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This is a list of some of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 2020s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on German films, see Category:2020s German films.
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
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| 9 Days Awake [de] |
Damian John Harper [fr] |
Jannik Schümann, Peri Baumeister, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann |
Drama |
a.k.a. Nine Days Awake
|
| Automotive [de] |
Jonas Heldt |
|
Documentary |
|
| Berlin Alexanderplatz |
Burhan Qurbani |
Welket Bungué [de], Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król |
Drama |
|
| Cocoon [de] |
Leonie Krippendorff [de] |
Lena Urzendowsky [de], Jella Haase, Lena Klenke |
Drama |
a.k.a. Kokon
|
| Cortex [de] |
Moritz Bleibtreu |
Moritz Bleibtreu, Nadja Uhl, Jannis Niewöhner |
Thriller |
|
| Dragon Rider |
Tomer Eshed |
— |
Animated film |
|
| Enfant Terrible |
Oskar Roehler |
Oliver Masucci |
Biography |
|
| Freaks: You're One of Us |
Felix Binder [de] |
Cornelia Gröschel, Tim Oliver Schultz, Wotan Wilke Möhring |
Superhero film |
Released by Netflix
|
| Gaza mon amour |
Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser |
Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass |
|
Palestinian-French-German-Portuguese-Qatari co-production [1]
|
| Granny Nanny [de] |
Wolfgang Groos [de] |
Maren Kroymann, Heiner Lauterbach, Barbara Sukowa |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Enkel für Anfänger
|
| Isi & Ossi |
Oliver Kienle [de] |
Lisa Vicari, Dennis Mojen |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Isi and Ossi.
Released by Netflix
|
| Jackpot [de] |
Emily Atef |
Rosalie Thomass, Friedrich Mücke |
Thriller |
|
| The Kangaroo Chronicles [de] |
Dani Levy |
Dimitrij Schaad [de], Rosalie Thomass, Henry Hübchen |
Comedy, Fantasy |
|
| Lassie Come Home [de] |
Hanno Olderdissen [de] |
Nico Marischka, Bella Bading, Sebastian Bezzel [de], Anna Maria Mühe, Matthias Habich, Justus von Dohnányi |
Family |
|
| The Last City |
Heinz Emigholz |
John Erdman |
Drama |
a.k.a. Die letzte Stadt
|
| Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding [de] |
Hermine Huntgeburth |
Jan Bülow [de], Detlev Buck, Max von der Groeben, Charly Hübner, Julia Jentsch, Ella Rumpf |
Musical, Biography |
a.k.a. Udo Lindenberg
|
| Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis [de] |
Stephan Wagner [de] |
Imogen Kogge, Josef Bierbichler, Walter Sittler, Rüdiger Vogler |
Docudrama |
a.k.a. Die Getriebenen
|
| Monster Hunter |
Paul W. S. Anderson |
Milla Jovovich, Ron Perlman |
Science fantasy action |
American-German-Japanese-Chinese-Canadian co-production
|
| Nightlife [de] |
Simon Verhoeven |
Elyas M'Barek, Palina Rojinski, Frederick Lau |
Comedy |
|
| No Hard Feelings |
Faraz Shariat [de] |
Benjamin Radjaipour [de], Banafshe Hourmazdi [de], Eidin Jalali [de] |
Drama |
a.k.a. Futur Drei
|
| Persian Lessons |
Vadim Perelman |
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay |
Drama, War |
a.k.a. Persischstunden.
Belarusian-German-Russian co-production
|
| Playing God [de] |
Lars Kraume |
Matthias Habich, Anna Maria Mühe, Christiane Paul, Barbara Auer, Ina Weisse, Lars Eidinger |
Drama |
a.k.a. GOTT
|
| Undine |
Christian Petzold |
Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz |
Drama, Fantasy |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| Beckenrand Sheriff [de] |
Marcus H. Rosenmüller |
Milan Peschel, Johanna Wokalek, Gisela Schneeberger [de] |
Comedy |
|
| Black Island |
Miguel Alexandre [de] |
Philip Froissant [de], Alice Dwyer, Hanns Zischler |
Thriller |
Released by Netflix
|
| Blood Red Sky |
Peter Thorwarth [de] |
Peri Baumeister, Dominic Purcell, Alexander Scheer |
Horror |
German-British co-production.
