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German Films (Original Language)   (234 Most Notable)

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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
23 M 1931 Lang, Fritz Germany DU
38 Metropolis 1927 Lang, Fritz Germany DUPS
49 Nosferatu 1922 Murnau, F.W. Germany DU
55 Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1972 Herzog, Werner West Germany / Peru / Mexico D
61 Wings of Desire 1987 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France DS
99 The Blue Angel 1930 von Sternberg, Josef Germany DS
121 Pandora's Box 1929 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
153 The American Friend 1977 Wenders, Wim West Germany / France Y
173 Dr. Mabuse - The Gambler 1922 Lang, Fritz Germany D
228 Vampyr 1932 Dreyer, Carl Theodor France / Germany DU
312 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
319 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
446 Triumph of the Will 1935 Riefenstahl, Leni Germany YUP
520 The Tin Drum 1979 Schlöndorff, Volker West Germany / France / Poland / Yugoslavia YS
522 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
525 Olympia Part One:
Festival of the Nations
1938 Riefenstahl, Leni Germany D
549 Europa Europa 1990 Holland, Agnieszka Germany / France / Poland Y
556 Das Boot 1981 Petersen, Wolfgang West Germany Y
602 Olympia Part Two:
Festival of Beauty
1938 Riefenstahl, Leni Germany D
636 The Last Laugh 1924 Murnau, F.W. Germany D
657 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1975 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
704 The Lives of Others 2006 von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel Germany DBU
729 Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Italy / West Germany D
733 Run Lola Run 1998 Tykwer, Tom Germany DB
925 The Nasty Girl 1990 Verhoeven, Michael West Germany Y
1089 Lola 1981 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
1109 Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache 1924 Lang, Fritz Germany D
1117 Downfall 2004 Hirschbiegel, Oliver Germany / Italy / Austria D
1136 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933 Lang, Fritz Germany D
1153 Effi Briest 1974 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
1174 Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Herzog, Werner West Germany / France Y
1199 Kings of the Road 1976 Wenders, Wim West Germany
1218 Veronika Voss 1982 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
1245 Die Nibelungen: Siegfried 1924 Lang, Fritz Germany D
1299 Good Bye, Lenin! 2003 Becker, Wolfgang Germany Y
1331 Mädchen in Uniform 1931 Sagan, Leontine Germany Y
1345 The Golem 1920 Wegener, Paul / Boese, Carl Germany D
1412 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 1975 Schlöndorff, Volker / von Trotta, Margarethe West Germany D
1416 The Merchant of Four Seasons 1972 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
1421 Funny Games 1997 Haneke, Michael Austria D
1429 Fox and His Friends 1975 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
1436 Knife in the Head 1978 Hauff, Reinhard West Germany Y
1440 Heimat 1984 Reitz, Edgar West Germany Y
1461 In a Year of 13 Moons 1978 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
1506 Faust 1926 Murnau, F.W. Germany Y
1526 Circle of Deceit 1981 Schlöndorff, Volker France / West Germany D
1529 The Pedestrian 1973 Schell, Maximilian Switzerland / West Germany / Israel
1535 Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 1927 Ruttmann, Walter Germany Y
1549 The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 1972 Wenders, Wim West Germany / Austria
1549 The Third Generation 1979 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany D
1559 Anna Christie 1931 Feyder, Jacques USA / Germany D
1583 Destiny 1921 Lang, Fritz Germany YU
