List of German films of the 1980s

This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1980s.

For an alphabetical list of articles on West German films see Category:West German films.

1980

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
As Far as the Eye Sees  [ de ]	Erwin Keusch  [ de ]	Bernd Tauber, Aurore Clément, Jürgen Prochnow, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Werner Kreindl	Thriller
Asphalt Night  [ de ]	Peter Fratzscher	Gerd Udo Heinemann, Thomas Davis	Music
Auf halbem Weg	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Wolf Roth, Marie Colbin  [ de ]	Drama
Der Aufstieg – Ein Mann geht verloren	Peter Patzak	Ernst Schröder	Drama
Berlin Alexanderplatz	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Günter Lamprecht, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Ivan Desny	Drama	TV miniseries
Berlin Chamissoplatz  [ de ]	Rudolf Thome	Hanns Zischler, Sabine Bach  [ de ]	Drama
Berlin Mitte	Peter Beauvais	Ute Christensen, Kristina van Eyck  [ de ], Rüdiger Kirschstein  [ de ], Peter Seum  [ de ]	Drama
Big and Little	Peter Stein	Edith Clever	Drama	a.k.a.Big and Small
The Boxer	Karl Fruchtmann  [ de ]	Norbert Kappen  [ de ]	Drama
The Candidate	Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege  [ de ]		Documentary	Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
Car-napping	Wigbert Wicker  [ de ]	Bernd Stephan  [ de ], Anny Duperey, Ivan Desny, Adrian Hoven, Michel Galabru, Eddie Constantine, Adolfo Celi	Crime comedy
Céleste	Percy Adlon	Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt	Biography
Daniel	George Moorse	Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ], Beatrice Kessler  [ de ], Ian Moorse	Drama
Death Watch	Bertrand Tavernier	Harvey Keitel, Romy Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Max von Sydow, Vadim Glowna, Bernhard Wicki	Science fiction	French-West German co-production
The Dream House  [ de ]	Ulrich Schamoni	Horst Frank, Judy Winter, Leslie Malton, Jochen Schroeder  [ de ]	Comedy
Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung	Herbert Vesely	Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann, Kristina van Eyck  [ de ], Karina Fallenstein  [ de ], Marcel Ophuls	Biography	a.k.a.Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment. Austrian-French-West German co-production
Enter Laughing	Ralf Gregan  [ de ]	Ilja Richter, Inge Meysel, Curt Bois	Comedy	a.k.a.Bühne frei für Kolowitz
Exit Sunset Boulevard	Bastian Clevé	Elke Sommer, Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, Azizi Johari	Drama
Fabian	Wolf Gremm	Hans Peter Hallwachs, Silvia Janisch  [ de ], Ivan Desny, Hermann Lause, Brigitte Mira	Drama
Flitterwochen	Klaus Lemke  [ de ]	Cleo Kretschmer  [ de ], Wolfgang Fierek  [ de ]	Comedy
From the Life of the Marionettes	Ingmar Bergman	Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath, Heinz Bennent	Drama	Swedish-West German co-production
Germany, Pale Mother	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi	Drama, War	Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
Gibbi Westgermany  [ de ]	Christel Buschmann  [ de ]	Jörg Pfennigwerth  [ de ], Eva-Maria Hagen	Drama
Girls	Just Jaeckin	Anne Parillaud, Zoé Chauveau  [ fr ], Charlotte Walior  [ fr ]	Drama	French-West German-Canadian co-production [1] [2]
Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung	Michael Kehlmann	Gertraud Jesserer, Günther Maria Halmer  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Faith, Hope and Charity
Grabbe's Last Summer	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Wilfried Grimpe	Biography
The Green Bird	István Szabó	Hannelore Elsner, Péter Andorai, Krystyna Janda	Drama
