13 Minutes (2015) Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel - In 1939, Georg Elser planted a bomb behind a lectern to kill Hitler during a speech, but Hitler unexpectedly left 13 minutes early. The film follows the events in his village, under Nazi rule, which led him to attempt this act of resistance.
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) Directed by Werner Herzog - Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), a ruthless Spanish conquistador, vies for power while part of an expedition in Peru to find El Dorado, the mythical seven cities of gold. Accompanied by his daughter, Flores (Cecilia Rivera), Aguirre faces off against his superior, Don Pedro de Ursua (Ruy Guerra), and grows increasingly volatile after seizing control of the group. As Aguirre presses deeper into the Amazonian jungle, he descends further into madness.
Baader Meinhof Complex, The (2008) Directed by Uli Edel - When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof (Martina Gedeck) rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader (Moritz Bleibtreu). Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin (Johanna Wokalek), they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
Barbara (2012) Directed by Christian Petzold - An East German doctor is banished to a small country hospital after she tries to escape to West Germany during the 1980s.
Before the Fall (2004) Directed by Dennis Gansel - In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him a scholarship to a National Political Academy, high schools that produce Nazi elite. Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code.
Born in 45 (1966) Directed by Jürgen Böttcher - A mechanic (Rolf Römer) roams the streets on a perpetual vacation after getting a divorce from a nurse (Monika Hildebrand) and moving into his mother's apartment.
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (1920) Directed by Robert Wiene - At a carnival in Germany, Francis (Friedrich Feher) and his friend Alan (Rudolf Lettinger) encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari (Werner Krauss). The men see Caligari showing off his somnambulist, Cesare (Conrad Veidt), a hypnotized man who the doctor claims can see into the future. Shockingly, Cesare then predicts Alan's death, and by morning his chilling prophecy has come true -- making Cesare the prime suspect. However, is Cesare guilty, or is the doctor controlling him?
Cherry Blossoms (2008) Directed by Doris Dörrie - Learning that her husband, Rudi (Elmar Wepper), has a terminal illness, Trudi (Hannelore Elsner) hides the knowledge from him and persuades him to visit their son in Japan. During the course of their journey, she dies in her sleep -- before telling Rudi of his impending death. Grief-stricken, he continues on toward Japan, finally finding peace at Mount Fuji.
Circle of Deceit (1981) Directed by Volker Schlöndorff - Georg (Bruno Ganz), a German journalist, flees his unhappy marriage by throwing himself into another war zone. Arriving in bombed-out Beirut at the break of the Lebanese Civil War, Georg and photographer Hoffman (Jerzy Skolimowski) interview locals, dodge explosions and debate the war with other members of the foreign press. When Georg starts an affair with the compassionate Ariane (Hanna Schygulla), she questions his personal ethics: Is Georg a noble humanitarian or a sucker for suffering?
Cobra Verde (1987) Directed by Werner Herzog - Francisco Manoel da Silva (Klaus Kinski) plays an enterprising young Brazilian who, after impregnating the three daughters of his plantation-owning employer, is sent to West Africa to round up slaves. Francisco goes to great lengths to befriend the very people he hopes to enslave -- eventually managing to overthrow a mad monarch and set himself up as king.
Coffee in Berlin, A (2012) Directed by Jan Ole Gerster - Niko has given up his university studies. During the day, he drifts around and studies the behaviour of fellow humans. At the same time, he increasingly distances himself from the outside world, which has major consequences.
Color Out of Space, The (2010) Directed by Huan Vu - A boy, looking for his missing father, travels to Germany in an attempt to bring him home. However, deep in the Swabian-Franconian forest, he uncovers the haunting legacy that a meteorite left behind.
Das Boot (1981) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen - A German submarine patrols the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, manned by a crew that must contend with tense conflicts and long stretches of confined boredom. While war correspondent Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer) observes day-to-day life aboard the U-boat, the grizzled captain (Jürgen Prochnow) struggles to maintain his own motivation as he attempts to keep the ship's morale up in the face of fierce battles, intense storms and dwindling supplies.
Despair (1978) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - A Russian chocolate-factory owner (Dirk Bogarde) poses as a look-alike in 1930s Berlin.
