A monthly online film club to discuss German film
KINO! Film Salon
Each month we choose a German film or series currently available to stream, watch it independently, and come together for a hosted conversation with other fans of German film.
Our next meeting will be about Wild, directed by Nicolette Krebitz.
Join us Sunday, April 14th at 11:00am - 12:00pm PST / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST / 8:00pm - 9:00pm CST.
Popular from Germany
Generation War
(Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)
Five German friends leave for war and promise each other to be back in time for Christmas.
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- Germany • 2013
- Creator Philipp Kadelbach
- Cast Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte, Miriam Stein, Mark Waschke
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Hoopla, Plex, Freevee, Plex Player
Babylon Berlin
Welcome to the city of sin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten
- Cast Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Denis Burgazliev
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2004
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Player
Black Death
In an age of darkness one man will face the ultimate battle against evil.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom • 2010
- Director Christopher Smith
- Cast Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon, John Lynch
- Genre Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Plex Player
Das Boot
When the hunters become the hunted.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1981
- Director Wolfgang Petersen
- Cast Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2017
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
1899
Immigrants on a steamship encounter a mysterious second ship adrift at sea.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2022
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast Emily Beecham, Andreas Pietschmann, Aneurin Barnard, Isabella Wei, Maciej Musiał, Yann Gael
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Paris, Texas
A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France, United Kingdom • 1984
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Pandorum
Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing.
- ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director Christian Alvart
- Cast Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse
- Genre Action, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, USA Network, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
New from Germany
Holy Shit!
(Ach du Scheisse!)
Frank wakes up from unconsciousness, locked in a porta-potty on a construction site that is slated for imminent demolition.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2022
- Director Lukas Rinker
- Cast Thomas Niehaus, Gedeon Burkhard, Olga von Luckwald, Rodney Charles, Friederike Kempter, Björn Meyer
- Genre Comedy, Thriller
- Available on Screambox Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Ana, My Love
(Ana, mon amour)
Two university students fall in love but mental illness causes their relationship to slowly collapse.
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- Romania, Germany, France • 2017
- Director Călin Peter Netzer
- Cast Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Carmen Tănase, Vasile Muraru, Tania Popa, Igor Caras-Romanov
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Klassiki
Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)
A 25-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2022
- Director Davy Chou
- Cast Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Heo Jin, Yoann Zimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
One Day in September
The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that emphasizes the role of the incompetent German authorities.
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- Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom • 1999
- Director Kevin Macdonald
- Cast Michael Douglas, Ankie Spitzer, Jamal Al Gashey, Gerald Seymour, Axel Springer, Gad Zahari
- Genre Documentary
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
Adam's Apples
(Adams æbler)
A neo-nazi is sentenced to community service at a church, clashing with a devoted priest.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Germany • 2005
- Director Anders Thomas Jensen
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Ole Thestrup, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Viaplay
Giraffe
A tunnel is being built to connect Denmark and Germany, with profound personal ramifications for those who live in the tunnel's path.
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- Germany, Denmark • 2020
- Director Anna Sofie Hartmann
- Cast Lisa Loven Kongsli, Jakub Gierszał, Maren Eggert, Christoph Bach, Natalia Ciepiel, Juni Dahr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Sea of Shadows
To save the world's smallest whale from extinction, activists must face poachers, cartels, and an illegal multimillion-dollar business.
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- Austria, Australia, Germany • 2019
- Director Richard Ladkani
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, National Geographic
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
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- Sweden, Germany, Denmark • 2005
- Creator Henning Mankell
- Cast Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
Chess Story
(Schachnovelle)
An Austrian lawyer trapped in a room by nazis becomes immersed in a game of chess.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2021
- Director Philipp Stölzl
- Cast Oliver Masucci, Albrecht Schuch, Birgit Minichmayr, Andreas Lust, Samuel Finzi, Lukas Miko
- Genre Drama, History, Thriller, War
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future
(La vaca que canto una cancion sobre el futuro)
Cecilia travels to her father's farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Chile, France, United States • 2023
- Director Francisca Alegría
- Cast Leonor Varela, Mía Maestro, Alfredo Castro, Marcial Tagle, Luis Dubó, Enzo Ferrada
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
Guelwaar
A man is killed, purportedly assassinated, and his body stolen, prompting an investigation that digs up all kinds of secrets.
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- France, Germany, Senegal • 1993
- Director Ousmane Sembène
- Cast Abou Camara, Mame Ndoumbé Diop, Thierno Ndiaye Doss, Myriam Niang, Omar Seck, Samba Wane
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Visit
(الزيارة)
What goes on when the cameras aren't rolling is even more important.
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- Egypt, Germany • 2015
- Director Marouan Omara
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
Four Daughters
(Les filles d'Olfa)
In this docufiction, director Kaouther Ben Hania recreates the story of a mother and her four daughters, two of whom have disappeared.