A Guru Comes	Rainer Erler	Wolfgang Reichmann, Eric P. Caspar, Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Wolfgang Kieling	Comedy	a.k.a.Here Comes the Guru
Henry Angst	Ingo Kratisch  [ de ]	Klaus Hoffmann	Drama
The Hunger Years: In a Land of Plenty  [ de ]	Jutta Brückner	Sylvia Ulrich  [ de ], Britta Pohland	Drama
The Ideas of Saint Clara	Vojtěch Jasný	Katharina Böhm	Comedy
Intrigue and Love	Heinz Schirk  [ de ]	Jan Niklas, Dietlinde Turban, Klausjürgen Wussow, Thekla Carola Wied	Drama
Johann Sebastian Bach's Futile Journey to Fame	Victor Vicas	Alexander May  [ de ]	Biography	West German-East German co-production
Kaiserhofstraße 12	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Christoph Eichhorn, Doris Schade, Sigfrit Steiner, Monika Baumgartner	War, Drama
Kolportage	Peter Weck	Klausjürgen Wussow, Christiane Hörbiger, Georg Thomalla, Sascha Hehn, Sissy Höfferer	Comedy
Land, das meine Sprache spricht  [ de ]	Michael Kehlmann	Dagmar Mettler  [ de ], Volkert Kraeft, Guido Wieland, Günter Mack, Gert Haucke	Drama, War	Austrian-West German co-production
Laufen lernen	Jutta Brückner	Sylvia Ulrich  [ de ], Rita Rischak	Drama
Lightning Over Water	Wim Wenders	Nicholas Ray	Documentary	a.k.a.Nick's Film. West German-Swedish co-production
The Longest Second	Kristian Kühn	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Christine Ostermayer, Kristina van Eyck  [ de ], Hans Korte, Ivan Desny	Thriller
Luftwaffenhelfer  [ de ]	Volker Vogeler	Till Topf  [ de ], Christoph Eichhorn, Alexander Radszun, Arthur Brauss	War
Lulu  [ fr ]	Walerian Borowczyk	Anne Bennent  [ de ], Michele Placido, Heinz Bennent, Udo Kier	Drama	French-West German-Italian co-production
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke	Péter Bacsó	Derek Jacobi, Judy Winter	Crime	a.k.a.Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste. West German-Swedish-Hungarian co-production
Ein Mann fürs Leben	Erwin Keusch  [ de ]	Manfred Krug, Hannelore Hoger, Gerhard Olschewski	Drama
Ein Mann von gestern	Tom Toelle  [ de ]	Will Quadflieg, Michael Degen, Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Gert Westphal, Witta Pohl	Drama
Meister Timpe	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Hans Christian Blech, Hans-Georg Panczak	Drama
Mona und Marilyn	Sven Severin	Juliet Berto, Wolf Roth, Branko Samarovski  [ de ]	Drama
Mosch  [ de ]	Tankred Dorst	Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Katharina Thalbach, Valter Taub  [ de ], Herbert Grönemeyer	Drama
On Southern Slopes	Michael Verhoeven	Helmut Zierl  [ de ], Andrea Jonasson  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Am Südhang
Order  [ fr ]	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Heinz Lieven	Drama
Palermo or Wolfsburg	Werner Schroeter	Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Ida Di Benedetto	Drama	West German-Swiss co-production. Won the Golden Bear at Berlin
Panic Time	Udo Lindenberg, Peter Fratzscher	Udo Lindenberg, Leata Galloway, Walter Kohut, Vera Tschechowa, Hark Bohm, Eddie Constantine	Musical comedy
Die Paulskirche	Carlheinz Caspari	Hannes Messemer, Reinhard Kolldehoff	Drama	a.k.a.Trilogie 1848: Die Paulskirche
Der Preis fürs Überleben	Hans Noever	Michel Piccoli	Political thriller	a.k.a.The Price of Survival. Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
Private Lives	Dieter Wieland	Sonja Ziemann, Harald Leipnitz, Michael Hinz, Beatrice Richter	Comedy	a.k.a.Intimitäten
Purity of Heart  [ de ]	Robert van Ackeren	Elisabeth Trissenaar, Matthias Habich, Heinrich Giskes  [ de ]	Drama
Put on Ice	Bernhard Sinkel	Helmut Griem, Martin Benrath, Ángela Molina	Political thriller	Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival
Die Reventlow	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Donata Höffer  [ de ]	Biography	a.k.a.Franziska Countess zu Reventlow
