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Night Crossing (1982)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Style: political, realistic, serious, christian film
Plot: iron curtain, berlin wall, airplane, escape, cold war, communism, spy, prison escape, stasi, totalitarian state, prison, travel ...
Time: 70s, year 1982
Place: east germany, germany, europe, german democratic republic, west germany
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Russian Disco (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Russendisko is the story of Wladimir, Andrej and Mischa. Three young Russian friends, who move from Moscow to Berlin in a lucky wave of emigration right after the fall of the Berlin wall. They take their chance looking for a better life and find ...
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, friendship, society, misfit, intrigue, rivalry, berlin wall, stasi, monkey, migration, friends, love and romance ...
Time: year 1990, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany, russia, central europe, ussr
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 7.2
 100
Meier (1986)
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, iron curtain, political satire, female nudity, satire, stasi, wallpaper, bathtub
Place: east germany, berlin germany, germany, east berlin, german democratic republic
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The Wall - The Final Days (2008)
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.
Plot: spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, totalitarian state, historical event, german reunification, soldier, police, border crossing, intercourse, border, nationalism ...
Time: year 1989
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, west germany
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style: emotional, cult classic, enigmatic, lyrical, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gender, gay, transvestism, transgender, drag queen, berlin wall, self discovery, singer, rock and roll, musician's life, musician ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, usa ...
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style: political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, british intelligence, double agent, politics, great ending, secret agent, spy thriller, loner ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
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One or the Other of Us (1974)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One or the Other of Us (German: Einer von uns beiden) is a 1974 West German film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was Petersen's first theatrical feature film, and was based on the novel of the same name by Horst Bosetzky, published ...
Style: surprise ending
Plot: berlin wall, male female relationship, love, student, car chase, prostitute, murder, father daughter relationship, professor, blackmail, university student, sociologist ...
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.
Style: realistic, bleak, social, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: journalism, terrorism, investigation, politics, social commentary, reporter, obsession, police investigation, police, surveillance, police chase, communism ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: germany, europe, west germany
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 7.7
 15K
Stroszek (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they ...
Style: road movie, surreal, dark, depressing, dark comedy ...
Plot: immigrant, surrealism, insanity, on the road, loser, bittersweet, culture clash, american dream, misfit, self discovery, pimp, art ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: germany, wisconsin, new york, west germany, europe ...
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Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot: iron curtain, escape, cold war, communism, stasi, berlin wall, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds, daring rescue ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin
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No Mercy No Future (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Doctors say that Veronika, a woman in her 20s, is schizophrenic. She is compliant, which makes her an easy target for men. She's religious, believing she is God's favorite child; she searches for Jesus. She has sent a letter to a filmmaker ...
Style: art house, controversial, disturbing
Plot: schizophrenia, berlin wall, psychiatric ward, schizophrenic, mental illness, delusion, immigrant, sick woman, rich father, suicide attempt, killing an animal, bare breasts ...
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 6.5
 112K
Octopussy (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style: exciting, tense, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, cold war, secret agent, circus, 007, terrorism, race against time, espionage, agent, secret service, british secret service, kgb ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: india, east germany, east berlin, fictional island, asia ...
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 7.0
 2K
Coming Out (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by 'accident' he stumbles into a gay bar, meets and promptly ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: gay, gay cruising, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, love triangle, gay teenager, lgbtq, teacher, sexuality, gay interest, erotica, passion ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe
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 6.7
 3K
Pigs 2 (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is awaited by the New, his fellow-policeman. Franz tries to go ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot: stasi, berlin wall, law enforcement, criminal heroes, secret agent, police, vodka, train, mafia, sex, arms dealer, cigarette smoking ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: poland
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The State I Am In (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: With 1970s Germany in the background, this film depicts the story of a family from the “R.A.F. Terrorist” group and their search for a normal life and their inner self.
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, sincere, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, grownups, youth, love and romance, family problems, family relations, teenage love, parent child relationship, puberty, fall in love, eccentric family, family in crisis ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, portugal, europe
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Willenbrock (2005)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. ...
