Top German Movies


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

101. Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, Die ( Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, Die )

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Plot: After Siegfried's dead, Kriemhild marries Etzel, the King of the Huns. She gives birth to a child, and invites her brothers for a party. She tries to persuade Etzel and the other Huns, that they kill Hagen, the murderer of Siegfried, but he is protected by her brothers. A fierce battle begins to force her brothers to give Hagen to her.

102. I Served the King of England ( Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jirí Menzel
Actors: Ivan Barnev, Julia Jentsch, Oldrich Kaiser, Martin Huba

103. Mephisto

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: István Szabó
Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Rolf Hoppe

104. Germany, Year Zero ( Germania anno zero )

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roberto Rossellini
Actors: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger

105. Lola Montès

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Will Quadflieg

106. Divided We Fall ( Musíme si pomáhat )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jan Hrebejk
Actors: Bolek Polívka, Anna Sisková, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dusek

107. As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me ( So weit die Füße tragen )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hardy Martins
Actors: Bernhard Bettermann, Michael Mendl, Anatoli Kotenyov, Irina Pantaeva

108. Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The ( Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant, Die )

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes
Plot: Petra von Kant is a world-famous fashion designer with a caustic, self-serving nature - often targeted as her long-suffering co-designer (and maid and secretary) Marlene. But then Karin enters the picture. A 23-year-old beauty with dreams of becoming a model, she entices Petra, and the two soon become lovers. Soon, she is invited to her home and the emotional journey, and aftermath, of this relationship drives the film.

109. Coup de grâce ( Fangschuß, Der )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Actors: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Marc Eyraud

110. Yella

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christian Petzold
Actors: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner

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