With Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Boat (1981)
R | 149 min | Drama, War
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 248,973 | Gross: $11.49M
2. Christiane F. (1981)
R | 138 min | Biography, Drama
A teen girl in 1970's Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Eberhard Auriga, Peggy Bussieck, Lothar Chamski
Votes: 25,278
3. Das Boot (1985)
TV-MA | 293 min | Drama, War
A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
Votes: 29,878
4. Tatort (1970– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This anthology series follows the work of police officers in Germany.
Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 3,321
5. Veronika Voss (1982)
R | 104 min | Drama
Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Votes: 6,988
6. Drei Damen vom Grill (1977–1992)
25 min | Comedy
Three ladies from the grill.
Stars: Brigitte Mira, Brigitte Grothum, Gabriele Schramm, Bettina Martell
Votes: 142
7. Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966)
60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Commander McLane and the crew of the fast space cruiser Orion patrol Earth's outposts and colonies in space and defend humanity from the alien 'Frogs'.
Stars: Dietmar Schönherr, Eva Pflug, Wolfgang Völz, Claus Holm
Votes: 954
8. The Noah's Ark Principle (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Near the end of the 20th century, WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) are retired. However, certain factions plan to use a science space station as a weapon against each other. The astronauts inside will decide the world's fate.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser, Aviva Joel, Matthias Fuchs
Votes: 998
9. Beyond Silence (1996)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music
Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice... See full summary »
Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit
Votes: 4,433 | Gross: $0.17M
10. Doctor Snuggles (1979– )
25 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The fantastic adventures of a friendly doctor and his friends.
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Ulli Philipp, Lambert Hamel, Walter Jokisch
Votes: 1,069
11. Go Trabi Go (1991)
92 min | Comedy
Family Struutz lives in Bitterfeld (GDR). After the fall of the wall, they take the opportunity to go on holiday with their car, an old Trabant. They simply want to visit Italy. But there ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Wolfgang Stumph, Claudia Schmutzler, Marie Gruber, Dieter Hildebrandt
Votes: 1,473
12. The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has some of the most difficult peaks to be ... See full summary »
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Reinhold Messner, Hans Kammerlander, Werner Herzog
Votes: 917
13. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
73 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young boy becomes an apprentice for a mysterious sorcerer, working at the sorcerer's strange and sinister mill where secretive black magic is being taught and performed at a very heavy price.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Ludek Munzar, Jaroslav Moucka, Christian Brückner, Friedrich Schütter
Votes: 1,068
14. Clochemerle (1972)
230 min | Comedy
A rural French town attempts to erect a public urinal.
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Larry Noble
Votes: 99
15. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
With slicked-down hair and three-piece suits, dependable Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Lilith Ungerer, Kurt Raab, Amadeus Fengler, Lilo Pempeit
Votes: 2,594
16. La Soufrière (1977)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except for one old man who refuses to leave. Herzog ... See full summary »
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog
Votes: 2,085
17. Eisenbahn-Romantik (1991– )
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Jo Jung, Hagen von Ortloff, Frank Stöckle, Moritz Brendel
Votes: 31
18. Der Fluch (1988)
88 min | Mystery, Thriller
When a young family, father, mother and their daughter, is on a trip in the mountains, they loose orientation and have to stay there for the night. The daughter finds a dead young girl who ... See full summary »
Director: Ralf Huettner | Stars: Dominic Raacke, Barbara May, Romina Nowack, Ortrud Beginnen
Votes: 150
19. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A study of the psychology of a champion ski-jumper, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Walter Steiner, Werner Herzog
Votes: 2,565
20. God's Angry Man (1981 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970's and 1980's, and even argues with his... See full summary »
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Gene Scott, Werner Herzog
Votes: 824
21. A Man Like Eva (1984)
92 min | Biography, Drama
A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has ... See full summary »
Director: Radu Gabrea | Stars: Eva Mattes, Lisa Kreuzer, Werner Stocker, Charles Regnier
Votes: 117
22. Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980– )
120 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
The German TV-show fools and trolls celebrities captured on camera.
Stars: Frank Elstner, Paola Del Medico, Kurt Felix, Guido Cantz
Votes: 231
23. How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... (1976 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Herzog examines the world championships for cattle auctioneers, his fascination with a language created by an economic system, and compares it to the lifestyle of the Amish, who live nearby.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Steve Liptay, Scott McKain, Ralph Wade
Votes: 1,232
24. Herdsmen of the Sun (1989 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and 'beauty pageants', where eligible young... See full summary »
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Werner Herzog
Votes: 755
25. Okay S.I.R. (1972–1974)
25 min | Crime
Stars: Anneliese Uhlig, Monika Peitsch, Anita Kupsch, Marran Gosov
Votes: 23
26. Tagesschau (1952– )
15 min | Documentary, News, Sport
A German news show on the public broadcaster ARD.
Stars: Wilhelm Wieben, Jan Hofer, Angela Merkel, Yanis Varoufakis
Votes: 220
27. Les affinités électives (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The story takes place in Germany at the beginning of the last century. Charlotte and wealthy baron Edouard, who had loved each other since their youth, could only marry after both became ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Michael Degen, Pascale Reynaud, Helmut Griem
Votes: 37
28. Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 46 min | Documentary, War
The film focuses on a group of Miskito in Nicaragua who used child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.
Directors: Werner Herzog, Denis Reichle | Stars: Werner Herzog, Denis Reichle
Votes: 919
29. Un marinaio e mezzo (1985 TV Movie)
90 min | Adventure, Family
Nick has been living as a merchant seaman, sailing everywhere with his pet pelican. While off the coast of South America, his boat is capsized by an oil tanker. In fury, he gets back ashore... See full summary »
Director: Tommaso Dazzi | Stars: Franco Nero, Santiago García, Galo Ahumada, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 30
30. Nonstop Nonsens (1975–1980)
28 min | Comedy
There is a complete comic story in each episode, with Didi in the main role - as well as other, more brief, comedy sketches, also starring Didi.
