List of German films of the 2020s
This is a list of some of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 2020s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on German films, see Category:2020s German films.
2020
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Days Awake [de] | Damian John Harper [fr] | Jannik Schümann, Peri Baumeister, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann | Drama | a.k.a. Nine Days Awake |
| And Tomorrow the Entire World | Julia von Heinz | Mala Emde | Drama | |
| Auf dünnem Eis [de] | Sabine Bernardi [de] | Julia Koschitz, Carlo Ljubek | Drama | |
| Automotive [de] | Jonas Heldt | Documentary | ||
| Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness | Frauke Sandig, Eric Black | Documentary | German-American co-production | |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | Welket Bungué [de], Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król | Drama | |
| Christmas Crossfire | Detlev Buck | Kostja Ullmann, Alli Neumann [de], Merlin Rose [de], Sascha Alexander Geršak [de], Peter Kurth | Crime comedy | a.k.a. Wir können nicht anders. Released by Netflix |
| Cocoon [de] | Leonie Krippendorff [de] | Lena Urzendowsky [de], Jella Haase, Lena Klenke | Drama | a.k.a. Kokon |
| Contra | Sönke Wortmann | Christoph Maria Herbst, Nilam Farooq | Comedy | Remake of Le Brio (2017) |
| Cortex [de] | Moritz Bleibtreu | Moritz Bleibtreu, Nadja Uhl, Jannis Niewöhner | Thriller | |
| Curveball | Johannes Naber [de] | Sebastian Blomberg, Dar Salim, Virginia Kull | Comedy | a.k.a. Operation Curveball |
| Divine | Jan Schomburg [de] | Callum Turner, Matilda De Angelis | Comedy | a.k.a. Der göttliche Andere. German-Italian co-production |
| Dragon Rider | Tomer Eshed | — | Animated film | |
| Enfant Terrible | Oskar Roehler | Oliver Masucci | Biography | |
| Exile | Visar Morina [fr] | Mišel Matičević, Sandra Hüller, Rainer Bock, Flonja Kodheli | Drama | Kosovan-German-Belgian co-production |
| Four Enchanted Sisters [de] | Sven Unterwaldt [de] | Laila Padotzke, Hedda Erlebach, Katja Riemann, Justus von Dohnányi | Family | a.k.a. 4 Enchanted Sisters. German-Austrian co-production |
| Freaks: You're One of Us | Felix Binder [de] | Cornelia Gröschel, Tim Oliver Schultz, Wotan Wilke Möhring | Superhero film | Released by Netflix |
| Gaza mon amour | Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser | Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass | Palestinian-French-German-Portuguese-Qatari co-production [1] | |
| God, You're Such a Prick [de] | André Erkau | Sinje Irslinger, Max Hubacher, Heike Makatsch, Til Schweiger, Jürgen Vogel | Drama | a.k.a. Gott, du kannst ein Arsch sein! |
| Granny Nanny [de] | Wolfgang Groos [de] | Maren Kroymann, Heiner Lauterbach, Barbara Sukowa | Comedy | a.k.a. Enkel für Anfänger |
| Eine harte Tour [de] | Isabel Kleefeld [de] | Anna Schudt, Juliane Köhler, Anna Unterberger, Benjamin Sadler | Drama | |
| Hello Again: A Wedding a Day [de] | Maggie Peren [de] | Alicia von Rittberg, Edin Hasanović [de], Tim Oliver Schultz, Emilia Schüle | Comedy | a.k.a. Hello Again – Ein Tag für immer |
| Home | Franka Potente | Jake McLaughlin, Kathy Bates | Drama | German-Dutch-French-American co-production |
| Im Abgrund [de] | Stefan Bühling [de] | Tobias Moretti, Peter Kurth, Simon Schwarz, Florian Stetter | Thriller | |
| Into the Beat | Stefan Westerwelle [de] | Alexandra Pfeifer, Yalany Marschner, Trystan Pütter [de], Helen Schneider | Music | |
| Isi & Ossi | Oliver Kienle [de] | Lisa Vicari, Dennis Mojen | Comedy | a.k.a. Isi and Ossi. Released by Netflix |
| It's for Your Own Good [de] | Marc Rothemund | Heiner Lauterbach, Jürgen Vogel, Hilmi Sözer | Comedy | Remake of It's for Your Own Good (2017) |
| Jackpot [de] | Emily Atef | Rosalie Thomass, Friedrich Mücke | Thriller | |
| The Kangaroo Chronicles [de] | Dani Levy | Dimitrij Schaad, Rosalie Thomass, Henry Hübchen | Comedy, Fantasy | |
| Kiss Me Kosher | Shirel Peleg | Moran Rosenblatt, Luise Wolfram [de], Rivka Michaeli | Comedy | a.k.a. Kiss Me Before It Blows Up. Israeli-German co-production |
| Lang lebe die Königin [de] | Richard Huber [de] | Hannelore Elsner, Marlene Morreis, Günther Maria Halmer [de], Hannelore Hoger, Judy Winter, Gisela Schneeberger [de], Iris Berben, Eva Mattes | Drama | |
| Lassie Come Home [de] | Hanno Olderdissen [de] | Nico Marischka, Bella Bading, Sebastian Bezzel [de], Anna Maria Mühe, Matthias Habich, Justus von Dohnányi | Family | |
