Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Sylvester Groth

1. Fargo (2014–2024)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.

Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks

Votes: 422,482

2. Dark (2017–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.

Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne

Votes: 445,136

3. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

R | 153 min | Adventure, Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent

Votes: 1,586,117 | Gross: $120.54M

4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki

Votes: 332,930 | Gross: $45.45M

5. Sense8 (2015–2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.

Stars: Bae Doona, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton

Votes: 163,144

6. The 355 (2022)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller

When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild-card C.I.A. agent joins forces with three international agents on a mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.

Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger

Votes: 37,767

7. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 260,090 | Gross: $34.19M

8. Breathe (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville, Ed Speleers

Votes: 24,697 | Gross: $0.49M

9. 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: 3,071

10. Generation War (2013)

TV-MA | 270 min | Action, Drama, History

Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.

Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein

Votes: 32,611 | Gross: $0.09M

11. Stalingrad (1993)

Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, War

The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph

Votes: 37,754 | Gross: $0.08M

12. The Trouble with Jessica (2023)

89 min | Comedy

Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of uninvited dinner guest, Jessica.

Director: Matt Winn | Stars: Harrison Evans, Sylvester Groth, Shirley Henderson, Alice Henley

Votes: 288

13. Deutschland 83 (2015)

TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.

Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth

Votes: 15,042

14. Berlin, I Love You (2019)

R | 120 min | Drama, Romance

Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.

Directors: Dianna Agron, Peter Chelsom, Claus Clausen, Fernando Eimbcke, Justin Franklin, Dennis Gansel, Dani Levy, Daniel Lwowski, Stephanie Martin, Josef Rusnak, Til Schweiger, Massy Tadjedin, Gabriela Tscherniak | Stars: Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Luke Wilson, Jim Sturgess

Votes: 3,932

15. The Old Fox (1977– )

60 min | Crime, Drama

A police department led by an older, experienced detective solves crimes together.

Stars: Michael Ande, Markus Böttcher, Ulf Söhmisch, Rolf Schimpf

Votes: 773

16. 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: 572

17. Deutschland 89 (2020)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller

Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.

Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Corinna Harfouch

Votes: 3,352

18. Unwanted (2023– )

54 min | Drama

One of the world's largest cruise ships, which after taking on board 28 shipwrecked refugees, is taken hostage by the desperate asylum seekers when they learn that the captain has been ordered to take them back to Libya.

Stars: Sylvester Groth, Massimo De Lorenzo, Jessica Schwarz, Jonathan Berlin

Votes: 304

19. Deutschland 86 (2018)

TV-MA | 472 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth

Votes: 5,295

20. Silent Friend

Filming

Tales told from the perspective of a lonely old tree standing in the middle of a botanical garden.

Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Sylvester Groth

21. Momo (1986)

101 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

In the village of Momo the pace of time goes very slowly. Nobody is bothering about stress but everyone has time to chat and rest - until the day the grey men arrive. With a great selling ... See full summary »

Director: Johannes Schaaf | Stars: Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sylvester Groth

Votes: 2,089

22. Naked Among Wolves (2015 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, War

As WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwald's emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camp's youngest inmate: a four-year-old Auschwitz-born Jewish prisoner. Is there a future for the Buchenwald boy?

Director: Philipp Kadelbach | Stars: Florian Stetter, Peter Schneider, Sylvester Groth, Sabin Tambrea

Votes: 4,186

23. Criminal: Germany (2019)

59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the interview room, detectives go head-to-head with suspects and try to get to the truth - even if it means breaking the rules and risking it all.

Stars: Eva Meckbach, Sylvester Groth, Florence Kasumba, Christian Kuchenbuch

Votes: 5,912

24. German Crime Story: Gefesselt (2023– )

43 min | Crime, Thriller

Describing the search for the so-called "acid barrel killer," who terrorized Hamburg between 1986 and 1992.

Stars: Oliver Masucci, Sylvester Groth, Christian Beermann, Angelina Häntsch

Votes: 732

25. The Third Wave (2003)

Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

Director: Anders Nilsson | Stars: Jakob Eklund, Irina Björklund, Nicholas Farrell, Ben Pullen

Votes: 4,091

26. 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

27. The Three Exclamation Marks (2019)

99 min | Adventure, Family

Friends Franzi, Marie and Kim planned to spend the summer rehearsing for a Peter Pan play, but when strange things start to happen at the theatre they take on the role of investigators.

Director: Viviane Andereggen | Stars: Lilli Marie Lacher, Alexandra Petzschmann, Paula Renzler, Jürgen Vogel

Votes: 289

28. The Witnesses (2021– )

25 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a 10-year-old girl is kidnapped from the Natural History Museum, the police question 8 key witnesses to uncover the truth and find the girl before it's too late.

Stars: Alexandra Maria Lara, Ralph Herforth, Ceci Chuh, Hanna Plaß

Votes: 270

29. Mitten in Deutschland: NSU (2016)

Crime, Drama

After German reunification, the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground begins a killing spree while cops fight an uphill battle to catch them.