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) Directed by G. W. Pabst - In Germany, chemist's daughter Thymian (Louise Brooks) is raped by her father's assistant. When she becomes pregnant and bears a child but refuses to marry her assaulter, her outraged father sends her to a brutal reformatory. Thymian soon escapes with a friend, Erika (Edith Meinhard), only to learn that her child has died. She then finds Erika working at a brothel and, with no other option, joins her. Gradually, Thymian works her way higher by marrying a count, but her past haunts her.
Die Nibelungen (1924) Directed by Fritz Lang - After her husband is killed by Hagen (Hans von Schlettow), Kriemhild (Margarethe Schon) develops an intricate revenge plot. But Kriemhild also has to overcome her brothers, who long ago swore allegiance to Hagen. She flees to Burgundy to marry Etzel (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), king of the Huns. When she bears a child, she invites her brothers for a party, which soon turns deadly as the Huns attack Kriemhild's brothers and Hagen. War is declared, and Kriemhild loses more than she bargained for.
Downfall (2004) Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel - In 1942, young Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) lands her dream job -- secretary to Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) at the peak of his power. Three years later, Hitler's empire is now his underground bunker. The real-life Traudl narrates Hitler's final days as he rages against imagined betrayers and barks orders to phantom armies, while his mistress, Eva Braun (Juliane Köhler), clucks over his emotional distance, and other infamous Nazis prepare for the end.
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) Directed by Fitz Lang - This silent film, based on the pulp novel by Norbert Jacques, follows the devious schemes of criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge). Using disguises and hypnosis, as well as an assortment of henchmen, Mabuse begins to amass a fortune, with gambling and murder factoring heavily into his plans. Though the villain is careful to cover his tracks, a resourceful police inspector (Bernhard Goetzke) remains determined to put Mabuse behind bars.
East Side Story (1997) Directed by Dana Ranga - Though its films were rarely exhibited on the other side of the Iron Curtain, the prolific Soviet film industry churned out more than propagandistic documentaries and epic-length versions of 19th-century Russian novels. This documentary explores the musical comedy genre in the communist era, when, just as in Hollywood musicals, characters broke into elaborately stylized song and dance numbers mid-movie, the difference being that these characters sang in praise of collective farms and factories.
Edge of Heaven, The (2007) Directed by Fatih Akin - Ali Aksu (Tuncel Kurtiz) takes a Turkish prostitute, Yeter (Nursel Köse), into his German apartment to protect her in spite of his disapproving son, Nejat (Baki Davrak). When Yeter dies in an altercation with Ali, Nejat goes to find her daughter in Istanbul. Ayten, Yeter's daughter, escapes from Turkey when her political activism threatens her life. In Germany, she falls for a girl, Lotte (Patrycia Ziolkowska), who follows her to Istanbul when she is deported.
Edukators, The (2004) Directed by Hans Weingartner - Peter (Stipe Erceg) and Jan (Daniel Brühl) are "edukators," anarchists who break into wealthy people's homes -- never stealing, but serving notice to fatcats that their days are numbered. Along comes Jule (Julia Jentsch), a poor student and Peter's girlfriend, who convinces Jan to help her edukate a businessman (Burghart Klaussner) she owes money to. When Jule mistakenly leaves evidence behind, they must go back to the crime scene, where they are surprised and events quickly get out of hand.
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The (1974) Directed by Werner Herzog - When Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), a young German man, is suddenly released from an existence of inexplicable confinement, he is forced into regular society. Barely capable of communicating, Hauser is exploited in a circus sideshow until he is taken under the wing of the kindhearted Professor Daumer (Walter Ladengast), who slowly helps him acclimate to conventional life, even teaching him to read and write. Despite his best efforts, however, Hauser may not be able to escape the horrors of his past.
Europa Europa (1990) Directed by Agnieszka Holland - Jewish teenager Salek (Marco Hofschneider) is separated from his family when they flee their home in Germany after Kristallnacht. He ends up in a Russian orphanage for two years, but when Nazi troops reach Russia he convinces them he is a German Aryan, and becomes an invaluable interpreter and then an unwitting war hero. His deception becomes increasingly difficult to maintain after he joins the Hitler Youth and finds love with beautiful Leni (Julie Delpy), a fervent anti-Semite.
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971) Directed by Werner Herzog - A group of tormented patients stage a coup at an oppressive, dismal asylum after they're not allowed out on an excursion.
