Und morgen die ganze Welt
Another 2020 Netflix film, this social drama is rated TV-MA and covers the political spectrum of Germany. One member of the cast has been in… Read More »Und morgen die ganze Welt
Another 2020 Netflix film, this social drama is rated TV-MA and covers the political spectrum of Germany. One member of the cast has been in… Read More »Und morgen die ganze Welt
This 2021 Netflix film is marketed as an action/horror/thriller and is currently rated #2 in the US market! This film uses a variety of languages… Read More »Blood Red Sky
This 2014 social drama is available on Netflix. It covers the events of 1992 in Rostock, during which xenophobic riots attacked Vietnamese refugees. Using a… Read More »Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark.
Marketed on Netflix as a teen film, this 2018 film is a story of the devil and his daughter Lilith. The friend (/target) is played… Read More »Meine teuflisch gute Freundin
This 2018 Netflix film handles itself with a sensitive subject, namely rape, and the consequences of keeping it secret. This film has several scenes that… Read More »Alles ist gut
This 2007 is a drama comedy of WWII and is currently available on Netflix. The premise pulls a Jewish acting professor from a concentration camp… Read More »Mein Führer
This 2016 adventure comedy centers around teenage gaming culture and has is currently available on Netflix. There are significant ties to World of Warcraft both… Read More »Offline – das Leben ist kein Bonuslevel
This 2020 Netflix film is a film from an earlier TV series, using the same actors as the series. Felicitas Woll has been in a… Read More »Berlin, Berlin – der Film
This 2020 Netflix film, otherwise known as Christmas Crossfire, stars Kostja Ullmann. Merlin Rose also joins the cast. He may look familiar from Hot Dog,… Read More »Wir können nicht anders
Rated TV-MA, this Netflix film from 2020 is a rom-com. It’s pretty much a typical rich girl, poor boy story, really. Isi is played by… Read More »Isa & Ossi
Currently available on Netflix, this 2017 comedy merges an underground German culture with the international culture of Dubai. Moritz Bleibtreu and Lucas Gregorowicz are our… Read More »Lommbock
This 2020 Netflix film is rated TV-MA. It should be known before considering this film for practice or education that from the first moments of… Read More »Betonrausch
This 2003 Sönke Wortmann and Rochus Hahn film is already a staple in many German classrooms. Teachers cite the slow pace and focus on soccer… Read More »Das Wunder von Bern
This 2006 film in two parts is an adventure film with a theme of pirates in the 14th century. It is split into two parts,… Read More »Störtebeker
This 2010 rom-com has a target audience of young teenagers and preteens. The plot brings an exchange student back to Germany from America and meeting… Read More »Groupies bleiben nicht zum Frühstück
This 2010 rom-com has a target audience of young teenagers and preteens. The plot brings an exchange student back to Germany from America and meeting… Read More »Groupies bleiben nicht zum Frühstück
This 2014 documentary centers around stories of DDR escapes. There are many interviews with those who risked their lives to do so, as well as… Read More »Zug in die Freiheit
This 2016 historical drama is currently available on Amazon. Kästner is played by Florian David Fitz, who we’ve seen and discussed already. Among the cast… Read More »Kästner und der kleine Dienstag
This 2020 film, currently available on Amazon Prime, is rated 16+ there. It would easily be rated R, were it to be rated in America.… Read More »Driven Crazy
This 2015 comedy is currently available on Netflix! Ekram Bora (AKA the Türkish-German rapper Eko Fresh as well as Elektro Eko) plays one of the… Read More »3 Türken und ein Baby
This 1961 drama-thriller, currently available on Amazon, was a West German production centering around farmers leaving East Germany to flee the collectivization that was taking… Read More »Flucht nach Berlin
This 2016 Drama-Comedy is already well-known by German teachers across the states. With a central theme of immigration, this film lends itself well to the… Read More »Willkommen bei den Hartmanns
This 2001 German short film is currently available on Amazon prime. This film uses stop motion. One of the voices is done by a voice… Read More »Das Rad
This 2016 short film is currently available on Amazon Prime. It features Heike Makatsch, who we know from films such as Hui Buh, Tom Sawyer,… Read More »Speechless
This 1988 German film, filmed in Südtirol, Italy, is an adventure film. Perfect setting for an adventure, really! Most of the actors in this film… Read More »Sommer des Falken