51. Europa Europa
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, René Hofschneider, Piotr Kozlowski, André Wilms, Ashley Wanninger
Plot: In order to hide his Jewish heritage, a young boy in Nazi Germany joins
the Hitler Youth.
52. Baader Meinhof Complex, The ( Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers, Stipe Erceg
Plot: The roots of the infamous German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, are traced to the turbulent events of the late 1960s. When a political riot leaves a protester dead and an assassination attempt is made on a left-wing leader, student radicals Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin join forces with journalist Ulrike Meinhof to form a violent faction that turns to bombings, kidnappings, and murder to achieve its goals.
53. Last Laugh, The ( Letzte Mann, Der )
Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm
54. Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Actors: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Jan Hieronimko, Henriette Gérard
55. Stalingrad
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Actors: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Martin Benrath
Plot: In the spring of 1942 German troops advanced deep into the Soviet Union, en route to Stalingrad.
56. Lore
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cate Shortland
Actors: Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, André Frid, Mika Seidel, Kai-Peter Malina, Ursina Lardi
Plot: The Nazi regime has fallen. As the allies sweep across Germany, Lore and her siblings trek across the country as refugees and learn first-hand the truth they have been told is all a front. Faced with the aftermath of WWII they will have to rely on people - including those they have been told are enemies - in order to survive.
57. Woyzeck
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann, Willy Semmelrogge, Josef Bierbichler, Paul Burian
Plot: In a town, soldier, orderly and husband Woyzeck is an anomaly. He sometimes hears voices and feels disjointed with those around him. His captain treats him as a fool, the local doctor treats him as cruel test subject and his wife often flirts and has affairs. Yet when he finally learns the truth, it will lead to a confrontation based on his increasing madness.
58. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance ( 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent, Udo Samel, Branko Samarovski
Plot: Michael Haneke's final part in his Glaciation Trilogy revolves around 71 scenes involving a recent immigrant, a couple who recently adopted their daughter, a college student and a lonely, old man.
59. Benny's Video
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner, Stephanie Brehme, Stefan Polasek
Plot: With little contact from his parent, Benny is left alone and quietly loses himself in his film fantasy world - so much so that he finds it hard to even relate to real life. It leads up to inviting a girl over and almost casually murdering her - and leaving behind a filmed confession for his absent parents.
60. Transit
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christian Petzold
Actors: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer
Plot: A man hastily leaves France as the Nazi invasion begins - impersonating a dead author whose papers he happens to possess. Finding himself stuck in Marseilles he meets a young woman trying to find her husband - who just so happens to be the identity of the man he has stolen.
