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7.2

♡ 6

92%

Maxim Arbugaev Director

Maxim Chakilev as Self

On a remote coast of the Russian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974

husband wife relationship

8.0

♡ 17

100%

parent child relationship

Romance

unsociability

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

El Hedi ben Salem as Ali

Kurt Raab as Car Mechanic

Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Eugen, Krista's husband

Irm Hermann as Krista

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

Music

5.5

♡ 1

82%

Action

Music

Angela Schanelec Director

Eleni Chalastani as

Argyris Xafis as Elias

Marisha Triantafyllidou as Merope

Frida Tarana as Phoebe, 6 years old

Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him. Jon’s eyesight begins to fail... From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.

Future Is a Lonely Place

2021

5.4

♡ 3

Laura Harwarth Director

Denis Moschitto as Fuad

Vedat Erincin as Ibrahim

Daniel Wiemer as Peter

Katharina Schüttler as Susanna

Frank, a man without a criminal record, attacks a money transporter and then turns himself in to the police. His behavior is a mystery. In prison he meets the unscrupulous and suspicious Arab Fuad, who is protected by his clan. To get closer to Fuad, Frank intervenes in the drug business within the walls and gets caught between the two rival groups of German and Arab inmates. It is only the prison guard Susanna with whom Frank will be able to build a relationship of trust, not knowing that she is part of Fuad’s business and has a sexual relationship with him. However, they come emotionally close. What only Frank knows is that his wife and his daughter died in a car accident. Fuad was the hit-and-run driver that remained unpunished. Frank seeks revenge.

Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate

7.5

91%

Benjamin Cantu Director

Robert Beachy as Self

Ben Miller as Self

Katrin Himmler as Self

Klaus Mueller as Self

A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler’s rise to power.

Coming Home

6.1

Karsten Dahlem Director

Anna Maria Mühe as Christina

Victoire Laly as Claire

Casper von Bülow as Jochen

Michael Wittenborn as Werner

Chrissi has spent years abroad proving that she can handle cars as a stunt driver. When she has to return to her father's childhood village after a serious accident, she is caught up in the tormenting memories of her family history. But her father is still trapped in his pain and unable to be there for her. In desperation, he offers her money so that she can build a life elsewhere, independent of the German social system - the relationship between the two is about to be put to the test...

Das dunkle Paradies

2019

6.0

♡ 1

Crime

landkrimi

Mystery

Catalina Molina Director

Morteza Tavakoli as

Stefanie Reinsperger as Franziska Heilmayr

Nikolaus Paryla as Leopold Mitterrupfner

Manuel Rubey as Martin Merana

The investigation of an escort girl found dead in a luxury hotel leads the detectives on a dangerous trail, flustering the local authorities of the wealthy town.

Caveman

4.4

♡ 2

Laura Lackmann Director

Laura Tonke as

Moritz Bleibtreu as

Jürgen Vogel as

Marcus Morlinghaus as Bernd Schmöerling

Robert Müller has wanted to be a comedian since he was a kid, but he's only made it as a car salesman so far. This is about to change when he takes part in an open-mic show. He puts the program together with his imaginary friend, the stone-age Caveman. Then his girlfriend Claudia breaks up with him...

3 Days in Quiberon

2018

6.8

83%

80%

woman director

Emily Atef Director

Vicky Krieps as Hotel Maid

Robert Gwisdek as Michael Jürgs

Charly Hübner as Robert Lebeck

Marie Bäumer as Romy Schneider

1981, Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France. Hilde Fritsch arrives to visit her old friend who has retreated to a spa hotel to escape the daily pressures of her life. Her friend is world-famous star Romy Schneider, but together, they appear like two regular women who are just happy to be reunited. Yet it quickly becomes apparent that Hilde is supposed to offer the support the sensitive actress needs to be able to truly face her own demons.

Lessons of Darkness

1992

8.0

♡ 14

100%

Werner Herzog Director

Werner Herzog as Narrator

Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed this apocalyptic landscape with its murky skies, scorched earth and capricious flames.

Cops

2018

6.3

♡ 9

Action

Stefan Lukacs Director

Laurence Rupp as Christoph 'Burschi' Horn

Joe Toedtling as Drago

Maria Hofstätter as Marianne Kelch

Anna Suk as Nicky Winter

Young and eager police recruit Chris shoots a mentally ill man on duty. He is celebrated a hero, but soon after, traumatic symptoms begin to surface. In a desperate attempt not to be exposed by his tough superior Konstantin, he resorts to excessive violence, in order to hide his trauma and fulfill his dream of becoming an elite cop.

We Are the Night

2010

6.2

♡ 3

60%

Dennis Gansel Director

Nina Hoss as Louise

Anna Fischer as Nora

Cristina do Rego as Stewardess

Christian Näthe as Wachmann 1

One night, 18 year old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first, she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop.

Animals United

2010

4.9

♡ 24

25%

Reinhard Klooss Director

Andy Serkis as Charles

Natalie Dormer as The Russian Blue Cat 'Elsa'

Whoopi Goldberg as The Russian Blue Cat 'Elsa'

A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort. The animals endeavour to save the delta and send a message to the humans not to interfere with nature.

Vitus

2006

7.6

68%

Fredi M. Murer Director

Heidy Forster as Gina Fois

Bruno Ganz as Grandfather

Julika Jenkins as Helen von Holzen, mother

Urs Jucker as Leo von Holzen, father

Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.

Paradise: Faith

2012

6.7

♡ 3

73%

Ulrich Seidl Director

Maria Hofstätter as Anna Maria

Natalya Baranova as Betrunkene Russin Rolli

Rolli as Katze

Martina Spitzer as Legio Herz Jesu

For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home—and soon prayers are replaced by fighting.

Paradise: Hope

2013

6.6

♡ 3

88%

Ulrich Seidl Director

Samantha Schulz as Diätcamp Kind

Simon Vorgatsch as Diätcamp Kind

Julia Metzner as Diätcamp Kind

Maria Hofstätter as Tante Melanie

Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and nutrition classes, pillow fights and first cigarettes, she falls in love with a doctor 40 years her senior.

Hotel Desire

2011

5.6

♡ 17

84%

Sergej Moya Director

Carlo Ljubek as Galerist Dennewitz

Palina Rojinski as Julia

Clemens Schick as Julius Pass

Trystan Pütter as Rezeptionist

Antonia is a single mother who works as a hotel maid in Berlin. A normal hot summer day takes a dramatic turn when she crosses paths with a particular guest of the hotel, famous blind portrait painter Julius Pass.

Tatort Tschiller: Off Duty

2016

4.4

♡ 1

Christian Alvart Director

Kida Khodr Ramadan as Demir

Erdal Yildiz as Firat Astan

Til Schweiger as Nick Tschiller

Robert Maaser as Russian Killer

Day in, day out, Niklas ‘Nick’ Tschiller and his partner Yalcin Gümer investigate crimes that are happening in Hamburg. But at some point even the policeman needs a break to spend time with his daughter Lenny. Then it says: Tschiller a.D. - out of service - goodbye to Hamburg. However, simply relaxing is easier said than done, because crime never sleeps and a new, very personal case throws a spanner in the works for Nick's plans for a well-deserved break. Even on vacation, the criminal investigator is not sure about his job and so a wild journey soon takes him across Europe, including to Istanbul and Moscow.

The Oil Prince

1965