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1. Warten auf Angelina (2008)
89 min | Comedy
A paparazzo and an obsessive fan become pals while staking out Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's apartment in Berlin.
Director: Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Florian Lukas, Jana Pallaske, Barbara Auer
Votes: 156
2. Changeling (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith
Votes: 265,329 | Gross: $35.74M
3. Quiet Chaos (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A look at the strange bereavement behavior of an Italian executive. Based on a novel by Sandro Veronesi.
Director: Antonello Grimaldi | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Isabella Ferrari, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 4,148 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 15,964
5. Frost/Nixon (2008)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 112,495 | Gross: $18.59M
6. Ganz nah bei Dir (2009)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
The lonely bank-employee Phillip follows a strict pattern of somewhat compulsive actions keeping his encounters with strangers to a minimum.
Director: Almut Getto | Stars: Bastian Trost, Moritz Berg, Stephan Bieker, Katja Danowski
Votes: 166
7. Der Knochenmann (2009)
127 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Private Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station "Löschenkohl". There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Josef Bierbichler, Birgit Minichmayr, Christoph Luser
Votes: 4,911
8. The Wrestler (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Votes: 320,033 | Gross: $26.24M
9. Gran Torino (2008)
R | 116 min | Drama
After a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Votes: 815,228 | Gross: $148.10M
10. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 878,065 | Gross: $141.32M
11. Short Cut to Hollywood (2009)
94 min | Comedy
Johannes, Mattias and Christian have long shared a dream of becoming rich and famous in the United States. Johannes persuades Mattias and Christian to join him as he travels to the United States and tries to jump-start a show biz career
Directors: Marcus Mittermeier, Jan Henrik Stahlberg | Stars: Jan Henrik Stahlberg, Marcus Mittermeier, Christoph Kottenkamp, Marta Cross
Votes: 213
12. What Just Happened (2008)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, John Turturro, Stanley Tucci, Sean Penn
Votes: 28,528 | Gross: $1.09M
13. Just Another Love Story (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Life in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich
Votes: 4,987 | Gross: $0.05M
14. Contact High (2009)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy
An episodic comedy that follows the lives of four men living in Vienna.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Michael Ostrowski, Raimund Wallisch, Alexis Santiago Hernandez, Victor Varnado
Votes: 1,276
15. Il Divo (2008)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci
Votes: 19,014 | Gross: $0.24M
16. The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
114 min | Drama
Five key days in a family's life.
Director: Rémi Bezançon | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin
Votes: 9,954
17. Eldorado (2008)
TV-MA | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Yvan finds a burglar in his house. He doesn't call the police and decides to give the young man a lift home to his parents.
Director: Bouli Lanners | Stars: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy
Votes: 2,211 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.
Director: Christine Jeffs | Stars: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Jason Spevack
Votes: 74,144 | Gross: $12.06M
19. Die Schimmelreiter (2008)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Fuchs is a food inspector who really loves his job. His biggest wish is to be promoted to Hamburg. In order to achieve this, Fuchs takes in the stranded brother of Tilmann, the head of Hamburg's food inspection department.
Director: Lars Jessen | Stars: Axel Prahl, Peter Jordan, Bjarne Mädel, Katharina Wackernagel
Votes: 106
20. Mikro eglima (2008)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Who killed Zaharias? Awesome Officer Leonidas will find out, even if he has to question all the island.
Director: Christos Georgiou | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Vicky Papadopoulou, Rania Oikonomidou, Antonis Katsaris
Votes: 852
21. The Limits of Control (2009)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada
Votes: 21,259 | Gross: $0.43M
22. Long Shadows (2008)
92 min | Drama
After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost... See full summary »
Director: Connie Walter | Stars: Christoph Bach, Gottfried Breitfuss, Uwe Kockisch, Udo Lange
Votes: 129
23. State of Play (2009)
PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren
Votes: 160,474 | Gross: $37.02M
24. Home (II) (2008)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Life for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened.
