Go to the home page Go to the master list sorted by rank Go to the master list sorted alphabetically Go to the top films as determined by each taste Go to the master list sorted by director Go to the master list sorted by actor Go to the master list sorted by year of release Go to the master list sorted by genre Go to the master list sorted by nation of origin Go to more lists of films Find alternate titles of master list films Go to lists of top films as determined by normal film fans Go to the FAQ and other essays Go to the links page Go to the site map

Top (West) German Films

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 39
2 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly1 2 1966 Sergio Leone 44
3 M 1931 Fritz Lang 69
4 Fight Club3 1999 David Fincher 71
5 Nosferatu 1922 F.W. Murnau 84
6 The Usual Suspects3 1995 Bryan Singer 112
7 Amélie4 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
8 City of God4 5 2002 Fernando Meirelles 128
9 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 141
10 Aguirre: The Wrath of God6 7 1972 Werner Herzog 151
11 Wings of Desire4 1987 Wim Wenders 211
12 Fanny and Alexander4 8 1982 Ingmar Bergman 215
13 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 218
14 The Conformist1 4 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci 229
15 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 247
16 The Pianist4 9 10 2002 Roman Polanski 269
17 Inglourious Basterds3 2009 Quentin Tarantino 272
18 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg4 1964 Jacques Demy 298
19 Paris, Texas4 9 1984 Wim Wenders 339
20 A Fistful of Dollars1 2 1964 Sergio Leone 383
21 The Bourne Ultimatum2 3 4 2007 Paul Greengrass 384
22 Waltz with Bashir3 4 11 12 13 14 15 2008 Ari Folman 400
23 Hidden1 4 16 2005 Michael Haneke 409
24 The Decalogue10 1989 Krzysztof Kieslowski 413
25 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory3 11 17 1971 Mel Stuart 416
26 Downfall1 16 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 424
27 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 430
28 Casino Royale4 9 18 19 2006 Martin Campbell 431
29 Fitzcarraldo6 1982 Werner Herzog 465
30 For a Few Dollars More1 2 1965 Sergio Leone 468
31 A History of Violence3 20 2005 David Cronenberg 509
32 Dancer in the Dark1 3 4 8 9 11 12 21 22 23 24 25 2000 Lars von Trier 532
33 Dead Man3 26 1995 Jim Jarmusch 541
34 Being There3 1979 Hal Ashby 554
35 Gran Torino3 2008 Clint Eastwood 577
36 Stranger than Paradise3 1984 Jim Jarmusch 578
37 Triumph of the Will 1935 Leni Riefenstahl 590
38 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 594
39 The Last Laugh 1924 F.W. Murnau 597
40 Vampyr4 1932 Carl Theodor Dreyer 611
41 Chicago3 20 2002 Rob Marshall 617
42 Star Trek3 2009 J.J. Abrams 623
43 Dogville1 4 8 9 12 21 22 23 2003 Lars von Trier 626
44 Bowling for Columbine3 20 2002 Michael Moore 630
45 F for Fake4 27 1973 Orson Welles 640
46 The Blue Angel 1930 Josef von Sternberg 643
47 Pandora's Box 1929 Georg Wilhelm Pabst 644
48 Sátántangó13 28 1994 Béla Tarr 650
49 Down by Law3 1986 Jim Jarmusch 703
50 V for Vendetta3 9 2005 James McTeigue 705
51 The Sorrow and the Pity13 1969 Marcel Ophüls 709
52 Amour4 16 2012 Michael Haneke 725
53 Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations 1938 Leni Riefenstahl 734
54 The Bourne Supremacy3 2004 Paul Greengrass 737
55 Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty 1938 Leni Riefenstahl 790
56 Au Revoir, les Enfants1 4 1987 Louis Malle 792
57 The Vanishing4 21 1988 George Sluizer 795
