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 | Damian John Harper | Jannik Schümann, Peri Baumeister, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann | Drama | a.k.a. Nine Days Awake |
Automotive | Jonas Heldt | Documentary | ||
Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | Welket BunguéJella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król | ,Drama | |
Cocoon | Leonie Krippendorff | Lena UrzendowskyJella Haase, Lena Klenke | ,Drama | a.k.a. Kokon |
Cortex | Moritz Bleibtreu | Moritz Bleibtreu, Nadja Uhl, Jannis Niewöhner | Thriller | |
Dragon Rider | Tomer Eshed | — | Animated film | |
Enfant Terrible | Oskar Roehler | Oliver Masucci | Biography | |
Exile | Visar Morina | Mišel Matičević, Sandra Hüller, Rainer Bock, Flonja Kodheli | Drama | Kosovan-German-Belgian co-production |
Freaks: You're One of Us | Felix Binder | 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 | Wolfgang Groos | Maren Kroymann, Heiner Lauterbach, Barbara Sukowa | Comedy | a.k.a. Enkel für Anfänger |
Eine harte Tour | Isabel Kleefeld | Anna Schudt, Juliane Köhler, Anna Unterberger, Benjamin Sadler | Drama | |
Isi & Ossi | Oliver Kienle | Lisa Vicari, Dennis Mojen | Comedy | a.k.a. Isi and Ossi. Released by Netflix |
It's for Your Own Good | Marc Rothemund | Heiner Lauterbach, Jürgen Vogel, Hilmi Sözer | Comedy | Remake of It's for Your Own Good (2017) |
Jackpot | Emily Atef | Rosalie Thomass, Friedrich Mücke | Thriller | |
The Kangaroo Chronicles | Dani Levy | Dimitrij SchaadRosalie Thomass, Henry Hübchen | ,Comedy, Fantasy | |
Lassie Come Home | Hanno Olderdissen | Nico Marischka, Bella Bading, Sebastian Bezzel , 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 | Hermine Huntgeburth | Jan BülowDetlev Buck, Max von der Groeben, Charly Hübner, Julia Jentsch, Ella Rumpf | ,Musical, Biography | a.k.a. Udo Lindenberg |
Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis | Stephan Wagner | 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 | Simon Verhoeven | Elyas M'Barek, Palina Rojinski, Frederick Lau | Comedy | |
No Hard Feelings | Faraz Shariat | Benjamin Radjaipour | , Banafshe Hourmazdi , Eidin JalaliDrama | 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 | Lars Kraume | Matthias Habich, Anna Maria Mühe, Christiane Paul, Barbara Auer, Ina Weisse, Lars Eidinger | Drama | a.k.a. GOTT |
Sleep | Michael Venus | Sandra Hüller, Gro Swantje Kohlhof , Marion Kracht, August Schmölzer, Max Hubacher | Horror | |
Undine | Christian Petzold | Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Jacob Matschenz | Drama, Fantasy |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Another Love | Michaela Kezele | Lucie Heinze | , Golo EulerDrama | a.k.a. Eine Liebe später |
Beckenrand Sheriff | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Milan Peschel, Johanna Wokalek, Gisela Schneeberger | Comedy | |
Der Beschützer | Philipp Osthus | Tobias Oertel | , Marlene TanczikThriller | |
Black Island | Miguel Alexandre | Philip FroissantAlice Dwyer, Hanns Zischler | ,Thriller | Released by Netflix |
The Black Square | Peter Meister | Jacob Matschenz, Bernhard Schütz , Sandra Hüller | Crime comedy | |
Blood Red Sky | Peter Thorwarth | Peri Baumeister, Dominic Purcell, Alexander Scheer | Horror | German-British co-production. Released by Netflix |
Catweazle | Sven Unterwaldt | Otto Waalkes, Julius Weckauf, Henning Baum, Katja Riemann | Comedy | |
Commitment Phobia | Helena Hufnagel | Frederick Lau, Luise Heyer | Comedy | a.k.a. Generation Beziehungsunfähig |
Compassionate Use | Elmar Fischer | Lisa Maria Potthoff | Drama | a.k.a. A Risky Decision a.k.a. Saving Emily |
