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1. Tatort (1970– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 3,066
2. Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– )
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two police inspectors and their team from a Bonn-Koeln precinct fight all sorts of criminals they encounter daily on major highways in Germany.
Stars: Erdogan Atalay, Gottfried Vollmer, Niels Kurvin, Dietmar Huhn
Votes: 5,834
3. Kommissar Rex (1994–2004)
45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A recently divorced cop adopts a police dog who lost his former companion; together they solve crimes in and around Vienna.
Stars: Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner, Martin Weinek
Votes: 6,215
4. Police Call 110 (1971– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Borgelt, Jürgen Frohriep, Wolfgang Winkler, Jaecki Schwarz
Votes: 571
5. Morden im Norden (2012– )
45 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Finn Kiesewetter had left the police force to convert to an organic farm. But after a fire destroyed it, Finn found himself ruined and forced to return to law enforcement.
Stars: Sven Martinek, Ingo Naujoks, Christoph Tomanek, Veit Stübner
Votes: 143
6. Wilsberg (1995– )
90 min | Comedy, Crime
Wilsberg: the thriller from Münster.
Stars: Leonard Lansink, Rita Russek, Roland Jankowsky, Oliver Korittke
Votes: 420
7. Notruf Hafenkante (2007– )
45 min | Crime, Drama
The stories of police officers and doctors working near the Port of Hamburg.
Stars: Harald Maack, Gerit Kling, Sanna Englund, Fabian Harloff
Votes: 352
8. Alone in Berlin (2016)
R | 103 min | Drama, History, War
After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.
Director: Vincent Perez | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Emil von Schönfels, Katrin Pollitt, Sammy Scheuritzel
Votes: 9,967
9. A Case for Two (1981–2023)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
German crime series centering around a succession of lawyers and a private investigator and former police officer, who typically team up to clear a client of the lawyer, who is usually an innocent suspect in a murder case.
Stars: Claus Theo Gärtner, Renate Kohn, Paul Frielinghaus, Rainer Hunold
Votes: 813
10. Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
45 min | Crime
Leipzig police's Special Commission unit investigates capital crimes like murder and manslaughter
Stars: Melanie Marschke, Marco Girnth, Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Daniel Steiner
Votes: 345
11. Castle Einstein (1998– )
25 min | Family
A show about students at a boarding school in Erfurt.
Stars: Gert Schaefer, Wilfried Loll, Ludwig Hollburg, Robert Schupp
Votes: 431
12. SOKO Stuttgart (2009– )
44 min | Crime
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
Stars: Benjamin Strecker, Peter Ketnath, Karl Kranzkowski, Astrid M. Fünderich
Votes: 205
13. Ein starkes Team (1994– )
90 min | Crime
It's almost 20 years since our illustrious Trio set off to solve some of Berlin's more bizarre murder mysteries. The success of the show's longevity hinges around the humor of former DDR ... See full summary »
Stars: Florian Martens, Arnfried Lerche, Jaecki Schwarz, Maja Maranow
Votes: 175
14. In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015– )
Drama
The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt.
Stars: Mirka Pigulla, Mike Adler, Horst Günter Marx, Marijam Agischewa
Votes: 172
15. SOKO Wismar (2004– )
Crime
SOKO Wismar is a German crime series.
Stars: Udo Kroschwald, Katharina Blaschke, Dominic Boeer, Silke Matthias
Votes: 196
16. SOKO Hamburg (2018–2024)
Crime
SOKO Hamburg is a German crime series.
Stars: Marek Erhardt, Paula Schramm, Anna von Haebler, Garry Fischmann
Votes: 55
17. Peter Strohm (1989–1996)
45 min | Crime, Thriller
Peter Strohm was a German crime series with Klaus Löwitsch as detective Peter Strohm.
Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Ulrich von Dobschütz, Michèle Marian, Hans-Günter Martens
Votes: 92
18. Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997–2010)
48 min | Crime, Drama
Drama set in a women's prison in Germany.
Stars: Katy Karrenbauer, Barbara Freier, Uta Prelle, Christine Schuberth
Votes: 345
19. Doppelter Einsatz (1994–2007)
90 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of two female detectives of the Hamburg police.