Fitzcarraldo (1982) Directed by Werner Herzog - Opera-loving European Brian Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) lives in a small Peruvian city. Better known as Fitzcarraldo, this foreigner is obsessed with building an opera house in his town and decides that to make his dream a reality he needs to make a killing in the rubber business. In order to become a successful rubber baron, Fitzcarraldo hatches an elaborate plan that calls for a particularly impressive feat -- bringing a massive boat over a mountain with the help of a band of natives.
Four Minutes (2006) Directed by Chris Kraus - An elderly music teacher who gives piano lessons to prisoners finds a prodigy in a young inmate and devotes herself to nurturing that talent.
Free Will, The (2006) Directed by Matthias Glasner - Released from psychiatric detention, a rapist (Jürgen Vogel) develops a relationship with an abused younger woman.
Generation War (2013) Directed by Philipp Kadelbach - A three-part miniseries showing the story of five German friends from 1941 to 1945.
Germany in Autumn (1978) Produced by Theo Hinz and Eberhard Junkersdorf - Nine fictitious documentaries and films that reflect the mood of Germany in the late 1970s, particularly the two month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, also know as the Baader-Meinhof.
Gloomy Sunday (1999) Directed by Rolf Schübel - A woman who loves two men (Joachim Król, Stefano Dionisi) in World War II Germany inspires one to write a song that, mysteriously, drives some to suicide.
Golden Glove, The (2019) Directed by Fatih Akin - Serial killer Fritz "Fiete" Honka looks like a harmless alcoholic, but he hides a darkness inside. He murders four prostitutes and leaves their bodies behind in a mutilated state, inspiring fear in the inhabitants of Hamburg in the 1970s.
Golem, The (1915) Directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen - Though most of this film has been lost, the surviving fragments feature an antique dealer named Troedler (Henrik Galeen) who discovers a legendary Golem (Paul Wegener) that was created by a Prague rabbi in the 16th century. Free at last, the living clay statue goes on a rampage during a party at the mansion of Count Graf (Carl Ebert), the fiancé of Troedler's daughter Jessica (Lydia Salmonova). The creature chases the couple across rooftops, driven by jealousy.
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) Directed by Wolfgang Becker - In October 1989, right before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Alex Kerner (Daniel Brühl) is living with his mom, Christiane (Kathrin Sass), and sister, Ariane (Maria Simon). But when the mother, a loyal party member, sees Alex participating in an anti-communist rally, she falls into a coma and misses the revolution. After she wakes, doctors say any jarring event could make her have a heart attack, meaning the family must go to great lengths to pretend communism still reigns in Berlin.
Hannah Arendt (2012) Directed by Margarethe von Trotta - In 1961, writer and philosopher Hannah Arendt travels to Israel for the New Yorker magazine to cover the infamous Nazi Adolf Eichmann's trial for war crimes. Her analysis of Eichmann results in a morally complex controversy and personal consequences.
Head-On (2004) Directed by Fatih Akin - Cahit (Birol Ünel) stumbles from bar to bar in Hamburg, Germany, lost in an alcoholic haze. The boozy Turkish immigrant crashes his car into a wall, which lands him in a mental institution. There he meets the suicidal Sibel (Sibel Kekilli). She convinces him to marry her, because otherwise her family will arrange her marriage to a Turkish man of their choosing. She proposes a deal to Cahit: She will cook and clean for him and they can see other people. Thus begins their strange romance.
Heart of Glass (1976) Directed by Werner Herzog - In a rural community, a local artist known for making brilliant glass sculptures dies without passing on to anyone the skills of his trade. Huttenbesitzer (Stefan Güttler), who owns the town's glass factory, obsessively attempts to recover the deceased artist's lost knowledge. The villagers employed by Huttenbesitzer also become bewitched by the secrets of glass. Despite the warnings of Hias (Josef Bierbichler), who claims to be a prophet, the possessed locals slowly descend into madness.
Her Third (1972) Directed by Egon Günther - A lonely worker (Jutta Hoffmann) in an East German chemical factory seeks companionship.
Heritage (2019) Directed by William von Tagen - A former CIA agent's search for a lost colleague exposes a deadly conspiracy involving his own family and Soviet-era secrets in the mountains of East Germany.
I Was Nineteen (1968) Directed by Konrad Wolf - I Was Nineteen is a 1968 East German film produced by Konrad Wolf for the DEFA studio. The film tells the story of a young German, Gregor Hecker, who fled the Nazis with his parents to Moscow and now, in early 1945, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army.
