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- DirectorMichael HerbigStarsFriedrich MückeKaroline SchuchDavid KrossEast Germany, 1979. After initially failing to flee from the East to the West in a self-built hot-air balloon, two families struggle to make a second attempt, while the East German State Police are chasing them.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsJürgen VogelFrederick LauMax RiemeltA high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsUlrich MüheMartina GedeckSebastian KochIn 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich MatthesTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsJürgen ProchnowHerbert GrönemeyerKlaus WennemannA German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.
- CreatorSabine Thor-WiedemannJakob HeinChristine OttoStarsAlicia von RittbergMala EmdeNina GummichThe series describes the accomplishments of several famous German physicians and scientists at the prestigious Charité hospital in Berlin during its history.
- CreatorHenk HandloegtenTom TykwerAchim von BorriesStarsVolker BruchLiv Lisa FriesLars EidingerColognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
- StarsLuise BefortSvenja JungAnja KlingSet in the Friedrichstadt-Palast music hall in the late 1980s, follows twin sisters as they search for their roots.
- StarsVolker BruchTom SchillingKatharina SchüttlerFive friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.
- StarsChristian FriedelHanno KofflerHannah HerzsprungThe life and struggle of the Dassler brothers. Founders of the brands of Adidas and Puma.
- DirectorBora DagtekinStarsElyas M'BarekKaroline HerfurthKatja RiemannA comedy that follows an ex-convict who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.
- CreatorBaran bo OdarJantje FrieseStarsLouis HofmannKaroline EichhornLisa VicariA family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
- CreatorFriedemann FrommMette SøStarsJan Josef LiefersKatharina SchüttlerLene Maria ChristensenA German and a Danish family, whose previous idyllic life together goes upside down with the disappearance of one of the children.
- DirectorCaroline LinkStarsRiva KrymalowskiMarinus HohmannCarla JuriA Jewish family in Berlin family must flee the Nazis. First, they go to Zürich. From there they go to Paris, and finally to London.
- DirectorPeter ThorwarthStarsMoritz BleibtreuAxel SteinJasmin GeratBank teller Till Reiners' life is torn out of a rut by a series of offbeat coincidences that ultimately lead him to find himself and realize his life isn't so bad after all.
- DirectorGiulio RicciarelliStarsAndré SzymanskiAlexander FehlingFriederike BechtA story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTristan GöbelAniya WendelJustina HumpfTwo young teenage boys steal a car and embark on a road trip that will probably change their lives.
- DirectorSebastian GroblerStarsDaniel BrühlBurghart KlaußnerThomas ThiemeAn English teacher brings soccer from England to Germany in the late 19th Century by teaching it to his class.
- DirectorAlain GsponerStarsJannis NiewöhnerFahri YardimEmilia SchüleGerman students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.
- DirectorRalf WesthoffStarsGisela SchneebergerHeiner LauterbachMichael WittenbornThree old friends from college move back in together in an apartment in Munich for financial reasons.
- DirectorMarc RothemundStarsElyas M'BarekPhilip SchwarzNadine WrietzAn irresponsible man is forced by his father to take care of one of his ailing patients.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsLars EidingerBjarne MädelSandra HüllerTwo very different brothers reunite and start on a very special journey: a road trip on their motorbikes which they imagined in their childhood.
- DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsElyas M'BarekAlexandra Maria LaraHeiner LauterbachA young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
- DirectorBaran bo OdarStarsTom SchillingElyas M'BarekWotan Wilke MöhringBenjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
- DirectorLars KraumeStarsLeonard ScheicherTom GramenzLena KlenkeA group of twelfth-grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.
- DirectorOliver KienleStarsLivia RennerLisa VicariChristina HeckeTo realize their culinary and boxing dreams, the daughter of a billionaire forms a mutually beneficial alliance with the son of a struggling single mom.
- DirectorTobias WiemannStarsMia KasaloSamuel GirardiSusanne BormannA girl struggling with asthma is taken to a clinic in South Tyrol to be cured. After some time she decides to get out of this hell (that's how she feels about it) and soon she meets a new friend. Together they try to reach the peak of a mountain where, according to an old custom, she can be healed.
- DirectorUte WielandStarsFlora Li ThiemannEmily KuscheDavid Ali RashedNini and Jameelah are best friends. Together they delve into the urban jungle of Berlin, amid clouds of drug smoke and alcoholic dazes, looking for love, sex, and a better future. But life intervenes: Jameelah is in danger of being deported to Iraq, and then they witness a murder.
