Movies and TV shows set in vienna – page 2

List of movies set in vienna

 6.3
 739
Almost Angels (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented. The standard initiation ordeals which new boys must endure at the hands of ...
Style: uplifting, inspirational, period piece, educational
Plot: singing, choir, jealousy, rivalry, talent, children, coming of age, train conductor, father son relationship, ambition, tradition, friendship ...
Time: 60s, 1950s
Place: vienna, austria
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 6.6
 320
Macondo (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A drama centered on an 11-year-old Chechnyan refugee living in Vienna whose life is thrown into disarray when a friend of his deceased father materializes.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: coming of age, youth, refugee, interracial relations, immigrant, life is a bitch, society, misfit, family drama, grief, single mother, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria, vienna
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Jingle All the Way (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: semi serious, christmas special, captivating, entertaining, thrilling ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christmas, snow, winter, holiday, xmas, unlikely friendships, christmas spirit, christmas season, opposites attract, road trip, holiday romance, misadventure ...
Place: vienna, eastern europe
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 6.4
 1K
Contact High (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Austria, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Gangster boss Carlos orders the dodgy Viennese junkyard owner Harry to bring him a bag from Poland. Harry passes the order on to his "best man" Schorsch. Schorsch, not exactly the brightest, is currently without a driver's license and ...
Style: humorous, not serious, absurd, buddy comedy, road movie ...
Plot: chase, disorder, criminal heroes, cons and scams, stoner, marijuana, misadventure, journey, irreverent, gangster, drug trip, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: austria, poland, vienna, eastern europe, europe
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Falco: Damn It, We're Still Alive! (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Deals with the life, work, and tragic death of Johann "Falco" Hölzel. The biopic portrays his work through his early days, as member of the Viennese band "Drahdiwaberl", and later with his own hits as solo artist, like "Der ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, period piece, emotional, reflective ...
Plot: musician, biopic, musician's life, pop singer, music, rising to stardom, price of fame, singer, historical figure, historical character, tragic hero, glory ...
Time: 80s
Place: vienna, austria
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 7.7
 705
Eroica (2003)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story: British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. ...
Style: historical drama, captivating, psychological, disturbing, period piece ...
Plot: classical music, composer, beethoven, musician, art, musician's life, male female relationship, life, relationship problems, historical character, king, changing lives ...
Time: victorian era
Place: vienna
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What Have We Done to Deserve This? (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Austria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Wanda's world has been turned upside down when her teenage daughter Nina suddenly turns up in a hijab. Nina has secretly converted to Islam.
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical
Audience: adult
Plot: daughter, family drama, mother daughter conflict, identity crisis, hijab, motherhood, female protagonist, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, family relations, religious ...
Place: vienna
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 6.4
 281
Live Is Life (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A greater Vienna seniors home is run like a prison by the stuck up female executive and staff. Hipie type rebel Rochus 'Rocco' Siwak incurs a community service to be spent there as orderly. Sympathizing with seniors who still aspire some ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, feel good, uplifting
Audience: adult
Plot: retirement home, elderly woman, music band, retirement home life, elderly man, rebelliousness, elderly, senior citizen, music, musician, rebel, friendship ...
Place: vienna, austria
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 6.8
 4K
Semmelweis (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the ...
Style: medical drama, historical drama, serious, period piece, tense ...
Plot: scientific discovery, epidemic, biopic, maternity ward, hospital, investigation, realism, social criticism, ethical dilemma, character study, obsession, tragic hero ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: vienna
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Vienna Crime Squad (2005)
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: SOKO Donau is an Austrian television series.
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, investigation, fighting crime, partner, police station, murder, riddles and clues, workplace situations, police investigation, police detective, workplace, police procedural ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vienna, austria
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Killer's Carnival (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does not pay
Style: anthology, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, tense ...
Plot: spy, serial killer, murder, investigation, cat and mouse, private investigator, female victim, assassin, underworld, conspiracy, organized crime, psychiatrist ...
Time: 60s
Place: rome italy, vienna, europe, san francisco, rio de janeiro ...
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 7.0
 11K
Julia (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Style: factual, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, political ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: writers, politics, world war two, fascism, friendship, culture clash, childhood, nazi, playwright, adaptation, character study, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1977, pre world war two, year 1934 ...
Place: germany, europe, moscow russia, warsaw poland, paris france ...
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 7.5
 403K
The Illusionist (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 110 min.
Story: With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged ...
Style: surprise ending, atmospheric, period piece, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: twists and turns, magic, forbidden love, wizards and magicians, magician, murder mystery, murder, love triangle, magic trick, investigation, nobility, love story ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2006, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place: vienna, london, austria, america, england ...
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 6.5
 2K
Cold Hell (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Özge Dogruol, a young Vienna based taxi driver of Turkish origin. She witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The offender seems to be a crazed serial killer and he is convinced that Özge has seen him. A life-and-death struggle ensues.
Style: psychological, tense, exciting, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: female vigilante, anti heroine, police detective, religious intolerance, murder witness, religious fundamentalist, serial killer, heroine, psychopath, psycho killer, male female partnership, assassination attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vienna, germany
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 5.1
 3K
Klimt (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Austria, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Style: thought provoking, stylized, visually stunning, sexual, visual ...
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, puffy nipples, public nudity, artist's model, art history, prodigy, obsession, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, year 2006, 19th century, year 1918, 1900s ...
Place: austria, france, vienna, paris france, europe
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A Friendship in Vienna (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is Jewish and Lise is the daughter of a Nazi sympathizer. When they are forbidden to see each other, they meet secretly. After the Germans invade ...
