This is a list of some of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 2020s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on German films, see .
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | Nine Days Awake | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Documentary | |||||
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Drama | ||||
| Christmas Crossfire | Crime comedy | Wir können nicht anders. Released by Netflix | |||
| Drama | Kokon | ||||
| Thriller | |||||
| Dragon Rider | Tomer Eshed | Animated film | |||
| Enfant Terrible | Biography | ||||
| Exile | Drama | Kosovan-German-Belgian co-production | |||
| Superhero film | Released by Netflix | ||||
| Gaza mon amour | Palestinian-French-German-Portuguese-Qatari co-production [1] | ||||
| Comedy | Enkel für Anfänger | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Thriller | |||||
| Isi & Ossi | Comedy | Isi and Ossi. Released by Netflix | |||
| Comedy | Remake of It's for Your Own Good (2017) | ||||
| Thriller | |||||
| Comedy, Fantasy | |||||
| Drama | |||||
| Family | |||||
| The Last City | John Erdman | Drama | Die letzte Stadt | ||
| Musical, Biography | Udo Lindenberg | ||||
| Lost in Marseille | Fabian Busch, | Thriller | Spurlos in Marseille | ||
| Comedy | Love and Mazel Tov Schönes Schlamassel. German-Austrian co-production | ||||
| Docudrama | Die Getriebenen | ||||
| Monster Hunter | Science fantasy action | American-German-Japanese-Chinese-Canadian co-production | |||
| Thriller | Ein Schlag ins Gesicht | ||||
| Elyas M'Barek, Palina Rojinski, Frederick Lau | Comedy | ||||
| No Hard Feelings | ,, | Drama | Futur Drei | ||
| Persian Lessons | Drama, War | Persischstunden. Belarusian-German-Russian co-production | |||
| Drama | GOTT | ||||
| Rising High | Crime comedy | Betonrausch. Released by Netflix | |||
| Michael Venus | Horror | ||||
| Drama | Altes Land | ||||
| Undine | Drama, Fantasy | ||||
| Comedy | |||||
| Comedy | Blöd gelaufen – Danke für den Abschied |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Wilbusch, Jördis Triebel, Uwe Kockisch, Steffi Kühnert, Peter Schneider, Vincent Redetzki,,, | Drama | Three and a Half Hours 3½ Stunden | |||
| , | Drama | Eine Liebe später | |||
| Drama | |||||
| Milan Peschel, Johanna Wokalek, | Comedy | ||||
| Der Beschützer | , | Thriller | |||
| Black Island | Thriller | Released by Netflix | |||
| Peter Meister | Crime comedy | ||||
| Blood Red Sky | Horror | German-British co-production. Released by Netflix | |||
| Comedy | |||||
| Comedy | Generation Beziehungsunfähig | ||||
| Drama | A Risky Decision Saving Emily | ||||
| Detlev Buck | Jannis Niewöhner, Liv Lisa Fries, Joachim Król | Comedy | |||
| Dear Thomas | Biography | Thomas Brasch | |||
| Drama | Feinde – Gegen die Zeit Feinde – Das Geständnis | ||||
| Crime | |||||
| Drama | |||||
| Comedy | |||||
| The Four of Us | Nilam Farooq, Jonas Nay, Paula Kalenberg, | Drama | Du Sie Er & Wir. Released by Netflix | ||
| Crime | |||||
| Crime comedy | |||||
| Great Freedom | Drama | ||||
| Thriller | Gefangen | ||||
| Human Factors | Drama | German-Italian-Danish co-production | |||
| I'm Your Man | Science fiction | Ich bin dein Mensch | |||
| Comedy | |||||
| Instructions for Survival | Yana Ugrekhelidze | Documentary | |||
| Je suis Karl | Jannis Niewöhner, Luna Wedler, Milan Peschel | Drama | |||
| Drama | Nahschuss | ||||
| Comedy | Liebe ist unberechenbar | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| , Oliver Stokowski, | Comedy | ||||
| The Middle Man | Comedy | Norwegian-Canadian-Danish-German co-production[2] | |||
| Miguel's War | Michel (Miguel) Jleilaty | Documentary | Lebanese-Spanish-German co-production | ||
| Maren Kroymann, | Comedy | ||||
| Drama | Swiss-Austrian-German co-production | ||||
| Munich – The Edge of War | Historical drama | British-German co-production | |||
| Comedy | |||||
| Next Door | Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth | Drama | |||
| One Night Off | , | Comedy | Released by Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Other Cannibals | Walter Giroldini, Diego Pagotto | Black comedy | Altri Cannibali | ||
| Prey | Thriller | Released by Netflix | |||
| Kostja Ullmann, | Thriller | The Visitation The Infestation Die Heimsuchung | |||
| Drama | Chess Story | ||||
| Family | The School of the Magical Animals | ||||
| Thriller | |||||
| Drama | |||||
| Tides | Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen | Science fiction | German-Swiss co-production | ||
