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1. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 186,168 | Gross: $1.24M
2. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 385,023 | Gross: $101.07M
3. M (1931)
Passed | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke
Votes: 169,081 | Gross: $0.03M
4. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey
Votes: 376,290 | Gross: $75.08M
5. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,857
6. Casino Royale (1967)
Approved | 131 min | Comedy
In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.
Directors: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles
Votes: 32,604
7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,334
8. Tenebrae (1982)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 27,594
9. Pandora's Box (1929)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
Votes: 11,902 | Gross: $0.01M
10. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: June Tripp, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
Votes: 13,460
11. Vampyr (1932)
Not Rated | 75 min | Fantasy, Horror
A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
Votes: 20,605
12. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 13,636
13. Dragonwyck (1946)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan
Votes: 5,427
14. The Golem (1920)
Unrated | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Directors: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese | Stars: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch, Lyda Salmonova
Votes: 8,576
15. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
Director: Boris Ingster | Stars: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Charles Waldron
Votes: 4,626
16. Max (I) (2002)
R | 106 min | Drama, War
A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker
Votes: 8,800 | Gross: $0.53M
17. The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny, Paul Askonas
Votes: 3,406
18. The Aerial (2007)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
This near-silent black and white film from Argentina tells the story of a city that has lost its voice, stolen by Mr. TV, and the attempts of a small family to win the voice back. Similar in design to early German expressionist films.
Director: Esteban Sapir | Stars: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro
Votes: 4,627
19. The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A company of Spanish movie makers leaves Franco's Spain and moves to Hitler's Germany to produce a film. Problems soon arise.
Director: Fernando Trueba | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà
Votes: 4,531
20. A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A scientist with an interest in genetics impregnates a sex worker with the seed of a hanged murderer. The sex worker gives birth to a child who has no concept of love, whom the scientist adopts.
Director: Henrik Galeen | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich, Wolfgang Zilzer
Votes: 433
21. The Golem (1914)
60 min | Horror
An antiques dealer finds a golem, a clay statue that had been brought to life four centuries earlier by a Kabbalist rabbi to protect his people from persecution. The dealer resurrects the golem as a servant but it goes on a rampage.
Directors: Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen | Stars: Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen, Lyda Salmonova, Rudolf Blümner
Votes: 1,246
22. Waxworks (1924)
Not Rated | 107 min | Fantasy, Horror
A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
Directors: Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni | Stars: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle
Votes: 2,319
23. Paula (I) (2016)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and career of breakthrough German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Director: Christian Schwochow | Stars: Carla Juri, Albrecht Schuch, Roxane Duran, Joel Basman
Votes: 869
24. Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005 TV Movie)
Unrated | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A college film student, obsessed with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, investigates a murder committed in the apartment building across from his and suspects that his seductive neighbor hired a girlfriend to commit the deed.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Elio Germano, Chiara Conti, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Cristina Brondo
Votes: 2,940
25. Deadly Maria (1993)
106 min | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
A woman is trying to escape from a depressing life position.
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Nina Petri, Katja Studt, Juliane Heinemann, Josef Bierbichler
Votes: 1,047
26. The Sandman (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.
Director: Paul Berry
Votes: 1,542
27. Maciste in Hell (1925)
95 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
Director: Guido Brignone | Stars: Bartolomeo Pagano, Umberto Guarracino, Mario Saio, Franz Sala
Votes: 631
28. Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)
88 min | Horror
Genuine is an ancient and cruel divinity, who seduces men and induce them to kill as a proof of love.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ernst Gronau, Harald Paulsen
Votes: 1,136
29. The Strange Case of Captain Ramper (1927)
50 min | Drama, Horror
A man lives alone in the wilderness for years, practically becoming an animal in his mind. When he comes across humans again, they believe him to be a yeti.
Director: Max Reichmann | Stars: Paul Wegener, Mary Johnson, Hugo Döblin, Kurt Gerron
Votes: 42
30. From Morning to Midnight (1920)
65 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A Cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60, 000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Heinz Martin | Stars: Ernst Deutsch, Erna Morena, Roma Bahn, Adolf E. Licho
Votes: 610
31. From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014)
119 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its 'collective spirit' in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Based on celebrated sociologist Siegfried Kracauer's seminal book 'From Caligari to Hitler' (1947).
Director: Rüdiger Suchsland | Stars: Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Volker Schlöndorff
Votes: 898
32. Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar (2014)
82 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Dr. Mabuse, criminal mastermind - returns in this epic steam punk thriller, in which six interwoven tales document the downfall of Dr. Mabuse and his city "Etiopomar".
Director: Ansel Faraj | Stars: Jerry Lacy, Nathan Wilson, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker
Votes: 62
33. The Telltale Heart (1928)
24 min | Short, Drama, Horror
An expressionistic film based on Poe's story, about a murderer and his mental breakdown.
Directors: Charles Klein, Leon Shamroy | Stars: Otto Matieson, William Herford, Hans Fuerberg, Charles Darvas
Votes: 371
34. Ballad of Ulzamar (2020)
32 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
An alchemist is invited to the royal court of Ulzamar and tasked to cure the unacceptable condition of the Queen.
