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2. We Are New York (2009– )
Drama
It's their first date. Jorge thinks Sophie is rich. Sophie thinks Jorge is rich. But neither is! With the help of their friends and co-workers, they learn the truth about love and money in ... See full summary »
Stars: Arturo Castro, Kenneth Maharaj, Sándor Técsy, Vincent D'Arbouze
Votes: 17
3.
Tokyo Vice (2022– )
Episode:
Everybody Pays
(2022)
TV-MA | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Jake helps reveal the mole in Chihara-Kai, he must weigh the risks of accepting a favor in return from Ishida. Samantha attempts to take care of her Matsuo problem. Sato's recruitment ends with a devastating lesson in loyalty.
Director: Hikari | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Hideaki Itô
Votes: 1,544
4. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
5.
Unorthodox (2020)
Episode:
Part 4
(2020)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama
Moishe brutally confronts Esty, sending her running to Leah for help. After Esty has her audition, she and Yanky have it out.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 1,663
6. Skydancer (2011)
75 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Great short film about the Mohawk iron workers, history about these fearless sky walkers who work very hard for their families and keep a tradition that keeps them going
Director: Katja Esson | Stars: Jerry Thundercloud McDonald, Pierce Brosnan, Bobby D'Amelio, Bear Fox
Votes: 24
7. Texas - Kabul (2004)
93 min | Documentary
Helga Reidemeister portrays four women from Afghanistan-Jamila Mujahed, India-Arundhati Roy, Serbia-Stasa Zajovic and the USA-Sissy Farenthold, who demonstrate their opposition to nationalism and war.
Director: Helga Reidemeister | Stars: Sissy Farenthold, Jamila Mujahed, Arundhati Roy, Stascha Zajovic
Votes: 15
8. Tokyo Vice (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu
Votes: 45,466
9. Unorthodox (2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Story of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life abroad.
Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 92,571
10. Menachem & Fred (2007)
90 min | Documentary
The reunion of two German Jewish brothers - who took vastly different directions at the end of WWII, and needed a lifetime to find their way back to each other.
Directors: Ronit Kertsner, Ofra Tevet | Stars: Menachem Mayer, Frederick Raymes
Votes: 24
11.
Unorthodox (2020)
Episode:
Part 2
(2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Esty's Berlin friends challenge many of her old beliefs, but also provide a safe space to explore new ways of being. Yanky and Moishe search for Esty.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 1,716
12. Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982– )
43 min | Documentary, History
Terra X - Expedition into the unknown.
Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Dirk Steffens, Joachim Bublath, Ramona Leiß
Votes: 181
13.
Unorthodox (2020)
Episode:
Part 3
(2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
As Moishe secretly gathers evidence against Esty, she realizes she needs help to audition for the scholarship she desperately needs.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 1,617
14.
Unorthodox (2020)
Episode:
Part 1
(2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Born and raised in a New York Hasidic community, Esty struggles after a fruitless first year of marriage. She runs away to Berlin and finds new freedom.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid
Votes: 1,863
15.
Tokyo Vice (2022– )
Episode:
Don't Ever F**king Miss
(2024)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As Jake, Katagiri, and Samantha pursue the truth about Polina, Sato clings to life--but not all of Chihara-kai are hoping for his full recovery.
Director: Alan Poul | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu
Votes: 792
16. Jahrestage (2000– )
95 min | Drama
Stars: Suzanne von Borsody, Marie Helen Dehorn, Matthias Habich, Axel Milberg
Votes: 86
17. 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: 260,187 | Gross: $34.19M
18. Gerdas Schweigen (2008)
95 min | Documentary
Holocaust survivor, Gerda Schrage, shares her experience about giving birth to her child in Auschwitz.
Director: Britta Wauer | Stars: Gerda Schrage, Knut Elstermann, Steven Schrage, Helga Elstermann
Votes: 19
19. Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (2019)
142 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Swiss environmental activist Bruno Manser tries to save the nomadic Penan tribe from deforestation in Borneo.