Director: Ursula Meier | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd
Votes: 5,030
25. Salami Aleikum (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Romance
To save the family's butchery from insolvency smallish, sensitive Mohsen heads to Poland to buy low-priced sheep. On his way he lands somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Eastern Germany ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi | Stars: Navid Navid, Anna Böger, Michael Niavarani, Wolfgang Stumph
Votes: 733
26. La fille de Monaco (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
Bertrand Beauvois, a well-known attorney, is in Monte Carlo to defend a businessman's mother who murdered a gigolo with ties to gangsters. The businessman provides a bodyguard, Christophe, ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Roschdy Zem, Stéphane Audran, Gilles Cohen
Votes: 2,357 | Gross: $0.60M
27. Le code a changé (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Karin Viard, Dany Boon, Marina Foïs, Patrick Bruel
Votes: 2,113 | Gross: $0.04M
28. Sztuczki (2007)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that setting a chain of events in motion will help him get closer to his father who left his mother. His sister helps him bribe fate with ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski | Stars: Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak, Tomasz Sapryk, Rafal Guzniczak
Votes: 2,158
29. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 473,975 | Gross: $17.02M
30. Sometime in August (2009)
92 min | Drama
Thomas and Hanna want to spend the summer in love in their new holiday home. When first Thomas' brother Friedrich, and later Hanna's goddaughter announce they would be visiting, the couple's happiness is put to the test
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Milan Peschel, Marie Bäumer, André Hennicke, Anna Brüggemann
Votes: 355
31. Broken Embraces (2009)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez
Votes: 42,692 | Gross: $5.01M
32. Coraline (2009)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders
Votes: 263,952 | Gross: $75.29M
33. Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
What to do when the workers of a factory have been laid off overnight? Louise has an original idea: why not pool the compensation money to hire a hit man and to liquidate the boss? Motion ... See full summary »
Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Benoît Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel
Votes: 2,596
34. Taking Woodstock (2009)
R | 120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Demetri Martin, Henry Goodman, Edward Hibbert, Imelda Staunton
Votes: 30,014 | Gross: $7.44M
35. Whiskey with Vodka (2009)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A renowned actor named Otto is the epitome of the problematic but beloved ladies man. Even when drunk he still knows more about filmmaking than does the amateur who is directing him in his ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Dresen | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Corinna Harfouch, Sylvester Groth, Markus Hering
Votes: 533
36. Storm (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serbian commander for killing Bosnians. However, her main witness might be lying, so the court sends a team to Bosnia to investigate.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 1,389 | Gross: $0.02M
37. Disgrace (2008)
R | 119 min | Drama
After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
Director: Steve Jacobs | Stars: John Malkovich, Natalie Becker, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
Votes: 5,826 | Gross: $0.07M
38. Evet, I Do! (2008)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Inter-twining stories about love and marriage set against the Turkish German community in Berlin.
Director: Sinan Akkus | Stars: Heinrich Schafmeister, Ingeborg Westphal, Oliver Korittke, Lale Yavas
Votes: 465
39. Giant (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
A chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
Director: Adrián Biniez | Stars: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas, Néstor Guzzini, Federico García
Votes: 2,189 | Gross: $0.01M
40. Away We Go (2009)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple expecting their first child travels the U.S. seeking the perfect "family home." They have misadventures and find fresh connections with relatives and old friends who help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 55,085 | Gross: $9.45M
41. Will You Marry Us? (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Rahel Hubli is employed as a civil registrar. She hasn't believed in the so-called "love of her life" in ages. But when a childhood friend, Ben, suddenly turns up, Rahel recalls again what ... See full summary »
Director: Micha Lewinsky | Stars: Marie Leuenberger, Dominique Jann, Oriana Schrage, Beat Schlatter
Votes: 303
42. 500 Days of Summer (2009)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being dumped by the girl he believes to be his soulmate, hopeless romantic Tom Hansen reflects on their relationship to try and figure out where things went wrong and how he can win her back.
Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 558,319 | Gross: $32.39M
43. Looking for Eric (2009)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns
Votes: 17,972 | Gross: $0.06M
44. Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten (2009)
93 min | Comedy
A left-wing activist named Sydelia organizes the first Germany-wide general strike for interns.
Director: Jonas Grosch | Stars: Katharina Wackernagel, Hannes Wegener, Anja Knauer, Axel Ranisch
Votes: 109
45. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
R | 127 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings
Votes: 43,877 | Gross: $14.36M
46. This Is Love (2009)
106 min | Drama
Since her husband left her 16 years ago Maggie has lost her faith in love. Then Chris comes into her life.
Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Jens Albinus, Duyen Pham, Jürgen Vogel
Votes: 395
47. Departures (2008)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 54,998 | Gross: $1.50M
48. Whatever Works (2009)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcé from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David, Henry Cavill, Adam Brooks
Votes: 76,909 | Gross: $5.31M
49. Same Same But Different (2009)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama
The unexpected, uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21-year-old bar girl in Phnom Penh, and Ben, a young German student traveling to Cambodia on a post-graduation summer trip.
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, David Kross, Jens Harzer, Stefan Konarske
Votes: 2,048
50. Soul Kitchen (2009)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan, Anna Bederke
Votes: 40,447 | Gross: $0.27M
51. La première étoile (2009)
90 min | Comedy
Jean-Gabriel, married and father of three, lives odd jobs and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to please his daughter, he quickly promises the whole family to take them on a ski vacation.
Director: Lucien Jean-Baptiste | Stars: Firmine Richard, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Anne Consigny, Jimmy Woha Woha
Votes: 965
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