List of German films of the 2020s
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.
2020
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 Days Awake [de] | Damian John Harper [fr] | Jannik Schümann, Peri Baumeister, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann | Drama | |
Automotive [de] | Jonas Heldt | Documentary | ||
Berlin Alexanderplatz | Burhan Qurbani | Welket Bungué [de], Jella Haase, Albrecht Schuch, Joachim Król | Drama | |
Cocoon [de] | Leonie Krippendorff [de] | Jella Haase, Lena Klenke, Kim Riedle | Drama | |
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 | |
Isi & Ossi | Oliver Kienle [de] | Lisa Vicari, Dennis Mojen | Comedy | Released by Netflix |
Die Känguru-Chroniken [de] | Dani Levy | Dimitrij Schaad [de], Rosalie Thomass, Henry Hübchen | Comedy | |
The Last City (Die letzte Stadt) | Heinz Emigholz | John Erdman | Drama | |
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding [de] | Hermine Huntgeburth | Jan Bülow [de], Detlev Buck, Max von der Groeben, Charly Hübner, Julia Jentsch, Ella Rumpf | Musical, Biography | |
Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis [de] | Stephan Wagner [de] | Imogen Kogge, Josef Bierbichler, Walter Sittler, Rüdiger Vogler | Docudrama | |
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 | |
Persian Lessons | Vadim Perelman | Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay | Drama | Belarusian-German-Russian co-production |
2021
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beckenrand Sheriff [de] | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Milan Peschel | 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 | |
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 | |
Enemies [de] | Nils Willbrandt [de] | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Bjarne Mädel | Drama | |
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 | |
I'm Your Man | Maria Schrader | Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller | Science fiction | |
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 | |
The Maths of Love [de] | Ingo Rasper [de] | Heino Ferch, Tanja Wedhorn, Michael Gwisdek, Knut Berger | Comedy | |
The Middle Man | Bent Hamer | Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland | Comedy | Canadian-Danish-German-Norwegian coproduction[2] |
Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb | Michel (Miguel) Jleilaty | Documentary | German-Spanish-Lebanese coproduction |
Next Door | Daniel Brühl | Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth | Drama | |
Other Cannibals (Altri Cannibali) | Francesco Sossai | Walter Giroldini, Diego Pagotto | Black comedy | |
The Royal Game [de] | Philipp Stölzl | Oliver Masucci | Drama | a.k.a. Chess Story |
Tides | Tim Fehlbaum | Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen | Science fiction | German-Swiss coproduction |
Weißbier im Blut [de] | Jörg Graser | Sigi Zimmerschied [de] | Comedy |
2022
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alice [de] | Nicole Weegmann [de] | Nina Gummich [de] | Biography | |
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 coproduction |
Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister [de], Finnegan Oldfield | Biography | Austrian-German-Luxembourgian-French coproduction |
Einfach mal was Schönes [de] | Karoline Herfurth | Karoline Herfurth, Nora Tschirner, Aaron Altaras, Herbert Knaup | Comedy | |
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 Ordinaries | Sophie Linnenbaum [de] | Fine Sendel | Science Fiction | |
Rheingold [de] | Fatih Akin | Emilio Sakraya [de] | Crime | |
Die Wannseekonferenz | Matti Geschonneck | Philipp Hochmair, Simon Schwarz, Godehard Giese | Docudrama, War | |
We Are Next of Kin | Hans-Christian Schmid | Claude Heinrich [de], Adina Vetter [de] | Drama | |
Wunderschön [de] | Karoline Herfurth | Nora Tschirner, Martina Gedeck, Karoline Herfurth | Comedy |
2023
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 | |
Blood & Gold | Peter Thorwarth [de] | Robert Maaser [de], Alexander Scheer, Marie Hacke [de], Jördis Triebel | War | Released by Netflix |
Defending the Caveman [de] | Laura Lackmann [de] | Moritz Bleibtreu | Comedy | |
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 – Zwoter Teil [de] | Til Schweiger | Til Schweiger | Comedy | |
Measures of Men | Lars Kraume | Leonard Scheicher [de], Girley Jazama | Drama | a.k.a. A Place in the Sun |
Music | Angela Schanelec | Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer | Drama | German-French-Serbian coproduction |
The Peacock [de] | Lutz Heineking Jr. [de] | Jürgen Vogel, Annette Frier, Lavinia Wilson, Tom Schilling, David Kross, Victoria Carling, Philip Jackson, Svenja Jung | Comedy | |
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 | German-Swiss-Austrian coproduction[3][4] |
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything | Emily Atef | Marlene Burow [de], Felix Kramer [de] | 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 | Lars Kraume | Caroline Peters, Burghart Klaußner | Comedy | |
Weekend Rebels | Marc Rothemund | Florian David Fitz, Cecilio Andresen, Aylin Tezel, Joachim Król | Comedy | |
Weißt du noch? | Rainer Kaufmann | Senta Berger, Günther Maria Halmer [de] | 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 |
2024
List of German films of 2024 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
References
- ^ Jordan Mintzer, "'Gaza Mon Amour': Film Review | Venice 2020". The Hollywood Reporter, September 4, 2020.
- ^ Brian Kelly, "Sault Ste. Marie-shot film gets TIFF special screening". Sault Star, July 24, 2021.
- ^ "Sisi & I". DCM Stories. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Sisi und ich". Austrian Film Institute. Retrieved 24 August 2022.