The greatest German films of all time

Murnaus’s Nosferatu and Herzog’s version, for starters?

The Marriage of Maria Braun. Thema geschlossen!

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

The only one I’ve seen might be PANDORA’S BOX.

It felt very long.

Das Boot

Das Boot, agree!

Viktor und Viktoria

The Lives of Others

The lost Honour of Katharina Blum

Young Törless

Agree with R1. F. W. Murnau's 1922 version of "Nosferatu" is probably at the top. German expressionist film techniques combined with a great performance from Max Schreck.

Der Himmel über Berlin

Downfall

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - so fascinating. An early silent.

They are all about Hitler, for some reason.

Wings of Desire.

And another vote for The Lives of Others.

Metropolis. I didn’t know what to expect and was really impressed.

HUNTING SCENES FROM BAVARIA

TONI ERDMANN

THE LEGEND OF PAUL AND PAULA (Angela Merkel's favorite movie!!)

Metropolis

The Last Laugh

The Lives of Others

M

The Blue Angel

Vampyr

Triumph of the Will

Pippi Langstumpf

Goodbye Lenin

Der Blaue Engel

R20 Those were Swedish

Mephisto (1981) and Colonel Redl (1985).

Two fantastic performances by Klaus Maria Brandauer.

The only German movie I’ve seen is Aimee & Jaguar.

R11, indeed. And the follow up “weiter ferne, so nah!”

No love for [bold] M [/bold] ? (1931)

Run, Lola, Run

Taxi Zum Klo- The last movie I saw before I heard about GRID

Gib Gas - Ich Will Spaß.

Yes - Run Lola Run is really good.

It's funny - we don't really get a lot of German films, but you can find French, Spanish and Italian films all the time. Plus Japanese and Chinese.

I know Germany had a big film industry before WW2 - it doesn't make sense.

One reason may be that German humor does not translate. At all.

R31 Are comedies the only movies that exist?

R31 None of those Japanese or Korean movies are humorous

[quote]Are comedies the only movies that exist?

No - but a lot of French, Italian and Spanish movies that are successful are comedies.

Can anyone name one German comedy?

Loved Run Lola Run!

R34 - Do dark comedies count?

R34 Yes. Good Bye, Lenin!

[quote]r34 Can anyone name one German comedy?

Aren’t Some Like It Hot and The Parent Trap based on German comedies?

R27, "M" is one of the greatest movies ever made. It gets better every time I see it. The actor who plays leather-coated "Safecracker," Gustaf Grundgens, was the inspiration for the character played by Klaus Maria Brandauer in "Mephisto."

Because of WW2 , R30? It kind of did have an impact on the German film industry., no? The more interesting question is why have there been few if any good German movies since 2010 although there were some great ones the 70s, 80s, and 90s, even in 2003.

Billy Wilder was very much a product of the German movie industry before Hitler.

M is my favourite German movie. Amazing.

I just watched (although for the last hour struggled through) Christiane F (1981). It could have been a classic with better editing.

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

M is fantastic. So tight and focused, spartan yet very stylish, and timeless.

R40, there have been few good Hollywood movies since 2010. It's part of a paradigm shift in cultural production.

Another vote for Wings of Desire. I saw it in high school and it changed my life. It made me love cinema.

Not a great film but a fun gay one with sexy ass Til Schweiger called Maybe…Maybe Not is a guilty pleasure.

Beware of a Holy Whore - sort of a grittier Day for Night. I love films about filmmaking

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