ABBREVIATIONS USED: A = Austria, CH = Switzerland, D = Germany, DDR = East Germany (1945-1989), F = France
DVD = avail. on DVD (either PAL or USA) DVD PAL = avail. on PAL DVD (German only) DVD USA = avail. on U.S. DVD (German + Engl. subtitles)
NOTE: DVD availability subject to change. Not all of the films listed here are available on video/DVD, but for those that are, see the "compare prices" link for NTSC/Region 1 DVDs (U.S.) or the German-Hollywood DVD Store (Web link) for Region 2/PAL DVDs.
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Abgeschminkt! (D, 1993, Making Up!) Director: Katja von Garnier (DVD PAL) Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer (D, 2000, The Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer) Director: Jan Schütte Advertising Rules (D, 2001, Viktor Vogel - Commercial Man) Director: Lars Kraume (DVD) Aguirre, The Wrath of God (D, 1972, Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) Director: Werner Herzog (DVD) > Directors Aimee & Jaguar (D, 1999) Director: Max Färberböck alaska.de (D, 2000) Director: Esther Gronenborn Ali - Fear Eats the Soul (D, 1974, Angst essen Seele auf) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Alraune (D, 1952, US title: Unnatural) Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt. Stars Erich von Strohehim, Hildegard Knef, and Karlheinz Böhm. Odd mad-scientist (Stroheim) tale with a sexy Knef. (DVD) American Friend, The (D, 1977, Der amerikanische Freund) Director: Wim Wenders (DVD) - WEB > Wenders - German-Hollywood amerikanische Soldat, Der (D, 1970, The American Soldier) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Anatomy (D, 2002, Anatomie) Angry Harvest (D, 1986, Bittere Ernte) Director: Agnieszka Holland > Directors Animal Love (D, 1995, Tierische Liebe) Architects, The (DDR, 1990, Die Architekten) Director: Peter Kahane - WEB > DEFA Films Autumn Milk (D, 1989, Herbstmilch) Director: Joseph Vilsmaier > Directors
Films in German: B
Bagdad Cafe (D, 1988, Out of Rosenheim) Director: Percy Adlon (DVD) Bandits (D, 1997) Director: Katja von Garnier (DVD) Baron Münchausen (D, 1943, Münchausen) Director: Josef von Baky (DVD USA) Bella Martha (D, 2001, Fünf Sterne, Mostly Martha) Director: Sandra Nettelbeck Bellaria - As Long as We Live (A/D, 2001, Bellaria - Solange wir leben!) Director: Douglas Wolfsperger Berlin - Symphony of a Great City (D, 1927, Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) Director: Walter Ruttmann (DVD USA) Beware of a Holy Whore (D, 1971, Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (DVD) bewegte Mann, Der (1994, Maybe...Maybe Not) Director: Sönke Wortmann (DVD PAL) Beyond Silence (D, 1997, Jenseits der Stille) Director: Caroline Link (DVD) Bibi Blocksberg (D, 2002) Director: Hermine Huntgeburth (DVD PAL) Big Girls Don't Cry (D, 2002, Große Mädchen weinen nicht) Director: Maria von Heland (DVD) Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The (D, 1972, Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (DVD) Bittere Ernte (D, 1986, Angry Harvest) Director: Agnieszka Holland Black Box BRD (D, 2001, TV) Director: Andres Veiel (DVD PAL) blaue Engel, Der (D, 1930, Blue Angel, The) Director: Josef von Sternberg (DVD) Blechtrommel, Die (D, 1979, The Tin Drum) Director: Volker Schlöndorff (DVD) Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (A, 2002, Im toten Winkel) Director: André Heller (DVD) Blue Angel, The (D, 1930, Der blaue Engel) Director: Josef von Sternberg (DVD) Blue Light, The (D, 1932, Das blaue Licht) Director: Leni Riefenstahl (DVD) Boot, Das (D, 1981) Director: Wolfgang Petersen (DVD) BRD Trilogy (D, 1979-82, Lola, Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss, ) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (DVD) Bridge, The (D, 1959, Die Brücke) Director: Bernhard Wicki Brother of Sleep (D, 1995, Schlafes Bruder) Director: Joseph Vilsmaier Brücke, Die (D, 1959, The Bridge) Director: Bernhard Wicki Büchse der Pandora, Die (D, 1929, Pandora's Box) Director: G.W. Pabst (DVD) > Directors Bundle of Joy (D, 2000, LiebesLuder) Director: Detlev W. Buck Bungalow (D, 2002) Director: Ulrich Köhler (DVD PAL)
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (D, 1920, silent) Captain from Koepenick, The (D, 1957, Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) Director: Sigfried Dessauer Comedian Harmonists (D, 1997, The Harmonists) Director: Joseph Vilsmaier (DVD) > Directors Coming Out (DDR, 1989) Director: Heiner Carow
Destiny (D, 1921, Der müde Tod, silent) Director: Fritz Lang Deutschland im Herbst (D, 1978, Germany in Autumn) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Dinner for One (UK, 1963) New Year's TV sketch. Full title: Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One. More... (DVD PAL) Downfall (D, 2004, Der Untergang) Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Dreigroschenoper, Die (D, 1931, The Threepenny Opera) Director: G.W. Pabst Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (D, 1922, Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler) Director: Fritz Lang (DVD USA) > Directors