58 Ghost World3 9 2001 Terry Zwigoff 797
59 The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 819
60 Heavenly Creatures29 1994 Peter Jackson 831
61 Faust 1926 F.W. Murnau 835
62 The Hangover3 2009 Todd Phillips 844
63 The Bourne Identity3 18 2002 Doug Liman 854
64 Zoolander3 2001 Ben Stiller 866
65 Werckmeister Harmonies1 4 28 2000 Béla Tarr 890
66 The Grand Budapest Hotel3 2014 Wes Anderson 917
67 Team America: World Police3 2004 Trey Parker 936
68 The White Ribbon1 4 16 20 2009 Michael Haneke 946
69 Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 1922 Fritz Lang 957
70 Nosferatu the Vampyre4 1979 Werner Herzog 966
71 Distant Voices, Still Lives9 1988 Terence Davies 973
72 The Tin Drum4 10 30 1979 Volker Schlöndorff 980
73 The City of Lost Children2 3 4 11 1995 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 990
74 Underground3 4 9 18 28 30 31 1995 Emir Kusturica 1010
75 King Kong3 29 2005 Peter Jackson 1027
76 Crash3 2004 Paul Haggis 1054
77 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai3 4 26 1999 Jim Jarmusch 1093
78 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring32 2003 Ki-duk Kim 1098
79 The Mystery of Kaspar Hausar 1974 Werner Herzog 1141
80 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets3 9 2002 Chris Columbus 1151
81 Walk the Line3 2005 James Mangold 1171
82 Berlin Alexanderplatz1 1980 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1174
83 Lola Montčs4 1955 Max Ophüls 1181
84 Monster3 2003 Patty Jenkins 1183
85 Siegfried 1924 Fritz Lang 1195
86 Bend It Like Beckham3 9 2002 Gurinder Chadha 1211
87 The NeverEnding Story 1984 Wolfgang Petersen 1231
88 The Trial1 4 1962 Orson Welles 1244
89 Friday Night Lights3 2004 Peter Berg and Josh Pate 1249
90 The School of Rock3 2003 Richard Linklater 1256
91 20461 4 33 34 2004 Kar-Wai Wong 1304
92 Russian Ark12 20 22 26 35 2002 Aleksandr Sokurov 1325
93 The Hours3 4 9 20 2002 Stephen Daldry 1334
94 Yeelen4 26 36 1987 Souleymane Cissé 1342
95 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 1344
96 Alice in the Cities 1974 Wim Wenders 1375
97 Whale Rider29 2002 Niki Caro 1404
98 Autumn Sonata4 8 9 1978 Ingmar Bergman 1409
99 The Piano Teacher4 16 2001 Michael Haneke 1445
100 Traffic3 7 2000 Steven Soderbergh 1452
101 Black Book9 11 21 2006 Paul Verhoeven 1473
102 Rush3 9 2013 Ron Howard 1487
103 Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 1927 Walter Ruttmann 1491
104 Buena Vista Social Club3 4 9 37 1999 Wim Wenders 1506
105 Germany, Year Zero1 4 1948 Roberto Rossellini 1517
106 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse4 1933 Fritz Lang 1521
107 Head-On38 2004 Fatih Akin 1543
108 Kings of the Road 1976 Wim Wenders 1545
109 Cruising3 1980 William Friedkin 1549
110 Alice9 13 18 1988 Jan Svankmajer 1561
111 Kriemhild's Revenge 1924 Fritz Lang 1574
112 Good Bye Lenin! 2003 Wolfgang Becker 1596
113 19001 4 1976 Bernardo Bertolucci 1600
114 The Aviator3 2004 Martin Scorsese 1605
115 Cross of Iron9 1977 Sam Peckinpah 1606
116 Mother and Son35 1997 Aleksandr Sokurov 1652
117 Where the Wild Things Are3 14 2009 Spike Jonze 1655
118 The American Friend4 1977 Wim Wenders 1688
119 Europa Europa4 10 1990 Agnieszka Holland 1708
120 About a Boy3 4 9 2002 Chris and Paul Weitz 1713
121 Possession4 1981 Andrzej Zulawski 1719
122 The Golem 1920 Carl Boese and Paul Wegener 1728
123 The Motorcycle Diaries3 4 5 6 9 24 39 2004 Walter Salles 1733
124 Hair3 1979 Milos Forman 1746
125 Zentropa4 8 13 22 1991 Lars von Trier 1757
126 Sleepy Hollow3 1999 Tim Burton 1764
127 Blood Diamond3 2006 Edward Zwick 1771