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Plot: car salesman, infidelity, night watchman, obsession, robbery, materialism, couple relations, security, country house, dishonesty, businessman, stasi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe, east germany
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 5.6
 2K
NVA (2005)
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, military life, rebelliousness, boot camp, basic training, daydreamer, friends, misfit, military, prank ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: german democratic republic, germany, east germany, europe
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Operation Skorpion (2004)
Genre: Biography, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on a true story, Stephan Wagner's thriller focuses on a man and his fight against the East German secret service. After an escape attempt, Wolfgang Stein is sentenced to ten years in prison, but is finally ransomed by the West German ...
Plot: spy, stasi, totalitarian state, berlin wall, iron curtain, bus, jail cell, prison, disguise, forgery, betrayal, poison ...
Place: german democratic republic, east germany
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Summer in Berlin (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When you read the title ‘Summer on the Balcony’ you probably think it will be a light Berlin summer comedy but it’s not. This film is an intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, erotic ...
Plot: friendship, unemployment, sexual abuse, lifestyle, life is a bitch, single parent, sexual intercourse, love, drinking, loneliness, drinking alcohol, mother son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
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, intellectual, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: terrorism, anti war, revolution, protest, revolutionary, journalist, prison, politics, idealism, capitalism, assassination, terrorist attack ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1967 ...
Place: germany, somalia, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, africa ...
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 6.5
 1K
Black Sheep (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Black Sheep (original title: Schwarze Schafe) is a german/swiss black and white movie. It's separated into five episodes, which tell stories of the Berlin city life. A hopeless impostor. An East German couple who dreams of the big money. Three ...
Style: stylized, realistic, not serious, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: lottery, disorder, youth, society, first sex, nothing goes right, life is a bitch, dishonesty, unemployment, comedy of errors, hot guys, chess ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, east germany
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Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on a true story, MRS RATCLIFFE'S REVOLUTION, is the tale of a family from Bingley in Yorkshire, who defect to East Germany. Here they find a nightmare of rationing, censorship and the most spied upon people in history rather than the ...
Style: feel good, touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: dysfunctional family, dysfunctional marriage, communism, family problems, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, strong female lead, strong female character, stasi, berlin wall, german history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, germany, east germany
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Prager Botschaft (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Plot: iron curtain, berlin wall, stasi, mass hysteria, camp, protest, embassy, politics, politician, propaganda, police, fence ...
Time: 80s
Place: east germany
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You're Not Alone (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment. What they do not have is work. They all discover the yearning ...
Plot: stasi, berlin wall, unemployment, neighbor, hairdresser, neighbor neighbor relationship, swimming pool, house warming, singing, physician, russian woman, couples ...
Place: germany, east germany
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A Woman in Berlin (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian ...
Style: realistic, bleak, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, war, war crime, strong sexual content, rape, military, soldier, sexual abuse, world war, brutality, injustice, political unrest ...
Time: year 1945, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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The Miracle of Berlin (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies ...
Style: spoof
Plot: spy, punk, subculture, berlin wall, stasi, border, propaganda, politics, male nudity, swan, embarrassment, male objectification ...
Time: 80s
Place: east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, east berlin, german democratic republic ...
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Shores of Hope (2012)
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: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, investigation, danger, betrayal, snitch, dictatorship, dictator, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: germany, german democratic republic, east germany
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A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A fateful day pushes an aimless college dropout (Tom Schilling) to stop wasting his time and finally engage with life.
Style: black and white, melancholic, realistic, humorous, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, society, slacker, loneliness, depression, unlikely friendships, hopes, lifestyle, introspection, unfulfillment, unsupportive parent, misfit ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: germany, berlin germany
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 7.2
 16K
Barbara (2012)
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, stasi, cold war, fascism, communism, introspection, character study, power relations, life is a bitch, society, lovers apart, who to trust ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, northern germany, german democratic republic ...
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 7.2
 2K
Gundermann (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.
Style: captivating
Plot: stasi, musician, rehearsal, songwriter, rising to stardom, musician's life, music, glory, music band, realism, berlin wall, husband wife conflict ...
Time: year 1975, year 1992
Place: germany, budapest
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