Best West Germany TV shows
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best West Germany TV shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: realistic, serious, detective, captivating, suspenseful and epic. Plot: police, youth, society, family, escapades, children, family relations, female nudity, coming of age and police investigation. Genre: Drama, Crime and Comedy. Country: West Germany, USA and UK.
Best West Germany TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Anne of Green Gables (1985), Forever Knight (1992), Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984), Derrick (1974), The Decalogue (1989), Löwenzahn (1981), World on a Wire (1973), Der Kommissar (1969), The Old Fox (1977), A Case for Two (1981), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Eight Hours are Not a Day (1972), Großstadtrevier (1986), Darkroom (1981), Schwarz Rot Gold (1982), The Legacy of Guldenburgs (1987), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974), Sketch-up (1984), Polizeiinspektion 1 (1977).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, anne of green gables, love and romance, foster home, young heroes, best friend ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place:
canada, america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective ...
Style:
detective, gothic, suspenseful, serious, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, police detective, vampire human love, haunted by the past, rivalry, mysterious character, law enforcement, hopes, obsessive quest, immortal, police ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 924 min.
TV show
Story:
This epic tale of a family and their rural life in a small German village is told against the changing backdrop of a country's turbulent history from 1919 to 1982. From the aftermath of the First World War, economic hardship, the rise and fall ...
Style:
epic, family saga, saga, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, world war one, forbidden love, small town, sexuality, village people, german culture, ancestry, provincial life, holocaust, post war, european ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, year 1993, 1910s, 60s ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Four kids travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the Lion, Aslan.
Style:
serious, mystical, exciting, offbeat, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
fantasy world, parallel world, good versus evil, narnia, heroic mission, danger, imaginary, young heroes, getting home, hopes, supernatural, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
murder investigation, police investigation, murder, police detective, police, german culture, investigation, cop, partner, superior officer, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
munich germany, europe, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the Ten Commandments. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, breathtaking, cerebral, depressing ...
Plot:
philosophy, morality, christianity, spirituality, christian, love, depression, death, ten commandments, renaissance, religious, catholic ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, iraq, syria, europe
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949
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: West Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Peter Lustig lives in a imaginative converted caravan. From there he goes on a journey of discovery, explaining to his young spectators the connections between nature, environment and technology.
Style:
educational, informative, period piece, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
nature, science, children, environment, technology, ecology, engineering, garden, community, trailer home, small town, education ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
germany
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
TV show
Story:
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
Style:
psychedelic, cyber, cerebral, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, simulated reality, virtual reality, computer, virtual world, dystopia, uncertainty, cybernetics, identity, mysterious death, advanced technology, identity theft ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1973
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik ...
Style:
detective
Plot:
crime solving, crime investigation, murder, cop, male protagonist, police procedural, police detective, quest, smoking, murderer, infamy, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
west germany, europe, bavaria, germany, munich germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, serious, realistic, sincere
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police department, criminal, police commissioner, commissioner, police inspector, old man, homicide, police, crime investigation, investigation ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
west germany, munich germany, europe, germany
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator.
Josef Matula, a ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot:
private detective, lawyer, private investigator, help, defense attorney, big city life, justice, partner, police investigation, gangster, good versus evil, police officer ...
Place:
frankfurt germany
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on "Prince Caspian" and "Voyage of the Dawn Treader". Prince Caspian escapes his uncles assassination attempt and call for the aid of four young children from our world. Then, they go for a voyage over the sea to find six ...
Style:
saga, semi serious, feel good, stylized, exciting
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
narnia, throne, youth, rivalry, mischievous children, imaginary, escapades, heroes, good versus evil, parallel world, ancient, fantasy world ...
Place:
britain
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American writer Mark Twain. The series ...
Style:
realistic, serious, uplifting, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
small town, best friend, heroes, young heroes, escapades, mischievous children, society, youth, coming of age, human spirit, young lovers, on the run ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
missouri, mississippi, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Taiwan, Hungary, Philippines, Japan, China, France, South Korea, Ireland
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 14, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, ...
Style:
retro, anime, exciting, humorous, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
ninja turtle, mutant, martial arts, turtle, invasion, werewolf, pizza, mutant animal, superhero, good versus evil, master warrior, friends ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 476 min.
TV show
Story:
A sometimes comic, sometimes dramatic look at domestic relationships and labour relationships, with particular focus on skilled worker Jochen and his new girlfriend, Marion.
