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Margarethe von Trotta

Actor · 63 credits · 20 in highly-rated films

Best known for Hannah Arendt (2012)

Frequent collaborators: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Volker Schlöndorff, Walter Sedlmayr, Herbert Achternbusch

Best Margarethe von Trotta movies by genre

Movies (38 total, ranked by score)

  1. Coup de Grâce

    1976 · ★ 6.4 (27 votes)

    War, Drama

    1

  2. A Free Woman

    1972 · ★ 6.3 (16 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Hands Up!

    1985 · ★ 5.8 (10 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Beware of a Holy Whore

    1971 · ★ 6.2 (63 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    4

  5. It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf

    2019 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein

    1966

    Comedy

    6

  7. The American Soldier

    1976 · ★ 6.3 (24 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    7

  8. The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach

    1971 · ★ 6.5 (17 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    8

  9. Baal

    1970 · ★ 5.7 (19 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. Spielst Du mit schrägen Vögeln

    1969

    10

  11. Tränen trocknet der Wind

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    11

  12. The Morals of Ruth Halbfass

    1972 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    12

  13. Margarethe von Trotta: A Women's Director

    2022 · ★ 5.2 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. The Night of the Filmmakers

    1995 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Forbidden Films

    2014 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary, War, History

    15

  16. Das Andechser Gefühl

    1975 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    16

  17. The Atlantic Swimmers

    1976 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Gods of the Plague

    1970 · ★ 5.6 (31 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    18

  19. Beer Chase

    1977 · ★ 5.8 (7 votes)

    Comedy

    19

  20. Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst

    2018 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. Rosa Luxemburg: Der Preis der Freiheit

    2019

    Documentary, TV Movie

    21

  22. Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

    2024

    Documentary

    22

  23. Calling the Shots

    1988

    Documentary

    23

  24. Von Sex bis Simmel

    2005 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Stayover in Tirol

    1974 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. Desaster

    1973

    Drama, Crime, TV Movie

    26

  27. An Invitation to the Hunt

    1974

    TV Movie, Drama

    27

  28. Brandstifter

    1969 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Crime

    28

  29. Blaubart

    1984 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    29

  30. Georginas Gründe

    1975

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.