Outside the Frame...Top German Films: 2000-2011
by brnrdhamel | created - 29 Dec 2012 | updated - 07 Mar 2013 | Publiclooking at the same pictures from a different angle -
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1. 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: 15,943
2. Michael (II) (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Director: Markus Schleinzer | Stars: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 5,114 | Gross: $0.02M
3. Winterreise (2006)
99 min | Drama
Winter travel.
Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Josef Bierbichler, Sibel Kekilli, Hanna Schygulla, Philipp Hochmair
Votes: 485
4. Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen (2003)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz
Votes: 1,895 | Gross: $0.00M
5. Jerichow (2008)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama
The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Hilmi Sözer, André Hennicke
Votes: 3,371 | Gross: $0.05M
6. The Silence (2010)
Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass
Votes: 8,168 | Gross: $0.10M
7. Sehnsucht (2006)
88 min | Drama, Romance
A metalworker and volunteer firefighter, who is content with his marriage to his childhood sweetheart, sees his life turn upside down when he falls in love with an attractive waitress from a nearby town.
Director: Valeska Grisebach | Stars: Andreas Müller, Ilka Welz, Anett Dornbusch, Erika Lemke
Votes: 709
8. Der freie Wille (2006)
Unrated | 163 min | Crime, Drama
A man is released from a mental institution after serving 9 years for multiple rape.
Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo, André Hennicke, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 3,302
9. The State I Am In (2000)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Clara and Hans are left-wing terrorists who have been sought by police for almost fifteen years. Their increasingly rebellious daughter begins to pose a threat to their security when she falls in love with a boy she meets on the beach.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Julia Hummer, Barbara Auer, Richy Müller, Bilge Bingül
Votes: 2,761
10.
Dreileben (2011– )
Episode:
Etwas Besseres als den Tod
(2011)
88 min | Crime, Drama
Johannes is a loner who wants a better job. And then he meets Ana. Ana is attractive and even though her job is even less prestigious than Johannes's, he falls for her. And then she quits ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Jacob Matschenz, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Vijessna Ferkic, Rainer Bock
Votes: 243
11.
Dreileben (2011– )
Episode:
Komm mir nicht nach
(2011)
89 min | Crime, Drama
Convicted murderer Molesch is still on the run after escaping from a hospital. Everything indicates that he is still in the area and hiding in the woods around the Thuringian town of ... See full summary »
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Jeanette Hain, Susanne Wolff, Misel Maticevic, Malou Hain
Votes: 394
12.
Dreileben (2011– )
Episode:
Eine Minute Dunkel
(2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Christoph Hochhäusler | Stars: Stefan Kurt, Eberhard Kirchberg, Imogen Kogge, Timo Jacobs
Votes: 340
13. Head-On (2004)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç, Zarah Jane McKenzie
Votes: 57,659
14. Pingpong (2006)
89 min | Drama
After his father's suicide, confused angsty 16 year old Paul goes to stay with his uncle's family. His uncle's wife is also unhappy with her life, so she and Paul have sex and only end up feeling even worse afterwards. Things get ugly.
Director: Matthias Luthardt | Stars: Sebastian Urzendowsky, Marion Mitterhammer, Clemens Berg, Falk Rockstroh
Votes: 1,094
15. Novemberkind (2008)
95 min | Drama
Novemberkind a film by Christian Schwochow with Anna Maria Mühe, Ulrich Matthes from the year 2008.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Anna Maria Mühe, Ulrich Matthes, Christine Schorn, Hermann Beyer
Votes: 494
16. Was du nicht siehst (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
This impressive psychological thriller about a sensitive German adolescent grappling with his father's suicide and his mother's new boyfriend plays out against the eerie woods and fantastic rock formations of the Brittany Coast.
Director: Wolfgang Fischer | Stars: Ludwig Trepte, Frederick Lau, Alice Dwyer, Bibiana Beglau
Votes: 367
17. Yella (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can't quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella's life takes an odd shift.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner
Votes: 4,278
18. Summer '04 (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
At 40, Miriam radiates serene beauty and tranquility, a confidence and self-assurance as vast as the sea close to her summer home. There are no taboos in the polished, urbane life she ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Krohmer | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Robert Seeliger, Peter Davor, Svea Lohde
Votes: 828
19. 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
20. So glücklich war ich noch nie (2009)
92 min | Drama
After a flirtation in a store looking for the imposter Frank is taken and to be behind bars. Free again, he tries to earn money in an honest way. One day, he meets the woman from the store ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Adolph | Stars: Devid Striesow, Nadja Uhl, Jörg Schüttauf, Floriane Daniel
Votes: 344
21. The Robber (2010)
Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg | Stars: Andreas Lust, Markus Schleinzer, Roman Kettner, Hannelore Klauber-Laursen
Votes: 4,630 | Gross: $0.08M
22. The Architect (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Georg is a 58-year-old successful architect. When he learns by phone that his mother had died in his home village in the Alps, he initially did not inform his wife Eva about the death. ... See full summary »
Director: Ina Weisse | Stars: Harald Abdelhamed, Josef Bierbichler, Hark Bohm, Maria Hofstätter
Votes: 441
23. The City Below (2010)
105 min | Drama
Steve recently moved to Frankfurt for work. His wife is a stranger in the new city, bored and vulnerable. She meets her husband's boss who is going through some big events in his life as well. They start to have an affair.
Director: Christoph Hochhäusler | Stars: Nicolette Krebitz, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Mark Waschke, Corinna Kirchhoff
Votes: 742
24. Im Schatten (2010)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Released from prison, a Trojan (Misel Maticevic) begins to plan an armored car robbery with an old friend and a crooked cop.
Director: Thomas Arslan | Stars: Misel Maticevic, Karoline Eichhorn, Uwe Bohm, Rainer Bock
Votes: 683
25. Wolfsburg (2003)
90 min | Drama
Philipp Gerber is a smart, self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt... See full summary »
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann, Astrid Meyerfeldt
Votes: 1,315
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