21. Tin Drum, The ( Blechtrommel, Die )
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Actors: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Katharina Thalbach, Daniel Olbrychski, Tina Engel
Plot: Based on one of the most important fiction works of the 20th Century, the Tin Drum follows the fortunes of Oskar Matzerath a gifted introvert who on his 3rd birthday (after receiving a tin drum as a present) decides to stop growing and refuses to join the adult society that he holds in contempt.Matzerath lives through one of the most turbulent periods of European history as he sees the rise of the Nazi regime, the fall of Danzig to the German Army,the Second World War and the fall again of Danzig this time to the Russians.
Oskar falls in love and discovers the heartbreak of the sudden death of his mother, all the while he continues to play his Tin Drum.
22. Faust ( Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage )
Year of Release: 1926
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert
Plot: The classic story brought to life by F.W. Murnau as God and Satan battle for the souls of earth, they wager on one man's soul: Faust. Mephisto is sent to corrupt the learned man's soul - as a plague ravages his town, Faust searches for a cure in vain - but Mephisto arrives with insight into a cure and later tempts him with youth.
23. Funny Games
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann
Plot: A family vacation is interrupted by two educated, articulate and sadistic young men who come up with some interesting games for the family to play.
24. Silent Light ( Stellet licht )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Actors: Cornelio Wall, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews, Peter Wall, Jacobo Klassen, Elizabeth Fehr
Plot: A father's faith in God is put to the test when he falls for another woman.
25. Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The ( Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Ladengast, Bruno S., Brigitte Mira, Michael Kroecher, Gloria Doer, Willy Semmelrogge
Plot: Based on the true story of Kaspar Hauser, a man who appeared in 1828 in Nuremberg - with scant ability to speak or walk - with a note attached claiming he had spent his life in a dungeon of a sort and was recently released for unknown reasons. A benefactor attempts to reintegrate him into society with startling results.
26. Kings of the Road ( Im Lauf der Zeit )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler, Marquard Bohm, Hans Dieter Trayer
Plot: A Western German man travels along the East-West border as a projection-equipment repairman, fixing up run-down theaters. One day he meets a young, broken-hearted man and the two decide to travel together.
27. Princess and the Warrior, The ( Krieger und die Kaiserin, Der )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Tykwer
Actors: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król, Lars Rudolph, Melchior Beslon, Ludger Pistor
Plot: Sissi is a young woman who devotes her life to working at a nurse at the Birkenhof asylum. Yet everything changes when Bodo enters her life. The accident nearly kills her, but Bodo saves her life. Sissi is convinced Bodo is the man she has been waiting for, but Bodo rejects her caught between a past he cannot forget and a future that portends a life of crime.
28. Blue Angel, The ( blaue Engel, Der )
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers, Reinhold Bernt
Plot: A bachelor professor finds out some of his students are frequenting a speakeasy in order to see Lola Lola, a popular dancer at the Blue Angel establishment. Yet in confronting his students, he himself becomes entranced by the woman, and his life begins to spiral out of control as her influence exerts its hold over him.
29. Marriage of Maria Braun, The ( Ehe der Maria Braun, Die )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Ivan Desny, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Klaus Löwitsch, Gisela Uhlen
30. Toni Erdmann
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Maren Ade
Actors: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Hadewych Minis
Plot: Even though his adult daughter seems to have it all together, a father senses something is wrong and will do anything to reconnect with her and bring true happiness back into her life.