In the Fade (2017) Directed by Fatih Akin - Katja's life falls apart in the blink of an eye when two neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old son in a bomb attack. Her quest for justice soon pushes her to the edge as the two suspects stand trial for murder.
Keeper, The (2019) Directed Marcus H. Rosenmüller - At the end of WWII, the manager of a local football team recruits German POW Burt to play as goalkeeper. Despite his success, Burt is unable to escape his past.
King of Thieves (2004) Directed by Ivan Fíla - A brother and sister leave home to become circus performers and must fight to survive when they are sold to a thief and a brothel.
Little Bit of Freedom, A (2003) Directed by Yüksel Yavuz - In the metropolitan city of Hamburg, illegal immigrant Chernor (Leroy Delmar), an openly gay African youth with blond hair, makes his money by dealing drugs and dreams of one day living in Australia. Baran (Cagdas Bozkurt), meanwhile, is a Kurdish bicycle delivery boy living in constant fear of deportation, who keeps his past in a video camera. The two form a bond when they meet, and their shared struggles to survive soon develop into a relationship that is threatened when Baran loses his job.
Love is Colder Than Death (1969) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - An independent hoodlum (Ulli Lommel) is ordered to kill his friend (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) by a crime syndicate.
Lulu (1996) Directed by Alexander Antalffy - The circus dancer Lulu is a thoroughly liberal being. Although she loves her former savior, the clown Alfredo, she begins a relationship with the noble Henri von Reithofen. Henri kills himself, ruined by the horrendous expenses for Lulu.
Metropolis (1927) Directed by Fritz Lang - This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends the rebellious teacher Maria (Brigitte Helm), but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, leading to greater conflict.
Mostly Martha (2001) Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck - Martha (Martina Gedeck) relies on her culinary skills as her primary means of communication. She lives for her work and presides with obsessive care over her spotless, precise kitchen. When a fateful accident leaves Lina (Maxime Foerste), her 8-year-old niece, in her care, Martha's orderly life begins to come undone. When the owner is consequently forced to bring in help, Martha and the new charming and carefree Italian chef (Sergio Castellitto) are instantly at odds.
Never Look Away (2018) Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - When two German art students fall in love the girl's father vows to end their relationship, but their lives are already intertwined by a devastating secret.
Ninth Day, The (2004) Directed by Volker Schlöndorff - Father Henri Kremer (Ulrich Matthes) is a Roman Catholic dissenter from Luxembourg imprisoned at Dachau concentration camp. When Kremer is granted a nine-day furlough by Nazi officer Gebhardt (August Diehl), he becomes entangled in an ethical dilemma. Gebhardt instructs him to convince Luxembourg's bishop to cease all anti-Nazi rhetoric and accept a collaborationist stance. If this happens, Kremer will be released. As the ninth day approaches, Kremer struggles to overcome his moral paralysis.
North Face (2008) Directed by Philipp Stölzl - Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif - the Eiger - two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent.
Nosferatu (1922) Directed by F. W. Murnau - In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Directed by Werner Herzog - Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Virna, where he lives. But Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker (Isabelle Adjani), Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Virna, bringing with him death and plague... An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the cross of not being able to get old and die.
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013) Directed by Katrin Gebbe - A pious teen (Julius Feldmeier) endures torture at the hands of a sadistic couple (Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl) because he thinks God is testing him.
Otomo (1999) Directed by Frieder Schlaich - A black man (Isaach de Bankolé) becomes enraged when he encounters rampant racism in Germany.
Princess and the Warrior, The (2000) Directed by Tom Tykwer - They meet for the first time, after a horrible accident, underneath a truck. Bodo (Benno Fürmann) saves Sissi's (Franka Potente) life, which is literally hanging by a thread, then disappears without a trace. Obsessed by the Incident, Sissi sets out on a mission to find the mysterious stranger, and to discover whether their paths crossed through simple blind chance or the intricate mechanisms of destiny itself.
Requiem (2006) Directed by Hans-Christian Schmid - Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is a devout Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.
Robber, The (2010) Directed by Benjamin Heisenberg - The Robber is a 2010 drama film directed by Benjamin Heisenberg. The film is based on a novel by the Austrian author Martin Prinz, and was shot on location in Vienna. The main character, Johann Rettenberger, is based on Austrian bank-robber and runner Johann Kastenberger.
