Movies and TV shows set in east germany
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in east germany ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with stasi, berlin wall, cold war, communism, spy, iron curtain, cold war era, german history, espionage and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in Germany, USA, France and other countries.
192
TOP 10 movies tagged as east germany: Never Look Away (2018), The Lives of Others (2006), Balloon (2018), The Silent Revolution (2018), Deutschland 83 (2015), Line of Separation (2015), Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Barbara (2012), The Tunnel (2001), The Legend of Rita (2000).
Best films
New films
List of movies set in east germany
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, Italy, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s ...
Style:
suspense, sensual, exciting, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
painter, art gallery, nazi, artist, nazism, berlin wall, sex scene, female pubic hair, forced abortion, romantic relationship, pregnancy, world war two ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1948, 20th century ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
gloomy, political thriller, sincere, political, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surveillance, cold war, spy, communism, berlin wall, stasi, politics, redemption, espionage, iron curtain, life philosophy, voyeurism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape DDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense
Audience:
date night
Plot:
berlin wall, stasi, balloon, iron curtain, border patrol, manhunt, communism, husband wife relationship, german history, danger, couples, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 70s, year 1979
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin, west germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
It's 1956. During a visit to a cinema in West Berlin, East German high school pupils Theo and Kurt see disturbing newsreel footage of the uprising in Budapest. Back in Stalinstadt, one of the GDR’s flagship workers’ settlements, they have ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, captivating, political ...
Plot:
cold war, solidarity, teenager, friendship, learning the truth, border crossing, high school, communism, betrayal, father son relationship, twists and turns, nazi ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 50s, year 1953
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, hungary, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cold war, espionage, stasi, spy, secret police, german soldier, double agent, working undercover, state affairs, rivalry, undercover, military ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, west germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
Spring 1945, just before Germany's zero hour. In Tannbach, a fanatical band of Nazi soldiers stages one last murderous attack on their fellow citizens before the arrival of the Americans, who finally end the war. It is an uneasy peace, however, ...
Style:
harsh, rough, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
post war germany, cold war, world war two, post war, military, social differences, murder, wartime, social problems, society, separation, nazi germany ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1961, 20th century, 1940s, 1950s
Place:
east germany, germany, bavaria
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, breathtaking, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, childhood, idealism, german reunification, society, amnesia, cold war, culture clash, communism ...
Time:
year 2003, year 1989, year 1990, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, germany, berlin germany, soviet union ...
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the summer of 1980 in East Germany and, alone, Barbara is confined to living and working as a doctor in a small provincial town - her punishment for attempting to emigrate to the West. She has only one focus; to escape and for this, she has to ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, compassionate, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
doctor, escape, stasi, cold war, fascism, lovers apart, iron curtain, communism, introspection, character study, power relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1980
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, northern germany, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, political, compassionate, captivating ...
Plot:
berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, breast feeding, political unrest, cold war, wartime, heroes, danger, daring rescue, prison escape ...
Time:
ancient times, 60s, year 2001
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the East German secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens ...
Style:
melancholic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
lesbian, politics, terrorism, berlin wall, runaway, raf, loneliness, existentialism, starting over, danger, state affairs, lesbian sex ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, east germany, angola, berlin germany, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
cold war, propaganda, stasi, cia, communism, politics, espionage, political unrest, police corruption, one man army, save the day, spy ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, romania, east berlin, germany
Is relevant?
652
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Adapted from an award-winning best-selling book by Uwe Tellkamp, 'The Tower' depicts a higher class family’s struggles during crumbling communist rule in 1980’s East Germany. It illustrates the weaknesses and pending downfall of the ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
double life, stasi, cold war, communism, repression, secret police, family drama, social problems, family problems, political unrest, fear, family secret ...
Time:
80s
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West ...
Style:
political, controversial, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stasi, coming of age, berlin wall, boys and girls, defloration, border crossing, communism, love, iron curtain, communist, german history, friendship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Two cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, small town life, police, journalist, loss of daughter, teenage girl, arrest, interrogation, crime scene, investigation, revenge ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1991, 90s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted with the dilemma of having to fight men from the very ...
Plot:
world war two, communism, youth, young man, rape, surrender, truck, concentration camp, tank, dictatorship, wehrmacht, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1968, year 1945
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style:
suspense, historical drama, dramatic, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cold war, espionage, lawyer, spy, cia, agent, soviet spy, courtroom, politics, berlin wall, court, negotiation ...
Time:
year 1960, year 2015, 2010s, year 1957, 1950s ...
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, west germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long banished to Africa for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch is now sent ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
stasi, cold war, communist, spy, communism, terrorism, espionage, berlin wall, homosexual, corruption, gay, socialism ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
east germany, germany, south africa, berlin germany, africa ...
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
military base, army, soldier, rebelliousness, military life, military, misfit, boot camp, basic training, daydreamer, friends, prank ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, east germany, europe
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, tense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, stasi, iron curtain, politics, murder mystery, nobility, cold war era, secrets, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, europe, east berlin ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Clemens Meyer's novel about a group of East German friends right after the fall of the Wall.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
friends, unfulfillment, teenage boy, nightlife, lifestyle, freedom, coming of age, little boy, subculture, techno, stasi, berlin wall ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
germany, east germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces ...
Style:
spoof, parody, funny, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
spy, cow, satire, espionage, cold war, heroic mission, world war two, resistance movement, selflessness, daring rescue, occupation, disorder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
east germany, germany, east berlin, seattle
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Drama about a woman who is estranged from the possessive and violent husband who can't bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to a dramatic conclusion, her life takes an odd shift.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mysterious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
workplace, adultery, abusive husband, ghost, boss and employee, job, assistant, estrangement, murder, haunted by the past, love, starting over ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
Place:
germany, east germany, europe
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former spy killer is set free and embarks on a revenge spree against the people who conspired to betray her.
Style:
historical drama, tense, captivating, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spy, revenge, dark humor, betrayal, espionage, stasi, agent, problem, who done it, prospector, intrigue ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
east germany, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Weissensee is a German television series. The series is set in East Berlin in 1980 and 1987 and follows two families.
Style:
realistic, poignant, serious, compassionate, touching ...
Plot:
stasi, communism, forbidden love, spy, family feud, parents and children, dysfunctional family, prejudice, social differences, first love, adolescence, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, east berlin, germany, german democratic republic
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, and Paula leads a troublesome life raising two children on her own. They meet and discover a strong passion for each other. Life ...
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
nude bathing, children, love, female nudity, death, marriage, nude girl, love story, sensuality, self fulfillment, family relations, fate ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, german democratic republic
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with the amateur ...
Style:
serious, realistic, offbeat, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
taxi, drunk, alcohol abuse, suitor, drunkard, jealousy, starting over, philosopher, sexual harassment, suicide attempt, pop music, female singer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, germany, east berlin, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, danger, betrayal, investigation, snitch, dictatorship, dictator, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, east germany, german democratic republic
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, contemplative, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, british intelligence, secret agent, spy, undercover, cold war era, politics, undercover agent, sexual assault, bare chested male, political intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, geneva switzerland, finland, germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
terrorism, justice, politics, hijacking, courtroom drama, legal action, legal, culture clash, confined, danger, save the day, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany, europe, east berlin, berlin germany, west berlin west germany ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
border, iron curtain, berlin wall, stasi, spy, cold war, husband wife relationship, culture clash, ransom, border crossing, passport, separation ...
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, germany, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
