Movies and TV shows set in west berlin west germany
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in west berlin west germany ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out political, suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious and melancholic films and TV shows about / with cold war, berlin wall, escape, iron curtain, danger, female nudity, betrayal, friendship, youth and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in Germany, West Germany, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as west berlin west germany: The Tunnel (2001), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Christiane F. (1981), Berlin Blues (2003), The Same Sky (2017), 23 (1998), Deutschland 83 (2015), The Silent Revolution (2018), The Reader (2008), The Airlift (2005).
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List of movies set in west berlin west germany
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 ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The ...
Style:
political, bleak, realistic, harsh, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, politics, revolutionary, protest, prison, political unrest, assassination, capitalism, terrorist attack, revolution, idealism, trial ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place:
germany, rome italy, west berlin west germany, somalia, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, drug addiction, heroin, drug abuse, drug addict, downfall, junkie, drug overdose, teenage girl, friendship, teenage life, teenage prostitution ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1981
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among ...
Style:
cynical, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic, semi serious ...
Plot:
depression, lone hero, imagination, irreverent, existentialism, life philosophy, culture clash, adaptation, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2003, year 1989
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east germany
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Lars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, political
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, espionage, sister sister relationship, seduction, spy, surveillance, cold war, resistance, covert operation, lgbt, iron curtain ...
Time:
year 1974, 20th century, 70s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to ...
Style:
mind bending, psychological, cyber, surreal, political ...
Plot:
espionage, computer, hacker, cold war, computer genius, hacking, nuclear power plant, computer hacker, geek, conspiracy, computer science, drug addiction ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
west berlin west germany, soviet union, german democratic republic, europe, berlin germany ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
touching, exciting, light, sincere
Plot:
cold war, german history, soldier, anti communist, pow, army, air force, boys and girls, world war two, conservative, world war, crisis ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.
Style:
funny, fast paced, black and white, biting, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, coca cola, satire, capitalist, secretary, communism, forbidden love, farce, voice over narration, corporate executive, race against time ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, east germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Style:
cult classic, offbeat, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, world war two, rescue mission, commando, nazi, training, behind enemy lines, mission, tough guy, sex scene, irishman, embassy ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, fighting the system, activism, sexuality, love affair, rebellion, politics, rebelliousness, unlikely couple, society, danger, raf ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, europe, west germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to ...
Plot:
berlin wall, political satire, cold war, social commentary, double life, freedom, identity crisis, separation, injustice, escape, deception, culture clash ...
Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, east germany, germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Roaring across the danger zone of europe...A sealed international express, with a human cargo that can explode a continent!
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political thriller, dramatic, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, escape, refugee, border crossing, escape attempt, moral dilemma, desertion, iron curtain, fear, moral ambiguity, suspicion, political oppression ...
Time:
60s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Antonio, seguendo le indicazioni della "Smorfia", dategli in sogno da una zia monaca "attraversa l'Alto Adige" e arriva a Berlino Ovest per incontrare il magliaro Giuseppe e fare fortuna. Ma Antonio e somigliantissimo ...
Style:
buddy comedy, slapstick, light, lighthearted, fast paced ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
impersonation, mistaken identity, farce, fish out of water, body swapping, satire, deception, city, iron curtain, social commentary, political satire, family relations ...
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
independent film, melancholic
Plot:
punk rock, dream, rock band, friendship, aspiration, struggling artist, coming of age, slice of life, identity, urban, working class, young adult ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Secondary school students from East Berlin are taking final exam in West Berlin (being politically rejected in GDR) as the Berlin wall is built. The dramatization is combined with interviews of the actual people 50 years later.
Style:
reflective, emotional, educational
Audience:
adult
Plot:
berlin wall, friendship, teenager, cold war, youth, moral dilemma, border crossing, coming of age, fear, escape, memory, urban ...
Time:
60s, 50s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The Berlin wall separated families and friends for 28 years. Some accepted it, and some worked hard to make it fall.
Style:
heartbreaking, historical drama, emotional, tension, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
berlin wall, german reunification, spy, separation, freedom, family drama, hopes, cold war, nostalgia, political activism, resilience, oppression ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Wall - Berlin '61.
Style:
historical drama, dramatic, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
escape, berlin wall, escape attempt, cold war, smuggling, oppression, coming of age, moral dilemma, friendship, working class, claustrophobia, iron curtain ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany
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Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
With stars like Angie Stardust (also music credits), Judith Flex, and Joaquin La Habana, director Rosa von Praunheim has fashioned a film about the teeming flip side of life in Berlin centered on eccentric characters of almost every imaginable ...
Style:
avant garde, art house, independent film, erotic, period piece ...
Plot:
lgbtq, cabaret, lgbt, counterculture, nightlife, sexuality, bohemian, identity, subculture, character study, performance art, taboo ...
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Monaco
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Pascale, married to an architect, misses her flight to London and is forced to stay in Berlin, at the Kleinhoff Hotel where she stayed as a student. Karl, a would-be revolutionary lives in the adjoining room and Pascale spies him and his ...
Style:
erotic, ambiguous ending, tense, noir
Plot:
voyeurism, hotel, suicide, female protagonist, loneliness, alienation, melancholy, sex, obsession, tragic romance, political unrest, sexual tension ...
Place:
west berlin west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, romantic drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
friendship, cold war, hopes, love, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, society, separation, berlin wall, young love, longing ...
Time:
60s
Place:
west berlin west germany, east berlin
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The first motion picture film by Agnieszka Holland about loneliness, longing for affection, and misfortune. Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with a inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, ...
Style:
bleak
Plot:
loneliness, poverty, alienation, isolation, social realism, female protagonist, single mother, theft, tragic romance, working class, melancholy, desperation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
eastern europe, west berlin west germany, poland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, visually stunning, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, berlin wall, spy, funeral, 007, cold war era, betrayal, chase, covert operation, murder, hotel ...
Time:
year 1966, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, dark, sinister, avant garde ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, dead woman, curse, witchcraft, secret, paranormal phenomena, mysterious event, corporal punishment, occult, good versus evil, spiritualism, witch ...
Time:
year 1977, year 1948, 70s, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, italy, ohio, east berlin
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"Bambule" is German prison slang for "riot". This 1970 TV movie follows a day in the life of three adolescent borstal girls in Berlin: Irene escapes (but returns after she finds no bearings in the outside world), Monika is caught ...
Plot:
runaway teen, vandalism, prison riot, oppression, authoritarianism, lesbian, lesbianism, girl group, reminiscence, youth, prostitution, teenage girl ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west berlin west germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening. When the East-German authorities become suspicious, Thomas ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay sex, gay love, homosexual love, gay, berlin wall, cold war, gay interest, iron curtain, cold war era, lgbtq, gay subtext ...
Place:
west berlin west germany, berlin germany, west germany, east germany, east berlin
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Style:
intense, exciting, entertaining, epic, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
superhero team, superhero, comic book, superpower, mutant, x men, revenge, apocalypse, technology, disguise, portal, immortality ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 1983, 2010s, 80s
Place:
cairo egypt, poland, egypt, west berlin west germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a wealthy miser dies and leaves his fortune to Didi and five ...
Plot:
rich man, last will and testament, lack of money, nephew, money, heir, relatives, attempted murder, revenge, inheritance, escape, fortune ...
Place:
west berlin west germany
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