East Side Story (DDR, 1997) Director: Dana Ranga (DVD) Edukators, The (D, 2004, Ger. title: Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei) Director: Hans Weingartner (DVD) Effi Briest (D, 1974) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Ehe der Maria Braun, Die (1979, The Marriage of Maria Braun) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Emil and the Detectives (D, 2001, Emil und die Detektive) Director: Franziska Buch England! (D, 2000) Director: Achim von Borries Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The (D, 1974) Enlightenment Guaranteed (D, 2000, Erleuchtung garantiert) Director: Doris Dörrie Eolomea (DDR, 1972) Director: Herrmann Zschoche Erleuchtung garantiert (D, 2000, Enlightenment Guaranteed) Director: Doris Dörrie Europa Europa (D, 1990, Hitlerjunge Salomon) Director: Agnieszka Holland Experiment, Das (D, 2003) Director: Tomy Wigand Experiment, The (D, 2001) Director: Tomy Wigand
Faraway, So Close! (D, 1993, In weiter Ferne so nah!) Director: Wim Wenders (DVD USA) - WEB > Wenders German-Hollywood Farewell, The - Brecht's Last Summer (D, 2000, Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer) Director: Jan Schütte Faust (D, 1926, silent) Director: F.W. Murnau Faustrecht der Freiheit (D, 1975, Fox and His Friends) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Fear of Fear (D, 1975, Angst vor der Angst) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Felsen, Der (D, 2002, A Map of the Heart) Director: Dominik Graf fetten Jahre sind vorbei, Die (D, 2004, US title: The Edukators) Director: Hans Weingartner (DVD) Fitzcarraldo (D, 1982) Director: Werner Herzog (DVD) fliegende Klassenzimmer, Das (D, 2003) Director: Tomy Wigand Flucht aus Laos (D, 1997, US title: Little Dieter Needs to Fly) Director: Werner Herzog (DVD) > Directors Fox and His Friends (D, 1975, Faustrecht der Freiheit) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder F.P.1 antwortet nicht (D, 1932) Director: Karl Hartl. Sci-fi Frau im Mond (D, 1931, Woman in the Moon, silent) Director: Fritz Lang Frau2 sucht Happy End (D, 2000) Director: Edward Berger Freunde (D, 2000, Friends) Director: Martin Eigler (DVD PAL)
Gegen die Wand (2004, Head On) Director: Fatih Akin Germany in Autumn (D, 1978, Deutschland im Herbst) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Golem, Der (D, 1920, The Golem, silent) Director: Paul Wegener Good Bye, Lenin! (D, 2003) Director: Wolfgang Becker Grill Point (D, 2003, Halbe Treppe) Director: Andreas Dresen Gripsholm (D, 2000) Director: Xavier Koller Große Mädchen weinen nicht (D, 2002, Big Girls Don't Cry) Director: Maria von Heland Gun-Shy (D, 2003, Schussangst) Director: Dito Tsintsadze
Halbe Treppe (D, 2003, Grill Point) Director: Andreas Dresen Harmonists, The (D, 1997, Comedian Harmonists) Director: Joseph Vilsmaier (DVD) > Directors Hauptmann von Köpenick, Der (D, 1957, The Captain from Koepenick) Director: Sigfried Dessauer Head On (D, 2004, Gegen die Wand) Director: Fatih Akin Heart of Glass (D, 1976, Herz aus Glas) Director: Werner Herzog Heart Over Head (D, 2001, Herz im Kopf) Director: Michael Gutmann Heimat - A Chronicle of Germany (D, 1984, Heimat) Director: Edgar Reitz. See the entire Heimat Trilogy (Parts 1-3). Herbstmilch (D, 1989, Autumn Milk) Director: Joseph Vilsmaier > Directors Herr der Diebe (D, 2006, Thief Lord) Director: Richard Claus. Based on the best-selling novel by German author Cornelia Funke. Himmel über Berlin, Der (D, 1987, Wings of Desire) Director: Wim Wenders (DVD) - WEB > Wenders German-Hollywood Hitlerjunge Salomon (D, 1990, Europa Europa) Director: Agnieszka Holland
Films in German: I
In a Year With 13 Moons (D, 1978, In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden) Im toten Winkel: Hitlers Sekretärin (A, 2002) Director: André Heller Inheritors, The (D, 1998, Die Siebtelbauern) Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky (DVD) In July (D, 2000, Im Juli) Director: Fatih Akin In the Dust of Stars (DDR, 1976, Im Staub der Sterne) Director: Gottfried Kolditz - WEB > DEFA Films In weiter Ferne so nah! (D, 1993, Faraway, So Close!) Director: Wim Wenders > Directors
Films in German: J
Jacob the Liar (DDR, 1975, Jakob der Lügner) Director: Frank Beyer Jenseits der Stille (D, 1997, Beyond Silence) Director: Caroline Link > Directors Joyeux Noël (F/D/UK 2005, Merry Christmas) Director: Christian Carion. More...
Films in German: L
Leben der Anderen, Das (D, 2006, US title: The Lives of Others) Read a full review. Acad. Award, Best Foreign Film (DVD) Legend of Paul und Paula, The (DDR, 1973, Die Legende von Paul und Paula) Director: Heiner Carow (DVD PAL) Legend of Rita, The (D, 2000, Die Stille nach dem Schuss) Director: Volker Schlöndorff LiebesLuder (D, 2000, Bundle of Joy) Director: Detlev W. Buck Little Dieter Needs to Fly (D, 1997, Ger. title: Flucht aus Laos) Director: Werner Herzog (DVD) > Directors Lives of Others, The (D, 2006, Ger. title: Das Leben der Anderen) Read a full review. Acad. Award, Best Foreign Film (DVD) Lola (D, 1981, Lola) Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (DVD) Lola Rennt (D, 1998, Run Lola Run) Director: Tom Tykwer (DVD) Lost Honor of Katherina Blum, The (D, 1979, Die verlorene Ehre der Katherina Blum) Director: Volker Schlöndorff (DVD) Love in Thoughts (D, 2004, Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken) Director: Achim von Borries (DVD)
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