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Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards)

The German Film Awards, also known as the Lola Awards, is an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the outstanding achievements in German film. Established in 1951, the awards are presented by the German Film Academy, an organization that represents over 2,000 industry professionals, including directors, actors, producers, and other film industry experts.

The German Film Awards honor excellence in all aspects of film production, including acting, directing, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, and music composition. The awards are divided into various categories, including Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director, and Best Actor and Actress, among others.

The German Film Awards are widely regarded as one of the most prestigious awards ceremonies in the German-speaking world, and have played a significant role in promoting and supporting the German film industry. The awards are presented in Berlin, and attract a star-studded audience of industry professionals, celebrities, and film enthusiasts.

The German Film Awards have a long history of recognizing exceptional talent in German cinema, and have been instrumental in promoting and celebrating the diversity and creativity of the German film industry. The awards continue to be an important platform for showcasing the best of German film, both domestically and internationally.

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Balloon(2018)

2h 5min | Drama, History, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 181 votes)

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.

Directed by Michael "Bully" Herbig

The Colony(2021)

R

| 1h 44min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

2.8/5 (with 92 votes)

In the not-too-distant future: after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity on Earth, an elite astronaut from Space Colony Kepler must make a decision that will seal the fate of the people on both planets.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum - With Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Joel Basman, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Sope Dirisu

Undine(2020)

1h 26min | Fantasy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 91 votes)

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. When the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. But falling in love anew, Undine reworks the myth of the mysterious water spirit as a modern fairy-tale in a disenchanted world.

Directed by Christian Petzold - With Paula Beer, Jacob Matschenz, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak, ...

The Golden Glove(2019)

1h 50min | Drama, Thriller, Crime

3.5/5 (with 193 votes)

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

Directed by Fatih Akin - With Jonas Dassler, Margarethe Tiesel, Katja Studt, Marc Hosemann, Martina Eitner-Acheampong, Adam Bousdoukos, ...

Never Look Away(2018)

R

| 3h 9min | Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 297 votes)

The story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - With Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Ina Weisse, Oliver Masucci, ...

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Chess Story(2021)

1h 52min | History, Drama, War, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 39 votes)

1938. While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok remains steadfast and refuses to cooperate with the Gestapo that requires confidential information from him. Thrown into solitary confinement, Bartok is psychologically tormented for months and begins to weaken. However, when he steals an old book about chess it sets him on course to overcome the mental suffering inflicted upon him, until it becomes a dangerous obsession.

Directed by Philipp Stölzl - With Oliver Masucci, Birgit Minichmayr, Albrecht Schuch, Moritz von Treuenfels, Carl Achleitner, Clemens Berndorff, ...

I'm Your Man(2021)

R

| 1h 45min | Science Fiction, Comedy, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 151 votes)

Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom, a machine in human form in a class of its own, created solely to make her happy.

Directed by Maria Schrader - With Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw

The Keeper(2019)

1h 54min | Drama, War, History

3.8/5 (with 87 votes)

The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.

Directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller - With David Kross, Freya Mavor

System Crasher(2019)

1h 58min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 126 votes)

On her wild quest for love, 9-year-old Benni's untamed energy drives everyone around her to despair.

Directed by Nora Fingscheidt - With Helena Zengel, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Albrecht Schuch, Lisa Hagmeister, Melanie Straub, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, ...

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Transit(2018)

1h 41min | Drama, War, Romance / Love

3.3/5 (with 94 votes)

In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.

Directed by Christian Petzold - With Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, ...

55 Steps(2018)

1h 55min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.

Directed by Bille August - With Helena Bonham Carter

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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit(2019)

1h 59min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 50 votes)

In 1933 in Berlin. Anna is only nine years old when her life changes from the ground up. To escape the Nazis, her father Arthur Kemper, a well-known Jewish journalist, has to flee to Zurich. His family, Anna, her twelve-year-old brother Max and her mother Dorothea, follow him shortly thereafter. Anna has to leave everything behind, including her beloved pink rabbit, and to face a new life full of challenges and privations abroad.

Directed by Caroline Link - With Marinus Hohmann, Carla Juri, Oliver Masucci, Justus von Dohnányi

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Nightlife(2020)

1h 51min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.1/5 (with 73 votes)

Milo works as a bartender in Berlin and one night gets to know his dream woman Sunny through a series of coincidences. The two meet for a date, but the perfect romantic evening so far.