| The Last City | Heinz Emigholz | John Erdman | Drama | a.k.a. Die letzte Stadt |
| Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding [de] | Hermine Huntgeburth | Jan Bülow [de], Detlev Buck, Max von der Groeben, Charly Hübner, Julia Jentsch, Ella Rumpf | Musical, Biography | a.k.a. Udo Lindenberg |
| Lost in Marseille | Roland Suso Richter | Fabian Busch, Sabrina Amali [de] | Thriller | a.k.a. Spurlos in Marseille |
| Love & Mazel Tov [de] | Wolfgang Murnberger | Verena Altenberger, Maxim Mehmet, Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | a.k.a. Love and Mazel Tov a.k.a. Schönes Schlamassel. German-Austrian co-production |
| Madison: A Fast Friendship [de] | Kim Strobl | Felice Ahrens, Florian Lukas | Family | German-Austrian co-production |
| The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes [de] | Tim Trageser [de] | Aaron Kissiov, Johanna Schraml, Arsseni Bultmann, Christian Berkel, Sonja Gerhardt, Rick Kavanian | Family | a.k.a. Die Wolf-Gäng |
| Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis [de] | Stephan Wagner [de] | Imogen Kogge, Josef Bierbichler, Walter Sittler, Rüdiger Vogler | Docudrama | a.k.a. Die Getriebenen |
| Monster Hunter | Paul W. S. Anderson | Milla Jovovich, Ron Perlman | Science fantasy action | American-German-Japanese-Chinese-Canadian co-production |
| Narcissus and Goldmund | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Emilia Schüle, Henriette Confurius, André Hennicke, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Jessica Schwarz, Matthias Habich | Drama | German-Austrian co-production |
| Nicht tot zu kriegen [de] | Nina Grosse | Iris Berben, Murathan Muslu [de], Barnaby Metschurat, Philipp Hochmair | Thriller | a.k.a. Ein Schlag ins Gesicht |
| Nightlife [de] | Simon Verhoeven | Elyas M'Barek, Palina Rojinski, Frederick Lau | Comedy | |
| No Hard Feelings | Faraz Shariat [de] | Benjamin Radjaipour [de], Banafshe Hourmazdi [de], Eidin Jalali [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Futur Drei |
| Persian Lessons | Vadim Perelman | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay | Drama, War | a.k.a. Persischstunden. Belarusian-German-Russian co-production |
| Playing God [de] | Lars Kraume | Matthias Habich, Anna Maria Mühe, Christiane Paul, Barbara Auer, Ina Weisse, Lars Eidinger | Drama | a.k.a. GOTT |
| Rising High | Cüneyt Kaya [de] | David Kross, Frederick Lau, Janina Uhse | Crime comedy | a.k.a. Betonrausch. Released by Netflix |
| Sleep [de] | Michael Venus | Sandra Hüller, Gro Swantje Kohlhof [de], Marion Kracht, August Schmölzer, Max Hubacher | Horror | |
| This House is Mine [de] | Sherry Hormann | Iris Berben, Maria Ehrich, Nina Kunzendorf, Karoline Eichhorn, Milan Peschel, Jacob Matschenz | Drama | a.k.a. Altes Land |
| Undine | Christian Petzold | Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz | Drama, Fantasy | |
| Walchensee Forever | Janna Ji Wonders [de] | Documentary | ||
| Weihnachtstöchter [de] | Rolf Silber [de] | Felicitas Woll, Gesine Cukrowski, Tim Bergmann | Comedy | |
| Wer einmal stirbt dem glaubt man nicht [de] | Dirk Kummer | Julia Koschitz, Heino Ferch | Comedy | a.k.a. Blöd gelaufen – Danke für den Abschied |
2021
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3½ Hours [de] | Ed Herzog [de] | Jeff Wilbusch, Jördis Triebel, Uwe Kockisch, Steffi Kühnert, Peter Schneider, Vincent Redetzki, Susanne Bormann [de], Martin Feifel [de], Hannah Schiller [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Three and a Half Hours a.k.a. 3½ Stunden |
| Another Love [de] | Michaela Kezele [de] | Lucie Heinze [de], Golo Euler [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Eine Liebe später |
| At His Side [de] | Felix Karolus | Senta Berger, Peter Simonischek, Antje Traue, Thomas Thieme | Drama | |
| Beckenrand Sheriff [de] | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Milan Peschel, Johanna Wokalek, Gisela Schneeberger [de] | Comedy | |
| Bergman Island | Mia Hansen-Løve | Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie | Drama | French-German-Swedish co-production |
| Der Beschützer | Philipp Osthus [de] | Tobias Oertel [de], Marlene Tanczik [de] | Thriller | |
| Black Island | Miguel Alexandre [de] | Philip Froissant [de], Alice Dwyer, Hanns Zischler | Thriller | Released by Netflix |