Plot: 13 year old, friendship between girls, nazi occupation, christmas, world war two, redhead girl, girl, mother daughter relationship, friendship, train, school, friend ...
Time: year 1938, 1930s
Place: vienna, austria
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Spuren des Bösen - Racheengel (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: The police psychologist and brilliant interrogator Richard Brock gets into a hostage situation. It's not about money, but a desperate act.
Style: suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot: bookstore, suspicion, murder, suicide, grief, investigation, guilt, trauma, hostage situation, police procedural, secrets, family drama ...
Place: vienna, austria
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Mathias Sandorf (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: In 1867, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the adventures of the revolutionary count Mathias Sandorf who, having escaped an attack which cost the life of his wife, returns years later to take revenge on his political enemies.
Style: heroic, suspense, period drama, political drama
Plot: revenge, betrayal, vengeance, escape, politics, justice, assassination, political intrigue, revolution, conspiracy, rebel leader, espionage ...
Time: 19th century
Place: hungary, transylvania, vienna, morocco
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Nicolo Paganini (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Duration: 256 min.
TV show
Story: Biopic about Niccolo Paganini. He receives training from his father in early childhood. The best teachers of Parma are unable to give him more, so Paganini turns to a daily 15 hours of rigorous self-training. He makes sensational concert tours in ...
Style: period piece, period drama
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, musician, obsession, legacy, sacrifice, gambling, father son relationship, dancing, redemption, isolation ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s
Place: paris france, europe, london, vienna
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 5.5
 274
Limbo (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Ana, a young compliance manager, discovers unusually high bills among her company's records, she can't imagine what an avalanche her research will set off. Not only does she cross paths with an aging small-time crook and a Viennese ...
Style: tense, suspense, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, money laundering, money problems, bandit, criminal gang, con artists, gangster, crime investigation, cons and scams, criminal, gang, organized crime ...
Place: vienna
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Freud's Last Session (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, ...
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: belief in god, philosophy, existentialism, psychology, psychoanalysis, social problems, social issues, religion, intimate, doubt, character study, slow burn ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: vienna, london
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 5.7
 10
Ringlek (1982)
Country: Sweden
Duration: 209 min.
TV show
Story: Scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters, shown before or after a sexual encounter. A prostitute is cheated out of her money by a drug-dealer, in the next scene the dealer ...
Style: tension, erotic drama, melancholic
Plot: seduction, social satire, prostitution, hypocrisy, class struggle, moral ambiguity, infidelity, high society, adaptation, working class, desire, scandal ...
Time: 1890s, turn of the century
Place: vienna
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To the Bitter End (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Austria
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 15 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from show-biz, married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair ...
Style: dark, tension, intense, dramatic, bleak ...
Plot: stepfather stepdaughter relationship, alcoholism, affair, stepdaughter, addiction, marriage crisis, adultery, drug use, hallucination, mental illness, identity crisis, stress ...
Time: 70s
Place: vienna, austria
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Indiana Jones, now a captain in the French army, is assigned to escort two Austrian princes to meet with Emperor Karl I and convince him to broker a peace deal with France and Britain at the expense of Austria's alliance with Germany. Two ...
Style: suspense, action adventure
Plot: indiana jones, treasure hunt, espionage, diplomacy, courage, chaos, royalty, betrayal, rescue, propaganda, treasure hunter, archaeologist ...
Time: 1910s
Place: vienna, russia, austria
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Iceland, UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, ...
Style: saga, humorous, action adventure, epic, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, revenge, disagreement, vigilante, costumed hero, ex soldier, heroes, super powers, female agent, friendship between men, supernatural power, chase ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 1991, future, 90s
Place: africa, eastern europe, vienna, europe, berlin germany ...
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God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Switzerland, West Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief worker. Together with other Jewish refugees, the three make ...
Style: pre war
Plot: world war two, fascism, border crossing, refugee, suicide, accusation, concentration camp, hitler youth, rabbi, torah, jewish life, national socialism ...
Time: year 1982, 1940s, 1930s, year 1938, year 1940
Place: vienna, paris france, prague, marseille
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All the Old Knives (2022)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: conspiracy, cia agent, undercover, espionage, investigation, betrayal, cia, female spy, female secret agent, mole, male female relationship, secret agent ...
Time: 2020s, year 2012, 2010s
Place: vienna, persia, london, dublin ireland, california ...
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Come Fly with Me (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Austria, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Three air-hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry
Style: rom com, detective
Audience: chick flick
Plot: stewardess, aviation, jewelry, bike, screwball, pilot, travel, airline, millionaire, repressed sexuality, trafficking, female friendship ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: vienna, new york, paris france
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The Crown of the Kings (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Polish monarchs Casimir III the Great, the last king of Poland from the Piast Dynasty, and Saint Jadwiga, the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland. In the background: love, intrigue and difficult relationships between the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, historical drama
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: royal family, knight, medieval, polish history, love, king, battles, life philosophy, wealthy family, heroes, kids and family, historical character ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, 12th century, medieval times, 15th century
Place: poland, austria, hungary, vienna, lithuania ...
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 7.9
 2K
Mother's Day (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Vorbereitungen zu einem ganz normalen Muttertag bei den Neugebauers in einer heruntergekommenen Wiener Gemeindebau-Wohnung: Doch statt eines gewöhnlichen Familienfests wird ein Blick in die abgründigen Tiefen und Geheimnisse der Familie Neugebauer ...
Style: sexual, offbeat, dark comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: mother, teenage boy, mother's day, family relations, wrestling, love and romance, society, female nudity, sex scene, lower class, shoplifter, lodger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: austria, vienna
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