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Werner Herzog

Actor · 211 credits · 108 in highly-rated films

Best known for Jack Reacher (2012)

Frequent collaborators: Klaus Kinski, Wim Wenders, Alexander Kluge, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean-Luc Godard

Movies (136 total, ranked by score)

  1. Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer

    2022 · ★ 7.9 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. 50 Films to See Before You Die

    2006 · ★ 8.5 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    32

  3. The Dark Glow of the Mountains

    1985 · ★ 7.6 (30 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    33

  4. Ballad of the Little Soldier

    1984 · ★ 6.6 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    34

  5. Handicapped Future

    1971 · ★ 6.8 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    35

  6. Meeting Gorbachev

    2019 · ★ 6.5 (69 votes)

    Documentary

    36

  7. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

    1980 · ★ 7.5 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. Tegoyo

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Science Fiction

    38

  9. Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around

    2013 · ★ 7.4 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    39

  10. Room 666

    1985 · ★ 6.6 (57 votes)

    Documentary

    40

  11. Bells from the Deep

    1993 · ★ 7.0 (30 votes)

    Documentary

    41

  12. Champions: A Comic Tale

    2011 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. Signs of Life

    1968 · ★ 6.5 (48 votes)

    Drama, War

    43

  14. Last Exit: Space

    2022 · ★ 6.8 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    44

  15. Wheel of Time

    2003 · ★ 6.4 (47 votes)

    Documentary

    45

  16. Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

    1989 · ★ 7.2 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    46

  17. Jihad in Hollywood

    2019

    Documentary, War

    47

  18. 10 Questions for Werner Herzog

    2012 · ★ 9.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    48

  19. Portrait: Werner Herzog

    1986 · ★ 7.1 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    49

  20. Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur

    1991 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    50

  21. Tattoo Uprising

    2019

    Documentary

    51

  22. Bride of the Orient

    1989 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    52

  23. In the Edges: The 'Grizzly Man' Session

    2005

    Music, Documentary

    53

  24. Wim Wenders, Desperado

    2020 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    54

  25. The Ball Is a Scumbag

    2000 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    55

  26. Lemonade War

    2014 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    56

  27. Manaslu: Mountain of Souls

    2018 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    57

  28. In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

    1999

    58

  29. Dear Werner (Walking on Cinema)

    2020

    Documentary

    59

  30. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck

    1976 · ★ 6.5 (29 votes)

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.