Because of what Germany went through during the world wars, we discover that the best German films frequently revolve around historical wars and political disputes. We also discovered that Germany is one of the foreign countries that produces the most intense horror, suspense, intelligence, and thriller films, many of which have won honors at international film festivals. This list covers 10 of the most beautiful and well-known German films that are immensely popular if you are a fan of the German language, want to study it, or want to learn about the culture of this amazing country.
10. Nosferatu The Vampyre
https://youtu.be/S1Rachk7ipI
Jonathan Harker is a Wismar-based real estate agent. When his boss tells him that a nobleman dubbed Count Dracula wants to buy a house in Wismar, Harker is sent to go see him and close the lucrative deal. Harker left his young wife Lucy at home and embarked on a four-week journey to Transylvania, to Count Dracula's castle, bringing with him the deeds and documents required to sell the house to the Count.
On his journey, Harker stops at a village, where the locals ask him to stay away from the cursed castle, and provide him with details of the vampire Dracula. Ignoring the villagers' pleas as a fairy tale, Harker continues his journey, climbing the Borgo Pass on foot and eventually reaching Dracula's Castle, where he meets the Count. He finds him a strange rodent-like man, with big ears, pale skin, sharp teeth, and long nails. He is an undead ghoul who lives on men's blood. Dracula travels to Wismar, bringing death and plague with him, and bears the curse of his inability to age and death.
Werner Herzog's 1979 film Nosferatu the Vampyre is one of the best German horror films ever made. The film became well-known because two versions were made, one in which the performers spoke English and the other in which they spoke German.
9.Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
https://youtu.be/GZEdzk4F7N8
After breaking an ancient truce between humanity and the invisible world of magical creatures, Hell on Earth is ready to appear. A ruthless leader, ruling the kingdom below, denies his origins and awakens an unprecedented threat from an army of creatures that no one can stop. ( well... only the big red one).
8. Metropolis
https://youtu.be/gdtZv3XROnc
Metropolis society is divided into two social groups, according to the story of this stunning German science fiction and futuristic film: the laborers, who dwell underground below the level of machines, and the dominating classes, who reside on the surface. Maria, the workers' leader, aspires to create a middle ground between the upper and lower classes, believing that feelings of the heart, as well as wits and muscles, will be required. At a business conference, Maria meets Frieder Fredersen, the son of the capital's Lord Johann Friedersen, and they fall in love. Meanwhile, Johan believes that employees are no longer required in the Metropolis, and employs a robot posing as Maria to promote and exterminate a working-class revolution.
7.Goodnight Mommy
https://youtu.be/0kXpUaQpXMA
A secluded house in the countryside, nestled between woods and cornfields, where two nine-year-old twin brothers wait for their mother in the July heat. Nothing is the same when you return home from plastic surgery, shrouded in bandages. The kids begin to suspect that this woman is their biological mother. They tortured her by tying her wrists and legs to the bed and forcing her to tell them where their mother was. Do you see what this woman's secret is? At the 88th Academy Awards, this great German film was named Best Foreign Language Film.
6. Funny Games
https://youtu.be/bH2HS6uWIhQ
George and Anna, together with their son Georgie, drive to their lakeside summer house. When they arrive, George and Georgie go for a sail on the lake, while Anna cooks dinner in the kitchen. Peter, an inquisitive young man, knocks on the door and asks to borrow some eggs. Paul, a noisy, egotistical young man, joins the uninvited visitor. When George returns and tries to remove them, physical conflict develops and the family is arrested, resulting in very strange and violent games that Paul and Peter begin with George, Anna, and Georgie as unwilling participants.
5.Das Boot
https://youtu.be/abwEhiepsDc
Adapted from the 1973 German novel of the same name, this suspenseful German war thriller takes place during World War II and follows the German submarine U-96 and its crew as they embark on a dangerous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. It depicts the excitement of battle and the boredom of fruitless fishing, and shows the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals willing to do their best for their comrades and their country. The high production cost of Das Boot ranks among the most expensive German films, and Columbia Pictures released a German version and an English dubbed version in the United States theatrically, but the German version of the film was significantly higher than the English dubbed version at the United States box office.
4.Cut Off
https://youtu.be/tw0padxF1gQ
Coroner Paul Herzfeld discovers a capsule in the head of a horribly mangled corpse containing a phone number and one word: his daughter's name, in this thriller about a forensic pathologist. What's the deal with that?
3. Downfall
https://youtu.be/htvYfe6wz_8
Downfall is one of the most realistic German war pictures ever made. The film chronicles Adolf Hitler's final days during the Battle of Berlin in World War II, when Nazi Germany was on the edge of defeat (portrayed by Bruno Ganz). From September to November 2003, principal photography took conducted on site in Berlin, Munich, and Saint Petersburg, Russia.
During production, the director relied on eyewitness stories, survivor's notes, and other historical materials to recreate the appearance and ambiance of Berlin in the 1940s. At the 77th Academy Awards, Downfall was nominated for Best German Foreign Film.
2. The Lives of Others
https://youtu.be/YsShZNHmpGE
East Berlin, 1985: The Cold War is still raging, and the Communist bloc is wary of its own people. The East German secret police attack a prominent writer's flat. Electronic eavesdropping is assigned to Stasi, a prominent party officer.
Progressively, the intelligence officer transforms into a quiet partner who, rather than being a spy, becomes engrossed in their daily life. The Lives of Others is regarded as one of Germany's most beautiful films, winning the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and being nominated for the 64th Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
1. Never Look Away
https://youtu.be/gCEYXnDNcrg
One of the most well-known German films, combining drama and romance, about German artist Kurt Barnert's escape from East Germany and current residence in West Germany, but he was tortured as a result of his early experiences under the Nazi government and the German Democratic Republic.
At the 75th Venice International Film Festival, the film received a Golden Lion nomination, as well as a Golden Globe nomination from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Foreign Language Film and Best German Cinematography, at the 91st Academy Awards.
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