Run Lola Run (1998) Directed by Tom Tykwer - In this visually and conceptually impressive film, two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) delivers some smuggled loot for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), but accidentally leaves the 100,000 mark payment in a subway car. Given 20 minutes to come up with the money, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), who sprints through the streets of the city to try to beg the money out of her bank manager father (Herbert Knaup) and get to Manni before he does something desperate.
Scarlet Letter, The (1973) Directed by Wim Wenders - In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband.
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003) Directed by Michael Shorr - Salt miner Schultze (Horst Krause) is forced into retirement. He lapses into the boredom of his small German town. An accordion player, the retiree sometimes plays polkas, but it is not until he hears zydeco on the radio that he discovers a new inspiration and applies the fast tempo of zydeco to his accordion playing. But the town's polka scene frowns upon such deviation from tradition. Undaunted, Schultze packs his instrument and heads to zydeco's birthplace: the American South.
Silence, The (2010) Directed by Baran bo Odar - Media reports of the disappearance and murder of a teenage girl remind Timo of something that he has spent his adult life trying to forget, that he was witness to a similar crime 23 years ago. All this time he has kept his silence, but now, with a wife and family of his own, he must confront the past.
Skin Deep (2022) Directed by Alex Schaad - Trying to salvage their struggling relationship, Leyla and Tristan join another couple in a ritual to exchange bodies and see the world through the eyes of someone else. Free from the constraints of her former body, Leyla soon realizes she's never been happier. However, when she refuses to return to her old self, the situation threatens to spiral out of control.
Sophie Scholl - the Final Days (2005) Directed by Marc Rothemund - Based on a true story, Sophie Scholl is a student in Munich in 1943 who, with her brother Hans, is a member of the anti-war movement White Rose. Arrested for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, she is tried by the then-draconian judicial laws of the regime and sentenced to death by guillotine, as are her brother and Christoph Probst.
Soul Kitchen (2009) Directed by Fatih Akin - Greek restaurateur Zinos (Adam Bousdoukos) can't seem to get a break. The girl he loves moves to China, so he decides to leave his beloved diner in the hands of his brother, Ilias (Moritz Bleibtreu), who quickly gets in over his head. When the heartbroken Zinos returns, his neighborhood "soul kitchen" has been taken over by the mob and is in debt. He decides to re-open with a hotshot chef, but will his loyal clientele -- used to bad food and good company -- ever return?
Stalingrad (1993) Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier - German soldiers (Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel) go from victory to survival mode as their army suffers its first major defeat of World War II.
Strange Little Cat, The (2013) Directed by Ramon Zürcher - Taking place almost entirely within the claustrophobic confines of a middle-class Berlin apartment alongside a curious and alert tabby, busy scratching on doors, batting its paws at a fluttering moth, staring out the window, its tail flicking, or strolling about on the kitchen table.
Stroszek (1977) Directed by Werner Herzog - Bruno Stroszek (Bruno S.), a hapless busker in Berlin, falls for a prostitute (Eva Mattes) who's in trouble with local thugs. With nothing to lose, the new couple decide to emigrate to the United States with their neighbor Scheitz (Clemens Scheitz), whose American nephew lives in rural Wisconsin. But after a customs agent confiscates his cherished pet bird, Beo, Stroszek begins a downward spiral into culture shock and surreality as he experiences the dark underbelly of the American dream.
Student of Prague, The (1913) Directed by Stellan Rye - Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning. The story is loosely based on "William Wilson", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the poem The December Night by Alfred de Musset, and Faust.
Styx (2018) Directed by Wolfgang Fischer - A busy doctor plans to spend her annual vacation fulfilling her long-held dream of sailing from Gibraltar to the small island of Ascension in the Atlantic. But everything changes when she sees a damaged, overloaded boat full of refugees nearby. Knowing that at least a hundred people could drown, she begins to organize to help them but slowly begins to fear that it will be impossible to do so.
Summer ‘04 (2006) Directed by Stefan Krohmer - As Miriam is coming to terms with her son's sexual awakening, she ends up involved in some extramarital exploration of her own.
Sunshine (1999) Directed by István Szabó - The story of three generations of the Sonnenscheins, a Jewish-Hungarian family that began when Hungary was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian empire, changed their name to Sors in order to survive the years of Nazi occupation, and now faces the fallout of the postwar Communist legacy.