Stars: Dieter Hallervorden, Rotraud Schindler, Kurt Schmidtchen, Gerhard Wollner
Votes: 259
31. Huie's Sermon (1981 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
The reverend Huie L. Rogers delivers an intense and impassioned sermon at his church in Brooklyn.
Director: Werner Herzog | Star: Huie L. Rogers
Votes: 410
32. Bluebeard's Castle (1963)
60 min | Drama
Based on the Bela Bartok opera, Bluebeard woos his women and then swiftly disposes of them.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Norman Foster, Ana Raquel Satre
Votes: 121
33. Mir reicht's - ich steig aus (1983)
91 min | Drama
The intelligent Linda, daughter of Joseph and Jane, takes a critical view of her parents' marriage. Her father's dominant behavior and her mother's indifference become so unbearable to her ... See full summary »
Director: Gustav Ehmck | Stars: Linda Manz, Wal Davis, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ana Torrent
Votes: 35
34. Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music
"It must 'schwing!'" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label that was home to such greats as Miles ... See full summary »
Directors: Julian Benedikt, Andreas Morell | Stars: Freddie Hubbard, Gil Mellé, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver
Votes: 270
35. Maiden's War (1977)
143 min
The three daughters of the Dessau merchant Sellmann move in 1936 with their father to Prague, where he accepted a position as director of the Böhmische Landesbank. For the three different ... See full summary »
Directors: Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel | Stars: Adelheid Arndt, Kaki Hunter, Antonia Reininghaus, Matthias Habich
Votes: 22
36. Troublemaker (1988)
98 min | Crime
With the American Dream set in their minds, two pathetic gangsters, one Luxembourgish, the other German, go through various trials and tribulation in the South of Luxembourg.
Director: Andy Bausch | Stars: Thierry van Werveke, Ender Frings, Nicole Max, Conrad Scheel
Votes: 110
37. Landesschau (1957– )
News
The Landesschau are TV broadcasts of the SWR, which can be seen on SWR television from Monday to Saturday.
Stars: Jürgen Hörig, Annette Krause, Florian Weber, Sonja Faber-Schrecklein
Votes: 10
38. Three Men on a Horse (1969)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
A man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the person to place the bet.
Director: Marcel Moussy | Stars: Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Jean Poiret, Pierre Tornade
Votes: 36
39. D'Artagnan (1969– )
305 min | Adventure
Stars: Dominique Paturel, François Chaumette, Rolf Arndt, Adriano Amidei Migliano
Votes: 31
40. Labyrinth (1991)
90 min | Drama
Director: Jaromil Jires | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Christopher Chaplin, Christian Thuri, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 56
41. Les Alsaciens: ou les deux Mathilde (1996– )
90 min | Drama, History
The history of four generations of a family in Alsace between 1870 and 1953. Over this time, the family and the villagers live through three wars between France and Germany and their ... See full summary »
Stars: Cécile Bois, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Miquel, Sebastian Koch
Votes: 58
42. Flug in Gefahr (1964 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama, Thriller
The fate of everyone onboard a stricken airplane depends on not only finding someone who can fly the plane, but also someone who DIDN'T have fish for dinner.
Director: Theo Mezger | Stars: Hanns Lothar, Benno Sterzenbach, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Günther Neutze
Votes: 162
43. Meier (1986)
99 min | Comedy
Satirical comedy about an East German citizen who manages to acquire a West Germany passport and go to live in the West, only to find that not all is gold that glitters.
Director: Peter Timm | Stars: Rainer Grenkowitz, Nadja Engelbrecht, Thomas Bestvater, Alexander Hauff
Votes: 95
44. Hatschipuh (1987)
95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The farm where Hatschipuh (a gnome) and his friends live is about to be sold because the owners are going bankrupt. The gnomes need to help the family and rescue the farm. Live action film with animated gnomes.
Director: Ulrich König | Stars: Toni Berger, Henry van Lyck, Adelheid Arndt, Elisabeth Karg
Votes: 184
45. Silence = Death (1990)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Rosa von Praunheim | Stars: Bern Boyle, Emilio Cubeiro, Rafael Gamba, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 56
46. Pizzicata (1996)
93 min | Drama, Music, Romance
1943, Italy's Salentino peninsula. Tony, an American fighter pilot, raised speaking Italian in New York, parachutes to safety and is hidden at the olive farm of Carmine, a man with three ... See full summary »
Director: Edoardo Winspeare | Stars: Cosimo Cinieri, Chiara Torelli, Fabio Frascaro, Anna Dimitri
Votes: 83 | Gross: $0.01M
47. Tiger, Löwe, Panther (1989)
97 min | Comedy
Three friends Pat, Nicoletta and Sissy are established in civil life but their dreams have not really come true. Every now and then, each of the women drives away from everyday life, away from husband and lover.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Natja Brunckhorst, Martina Gedeck, Sabine Kaack, Thomas Winkler
Votes: 58
48. Auf los geht's los (1977–1986)
Game-Show
A serial killer is on the run and a team are looking for him.
Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Rolf-Hans Müller, Rosy Singers, Peter Maffay
Votes: 50
50. Kehraus (1983)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
Fork-lift truck driver Ferdinand Weitel is desperate: he earns just a few deutschmarks a month, and now an unsavoury insurance agent has talked him into signing over expensive contracts. ... See full summary »
Director: Hanns Christian Müller | Stars: Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger, Nikolaus Paryla, Dieter Hildebrandt
Votes: 677