Confessions of Felix Krull | Detlev Buck | Jannis Niewöhner, Liv Lisa Fries, Joachim Król | Comedy | |
Dear Thomas | Andreas Kleinert | Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Jörg Schüttauf | Biography | a.k.a. Thomas Brasch |
Enemies | Nils Willbrandt | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bjarne Mädel | Drama | a.k.a. Feinde – Gegen die Zeit a.k.a. Feinde – Das Geständnis |
Everything on Red | Lars Becker | Nicholas OfczarekFritz 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 | |
Faltenfrei | Dirk Kummer | Adele Neuhauser | Comedy | |
Gefährliche Wahrheit | Jens Wischnewski | Lisa Maria Potthoff, Ulrike Kriener , Christoph Letkowski, Torben Liebrecht | Crime | |
Great Freedom | Sebastian Meise | Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich | Drama | |
Human Factors | Ronny Trocker | 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 | Kerstin Polte | 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 | Franziska Stünkel | Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow, Luise Heyer | Drama | a.k.a. Nahschuss |
The Maths of Love | Ingo Rasper | Heino Ferch, Tanja Wedhorn, Michael Gwisdek, Knut Berger | Comedy | a.k.a. Liebe ist unberechenbar |
Meeresleuchten | Wolfgang Panzer | Ulrich Tukur, Ursina Lardi, Sibel Kekilli, Kostja Ullmann, Günter Lamprecht | Drama | |
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 |
Mona & Marie | Marco Petry | Maren Kroymann, Ulrike Kriener | Comedy | |
Monte Verità | Stefan Jäger | Maresi RiegnerJulia 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 | Philipp Stölzl | Oliver Masucci, Birgit Minichmayr, Albrecht Schuch | Drama | a.k.a. Chess Story |
School of Magical Animals | Gregor Schnitzler | Emilia Maier, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Milan Peschel | Family | a.k.a. The School of the Magical Animals |
The Search | Till Franzen | Henny ReentsLucas Gregorowicz | ,Thriller | |
Take Me Home | Christiane Balthasar | Silke Bodenbender, Anneke Kim Sarnau | Drama | |
Tides | Tim Fehlbaum | Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen | Science fiction | German-Swiss co-production |
Töchter | Nana Neul | Alexandra Maria Lara, Birgit Minichmayr, Josef Bierbichler | Drama | a.k.a. Daughters |
Weißbier im Blut | Jörg Graser | Sigi Zimmerschied | Crime, Comedy | |
Die Welt steht still | Anno Saul | Natalia Wörner | Drama |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Alice | Nicole Weegmann | Nina Gummich | 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 | — | Animated film | German-British co-production |
Blutholz | Torsten C. Fischer | Joachim Król, Désirée Nosbusch, Alina Levshin | Thriller | |
Die Bürgermeisterin | Christiane Balthasar | Anna Schudt, Felix Klare , Alexander Beyer | Drama | |
Coming Home | Karsten Dahlem | Anna Maria Mühe, Michael Wittenborn | Drama | a.k.a. Die Geschichte einer Familie |
Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister , Finnegan Oldfield | Biography | Austrian-German-Luxembourgian-French co-production |
Family Affairs | Sönke Wortmann | Iris Berben, Florian David Fitz, Christoph Maria Herbst | Comedy | |
Die Geschichte der Menschheit – leicht gekürzt | Erik Haffner | Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka, Carolin Kebekus | Comedy | |
The Grump: In Search of an Escort | Mika Kaurismäki | Heikki Kinnunen, Kari Väänänen, Rosalie Thomass | Comedy | Finnish-German co-production |
Heinrich Vogeler | Marie Noëlle | Florian Lukas, Anna Maria Mühe, Alice Dwyer | Biography | |
The Hippocratic Silence | Esther Gronenborn | Julia Jentsch, Kostja Ullmann | Thriller | |