Directed by Simon Verhoeven - With Elyas M'Barek, Palina Rojinski, Frederick Lau, Julian Looman, Nicholas Ofczarek

Free Country(2020)

2h 10min | Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country. Did they run away from home or did something more terrible happen to them?

Directed by Christian Alvart - With Trystan Pütter, Felix Kramer, Nora Waldstätten, Ludwig Simon, Uwe-Dag Berlin, Leonard Kunz, ...

Styx(2018)

1h 34min | Drama

3.2/5 (with 36 votes)

Rike is forty, a successful doctor whose job demands everything of her. She intends to use her much-needed annual holiday to fulfill her long-cherished dream of sailing alone from Gibraltar to Ascension, a small tropical island in the middle of the Atlantic. Her desire for a carefree holiday seems to be coming to pass but then, after a storm, her beautiful adventure suddenly turns into an unprecedented challenge when she spots a badly damaged, hopelessly overloaded refugee boat nearby.

Directed by Wolfgang Fischer - With Susanne Wolff

Enfant Terrible(2020)

2h 14min | Drama, History

2.0/5 (with 14 votes)

When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German filmmakers. Despite early setbacks, many of his films breakout at the most renowned films festivals and polarise audience, critics and filmmakers alike. His radical views and self-exploitation, as well as his longing for love, have made him one of the most fascinating film directors of this time.

Directed by Oskar Roehler - With Oliver Masucci, Hary Prinz, Katja Riemann, Erdal Yildiz

The Perfect Secret(2019)

1h 51min | Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 150 votes)

Seven friends - three women and four men - meet for dinner. Everyone should put their cell phone on the table. No matter what message comes in - anyone can read it and listen to the phone calls. However, this leads to a lot of chaos.

Directed by Bora Dağtekin - With Elyas M'Barek, Karoline Herfurth, Florian David Fitz, Jella Haase, Frederick Lau, Jessica Schwarz, ...

Fabian: Going to the Dogs(2021)

2h 56min | Drama, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

Directed by Dominik Graf - With Tom Schilling, Saskia Rosendahl, Albrecht Schuch, Meret Becker, Michael Wittenborn, Lena Baader, ...

Next Door(2021)

1h 32min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 34 votes)

Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition in London where a role in an American superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the local bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of reunification's losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target...

Directed by Daniel Brühl - With Daniel Brühl, Vicky Krieps, Peter Kurth, Aenne Schwarz, Rike Eckermann

Jim Button and the Wild 13(2020)

1h 50min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.0/5 (with 19 votes)

A year has gone by since Jim Button and his best friend, the engine driver Luke, returned from their dangerous adventure in Dragon City. Life on Morrowland goes its leisurely way again. Suddenly, dark clouds are gathering over the tranquil island of Morrowland: the notorious pirate gang "The Wild 13" has learned that the dragon Mrs Grindtooth has been conquered by Jim and Luke and now swears revenge. To protect Morrowland from another threat, the two of them set off with their steam engines Emma and Molly on a dangerous journey where they meet old friends like princess Li Si, Mr. Tur Tur and Nepomuk and make new friends with Sursulapichi, a real mermaid. On their adventure, Jim's most fervent wish might also come true: to find out the truth about his mysterious origins.

Directed by Dennis Gansel - With Solomon Gordon, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christoph Maria Herbst, Annette Frier, Milan Peschel, ...

The Kangaroo Chronicles(2020)

1h 32min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 41 votes)

A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.

Directed by Dani Levy - With Dimitrij Schaad, Rosalie Thomass, Adnan Maral, Tim Seyfi, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Bettina Lamprecht, ...

Lara(2019)

1h 38min | Drama, Comedy, Music

3.3/5 (with 27 votes)

It's Lara's 60th birthday, and she has every reason to celebrate: this evening, her son Viktor will be giving the most important piano concert of his career. Lara was, after all, the one who'd mapped out and driven his musical career. Yet Viktor has been unreachable for weeks and nothing indicates that Lara will be welcome at his debut performance. Without further ado, she buys up all the remaining tickets and hands them out to everyone she meets. The more Lara strives to make the evening successful, however, the more events get out of control.

