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Wim Wenders

Actor · 159 credits · 50 in highly-rated films

Best known for Paris, Texas (1984)

Frequent collaborators: David Lynch, Werner Herzog, Volker Schlöndorff, Dennis Hopper, Rüdiger Vogler

Best Wim Wenders movies by genre

Movies (89 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Salt of the Earth

    2014 · ★ 8.1 (681 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Kings of the Road

    1976 · ★ 7.4 (151 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Janela da Alma

    2001 · ★ 6.9 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Wrong Move

    1975 · ★ 6.7 (94 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. BAM150

    2012

    Documentary

    5

  6. Long Shot

    1978

    Comedy

    6

  7. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

    2013 · ★ 6.9 (48 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

    1995

    Documentary

    8

  9. Back to Room 666

    2008 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Talking with Ozu

    1993 · ★ 6.5 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Why Are We Creative?

    2018 · ★ 7.6 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. CAN and Me

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    12

  13. Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

    2016 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Cannes Uncut

    2023 · ★ 5.3 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Tausend Augen

    1984 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    15

  16. One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. A Fuller Life

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

    2003 · ★ 8.3 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. High Maintenance

    2020 · ★ 6.4 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Without Me

    1993

    Documentary, Drama

    20

  21. Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early Years

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Wim Wenders, Desperado

    2020 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen

    2004 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Kleiner Mann ganz groß

    1994

    Documentary

    24

  25. Lightning Over Water

    1980 · ★ 6.6 (30 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Hitler in Hollywood

    2011 · ★ 6.2 (14 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    26

  27. Love and So Forth

    1968

    Drama

    27

  28. Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

    2004 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Nick Cave: Straight To You - A Portrait

    1994 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    29

  30. Living the Light: Robby Müller

    2018 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    30

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