Hunting Season | Aron Lehmann | Rosalie Thomass, Almila Bagriacik | Comedy | Remake of Hunting Season (2019) |
In a Land That No Longer Exists | Aelrun Goette | Marlene BurowSabin Tambrea, David Schütter | ,Drama | |
In falschen Händen | Mark Monheim | Katharina SchlothauerPegah Ferydoni, Florian Stetter | ,Thriller | |
Just Something Nice | Karoline Herfurth | Karoline Herfurth, Nora Tschirner, Aaron Altaras, Herbert Knaup | Comedy | a.k.a. Einfach mal was Schönes |
Der Kaiser | Tim Trageser | Klaus Steinbacher | Biography, Sport | a.k.a. Franz Beckenbauer |
The Kangaroo Conspiracy | Marc-Uwe Kling, Alexander Berner | Dimitrij SchaadRosalie Thomass, Benno Fürmann | ,Comedy, Fantasy | |
Love Thing | Anika Decker | Elyas M'Barek, Lucie Heinze , Peri Baumeister, Alexandra Maria Lara, Denis Moschitto, Maren Kroymann | Comedy | a.k.a. Liebesdings |
Meine Freundin Volker | Piotr J. Lewandowski | Axel Milberg | Comedy | |
More Than Ever | Emily Atef | Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg | Drama | French-German-Luxembourgian-Norwegian co-production |
The Ordinaries | Sophie Linnenbaum | Fine Sendel | Science Fiction | |
Over & Out | Julia Becker | Jessica Schwarz, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Julia Becker, Nora Tschirner, Denis Moschitto, Axel Stein | Drama | a.k.a. Over and Out |
The Path | Tobias Wiemann | Julius Weckauf, Nonna Cardoner | War | German-Spanish co-production |
Rhinegold | Fatih Akin | Emilio Sakraya | Crime | |
Riesending – Jede Stunde zählt | Jochen Alexander Freydank | Maximilian Brückner, Verena Altenberger, Anna Brüggemann, Sabine Timoteo, Beat Marti , Christoph Bach | Drama | German-Swiss-Austrian co-production |
Running | Rainer Kaufmann | Anna Schudt, Katharina Wackernagel, Maximilian Brückner, Gaby Dohm, Kai Schumann | Drama | a.k.a. Laufen |
School of Magical Animals 2 | Sven Unterwaldt | Lilith Johna, Nadja Uhl, Justus von Dohnányi, Milan Peschel | Family | a.k.a. The School of the Magical Animals 2 |
Ein Schritt zum Abgrund | Alexander Dierbach | Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Florian Stetter, Valerie Huber | Drama | Remake of Doctor Foster, Series 1 (2015) |
So laut du kannst | Esther Bialas | Friederike Becht, Nina Gummich | Drama | |
Süßer Rausch | Sabine Derflinger | Désirée Nosbusch, Leslie Malton, Suzanne von Borsody, Rainer Bock | Drama | |
Tár | Todd Field | Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss | Drama | American-German co-production |
Der Tod kommt nach Venedig | Johannes Grieser | Alwara Höfels, Christopher Schärf , Leonardo Nigro, Julia Stemberger | Mystery thriller | German-Austrian co-production |
Trügerische Sicherheit | Thomas Kronthaler | Max Simonischek, Christian Berkel, Friederike Becht | Drama | |
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 | , Adina VetterDrama | a.k.a. Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen |
What You Can See from Here | Aron Lehmann | Luna Wedler, Corinna Harfouch, Karl Markovics, Rosalie Thomass, Hansi Jochmann, Peter Schneider | Drama | |
Das Wunder von Kapstadt | Franziska Buch | Alexander Scheer, Loyiso Macdonald, Sonja Gerhardt, Fritz Karl | Historical drama | |
Wunderschön | 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 |
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Afire | Christian Petzold | Thomas SchubertPaula Beer, Langston Uibel , Enno Trebs , Matthias Brandt | ,Drama | a.k.a. Roter Himmel |
Blindspot | Hannu Salonen | Klaus SteinbacherFelicitas Woll | , Marlene Tanczik ,Thriller | |