Director: Emir Ziyalar | Stars: Milan Aulicky, David Bowles, Roman Dvorak, Eva Larvoire
Votes: 13
35. The Language of Shadows: Murnau - The Early Years and Nosferatu (2007 Video)
53 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the early life and career of German silent filmmaker F.W. Murnau, with special emphasis on the production of Nosferatu (1922), examining its occult influences and revisiting its filming locations.
Director: Luciano Berriatúa | Stars: Thomas Lang, Eva Diekmann, David Sandberg, Helene Luckow
Votes: 98
36. To Beauty (2011)
9 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
An androgynous prostitute dressed only in red makes her way to work through a city devastated by a war. Based on six paintings by German Expressionist artist Otto Dix, "To Beauty" offers a ... See full summary »
Director: Jess Zakira Wise | Stars: Katy Ahmadi, Moni Akiwowo, Tony Curtis Blondell, Scott Blugrind
Votes: 10
37. Dark and Deadly: 50 Years of Film Noir (1995 TV Special)
50 min | Documentary, History
Director: Paul Joyce | Stars: B. Ruby Rich, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer
Votes: 14
38. Yotlungerdal (2015)
26 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An award-winning, black/white, silent short film that details the madcap pursuit of a mythical creature by villagers seeking to retrieve a kidnapped infant.
Director: Wesley Gunn | Stars: Jeffrey Ashkin, Lacy Baxter, Henry Bear, Matthew Benzinger
Votes: 7
39. Dovzhenko. Ukrainian Homer of Cinema (2013)
Documentary, Short, Biography
An inspiring portrait of Dovzhenko, one of the greatest film directors, known as Homer of Cinema.
Director: Vyacheslav Bihun | Stars: Aleksandr Dovzhenko, Serhiy Trymbach, Sergei Eisenstein, Aleksandr Muratov
Votes: 97
40. Because (2001)
34 min | Short, Drama
Director: Tom Tykwer | Stars: Isis Krüger, Thomas Stiller, Nikolaus Dutsch, Karl Gruenberg
Votes: 117
41. Steamed Hams but it's a German Expressionist Film (2022)
3 min | Short, Comedy
A man's attempt to impress his employer with a home-cooked meal goes awry. Inspired by The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).
Director: Tyrone Deise | Stars: Kelly Money, Jason Smith
Votes: 12
42. Prometheus Triumphant (2006)
Not Rated | 79 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Europe, the late 19th Century: Janick is a brilliant but ultimately doomed young doctor in a remote town under the black cloud of a great Plague. His radical theories about life and death ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike McKown, Jim Towns | Stars: Kelly I. Lynn, Josh Ebel, Tom Ripy, Kaitlin Schoeb
Votes: 87
43. My Heart Is Mine Alone (1997)
90 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Jewish Expressionist poet and performance artist, Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945), told chronologically in vignettes given context by archival footage of turn-of-the-century ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Nicolai Albrecht, Janina Berge, Dagmar Bertram, Klaus Bunk
Votes: 36
44. The Story Behind 'the Man Who Laughs' (2003 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short
The story behind the casting and production of the classic Universal Studios silent film The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Votes: 10
45. In Defense of Lemmings (2004 Video)
10 min | Comedy, Short
Four comic vignettes -- involving an activist, a balding writer, some Jews, and Troma Entertainment President Lloyd Kaufman -- connect in a stream-of-consciousness style reminiscent of Monty Python, The Firesign Theatre, and Luis Bunuel.
Director: Justin Remer | Stars: Jacqueline Thuener-Rego, Cullen Carr, Joby Earle, Boris Kievsky
Votes: 43
46. Silence's Crescendo (2018)
40 min | Short, Horror
In a dark night, a man alone in his house experiences the nightmare and the reality of the growing fear. On one hand, the invader is real, banging at his door and on the other, the invader is already deep inside of his subconsciousness.
Director: Saidin Mido Salkic | Star: Saidin Mido Salkic
47. Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm (2007 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A tribute to the life and films of the underrated expressionistic director John Brahm.
Director: Constantine Nasr | Stars: Mark Vieira, Steve Jones, Drew Casper, Christopher Wicking
Votes: 14
48. German Expressionism (2016)
Documentary, Short
A short documentary on the rise and fall of German Expressionist cinema.
Director: David John Mouser | Star: David John Mouser
49. Kokolores (2018)
8 min | Short
Director: Allen White | Stars: Janelle La Riza, Jodi Power, Bree Rock, Johnny Signer
50. Creatures in My House (2021)
11 min | Animation, Short
This quirky household is full of frenetic monstrous energy set off by the morning alarm. We discover what the ruckus in the kitchen is really about in this colorful nod to film noir, German expressionism. It's horrifyingly delightful.
Director: Ilena Finocchi | Stars: Ilena Finocchi, Oscar Finocchi, Vita Finocchi, William F. Wilson II