Best Movies from Germany by Year
2705
256
1942
Veit Harlan
Paul Wegener, Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / History / War / Biography / Epic
Germany
German
2705
256
1941
Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Herbert Maisch
Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz, Ernst Schröder
Biography / War
Germany
German
2636
239
1940
Veit Harlan
Ferdinand Marian, Werner Krauss, Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum
Drama / Period Film
Germany
German
2705
256
1940
Gustav Ucicky
Heinrich George, Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer, Hans Holt
Drama / Romance
Germany / Austria
German
2653
241
1939
Hans Steinhoff
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Viktoria von Ballasko
Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2708
259
1939
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, Ilse Werner, Lizzi Waldmüller, Olga Tschechowa
Drama / Comedy / Musical
Germany
German
525
26
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Jesse Owens, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Leni Riefenstahl
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
566
29
1938
Leni Riefenstahl
Rolf Wernicke, Glenn Morris
Documentary / Sports / History
Germany
German
2708
259
1938
Carl Froelich
Zarah Leander, Heinrich George, Ruth Hellberg, Lina Carstens
Drama
Germany
German
2434
185
1937
Veit Harlan
Emil Jannings, Paul Wagner, Maria Koppenhofer, Hilde Körber
Drama
Germany
German
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2653
241
1936
Arnold Fanck, Mansaku Itami
Setsuko Hara, Sessue Hayakawa, Ruth Eweler, Isamu Kosugi
Drama
Japan / Germany
Japanese
2705
256
1936
Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker, Viktoria Von Ballasko, Elise Aulinger
Western / History / Drama / Biography
Germany
German
2764
280
1936
Douglas Sirk
Willy Birgel, Lil Dagover, Maria von Tasnady
Music / Drama
Germany
German
496
23
1935
Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler
Documentary / Experimental / War
Germany
German
1725
96
1935
Jacques Feyder
Françoise Rosay, Micheline Cheirel, Lyne Clevers
Romance / War / Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France / Germany
French
1309
68
1933
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Diessl, Wera Liessem
Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Germany
German
2159
138
1933
Max Ophüls
Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Germany
German
2636
239
1933
Edwin H. Knopf, Luis Trenker
Luis Trenker, Vilma Bánky, Victor Varconi, Olga Engl, Erika Dannhoff
Action
Germany
English
2653
241
1933
Gerhard Lamprecht
Hans Brausewetter, Ruth Hellberg, Erwin Kalser, Fritz Odemar
Drama
Germany
German
2653
241
1933
Vernon Sewell, Gustav Ucicky
Rudolf Forster, Fritz Genschow, Paul Westermeier,
War / History
Germany
German
2731
271
1933
Tay Garnett, Arnold Fanck
Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Max Holzboer
Adventure / Drama
Germany / USA
English
487
22
1932
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko
Horror
France / Germany
German
2294
165
1932
Slatan Dudow
Hertha Thiele, Ernst Busch, Martha Wolter, Adolf Fischer, Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
Drama
Germany
German
2653
241
1932
Leni Riefenstahl, Béla Balázs
Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wieman, Beni Führer
Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Adventure
Germany
German
2764
280
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
1365
72
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Fritz Kampers, Alexander Granach, Ernst Busch
Drama
Germany / France
French
1583
86
1931
Leontine Sagan
Emilia Unda, Dorothea Wieck, Hedwig Schlichter, Hertha Thiele
Drama / Romance
Germany
German
1593
87
1931
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
G.W. Pabst, Lotte Lenya, Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel
Musical / Romance / Drama
Germany
German
2597
231
1931
Jacques Feyder
Greta Garbo, Theo Shall, Hans Junkermann, Salka Viertel, Herman Bing
Drama / Romance
USA / Germany
German
2636
239
1931
Erik Charell
Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt, Carl-Heinz Schroth
Comedy / Musical / Romance
Germany
German
2653
241
1931
Géza von Bolváry
Trude von Molo, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
Drama / Crime / Caper
Germany
German
2653
241
1931
Victor Trivas, George Shdanoff
Ernst Busch, Hugh Douglas, Louis Douglas, Georges Péclet,
War / Drama
Germany
French
2653
241
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
1905
108
1930
Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Fred Zinnemann
Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Documentary / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2286
162
1930
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Gustav Diessl, Fritz Kampers, Hans-Joachim Moebis, Claus Clausen
Drama / War
Germany
German
2653
241
1930
Robert Wiene
Fritz Kortner, Käthe von Nagy, Heinrich George
Crime / Drama
Germany
German
2653
241
1930
Géza von Bolváry
Walter Janssen, Oscar Karlweis, Willi Forst, Gretl Theimer
Musical / Drama
Germany
German
2653
241
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)
2114
130
1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louise Brooks, André Roanne, Josef Rovenský, Fritz Rasp
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2458
191
1929
Joe May
Albert Steinrück, Else Heller, Gustav Fröhlich, Betty Amann
Drama / Comedy / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2653
241
1929
Johannes Meyer
Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Biebrach, Ossip Darmatow
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2727
269
1929
Hanns Schwarz
Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward, Lya Jan, Harry Hardt
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2731
271
1929
Richard Eichberg
Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Soen Ling, Elwood Fleet Bostwick
Drama / Romance
Germany / UK
