schwarzfahrer
- Secret Agent Super Dragon
- The Seventh Brother
- Severance (British-German co-production)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
- Siege of the Dead (Rammbock)
- Slap Her... She's French (international co-production)
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage)
- The Sorrow and the Pity
- Soul Kitchen
- Southland Tales (international co-production)
- Spies
- Stalingrad (1993)
- Stations of the Cross
- Sterne (Stars)
- Stormbreaker (international co-production)
- The Story of O
- The Story of the Weeping Camel (German-Mongolian co-production)
- Stroszek
- Sunshine (1999) (international co-production)
- Super Comet: After the Impact
- Sweet Movie
- Tarzan (2013)
- The Thirteenth Floor (German-American co-production)
- Thunderpants (international co-production)
- The Tin Drum
- Titanic (1943 version)
- To Kill a Dragon
- The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
- Toyland
- The Trial
- Tristan and Isolde (international co-production)
- Triumph of the Will
- Twilight's Last Gleaming
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- Underground (international co-production)
- Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) — joint German/French production
- Urban Explorer
- Valkyrie (German-American co-production)
- Vampyr
- Veronika Voss
- Victoria (2015)
- Vincent Wants To Sea
- Violent Shit
- Walking Tall (1973)
- Warning Shadows
- We Are the Night
- Die Welle (remake of The Wave)
- Westfront 1918
- Whale Rider (co-production with New Zealand)
- The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band - Eine Kindergeschichte)
- Who Am I
- The Wildcat
- Die wilden Kerle
- Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin)
- The Winnetou films
- The Treasure of Silver Lake (Der Schatz im Silbersee)
- Winnetou I
- Winnetou II
- Winnetou III
- Der Wixxer
- Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond)
- The Woman of My Dreams (Die Frau meiner Träume)
- World War III
- Woyzeck
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
- Wunschkonzert
- Zurich (Und morgen Mittag bin ich tot)
