Top German Movies


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

41. Winter Sleepers ( Winterschläfer )

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Tykwer
Actors: Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Heino Ferch

42. Revanche

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Götz Spielmann
Actors: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Plot: Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.

43. Heart of Glass ( Herz aus Glas )

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba

44. Goodbye, Lenin!

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wolfgang Becker
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon

45. Destiny, The ( müde Tod, Der )

Year of Release: 1924
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Sternberg

46. Beyond Silence ( Jenseits der Stille )

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Caroline Link
Actors: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit

47. White Ribbon, The ( weiße Band, Das )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Burghart Klaußner, Marisa Growaldt
Plot: On the cusp on World War I, a small German village is transformed by fear and suspicion as ominous events, centered around the children of the village, take place.

48. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? ( Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
Actors: Lilith Ungerer, Kurt Raab, Lilo Pempeit, Franz Maron
Plot: A man is happy living a normal life - a dependable job as a technical draftsman, a loving marriage and caring father. But people push him - his colleges, his socially-mobile wife, parents, friends and neighbors alike - in many directions. A promotion is coming up - but as the pressure continues to build for Herr R. it may ultimately break him.

49. Counterfeiters, The ( Fälscher, Die )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Actors: August Diehl, Karl Markovics, Martin Brambach, Devid Striesow
Plot: In a Nazi concentration camp, several criminals and Jews are mixed together to create numerous foreign currencies in order to fund Germany's war effort. Eventually the moral dilemma of helping the Nazis versus saving themselves begins to take its toll on the prisoners.

50. Edge of Heaven, The ( Auf der anderen Seite )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fatih Akin
Actors: Nurgül Yesilçay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla

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