Schlagzeile	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Giovanni Früh  [ de ], Marie Colbin  [ de ]	Drama
Slow Attack  [ de ]	Reinhard Hauff	Burkhard Driest, Rolf Zacher, Katja Rupé  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Endstation Freiheit
Star Without a Sky  [ de ]	Ottokar Runze	Uwe Drißler, Andreas Hameder, Hieronymus Blößer, Martin Fuchs	Drama, War
Sunday Children	Michael Verhoeven	Nora Barner, Erika Pluhar	Drama
Švabica  [ sh ]	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Frano Lasić, Regine Lamster  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Die Deutsche. Yugoslav-West German co-production
Theo Against the Rest of the World  [ de ]	Peter F. Bringmann  [ de ]	Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Guido Gagliardi  [ de ], Claudia Demarmels  [ de ]	Road movie, Action comedy
Der Thronfolger	Oswald Döpke  [ de ]	Jan Kollwitz, Günter Strack, Maria Schell, Jan Niklas, Dietlinde Turban, Siegfried Wischnewski	Biography
... und raus bist du	Peter Schulze-Rohr  [ de ]	Elga Sorbas  [ de ], Hans-Joachim Grubel  [ de ], Dietrich Mattausch	Drama
Under Lock and Key	Wilma Kottusch	Lisa Kreuzer, Jürgen Prochnow, Rudolf Schündler, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Vera Tschechowa, Michaela May	Drama
The Ungrateful  [ de ]	Franz Josef Wild  [ de ]	Dietlinde Turban, Walter Kohut, Silvia Janisch  [ de ]	Drama
The Uprising  [ de ]	Peter Lilienthal	Augustin Pereira	Drama	West German-Costa Rican co-production
The Weavers  [ de ]	Fritz Umgelter	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Martin Lüttge  [ de ], Karin Baal	Drama
Weichselkirschen  [ pl ]	Michael Günther  [ de ], Gerard Zalewski  [ pl ]	Luitgard Im, Stanisław Zaczyk, Franciszek Pieczka, Christine Merthan  [ de ], Barbara Ludwiżanka  [ pl ], Aleksandra Śląska, Emilia Krakowska, Bolesław Płotnicki, Wiktor Grotowicz, Helena Dąbrowska	Drama	West German-Polish co-production
Why the UFOs Steal Our Lettuce  [ de ]	Hansjürgen Pohland  [ de ]	Tommi Piper  [ de ], Ursela Monn, Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, Raimund Harmstorf	Comedy
The Wonderful Years	Reiner Kunze	Gabi Marr, Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch, Christine Wodetzky, Rolf Boysen  [ de ]	Drama
The World That Summer	Ilse Hofmann  [ de ]	Jan Schwarzbauer, Katrin Schaake  [ de ], Hermann Lause, Grete Wurm	Drama
Das Ziel	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Peter Sattmann	Drama

1981

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Ach du lieber Harry	Jean Girault	Dieter Hallervorden, Iris Berben	Comedy
After Midnight  [ de ]	Wolf Gremm	Désirée Nosbusch, Nicole Heesters, Hermann Lause	Drama
Angels of Iron	Thomas Brasch	Hilmar Thate, Katharina Thalbach	Crime drama	Entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
Der Aufsteiger	Bernd Fischerauer  [ de ]	Reiner Schöne, Alexandra Bogojevic, Werner Asam, Günter Strack	Drama
Aus der Franzosenzeit	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Leon Niemczyk, Gojko Mitić, Ute Lubosch, Martin Hellberg, Peter Reusse, Gerry Wolff	Drama	West German-East German co-production
Die Baronin	Lutz Büscher	Marianne Hoppe, Iris Berben	Biography	a.k.a.Elisabeth von Ardenne
Berlin Tunnel 21	Richard Michaels	Richard Thomas, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer	Drama	American-West German co-production
Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed	Laurent Heynemann  [ fr ]	Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer	Thriller	French-West German co-production
Blind Spot  [ de ]	Claudia von Alemann	Rebecca Pauly  [ de ]	Drama
Bloody Moon	Jesús Franco	Olivia Pascal	Horror