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- France, Saudi Arabia, Germany • 2023
- Director Kaouther Ben Hania
- Cast Hend Sabry
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Forecaster
Martin Armstrong uses math to predict economic turning points.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States • 2014
- Director Marcus Vetter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc
Young Soul Rebels
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France, Germany • 1991
- Director Isaac Julien
- Cast Valentine Nonyela, Sophie Okonedo, Jason Durr, Frances Barber, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Telescope Recommends
Machines
Follow a group of workers inside a giant textile factory in India.
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- India, Germany, Finland • 2017
- Director Rahul Jain
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Pina
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
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- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2011
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Pina Bausch, Jorge Puerta, Mechthild Großmann
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Ajami
Cultural and religious differences divide a conflict-wrought Tel Aviv, where residents must navigate faith and interpersonal relationships.
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- Germany, Israel • 2009
- Director Scandar Copti
- Cast Fouad Habash, Nisrine Rihan, Elias Saba, Youssef Sahwani, Abu George Shibli, Ibrahim Frege
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Metrograph, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
M
(M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder)
When police in a German city are unable to catch a child killer, local criminals agree to join in the manhunt.
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- Germany • 1931
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens
- Genre Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Classix, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Pantaflix, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
High Life
A father and daughter must rely on each other to survive a dangerous mission to deep space.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, United Kingdom • 2018
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
(რას ვხედავთ, როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ?)
After falling in love at first sight, two people find themselves incapable of locating or even recognizing each other.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Georgia • 2021
- Director Alexandre Koberidze
- Cast Oliko Barbakadze, Giorgi Ambroladze, Ani Karseladze, Giorgi Bochorishvili, Sofio Chanishvili, Vakhtang Panchulidze
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Waltz with Bashir
(Vals Im Bashir)
When a young soldier has trouble accessing memories of a massacre, conversations with others help piece his memories together.
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- Israel, France, Germany • 2008
- Director Ari Folman
- Cast Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi, Ronny Dayag
- Genre Animation, Documentary, Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
The Princess of Montpensier
(La Princesse de Montpensier)
Love. Conflict. Betrayal.
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- France, Germany • 2010
- Director Bertrand Tavernier
- Cast Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Raphaël Personnaz, Michel Vuillermoz
- Genre Action, Drama, History, Romance
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Arabian Nights: Volume 2, The Desolate One
(As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume 2, O Desolado)
In this second installment of Gomes’ trilogy, Scheherazade tells three tales of a Portugal in crisis
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Portugal, France, Germany • 2015
- Director Miguel Gomes
- Cast Crista Alfaiate, Chico Chapas, Luísa Cruz, Pedro Caldas, Gonçalo Waddington, Margarida Carpinteiro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Styx
A successful doctor’s solo sailing voyage is turned upside down when she comes across a group of refugees at sea.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Wolfgang Fischer
- Cast Susanne Wolff, Alexander Beyer, Inga Birkenfeld, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Soul Kitchen
Zinos decides to reopen his restaurant with a hotshot chef, possibly alienating his loyal customer base that is used to a family style atmosphere.
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- Germany, France, Italy • 2009
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Adam Bousdoukos, Birol Ünel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan, Dorka Gryllus
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Amour
Love never ends.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Hitler's Hollywood
(Hitlers Hollywood)
What does the cinema know that we don't?
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- Germany • 2017
- Director Rüdiger Suchsland
- Cast Rüdiger Suchsland
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2004
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Player
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
German Series
Sleeping Dog
(Schlafende Hunde)
A former detective, now living on the streets, searches for the truth after a suicide raises doubts about a supposedly closed case.
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- Germany • 2023
- Creator Noah Stollman, Oded Davidoff
- Cast Max Riemelt, Luise von Finckh, Carlo Ljubek, Peri Baumeister, Antonio Wannek, Mélodie Wakivuamina
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Biohackers
In this high-octane thriller, medical student, Mia, discovers her visionary and eccentric biology professor is abusing advanced biohacking technology.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Creator Christian Ditter
- Cast Luna Wedler, Jessica Schwarz, Adrian Julius Tillmann, Thomas Prenn, Jing Xiang, Caro Cult
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lexx
A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny finds themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Germany, United Kingdom • 1997
- Creator Paul Donovan, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Lex Gigeroff
- Cast Brian Downey, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Tom Gallant, Xenia Seeberg
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, VUDU Free, VIX , Freevee
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
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- France, Germany, Italy • 2002
- Creator Yves Simoneau, Max Gallo
- Cast Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, Denmark • 2005
- Creator Henning Mankell
- Cast Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
The Sinking of the Laconia
After realizing who's onboard, a German U-boat captain defies orders and tries to rescue the ship he just sank.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany • 2011
- Creator Uwe Janson
- Cast Franka Potente, Ken Duken, Jacob Matschenz, Stefan Rudolf, Matthias Koeberlin, Frederick Lau
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Weissensee
Romeo and Juliet meets the communist East Berlin of the 1980s.