Director: Niklaus Hilber | Stars: Sven Schelker, Nick Kelesau, Elizabeth Ballang, Matthew Crowley
Votes: 556
20. Backroads USA (2013– )
45 min | Documentary
The true roots of America can best be experienced by traveling along the country's older trails, paths, and roadways. Leave the main roads behind for those less traveled and experience America in a way the interstate just cannot match.
Star: Katja Brügger
Votes: 35
21. Ferry Tales (2003)
40 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary that focuses on the daily meetings between a group of commuters in the women's room of the Staten Island Ferry.
Director: Katja Esson
Votes: 79
22. Paul Auster: Le jeu du hasard (2019 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary uses the work of literature as a springboard to explore contemporary US politics and history. Richly interspersed with extracts from interviews, including with Auster's wife,
Director: Sabine Lidl | Stars: Paul Auster, François Busnel, Sam Messer, Siri Hustvedt
Votes: 34
23. Razing Liberty Square (2023)
86 min | Documentary
Eight miles inland of Miami's beaches, Liberty City residents fight to save their community from climate gentrification: their land, sitting on a ridge, becomes real estate gold.
Director: Katja Esson | Stars: Valencia Gunder, Sam Kenley, Aaron McKinney, Samantha Quarterman
Votes: 36
24. Mistress (I) (2014)
21 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A love affair that is easy and fun for Claire, gets challenged when another reality of John's life comes in to play by an accidental encounter.
Director: Anja Murmann | Stars: Li Jun Li, Heath Calvert, Jabari Gray, Michelle Vanegas
Votes: 8
25. Po-lin. Okruchy pamieci (2008)
82 min | Documentary
"Po-lin" is a story of a world long gone. Of place and time when two cultures, Polish and Jewish intertwined and coexisted. The documentary shows a collection of unique, black and white ... See full summary »
Director: Jolanta Dylewska | Stars: Jan Borysiak, Michal Darocha, Józefa Dabrowska, Leonard Debkowski
Votes: 81
26.
Backroads USA (2013– )
Episode:
The Mohawk Trail Across New England
(2013)
43 min | Documentary
For many years, the Mohawk Trail served as a main trade route for the indigenous Atlantic tribes of North America. Tap into one of America's richest springs of historical significance with a journey down the legendary Mohawk Trail.
Director: Katja Esson | Star: Katja Brügger
Votes: 8
27. Desert Flower (2009)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model. Then, in 1997 she speaks up against female genital mutilation.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan
Votes: 14,213 | Gross: $0.04M
28. Audition (II) (2015)
90 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A romance is portrayed by one hundred actors who audition for the two lead roles and the chance to perform the final terrifying act.
Director: Matt Herron | Stars: Paige Spara, Chelsea Frei, Erica Camarano, Tyler Elliot Burke
Votes: 64
29. The Unheard Woman (2016)
88 min | Biography, Drama
A tale about a farmer and his ill daughter seeking for a doctor can bring back her health.
Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Romy Butz, Rosalie Thomass, Florian Karlheim, Gisela Schneeberger
Votes: 314
30.
Backroads USA (2013– )
Episode:
The Loneliest Road in America
(2013)
43 min | Documentary
Once dubbed "The Loneliest Road of America," meet people who have found all the comforts of home along Highway 50. Listen as the region's history is brought to life, a history that is very much woven into the fabric of America's Wild West.
Director: Katja Esson | Star: Katja Brügger
Votes: 7
31. Remembrance (2011)
105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A Polish man rescues a Jewish woman during the chaos of WWII, but they become separated until a chance encounter over 30 years later in New York reunites them.
Director: Anna Justice | Stars: Alice Dwyer, Mateusz Damiecki, Dagmar Manzel, Lech Mackiewicz
Votes: 2,335
32. Poetry of Resilience (2011)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Six poets survive some of the worst political atrocities of the 20th century.
Director: Katja Esson
Votes: 7
33.
Backroads USA (2013– )
Episode:
The Blues Highway Through the Deep South
(2013)
43 min | Documentary
To this day, the resonance of music born of and inspired by the Mississippi Delta still clings thickly to the air like dew on morning leaves as you travel along and experience Highway 61, otherwise known as "The Blues Highway."
Director: Katja Esson | Star: Katja Brügger
Votes: 8
34.