Das Boot	Wolfgang Petersen	Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Martin Semmelrogge, Erwin Leder, Jan Fedder, Ralf Richter, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Otto Sander	War	a.k.a.The Boat. Based on a novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Columbia Pictures
Burning Rubber	Norman Cohen	Bay City Rollers , Olivia Pascal, Sascha Hehn	Action
Das Casanova-Projekt	F. K. Waechter, Bernd Eilert  [ de ], Robert Gernhardt, Arend Agthe  [ de ]	Alfred Edel  [ de ]	Comedy
Charlotte	Frans Weisz	Birgit Doll, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Brigitte Horney, Derek Jacobi, Patricia Hodge	Biography, War	Dutch-West German co-production
Children	Oswald Döpke  [ de ]	Lilli Palmer, Judy Winter, Jan Niklas, Cordula Trantow	Drama
Christiane F.	Uli Edel	Natja Brunckhorst	Drama
Circle of Deceit	Volker Schlöndorff	Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen	Drama, War	a.k.a.The Deception. West German-French co-production
Collin  [ de ]	Peter Schulze-Rohr  [ de ]	Curd Jürgens, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Margot Werner, Thekla Carola Wied, Hannes Messemer	Drama
Confused Feelings  [ fr ]	Étienne Périer	Michel Piccoli, Pierre Malet, Gila von Weitershausen	Drama	a.k.a.Confusion. French-West German co-production
The Curse of the Tarniffs	Hajo Gies  [ de ]	Rüdiger Vogler, Anne-Marie Kuster  [ de ], Herlinde Latzko  [ de ], Monica Gruber  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Beate and Mareile
Day of the Idiots	Werner Schroeter	Carole Bouquet, Ingrid Caven, Christine Kaufmann	Psycho-fantasy drama	Entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival
Desperado City	Vadim Glowna	Siemen Rühaak  [ de ], Beate Finckh, Vera Tschechowa, Karin Baal	Drama
Don Quixote's Children  [ de ]	Claudia Holldack	Angelica Domröse, Dietrich Mattausch, Dieter Laser, Pola Kinski	Drama
Double Trouble  [ de ]	Dorothea Neukirchen  [ de ]	Gudrun Landgrebe, Jochen Schroeder  [ de ]	Comedy	a.k.a.Dabbel Trabbel
Das Ende vom Anfang  [ de ]	Christian Görlitz	Michael Fass	Drama
Es geht seinen Gang oder Mühen in unserer Ebene	Günter Gräwert  [ de ]	Wolfgang Bathke  [ de ], Helga Koehler, Barbara Stanek  [ de ], Wilfried Klaus	Drama
Fantasma d'amore	Dino Risi	Marcello Mastroianni, Romy Schneider, Wolfgang Preiss, Eva Maria Meineke	Drama	Italian-French-West German co-production
Fear Not, Jacob!  [ de ]	Radu Gabrea	André Heller	Drama	a.k.a.Don't Be Afraid, Jacob
La Ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa	Rebecca Horn	Valentina Cortese, David Warrilow, Hans Peter Hallwachs	Drama	a.k.a.La Ferdinanda: Sonata for a Medici Villa
Fire and Sword	Veith von Fürstenberg  [ de ]	Christoph Waltz, Antonia Preser, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth, Vladek Sheybal	Fantasy	a.k.a.The Legend of Tristan and Isolde
Flächenbrand	Alexander von Eschwege  [ de ]	Horst Frank, Manfred Krug, Curt Bois, Nina Hoger  [ de ]	Drama
François Villon	Werner Schlechte	Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Louise Martini  [ de ]	Biography
Frankfurt: The Face of a City  [ de ]	Roger Fritz	Michaela Karger, Dave Balko, Hanno Pöschl, Kurt Raab	Exploitation
Freak Orlando	Ulrike Ottinger	Delphine Seyrig, Magdalena Montezuma  [ de ], Eddie Constantine	Drama
Geld oder Leben	Peter Patzak	Stephan Schwartz  [ de ], Karl Michael Vogler, Adelheid Arndt	Crime
God's Angry Man	Werner Herzog		Documentary
Das Haus im Park	Aribert Weis  [ de ]	Wilfried Labmeier  [ de ], Ulrich Pleitgen  [ de ], Christine Pascal	Crime
Hot Bubblegum	Boaz Davidson	Yftach Katzur, Jonathan Sagall, Zachi Noy, Sibylle Rauch	Comedy	a.k.a.Lemon Popsicle III Israeli-West German co-production
Huie's Sermon	Werner Herzog		Documentary
