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Munich ( MEW-nik(h); German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ; Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ]) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria. With a population of 1,589,706 inhabitants as of 29 February 2024, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to about 6.2 million people and the third biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Straddling the banks of the river Isar north of the Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany with 4,500 people per km2. Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes. Once Bavaria was established as the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806, Munich became a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science. In 1918, during the German Rev... ()

Other filming locations in this country: Bavaria | Berlin & Potsdam | Cologne | Hamburg | Leipzig | Nuremberg


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The Three Musketeers(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 1,224 votes)

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter(1990)

2.9/5 (with 351 votes)

Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more.

Snowden(2016)

R
| 2h 14min | Drama, History, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 1,968 votes)

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

The Tin Drum(1979)

R
| 2h 42min | Drama, History, War
3.5/5 (with 189 votes)

Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, a boy refuses to grow older after his third birthday.

3096 Days(2013)

1h 51min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 380 votes)

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

The Baader Meinhof Complex(2008)

3.5/5 (with 247 votes)

'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.

Rollerball(1975)

R
| 2h 5min | Action, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 206 votes)

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

Anatomy(2000)

R
| 1h 43min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 122 votes)

Medical student Paula wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, and uncovers a gruesome conspiracy within the school.

Faraway(2023)

3.4/5 (with 43 votes)

Zeynap Altin is at the end of her tether: she works far too much and is not valued at all by her husband, daughter and father. To make matters worse, the funeral home dressed her beloved late mother in a man's suit instead of her favorite dress. Enough is enough: Zeynep flees from Munich to the previously unknown holiday home on a Croatian island that her mother secretly bought years ago - with the hope of finding quiet, peace and herself there. If only the previous owner Josip, a rough islander, didn't still live on the same property and annoy her with his views and wisdom.

The Passenger(1975)

PG-13
| 2h 6min | Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 205 votes)

David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

The Tobacconist(2018)

1h 49min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 39 votes)

Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a small tobacco shop, where he meets the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, who will become a valuable friend in times of chaos and uncertainty.

The American Friend(1977)

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.

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Ludwig(1973)

3h 58min | Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 60 votes)

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandoned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.

Bloodline(1979)

R
| 1h 56min | Crime, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 16 votes)

When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.

Ace of Aces(1982)

1h 40min | Adventure, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 136 votes)

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.

Late Night Trains(1975)

R
| 1h 34min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 38 votes)

A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from Germany to Italy.

Cold Hell(2017)

1h 32min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 41 votes)

A young Vienna-based taxi driver of Turkish origin witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The perpetrator, a serial killer, makes eye contact with her; a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods(2011)

2.8/5 (with 35 votes)

When the mighty Viking Halvar suddenly disappears, his clever but timid son Wickie must lead the Vikings on a dangerous journey to rescue his father from the evil Sven and go in search of the legendary treasure of the gods.

When Santa Fell to Earth(2011)

2.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in the middle of thunderstorm and land in Foggy Lane. Santa is on the run from the ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and his army of nutcrackers who have outlawed all of the old magical ways and have transformed the bright and peaceful Christmas world into a dark and hostile place, governed by greed and money. Goblynch has banned work for all Santas and confined the Christmas angels to tiny prison cells, where they can no longer hear the dearest wishes of children. Goblynch also wants to force Santa Niklas Goodfellow, the last real Santa, to work for his commercialized Christmas company and forces him to do hard labour in the ordering department of the Christmas Palace.

Eight Miles High(2007)

NR
| 1h 54min | Music, Drama, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Achim Bornhak's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's club scene. When she gets to know Rainer Langhans, they move to Berlin and live in "Kommune 1", the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. While the other occupants claim she isn't political enough, Uschi just wants to have fun, works as fashion model and leads international music stars in temptation.

A Christmoose Carol(2005)

2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

A bullied young boy befriends a flying, talking moose that crashed through his ceiling after a test-flight with Santa went terribly awry in this holiday film for the whole family. But later, just as Mr. Moose and Beril strike up a friendship, the young boy's nefarious landlord Mr. Pannecke decides a mounted moose head would make a fine new addition to his trophy wall. But Santa has other plans for Mr. Moose, and when he turns up looking for his lost pal, Beril is faced with the prospect of losing his one and only friend.

Bermuda Triangle North Sea(2011)

2h 22min | Thriller, TV Movie, Action
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

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The Poet(2003)

2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

A contract killer sees a chance to free himself from a tragic past.

Carnival Story(1954)

NR
| 1h 35min | Drama
2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

An American carnival in Germany sets the scene for sin, sex and melodrama.

Ach du lieber Harry(1981)

1h 25min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

A French Summer(2016)

2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Married couple Martin and Jackie meet an unconventional Frenchman named Serge, who both are attracted to. But will their marriage survive it?

Directed by Nana Neul - With Paula Kalenberg, Vladimir Korneev, Florian Panzner

Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed(1968)

1h 43min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

A young circus director ends up going into television after her father, a trapeze performer, dies in a circus accident.

Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis(2020)

1h 58min | History
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Angela Merkel's decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country - some praised the moral stance, others criticized the surrender of sovereignty. Yet what would appear to be well-planned activity is in reality a policy of muddling along, chance, trial and error. The Driven Ones is a chronicle of the refugee crisis which shows that the political actors are being driven along, crushed between self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.

Just Married - Hochzeiten zwei(2013)

1h 30min | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -

The Laughing Man(1966)

1h 6min | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

An interview with former Nazi and mercenary Siegfried Müller about his life and war campaigns in Africa.

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