The 100 most important German films
"Die 100 wichtigsten deutschen Filme" — the 1995 canon voted by 324 critics, filmmakers and historians for the Association of German Cinémathèques (Kinematheksverbund).
100 entries · 0 available to watch · Source: de.wikipedia.org
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1931 · Fritz Lang
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · Robert Wiene
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Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis
1927 · Walter Ruttmann
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Nosferatu
1922 · F. W. Murnau
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People on Sunday
1930 · Edgar G. Ulmer
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Murderers Among Us
1946 · Wolfgang Staudte
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The Blue Angel
1930 · Josef von Sternberg
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Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
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Joyless Street
1925 · Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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Der Untertan
1951 · Wolfgang Staudte
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Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
1932 · Slatan Dudow
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The Student of Prague
1913 · Prag
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The Bridge
1959 · Bernhard Wicki
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Yesterday Girl
1966 · gestern
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Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness
1929 · Phil Jutzi
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The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920 · Carl Boese
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Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
1922 · Fritz Lang
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Under the Bridges
1946 · Helmut Käutner
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Die Nibelungen
1924 · Fritz Lang
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The Last Laugh
1924 · F. W. Murnau
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Destiny
1921 · Fritz Lang
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Liebelei
1933 · Max Ophüls
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Trace of Stones
1966 · Frank Beyer
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Wintergartenprogramm
1895 · Max Skladanowsky
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Lola Montès
1955 · Max Ophüls
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Faust
1926 · F. W. Murnau
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Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik
1984 · Edgar Reitz
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Germany in Autumn
1978 · Hans-Peter Cloos
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Madame DuBarry
1919 · Ernst Lubitsch
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz
1931 · Phil Jutzi
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Münchhausen
1943 · Josef von Báky
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Pandora's Box
1929 · Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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The Tin Drum
1979 · Volker Schlöndorff
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · Fritz Lang
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Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
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Triumph of the Will
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl
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Young Törless
1966 · Volker Schlöndorff
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Katzelmacher
1969 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Große Freiheit Nr. 7
1944 · Helmut Käutner
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Rotation
1949 · Wolfgang Staudte
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Wir Wunderkinder
1958 · Kurt Hoffmann
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Waxworks
1924 · Leo Birinski
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Mädchen in Uniform
1931 · Leontine Sagan
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Variety
1925 · Nicolas Farkas
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Roses for the Prosecutor
1959 · Wolfgang Staudte
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Alice in the Cities
1974 · Wim Wenders
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Teenage Wolfpack
1956 · Georg Tressler
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
1975 · Volker Schlöndorff
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Westfront 1918
1918 · Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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The Threepenny Opera
1931 · Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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Solo Sunny
1979 · Konrad Wolf
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Der Verlorene
1951 · Peter Lorre
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The Three from the Filling Station
1930 · der Tankstelle
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In Those Days
1947 · Helmut Käutner
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Olympia
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl
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Jud Süß
1940 · Veit Harlan
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Divided Heaven
1964 · Konrad Wolf
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Wings of Desire
1987 · Wim Wenders
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List from de.wikipedia.org, synced Sep 21, 2026.