- DirectorLars KraumeStarsBurghart KlaußnerMartina GedeckFlorian David FitzCan it be justified to shoot down a civilian plane, converted by terrorists into a deadly suicide missile? Can "human arithmetic" be a legal calculus?
- DirectorSam GarbarskiStarsMoritz BleibtreuAntje TraueTim SeyfiDavid Berman and his friends, all Holocaust survivors, have only one purpose: to go to America as soon as possible. For this they need money. Close to his aim, David is not only deprived of his savings but also overtaken by his shady past.
- DirectorEd HerzogStarsJeff WilbuschAlli NeumannJan KrauterPassengers on a train from Munich to East Berlin learn on the way that the GDR has just been closed off by the new Berlin Wall. They have 3 1/2 hours to decide whether to take the train all the way to East Berlin or to remain in the FRG.
- DirectorKaspar HeidelbachStarsKaroline HerfurthSebastian UrzendowskyAxel PrahlIn the days leading up to the 1936 Olympics, the fate of high jumper Gretel Bergmann hangs in the balance as it is decided whether or not a Jewish athlete can be a part of the German Olympic team.
- DirectorMarco PetryStarsMax RiemeltAnna FischerJessica SchwarzTim and his friend Can go to bars and lie to girls about one of them being terminally ill so they can gain sympathy and be guaranteed a "hook up" for the night. Tim meets Marie hooks up with her, but of course, they fall in love. However, Marie takes care of her older sister Edda who is sick and has lost the "zest for Life" and spends a lot of time in bed waiting for death to come. Although Marie still believes that Tim is terminally ill, Edda knows that Tim is faking.
- DirectorPaolo GenoveseStarsGiuseppe BattistonAnna FogliettaMarco GialliniSeven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
- DirectorSimon VerhoevenStarsSenta BergerHeiner LauterbachFlorian David FitzWhen a well-off Munich family takes in Diallo, a refugee from Nigeria, he soon makes friends among the family members, but they are tested when they must face racism, bureaucracy, and terror suspicions because of him.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
- DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsLeonie BeneschAnne-Kathrin GummichRafael StachowiakWhen one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
- DirectorBora DagtekinStarsElyas M'BarekJella HaaseKaroline HerfurthMr. Müller and his class are taking a school trip to Thailand to strengthen the reputation of their school.
- DirectorBora DagtekinStarsElyas M'BarekJella HaaseSandra HüllerA bank robber becomes a teacher after being released from prison and finds himself at the center of a number of crazy adventures.
- StarsLeonard ScheicherMarius AhrendtMark WaschkeIn 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
- DirectorBoris KunzStarsKostja UllmannCorinna KirchhoffMarlene TanczikAfter his wife is forced to give up 40 years of her life as payment for an insurance debt, a man desperately searches for a way to get them back.
- DirectorBora DagtekinStarsWotan Wilke MöhringJessica SchwarzElyas M'BarekSeven friends--three women and four men--meet for dinner. Everyone must put their cell phones on the table. No matter what message comes in, anyone can read it and listen to the phone calls. However, this leads to a lot of chaos.
- StarsKim RiedleNaila SchuberthSammy SchreinA mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
- CreatorPhilipp KässbohrerMatthias MurmannStarsMaximilian MundtDanilo KamperidisLena KlenkeTo win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe's largest online drug business from their teenage bedroom.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsChristian FriedelSandra HüllerJohann KarthausAuschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsChristoph Maria HerbstFlorian David FitzCaroline PetersStephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and his wife Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) organize a dinner in their house in Bonn. Invited are family friend René (Justus von Dohnányi), Thomas (Florian David Fitz), and his pregnant girlfriend Anna (Janina Uhse). But the parents of an unborn boy make sure that the evening planned as a cozy get-together suddenly gets out of hand: they announce that they want to name their son Adolf, which causes a scandal.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsIris BerbenChristoph Maria HerbstFlorian David FitzIt should have been a harmonious reunion on Lanzarote, but no sooner do the couple Stephan and Elisabeth and the new parents Thomas and Anna arrive at the family home than new quarrels break out in the Böttcher family.
- DirectorVanessa JoppStarsAlexander FehlingClaudia EisingerGina HenkelEmmi Rothner only wanted to cancel a newspaper subscription, but because she makes a typo in the address bar, the e-mail ends up in the mailbox of Leo Leike. It is the beginning of a long online exchange.