Top German Movies


The Top German Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top German List". Lists are calculated daily.

111. Kaiser's Lackey, The aka Man of Straw ( Untertan, Der )

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Actors: Werner Peters, Paul Esser, Renate Fischer, Ernst Legal, Raimund Schelcher, Eduard von Winterstein

112. Sheer Madness aka Friends and Husbands ( Heller Wahn )

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen, Franz Buchrieser, Wladimir Yordanoff

113. Men... ( Männer... )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Doris Dörrie
Actors: Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Janna Marangosoff, Dietmar Bär, Marie-Charlott Schüler

114. Nothing Bad Can Happen ( Tore tanzt )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Katrin Gebbe
Actors: Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof, Til-Niklas Theinert, Daniel Michel
Plot: A young man, Tore, seeks a religious experience with a group known at The Jesus Freaks, instead comes upon a family, who he decides to help. Taking this as sign of heavenly wonder, he moves in with the family, connecting with the patriarch, Benno. But what at first seems like gift, soon becomes something much more sinister - as Benno shows his true nature. But Tore will not give up, no matter what happens to him.

115. Western

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Valeska Grisebach
Actors: Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov, Veneta Fragnova, Viara Borisova, Kevin Bashev

116. Adventures of Prince Achmed, The ( Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, Die )

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

117. Anatomy ( Anatomie )

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Actors: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg, Oliver Wnuk, Andreas Günther

118. 3 Penny Opera, The ( 3 Groschen-Oper, Die )

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Actors: Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert, Lotte Lenya
Plot: Beggars, criminals and policemen ply their trades in Victorian London in this adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play.

119. Amen

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Costa-Gavras
Actors: Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Hanns Zischler, Sebastian Koch, Michel Duchaussoy
Plot: A priest and a member of the SS work together to try to stop the massacre
of Jews in Nazi Germany.

120. Spies ( Spione )

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph, Craighall Sherry, Willy Fritsch

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