| English-language film | German-language film | Common source material (if any) |
|---|
| 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1931) | The novella Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (Stefan Zweig) |
| Addio Mimí! (1949) | The Charm of La Boheme (1937, Austria) | A modernized version of the opera La bohème (Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Henri Murger) |
| Adorable (1933) | Her Grace Commands (1931) | |
| After the Ball (1932) | The Opera Ball (1931) | |
| Alone in Berlin (2016) | Everyone Dies Alone (1976, West Germany) | The novel Every Man Dies Alone (Hans Fallada) |
| The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) | The Angel with the Trumpet (1948, Austria) | The novel Der Engel mit der Posaune (Ernst Lothar) |
| Baby Cakes (1989) | Sugarbaby (1985) | |
| Bachelor Mother (1939) | Little Mother (1935, Austria) | |
| Ball at Savoy (1936) | Ball at the Savoy (1935, Austria) | The operetta Ball im Savoy (Paul Abraham, Alfred Grünwald, Fritz Löhner-Beda) |
| Beauty and the Boss (1932) | Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) | The play A templom egére (Ladislas Fodor) |
| Between Us Girls (1942) | A Precocious Girl (1934, Austria) | The play Le Fruit Vert (Jacques Théry, Regis Gignoux) |
| Blast (2004) | Operation Noah (1998) | |
| The Blue Angel (1959) | The Blue Angel (1930) | The novel Professor Unrat (Heinrich Mann) |
| Bundle of Joy (1956) | Little Mother (1935, Austria) | |
| Burning Secret (1988) | The Burning Secret (1933) | The short story Brennendes Geheimnis (Stefan Zweig) |
| The Captain from Köpenick (1945) | The Captain from Köpenick (1931) | The play Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (Carl Zuckmayer), based on Wilhelm Voigt |
| The Challenge (1938) | Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928, Switzerland) | |
| The Church Mouse (1934) | Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) | The play A templom egére (Ladislas Fodor) |
| City of Angels (1998) | Wings of Desire (1987, West Germany) | |
| Confession (1937) | Mazurka (1935) | |
| The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) | The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) | |
| The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948) | The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) | |
| Desire (1936) | Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) | The play Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (János Székely, Robert A. Stemmle) |
| The Diplomatic Lover (1934) | The Ladies Diplomat (1932) | |
| Doomed Battalion (1932) | Mountains on Fire (1931) | |
| Dreaming Lips (1937) | Dreaming Lips (1932) | The play Mélo (Henri Bernstein) |
| Dreams Come True (1936) | The World's in Love (1935, Austria) | The operetta Clo-Clo (Franz Lehar, Bela Jenbach) |
| Eight Girls in a Boat (1934) | Eight Girls in a Boat (1932) | |
| Emil and the Detectives (1935) | Emil and the Detectives (1931) | The novel Emil and the Detectives (Erich Kästner) |
| Emil and the Detectives (1964) | Emil and the Detectives (1931) | The novel Emil and the Detectives (Erich Kästner) |
| The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) | The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936, Austria) | The novel The Emperor's Candlesticks (Baroness Orczy) |
| Escapade (1935) | Maskerade (1934, Austria) | |
| The Experiment (2010) | Das Experiment (2001) | The novel Black Box (Mario Giordano), based on the Stanford prison experiment |
| First a Girl (1935) | Victor and Victoria (1933) | |
| Forget Me Not (1936) | Forget Me Not (1935) | |
| Funny Games (2007) | Funny Games (1997, Austria) | |
| The Ghost Comes Home (1940) | The Valiant Navigator (1935) | The play Der mutige Seefahrer (Georg Kaiser) |
| The Girl Downstairs (1938) | Catherine the Last (1936, Austria) | |
| Give Her a Ring (1934) | Wrong Number, Miss (1932) | |
| Happy Go Lovely (1951) | And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) | |
| Head Full of Honey (2018) | Head Full of Honey (2014) | |
| Her Majesty, Love (1931) | Her Majesty the Barmaid (1931) | |
| It's a Boy (1933) | Hooray, It's a Boy! (1931) | The play Hurra, ein Junge (Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach) |
| Jakob the Liar (1999) | Jacob the Liar (1975, East Germany) | The novel Jacob the Liar (Jurek Becker) |
| The Last Waltz (1936) | The Last Waltz (1934) | The operetta Der letzte Walzer (Oscar Straus, Julius Brammer, Alfred Grünwald) |