1649 The Threepenny Opera 1931 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
1664 The Eternal Mask 1935 Hochbaum, Werner Austria / Switzerland
1675 Alice in the Cities 1974 Wenders, Wim West Germany
1685 Sophie Scholl - The Final Days 2005 Rothemund, Marc Germany D
1710 Too Early, Too Late 1982 Huillet, Danièle / Straub, Jean-Marie France
1757 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 1927 Lubitsch, Ernst / Stahl, John M. USA
1804 Marianne and Juliane 1981 von Trotta, Margarethe West Germany V
1839 The Murderers Are Among Us 1946 Staudte, Wolfgang Germany D
1839 Variety 1925 Dupont, Ewald André Germany
1848 The Last Bridge 1954 Käutner, Helmut Yugoslavia / Austria
1854 Divided We Fall 2000 Hrebejk, Jan Czech Republic Y
1856 From the Life of Marionettes 1980 Bergman, Ingmar West Germany / Sweden Y
1856 Men ... 1985 Dörrie, Doris West Germany Y
1867 Westfront 1918 1930 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany Y
1912 Beyond Silence 1996 Link, Caroline Germany Y
1935 The Counterfeiters 2007 Ruzowitzky, Stefan Austria / Germany DBU
1981 Kühle Wampe 1932 Dudow, Slatan Germany
1990 The Bridge 1959 Wicki, Bernhard West Germany Y
2029 The State of Things 1982 Wenders, Wim West Germany / Portugal / USA
2030 Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary 2002 Heller, André / Schmiderer, Othmar Austria D
2030 David 1979 Lilienthal, Peter West Germany V
2030 The Devil's General 1955 Käutner, Helmut West Germany
2030 Diary of a Lost Girl 1929 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
2030 My Best Fiend 1999 Herzog, Werner UK / Germany / Finland / USA D
2030 Rosa Luxemburg 1986 von Trotta, Margarethe Czechoslovakia / West Germany
2030 The Seventh Continent 1989 Haneke, Michael Austria D
2030 The Wannsee Conference 1984 Schirk, Heinz Austria / West Germany V
2036 Liebelei 1933 Ophüls, Max Germany Y
2045 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 Reiniger, Lotte / Koch, Carl Germany D
2045 The Love of Jeanne Ney 1927 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany D
2045 The Student of Prague 1926 Galeen, Henrik Germany D
2050 Michael 1924 Dreyer, Carl Theodor Germany D
2063 Germany Year Zero 1948 Rossellini, Roberto Italy / Germany / France Y
2078 The Edge of Heaven 2007 Akin, Fatih Germany / Turkey S
2100 Der Herrscher 1937 Harlan, Veit Germany
2100 Der Prozeß 1948 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Austria
2100 Ecstasy 1933 Machatý, Gustav Czechoslovakia / Austria D
2109 The Marquise of O 1976 Rohmer, Eric West Germany / France Y
2112 The Doll 1919 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany D
2118 Head-On 2004 Akin, Fatih Germany / Turkey D
2122 Berliner Ballade 1948 Stemmle, Robert A. Germany
2142 The Girl Rosemarie 1958 Thiele, Rolf West Germany
2149 The Boat Is Full 1981 Imhoof, Markus Switzerland / West Germany / Austria Y
2169 Schtonk! 1992 Dietl, Helmut Germany
2176 Asphalt 1929 May, Joe Germany D
2197 The Experiment 2001 Hirschbiegel, Oliver Germany D
2212 Hitler: A Film from Germany 1978 Syberberg, Hans-Jürgen West Germany / UK / France
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2219 Black Sin 1989 Straub, Jean-Marie / Huillet, Danièle France
2219 The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp 1968 Straub, Jean-Marie West Germany
2219 Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet 1989 Straub, Jean-Marie / Huillet, Danièle France / West Germany
2219 The Death of Maria Malibran 1972 Schroeter, Werner West Germany
2219 Fata Morgana 1971 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
2219 How to Live in the German Federal Republic 1990 Farocki, Harun West Germany Y
2219 Images of the World and the Inscription of War 1989 Farocki, Harun West Germany
2219 The Indian Tomb 1959 Lang, Fritz West Germany / France / Italy Y
2219 Katzelmacher 1969 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