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- Germany • 2010
- Creator Friedemann Fromm
- Cast Florian Lukas, Uwe Kockisch, Jörg Hartmann, Ruth Reinecke, Katrin Sass, Anna Loos
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Dicte
Newly divorced Danish crime reporter Dicte comes into conflict with the local police over the course of an investigation.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark, Sweden, Germany • 2013
- Creator Kasper Barfoed
- Cast Iben Hjejle, Lars Brygmann, Lærke Winther Andersen, Emilie Kruse
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Viaplay, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Gomorrah
(Gomorra - La serie)
Ciro, a member of the brutal Neapolitan crime organization the Camorra, must navigate the dangers of the criminal underworld.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Germany • 2014
- Creator Roberto Saviano
- Cast Salvatore Esposito, Marco D'Amore, Ivana Lotito, Arturo Muselli
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
Deutschland
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Same Sky
(Der gleiche Himmel)
Lars, an East German Romeo agent, must seduce powerful West German women in order to gain valuable information.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Paula Milne
- Cast Tom Schilling, Sofia Helin, Friederike Becht, Ben Becker, Hannes Wegener, Uwe Preuss
- Genre War & Politics, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
You Are Wanted
A man works to prove his innocence after a hacker implicates him in a crime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort
- Cast Matthias Schweighöfer
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Tribes of Europa
Three siblings fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic Europe broken into warring tribes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Creator Philip Koch
- Cast Emilio Sakraya, Henriette Confurius, David Ali Rashed, Oliver Masucci, Melika Foroutan, James Faulkner
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
German Films Celebrates its 70th Anniversary
In 2024, German Films celebrates 70 years of supporting, promoting, and accompanying German feature films and German filmmakers around the world. Here we look back at a selection of those films.
Animals United
(Konferenz der Tiere)
A group of animals bands together to try to convince the humans not to interfere with nature.
- ✭ ✭
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States • 2010
- Director Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe
- Cast Christoph Maria Herbst, Ralf Schmitz, Thomas Fritsch, Bastian Pastewka, Oliver Kalkofe, Nana Spier
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Marriage of Maria Braun
(Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
During World War II, a German woman named Maria struggles to live and to love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany • 1979
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, George Eagles, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2003
- Director Wolfgang Becker
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The White Ribbon
(Das weisse Band)
In rural Germany just before World War I, strange things are happening to a once-ordinary, authoritarian village society.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, France • 2009
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaußner, Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Susanne Lothar
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Im Westen nichts Neues)
A German film adaptation of the epic 1929 anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Edward Berger
- Cast Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanović, Devid Striesow, Daniel Brühl
- Genre Action, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Wings of Desire
(Der Himmel über Berlin)
There are angels on the streets of Berlin.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, France • 1987
- Director Wim Wenders
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois, Peter Falk, Hans Martin Stier
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Run Lola Run
(Lola rennt)
Every second of every day, you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 1998
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Oscar Season: Sandra Hüller
Munich: The Edge of War
A British bureaucrat travels to Munich for negotiations, and must face a former friend who is now a German diplomat.
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- United States, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Christian Schwochow
- Cast George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Sandra Hüller, Jeremy Irons, August Diehl, Ulrich Matthes
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Anatomy of a Fall
(Anatomie d'une chute)
After Sandra is put on trial for the murder of her husband, their blind son faces a moral dilemma.
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- France • 2023
- Director Justine Triet
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado-Graner, Swann Arlaud, Saadia Bentaïeb, Jehnny Beth, Samuel Theis
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
In the Aisles
(In den Gängen)
Coworkers flirt over coffee in this supermarket drama.
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- Germany • 2018
- Director Thomas Stuber
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Franz Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Henning Peker, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Sascha Nathan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Requiem
She claimed she was possessed. There was no way to know for sure.
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- Germany • 2006
- Director Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner, Imogen Kogge, Friederike Adolph, Anna Blomeier, Nicholas Reinke
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Above Us Only Sky
(Über uns das All)
A woman discovers the man she has lived with for years is not who she thought he was...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2011
- Director Jan Schomburg
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp, Kathrin Wehlisch, Valery Tscheplanowa, Stephan Grossmann
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Oscar Season: Ilker Çatak
Blurred Lines
(Räuberhände)
Two teenage boys go on a trip together, hoping to fix their broken friendship.
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- Germany • 2020
- Director Ilker Çatak
- Cast Emil von Schönfels, Mekyas Mulugeta, Katharina Behrens, Nicole Marischka, Godehard Giese, Luissa Cara Hansen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
(Es gilt das gesprochene Wort)
A impersonal marriage arrangement between a Turkish gigolo and a German pilot begins to develop into something deeper.
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- Germany, France • 2019
- Director Ilker Çatak
- Cast Anne Ratte-Polle, Ogulcan Arman Uslu, Godehard Giese, Jörg Schüttauf, Johanna Polley, Sebastian Urzendowsky
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Kino Film Salon
April 14th; kinofilmsalonwild
Kino Film Salon April 14th; kinofilmsalonwild
Wild
Nicolette Krebitz · 2016 · Germany
Ania lives alone in a nondescript highrise, in a nondescript city. At her job as an IT specialist in an advertising agency, she is harassed by her overbearing boss, Boris. One day, on her way home from work, Ania meets a wolf in a park, and things begin to change.
Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex, Popflick, Plex Player
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