| Töchter | Drama | Daughters | |||
| Drama | |||||
| Crime, Comedy | |||||
| Drama | |||||
| Thriller |
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biography | Alice Schwarzer | ||||
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl | War | Released by Netflix | ||
| The Amazing Maurice | Animated film | German-British co-production | |||
| Thriller | |||||
| Die Bürgermeisterin | Drama | ||||
| Coming Home | Anna Maria Mühe, | Drama | Die Geschichte einer Familie | ||
| Corsage | Vicky Krieps,, Finnegan Oldfield | Biography | Austrian-German-Luxembourgian-French co-production | ||
| Sönke Wortmann | Iris Berben, Florian David Fitz, Christoph Maria Herbst | Comedy | |||
| Caro Cult, | Drama | Released by Netflix | |||
| Comedy | |||||
| Comedy | Finnish-German co-production | ||||
| , Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff,, | Crime comedy | ||||
| Heinrich Vogeler | Biography | ||||
| Thriller | |||||
| Comedy | Remake of Hunting Season (2019) | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Thriller | |||||
| Comedy | Einfach mal was Schönes | ||||
| Biography, Sport | Franz Beckenbauer | ||||
| Comedy, Fantasy | |||||
| Comedy | Liebesdings | ||||
| Meine Freundin Volker | Comedy | ||||
| More Than Ever | Drama | French-German-Luxembourgian-Norwegian co-production | |||
| Melika Foroutan, | Horror | Released by Netflix | |||
| The Ordinaries | Science Fiction | ||||
| Drama | Over and Out | ||||
| Julius Weckauf, Nonna Cardoner | War | German-Spanish co-production | |||
| The Privilege | , | Horror | Released by Netflix | ||
| Rhinegold | Crime | ||||
| Drama | German-Swiss-Austrian co-production | ||||
| Rumspringa | , | Comedy | Released by Netflix | ||
| Running | Anna Schudt, Katharina Wackernagel, Maximilian Brückner, Gaby Dohm, | Drama | Laufen | ||
| Family | The School of the Magical Animals 2 | ||||
| Ein Schritt zum Abgrund | Drama | Remake of Doctor Foster, Series 1 (2015) | |||
| Friederike Becht, | Drama | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Tár | Drama | American-German co-production | |||
| Mystery thriller | German-Austrian co-production | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Die Wannseekonferenz | Docudrama, War | The Conference | |||
| We Are Next of Kin | , | Drama | Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen | ||
| Drama | |||||
| Historical drama | |||||
| Karoline Herfurth | Nora Tschirner, Martina Gedeck, Karoline Herfurth | Comedy |
List of German films of 2023 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afire | Drama | Roter Himmel | |||
| Blindspot | Thriller | ||||
| Blood & Gold | War | Blood and Gold. Released by Netflix | |||
| Drama | |||||
| Comedy | Caveman | ||||
| Romantic comedy | Released by Netflix | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Drama | |||||
| Hard Feelings | Comedy | Hammerharte Jungs. Released by Netflix | |||
| Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert | Biography | ||||
| Lost in Athens | Thriller | Spurlos in Athen | |||
| Das Mädchen von früher | Crime | ||||
| Comedy | Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil | ||||
| Measures of Men | Drama | A Place in the Sun Der vermessene Mensch | |||
| Der Millionen Raub | Crime | ||||
| Music | Drama | German-French-Serbian co-production | |||
| Nach uns der Rest der Welt | Drama | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Science fiction | Released by Netflix | ||||
| Comedy | |||||
| , Simon Schwarz, Lisa Maria Potthoff,, | Crime comedy | ||||
| Senta Berger, | Comedy | Weißt du noch | |||
| Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes | Biography | ||||
| Fantasy | Released by Amazon Prime Video | ||||
| Sisi & I | Biography | Sisi and I. German-Swiss-Austrian co-production[3] [4] | |||
| Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything | , | Drama | |||
| Comedy, Fantasy | |||||
| War, Drama | |||||
| Sun and Concrete | Levy Rico Arcos, Vincent Wiemer, Rafael Luis Klein-Hessling, Aaron Maldonado Morales | Crime | |||
| The Teachers' Lounge | Drama | ||||
| Till the End of the Night | , | Thriller | |||
| Thriller | Released by Amazon Prime Video | ||||
| Unbestechlich | , | Thriller | |||
| Comedy | |||||
| Crime | Remake of Innocent, Series 2 (2021) | ||||
| Weekend Rebels | Comedy | ||||
| Devid Striesow, Laura Tonke,, | Drama | ||||
| Spy thriller | |||||
| Wir haben einen Deal | Drama | ||||
| Wolfsjagd | Crime | ||||
| Drama | |||||
| Comedy |
List of German films of 2024 (Cinema Releases in Chronological Order)