| The Black Square [de] | Peter Meister | Jacob Matschenz, Bernhard Schütz [de], Sandra Hüller | Crime comedy | |
| Blood Red Sky | Peter Thorwarth [de] | Peri Baumeister, Dominic Purcell, Alexander Scheer | Horror | German-British co-production. Released by Netflix |
| Borga [de] | York-Fabian Raabe [de] | Eugene Boateng [de], Christiane Paul, Lydia Forson, Adjetey Anang, Thelma Buabeng | Drama | German-Ghanaian co-production |
| Catweazle [de] | Sven Unterwaldt [de] | Otto Waalkes, Julius Weckauf, Henning Baum, Katja Riemann | Comedy | |
| Commitment Phobia [de] | Helena Hufnagel [de] | Frederick Lau, Luise Heyer | Comedy | a.k.a. Generation Beziehungsunfähig |
| Compassionate Use [de] | Elmar Fischer [de] | Lisa Maria Potthoff | Drama | a.k.a. A Risky Decision a.k.a. Saving Emily |
| Confessions of Felix Krull [de] | Detlev Buck | Jannis Niewöhner, Liv Lisa Fries, Joachim Król | Comedy | |
| Copilot [de] | Anne Zohra Berrached | Canan Kir [de], Roger Azar [de] | Drama | German-French co-production |
| Da kommt noch was | Mareille Klein [de] | Ulrike Willenbacher [de], Zbigniew Zamachowski | Comedy | German-Swiss co-production |
| Dear Future Children | Franz Böhm [de] | Documentary | ||
| Dear Thomas | Andreas Kleinert [de] | Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Jörg Schüttauf | Biography | a.k.a. Thomas Brasch |
| Enemies [de] | Nils Willbrandt [de] | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bjarne Mädel | Drama | a.k.a. Feinde – Gegen die Zeit a.k.a. Feinde – Das Geständnis |
| Everything on Red [de] | Lars Becker | Nicholas Ofczarek [de], Fritz Karl, Jessica Schwarz, Melika Foroutan, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Ferris MC | Crime | |
| Everything Will Change [de] | Marten Persiel [de] | Noah Saavedra [de] | Science fiction | German-Dutch co-production |
| Fabian: Going to the Dogs | Dominik Graf | Tom Schilling, Saskia Rosendahl, Albrecht Schuch | Drama | |
| Faltenfrei [de] | Dirk Kummer | Adele Neuhauser | Comedy | |
| Fly | Katja von Garnier | Svenja Jung, Ben Wichert [de], Majid Kessab [de], Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz, Katja Riemann | Music | |
| The Forest Maker [de] | Volker Schlöndorff | Tony Rinaudo | Documentary | |
| The Four of Us | Florian Gottschick [de] | Nilam Farooq, Jonas Nay, Paula Kalenberg, Louis Nitsche [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Du Sie Er & Wir. Released by Netflix |
| Gefährliche Wahrheit [de] | Jens Wischnewski [de] | Lisa Maria Potthoff, Ulrike Kriener [de], Christoph Letkowski, Torben Liebrecht | Crime | |
| The Girl with the Golden Hands | Katharina Marie Schubert | Corinna Harfouch, Birte Schnöink [de], Jörg Schüttauf | Drama | |
| Goldjungs [de] | Christoph Schnee [de] | Michelle Barthel [de], Tim Oliver Schultz, Waldemar Kobus, Leslie Malton | Crime comedy | |
| Great Freedom | Sebastian Meise [de] | Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich | Drama | |
| Hannes [de] | Hans Steinbichler | Leonard Scheicher [de], Johannes Nussbaum [de], Heiner Lauterbach, Hannelore Elsner | Drama | |
| Heiko's World | Dominik Galizia | Martin Rohde | Comedy | |
| The House [de] | Elke Hauck [de] | Wolfram Koch [de], Antje Traue | Thriller | a.k.a. Gefangen |
| Human Factors | Ronny Trocker [de] | Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke | Drama | German-Italian-Danish co-production |
| I'm Your Man | Maria Schrader | Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller | Science fiction | a.k.a. Ich bin dein Mensch |
| Immer der Nase nach [de] | Kerstin Polte [de] | Claudia Michelsen, Corinna Harfouch, Angela Winkler, Lena Klenke | Comedy | |
| Instructions for Survival | Yana Ugrekhelidze | Documentary | ||
| It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny [de] | Florian Gallenberger | Christoph Maria Herbst, Christiane Paul, Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen [de], Nicola Perot [de], Jürgen Vogel, Ulrich Tukur | Comedy | a.k.a. It's Just a Phase, Honey a.k.a. Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase |
| Je suis Karl | Christian Schwochow | Jannis Niewöhner, Luna Wedler, Milan Peschel | Drama | |
| The Last Execution [de] | Franziska Stünkel [de] | Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow, Luise Heyer | Drama | a.k.a. Nahschuss |
| The Maths of Love [de] | Ingo Rasper [de] | Heino Ferch, Tanja Wedhorn, Michael Gwisdek, Knut Berger | Comedy | a.k.a. Liebe ist unberechenbar |