Directed by Jan-Ole Gerster - With Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Hildegard Schroedter, Steffen Jürgens, Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, ...

Space Dogs(2010)

1h 25min | Kids & Family, Animation

2.7/5 (with 19 votes)

Belka, the amazing flying dog is unexpectedly hurdled into the streets of Moscow when the rocket she is in malfunctions during one of her circus routines. Fortunately the crash leads her to meet a streetwise dog named Strelka and her irredeemable rat friend Venya. Together with other amusing friends found along the way, the three find themselves in a space program-training center where they get sent away in a rocket, leaving planet Earth...

Directed by Svyatoslav Ushakov, Inna Evlannikova

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The German Lesson(2019)

2h 5min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.

Directed by Christian Schwochow - With Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Johanna Wokalek, Sonja Richter, Maria-Victoria Dragus

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World(2018)

1h 42min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama, Music

3.7/5 (with 49 votes)

17-year-old Cyril is funny, smart and an all-round good guy. Just his somewhat overlarge nose spoils the picture. On a school trip to Berlin with Roxy, a stunning new classmate, Cyril is not the only one taken with her. Benno, the class Casanova has his eye on the girl too and makes a nasty wager. Roxy is more interested in the introverted Rick, who is not only shy but also slow. Cyril hastens with his spoken word skills to Rick's aid, and falls head over heels in love with Roxy himself. So whose brave heart will win the fair lady?

Directed by Aron Lehmann - With Luna Wedler, Aaron Hilmer, Jonas Ems, Hussein Eliraqui, Damian Hardung, Sinje Irslinger, ...

Narcissus and Goldmund(2020)

1h 50min | Drama

3.1/5 (with 24 votes)

In the dark middle ages young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the sins of his mother, who abandoned them. It is there that he meets Narcissus, a brilliant, scholarly novice, who is introverted and aloof. A unique and deep life-long friendship is born. Narcissus chooses to remain detached from the world in prayer and meditation. Goldmund, who is passionate, sensual and impulsive, runs away from the monastery to live a picaresque wanderer’s life, his amorous and artistic adventures leading him to discover the extremes of both ecstasy and pain. Several thrilling years pass, until one day these friends cross paths again...

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky - With Jannis Niewöhner, Sabin Tambrea, Henriette Confurius

All About Me(2018)

1h 40min | Drama, Comedy

3.8/5 (with 88 votes)

Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.

Directed by Caroline Link - With Julius Weckauf, Sönke Möhring, Diana Amft, Joachim Król, Maren Kroymann, Ursula Werner, ...

25 km/h(2018)

1h 56min | Comedy, Drama, Adventure

3.4/5 (with 84 votes)

A road movie about two very different brothers who have not seen each other for 20 years: city manager Christian and cabinetmaker Georg, who never left their hometown and took care of their father until his passing. After their fathers funeral, the brothers decide on a whim, and with some help from the alcohol, to fulfil their old dream: travel trough Germany together on their mopeds.

Directed by Markus Goller - With Lars Eidinger, Bjarne Mädel, Sandra Hüller, Franka Potente, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jella Haase, ...

Berlin Alexanderplatz(2020)

3h 3min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 31 votes)

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly.

Directed by Burhan Qurbani - With Welket Bunguê, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng, Joachim Król, Mira Elisa Goeres, ...

Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding(2020)

2h 19min | Music, Drama, Documentary

3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Long before his big stage breakthrough in 1973 in Hamburg, and 4.4 million records sold, the rock musician Udo Lindenberg from the Westphalian province, the man with the long hair and the hat, had many adventures. Before it all started, he moved from the remoteness of Gronau to Hamburg, where he met Paula, who was not his great love, but was quite a hottie. When the team of three was complete with Steffi Stephan, the idea of founding a band developed. But the road to get there was a long one: he drummed as a jazz drummer in bands, had a highly dangerous performance in a US military base in the middle of the Libyan desert and always believed in making it to the very top.

Directed by Hermine Huntgeburth - With Jan Bülow, Detlev Buck, Max von der Groeben, Charly Hübner, Julia Jentsch, Martin Brambach, ...

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