Top German Movies


The Top German Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top German List". Lists are calculated daily.

151. Third Generation, The ( Dritte Generation, Die )

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Harry Baer, Hark Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Eddie Constantine

152. Our Daily Bread ( Unser täglich Brot/2006 )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Actors: Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Barbara Hinz, Renata Wypchlo

153. Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven ( Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel )

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm

154. Even Dwarfs Started Small ( Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen )

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner

155. John Rabe

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Florian Gallenberger
Actors: Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny
Plot: The true story of a German businessman who saved over 200,000 Chinese during the infamous Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

156. Nasty Girl, The ( schreckliche Mädchen, Das )

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Verhoeven
Actors: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
Plot: When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

157. Destiny ( müde Tod, Der )

Year of Release: 1924
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Sternberg
Plot: The character of Death claims a young man whose time has come. His lover pleads for his return, and Death gives her three chances to reclaim him by saving one other life that is due to end. The film presents the outer story of Death and the two lovers and the three inner stories of her attempts to prevent another death.

158. Woman in the Moon aka By Rocket to the Moon ( Frau im Mond )

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl, Fritz Rasp

159. Diary of a Lost Girl ( Tagebuch einer Verlorenen )

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Actors: Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp
Plot: Follows the trials and tribulations of Thymian, a young woman from the upper class who finds her life torn asunder when a new governess moves in and she herself becomes pregnant by a pharmacist renting a business from her father, a scandal her family tries to cover up by sending the baby off and making her attend a reform school.

160. Maneater of Hydra ( isla de la muerte, La )

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mel Welles
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, George Martin, Elisa Montés, Rolf von Nauckhoff

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