Best West Germany Movies – page 5
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil--and oil companies. A major oil company finds out about it and tries to destroy the formula and ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
oil, money, investigation, murder, world war two, police detective, intrigue, uncover truth, state affairs, danger, dishonesty, who done it ...
Time:
year 1980, 1940s
Place:
west germany, hamburg germany, berlin germany, haiti, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, talky, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
hitman, gangster, friendship, assassination, betrayal, art, character study, terminal illness, forgery, good versus evil, loneliness, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1977, 70s, year 1976
Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, germany, new york, west germany ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: West Germany, Ghana
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires ...
Style:
surreal, intense, meditative, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
slave trade, culture clash, treasure hunt, slavery, female warrior, character study, rescue, complex characters, survival, political unrest, master and servant, rebelliousness ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987
Place:
africa, brazil, latin america, west africa, germany ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Theo is having some bad luck. His barely paid-for truck has been stolen, and credit collectors are after him. The chase leads him across Europe.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
automobile, on the road, loan shark, conspiracy, truck driver, prosecution, road trip, robbery, quarrel, italian abroad, medical student, social differences ...
Place:
italy, france, turkey, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's reduced to stealing from one family member to buy presents for others. It's ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
self discovery, wedding, forgery, buddies, clergy, obsession, couple relations, friends, couples, materialism, friendship, family life ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
arkansas
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Style:
surreal, black and white, psychological, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot:
surrealism, paranoia, dystopia, courtroom, courtroom drama, distopia, trial, insanity, oppression, legal, existentialism, literary ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 60s, 1920s, 18th century
Place:
america, russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after drink driving and killing a man. The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where the other female inmates are sadistic crack-selling ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, grindhouse ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, rape and revenge, women's prison, prison rape, rape, big breasts, sexual abuse, rape victim, sadism, female prisoner, voyeur ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Abram returns to his small village and although his repairing skills are needed, people's suspicion about his sexual preferences make his life hard.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, crying
Plot:
bullying, lgbt, gay, manhunt, gay interest, hairy chested man, folk horror, cycling, back in hometown, rural setting, hicksploitation, bare chested male ...
Time:
year 1969
Place:
bavaria, central europe, germany
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, West Germany, France, Bahamas
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, 007, assassin, female killer, espionage, car chase, terrorism, tough girl, female assassin, secret agent, agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, monte carlo, caribbean, bahamas, french riviera ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
F.M. discovers that different sonic frequencies induce different patterns of behaviour in listeners, first in his own studio but later in the local "H-Burger" restaurant where the passive muzak appears to be wiping people's emotions.
Style:
experimental, retro, psychedelic, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, trippy, technology, surrealism, junkie, big city, fashion, ufo, dystopian future, chaos, revolution, fascism ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.
Style:
art house, serious, realistic, offbeat, stylized ...
Plot:
prison, dead body, girlfriend, dying young, lack of money, released from prison, prostitute, betrayal, nightclub owner, bank robbery, nightclub, plague ...
Time:
60s
Place:
munich germany
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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 ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.
Style:
disturbing, christmas horror, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
train, sadism, rape victim, vengeance, murder, gory, rape and revenge, sex on a train, revenge, evil woman, woman in danger, danger ...
Time:
year 2016, 70s
Place:
italy, germany, europe, munich germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
Style:
art house, avant garde, realistic, semi serious, sexual ...
Plot:
couples, betrayal, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment, gays and lesbians, destructive relationship, dishonesty, couple relations, love triangle, love affair, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1977
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, thought provoking, touching ...
Plot:
old man, black, civil rights, racism, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, fighting the system, legal, society, false arrest, false accusation, interracial relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with ...
Style:
political, disturbing, compassionate, breathtaking, talky ...
Plot:
fascism, holocaust, world war two, unrequited love, italian fascism, nazi germany, anti semitism, brother sister relationship, assassination, tennis, family relations, family life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, ancient times, year 1970 ...
Place:
italy, europe, africa, germany, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a ...
Style:
avant garde, art house, aesthetic, surreal, neo noir ...
Plot:
nazism, madness, doppelganger, world war two, male nudity, male protagonist, refugee, interwar period, anti fascism, capitalism, obsession, murder ...
Time:
1930s, year 1978
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: West Germany, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. But they fall in love. She gets involved in helping Jews escape from the ...
Style:
independent film, period drama
Plot:
world war two, ruins, voice over narration, red army, hitler youth, swedish, pastor, nosy neighbor, gestapo, singing, death of child, hunter ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman and the owner of a rundown pub share one thing in common - they look like identical twins! When the businessman hears of a plot against him, he hires the pub owner as a decoy. However, the pub owner is accident prone and causes ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot:
mistress, doppelganger, husband wife relationship, impersonation, rudeness, boss, bar owner, divorce, kidnapping, employer employee relationship, criminal gang, class differences ...
Place:
west berlin west germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A reporter who goes to San Francisco to write about romance has an affair with a stripper from an all-women's club.
Style:
sexy, independent film, black and white, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, feminism, freudian, voice over narration, lust, cross dressing, prostitute, mother daughter relationship, sexuality, love, female nudity, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Art critic Krabbé, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he's asked to assassinate a Chilean murderer who is on a visit to London. Krabbé's anti-hero is spot on and his increasing struggle with ...
Style:
political thriller, noir, independent film
Plot:
frustration, assassination, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, alienation, political intrigue, suspicion, mature, loneliness, war crime, espionage, paranoia ...
Place:
london, chile
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
lighthearted, romantic comedy, slapstick, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
songwriter, youth culture, music industry, male friendship, urban, escapades, misunderstanding, record producer, police chase, satire, anti authority, infatuation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
munich germany, west germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to ...
Style:
emotional, serious, bleak, factual, cult classic ...
Plot:
saint, religion, historical event, monk, male nudity, medieval, clergy, christian, male pubic hair, hopes, religions or cults, starting over ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 13th century, year 1989, 12th century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: West Germany, Mexico, Peru
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who ...
Style:
philosophical, suspenseful, surreal, art house, visual ...
Plot:
insanity, gold, conquistador, amazon river, expedition, treasure hunt, river, amazon, legends and myths, jungle, megalomaniac, el dorado ...
Time:
16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 1972
Place:
south america, peru, germany, spain, andes mountains ...
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to escape the results of her actions, she too falls victim to deception.
Style:
slasher, suspense, detective, neo noir, erotic ...
Plot:
murder, freezer, private detective, marriage, murderer, arizona desert, night, deception, husband wife relationship, police detective, businessman, maniac ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the ...
Style:
political, horror musical, art film, mind twisting, disturbing ...
Plot:
nazi, nazi germany, actor, pact with the devil, theater, nazism, ambition, ethics, success, price of fame, female nudity, biopic ...
Time:
year 1981, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, berlin germany, eastern europe, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
Style:
psychotronic, political, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Plot:
bankruptcy, conspiracy, native american, political satire, sabotage, ventriloquist, voice over narration, satire, arab, adultery, martial arts, commando unit ...
Time:
future, year 1979, 90s, year 1998, near future
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of an alien and persuades the two filmmakers to track down an old ...
Style:
crying, independent film, surprise ending, urban fantasy
Plot:
teenager, monster, humour, butler, hollywood, ghost, hearse, car, european in usa, gadget, filmmaker, sword ...
Place:
california, los angeles
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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, communism, cold war, german history, prison escape, spy, cold war era, stasi, totalitarian state, travel ...
Time:
70s, year 1982
Place:
east germany, germany, europe, west germany, german democratic republic
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