Germany has produced countless global sensations, from The Lives of Others to Downfall. But there are a lot more worthy titles out there, and not all about war. Here are the best movies featuring the German language to stream now.
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A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
8.0
The definitive rock-and-roll mockumentary musical from the Fab Four
The Mauritanian (2021)
7.5
A straightforward legal drama depicting the eye-opening, brutal memoir
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
8.0
An eccentric foreigner dreams to create an operatic jungle haven in this surprising, audacious epic
Companion (2025)
7.5
An AI gains sentience in this fun and clever slasher comedy
Val (2021)
7.4
A revelatory look at the many personas of the artist that was Val Kilmer
The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)
9.0
A tense classroom thriller that doubles as an allegory about the frightening complexity of our modern world
The Last Unicorn (1982)
7.3
A magical unicorn tale that’s simply one of its kind
Death on the Nile (1978)
7.3
A star-studded riverside murder mystery classic
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
7.4
Werner Herzog takes on the classic film vampire in this spectacular, empathetic gothic horror remake