Released by Netflix
|
| Catweazle [de] |
Sven Unterwaldt [de] |
Otto Waalkes, Julius Weckauf, Henning Baum, Katja Riemann |
Comedy |
|
| Commitment Phobia [de] |
Helena Hufnagel [de] |
Frederick Lau, Luise Heyer |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Generation Beziehungsunfähig
|
| Confessions of Felix Krull [de] |
Detlev Buck |
Jannis Niewöhner, Liv Lisa Fries, Joachim Król |
Comedy |
|
| Dear Thomas |
Andreas Kleinert [de] |
Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Jörg Schüttauf |
Biography |
a.k.a. Thomas Brasch
|
| Enemies [de] |
Nils Willbrandt [de] |
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bjarne Mädel |
Drama |
a.k.a. Feinde – Gegen die Zeit
a.k.a. Feinde – Das Geständnis
|
| Everything on Red [de] |
Lars Becker |
Nicholas Ofczarek [de], Fritz Karl, Jessica Schwarz, Melika Foroutan, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Ferris MC |
Crime |
|
| Fabian: Going to the Dogs |
Dominik Graf |
Tom Schilling, Saskia Rosendahl, Albrecht Schuch |
Drama |
|
| Great Freedom |
Sebastian Meise [de] |
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich |
Drama |
|
| Human Factors |
Ronny Trocker [de] |
Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke |
Drama |
German-Italian-Danish co-production
|
| I'm Your Man |
Maria Schrader |
Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller |
Science fiction |
a.k.a. Ich bin dein Mensch
|
| Immer der Nase nach [de] |
Kerstin Polte [de] |
Claudia Michelsen, Corinna Harfouch, Angela Winkler, Lena Klenke |
Comedy |
|
| Instructions for Survival |
Yana Ugrekhelidze |
|
Documentary |
|
| Je suis Karl |
Christian Schwochow |
Jannis Niewöhner, Luna Wedler, Milan Peschel |
Drama |
|
| The Last Execution [de] |
Franziska Stünkel [de] |
Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow, Luise Heyer |
Drama |
a.k.a. Nahschuss
|
| The Maths of Love [de] |
Ingo Rasper [de] |
Heino Ferch, Tanja Wedhorn, Michael Gwisdek, Knut Berger |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Liebe ist unberechenbar
|
| The Middle Man |
Bent Hamer |
Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland |
Comedy |
Norwegian-Canadian-Danish-German co-production[2]
|
| Miguel's War |
Eliane Raheb |
Michel (Miguel) Jleilaty |
Documentary |
Lebanese-Spanish-German co-production
|
| Monte Verità [de] |
Stefan Jäger [de] |
Maresi Riegner [de], Julia Jentsch, Hannah Herzsprung, Max Hubacher, Joel Basman |
Drama |
Swiss-Austrian-German co-production
|
| Munich – The Edge of War |
Christian Schwochow |
Jeremy Irons, George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Alex Jennings, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries, August Diehl |
Historical drama |
British-German co-production
|
| Next Door |
Daniel Brühl |
Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth |
Drama |
|
| Other Cannibals |
Francesco Sossai |
Walter Giroldini, Diego Pagotto |
Black comedy |
a.k.a. Altri Cannibali
|
| The Royal Game [de] |
Philipp Stölzl |
Oliver Masucci, Birgit Minichmayr, Albrecht Schuch |
Drama |
a.k.a. Chess Story
|
| School of Magical Animals [de] |
Gregor Schnitzler |
Emilia Maier, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Milan Peschel |
Family |
a.k.a. The School of the Magical Animals
|
| Tides |
Tim Fehlbaum |
Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen |
Science fiction |
German-Swiss co-production
|
| Weißbier im Blut [de] |
Jörg Graser |
Sigi Zimmerschied [de] |
Crime, Comedy |
|
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| Alice [de] |
Nicole Weegmann [de] |
Nina Gummich [de] |
Biography |
a.k.a. Alice Schwarzer
|
| All Quiet on the Western Front |
Edward Berger |
Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl |
War |
Released by Netflix
|
| The Amazing Maurice |
Toby Genkel [de] |
— |
Animated film |
German-British co-production
|
| Coming Home |
Karsten Dahlem [de] |
Anna Maria Mühe, Michael Wittenborn [de] |
Drama |
a.k.a. Die Geschichte einer Familie
|
| Corsage |
Marie Kreutzer |
Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister [de], Finnegan Oldfield |
Biography |
Austrian-German-Luxembourgian-French co-production
|
| Family Affairs [de] |
Sönke Wortmann |
Iris Berben, Florian David Fitz, Christoph Maria Herbst |
Comedy |
|
| Die Geschichte der Menschheit – leicht gekürzt [de] |
Erik Haffner [de] |
Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka, Carolin Kebekus |
Comedy |
|
| The Grump: In Search of an Escort [de] |
Mika Kaurismäki |
Heikki Kinnunen, Kari Väänänen, Rosalie Thomass |
Comedy |
Finnish-German co-production
|
| Heinrich Vogeler |
Marie Noëlle [fr] |
Florian Lukas, Anna Maria Mühe, Alice Dwyer |
Biography |
|
| The Hippocratic Silence [de] |
Esther Gronenborn |
Julia Jentsch, Kostja Ullmann |
Thriller |
|
| Hunting Season [de] |
Aron Lehmann [de] |
