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Munich
2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg
The Reader
2008 film by Stephen Daldry
Octopussy
Octopussy is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond and the second to be directed by John Glen. The screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson.
Good Bye Lenin!
2003 film directed by Wolfgang Becker
Rush
2013 film directed by Ron Howard
Wings of Desire
1987 film by Wim Wenders
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 US film by Stanley Kramer
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971 film directed by Mel Stuart
The Boys from Brazil
1978 film by Franklin J. Schaffner
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002 film directed by George Clooney
One, Two, Three
1961 film by Billy Wilder
Atomic Blonde
2017 film by David Leitch
The Night of the Generals
1967 film by Anatole Litvak
Suspiria
Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. It also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett, in her final film role.
The Cassandra Crossing
1976 film by George P. Cosmatos
Suspiria
2018 film directed by Luca Guadagnino
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1965 film directed by Martin Ritt
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Priscilla
2023 film by Sofia Coppola
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 film by Uli Edel
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The American Friend
1977 film by Wim Wenders
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 film by Blake Edwards
Veronika Voss
1982 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Alice in the Cities
1973 film by Wim Wenders
Christiane F.
1981 film by Uli Edel
Stripes
1981 film by Ivan Reitman
Eddie the Eagle
2016 film directed by Dexter Fletcher
Never Look Away
2017 film by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985 US family comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling
Possession
1981 film directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Kings of the Road
1976 film by Wim Wenders
Labyrinth of Lies
2014 film by Giulio Ricciarelli
G.I. Blues
1960 film by Norman Taurog, Hal B. Wallis
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
1975 film by Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
The Golden Glove
2019 film directed by Fatih Akin
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 film
Stroszek
Stroszek is a 1977 West German tragicomedy film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno S., Eva Mattes, and Clemens Scheitz. Written specifically for Bruno S., the film was shot in Plainfield, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Most of the lead roles are played by inexperienced actors.
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015 film directed by Lars Kraume
Demons
1985 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava
The Miracle of Bern
2003 film by Sönke Wortmann
Nekromantik
Nekromantik (stylized as NEKRomantik) is a 1987 West German erotic exploitation horror film co-written and directed by Jörg Buttgereit. It is known to be frequently controversial, banned in a number of countries, and has become a cult film over the years due to its transgressive subject matter (including necrophilia) and audacious imagery.
Night Flight from Moscow
1973 film by Henri Verneuil
Lola
1981 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Buffalo Soldiers
2001 film by Gregor Jordan
Epidemic
1987 horror film by Lars von Trier
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1971 film by Richard Brooks
The Condemned of Altona
1962 film by Vittorio De Sica
Stammheim
1986 film by Reinhard Hauff
Funeral in Berlin
1966 film by Guy Hamilton
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty
1972 film by Wim Wenders
The Holcroft Covenant
1985 film directed by John Frankenheimer
Backbeat
1994 film by Iain Softley
The Little Drummer Girl
1984 film directed by George Roy Hill
Two Lives
2012 film by Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann
Demons 2
1986 film by Lamberto Bava
The Pedestrian
1973 film by Maximilian Schell
The Formula
1980 film by John G. Avildsen
Bedtime Story
1964 film by Ralph Levy
The Nasty Girl
1990 film by Michael Verhoeven