List of notable German movies
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This is a list of notable German films that are either critically acclaimed, commercially successful or otherwise notable.
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[edit] before 1933
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag) | Stellan Rye | |
| 1919 | Different from the Others (Anders als die Anderen) | Richard Oswald | |
| 1920 | The Golem: How He Came Into the World (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam) | Paul Wegener and Carl Boese | |
| 1920 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) | Robert Wiene | |
| 1922 | Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens.) | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | |
| 1922 | Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) | Fritz Lang | |
| 1924 | The Nibelungs (Die Nibelungen) | Fritz Lang | |
| 1927 | Metropolis (Metropolis) | Fritz Lang | |
| 1927 | Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) | Walter Ruttmann | |
| 1929 | Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) | G.W. Pabst | |
| 1930 | The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) | Josef von Sternberg | |
| 1931 | M (M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder) | Fritz Lang | |
| 1932 | Kuhle Wampe (Kuhle Wampe oder Wem gehört die Welt) | Slatan Dudow | |
| 1932 | The Blue Light (Das blaue Licht) | Leni Riefenstahl |
[edit] between 1933 and 1945
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | The Testament of Dr Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) | Fritz Lang | |
| 1933 | Hitler Youth Quex (Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend) | Hans Steinhoff | |
| 1935 | Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) | Leni Riefenstahl | |
| 1938 | Olympia | Leni Riefenstahl | |
| 1940 | Jud Süß | Veit Harlan | |
| 1940 | The Eternal Jew (Der ewige Jude) | Werner Klingler and Herbert Selpin | |
| 1943 | Titanic | Fritz Hippler | |
| 1944 | The Punch Bowl (Die Feuerzangenbowle) | Helmut Weiß | |
| 1945 | Kolberg | Veit Harlan and Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
[edit] between 1945 and 2000
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Murderers Among Us (Die Mörder sind unter uns) | Wolfgang Staudte | |
| 1959 | The Bridge (Die Brücke) | Bernhard Wicki | |
| 1972 | Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) | Werner Herzog | |
| 1974 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1975 | Jacob the Liar (Jakob der Lügner) | Frank Beyer | |
| 1977 | Stroszek | Werner Herzog | |
| 1978 | The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund) | Wim Wenders | |
| 1979 | The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1979 | The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) | Volker Schlöndorff | First German movie to win the Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1981 | The Boat (Das Boot) | Wolfgang Petersen | |
| 1982 | Veronika Voss (Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss) | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1982 | Fitzcarraldo | Werner Herzog |
[edit] after 2000
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Good Bye Lenin! | Wolfgang Becker | Most successful German movie in 2003 |
| 2006 | The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