2219 Martha 1974 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
2219 Not Reconciled 1965 Straub, Jean-Marie West Germany
2219 Occasional Work of a Female Slave 1973 Kluge, Alexander West Germany
2219 The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse 1960 Lang, Fritz France / Italy / West Germany Y
2219 The Oyster Princess 1919 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany D
2219 Raskolnikow 1923 Wiene, Robert Germany
2219 Schlussakkord 1936 Sirk, Douglas Germany
2219 The Second Heimat 1992 Busch, Robert / Reitz, Edgar Germany
2219 Tartuffe 1926 Murnau, F.W. Germany Y
2219 Ticket of No Return 1979 Ottinger, Ulrike West Germany
2219 The Tiger of Eschnapur 1959 Lang, Fritz West Germany / France / Italy Y
2232 The Princess and the Warrior 2000 Tykwer, Tom Germany D
2246 Phantom 1922 Murnau, F.W. Germany D
2266 Der Große König 1942 Harlan, Veit Germany
2266 Der Kaiser von Kalifornien 1936 Trenker, Luis Germany
2266 Der Postmeister 1940 Ucicky, Gustav Germany / Austria
2266 Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos 1968 Kluge, Alexander West Germany
2266 Ohm Krüger 1941 Steinhoff, Hans / Anton, Karl / Maisch, Herbert Germany
2281 Abschied von gestern - (Anita G.) 1966 Kluge, Alexander West Germany
2281 Bel Ami 1939 Forst, Willi Germany
2281 Der Totmacher 1995 Karmakar, Romuald Germany Y
2281 Dog Days 2001 Seidl, Ulrich Austria Y
2281 Episode 1935 Reisch, Walter Austria
2281 Fallen 2006 Albert, Barbara Austria
2281 Führer Ex 2002 Bonengel, Winfried Germany / Italy D
2281 Heimat 1938 Froelich, Carl Germany
2281 Mahlzeiten 1967 Reitz, Edgar West Germany
2281 Naked 2002 Dörrie, Doris Germany D
2281 Nordrand 1999 Albert, Barbara Austria / Germany / Switzerland
2281 Rosenstrasse 2003 von Trotta, Margarethe Germany / Netherlands Y
2281 Tonio Kröger 1964 Thiele, Rolf West Germany
2282 Faraway, So Close! 1993 Wenders, Wim Germany D
2283 Anna Boleyn 1920 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany D
2283 Apachentanz 1906 Messter, Oskar Germany
2283 Danton 1921 Buchowetzki, Dimitri Germany
2283 Das Lied der Matrosen 1958 Maetzig, Kurt / Reisch, Günter East Germany
2283 Das Wachsfigurenkabinett 1924 Birinsky, Leo / Leni, Paul Germany D
2283 Das Weib des Pharao 1922 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany
2283 Der Andere 1913 Mack, Max Germany
2283 Der Gelbe Schein 1918 Illés, Eugen / Janson, Victor / Stein, Paul L. Germany
2283 Der Kongreß tanzt 1931 Charell, Erik Germany
2283 Detected by Her Dog 1910 unknown Germany
2283 Die Feuerzangenbowle 1944 Weiss, Helmut Germany
2283 Die Filmprimadonna 1913 Gad, Urban Germany / Denmark
2283 Die Insel der Seligen 1913 Reinhardt, Max Germany
2283 Joyless Street 1925 Pabst, Georg Wilhelm Germany UP
2283 Jud Süß 1940 Harlan, Veit Germany
2283 The Last Illusion 1949 von Báky, Josef West Germany
2283 Lucrezia Borgia 1922 Oswald, Richard Germany
2283 Madame DuBarry 1919 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany
2283 Manon Lescaut 1926 Robison, Arthur Germany
2283 Marriage in the Shadows 1947 Maetzig, Kurt Germany
2283 Münchhausen 1943 von Báky, Josef Germany D
2283 Salome 1902 unknown Germany
2283 Somewhere in Berlin 1946 Lamprecht, Gerhard Germany
2283 The Spiders 1919 Lang, Fritz Germany DU
2283 Sumurun 1920 Lubitsch, Ernst Germany D
2283 Wildschützenrache 1909 unknown Germany
2288 Ernte 1936 von Bolváry, Géza Austria
2292 Taxi zum Klo 1981 Ripploh, Frank West Germany
2294 Heart of Glass 1976 Herzog, Werner West Germany Y
2295 Angry Harvest 1985 Holland, Agnieszka West Germany D
2295 Arms and the Man 1958 Wirth, Franz Peter West Germany
2295 The Captain from Köpenick 1956 Käutner, Helmut West Germany
2295 The Devil Came at Night 1957 Siodmak, Robert West Germany
2295 First Love 1970 Schell, Maximilian West Germany / Switzerland / Hungary Y