German (Silent)
2731
271
1929
Eugen Schüfftan
Carl Balhaus, Alice Iversen, Theo Lingen, Aribert Mog, Hélène Robert
Short
Germany
German (Silent)
2731
271
1929
Marco de Gastyne
Simone Genevois, Fernand Mailly, Georges Paulais, Jean Debucourt
Drama / History
France / Germany
German (Silent)
2731
271
1929
Curtis Bernhardt
Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kortner, Frida Richard, Oskar Sima, Uno Henning
Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2089
127
1928
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph
Thriller / Spy
Germany
English (Silent)
2636
239
1928
Jacques Feyder
Gina Manès, Wolfgang Zilzer, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Drama / Crime
France / Germany
French (Silent)
2653
241
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)
1920
110
1927
Walter Ruttmann
Documentary / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
2597
231
1927
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Édith Jéhanne, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte Helm
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
1529
80
1926
F.W. Murnau
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2382
177
1926
Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Family
Germany
German (Silent)
2597
231
1926
Henrik Galeen
Fritz Alberti, Agnes Esterhazy, Ferdinand von Alten, Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta
Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1926
Arthur Robison
Lya De Putti, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard Rothauser, Fritz Greiner
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2764
280
1926
F.W. Murnau
Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2046
121
1925
Ewald André Dupont
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Alice Hechy, Georg John
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2216
148
1925
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Valeska Gert, Werner Krauss, Einar Hanson, Loni Nest
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1925
Alfred Hitchcock
Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart, Ferdinand Martini
Drama / Crime
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
559
28
1924
F.W. Murnau
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
1222
60
1924
Fritz Lang
Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller
Drama / Adventure / Fantasy / War / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
1407
76
1924
Fritz Lang
Gertrud Arnold, Margarete Schön, Hanna Ralph, Paul Richter, Theodor Loos
Fantasy / Drama / Adventure / Epic
Germany
German (Silent)
2503
204
1924
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1924
Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni
Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle, Olga Belajeff
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1924
Herbert Wilcox
Lionel Barrymore, Ivy Duke, Werner Krauss, Bernhard Goetzke, Randle Ayrton
Drama / Romance
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
2789
287
1924
Lupu Pick
Edith Posca, Eugen Klöpfer, Frieda Richard, Karl Harbacher
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2764
280
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)
2458
191
1922
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Dagny Servaes, Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova
History / Drama / Epic / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2458
191
1922
F.W. Murnau
Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover, Lya De Putti, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1922
Richard Oswald
Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener, Heinrich George
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2118
131
1921
Fritz Lang
Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fantasy / Romance / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2544
214
1921
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Hermann Thimig
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1921
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ossip Runitsch, Ferdinand von Alten
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
436
18
1920
Robert Wiene
Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Drama / Horror / Experimental
Germany
English (Silent)
1418
77
1920
Paul Wegener, Carl Boese
Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch
Fantasy / Horror / Religion
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissen
Drama / Biography / History / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1920
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Egede Nissen
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2625
237
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Max Kronert
Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Pola Negri,Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Drama / History / Biography / Period Film
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1919
Fritz Lang
Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Lil Dagover, Paul Biensfeldt, Harry Frank
Adventure / Action / Crime / Serial
Germany
German (Silent)
2764
280
1919
Ernst Lubitsch
Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein
Comedy
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1918
Eugen Illés, Victor Janson, Paul L. Stein
Pola Negri, Adolf E. Licho, Harry Liedtke, Werner Bernhardt, Victor Janson
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1913
Max Mack
Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus, Nelly Ridon, Hanni Weisse, Leon Resemann
Drama / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2636
239
1913
Urban Gad
Asta Nielsen, Paul Otto, Fritz Weidemann, Fred Immler
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Germany / Denmark
German (Silent)
2636
239
1913
Max Reinhardt
Paul Davidson, Erika De Planque, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Mary Dietrich
Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
