Films from Germany. Includes films from both West and East, 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 (most notably, Austria between 1938 and 1945).
For other German media, see here.
Tropes / Useful Notes
Films
- 13 Minutes
- 7 Zwerge
- Ace of Aces — French-German co-production
- Adrift (2006)
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed
- Agnes and His Brothers (Agnes und seine Brüder)
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
- Alice in the Cities
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- Amen (international co-production)
- The American Friend — A German production, but dialogue mostly in English
- Anatomy
- Arms and the Man
- Army of Thieves (German-American co-production)
- 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
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
- Bagdad Cafe
- Bandits
- Bang Boom Bang
- Before the Fall (Napola - Elite für den Führer)
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
- BloodRayne
- Blood Red Sky
- Bloody Moon (Die Säge des Todes) — joint West German/Spanish production
- The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel)
- Bluebeard (1972)
- Bonnie & Bonnie
- Das Boot
- Boo, Zino & the Snurks
- Bornholmer Strasse
- The Bridge (1959)
- The Burning Moon
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- Canaris
- The Captain
- The Captain from Kopenick
- Cave of the Living Dead
- Chinesisches Roulette
- Christiane F. (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
- The Colony (2016)
- The Colony (2021)
- The Counterfeiters (German-Austrian production)
- Cross of Iron
- Count Dracula (1970)
- The Damned (1969)
- Daniel: Der Zauberer (Daniel: The Wizard)
- Death Watch
- DEFA Westerns (Indianerfilme)
- Desert Flower
- The Devil Strikes at Night
- Diary of a Lost Girl
- Different from the Others
- Diplomacy (2014)
- The Doll (1919))
- Don't Turn the Other Cheek!
- Downfall (2004) (Der Untergang)
- 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)
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle)
- 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)
- Forklift Driver Klaus (Staplerfahrer Klaus)
- Four Against the Bank (Vier gegen die Bank)
- The Four Companions
- Fox and His Friends
- Frantz
- Friendship
- From the Life of the Marionettes (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten)
- The Ghost (1982)
- Ghosts (2005) (Gespenster)
- Glückskinder
- The Golem: How He Came Into the World
- Goodbye Lenin
- Go Trabi Go
- 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 the Sleeping Beauties
- House of Harmony (co-production with Singapore)
- I Don't Want to Be a Man
- Im Juli
- I'm Your Man (2021)
- In the Fade
- In the Name of the King (international co-production)
- Jack the Ripper (1976)
- Jacob the Liar
- Jew Süss (Jud Süß)
- Joyeux Noël (international co-production)
- The Joys of Fatherhood (Vaterfreuden)
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Kolberg
- Krabat
- The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann)
- Der letzte Zug (The Last Train)
- Lisa and the Devil
- The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
- Look Who's Back
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum)
- Ludwig
- M
- Mädchen in Uniform
- Making Contact
- Mara And The Firebringer
- Mark of the Devil
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Metropolis
- Michael
- Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (co-production with Italy and Spain)
- Monster Family
- Münchhausen
- My Name Is Nobody
- The Nasty Girl
- Nekromantik
- The NeverEnding 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)
- Nosferatu the Vampyre
- Olympia
- Opfergang
- Otto; or Up with Dead People (German-Canadian co-production)
- The Oyster Princess (Die Austernprinzessin)
- Pandora's Box
- Paris, je t'aime (international co-production)
- The Pedestrian
- Perfume
- Der Philosoph
- Phoenix
- Pillars of Society
- Plan B: Scheiß auf Plan A
- Possession (co-production with France)
- Querelle (co-production with France)
- The Red Baron
- Die Reise nach Tilsit
- Romeos
- Rommel
- Roses for the Prosecutor (Rosen für den Staatsanwalt)
- Rudy: The Return of the Racing Pig
- Run Lola Run (Lola rennt)
- Satansbraten
- Schtonk!
- Der Schuh des Manitu
- Schwarzfahrer
- Secret Agent Super Dragon
- The Seventh Brother
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
- Shiverstone Castle
- Siege of the Dead (Rammbock)
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage)
- The Sorrow and the Pity
- Soul Kitchen
- Spies
- Stalingrad (1993)
- Stations of the Cross
- Sterne (Stars)
- Stroszek
- Super Comet: After the Impact
- Sweet Movie
- Tartuffe
- Tarzan (2013)
- The Three Robbers (Die drei Raüber)
- The Tin Drum
- Titanic (1943 version)
- To Kill a Dragon
- Toni Erdmann
- The Titan (international co-production)
- The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
- Toyland
- The Trial
- Triumph of the Will
- Twilight's Last Gleaming
- Die Unbekannte
- Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) — joint German/French production
- Urban Explorer
- Vampyr
- Variety
- Veronika Voss
- Victoria (2015)
- Vincent Wants to Sea
- Violent Shit
- Virgins of the Seven Seas — a kung-fu sexploitation film made in collaboration with Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers studios. Yes, this exists.
- Die Wannseekonferenz
- Warning Shadows
- Waxworks
- We Are the Night
- The Wave (2008) (remake of The Wave (1981))
- Western
- Westfront 1918
- When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
- The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band - Eine Kindergeschichte)
- Who Am I (2014)
- 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
- Wunschkonzert
- Zurich (Und morgen Mittag bin ich tot)
