Best Movies from Germany by Year
2647
239
1939
Hans Steinhoff
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko
Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2702
257
1939
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, Ilse Werner, Lizzi Waldmüller, Olga Tschechowa
Drama / Comedy / Musical
Germany
German
526
26
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
567
29
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
2702
257
1938
Carl Froelich
Zarah Leander, Heinrich George, Ruth Hellberg, Lina Carstens
Drama
Germany
German
2428
183
1937
Veit Harlan
Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Maria Koppenhofer, Hilde Körber
Drama
Germany
German
2647
239
1936
Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami
Setsuko Hara, Sessue Hayakawa, Ruth Eweler, Isamu Kosugi
Drama
Japan / Germany
Japanese
2699
254
1936
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker, Viktoria Von Ballasko, Elise Aulinger
Western / History / Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2758
278
1936
Douglas Sirk
Willy Birgel, Lil Dagover, Maria von Tasnady
Music / Drama
Germany
German
498
23
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
1721
94
1935
Jacques Feyder
Françoise Rosay, Micheline Cheirel, Lyne Clevers
Romance / War / Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France / Germany
French
1304
66
1933
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Germany
German
2153
136
1933
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Germany
German
2630
237
1933
Edwin H. Knopf, Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker, Vilma Bánky, Victor Varconi, Olga Engl, Erika Dannhoff
Action
Germany
English
2647
239
1933
Gerhard Lamprecht
Hans Brausewetter, Ruth Hellberg, Erwin Kalser, Fritz Odemar
Drama
Germany
German
2647
239
1933
Vernon Sewell, Gustav Ucicky
Rudolf Forster, Fritz Genschow, Paul Westermeier,
War / History
Germany
German
2725
269
1933
Tay Garnett, Arnold Fanck
Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Max Holzboer
Adventure / Drama
Germany / USA
English
489
22
1932
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Horror
France / Germany
German
2288
163
1932
Slatan Dudow
Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer, Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
Drama
Germany
German
2647
239
1932
Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs
Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Führer
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Adventure
Germany
German
2758
278
1932
Pál Fejös
Annabella, Ilona Dajbukát, Germaine Aussey
Drama
France / Germany
French
23
1
1931
Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Pre-Noir / Cult
Germany
German
1361
70
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Fritz Kampers, Alexander Granach, Ernst Busch
Drama
Germany / France
French
1578
84
1931
Leontine Sagan
Emilia Unda, Dorothea Wieck, Hedwig Schlichter, Hertha Thiele
Drama / Romance
Germany
German
1588
85
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
G.W. Pabst, Lotte Lenya, Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Musical / Romance / Drama
Germany
German
2591
229
1931
Jacques Feyder
Greta Garbo, Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann, Salka Viertel, Herman Bing
Drama / Romance
USA / Germany
German
2630
237
1931
Erik Charell
Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt, Carl-Heinz Schroth
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Germany
German
2647
239
1931
Géza von Bolváry
Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Crime / Caper
Germany
German
2647
239
1931
Victor Trivas, George Shdanoff
Ernst Busch, Hugh Douglas, Louis Douglas, Georges Péclet,
War / Drama
Germany
French
2647
239
1931
Alexis Granowsky
Aribert Mog, Margot Ferra, Ernst Busch, Leo Monosson
Drama
Germany
German
215
7
1930
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers
Drama / Musical
Germany
German
1900
106
1930
Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann
Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Documentary / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2280
160
1930
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Gustav Diessl, Fritz Kampers, Hans-Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen
Drama / War
Germany
German
2647
239
1930
Robert Wiene
Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
2647
239
1930
Géza von Bolváry
Walter Janssen, Oscar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Musical / Drama
Germany
German
2647
239
1930
Erich Waschneck
Charlotte Susa, Gustav Fröhlich, Friedrich Kayßler
Drama / Religion
Germany
German
210
6
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig
Drama / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
2109
128
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2452
189
1929
Joe May
Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav Fröhlich, Betty Amann
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2647
239
1929
Johannes Meyer
Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Biebrach, Ossip Darmatow
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2721
267
1929
Hanns Schwarz
Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward, Lya Jan, Harry Hardt
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2725
269
1929
Richard Eichberg
Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Soen Ling, Elwood Fleet Bostwick
Drama / Romance
Germany / UK
German (Silent)
2725
269
1929
Eugen Schüfftan
Carl Balhaus, Alice Iversen, Theo Lingen, Aribert Mog, Hélène Robert
Short
Germany
German (Silent)
2725
269
1929
Marco de Gastyne
Simone Genevois, Fernand Mailly, Georges Paulais, Jean Debucourt
Drama / History
France / Germany
German (Silent)
2725
269
1929
Curtis Bernhardt
Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kortner, Frida Richard, Oskar Sima, Uno Henning
Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2084
125
1928
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph
Thriller / Spy
Germany
English (Silent)
2630
237
1928
Jacques Feyder
Gina Manès, Wolfgang Zilzer, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Drama / Crime
France / Germany
French (Silent)
2647
239
1928
Joe May
Lars Hanson, Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Theodor Loos
Drama / War
Germany
German (Silent)
25
2
1927
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
218
8
1927
Abel Gance
Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
Drama / War / Epic / History / Biography
Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany
French (Silent)
1915
108
1927
Walter Ruttmann
Documentary / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2591
229
1927
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Édith Jéhanne, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte Helm
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
1524
78
1926
F.W. Murnau
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2376
175
1926
Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Family
Germany
German (Silent)
2591
229
1926
Henrik Galeen
Fritz Alberti, Agnes Esterhazy, Ferdinand von Alten, Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta
Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1926
Arthur Robison
Lya De Putti, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard Rothauser, Fritz Greiner
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2758
278
1926
F.W. Murnau
Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2040
119
1925
Ewald André Dupont
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Alice Hechy, Georg John
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2210
146
1925
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Valeska Gert, Werner Krauss, Einar Hanson, Loni Nest
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1925
Alfred Hitchcock
Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart, Ferdinand Martini
Drama / Crime
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
560
28
1924
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
1219
58
1924
Fritz Lang
Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Drama / Adventure / Fantasy / War / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
1403
74
1924
Fritz Lang
Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Paul Richter, Theodor Loos
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
2497
203
1924
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1924
Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni
Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle, Olga Belajeff
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1924
Herbert Wilcox
Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke, Werner Krauss, Bernhard Goetzke, Randle Ayrton
Drama / Romance
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
2783
285
1924
Lupu Pick
Edith Posca, Eugen Klöpfer, Frieda Richard, Karl Harbacher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2758
278
1923
Robert Wiene
Gregori Chmara, Elisabeta Skulskaja, Alla Tarasova
Drama / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
63
3
1922
F.W. Murnau
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach
Horror / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
390
14
1922
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
2452
189
1922
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Dagny Servaes, Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova
History / Drama / Epic / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2452
189
1922
F.W. Murnau
Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover, Lya De Putti, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1922
Richard Oswald
Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener, Heinrich George
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2113
129
1921
Fritz Lang
Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fantasy / Romance / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2538
212
1921
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Hermann Thimig
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1921
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ossip Runitsch, Ferdinand von Alten
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
438
18
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
1414
75
1920
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissen
Drama / Biography / History / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Egede Nissen
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2619
235
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Max Kronert
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri,Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1919
Fritz Lang
Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Lil Dagover, Paul Biensfeldt, Harry Frank
Adventure / Action / Crime / Serial
Germany
German (Silent)
2758
278
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein
Comedy
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1918
Eugen Illés, Victor Janson, Paul L. Stein
Pola Negri, Adolf E. Licho, Harry Liedtke, Werner Bernhardt, Victor Janson
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1913
Max Mack
Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus, Nelly Ridon, Hanni Weisse, Leon Resemann
Drama / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2630
237
1913
Urban Gad
Asta Nielsen, Paul Otto, Fritz Weidemann, Fred Immler
unknown
Germany / Denmark
German (Silent)
2630
237
1913
Max Reinhardt
Paul Davidson, Erika De Planque, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Mary Dietrich
Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
