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
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
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- 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
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
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
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.
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
Generation War
(Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)
Five German friends leave for war and promise each other to be back in time for Christmas.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
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
Afire
(Roter Himmel)
When a forest fire traps vacationers in a home on the Baltic Sea, tensions, sexual and otherwise, rise.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2023
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, 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
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
New from Germany
The Promise
(Das Versprechen)
A love, a hope, a wall.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Switzerland • 1995
- Director Margarethe von Trotta
- Cast Meret Becker, Corinna Harfouch, Anian Zollner, August Zirner, Eva Mattes, Hark Bohm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI
The Bridge
(Bron/Broen)
Detectives from neighboring countries must work together on the case of a body found on the Swedish-Danish border.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2011
- Creator Hans Rosenfeldt
- Cast Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Mikael Birkkjær, Sarah Boberg, Selma Modéer Wiking, Rafael Pettersson
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Topic, Plex, Plex Player, Topic Apple TV Channel
The School of the Magical Animals
(Die Schule der magischen Tiere)
One day, the teacher at Ida's new school announces that all students will soon have a magical animal. Ida’s magic animal will be the fox, Rabbat.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Austria • 2021
- Director Gregor Schnitzler
- Cast Emilia Maier, Leonard Artur Conrads, Loris Sichrovsky, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Heiko Pinkowski
- Genre Adventure, Family
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Freevee
The Teachers' Lounge
(Das Lehrerzimmer)
A new schoolteacher has her ideals tested when one of her students is accused of stealing.
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- Germany • 2023
- Director İlker Çatak
- Cast Leonie Benesch, Leonard Stettnisch, Eva Löbau, Michael Klammer, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Kathrin Wehlisch
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Walchensee Forever
German filmmaker Janna Ji Wonders tells the story of her family through five generations from the women's point of view
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- Germany • 2021
- Director Janna Ji Wonders
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Fridacinema
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.
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- 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
Sunshine
The story of a Jewish-Hungarian family across three generations during the tumultuous 20th century.
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- Germany, Austria, Canada • 1999
- Director István Szabó
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger, William Hurt
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Oeconomia
What is money? What are debts? What are the consequences of both?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2020
- Director Carmen Losmann
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Kinomarquee
The Kingdom
(Riget)
The Kingdom follows a number of characters, both staff and patients, as they encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural inside a Copenhagen hospital.
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- Denmark, Italy, Germany • 1994
- Director Morten Arnfred
- Cast Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Laura Christensen, Baard Owe, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen, Søren Pilmark
- Genre Horror, Mystery
- Available on MUBI
Suzhou River
(苏州河)
Is it possible to relive a past love?
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- Germany, China, France • 2000
- Director Lou Ye
- Cast Zhou Xun, Jia Hongsheng, Zhongkai Hua, Nai An, Yao Anlian, Zhang Ming Fang
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Behind the Haystacks
(Πίσω από τις Θημωνιές)
A tragic incident on Greece's northern border strikes a local family of three, pushing them to face their impasses while having to deeply consider the price for their actions.
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- Greece, Germany, North Macedonia • 2022
- Director Asimina Proedrou
- Cast Stathis Stamoulakatos, Eleni Ouzounidou, Evgenia Lavda, Christos Kontogeorgis, Dina Mihailidou, Paschalis Tsarouchas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Winter Nomads
(Hiver Nomade)
Two shepherds in Switzerland move 800 sheep 600km over four months with the help of three donkeys and four dogs.
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- Switzerland, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Manuel von Stürler
- Cast Pascal Eguisier, Carole Noblanc, Jean-Paul Peguiron
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
K-19: The Widowmaker
The crew of Russia's first nuclear submarine must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada • 2002
- Director Kathryn Bigelow
- Cast Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter
- Genre Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
- Available on History Vault, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Player
Spy/Master
An advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Cold War, who is also a secret agent for the KGB, escapes to the US in search of a new life.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, Romania • 2023
- Creator Kirsten Peters, Adina Sădeanu
- Cast Ana Ularu, Svenja Jung, Aidan McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, Nico Mirallegro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Telescope Recommends
The Future
(Il futuro)
Two orphans explore the dangers of adulthood until they find a retired Mr. Universe and enter his dark mansion in search of a future.
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- Italy, Chile, Germany • 2013
- Director Alicia Scherson
- Cast Manuela Martelli, Nicolas Vaporidis, Luigi Ciardo, Alessandro Giallocosta, Pino Calabrese, Rutger Hauer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
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
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- 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
Winter Sleep
(Kış Uykusu)
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- Turkey, France, Germany • 2014
- Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Cast Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbağ, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
(En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron)
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy that follows two traveling novelty salesmen.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, Norway • 2014
- Director Roy Andersson
- Cast Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Törnros, Jonas Gerholm
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Holy Motors
A day in the life of an actor who has many appointments. But no audience.
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- France, Germany • 2012
- Director Leos Carax
- Cast Denis Lavant, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel Piccoli, Edith Scob, Big John
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Redbox, 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
Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint
(Jenseits des Sichtbaren - Hilma af Klint)
The life and artwork of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, who's abstract works predate the origin of the style.
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- Germany, Sweden, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Halina Dyrschka
- Cast Iris Müller-Westermann, Julia Voss, Josiah McElheny, Johan af Klint, Ulla af Klint
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Whistlers
(La Gomera)
A corrupt policeman is intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries.
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- Romania, France, Germany • 2019
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- Cast Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Téglás
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, VUDU Free
35 Shots of Rum
(35 rhums)
A close-knit father and daughter navigate changes in their relationship as the daughter prepares to live her own life.
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- France, Germany • 2009
- Director Claire Denis
- Cast Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Ingrid Caven
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kanopy
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
(Lingui, les liens sacrés)
A single mother goes against the church and the patriarchy to obtain an illegal abortion for her fifteen-year-old daughter.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2021
- Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- Cast Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue, Saleh Sambo, Mounira Michala
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
One Day in September
The full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that emphasizes the role of the incompetent German authorities.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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
Europa Europa
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany, France, Poland • 1990
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, René Hofschneider, Piotr Kozlowski, André Wilms
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
You, the Living
(Du levande)
Several separate vignettes work together to tell a story about the highs and lows of human nature.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, Germany, France • 2007
- Director Roy Andersson
- Cast Håkan Angser, Eric Bäckman, Patrik Anders Edgren, Björn Englund, Lennart Eriksson, Pär Fredriksson
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Music
- Available on Kanopy
I've Loved You So Long
(Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Germany • 2008
- Director Philippe Claudel
- Cast Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius, Claire Johnston, Frédéric Pierrot, Laurent Grévill
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, 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.
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- 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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
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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
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.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- 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.
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
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
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
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
Animals United
(Konferenz der Tiere)
A group of animals bands together to try to convince the humans not to interfere with nature.
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- 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.
Oscar Season: Sandra Hüller
I'm Your Man
(Ich bin dein Mensch)
To secure funding for her work, an archeologist signs up to test a robot designed to be her perfect partner.
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- Germany • 2021
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Annika Meier
- Genre Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
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...
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- 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.
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
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
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
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
Oscar Season: Ilker Çatak
Fidelity
(Sadakat)
When Aslı gives shelter to a young political activist sought by the police, her family’s lives start to become compromised.
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- Germany • 2014
- Director Ilker Çatak
- Cast Sanem Öge, Özer Arslan, Barış Gönenen, Mustafa Uzunyılmaz, Recep Çata, Saydam Yeniay
- Genre Drama
- Available on 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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