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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

Best Werner Herzog movies by genre

Movies (136 total, ranked by score)

  1. Jack Reacher

    2012 · ★ 6.7 (7,773 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    1

  2. Grizzly Man

    2005 · ★ 7.5 (982 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. Lessons of Darkness

    1992 · ★ 7.9 (159 votes)

    War, Documentary, TV Movie

    3

  4. Encounters at the End of the World

    2007 · ★ 7.5 (301 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Ghost Elephants

    2026 · ★ 7.8 (53 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. My Best Fiend

    1999 · ★ 7.3 (217 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Burden of Dreams

    1982 · ★ 7.6 (154 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997 · ★ 7.5 (95 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    2010 · ★ 7.1 (362 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

    2010 · ★ 7.3 (139 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Tokyo-Ga

    1985 · ★ 7.1 (103 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Into the Abyss

    2011 · ★ 6.9 (277 votes)

    Documentary, Crime

    12

  13. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

    2016 · ★ 6.6 (331 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Julien Donkey-Boy

    1999 · ★ 7.0 (123 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Into the Inferno

    2016 · ★ 7.0 (233 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

    2024 · ★ 7.7 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' Fortnight

    2008

    Documentary

    17

  18. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

    1974 · ★ 7.2 (65 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

    1988 · ★ 6.9 (69 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    19

  20. The White Diamond

    2004 · ★ 6.9 (76 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

    1977 · ★ 7.3 (60 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Plastic Bag

    2009 · ★ 7.5 (34 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. Echoes from a Sombre Empire

    1990 · ★ 7.1 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

    2020 · ★ 6.5 (98 votes)

    Documentary, Mystery

    24

  25. Close Up

    2012 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Wings of Hope

    1999 · ★ 7.0 (34 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    26

  27. Back to Room 666

    2008 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Location Africa

    1987

    Documentary

    28

  29. Mister Lonely

    2008 · ★ 6.6 (138 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    29

  30. Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

    2019 · ★ 7.0 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.