Stars: Despina Pajanou, Jürgen Janza, Gerhard Garbers, Jockel Tschiersch
Votes: 65
20. In aller Freundschaft (1998– )
45 min | Drama, Romance
This show is focused on a fictional clinic in Leipzig called 'Sachsenklinik' and its staff and patients.
Stars: Thomas Rühmann, Andrea Kathrin Loewig, Alexa Maria Surholt, Thomas Koch
Votes: 296
21. Coast Guard (1997–2016)
45 min | Crime, Drama
The cases of the crew of the Albatros, a patrol boat of the German Coast Guard operating in the Baltic Sea area.
Stars: Michael Kind, Rüdiger Joswig, Elmar Gehlen, Andreas Arnstedt
Votes: 209
22. Großstadtrevier (1986– )
50 min | Crime, Comedy, Drama
The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.
Stars: Maria Ketikidou, Jan Fedder, Till Demtrøder, Saskia Fischer
Votes: 373
23. Rote Rosen (2006– )
45 min | Drama
Realistic presented love story surrounded by friendship, intrigue, laughter and tears, situated in the German city Lüneburg.
Stars: Brigitte Antonius, Hermann Toelcke, Maria Fuchs, Gerry Hungbauer
Votes: 280
24. Der Kriminalist (2006–2020)
Crime
Crime series about a police unit in Berlin's Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.
Stars: Christian Berkel, Antonia Cäcilia Holfelder, Nils Nelleßen, Suzan Anbeh
Votes: 223
25. Emil und die Detektive (2001)
111 min | Family, Adventure, Comedy
Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.
Director: Franziska Buch | Stars: Tobias Retzlaff, Anja Sommavilla, Jürgen Vogel, Maria Schrader
Votes: 1,246
26. Inga Lindström (2004– )
89 min | Drama, Romance
Stories of heroines and heroes - it's all about love and the sometimes bumpy road to it. The secret protagonist is the incomparably beautiful Swedish landscape.
Stars: Eva-Maria Grein von Friedl, Carin C. Tietze, Jürgen Heinrich, Tobias van Dieken
Votes: 234
27. Spreewaldkrimi (2006– )
Crime
Spreewaldkrimi is a German television crime series by ZDF.
Stars: Christian Redl, Thorsten Merten, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Rike Schäffer
Votes: 87
28. Danni Lowinski (2010–2014)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Danni Lowinski is a former hairdresser who has graduated to law. When she does not get a job in a noble law firm, she starts to give legal advice from a folding table in the basement of a shopping mall.
Stars: Annette Frier, Axel Siefer, Nadja Becker, Oliver Fleischer
Votes: 392
29. Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht (1992–1999)
90 min | Drama, Family
German television program about Dr. Specht, a man trying to balance his personal life with his job as a high-school teacher.
Stars: Robert Atzorn, Gisela Trowe, Claudia Wenzel, Charles Brauer
Votes: 171
30. Alles Klara (2012–2017)
45 min | Comedy, Crime
After losing her job at a cuckoo-clock factory, Klara Degen starts working as a maternity-leave fill-in secretary at the local criminal-investigation department. She soon oversteps ... See full summary »
Stars: Wolke Hegenbarth, Alexa Maria Surholt, Christoph Hagen Dittmann, Jan Niklas Berg
Votes: 87
31. Liebling Kreuzberg (1986–1998)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Television series about attorney and bon vivant Robert 'Liebling' practicing in Berlin Kreuzberg.
Stars: Manfred Krug, Anja Franke, Corinna Genest, Roswitha Schreiner
Votes: 204
32. Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin (1994–1997)
45 min | Drama
Stars: Sascha Hehn, Uta Schorn, Simone Thomalla, Regina Lemnitz
Votes: 31
33. Der Fahnder (1984–2005)
50 min | Crime
Der Fahnder was an evening crime series of the ARD.
Stars: Dietrich Mattausch, Dieter Pfaff, Norbert Wartha, Klaus Wennemann
Votes: 240
34. Wolffs Revier (1992–2006)
45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Work and personal life of German police officers.
