Best German Movies
Browse 55,427 movies originally made in German (Deutsch). Rankings combine audience ratings, vote volume and popularity, so obscure titles with a handful of votes never displace widely acclaimed films.
Top German movies
View full ranking- 8.1
Das Boot
1981(2.6K votes)
- 8.0
The Lives of Others
2006(4.2K votes)
- 7.7
All Quiet on the Western Front
2022(4.9K votes)
- 7.9
Downfall
2004(4.4K votes)
- 8.1
Metropolis
1927(3.2K votes)
- 8.1
M
1931(2.5K votes)
- 7.7
Nosferatu
1922(2.5K votes)
- 7.8
Wings of Desire
1987(1.5K votes)
- 7.9
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920(1.8K votes)
- 7.2
The NeverEnding Story
1984(4.5K votes)
- 7.5
Good Bye, Lenin!
2003(2.7K votes)
- 7.3
Run Lola Run
1998(2.6K votes)
- 7.3
Heidi
2015(444 votes)
- 7.4
The Experiment
2001(1.3K votes)
- 7.3
Funny Games
1997(2.1K votes)
- 7.6
Who Am I
2014(1.8K votes)
- 7.4
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972(1.3K votes)
- 7.9
Faust
1926(408 votes)
- 7.5
The Wave
2008(3.6K votes)
- 7.7
Never Look Away
2018(766 votes)
- 7.9
Late Shift
2025(306 votes)
- 7.8
The Last Laugh
1924(356 votes)
- 7.7
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
1997(600 votes)
- 7.6
Fitzcarraldo
1982(895 votes)
- 7.3
Christiane F.
1981(1.5K votes)
- 7.3
Stalingrad
1993(645 votes)
- 7.1
The Tank
2025(475 votes)
- 7.6
Gigantic
1999(96 votes)
- 7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974(456 votes)
- 7.3
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979(1.1K votes)
- 7.6
Victoria
2015(1.4K votes)
- 7.4
The Counterfeiters
2007(706 votes)
- 6.8
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015(214 votes)
- 7.5
Head-On
2004(634 votes)
- 7.7
Alice in the Cities
1974(356 votes)
- 7.3
Colonia
2016(2.0K votes)
- 7.0
The Tin Drum
1979(538 votes)
- 7.2
The Captain
2018(505 votes)
- 6.7
Vincent Wants to Sea
2010(123 votes)
- 7.5
Pandora's Box
1929(264 votes)
- 7.3
Sissi
1955(531 votes)
- 7.4
The Collini Case
2019(442 votes)
- 7.2
The Teachers' Lounge
2023(749 votes)
- 7.9
Lessons of Darkness
1992(159 votes)
- 7.6
The Bridge
1959(202 votes)
- 7.3
Europa
1991(370 votes)
- 7.7
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
1922(213 votes)
- 7.5
The White Ribbon
2009(1.1K votes)
- 7.4
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979(306 votes)
- 7.7
Free Fall
2013(837 votes)
Best German movies by genre
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