128 Girl, Interrupted3 1999 James Mangold 1781
129 Mephisto16 28 1981 István Szabó 1800
130 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926 Lotte Reiniger 1821
131 The Name of the Rose1 4 1986 Jean-Jacques Annaud 1844
132 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle3 20 2004 Danny Leiner 1865
133 Heimat 1984 Edgar Reitz 1895
134 Bad Santa3 2003 Terry Zwigoff 1925
135 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen9 1988 Terry Gilliam 1937
136 The Chorus4 13 2004 Christophe Barratier 1941
137 The Constant Gardner3 4 9 33 40 2005 Fernando Meirelles 1963
138 Hellboy II: The Golden Army3 28 2008 Guillermo del Toro 1966
139 The Damned1 1969 Luchino Visconti 1976
140 Lucky Number Slevin3 9 20 2006 Paul McGuigan 1992
141 Monsoon Wedding1 3 4 9 41 2001 Mira Nair 1993
142 The Secret of Kells3 4 5 11 16 21 22 28 42 2009 Tomm Moore 1999
143 I'm Not There.3 4 20 2007 Todd Haynes 2008
144 Tropical Malady1 4 43 2004 Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2009
145 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis1 1970 Vittorio De Sica 2042
146 In a Year of 13 Moons 1978 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2043
147 35 Shots of Rum4 2008 Claire Denis 2050
148 The Reader3 2008 Stephen Daldry 2056
149 The Look of Silence3 4 9 12 15 21 22 23 44 2014 Joshua Oppenheimer 2057
150 Melancholia4 8 22 2011 Lars von Trier 2088
151 Antichrist1 4 8 10 22 2009 Lars von Trier 2110
152 Holy Motors4 2012 Leos Carax 2112
153 Enter the Void1 4 20 26 2009 Gaspar Noé 2115
154 Lacombe Lucien1 4 1974 Louis Malle 2116
155 The Last King of Scotland9 2006 Kevin Macdonald 2128
156 La Cérémonie4 1995 Claude Chabrol 2129
157 Stroszek 1977 Werner Herzog 2138
158 Nostalgia for the Light2 4 39 2010 Patricio Guzmán 2140
159 Land and Freedom1 2 4 9 1995 Ken Loach 2147
160 Blade II3 2002 Guillermo del Toro 2190
161 Spione 1928 Fritz Lang 2201
162 W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism430 1971 Dusan Makavejev 2236
163 Lord of War3 4 2005 Andrew Niccol 2239
164 World on a Wire 1973 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2240
165 Deep End9 1970 Jerzy Skolimowski 2247
166 Smoke3 26 1995 Wayne Wang 2273
167 Fox and His Friends 1975 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2282
168 The Celluloid Closet3 4 9 1995 Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman 2284
169 Lessons of Darkness4 9 1992 Werner Herzog 2287
170 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo8 22 23 2009 Niels Arden Oplev 2292
171 Tropic Thunder3 9 2008 Ben Stiller 2321
172 Diary of a Lost Girl 1929 Georg Wilhelm Pabst 2322
173 Antonio das Mortes3 4 5 1969 Glauber Rocha 2330
174 The Devil's Advocate3 1997 Taylor Hackford 2337
175 Little Dieter Needs to Fly4 9 1997 Werner Herzog 2340
176 Air Force One3 1997 Wolfgang Petersen 2347
177 Lola 1981 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2352
178 The Quiet American3 4 9 14 20 45 2002 Phillip Noyce 2360
179 Toni Erdmann4 13 16 46 47 2016 Maren Ade 2378
180 The Man without a Past4 12 2002 Aki Kaurismäki 2379
181 People on Sunday 1930 Curt and Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Fred Zinnemann 2392
182 Coach Carter3 2005 Thomas Carter 2407
183 Mission: Impossible III1 3 33 2006 J.J. Abrams 2454
184 Enemy at the Gates3 4 9 42 2001 Jean-Jacques Annaud 2456
185 The Bridge 1959 Bernhard Wicki 2478
186 A Simple Plan3 4 9 26 1998 Sam Raimi 2523
187 Sherlock Holmes3 9 2009 Guy Ritchie 2528
188 Blood and Black Lace1 4 46 1964 Mario Bava 2531
189 The Patriot3 2000 Roland Emmerich 2557
