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The American Friend(1977)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 5min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 145 votes)

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

Fitzcarraldo(1982)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 37min | Drama, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 335 votes)

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

Alice in the Cities(1974)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 114 votes)

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant(1972)

3.7/5 (with 83 votes)

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul(1974)

1h 33min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.9/5 (with 157 votes)

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

The Marriage of Maria Braun(1979)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h | Drama
3.7/5 (with 97 votes)

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

In a Year with 13 Moons(1978)

FSK: 18+ years
| 2h 4min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 34 votes)

Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

The Third Generation(1979)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 17 votes)

A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. International capitalist PJ Lurz's secretary is a gang member, while her police commissioner father-in-law/lover hired Lurz' corporate security force.

The Nasty Girl(1990)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

You Can't Live Like That(1990)

1h 55min | Documentary

A film about the sociopolitical condition of the Soviet society at the end of the eighties.

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick(1972)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Crime, Drama
2.8/5 (with 15 votes)

A goalkeeper is sent off during a game for committing a foul. He spends the night with a cinema cashier, whom he afterwards kills. Although a type of detective film, it is more slow moving and contemplative than other films of the genre. It explores the monotony of the murderer's existence and, like many of Wenders' films, the overwhelming cultural influence of America in post-war West Germany.

The Scarlet Letter(1973)

1h 30min | History, Drama
2.8/5 (with 8 votes)

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?

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A Demon in My View(1991)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 50min | Horror, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven(1975)

1h 48min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 11 votes)

After her husband kills his boss and himself, Mother Küsters becomes drawn into the activities of the German Communist party and then a group of anarchists.

André schafft sie alle(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Comedy

Action comedy with Franco Nero.

Adele Spitzeder(1972)

1h 35min | TV Movie

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.

Earthquake in Chile(1975)

1h 26min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

1647, Santiago, Chile. Don Henrico banishes his daughter, Josephe, to a convent when he learns she loves Jeronimo, a mestizo who's a teacher in the household. The lovers meet in secret, a child is born, the pair are condemned to die, and prelates scheme to seize Don Henrico's fortune. A moment before Josephe's public execution, an earthquake devastates Santiago. Josephe finds her baby and flees the rubble; Jeronimo survives, escapes, and finds her. The reunion brings joy and rebirth. He wants to build a Utopian community, without priests. She believes they can reenter Santiago society, forgiven. Class, race, and religion dictate a world order: is there a place for these lovers?

The Last Years of Childhood(1979)

1h 45min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

A juvenile offender is handed over to authorities at age 13 and placed in an institution in this somber social drama. Martin is a petty thief who enjoys stealing and looks up to his older brother. When he is informed that his brother has died, Martin runs away from the reform school. He passes through various institutions and is labeled as incorrigible because of his refusal to comply with the rules of society. A dedicated child psychologist tries to save Martin when he entertains thoughts of suicide.

Chetan, Indian Boy(1976)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 33min | Western, Drama
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

The western film that was filmed in Bavaria is located in the Montana Mountains. At the end of the 19th century, an Indian Boy called Tschetan meets the shepherd Alaska in the Montana Mountains. Alaska prevents him from being hanged as a cattle thief but from then on engages him as a deputy shepherd and forces him to do hard work. But when they have to fight against a powerful stock farmer together, they eventually become friends.

Directed by Hark Bohm - With Marquard Bohm, Dschingis Bowakow, Willy Schultes

Speak, Silent One(1973)

1h 28min | Drama
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Ramiro's grandfather is on vacation in a hostel in the mountains with his family. Decides to send theirs to Madrid and stay in a shelter, saying his health requires. But the reason is another ...

Ten Years Without Right to Write Letters(1990)

1h 43min | Drama

After the war, the hero of the film comes to Moscow to take revenge on the scammer, through whose fault his father died in the 37th. He carries out his sentence and is ready to answer for it according to the law. His girlfriend becomes an involuntary participant in the drama.

Man Under Suspicion(1985)

2h 6min | Thriller
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Man Under Suspicion (German: Morgen in Alabama) is a 1984 West German film directed by Norbert Kückelmann.

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