2295 The Glass Cell 1978 Geissendörfer, Hans W. West Germany
2295 Jacob, the Liar 1975 Beyer, Frank East Germany / Czechoslovakia Y
2295 38 - Vienna Before the Fall 1986 Glück, Wolfgang Austria / West Germany Y
2297 The Blue Light 1932 Riefenstahl, Leni / Balázs, Béla Germany Y
2297 Der Andere 1930 Wiene, Robert Germany
2297 Der Raub der Mona Lisa 1931 von Bolváry, Géza Germany
2297 The Great British Train Robbery 1966 Olden, John / Witt, Claus Peter West Germany
2297 Hertha's Erwachen 1933 Lamprecht, Gerhard Germany
2297 High Treason 1929 Meyer, Johannes Germany
2297 Homecoming 1928 May, Joe Germany
2297 Morgenrot 1933 Sewell, Vernon / Ucicky, Gustav Germany
2297 Robert Koch 1939 Steinhoff, Hans Germany
2297 Song of Life 1931 Granowsky, Alexis Germany
2297 Two Hearts in Waltz Time 1930 von Bolváry, Géza Germany
2297 Zwei Menschen 1930 Waschneck, Erich Germany
2299 Before Sundown 1956 Reinhardt, Gottfried West Germany
2299 Children, Mother, and the General 1955 Benedek, László West Germany
2299 Confessions of Felix Krull 1957 Hoffmann, Kurt West Germany
2299 No Way Back 1953 Vicas, Victor / von Mollo, Beate West Germany
2301 Jail Bait 1973 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany
2302 Moloch 1999 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Germany / Japan / Italy / France D
2303 Mein Stern 2001 Grisebach, Valeska Germany / Austria
2303 Verhängnis 1994 Kelemen, Fred Germany
2311 Aimée & Jaguar 1999 Färberböck, Max Germany Y
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2311 Aren't We Wonderful? 1958 Hoffmann, Kurt West Germany
2311 Brother of Sleep 1995 Vilsmaier, Joseph Germany Y
2311 The Good Soldier Schweik 1960 von Ambesser, Axel West Germany
2311 Justice 1993 Geissendörfer, Hans W. Germany / Switzerland
2311 Requiem for Dominic 1990 Dornhelm, Robert Austria / France / Romania Y
2317 Taiga, Part 1 1995 Ottinger, Ulrike Germany
2317 Taiga, Part 2 1995 Ottinger, Ulrike Germany
2317 Taiga, Part 3 1995 Ottinger, Ulrike Germany
2329 Christiane F. 1981 Edel, Uli West Germany D
2329 The Legend of Rita 2000 Schlöndorff, Volker Germany D
2329 My Sister Maria 2002 Schell, Maximilian Austria
2329 Schultze Gets the Blues 2003 Schorr, Michael Germany D
2329 The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl 1993 Müller, Ray France / UK / Germany / Belgium D
2329 Yella 2007 Petzold, Christian Germany
2334 Gloomy Sunday 1999 Schübel, Rolf Germany / Hungary D
2334 People on Sunday 1929 Siodmak, Curt / Siodmak, Robert / Ulmer, Edgar G. / Zinnemann, Fred Germany
2334 Titanic 1943 Selpin, Herbert / Klingler, Werner Germany D
2334 Tuvalu 1999 Helmer, Veit Germany D
2340 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul 2005 Akin, Fatih Germany / Turkey D
2342 Little Angel 1996 Misselwitz, Helke Germany
2342 Mostly Martha 2001 Nettelbeck, Sandra Italy / Germany / Austria / Switzerland DU
2342 Nobody Loves Me 1994 Dörrie, Doris Germany
2342 The Promise 1995 von Trotta, Margarethe Germany / France / Switzerland
2342 Stalingrad 1993 Vilsmaier, Joseph Germany / Sweden D
2348 Longing 2006 Grisebach, Valeska Germany
2348 Our Daily Bread 2005 Geyrhalter, Nikolaus Germany / Austria
2348 Requiem 2006 Schmid, Hans-Christian Germany D
2351 Lessons of Darkness 1992 Herzog, Werner France / UK / Germany D
2354 The American Soldier 1970 Fassbinder, Rainer Werner West Germany Y
2354 Germany, Pale Mother 1980 Sanders-Brahms, Helma West Germany D
2354 The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner 1974 Herzog, Werner West Germany
2354 Journey to the Lost City 1959 Lang, Fritz Italy / France / West Germany
2354 Land of Silence and Darkness 1971 Herzog, Werner West Germany
2354 Opfergang 1944 Harlan, Veit Germany
2354 Sylvester 1924 Pick, Lupu Germany
2354 The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna 1929 Schwarz, Hanns Germany
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