Backroads USA (2013– )
Episode:
The Oregon Trail to the North West
(2013)
43 min | Documentary
Hitch up your wagon and travel along one of the most unique historic trails of the American experience. Beginning along the Missouri River, the trek westward along the Oregon Trail was no easy task for the pioneers of early America.
Director: Katja Esson | Star: Katja Brügger
Votes: 6
35. Hannah Arendt (2012)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Votes: 12,031 | Gross: $0.71M
36. Shades of Guilt (2015–2019)
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime
In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney ... See full summary »
Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Stieblich, Pheline Roggan, Laila Maria Witt
Votes: 605
37. We Are Twisted Fucking Sister! (2014)
Not Rated | 135 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
They were the Grand Funk of Glam and the NY Dolls of Metal. Some considered Twisted Sister a joke, others called them the greatest bar band in the world. While microcosm of Punk/New Wave ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Horn | Stars: Sally Avellino, Donna Boccuzzi, Garry Bushell, Phil Carson
Votes: 1,752
38. Dear Thomas (2021)
150 min | Biography, Drama
Rebel. Poet. Revolutionary: LIEBER THOMAS is a declaration of love to writer Thomas Brasch, congenially brought to life by exceptional actor Albrecht Schuch.
Director: Andreas Kleinert | Stars: Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Ioana Iacob, Jörg Schüttauf
Votes: 490
39. Little Yellow Boots (2017)
95 min | Documentary
A cinematic letter to a future great-grandchild weaves together a story of personal loss, family and the difference each of us can make in the world.
Director: John Webster | Stars: John Webster, Anu Webster, Benjy Webster, Samuel Webster
Votes: 62
40. Letters from Baghdad (2016)
TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.
Directors: Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Michael Higgs, Eric Loscheider, Rachael Stirling
Votes: 483 | Gross: $0.36M
41. The Net (2003)
Not Rated | 121 min | Documentary
Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the... See full summary »
Director: Lutz Dammbeck | Stars: Lutz Dammbeck, Eva Mattes, Tom Vogt, Stewart Brand
Votes: 390
42. Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush (2022)
119 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer, Charly Hübner, Nazmi Kirik
Votes: 1,302
43. The Look (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING: THE LOOK features Charlotte Rampling in a series of reflective conversations with artists, friends, and one-time collaborators such as novelist Paul Auster and ... See full summary »
Director: Angelina Maccarone | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, Barnaby Southcombe
Votes: 327 | Gross: $0.02M
44. Krieg und Spiele (2016)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Karin Jurschick | Star: Dave Anthony
Votes: 9
46.
Backroads USA (2013– )
Episode:
Route 66 Through the South West
(2013)
43 min | Documentary
Stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles, iconic Route 66 is a part of American legend. The spirit and beating heart of America can be felt as you glide along Route 66, and here, you just might catch a fleeting glimpse of The American Dream.
Director: Katja Esson | Star: Katja Brügger
Votes: 6
47. Rosenstrasse (2003)
PG-13 | 136 min | Drama, War
After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Svea Lohde, Jutta Lampe
Votes: 2,538 | Gross: $0.73M
48. Funeral for a Dog (2022– )
45 min | Drama
The journalist Daniel Mandelkern travels to Italy to interview the famous but mysterious novelist Mark Svensson. In his remote lakeside estate, he finds himself entangled in an intriguing love story that ended in a mysterious death.
Stars: Friedrich Mücke, Alina Tomnikov, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Sträßer
Votes: 228
49. Der Bankraub (2015 TV Movie)
Drama
Helmut Draeger, director of a German bank, gives the talented bank employee Martin Kreye the opportunity to speculate in New York in real estate. Martins Career quickly takes a high flight. He soon gets under .
Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Franz Dinda, Joachim Król, Justus von Dohnányi, Ulrike Kriener
Votes: 62
50.
Shades of Guilt (2015–2019)
Episode:
Der Freund
(2019)
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime
A close friend of Friedrich Kronberg tells the tragic course of his life.
Director: Nils Willbrandt | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Oliver Masucci, Verena Altenberger, Stefanie Stappenbeck
Votes: 45