190 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives2 4 9 21 43 2010 Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2577
191 The Fast and the Furious3 2001 Rob Cohen 2580
192 The Hudsucker Proxy3 9 1994 Joel Coen 2605
193 Walking and Talking1 3 4 9 1996 Nicole Holofcener 2632
194 Mamma Mia!3 9 2008 Phyllida Lloyd 2639
195 Black Cat White Cat4 16 30 48 1998 Emir Kusturica 2643
196 Enemy Mine3 9 1985 Wolfgang Petersen 2648
197 Pina3 4 9 2011 Wim Wenders 2649
198 The Italian Job1 3 4 9 2003 F. Gary Gray 2656
199 Carlos4 2010 Olivier Assayas 2666
200 Birth3 4 9 2004 Jonathan Glazer 2672
201 Stalingrad 1993 Joseph Vilsmaier 2679
202 It Happened in Broad Daylight2 13 1958 Ladislao Vajda 2708
203 The Postman Always Rings Twice3 1981 Bob Rafelson 2714
204 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy4 9 2011 Tomas Alfredson 2733
205 Man on the Moon3 9 26 1999 Milos Forman 2742
206 Liebelei 1933 Max Ophüls 2746
207 Winter Sleep4 38 2014 Nuri Bilge Ceylan 2750
208 Isle of Dogs3 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
209 Citizenfour3 9 2014 Laura Poitras 2764
210 Murmur of the Heart1 4 1971 Louis Malle 2777
211 The Turin Horse3 4 13 28 2011 Béla Tarr 2779
212 Ulysses' Gaze1 4 9 30 47 48 49 1995 Theodoros Angelopoulos 2781
213 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage1 1970 Dario Argento 2783
214 Veronika Voss 1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2799
215 Maedchen in Uniform 1931 Leontine Sagan 2800
216 Querelle4 1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder 2806
217 The Kingdom1 4 8 21 22 23 1994 Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier 2810

1 Joint production with Italy.
2 Joint production with Spain.
3 Joint production with the United States.
4 Joint production with France.
5 Joint production with Brazil.
6 Joint production with Peru.
7 Joint production with Mexico.
8 Joint production with Sweden.
9 Joint production with the United Kingdom.
10 Joint production with Poland.
11 Joint production with Belgium.
12 Joint production with Finland.
13 Joint production with Switzerland.
14 Joint production with Australia.
15 Joint production with Israel.
16 Joint production with Austria.
17 Joint production with East Germany.
18 Joint production with Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic.
19 Joint production with the Bahamas.
20 Joint production with Canada.
21 Joint production with the Netherlands.
22 Joint production with Denmark.
23 Joint production with Norway.
24 Joint production with Argentina.
25 Joint production with Iceland and Taiwan.
26 Joint production with Japan.
27 Joint production with Iran.
28 Joint production with Hungary.
29 Joint production with New Zealand.
30 Joint production with Yugoslavia.
31 Joint production with Bulgaria.
32 Joint production with South Korea.
33 Joint production with the People's Republic of China.
34 Joint production with Hong Kong.
35 Joint production with Russia.
36 Joint production with Burkina Faso and Mali.
37 Joint production with Cuba.
38 Joint production with Turkey.
39 Joint production with Chile.
40 Joint production with Kenya.
41 Joint production with India.
42 Joint production with Ireland.
43 Joint production with Thailand.
44 Joint production with Indonesia.
45 Joint production with Vietnam.
46 Joint production with Monaco.
47 Joint production with Romania.
48 Joint production with Greece.
49 Joint production with Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This page was last modified on April 15, 2020