Style:
melancholic, art house, political drama
Plot:
working class, blue collar, solidarity, everyday life, factory worker, family drama, labor movement, social realism, class conflict, community, intimate, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west germany
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Genre: Crime, Comedy, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Style:
detective, realistic, captivating, semi serious, sentimental
Plot:
policewoman, police, workplace, police station, power relations, law enforcement, urban, boss and employee, workplace situations, partner, police investigation, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, northern germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, UK, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
TV show
Story:
Life aboard a German U-Boat during World War II.
Style:
gloomy, bleak, cult classic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, submarine, underwater, navy, torpedo, sinking ship, battles, male male relationship, military, naval battle, german soldier, military life ...
Time:
year 1941, 20th century, 1940s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured ...
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, scary, twist ending, sinister ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, moral ambiguity, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, guillotine, makeover, television, funeral, boogeyman, partnership, wine ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Schwarz-Rot-Gold is a German television series.
Style:
detective, dramatic, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
police, police procedural, investigation, mature, interrogation, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, whodunit, social commentary, cold war era, partner ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west germany, hamburg germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Das Erbe der Guldenburgs is a German television series.
Style:
family saga, emotional, dramatic, tense, soap opera ...
Plot:
dynasty, betrayal, manipulation, power struggle, family secret, business rivalry, scheming, legacy, ambition, class conflict, scandal, forbidden romance ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 64 min.
TV show
Story:
Berlin Alexanderplatz, originally broadcast in 1980, is a 14-part television film adapted and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder from the Alfred Döblin novel of the same name, and stars Günter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, ...
Style:
art house, avant garde, mind blowing, spiritual, psychological ...
Plot:
german culture, ex convict, interwar period, lgbt, bum, proles, cripple, surrealism, underdog, moving, spirituality, european ...
Time:
1920s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, west germany, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Japan, West Germany
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
This animation series follows the childhood "adventures" of a girl named Heidi, who lives with her grandfather somewhere on the Alps.
Style:
anime, juvenile, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
family relations, orphan, friendship, win over, young heroes, family life, child, girl, winter, childhood, grandfather granddaughter relationship, shepherd ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, alps, frankfurt germany, germany ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
It is essentially the same concept as an English Monty Python's episode, but in German. The paintings by Albrecht Dürer, fall victim to silly animations. Little Red Riding Hood shows up too. A number of familiar sketches, including the ...
Style:
slapstick, dark comedy, slapstick comedy, sketch comedy, absurd ...
Plot:
monty python, sketch, satire, stereotypes, singer, joke, irreverence, comedian, singing, violence, absurdism, absurd humor ...
Place:
east germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy series, in which Beatrice Richter and Dieter Krebs play several sketches in every episode. In Later Seasons Richter was replaced by Iris Berben.
Style:
slapstick, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
farce, silly humor, goofy hero, couple relations, nothing goes right, workplace situations, disorder, family relations, male female relationship, fool, prank, sarcasm ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany
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Genre: Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
Style:
crime drama, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot:
police station, law enforcement, investigation, crime investigation, police procedural, urban, murder mystery, social issues, bureaucracy, moral ambiguity, cop, police ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west germany, munich germany
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
Three young men somehow get together and start a pirate broadcaster.
Style:
satirical, comedy drama
Plot:
friendship, youth culture, counterculture, coming of age, anti establishment, unhappiness, small town, satire, ambition, police chase, radicalism, experimental narrative ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west germany, northern germany
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Arabela was a children's television series produced in Czechoslovakia which aired from 1979 to 1981. The series has 13 episodes and is in the Czech language.
Style:
fairy tale, light hearted, cult classic, suspense, metafiction ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
princess, parallel world, children, magician, kingdom, magic realism, villain, royal family, escape, family drama, quest, wizard ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about the life of Maximiliane Irene von Quindt based on a classic novel by Christine Bruckner .
Style:
family saga, period piece, historical drama, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, german history, female protagonist, aristocracy, literary, adaptation, nostalgia, loss, manor, class conflict, social change, survival ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: West Germany, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The children's show has been a fixed Sunday morning ritual in German living rooms since 1971. Not only children, but also many adults sit in front of the television every week when the clever orange mouse, his blue elephant buddy and the yellow ...
Style:
educational, informative, humorous, explanatory
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, curiosity, everyday life, mascot, behind the scenes, educational program, pre school, part animation
Time:
70s, 80s, 2000s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place:
germany, west germany
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Italy, South Africa, West Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, this mini-series details King Shaka's rise and fall with mythic detail. Prophecy is mixed with recorded fact regarding Shaka's birth, ...
Style:
tension, epic, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
tribe, imperialism, black, british colonialism, rise and fall, palace intrigue, wanderlust, zulu, jungle adventure, historical event, black history, camp ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, 1800s, 18th century, 1910s
Place:
africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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