Ich möchte fliehen	Tom Toelle  [ de ]	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulli Philipp  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Ja und Nein
In the Land of Cockaigne	Fritz Umgelter	Arnfried Lerche  [ de ], Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting, Karl Michael Vogler, Otto Sander	Drama	a.k.a.Im Schlaraffenland
The Inventor	Kurt Gloor	Bruno Ganz, Walo Lüönd	Comedy	Swiss-West German co-production
Jeans	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Hans-Georg Panczak, Agnes Dünneisen  [ de ], Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ]	Drama
Jetzt und alles	Dieter Meier	Richy Müller, Jean-Pierre Kalfon	Drama
The Just Assassins	Frank Guthke  [ de ]	Jan Niklas, Heidelinde Weis	Drama	a.k.a.Die Gerechten
Komm doch mit nach Monte Carlo	Berengar Pfahl  [ de ]	Ulrike Kriener  [ de ]	Comedy
Der König und sein Narr  [ de ]	Frank Beyer	Götz George, Wolfgang Kieling, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Gert Haucke	Biography	a.k.a.The King and His Fool a.k.a.The King and His Jester
Kudenow	Claus Peter Witt  [ de ]	Ulf Schweikhardt, Witta Pohl, Uwe Dallmeier  [ de ], Regine Lamster  [ de ]	Drama
Leiche auf Urlaub	Hans-Jürgen Tögel  [ de ]	Judy Winter, Jean-Marc Thibault, François-Éric Gendron, Michel Such  [ fr ], Udo Vioff  [ de ]	Thriller	a.k.a.Opération Primevère. West German-French co-production
Lili Marleen	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer	Drama, War
Lisa und Tshepo	Erika Runge  [ de ]	Pia Hänggi  [ de ], Dumisani Mabaso	Drama
Lola	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs	Drama	3rd part of BRD Trilogy
Looping  [ de ]	Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann	Shelley Winters, Hans Christian Blech, Sydne Rome, Ingrid Caven	Drama
A Lot of Bills to Pay  [ de ]	Adolf Winkelmann	Detlev Quandt, Hermann Lause	Comedy	a.k.a.A Lot of Coal
Malou  [ de ]	Jeanine Meerapfel	Ingrid Caven, Grischa Huber, Helmut Griem, Ivan Desny	Drama
The Man in Pyjamas	Hartmann Schmige, Christian Rateuke	Otto Sander, Elke Sommer, Peter Fitz	Comedy
Marianne and Juliane	Margarethe von Trotta	Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler	Drama	a.k.a.The German Sisters a.k.a.Die bleierne Zeit
Mephisto	István Szabó	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rolf Hoppe, Krystyna Janda, Karin Boyd	Drama	Hungarian-West German-East German-Austrian co-production. Based on a story by Klaus Mann
Mit Gewissenhaftigkeit und Würde	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Rainer Hunold	Drama
Der Neger Erwin	Herbert Achternbusch	Herbert Achternbusch	Drama	Entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival
Nightfall	Beate Klöckner  [ de ]	Barbara Rudnik, Gordon Mitchell	Thriller
No Mercy, No Future	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Elisabeth Stepanek  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Die Berührte
No Terraced House for Robin Hood  [ de ]	Wolf Gremm	Jutta Speidel, Hermann Lause, Brigitte Mira	Crime	a.k.a.Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood
Die Ortliebschen Frauen  [ de ]	Luc Bondy	Edith Heerdegen, Libgart Schwarz  [ de ], Elisabeth Stepanek  [ de ], Klaus Pohl  [ de ]	Drama
Pommi Stern	Kristian Kühn	Steve Strange and Visage , Gillian Scalici  [ de ], Stephan Schwartz  [ de ], Gustav Fröhlich	Musical
Possession	Andrzej Żuławski	Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani, Heinz Bennent, Margit Carstensen	Horror	French-West German co-production
Quartett bei Claudia  [ de ]	Michael Kehlmann	Karl Michael Vogler, Dagmar Mettler  [ de ], Karin Anselm  [ de ], Ernst Stankovski, Witta Pohl	Drama	a.k.a.A Quartet at Sheila's
Raid in Glasgow	Wolfgang Hantke	Götz George, Evelyn Opela, Ferdy Mayne, Dietlinde Turban, Günter Mack	Crime	a.k.a.Die for Big Betsy