| Meeresleuchten [de] | Wolfgang Panzer [de] | Ulrich Tukur, Ursina Lardi, Sibel Kekilli, Kostja Ullmann, Günter Lamprecht | Drama | |
| Mich hat keiner gefragt [de] | Nico Sommer [de] | Meike Droste [de], Oliver Stokowski, Stephan Luca [de] | Comedy | |
| The Middle Man | Bent Hamer | Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland | Comedy | Norwegian-Canadian-Danish-German co-production[2] |
| Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb | Michel (Miguel) Jleilaty | Documentary | Lebanese-Spanish-German co-production |
| Mona & Marie [de] | Marco Petry [de] | Maren Kroymann, Ulrike Kriener [de] | Comedy | |
| Monster Family 2 | Holger Tappe [de] | — | Animated film | German-British co-production |
| Monte Verità [de] | Stefan Jäger [de] | Maresi Riegner [de], Julia Jentsch, Hannah Herzsprung, Max Hubacher, Joel Basman | Drama | Swiss-Austrian-German co-production |
| Moonbound | Ali Samadi Ahadi | — | Animated film | a.k.a. Peterchens Mondfahrt |
| Mostly Minimalistic [de] | Natja Brunckhorst | Corinna Harfouch, Daniel Sträßer, Joachim Król | Comedy | a.k.a. Alles in bester Ordnung |
| Munich – The Edge of War | Christian Schwochow | Jeremy Irons, George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Alex Jennings, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries, August Diehl | Historical drama | British-German co-production |
| Mutter kündigt [de] | Rainer Kaufmann | Maren Kroymann, Rainer Bock, Jördis Triebel, Ulrike C. Tscharre [de], Ulrich Tukur | Comedy | |
| My Son | Lena Stahl [de] | Anke Engelke, Jonas Dassler | Drama | |
| Next Door | Daniel Brühl | Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth | Drama | |
| No One's with the Calves | Sabrina Sarabi [de] | Saskia Rosendahl, Rick Okon [de], Godehard Giese | Drama | a.k.a. Niemand ist bei den Kälbern |
| One Night Off | Martin Schreier [de] | Emilio Sakraya [de], Helgi Schmid [de] | Comedy | Released by Amazon Prime Video |
| Other Cannibals | Francesco Sossai | Walter Giroldini, Diego Pagotto | Black comedy | a.k.a. Altri Cannibali |
| Precious Ivie | Sarah Blaßkiewitz [de] | Haley Louise Jones [de], Lorna Ishema [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Ivie wie Ivie |
| Prey | Thomas Sieben | David Kross, Hanno Koffler, Maria Ehrich | Thriller | Released by Netflix |
| The Reckoning [de] | Stephan Rick [de] | Kostja Ullmann, Kristin Suckow [de] | Thriller | a.k.a. The Visitation a.k.a. The Infestation a.k.a. Die Heimsuchung |
| Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | Johannes Roberts | Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Avan Jogia | Horror | German-Canadian co-production |
| The Royal Game [de] | Philipp Stölzl | Oliver Masucci, Birgit Minichmayr, Albrecht Schuch | Drama | a.k.a. Chess Story |
| The Salvation of the World as We Know It [de] | Til Schweiger | Emilio Sakraya [de], Tijan Marei, Til Schweiger | Drama | |
| School of Magical Animals [de] | Gregor Schnitzler | Emilia Maier, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Milan Peschel | Family | a.k.a. The School of the Magical Animals |
| The Search [de] | Till Franzen [de] | Henny Reents [de], Lucas Gregorowicz | Thriller | |
| Take Me Home [de] | Christiane Balthasar [de] | Silke Bodenbender, Anneke Kim Sarnau | Drama | |
| Tides | Tim Fehlbaum | Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen | Science fiction | German-Swiss co-production |
| Töchter | Nana Neul [de] | Alexandra Maria Lara, Birgit Minichmayr, Josef Bierbichler | Drama | a.k.a. Daughters |
| Toubab [de] | Florian Dietrich [de] | Farba Dieng [de], Julius Nitschkoff [de], Seyneb Saleh | Comedy | |
| Die unheimliche Leichtigkeit der Revolution [de] | Andy Fetscher | Janina Fautz [de] | Drama | |
| Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen | Nadine Heinze [de], Marc Dietschreit [de] | Emilia Schüle, Günther Maria Halmer [de], Fabian Hinrichs | Drama | |
| Weißbier im Blut [de] | Jörg Graser | Sigi Zimmerschied [de] | Crime, Comedy | |
| Die Welt steht still [de] | Anno Saul | Natalia Wörner | Drama | |
| Wet Dog [de] | Damir Lukačević [de] | Doğuhan Kabadayı, Mohammad Eliraqui, Derya Dilber, Kida Khodr Ramadan | Drama | |
| Zurück ans Meer [de] | Markus Imboden [de] | Hannelore Hoger, Nina Hoger [de], Jens Albinus, Morten Suurballe | Thriller |
2022