Rosalie Thomass, Almila Bagriacik |
Comedy |
Remake of Hunting Season (2019)
|
| In a Land That No Longer Exists [de] |
Aelrun Goette [de] |
Marlene Burow [de], Sabin Tambrea, David Schütter |
Drama |
|
| Just Something Nice [de] |
Karoline Herfurth |
Karoline Herfurth, Nora Tschirner, Aaron Altaras, Herbert Knaup |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Einfach mal was Schönes
|
| The Kangaroo Conspiracy [de] |
Marc-Uwe Kling, Alexander Berner |
Dimitrij Schaad [de], Rosalie Thomass, Benno Fürmann |
Comedy, Fantasy |
|
| The Ordinaries |
Sophie Linnenbaum [de] |
Fine Sendel |
Science Fiction |
|
| The Path [de] |
Tobias Wiemann [de] |
Julius Weckauf, Nonna Cardoner |
War |
German-Spanish co-production
|
| Rhinegold |
Fatih Akin |
Emilio Sakraya [de] |
Crime |
|
| Riesending – Jede Stunde zählt [de] |
Jochen Alexander Freydank |
Maximilian Brückner, Verena Altenberger, Anna Brüggemann, Sabine Timoteo, Beat Marti [de], Christoph Bach |
Drama |
German-Swiss-Austrian co-production
|
| School of Magical Animals 2 [de] |
Sven Unterwaldt [de] |
Lilith Johna, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Milan Peschel |
Family |
a.k.a. The School of the Magical Animals 2
|
| Tár |
Todd Field |
Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss |
Drama |
American-German co-production
|
| Die Wannseekonferenz |
Matti Geschonneck |
Philipp Hochmair, Simon Schwarz, Godehard Giese |
Docudrama, War |
a.k.a. The Conference
|
| We Are Next of Kin |
Hans-Christian Schmid |
Claude Heinrich [de], Adina Vetter [de] |
Drama |
a.k.a. Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen
|
| What You Can See from Here [de] |
Aron Lehmann [de] |
Luna Wedler, Corinna Harfouch, Karl Markovics, Rosalie Thomass, Hansi Jochmann, Peter Schneider |
Drama |
|
| Wunderschön [de] |
Karoline Herfurth |
Nora Tschirner, Martina Gedeck, Karoline Herfurth |
Comedy |
|
List of German films of 2023 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| Afire |
Christian Petzold |
Thomas Schubert [de], Paula Beer, Langston Uibel [de], Enno Trebs [de], Matthias Brandt |
Drama |
a.k.a. Roter Himmel
|
| Blood & Gold |
Peter Thorwarth [de] |
Robert Maaser [de], Alexander Scheer, Marie Hacke [de], Jördis Triebel |
War |
a.k.a. Blood and Gold.
Released by Netflix
|
| Defending the Caveman [de] |
Laura Lackmann [de] |
Moritz Bleibtreu |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Caveman
|
| Faraway [de] |
Vanessa Jopp [de] |
Naomi Krauss [de], Goran Bogdan |
Romantic comedy |
Released by Netflix
|
| Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert |
Margarethe von Trotta |
Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld |
Biography |
|
| Manta, Manta: Legacy [de] |
Til Schweiger |
Til Schweiger |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil
|
| Measures of Men |
Lars Kraume |
Leonard Scheicher [de], Girley Jazama |
Drama |
a.k.a. A Place in the Sun
a.k.a. Der vermessene Mensch
|
| Music |
Angela Schanelec |
Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer |
Drama |
German-French-Serbian co-production
|
| The Peacock [de] |
Lutz Heineking Jr. [de] |
Jürgen Vogel, Annette Frier, Lavinia Wilson, Tom Schilling, David Kross, Victoria Carling, Philip Jackson, Svenja Jung |
Comedy |
|
| Remember Me [de] |
Rainer Kaufmann |
Senta Berger, Günther Maria Halmer [de] |
Comedy |
a.k.a. Weißt du noch
|
| Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes |
Robert Schwentke |
John Malkovich |
Biography |
|
| Sisi & I |
Frauke Finsterwalder |
Susanne Wolff, Sandra Hüller, Stefan Kurt, Tom Rhys Harries |
Biography |
a.k.a. Sisi and I.
German-Swiss-Austrian co-production[3][4]
|
| Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything |
Emily Atef |
Marlene Burow [de], Felix Kramer [de] |
Drama |
|
| Sophia, Death and Me [de] |
Charly Hübner |
Dimitrij Schaad [de], Anna Maria Mühe, Marc Hosemann |
Comedy, Fantasy |
|
| Stella. A Life. [de] |
Kilian Riedhof [de] |
Paula Beer, Jannis Niewöhner, Katja Riemann |
War, Drama |
|
| Sun and Concrete |
David Wnendt [de] |
Levy Rico Arcos, Vincent Wiemer, Rafael Luis Klein-Hessling, Aaron Maldonado Morales |
Crime |
|
| The Teachers' Lounge |
İlker Çatak |
Leonie Benesch |
Drama |
|
| Till the End of the Night |
Christoph Hochhäusler |
Timocin Ziegler [de], Thea Ehre [de] |
Thriller |
|
| Die Unschärferelation der Liebe [de] |
Lars Kraume |
Caroline Peters, Burghart Klaußner |
Comedy |
|
| Weekend Rebels |
Marc Rothemund |
Florian David Fitz, Cecilio Andresen, Aylin Tezel, Joachim Król |
Comedy |
|
| When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before [de] |
Sonja Heiss [de] |
Devid Striesow, Laura Tonke, Arsseni Bultmann [de], Merlin Rose [de] |
Drama |
|
List of German films of 2024 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
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