When a woman’s fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate. Year 1921.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller |
| Director: Fritz Lang |
| Writer: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou |
| Actors: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg |
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years. Year 2002.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery |
| Director: Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Writer: Boris Khaimsky (dialogue), Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Actors: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky |
The story of Kafka’s Castle. Year 1994.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Aleksey Balabanov |
| Writer: Aleksey Balabanov, Franz Kafka (novel), Sergey Selyanov |
| Actors: Nikolay Stotskiy, Svetlana Pismichenko, Anvar Libabov, Viktor Sukhorukov |
Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Year 2004.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Writer: Bernd Eichinger (screenplay), Joachim Fest (book), Traudl Junge (book), Melissa Müller (book) |
| Actors: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes |
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. Year 1995.
| Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Bryan Singer |
| Writer: Christopher McQuarrie |
| Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak |
The village of Schabbach experiences the shifting fortunes of Germany from 1919 to 1982. Year 1984–.
| Generes: Drama, History, War |
| Director: N/A |
| Writer: N/A |
| Actors: Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner, Gertrud Bredel |
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret. Year 2015.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Director: Sebastian Schipper |
| Writer: Sebastian Schipper (story), Olivia Neergaard-Holm (story), Eike Frederik Schulz (story) |
| Actors: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit |
In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated, and the battalion of Kowalski, major general von Plönnies and Asch is left to its own devices to a large extent. Year 1955.
| Generes: Drama, War |
| Director: Paul May |
| Writer: Hans Hellmut Kirst (novel), Ernst von Salomon |
| Actors: O.E. Hasse, Hannes Schiel, Gustav Knuth, Emmerich Schrenk |
German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Year 1951.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: Peter Lorre |
| Writer: Axel Eggebrecht (screenplay), Peter Lorre (novel), Peter Lorre (screenplay), Benno Vigny (screenplay) |
| Actors: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph, Johanna Hofer |
In 1999, Claire’s life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with him. Writer Eugene follows them and writes their story, as a way of recording dreams is being invented. Year 1991.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Director: Wim Wenders |
| Writer: Peter Carey (screenplay), Wim Wenders (screenplay), Wim Wenders (original idea by), Solveig Dommartin (original idea by), Michael Almereyda |
| Actors: Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega |
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. Year 2019.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Director: Fatih Akin |
| Writer: Fatih Akin (screenplay), Heinz Strunk (novel) |
| Actors: Jonas Dassler, Adam Bousdoukos, Margarete Tiesel, Katja Studt |
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Year 1920.
| Generes: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Robert Wiene |
| Writer: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz |
| Actors: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover |
Janine Reynaud stars as a nightclub stripper who free-floats through a spectral 60’s landscape littered with dream-figures, dancing midgets and bizarre S&M games. Year 1968.
| Generes: Horror |
| Director: Jesús Franco |
| Writer: Pier A. Caminnecci |
| Actors: Janine Reynaud, Jack Taylor, Adrian Hoven, Howard Vernon |
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Year 2012.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi |
| Director: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski |
| Writer: David Mitchell (novel), Lana Wachowski (written for the screen by), Tom Tykwer (written for the screen by), Lilly Wachowski (written for the screen by), Chris Lindsay (additional material) |
| Actors: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving |
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him. Year 1922.
| Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Fritz Lang |
| Writer: Norbert Jacques (novel), Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou |
| Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Alfred Abel |
The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life. Year 1966.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Alexander Kluge |
| Writer: Alexander Kluge (screenplay), Alexander Kluge (story “Anita G.”) |
| Actors: Alexandra Kluge, Günter Mack, Eva Maria Meineke, Hans Korte |