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love [de] | Nicolette Krebitz | Sophie Rois, Udo Kier, Milan Herms [de], Nicolas Bridet [fr] | Comedy | German-French co-production |
| Alice [de] | Nicole Weegmann [de] | Nina Gummich [de] | Biography | a.k.a. Alice Schwarzer |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Edward Berger | Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl | War | Released by Netflix |
| All Russians Love Birch Trees | Pola Beck [de] | Aylin Tezel, Sohel Altan Gol [de], Slavko Popadic [de], Yuval Scharf | Drama | a.k.a. Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt |
| Alma & Oskar [de] | Dieter Berner [de] | Emily Cox, Valentin Postlmayr [de] | Biography | Austrian-German-Swiss-Czech co-production |
| The Amazing Maurice | Toby Genkel [de] | — | Animated film | German-British co-production |
| Blutholz [de] | Torsten C. Fischer [de] | Joachim Król, Désirée Nosbusch, Alina Levshin | Thriller | |
| Die Bürgermeisterin | Christiane Balthasar [de] | Anna Schudt, Felix Klare [de], Alexander Beyer | Drama | |
| Cloud Under the Roof | Alain Gsponer [de] | Frederick Lau, Romy Schroeder, Hannah Herzsprung, Barbara Auer, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Nicolette Krebitz | Drama | |
| Coming Home | Karsten Dahlem [de] | Anna Maria Mühe, Michael Wittenborn [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Die Geschichte einer Familie |
| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister [de], Finnegan Oldfield | Biography | Austrian-German-Luxembourgian-French co-production |
| Dark Satellites | Thomas Stuber [de] | Nastassja Kinski, Martina Gedeck, Charly Hübner, Peter Kurth, Adel Bencherif, Irina Starshenbaum, Albrecht Schuch, Lilith Stangenberg | Drama | a.k.a. Die stillen Trabanten |
| Family Affairs [de] | Sönke Wortmann | Iris Berben, Florian David Fitz, Christoph Maria Herbst | Comedy | a.k.a. Der Nachname |
| For Jojo [de] | Barbara Ott [de] | Caro Cult, Nina Gummich [de] | Drama | Released by Netflix |
| The Forger [de] | Maggie Peren [de] | Louis Hofmann, Luna Wedler, Jonathan Berlin [de], Nina Gummich [de], André Jung | War | a.k.a. Der Passfälscher |
| The Fox [de] | Adrian Goiginger [de] | Simon Morzé [de], Adriane Gradziel [de], Karl Markovics | War | Austrian-German co-production |
| Die Geschichte der Menschheit – leicht gekürzt [de] | Erik Haffner [de] | Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka, Carolin Kebekus | Comedy | |
| The Grump: In Search of an Escort [de] | Mika Kaurismäki | Heikki Kinnunen, Kari Väänänen, Rosalie Thomass | Comedy | Finnish-German co-production |
| Guglhupfgeschwader [de] | Ed Herzog [de] | Sebastian Bezzel [de], Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Eisi Gulp [de], Sigi Zimmerschied [de] | Crime comedy | |
| Heinrich Vogeler | Marie Noëlle [fr] | Florian Lukas, Anna Maria Mühe, Alice Dwyer | Biography | |
| The Hippocratic Silence [de] | Esther Gronenborn | Julia Jentsch, Kostja Ullmann | Thriller | a.k.a. Das weiße Schweigen |
| Hunting Season [de] | Aron Lehmann [de] | Rosalie Thomass, Almila Bagriacik | Comedy | Remake of Hunting Season (2019) |
| In a Land That No Longer Exists | Aelrun Goette [de] | Marlene Burow [de], Sabin Tambrea, David Schütter | Drama | |
| In falschen Händen [de] | Mark Monheim [de] | Katharina Schlothauer [de], Pegah Ferydoni, Florian Stetter | Thriller | |
| JGA: Jasmin. Gina. Anna. [de] | Alireza Golafshan [de] | Luise Heyer, Taneshia Abt [de], Teresa Rizos [de], Dimitrij Schaad, Axel Stein | Comedy | |
| Just Something Nice [de] | Karoline Herfurth | Karoline Herfurth, Nora Tschirner, Aaron Altaras, Herbert Knaup | Comedy | a.k.a. Einfach mal was Schönes |
| Der Kaiser [de] | Tim Trageser [de] | Klaus Steinbacher [de] | Biography, Sport | a.k.a. Franz Beckenbauer |
| The Kangaroo Conspiracy [de] | Marc-Uwe Kling, Alexander Berner | Dimitrij Schaad, Rosalie Thomass, Benno Fürmann | Comedy, Fantasy | |
| Lieber Kurt [de] | Til Schweiger | Til Schweiger, Franziska Machens [de], Jasmin Gerat, Heiner Lauterbach, Peter Simonischek | Drama | |
| The Limit Is Just Me | Markus Weinberg [de], Steffi Rostoski | Jonas Deichmann | Documentary | |
| Locked-in Society [de] | Sönke Wortmann | Florian David Fitz, Anke Engelke, Justus von Dohnányi, Nilam Farooq | Comedy | a.k.a. Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft |
| Love Thing [de] | Anika Decker [de] | Elyas M'Barek, Lucie Heinze [de], Peri Baumeister, Alexandra Maria Lara, Denis Moschitto, Maren Kroymann | Comedy | a.k.a. Liebesdings |
| The Magic Flute | Florian Sigl [de] | Jack Wolfe, Iwan Rheon, Niamh McCormack, Asha Banks, Morris Robinson, F. Murray Abraham | Music | |
| Meine Freundin Volker | Piotr J. Lewandowski | Axel Milberg | Comedy | |
| Mittagsstunde | Lars Jessen [de] | Charly Hübner, Rainer Bock, Gro Swantje Kohlhof [de] | Drama | |
| More Than Ever | Emily Atef | Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg | Drama | French-German-Luxembourgian-Norwegian co-production |
| Mother | Carolin Schmitz [de] | Anke Engelke | Drama | |
| My Fairy Troublemaker | Caroline Origer | — | Animated film | German-Luxembourgian co-production |
| Old People [de] | Andy Fetscher | Melika Foroutan, Stephan Luca [de] | Horror | Released by Netflix |
| The Ordinaries | Sophie Linnenbaum [de] | Fine Sendel, Jule Böwe, Pasquale Aleardi | Science Fiction | |
| Oskars Kleid [de] | Hüseyin Tabak [de] | Florian David Fitz, Senta Berger, Burghart Klaußner, Kida Khodr Ramadan | Drama | |
| Over & Out [de] | Julia Becker | Jessica Schwarz, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Julia Becker, Nora Tschirner, Denis Moschitto, Axel Stein | Drama | a.k.a. Over and Out |
| The Path [de] | Tobias Wiemann [de] | Julius Weckauf, Nonna Cardoner | War | German-Spanish co-production |
| The Pool [de] | Doris Dörrie | Andrea Sawatzki, Nilam Farooq | Comedy | a.k.a. Freibad |
| The Privilege | Felix Fuchssteiner [de], Katharina Schöde [de] | Max Schimmelpfennig [de], Lea van Acken, Tijan Marei, Roman Knižka [de], Nadeshda Brennicke | Horror | Released by Netflix |
| Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush | Andreas Dresen | Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer | Drama | |
| Rhinegold | Fatih Akin | Emilio Sakraya [de] | Crime | |
| Riesending – Jede Stunde zählt [de] | Jochen Alexander Freydank | Maximilian Brückner, Verena Altenberger, Anna Brüggemann, Sabine Timoteo, Beat Marti [de], Christoph Bach | Drama | German-Swiss-Austrian co-production |
| The Robber Hotzenplotz [de] | Michael Krummenacher [de] | Nicholas Ofczarek [de], August Diehl, Christiane Paul, Olli Dittrich | Family | German-Swiss co-production |
| Rumspringa | Mira Thiel [de] | Jonas Holdenrieder [de], Timur Bartels [de] | Comedy | Released by Netflix |
| Running | Rainer Kaufmann | Anna Schudt, Katharina Wackernagel, Maximilian Brückner, Gaby Dohm, Kai Schumann [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Laufen |
| School of Magical Animals 2 [de] | Sven Unterwaldt [de] | Lilith Johna, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Milan Peschel | Family | a.k.a. The School of the Magical Animals 2 |
| Ein Schritt zum Abgrund | Alexander Dierbach [de] | Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Florian Stetter, Valerie Huber | Drama | Remake of Doctor Foster, Series 1 (2015) |
| So laut du kannst [de] | Esther Bialas [de] | Friederike Becht, Nina Gummich [de] | Drama | |
| The Social Experiment [de] | Pascal Schröder | Marven Gabriel Suarez-Brinkert, Raffaela Kraus [de] | Science fiction | |
| A Stasi Comedy [de] | Leander Haußmann | David Kross, Henry Hübchen, Antonia Bill [de], Deleila Piasko, Jörg Schüttauf, Tom Schilling | Comedy | |
| Süßer Rausch [de] | Sabine Derflinger | Désirée Nosbusch, Leslie Malton, Suzanne von Borsody, Rainer Bock | Drama | |
| Talking About the Weather [de] | Annika Pinske [de] | Anne Schäfer [de], Max Riemelt | Drama | a.k.a. Alle reden übers Wetter |
| Tár | Todd Field | Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss | Drama | American-German co-production |
| A Thousand Lines | Michael Herbig | Elyas M'Barek, Jonas Nay | Drama | a.k.a. A 1000 Lines |
| Der Tod kommt nach Venedig [de] | Johannes Grieser [de] | Alwara Höfels, Christopher Schärf [de], Leonardo Nigro, Julia Stemberger | Mystery thriller | German-Austrian co-production |
| Trügerische Sicherheit [de] | Thomas Kronthaler [de] | Max Simonischek, Christian Berkel, Friederike Becht | Drama | |
| Die Wannseekonferenz | Matti Geschonneck | Philipp Hochmair, Simon Schwarz, Godehard Giese | Docudrama, War | a.k.a. The Conference |
| We Are Next of Kin | Hans-Christian Schmid | Claude Heinrich [de], Adina Vetter [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen |
| What You Can See from Here [de] | Aron Lehmann [de] | Luna Wedler, Corinna Harfouch, Karl Markovics, Rosalie Thomass, Hansi Jochmann, Peter Schneider | Drama | |
| Who Buries the Undertaker? | Andreas Schmidbauer, Tanja Schmidbauer | Tom Kreß [de], Angelika Sedlmeier [de], David Zimmerschied [de] | Comedy | a.k.a. Wer gräbt den Bestatter ein? |
| Das Wunder von Kapstadt [de] | Franziska Buch | Alexander Scheer, Loyiso Macdonald, Sonja Gerhardt, Fritz Karl | Historical drama | |
| Wunderschön [de] | Karoline Herfurth | Nora Tschirner, Martina Gedeck, Karoline Herfurth | Comedy |
2023
List of German films of 2023 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 791 km [de] | Tobi Baumann [de] | Iris Berben, Joachim Król, Nilam Farooq | Drama | |
| Afire | Christian Petzold | Thomas Schubert [de], Paula Beer, Langston Uibel [de], Enno Trebs [de], Matthias Brandt | Drama | a.k.a. Roter Himmel |
| Anselm | Wim Wenders | Anselm Kiefer | Documentary | |
| Das Beste kommt noch! | Til Schweiger | Til Schweiger, Michael Maertens | Comedy | Remake of The Best Is Yet to Come (2019) |
| Blind at Heart | Barbara Albert | Mala Emde, Max von der Groeben, Thomas Prenn [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Die Mittagsfrau. German-Swiss-Luxembourgian co-production |
| Blindspot | Hannu Salonen [de] | Klaus Steinbacher [de], Marlene Tanczik [de], Felicitas Woll | Thriller | |
| Blood & Gold | Peter Thorwarth [de] | Robert Maaser [de], Alexander Scheer, Marie Hacke [de], Jördis Triebel | War | a.k.a. Blood and Gold. Released by Netflix |
| Das bleibt unter uns [de] | Verena S. Freytag [de] | Anna Unterberger, Hanno Koffler | Drama | |
| Defending the Caveman [de] | Laura Lackmann [de] | Moritz Bleibtreu | Comedy | a.k.a. Caveman |
| Faraway [de] | Vanessa Jopp [de] | Naomi Krauss [de], Goran Bogdan | Romantic comedy | Released by Netflix |
| Ein Fest fürs Leben [de] | Richard Huber [de] | Christoph Maria Herbst | Comedy | Remake of C'est la vie! (2017) |
| The Flood – Death on the Dike [de] | Andreas Prochaska | Anton Spieker [de], Philine Schmölzer [de], Sascha Alexander Geršak [de], Detlev Buck | Drama | |
| Flunkyball [de] | Alexander Adolph [de] | Lena Klenke, Laurids Schürmann, Silke Bodenbender, Fabian Hinrichs, Lisa Kreuzer | Drama | |
| The Flying Classroom [de] | Carolina Hellsgård [de] | Tom Schilling, Trystan Pütter [de], Hannah Herzsprung, Jördis Triebel | Family | |
| Girl You Know It's True | Simon Verhoeven | Tijan Njie [de], Elan Ben Ali, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Dayne | Biography, Music | German-American French-South African co-production |
| Hard Feelings | Granz Henman [de] | Tobias Schäfer [de], Cosima Henman [de], Axel Stein, Diana Amft | Comedy | a.k.a. Hammerharte Jungs. Released by Netflix |
| Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert | Margarethe von Trotta | Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld | Biography | |
| Inside | Vasilis Katsoupis [de] | Willem Dafoe | Thriller | Greek-German-Belgian co-production |
| The Intangible Joy of Love [de] | Lars Kraume | Caroline Peters, Burghart Klaußner | Comedy | a.k.a. Die Unschärferelation der Liebe |
| Lost in Athens | Roland Suso Richter | Silke Bodenbender, Yousef Sweid | Thriller | a.k.a. Spurlos in Athen |
| Das Mädchen von früher | Lena Knauss [de] | Nina Kunzendorf, Godehard Giese, Steffi Kühnert, André Hennicke | Crime | |
| Manta, Manta: Legacy | Til Schweiger | Til Schweiger | Comedy | a.k.a. Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil |
| Measures of Men | Lars Kraume | Leonard Scheicher [de], Girley Jazama | Drama | a.k.a. A Place in the Sun a.k.a. Der vermessene Mensch |
| Der Millionen Raub | Lars Becker | Karim Ben Mansur [de], Anica Dobra, Anja Kling | Crime | |
| Mission: School of Fun | Ekrem Ergün | Serkan Kaya [de], Felicitas Woll, Max Giermann [de], Oliver Korittke | Comedy | a.k.a. Die unlangweiligste Schule der Welt |
| Music | Angela Schanelec | Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer | Drama | German-French-Serbian co-production |
| Nach uns der Rest der Welt | Franziska Buch | Julius Gause [de], Lina Hüesker [de], Anneke Kim Sarnau, Sophie von Kessel, Florian Stetter | Drama | |
| One for the Road [de] | Markus Goller [de] | Frederick Lau, Nora Tschirner, Burak Yiğit [de], Friederike Becht, Godehard Giese, Nina Kunzendorf | Drama | |
