German-Language Cinema

Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Weimar expressionism, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, Haneke, and the films that reckoned with the century. Movies only, in order.

65 titles

  1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  2. Nosferatu (1922)
  3. Metropolis (1927), Fritz Lang
  4. The Blue Angel (1930)
  5. M (1931), Fritz Lang
  6. The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
  7. Sissi (1955), Ernst Marischka
  8. The Bridge (1959)
  9. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Werner Herzog
  10. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  11. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
  12. The Tin Drum (1979)
  13. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Werner Herzog
  14. Christiane F. (1981)
  15. Das Boot (1981), Wolfgang Petersen
  16. The Boat Is Full (1981)
  17. Fitzcarraldo (1982), Werner Herzog
  18. Wings of Desire (1987), Wim Wenders
  19. Journey of Hope (1990)
  20. The Nasty Girl (1990)
  21. Stalingrad (1993)
  22. Funny Games (1997), Michael Haneke
  23. Run Lola Run (1998)
  24. The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
  25. The Experiment (2001)
  26. The Piano Teacher (2001)
  27. Nowhere in Africa (2001)
  28. Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
  29. Head-On (2004)
  30. Downfall (2004)
  31. The Edukators (2004)
  32. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
  33. Caché (2005)
  34. The Lives of Others (2006), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  35. Vitus (2006)
  36. The Counterfeiters (2007)
  37. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
  38. The Wave (2008)
  39. Revanche (2008)
  40. The White Ribbon (2009), Michael Haneke
  41. Soul Kitchen (2009)
  42. Barbara (2012)
  43. Amour (2012), Michael Haneke
  44. Sister (2012)
  45. A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
  46. Phoenix (2015), Christian Petzold
  47. Victoria (2015), Sebastian Schipper
  48. Look Who's Back (2015)
  49. Toni Erdmann (2016), Maren Ade
  50. My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
  51. In the Fade (2017)
  52. The Divine Order (2017)
  53. Western (2017)
  54. Transit (2018)
  55. Never Look Away (2018)
  56. System Crasher (2019)
  57. Undine (2020)
  58. I'm Your Man (2021)
  59. Great Freedom (2021)
  60. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
  61. Corsage (2022)
  62. Afire (2023)
  63. The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
  64. Dying (2024)
  65. Sound of Falling (2025), Mascha Schilinski