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1. Cold War (2018)
R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 61,942 | Gross: $4.57M
2. Balloon (2018)
PG-13 | 125 min | Drama, History, Thriller
East Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
Director: Michael Herbig | Stars: Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg
Votes: 13,334 | Gross: $0.01M
3. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Thriller
Sent to East Berlin to retrieve a Communist defector, British spy Harry Palmer suspects the situation is not what his superiors believe it to be.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi
Votes: 7,784
4. The Looking Glass War (1970)
M/PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
From the John le Carré novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers
Votes: 1,438 | Gross: $0.17M
5. The Defector (1966)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
Director: Raoul Lévy | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu
Votes: 813
6. Sun Alley (1999)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of kids grows up on the east side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West Germany. The antics of the people on Sonnenallee all show the absurdity of their everyday life.
Director: Leander Haußmann | Stars: Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach
Votes: 7,263
7. The Serpent (1973)
PG | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
A Soviet diplomat hatches a complicated plan to enable him to defect to the West.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret
Votes: 1,204
8. The Wall Between Us (2019)
110 min | Drama, Romance
In 1984, Anna from West Germany and the GDR citizen Philipp meet at a church youth exchange in East Berlin. It's love at first sight. But it is also an impossible love, because between them stands the wall.
Director: Norbert Lechner | Stars: Lea Freund, Tim Bülow, Franziska Weisz, Fritz Karl
Votes: 117
9. Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Thriller
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Jacques Breuer
Votes: 353
10. Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1989 Berlin, Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Maxim Mehmet, Anna Fischer, Thomas Thieme
Votes: 479
11. Królik po berlinsku (2009)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History, News
The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls.
Director: Bartosz Konopka
Votes: 901
12. Der Willi-Busch-Report (1979)
119 min | Drama, Comedy
A brother and sister inhering their father's newspaper on the border between East and West Germany. Sales are going down and the brother decides to get creative with the headlines.
Director: Niklaus Schilling | Stars: Tilo Prückner, Kornelia Boje, Dorothea Moritz, Karin Frey
Votes: 54
13. Der Doppelgänger von Ost-Berlin (2019 TV Special)
58 min | Documentary, History
Young East German Michael lives and works at an international hotel in East Berlin. He longs to go abroad and experience Western culture, but is denied to travel. One day Young Danish ... See full summary »
Directors: Mirella Pappalardo, Kasper Vilsmark | Stars: Devid Striesow, Michael Schneider, Morten Bank-Mikkelsen, Hannelore Schneider
Votes: 10
14. Genosse Münchhausen (1962)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Wolfgang Neuss | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Corny Collins, Ingrid van Bergen, Peer Schmidt
Votes: 23
15. Die Grenze (1981 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jürgen Klauß | Stars: Gustl Bayrhammer, Herbert Fritsch, Sascha Scholl, Udo Thomer
16. Autobahn Ost (2004)
95 min | Documentary
Documentary about the East German Autobahn and what they tell about the history of the once divided country.
Director: Gerd Kroske | Stars: Hans-Dieter Behrendt, Bertoldt Flessa, Waldemar Gromzig, Siegfried Kasper
Votes: 11
17.
Charité (2017– )
Episode:
Blutsauger
(2021)
TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi
A newborn with jaundice from the women's clinic is announced at the children's ward. When the ambulance finally arrives, the baby is in poor condition. He needs a direct blood donation.
Director: Christine Hartmann | Stars: Nina Gummich, Nina Kunzendorf, Philipp Hochmair, Uwe Ochsenknecht
Votes: 75
18.
Die Wölfe (2009– )
Episode:
Hoffnung auf Glück
(2009)
Drama, History
In 1989, a new generation comes into focus as change is coming to Berlin. Two young people meet and fall in love, unknowing that their parents share a long-hidden past.
Director: Friedemann Fromm | Stars: Axel Prahl, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Johanna Gastdorf
Votes: 27
19.
Die Wölfe (2009– )
Episode:
Zerbrochene Stadt
(2009)
Drama, History
In 1961 a group of six German friends celebrate the 13th anniversary of their group "Die Wölfe". But the Berlin wall separates the group, and they would do everything to be on the same side again.
Director: Friedemann Fromm | Stars: Florian Lukas, Florian Stetter, Annett Renneberg, Stefanie Stappenbeck
Votes: 30
20.
The Palace (2021–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2022)
44 min | Drama, Music
When Marlene attends a show at the Palace during a visit to East Berlin in 1988, she is astonished to see someone who looks just like her among the dancers.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Svenja Jung, Anja Kling, Hermann Beyer, Ursula Werner
Votes: 57
21.
The Palace (2021–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2022)
45 min | Drama, Music
When Marlene is unable to fill her role as Chris's stand-in, the guest choreographer, Steven Williams, gives Chris's rival, Bettina, her solo role. Meanwhile, Chris, in Bamberg, has a fight with her father, Roland Winninger.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Svenja Jung, Anja Kling, Hermann Beyer, Ursula Werner
Votes: 49
22.
The Palace (2021–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2022)
42 min | Drama, Music
In the autumn of 1989, a new show at the Friedrichstadt-Palast premiered with Christine in a starring role. An Englishman has choreographed the show and the East German authorities are not ... See full summary »
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Svenja Jung, Anja Kling, Hermann Beyer, Ursula Werner
Votes: 44
23.
Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode:
The Gentleman Spy: George Blake
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
While a prisoner in North Korea, George Blake was recruited by the Soviets to spy on the British. He was caught and sentenced to prison but escaped to the Soviet Union.
Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Roger Hermiston, Mark Stout, David Major, Mark Kelton
24.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989
(2023)
Documentary, History
In 1989, the Berlin Wall was knocked down. The Soviet Union begins to come apart.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Paul Maddrell, Adam Roberts, Richard John Evans, Hope M. Harrison
25.
Deutschland 86 (2018)
Episode:
El Dorado Canyon
(2018)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Lenora returns to East Germany with Rose, determined to develop top-secret communication technology for the ANC in a secret operation called Operation VULA.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 232
26.
Deutschland 86 (2018)
Episode:
Chickenfeed
(2018)
TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Martin is finally able to return to the East and see his son for the first time.
Director: Arne Feldhusen | Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 232