| Paradise [de] | Boris Kunz [de] | Kostja Ullmann, Iris Berben, Alina Levshin, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Marlene Tanczik [de], Corinna Kirchhoff [de], Lisa Loven Kongsli, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen | Science fiction | Released by Netflix |
| The Peacock [de] | Lutz Heineking Jr. [de] | Jürgen Vogel, Annette Frier, Lavinia Wilson, Tom Schilling, David Kross, Victoria Carling, Philip Jackson, Svenja Jung | Comedy | |
| Rehragout-Rendezvous [de] | Ed Herzog [de] | Sebastian Bezzel [de], Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Eisi Gulp [de], Sigi Zimmerschied [de] | Crime comedy | |
| Remember Me [de] | Rainer Kaufmann | Senta Berger, Günther Maria Halmer [de] | Comedy | a.k.a. Weißt du noch |
| Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes | Robert Schwentke | John Malkovich | Biography | |
| Silver and the Book of Dreams [de] | Helena Hufnagel [de] | Jana McKinnon, Riva Krymalowski [de], Chaneil Kular, Nicolette Krebitz | Fantasy | Released by Amazon Prime Video |
| Sisi & I | Frauke Finsterwalder | Susanne Wolff, Sandra Hüller, Stefan Kurt, Tom Rhys Harries | Biography | a.k.a. Sisi and I. German-Swiss-Austrian co-production[3][4] |
| Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything | Emily Atef | Marlene Burow [de], Felix Kramer [de] | Drama | |
| Sophia, Death and Me [de] | Charly Hübner | Dimitrij Schaad, Anna Maria Mühe, Marc Hosemann | Comedy, Fantasy | |
| Stella. A Life. [de] | Kilian Riedhof [de] | Paula Beer, Jannis Niewöhner, Katja Riemann | War, Drama | |
| Sun and Concrete | David Wnendt [de] | Levy Rico Arcos, Vincent Wiemer, Rafael Luis Klein-Hessling, Aaron Maldonado Morales | Crime | |
| The Teachers' Lounge | İlker Çatak | Leonie Benesch | Drama | |
| The Three Investigators and The Legacy of the Dragon [de] | Tim Dünschede | Julius Weckauf, Nevio Wendt, Levi Brandl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Gedeon Burkhard, Mark Waschke, Florian Lukas, Jördis Triebel | Family, Mystery | a.k.a. The Three Investigators and The Dragon's Legacy |
| Till the End of the Night | Christoph Hochhäusler | Timocin Ziegler [de], Thea Ehre [de] | Thriller | |
| Trauzeugen | Lena May Graf, Finn Christoph Stroeks [de] | Edin Hasanović [de], Almila Bagriacik, Kurt Krömer, Iris Berben | Comedy | |
| Trunk: Locked In [de] | Marc Schießer | Sina Martens [de] | Thriller | Released by Amazon Prime Video |
| Unbestechlich | Christiane Balthasar [de] | Michael Klammer [de], Samia Chancrin [de] | Thriller | |
| The Universal Theory | Timm Kröger | Jan Bülow [de], Olivia Ross [fr], Hanns Zischler, David Bennent | Mystery | a.k.a. Die Theorie von Allem. German-Swiss-Austrian co-production |
| Unschuldig – Der Fall Julia B. [de] | Ute Wieland [de] | Emily Cox, Thomas Loibl [de], Katharina Marie Schubert | Crime | Remake of Innocent, Series 2 (2021) |
| Weekend Rebels | Marc Rothemund | Florian David Fitz, Cecilio Andresen, Aylin Tezel, Joachim Król | Comedy | |
| When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before [de] | Sonja Heiss [de] | Devid Striesow, Laura Tonke, Arsseni Bultmann [de], Merlin Rose [de] | Drama | |
| Die Whistleblowerin [de] | Elmar Fischer [de] | Katharina Nesytowa [de], Artjom Gilz [de], Jennifer Ulrich | Spy thriller | |
| A Whole Life [de] | Hans Steinbichler | Stefan Gorski [de], August Zirner, Julia Franz Richter [de], Robert Stadlober, Marianne Sägebrecht | Drama | German-Austrian co-production |
| Wir haben einen Deal | Felicitas Korn [de] | Felix Klare [de], Patricia Aulitzky [de], Peter Lohmeyer | Drama | |
| Wolfsjagd | Jakob Ziemnicki [de] | Maria Simon, Jacob Matschenz, Jörg Schüttauf | Crime | |
| Wolfswinkel [de] | Ruth Olshan [de] | Annett Sawallisch [de], Claudia Eisinger, Alina Levshin, Jörg Schüttauf | Drama | |
| Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel [de] | Neelesha Barthel [de] | Joachim Król, Rainer Bock | Comedy |
2024
List of German films of 2024 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
References
- ^ Jordan Mintzer, "'Gaza Mon Amour': Film Review | Venice 2020". The Hollywood Reporter, September 4, 2020.
- ^ Brian Kelly, "Sault Ste. Marie-shot film gets TIFF special screening". Sault Star, July 24, 2021.
- ^ "Sisi & I". DCM Stories. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Sisi und ich". Austrian Film Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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