Top German Movies


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

71. Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The ( Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner, Die )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Steiner

72. Barbara

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christian Petzold
Actors: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke
Plot: Set in 1980s East Germany, a female doctor finds herself banished to a rural hospital for her political beliefs. She manages to make connections there, all the while making plans to flee to Denmark to be with her lover.

73. In a Year with 13 Moons ( In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar
Plot: Erwin Weisshaupt is in love with co-worker Anton - who tells him that it's too bad he wasn't a woman. Now, years later, Erwin is Elvira and he returns to Anton, hoping that in the wreckage love has made of his life, Anton will accept his love.

74. Mostly Martha ( Drei Sterne )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner

75. Cobra Verde

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile

76. Seventh Continent, The ( siebente Kontinent, Der )

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Dieter Berner, Birgit Doll, Leni Tanzer, Silvia Fenz
Plot: An upper middle class Austrian family, realizing how unbearably monotonous its life has become, decides to take drastic measures to rectify the situation.

77. Bridge, The ( Brücke, Die )

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Actors: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Plot: A group of naive German schoolboys eagerly heads into battle toward the end of World War Two. They are soon disillusioned.

78. American Friend, The ( Amerikanische Freund, Der )

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Plot: An art forger diagnosed with leukemia is slowly drawn into a shady world of criminal business dealings.

79. Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The ( Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das )

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Oscar Beregi Sr., Paul Bernd, Henry Pleß, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Plot: Berlin police inspector Lohmann investigates a case, in which all clues lead to a man, who's in a hospital for mental illnesses for since many years

80. Fata Morgana

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Lotte Eisner, Eugen Des Montagnes, James William Gledhill, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg

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