Stars: ShockingRotom, Anna Maria Mühe, Ben Münchow, Albrecht Schuch

Votes: 1,035

30. Hilde (2009)

137 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

Director: Kai Wessel | Stars: Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens, Monica Bleibtreu, Hanns Zischler

Votes: 799

31. Buddenbrooks (2008)

151 min | Drama

In the 1840s, Lübeck is a dominating commercial town on the Baltic coast, and the Buddenbrooks are among the town's first families. Consul Jean Buddenbrook has two sons, Thomas and ... See full summary »

Director: Heinrich Breloer | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Iris Berben, Jessica Schwarz, August Diehl

Votes: 1,570

32. The Master Butcher (2019)

Drama, History

A young man and his wife struggling to create a good life for themselves in a new country. Based on Louise Erdrich's novel 'The Master Butchers Singing Club'.

Stars: Jonas Nay, Aylin Tezel, Leonie Benesch, Sylvester Groth

Votes: 380

33. Tom Sawyer (2011)

Not Rated | 109 min | Adventure, Family

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

Director: Hermine Huntgeburth | Stars: Louis Hofmann, Leon Seidel, Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann

Votes: 951

34. Schimanski (1997–2013)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A German TV series about Horst Schimanski, a spin-off from the popular TV crime series Tatort.

Stars: Götz George, Denise Virieux, Julian Weigend, Chiem van Houweninge

Votes: 382

35. My Führer (2007)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, War

This action comedy is set in 1944. Hitler appears in it as a physically and mentally destroyed person who takes the advice of Goebbels and goes to a Jewish concentration camp to receive ... See full summary »

Director: Dani Levy | Stars: Helge Schneider, Ulrich Mühe, Sylvester Groth, Adriana Altaras

Votes: 4,610 | Gross: $0.00M

36. The Last U-Boat (1993 TV Movie)

99 min | Drama, War

In 1945 an advanced type of German U-boat loaded with atomic technology en route for Japan and escorted by Japanese naval officers receives news that Germany has capitulated.

Director: Frank Beyer | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Kaoru Kobayashi, Gorô Ôhashi

Votes: 309

37. Morgenmagazin (1992– )

News, Talk-Show

The german morning magazine.

Stars: Sven Alexander Lorig, Dunja Hayali, Mitri Sirin, Anja Heyde

Votes: 72

38. Mein Leben & ich (2001–2010)

25 min | Comedy

German sitcom centered around teenage girl Alex (Wolke Hegenbarth), who stoically observes the world around her, where her parents refuse to grow up, and her brother Sebastian and friend ... See full summary »

Stars: Wolke Hegenbarth, Gottfried Vollmer, Maren Kroymann, Nora Binder

Votes: 473

39. The Sheikh (2022– )

Biography, Comedy, Drama

Follows a con artist who reinvents himself as the heir of an Arabic fortune.

Stars: Sylvester Groth, Max Hopp, Carol Schuler, Katharina Heyer

Votes: 133

40. KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007–2010)

45 min | Crime

Big and small stories surrounding a police station in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Stars: Götz Schubert, Manfred Zapatka, Saskia Vester, Barnaby Metschurat

Votes: 304

41. Bella Block (1993–2018)

Crime

For more than 20 years, determined Hannelore Hoger ruled on ZDF as Bella Block, Hamburg police-chief commissioner against criminals.

Stars: Hannelore Hoger, Hansjürgen Hürrig, Rudolf Kowalski, Devid Striesow

Votes: 205

42. Lulu (2006 TV Movie)

118 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Everybody wants to play with Lulu. The erotic animal, the child woman, the mirror to project yourself in. Dr.Goll, Black, Dr.Beautiful, his son Alwa and the Countess.

Director: Uwe Janson | Stars: Jessica Schwarz, Sylvester Groth, Carlo Ljubek, Alexander Scheer

Votes: 103

43. German Crime Story: Deadlock (2023)

Crime, Drama

Inspired by the notorious Acid Barrel murders in Germany in the 1990s

Director: Florian Schwarz | Stars: Sylvester Groth, Wolf Danny Homann, Angelina Häntsch, Nikola Kastner

Votes: 144

44. Rote Erde (1983– )

History, War

Saga of a miner and his family in the Ruhr area of Western Germany in the time from the the late1800s until World War I.

Stars: Walter Renneisen, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Angelika Bartsch, Vera Lippisch

Votes: 66

45. Contergan (2007 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama

A dramatization of the thalidomide drug scandal of the early 1960s.

Director: Adolf Winkelmann | Stars: Benjamin Sadler, Katharina Wackernagel, Hans Werner Meyer, Caroline Peters

Votes: 251

46. 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

47. In Times of Fading Light (2017)

100 min | Comedy, Drama

A family of German Communists caught on the wrong side of history.

Director: Matti Geschonneck | Stars: Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Sylvester Groth, Alexander Fehling

Votes: 543

48. 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: 99

49. Requiem for a Romantic Woman (1999)

100 min | Drama, History, Romance

Frankfurt, Germany, 1807. Clemens Bretano, a writer, meets Auguste Bußman, a 17-year old girl from a wealthy banker's family. She is a very passionate and impulsive being and immediately ... See full summary »

Director: Dagmar Knöpfel | Stars: Sylvester Groth, Janina Sachau, Jeanette Hain, Felix von Manteuffel

Votes: 137

50. The Weekend (2012)

98 min | Drama

After being released from prison, former RAF terrorist Jens Kessler spends his first weekend in freedom with friends from the past; among them are his former lover Inga and her husband. As ... See full summary »

Director: Nina Grosse | Stars: Sebastian Koch, Sylvester Groth, Tobias Moretti, Katja Riemann

Votes: 254