Best West Germany Movies – page 3
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.
Style:
sexual, cult classic, political, independent film, experimental ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, surrealism, erotica, male nudity, snow, erection, bride and groom, stream of consciousness, lgbt, underground, minimal dialogue, art ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
england, europe, london, india, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the ...
Style:
dark comedy, culinary, semi serious, offbeat, feel good ...
Plot:
food, serial killer, cooking, restaurant, cooking and food, murder, food industry, humour, hidden treasure, wine, mysticism, judiciary ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, london, venice, paris france, france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, rough, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
prostitute, rape, transsexual, gang rape, prostitution, sex, labor union, working class, outdoor sex, hooker, union, fight ...
Time:
50s, year 1989, 1950s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, berlin germany
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of ...
Style:
cyber, surreal, intelligent, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, cyberpunk, alternate reality, dystopian future, dream, moon, alien invasion, fantasy becomes reality, gnostic, psychotherapy, new world, anarchist ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation with her father in Europe when he has a heart attack and falls down dead...
Style:
disturbing, art house, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
domination, manipulation, businessman, psychopath, mental disorder, bullying, marriage, obsession, car crash, librarian, marriage as hell, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
rome italy, germany
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Serpent's Egg follows a week in the life of Abel Rosenberg, an out-of-work American circus acrobat living in poverty-stricken Berlin following Germany's defeat in World War I.
Style:
suspense, art house, philosophical, political, mind bending ...
Plot:
circus, nazism, nordic, world war two, inspector, sex, female nudity, masturbation, nudity, reptile, realism, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, pre world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, middle east, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the ...
Style:
surreal, art house, disturbing, experimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, great ending, magic realism, death, hypnotist, folk horror, warning, village life, factory, murder, curses spells and rituals, mountain ...
Time:
year 1976, 18th century, 19th century
Place:
germany, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, controversial, clever, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, coming of age, boy, circus, nazi, wartime life, magic realism, cheating wife, extramarital affair, infidelity, beach ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1939 ...
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After Sumsemann the beetle loses one of his arms to a troll, he invites brother and sister Peterchen and Annaliese to join him on a journey to the moon in a quest to retrieve his lost arm.
Style:
fairy tale, uplifting, surreal, anime, whimsical
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
quest, talking animal, friendship, rescue mission, good versus evil, imagination, insect, moon, coming of age, puppetry, brother, journey ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, bleak, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, castle, melancholy, plague, nosferatu, death, rat, medieval, loneliness, insanity, solitude ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1850s, 1800s, 20th century ...
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe, germany, black sea ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Willi is 18 years old and lives on the street. Without a goal in his life he walks around the city and meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he meets a girl, Monica, he realizes that there are people out there whose lives are ...
Style:
poliziottesco
Plot:
young man, male nudity, poverty, youth, reporter, coming of age, prostitute, robbery, juvenile delinquent, gay subtext, desperation, train station ...
Place:
hamburg germany
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is the situation when one of the bigger mining corporations has lost all but one mineral moons and many ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robot, corruption, undercover agent, moon, save the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, escapades, androids and robots, rescue, chaos and mayhem, survival ...
Time:
future, 2030s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realize is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.
Style:
twisted, suspense, intense, tension, crime thriller ...
Plot:
heist, hostage, police, cat and mouse, ransom, master criminal, mastermind, betrayal, showdown, moral ambiguity, negotiation, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.
Style:
anthology, disturbing, splatter, crying, controversial ...
Plot:
sadism, suicide, cruelty, castration, skeleton, brutality, mutilation, nudity, dismemberment, skull, death, corpse ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. His wife pushes him to seek a promotion, which may be a long shot after he gives a dull and tipsy toast at an office dinner. But why would Herr Raab run amok?
Style:
art house, controversial, cult classic, existential, realistic ...
Plot:
uxoricide, family relations, murder, existentialism, losing-it hero, everyday life, colleague, serial killer, alienation, suicide, midlife crisis, marxism ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Plot:
world war two, nazi, agriculture, rural setting, mother in law, farm, servant, german history, german soldier, peasant, cow, pain ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
bavaria, southern germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, art house ...
Plot:
dark humor, prostitute, rise to the top, investigation, lifestyle, writer's life, obsession, journalism, destructive relationship, gender, prodigy, media satire ...
Time:
19th century, 70s
Place:
southern germany, munich germany, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.
Style:
sad, heartbreaking, art house, depressing, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
nazi, friendship, world war two, nazism, childhood, french resistance, coming of age, holocaust, gestapo, lgbt teen, nazi occupation, anti semitism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1944
Place:
france, paris france, israel, europe, jerusalem ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the show is watching the transmissions of twenty camera teams ...
Style:
game show, thrilling, fake documentary
Plot:
manhunt, distopia, communism, politics, dysfunctional society, dystopia, escape, money, voyeurism, chase, airplane, gangster ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary, Canada, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on planet X the crime-syndicated Cats try to erase the Mouse-population once and for all. A scientist of the mice, prof. Fushimishi seems to have found the weapon against the threat - so Intermouse calls ...
Style:
adult animation, feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
cat, secret agent, heroic mission, partner, good versus evil, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, intrigue, undercover, odd couple, cartoon cat, furry ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank, and the ...
Style:
art house, contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, butler, male homosexuality, gay, servant, racism, prostitute, harassment, homosexual, american south, nymphomaniac, gay interest ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1870s
Place:
southern usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Frank Ripploh tries to keep his professional and personal life separate. During the day, he is a dedicated school teacher. At night and on the weekends, he is a gay man who is always on the prowl for anonymous sex often in public places. Things may ...
Style:
explicit, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
gay, gay couple, anonymous sex, couple relations, gender, looking for sex, infidelity, lgbt, gay teacher, gay relationship, gay interest, teacher ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
europe, germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell which they name the "White Rose" after a ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, nazi, anti fascist, fascism, death sentence, resistance movement, nude girl, dying young, german history, intrigue, world war ...
Time:
year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, year 1982, 1920s
Place:
germany, europe, munich germany, california, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon ...
Style:
art house, black comedy, controversial, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
communist, anarchist, media, family relations, old woman, suicide, death of father, widow, working class, media manipulation, politics, hostage situation ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
germany, west germany, europe, frankfurt germany
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in 1970s Britain, a man drives from London to Bristol to investigate his brother's death. The purpose of his trip is offset by his encounters with a series of odd people.
Style:
road movie, black and white, atmospheric, surreal, independent film ...
Plot:
on the road, death of brother, jukebox, mysticism, road trip, investigation, obsessive quest, music, life is a bitch, death in the family, rock, riddles and clues ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
england, europe, bristol
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Genre: Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.
Style:
disturbing, bloody, controversial, scary, sexy ...
Plot:
necrophilia, necrophiliac, death, couples, corpse, murder, gory, violent, insanity, sexualized violence, sex, extreme ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.
Style:
suspense, slasher, independent film, disturbing, erotic ...
Plot:
obsession, female psychopath, incest, sex scene, violence, evil child, evil girl, fast food, teenage boy, sexual abuse, 16 year old, manipulative woman ...
Time:
80s
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465
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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737
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, adoption, basement, governess, friendship, optimism, disability ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
alps, switzerland, swiss alps, europe
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening ...
Style:
sentimental, visual, colorful, romantic, lyrical ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love, young lovers, love triangle, unfulfilled love, first love, teenage girl, marriage, single mother, separation, mechanic, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, year 1957, year 1958, 20th century ...
Place:
france, algeria, normandy, europe, tokyo ...
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