Raindrops	Harry Raymon  [ de ], Michael Hoffmann	Jack Geula, Elfriede Irrall  [ de ], Walter Renneisen	Drama
Der Richter	Stephan Meyer  [ de ]	Christoph Bantzer, Ingrid Andree, Marianne Hoppe, Jan Niklas, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Wolfgang Büttner	Drama
Die Rumplhanni  [ de ]	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Monika Baumgartner	Drama
Schattenlinien	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Claus Eberth  [ de ], Barbara Freier  [ de ], Felix von Manteuffel	Drama
Der Schatz des Priamos  [ de ]	Karl Fruchtmann  [ de ]	Tilo Prückner, Olga Karlatos, Ronald Hines	Biography	a.k.a.Treasure of Priam
The Second Skin	Frank Beyer	Angelica Domröse, Hilmar Thate, Jana Brejchová, Edith Heerdegen	Drama
Sting in the Flesh  [ de ]	Heidi Genée	Helmut Griem, Barbara Lass	Comedy	a.k.a.Thorn in the Flesh
Strike Back  [ de ]	Carl Schenkel	Dave Balko, Hanns Zischler, Otto Sander	Crime drama	a.k.a.Cold as Ice
The Subjective Factor	Helke Sander	Angelika Rommel	Drama
Taxi zum Klo	Frank Ripploh	Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup	Drama
The Temptation  [ pl ]	Krzysztof Zanussi	Maja Komorowska, Helmut Griem, Mathieu Carrière	Drama
Der Traum vom Glück	Maximiliane Mainka	Bernd Herberger  [ de ], Ulrike Luderer  [ de ], Martin Umbach  [ de ]	Drama
Trokadero	Klaus Emmerich	Ludwig Hirsch, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Lisi Mangold	Comedy	Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival
Vor den Vätern sterben die Söhne	Claudia Holldack	Eva Mattes, Klaus Pohl  [ de ], Peter Seum  [ de ]	Drama
Warnung aus dem Käfig	Peter von Zahn	Günter Mack, Christine Wodetzky, Horst Frank, Gerhard Olschewski	Docudrama, Cold War spy film	a.k.a.Der Fall Frucht
Wer den Schaden hat ...	Dieter Wedel	Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Hannelore Elsner, Rainer Basedow	Drama
Zwei Freunde in Preußen  [ de ]	Rolf Busch  [ de ]	Jan Spitzer  [ de ], Michael Pan  [ de ]	Biography	West German-East German co-production

1982

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Axe of Wandsbek  [ de ]	Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein  [ de ]	Roland Schäfer  [ de ], Angelika Thomas  [ de ], Joachim Dietmar Mues	Drama
Banana Joe	Steno	Bud Spencer, Gunther Philipp	Comedy	Italian-West German co-production
The Beastmaster	Don Coscarelli	Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn	Fantasy	American production with West German money
Brandmale	George Moorse	Gila von Weitershausen, Anne Bennent  [ de ], Hub Martin	Drama
Captain Berlin	Jörg Buttgereit	Jörg Buttgereit, Bela B	Short
Comeback	Christel Buschmann  [ de ]	Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen	Drama
Crazy Jungle Adventure  [ de ]	Harald Reinl	James Mitchum, Werner Pochath, Thomas Ohrner, Klaus Havenstein	Comedy
Danny's Dream	Sigi Rothemund	Alexander Rosenberg, Jutta Speidel	Drama
Deadly Game	Károly Makk	Barbara Sukowa, Helmut Berger, Mel Ferrer	Thriller
Dear Mr. Wonderful	Peter Lilienthal	Joe Pesci, Karen Ludwig, Evan Handler, Frank Vincent, Paul Herman, Ed O'Ross, Ben Dova, Tony Martin	Drama	a.k.a.Ruby's Dream
Depart to Arrive	Alexandra von Grote  [ de ]	Gabriele Osburg, Ute Cremer  [ de ]	Drama
Eine deutsche Revolution	Helmut Herbst	Franz Wittich, Gregor Hansen	Docudrama	a.k.a.A German Revolution. Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
Doctor Faustus	Franz Seitz	Jon Finch, André Heller, Hanns Zischler, Siemen Rühaak  [ de ], Marie-Hélène Breillat  [ fr ], Margot Hielscher, Hans Korte	Drama	Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival
Domino  [ de ]	Thomas Brasch	Katharina Thalbach, Bernhard Wicki, Hanns Zischler, Anne Bennent  [ de ]	Drama