Stars: Jürgen Heinrich, Nadine Seiffert, Gerd Wameling, Klaus Pönitz
Votes: 207
35. Die Wache (1994–2006)
45 min | Action, Drama, Crime
The guard in Cologne police work from the regular patrolman to the criminal police.
Stars: Bernd E. Jäger von Boxen, Aram van de Rest, Mike Reichenbach, Patrick Bach
Votes: 81
36. WaPo Berlin (2020– )
48 min | Crime
Jasmin Sayed, a commissioner who has lived in Germany for almost 30 years, is launching a new elite unit dedicated to the protection of Berlin's waters.
Stars: Sesede Terziyan, Hassan Akkouch, Christoph Grunert, Juri Padel
Votes: 45
37. In the Name of the Law (1994–2008)
45 min | Crime, Drama
In the Name of the Law is a German television series that was broadcast from 1994 to 2007 by RTL.
Stars: Wolfgang Bathke, Klaus Schindler, Henry van Lyck, Britta Schmeling
Votes: 88
38. HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin (1998–2001)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite unit of the Berlin police fights crime using a high-tech prototype helicopter.
Stars: Peter Simonischek, Matthias Matz, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, Christoph M. Ohrt
Votes: 194
39. Krokodil (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Mario Adorf, Alwara Höfels, Dagmar Manzel, Michael Mendl
Votes: 33
40. Balko (1995–2006)
45 min | Comedy, Crime
Balko was a comedy crime series that aired on the private channel RTL.
Stars: Ludger Pistor, Armin Krug, Mathias Kniesbeck, Bruno Eyron
Votes: 195
41. Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995–2004)
45 min | Drama
For all cases Stefanie.
Stars: Christoph Schobesberger, Walfriede Schmitt, Ulrike Mai, Claudia Schmutzler
Votes: 140
42. Die Himmelsleiter (2015– )
180 min | Drama, History
In this post-war drama, Christiane Paul plays an everyday heroine who defends herself against the intrigues of a former local group leader.
Stars: Christiane Paul, Axel Prahl, Henning Baum, Ernst Stötzner
Votes: 122
43. Lady Cop (1994–2006)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Commissioner Lea Sommer is investigating.
Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Karlheinz Lemken, Thomas Scharff, Til Schweiger
Votes: 133
44. Tanja (1997– )
Stars: Katharina Wackernagel, Verena Plangger, Michael Kausch, Matthias Schloo
Votes: 20
45. St. Angela (1997–2005)
25 min | Comedy, Drama
The series is about the day-to-day work of nursing students in the fictional St. Angela Hospital. Frictions among each other, love, jealousy, problems with doctors and patients are commonplace.
Stars: Friedel Schümann, Christopher Keks, Fiona Molloy, Martin Kluge
Votes: 35
46. Rosa Roth (1994–2013)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Rosa Roth is a no-nonsense police commissioner stationed in Berlin, who has a small team of operatives she trusts with her life. Whatever happens on the field, takes a toll on them personally as well.
Stars: Iris Berben, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Gunter Schoß, Jockel Tschiersch
Votes: 98
47. Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993–2007)
50 min | Comedy, Crime
Secretary Adelheid is the real brain behind solving the murder cases of a Hamburg police homicide unit, much to the chagrin of her boss.
Stars: Evelyn Hamann, Gisela May, Gerhard Garbers, Dieter Brandecker
Votes: 176
48. Sperling (1996–2007)
Crime
Sperling is a crime film series of the channel ZDF.
Stars: Dieter Pfaff, Hans-Joachim Grubel, Anna Böttcher, Benno Fürmann
Votes: 39
49. Alphateam - Die Lebensretter im OP (1997–2006)
Drama
Stars: Marlies Engel, Hermann Toelcke, Uwe Karpa, Moritz Lindbergh
Votes: 51
50. The Adventures of Dr. Bayer (1985–1992)
45 min | Family
Stories from the life of a somewhat eccentric German veterinarian who is always willing to help all animals, and who goes about in a horse-drawn carriage because he hates all motor vehicles.
Stars: Angela Pschigode, Michael Lesch, Beate Hasenau, Hans Heinz Moser
Votes: 63