| The Lightship (1985) | The Lightship (1963, West Germany) | The novella Das Feuerschiff (Siegfried Lenz) |
| Little Man, What Now? (1934) | Little Man, What Now? (1933) | The novel Little Man, What Now? (Hans Fallada) |
| Love Again (2023) | SMS für Dich (2016) | The novel SMS für dich (Sofie Cramer) |
| Love in the Afternoon (1957) | Ariane (1931) | The novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Claude Anet) |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine (1928) | Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921) | The novel Hannerl and Her Lovers (Rudolf Hans Bartsch) |
| M (1951) | M (1931) | |
| Madame Spy (1934) | Under False Flag (1932) | |
| Mad Love (1935) | The Hands of Orlac (1924, Austria) | The novel Les Mains d'Orlac (Maurice Renard) |
| The Missing Guest (1938) | Secret of the Blue Room (1932) | |
| Murder in the Blue Room (1944) | Secret of the Blue Room (1932) | |
| My Love Came Back (1940) | Episode (1935, Austria) | |
| No Reservations (2007) | Bella Martha (2001) | |
| Nosferatu (2024) | Nosferatu (1922) | The novel Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| Oh, Daddy! (1935) | The True Jacob (1931) | The play Der wahre Jakob (Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach) |
| On Secret Service (1933) | Spies at Work (1933) | |
| One Exciting Adventure (1934) | What Women Dream (1933) | |
| Paradise for Two (1937) | And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) | |
| The Parent Trap (1961) | Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) | The novel Lottie and Lisa (Erich Kästner) |
| People Will Talk (1951) | Doctor Praetorius (1950, West Germany) | The play Frauenarzt Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (Curt Goetz) |
| The Pledge (2001) | It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958, Switzerland) | The novella The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) |
| Premiere (1938) | Premiere (1937, Austria) | |
| Prince of Arcadia (1933) | The Prince of Arcadia (1932) | |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) | Bel Ami (1939) | The novel Bel-Ami (Guy de Maupassant) |
| Ripley's Game (2002) | The American Friend (1977, West Germany) | The novel Ripley's Game (Patricia Highsmith) |
| The Road Within (2014) | Vincent Wants to Sea (2010) | |
| The Secret of the Blue Room (1933) | Secret of the Blue Room (1932) | |
| The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) | A Waltz Dream (1925) | The operetta Ein Walzertraum (Oscar Straus, Leopold Jacobson [ de ], Felix Dörmann [ de ]) |
| The Soldier and the Lady (1937) | The Czar's Courier (1936) | The novel Michael Strogoff (Jules Verne) |
| A Song to Remember (1945) | Farewell Waltz (1934) | |
| The Song You Gave Me (1933) | The Song Is Ended (1930) | |
| The Sound of Music (1965) | The Trapp Family (1956, West Germany) | The memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (Maria von Trapp) |
| Spring Parade (1940) | Spring Parade (1934, Austria) | |
| A Star Fell from Heaven (1936) | A Star Fell from Heaven (1934, Austria) | |
| Star of the Circus (1938) | Truxa (1937) | |
| Stolen Identity (1953) | I Was Jack Mortimer (1935) | The novel Ich war Jack Mortimer (Alexander Lernet-Holenia) |
| Storm in a Teacup (1937) | Storm in a Water Glass (1931, Austria) | The play Sturm im Wasserglas (Bruno Frank) |
| Storm Over Tibet (1952) | Demon of the Himalayas (1935, Switzerland) | |
| Strangler of the Swamp (1946) | Fährmann Maria (1936) | |
| Talk About Jacqueline (1942) | Talking About Jacqueline (1937) | The novel Man spricht über Jacqueline (Katrin Holland) |
| There Goes Susie (1934) | Marion, That's Not Nice (1933) | |
| There Goes the Bride (1932) | I'll Stay with You (1931) | |
| The Thirteenth Floor (1999) | World on a Wire (1973, West Germany) | The novel Simulacron-3 (Daniel F. Galouye) |
| Three Maxims (1936) | Variety (1935) | |
| Top Hat (1935) | Scandal in Budapest (1933) | The play A Girl Who Dares (Sándor Faragó, Aladar Laszlo) |
| The Tunnel (1935) | The Tunnel (1933) | The novel Der Tunnel (Bernhard Kellermann) |
| Twice Upon a Time (1953) | Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) | The novel Lottie and Lisa (Erich Kästner) |
| Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) | Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) | |
| Victor/Victoria (1982) | Victor and Victoria (1933) | |
| Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) | The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934, Austria) | The play Der Herr ohne Wohnung (Bela Jenbach, Rudolf Österreicher) |
