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1. Generation War (2013)
TV-MA | 270 min | Action, Drama, History
Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein
Votes: 32,602 | Gross: $0.09M
2. The Defeated (2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Max McLaughlin is an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Logan Marshall-Green, Nina Hoss
Votes: 8,100
3. Our wonderful years (2020–2023)
270 min | Biography, Drama, History
The history of the Wolf family in post-war Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.
Stars: Elisa Schlott, Vanessa Loibl, Anna Maria Mühe, Katja Riemann
Votes: 783
4. Maximilian (2017– )
TV-MA | 275 min | Drama, History
In 1477 Charles the Bolds dies, his only child is a girl which cannot rule w/o a husband. Meanwhile in Austria, Emperor Frederick III and his antagonist Louis XI France battle over said marriage prospects, battles ensue, tragedy falls.
Stars: Christa Théret, Jannis Niewöhner, Alix Poisson, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Votes: 1,121
5. The Weissensee Saga (2010–2018)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The lives of two families in East Berlin between 1980 and 1990 as the era of communist DDR slowly comes to an end.
Stars: Florian Lukas, Uwe Kockisch, Jörg Hartmann, Ruth Reinecke
Votes: 2,338
6. Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (2020)
TV-MA | 288 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1900, A rich newcomer with a shady past arrives in Munich determined to crash the local Oktoberfest with his own brewery. But when his daughter falls in love with the heir to a rival ... See full summary »
Stars: Misel Maticevic, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher, Mercedes Müller
Votes: 2,716
7. Ku'damm 56 (2016)
100 min | Drama
Generations clash when the feisty daughter of a dance studio owner defies her mother's wishes and embraces the fight for gender equality in 1950s Berlin.
Stars: Sonja Gerhardt, Claudia Michelsen, Maria Ehrich, Emilia Schüle
Votes: 2,428
8. Line of Separation (2015–2018)
92 min | Drama, History
A story of one village in Germany at the end of WW2.
Stars: Johanna Bittenbinder, Jonathan Berlin, Henriette Confurius, Heiner Lauterbach
Votes: 1,336
9. The Same Sky (2017)
120 min | Drama, Thriller
Lars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
Stars: Tom Schilling, Sofia Helin, Friederike Becht, Ben Becker
Votes: 2,540
10. Ku'damm 59 (2018)
278 min | Drama
This is a story about a woman and her three daughters in Germany in the 1950s. One of the daughters wants more from life and becomes a part of the rock'n'roll subculture.
Stars: Sonja Gerhardt, Claudia Michelsen, Maria Ehrich, Emilia Schüle
Votes: 1,341
11. Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2016)
TV-14 | 174 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.
Stars: Christian Friedel, Hanno Koffler, Hannah Herzsprung, Alina Levshin
Votes: 666
12. Bauhaus - A New Era (2019)
45 min | Drama, History, Romance
The year is 1919, the Great War is over, and Dörte Helm becomes part of a group of young artists and revolutionaries who evolve from the Lost to the Golden Generation. The series introduces... See full summary »
Stars: August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Trine Dyrholm, Valerie Pachner
Votes: 574
13. Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013)
TV-MA | 270 min | Drama, History
The mini-series follows the construction and history of the famous Adlon hotel in Berlin, as seen through the eyes of Sonja Schadt, the youngest member of the wealthy fictional Schadt family who are friends with the Adlons.
Stars: Josefine Preuß, Heino Ferch, Marie Bäumer, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 1,009
14. Clash of Futures (2018)
52 min | Drama, History, War
"Clash of Futures" created by Jan Peter and Gunnar Dedio explores the dramatic era of the 1920s and '30s. The eight-part series follows the fates of extraordinary men, women and children ... See full summary »
Stars: Bernt Hahn, Wenzel Banneyer, Hüseyin Michael Cirpici, Tom Jacobs
Votes: 308
15. The Puppeteers (2017)
178 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Jakob Fugger's scheming to become as rich as Croesus from copper and silver mining as banker of the mighty in Catholic Christianity requires seeing the papacy to organize a European ... See full summary »
Stars: Samuel Schneider, Herbert Knaup, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Helen Woigk
Votes: 139
16. Walpurgisnacht (2019)
180 min | Crime, Thriller
A teenage girl from West Germany is found dead in 1988 Eastern Germany. Although authorities try to hush up the case, a minor police officer reports it to the western police, who send over ... See full summary »
Stars: Silke Bodenbender, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jörg Schüttauf, Godehard Giese
Votes: 168
17. Aenne Burda: Die Wirtschaftswunderfrau (2018– )
Biography, Drama, History
Aenne Burda: The economic miracle.
Stars: Katharina Wackernagel, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Lior Kudrjawizki, Frédéric Vonhof
Votes: 245
18. 14 Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs (2014)
52 min | Drama, History, War
100 years after its outbreak, this series lets viewers experience WWI solely through the eyes of those who lived it.
Stars: Udo Samel, George Morris, Mark Camacho, Angela Galuppo
Votes: 276
19. Die eiserne Zeit - Lieben und Töten im Dreißigjährigen Krieg (2018)
52 min | Documentary, Drama, History
This documentary drama series tells the story of the Thirty Years War from the perspective of the people who experienced it: like the soldier Peter Hagendorf, the "Winter Queen" Elisabeth ... See full summary »
Stars: Dominique Reymond, Bo Eriksson, Jan Hasenfuß, Arianne Borbach
Votes: 71
20. Der Tag X (2019)
20 min | Short, Drama
June 17th, 1953: Frida's 8th birthday, was supposed to be a celebration, but instead tanks are rolling through the streets of East Berlin. Frida and her mother are waiting for the birthday ... See full summary »
Director: Katharina Rivilis | Stars: Jan Pohl, Katharina Rivilis, Nikolay Sidorenko, Ninel Skrzypczyk