Best German Movies
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Best German Movies
TOP Movies: Isi & Ossi (2020), Who Am I (2014), Tough Enough (2006), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The Experiment (2001), Run Lola Run (1998), The German Lesson (2019), Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Lessons of a Dream (2011), Gran Torino (2008), The Reader (2008), Nomadland (2020), The Adam Project (2022), Tomorrowland (2015), Tangled (2010), Fight Club (1999), The Physician (2013), The Pianist (2002), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Spy (2015).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage ...
Style:
sweet, entertaining, captivating, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
male female relationship, relationships, boxing, promise, fake relationship, friendship, male female friendship, love, rivalry, boxer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ambitious woman ...
Is relevant?
66K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
hacker, hacking, computer, computer hacker, cybercrime, computers and web, computer cracker, gang, plot twist, technology, split personality, magic trick ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, street gang, coming of age, youth gang, gang, bullying, friendship, parents and children, urban ghetto life, high school life, urban ghetto, blackmail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. ...
Style:
suspense, breathtaking, inspirational, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
world war two, nazism, nazi, war, vengeance, dark humor, alternate history, working undercover, violence, dialogue, violent, blood ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
paris france, france, germany, america, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, thought provoking, rough, tense ...
Plot:
prison, experiment, torture, abuse, social experiment, aggression, prison escape, disorder, degradation, warden, psychology, violence ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
germany, canada
Is relevant?
217K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different ...
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, surreal, reflective, spiritual ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
time loop, race against time, time, destiny, parallel universe, self sacrifice, bank robbery, repeated event, butterfly effect, female protagonist, multiple perspectives, multiple outcomes ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, future
Place:
berlin germany, germany, seattle, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.
Style:
crying
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, world war two, corporal punishment, coming of age, nudity, bare chested male, wartime life, teenager, nazi, boyhood, striptease ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, feel good, uplifting
Plot:
boys' school, soccer, dedicated educator, boarding school, human spirit, ambition, youth, hopes, rivalry, sport team, boarding school life, teachers and students ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
857K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
Is relevant?
273K
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 ...
Is relevant?
216K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the American West after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Style:
road movie, serious, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
van, homeless, motor home, on the road, loss of job, road trip, nomad, journey, desert, homelessness, skinny dipping, healing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 90s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
nevada, nebraska, arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Style:
enigmatic, mysterious, funny, disturbing, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
time travel, time, father, suv, child, female warrior, time traveler, travel, space, time paradox, death of father, astronaut ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
199K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and ...
Style:
visually stunning, visually appealing, exciting, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
utopia, youth, time travel, destiny, apocalypse, androids and robots, young heroes, heroes, artificial intelligence, alternate dimension, boy genius, alternate world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, 60s
Place:
florida, new york, houston texas, paris france, africa
Is relevant?
540K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, romantic, 3d animation, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, love and romance, love, horse, strong female character, power of love, female protagonist, unlikely couple, queen ...
Time:
year 2010, 19th century, 17th century, 2010s, 1810s
Place:
fictional island, europe, germany
Is relevant?
2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
The story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become a physician and vanquish Death itself, he travels to Isfahan in Persia to study ...
Style:
captivating, breathtaking, costume drama, serious, scenic ...
Plot:
medicine, follow your dream, surgery, apprentice, medieval, culture clash, medical school, orphan, healer, doctors and patients, ambition, christian ...
Time:
middle ages, 11th century, medieval times, year 2014, 12th century ...
Place:
persia, iran, germany, israel, london ...
Is relevant?
1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
Country: France, Poland, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he ...
Style:
emotional, sad, harsh, reflective, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, survival, genocide, nazi, classical music, wartime, war, nazism, anti semitism, hunger, nazi occupation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, year 2002 ...
Place:
poland, germany, europe, eastern europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
Is relevant?
273K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style:
parody, funny, action comedy, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, undercover agent, espionage, assassin, female agent, female protagonist, female killer, cia, spy spoof, cia agent, disguise ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, italy, budapest, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren.
Style:
political, harsh, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
manipulation, fighting the system, bodyguard, politics, corruption, political corruption, blackmail, mistress, moral ambiguity, journalist, world politics, governor ...
Time:
1930s, year 2006, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans, southern usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
146K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a ...
Style:
depressing, intellectual, psychological, touching, poignant ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
suicide, depression, mental illness, aids, writers, lesbian, bipolar disorder, lgbtq, writer's life, lgbt, lesbian love, introspection ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, year 2001, 90s, 1920s ...
Place:
new york, england, california, london, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
920K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, cult classic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
buddies, party, bachelor party, buddy, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, friendship between men, hung over, friends, memory loss, road trip, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, iran, america, north america ...
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483K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: New Zealand, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must ...
Style:
black comedy, cute, sad, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, boy, nazi, satire, jewish girl, coming of age, nazism, first love, hitler youth, hitler, imaginary friend ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1944
Place:
germany, los angeles, central europe, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
Style:
talky, romantic, light, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, rap, african american, teenage girl, marijuana, culture clash, language barrier, black, teenage boy, puberty, american abroad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story:
Zack Snyder's definitive director's cut of Justice League (2017).
Style:
saga, exciting, tense, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
batman, superhero, superheroine, heroes, immortal, justice league, surrealism, superhero team, superman, female warrior, superhuman, villain ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
usa, iceland, london, paris france, tower bridge london ...
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
best friends in love, teenager, christmas, love and romance, high school crush, true love, couples, fall in love, holiday, love, cheerleader, friends in love ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1995, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Thamesmead, in south-east London, become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, sweet, touching, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbt teen, gay love, gay interest, boys love, teenage love, glbt ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape, mental illness, couples, love and romance, life is a bitch, hopes, guilt, love letter, moving, mental disorder, lgbt ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When the Hulk becomes too dangerous for the Earth, the Illuminati trick Hulk into a shuttle and launch him into space to a planet where the Hulk can live in peace. Unfortunately, the Hulk's struggle to escape makes a malfunction in the shuttle ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, anime, suspense, mecha ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, betrayal, exile, space and aliens, gladiator, transformation, female warrior, comic book, danger, rivalry, ruler, distant planet ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo
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