Toni Erdmann (2016) Directed by Maren Ade - A hard-working woman reluctantly agrees to spend time with her estranged father when he unexpectedly arrives. As a practical joker, the father does his best to reconnect by pretending to be her CEO's life coach.
Trace of Stones (1966) Directed by Frank Beyer - A love triangle forms when the Socialist Party sends a secretary (Eberhard Esche) and an ambitious technician (Krystyna Stypulkowska) to keep an eye on a construction foreman (Manfred Krug).
Trick of Light, A (1995) Directed by Wim Wenders - Filmmaker Wim Wenders creates an homage to the Skladanowsky brothers, German film pioneers responsible for the invention of the bioskop, an early prototype of the film projector.
Tunnel, The (2001) Directed by Roland Suso Richter - East German swimmer Harry Melchior (Heino Ferch) escapes to West Berlin in 1961, but is forced to leave his family behind. When he recruits pals Mathis (Sebastian Koch), Vic (Mehmet Kurtulus) and Fred (Felix Eitner) to help him dig a tunnel under the wall so he can bring his sister, Lotte (Nicolette Krebitz), to freedom, he discovers that countless others are looking for ways to get relatives out of East Berlin. Suddenly, a small tunnel becomes a major engineering undertaking.
Unveiled (2005) Directed by Angelina Maccarone - Iranian interpreter Fariba (Jasmin Tabatabai) escapes to Germany to avoid capital punishment for homosexual activity, but her application for political asylum is denied. Awaiting deportation, Fariba gains a new identity when fellow Iranian refugee Siamak (Navid Akhavan) kills himself. Disguising herself as a male, Fariba is released from detention as Siamak. Fariba begins working in a small-town factory while saving money for a fake passport that will let her live as a woman again.
Wall, The (2012) Directed by Julian Roman Pölsler - A woman is holidaying with two friends at their hunting lodge in the Austrian Alps. She's not tempted by their offer of an evening out in a town in the valley below and opts for a `quiet' night in.
Wave, The (2008) Directed by Dennis Gansel - Rainer (Jürgen Vogel), a teacher, is given the task of instructing his high school students about the autocratic state during a week-long session dedicated to longer-term lessons. A favorite among the kids, Rainer decides to let his students run with the subject matter, and he asks them to construct their own autocracy. However, when the kids start forming a nation state eerily similar to Nazi Germany, Rainer and the other teachers become unnerved and uncertain what to do.
We Are the Night (2010) Directed by Dennis Gansel - A young criminal named Lena gets bitten by a female vampire and is brought into her world. A police officer named Tom begins an investigation into a murder case involving the vampires.
Wedding Party, The (2005) Directed by Dominique Deruddere - A confrontation between a disgruntled man and a restaurateur results in gunfire and hostages at a couple's nuptials.
Wetlands (2013) Directed by David Wnendt - After an unfortunate shaving accident lands her in the hospital, a rebellious teen (Carla Juri) bonds with a male nurse (Christoph Letkowski) and schemes to reunite her divorced parents.
Whity (1971) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - In 1878 in the south west of the US, Ben Nicholson is the richest rancher of the area. A tough man who strikes a hard bargain, he has been outwitted by his second wife Katherine, a flirtatious intriguer. Of his two sons from the previous marriage, Frank is gay and the unfortunate David is a half-wit. There is a third son in the house however, born from the black cook Marpessa, who acts as butler: this is Whity.
Wings of Desire (1987) Directed by Wim Wenders - Invisible, immortal angels populate the city of Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed.
Woyzeck (1976) Directed by Werner Herzog - Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie (Eva Mattes), feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck (Klaus Kinski) takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One of them is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is conducting an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.
Wrong Move (1975) Directed by Wim Wenders - A young German man who decides to become a writer, Wilhelm Meister (Rudiger Vogler) sets off on a journey of self-discovery. During his travels, he encounters various fascinating characters, including the beautiful Therese (Hanna Schygulla), the intriguing young Mignon (Nastassja Nakszynski) and a poet named Landau (Peter Kern). When the group accompanies Landau on a visit to his uncle, they mistakenly end up at the home of a wealthy but forlorn stranger (Ivan Desny).
Young Goethe In Love (2010) Directed by Philipp Stölzl - Student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe falls in love with the beautiful and feisty Lotte. The only catch is that Lotte is supposed to save her family's fortunes by marrying Johan's boss, Albert.