Blood & Gold | Peter Thorwarth | Robert MaaserAlexander Scheer, Marie Hacke , Jördis Triebel | ,War | a.k.a. Blood and Gold. Released by Netflix |
Das bleibt unter uns | Verena S. Freytag | Anna Unterberger, Hanno Koffler | Drama | |
Defending the Caveman | Laura Lackmann | Moritz Bleibtreu | Comedy | a.k.a. Caveman |
Faraway | Vanessa Jopp | Naomi KraussGoran Bogdan | ,Romantic comedy | Released by Netflix |
The Flood – Death on the Dike | Andreas Prochaska | Anton SpiekerDetlev Buck | , Philine Schmölzer , Sascha Alexander Geršak ,Drama | |
Flunkyball | Alexander Adolph | Lena Klenke, Laurids Schürmann, Silke Bodenbender, Fabian Hinrichs, Lisa Kreuzer | Drama | |
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert | Margarethe von Trotta | Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld | Biography | |
Lost in Athens | Roland Suso Richter | Silke Bodenbender, Yousef Sweid | Thriller | a.k.a. Spurlos in Athen |
Das Mädchen von früher | Lena Knauss | Nina Kunzendorf, Godehard Giese, Steffi Kühnert, André Hennicke | Crime | |
Manta, Manta: Legacy | Til Schweiger | Til Schweiger | Comedy | a.k.a. Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil |
Measures of Men | Lars Kraume | Leonard ScheicherGirley Jazama | ,Drama | a.k.a. A Place in the Sun a.k.a. Der vermessene Mensch |
Der Millionen Raub | Lars Becker | Karim Ben MansurAnica Dobra, Anja Kling | ,Crime | |
Music | Angela Schanelec | Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer | Drama | German-French-Serbian co-production |
Nach uns der Rest der Welt | Franziska Buch | Julius GauseAnneke Kim Sarnau, Sophie von Kessel, Florian Stetter | , Lina Hüesker ,Drama | |
One for the Road | Markus Goller | Frederick Lau, Nora Tschirner, Burak Yiğit , Friederike Becht, Godehard Giese, Nina Kunzendorf | Drama | |
The Peacock | Lutz Heineking Jr. | Jürgen Vogel, Annette Frier, Lavinia Wilson, Tom Schilling, David Kross, Victoria Carling, Philip Jackson, Svenja Jung | Comedy | |
Remember Me | Rainer Kaufmann | Senta Berger, Günther Maria Halmer | 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 | , Felix KramerDrama | |
Sophia, Death and Me | Charly Hübner | Dimitrij SchaadAnna Maria Mühe, Marc Hosemann | ,Comedy, Fantasy | |
Stella. A Life. | Kilian Riedhof | Paula Beer, Jannis Niewöhner, Katja Riemann | War, Drama | |
Sun and Concrete | David Wnendt | 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 | , Thea EhreThriller | |
Unbestechlich | Christiane Balthasar | Michael Klammer | , Samia ChancrinThriller | |
Die Unschärferelation der Liebe | Lars Kraume | Caroline Peters, Burghart Klaußner | Comedy | |
Unschuldig – Der Fall Julia B. | Ute Wieland | Emily Cox, Thomas Loibl , Katharina Marie Schubert | Crime | Remake of Innocent, Series 2 (2021) |
Weekend Rebels | Marc Rothemund | Florian David Fitz, Cecilio Andresen, Aylin Tezel, Joachim Król | Comedy | |
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before | Sonja Heiss | Devid Striesow, Laura Tonke, Arsseni Bultmann , Merlin Rose | Drama | |
Die Whistleblowerin | Elmar Fischer | Katharina NesytowaJennifer Ulrich | , Artjom Gilz ,Spy thriller | |
Wir haben einen Deal | Felicitas Korn | Felix KlarePeter Lohmeyer | , Patricia Aulitzky ,Drama | |
Wolfsjagd | Jakob Ziemnicki | Maria Simon, Jacob Matschenz, Jörg Schüttauf | Crime | |
Wolfswinkel | Ruth Olshan | Annett SawallischClaudia Eisinger, Alina Levshin, Jörg Schüttauf | ,Drama | |
Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel | Neelesha Barthel | Joachim Król, Rainer Bock | Comedy |
List of German films of 2024 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
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