Dr. Margarete Johnsohn	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Judy Winter, Christoph Waltz, Jutta Speidel	Drama	a.k.a.Frau Dr. Johnsohn
Egmont	Franz Peter Wirth	Manfred Zapatka, Catherine Frot, Rolf Boysen  [ de ], Rolf Becker, Anouk Ferjac	Drama	West German-French co-production
Einer von uns	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Siemen Rühaak  [ de ], Anita Lochner	Drama, War
Elective Affinities  [ fr ]	Claude Chabrol	Stéphane Audran, Helmut Griem, Michael Degen	Drama	French-West German-Czechoslovak co-production
Eugenie Marlitt und "Die Gartenlaube"	Herbert Ballmann  [ de ]	Cordula Trantow, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ursela Monn, Rolf Henniger  [ de ], Klaus Herm, Michael Hinz	Biography
Der Fan	Eckhart Schmidt	Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger  [ de ]	Horror	a.k.a.The Fan
Fitzcarraldo	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale	Adventure
Fleeting Acquaintances	Marianne Lüdcke  [ de ]	Günter Lamprecht, Angelica Domröse, Hannes Messemer	Drama
Flucht aus London	Wolfgang Storch  [ de ]	Matthias Ponnier  [ de ], Friedhelm Ptok  [ de ]	Crime	a.k.a.Two Men in Twenty
Frau Jenny Treibel	Franz Josef Wild  [ de ]	Maria Schell, Dietlinde Turban, Hannes Messemer, Ernst Jacobi, Karin Anselm  [ de ]	Drama
Fünf letzte Tage	Percy Adlon	Lena Stolze, Irm Hermann	Biography, War	a.k.a.Five Last Days a.k.a.Last Five Days
The Ghost	Herbert Achternbusch	Herbert Achternbusch	Drama	Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival
Hambacher Frühling	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Wolfgang Schwarz  [ de ], Gaby Dohm, Wolfgang Arps  [ de ]	Docudrama
Heimkehr nach Deutschland	Eberhard Pieper	Eva-Maria Hagen, Paul Dahlke, Monica Bleibtreu, Claudio Caramaschi  [ it ], Evelyn Opela	Drama
High Society Limited	Ottokar Runze	Lilli Palmer, Elisabeth Bergner, Hardy Krüger, Vadim Glowna, Heinz Schubert	Comedy
I'll Be Waiting	Stanislav Barabáš  [ de ]	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Monica Bleibtreu, Franz Xaver Kroetz	Crime
Im Morgenwind	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Eva Maria Bauer  [ de ]	Drama
Imperative	Krzysztof Zanussi	Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Leslie Caron, Matthias Habich, Sigfrit Steiner	Drama
Jaipur Junction	W. Werner Schaefer	Herbert Knaup, Victor Banerjee, Neena Gupta	Thriller
Kamikaze 1989	Wolf Gremm	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Boy Gobert, Brigitte Mira, Franco Nero	Science Fiction
Die Klassefrau	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Viola Sauer  [ de ], Detlef Kessler	Drama
Kraftprobe	Heidi Genée	Hannelore Hoger, Kirstin Genée	Drama	a.k.a.Test of Strength. Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
The Last Revenge	Rainer Kirberg	Erwin Leder, Der Plan	Musical, Fantasy
Liebeskonzil	Werner Schroeter	Antonio Salines, Magdalena Montezuma  [ de ], Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen	Drama	a.k.a.The Council of Love a.k.a.The Love Council
The Lite Trap  [ de ]	Niklaus Schilling	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Beatrice Kessler  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Der Westen leuchtet!
Little Zaches called Cinnabar	Frank Strecker  [ de ]	Werner Kwoll, Bernd Herberger  [ de ], Ernst Stankovski, Dietlinde Turban, Günter Pfitzmann, Günter Mack	Fantasy	a.k.a.Little Zaches, Surnamed Zinnober a.k.a.Little Zack
The Logic of Emotion	Ingo Kratisch  [ de ]	Rüdiger Vogler	Drama
The Magic Mountain	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Christoph Eichhorn, Rod Steiger, Charles Aznavour, Marie-France Pisier, Hans Christian Blech	Drama	West German-French-Italian co-production
Les Maîtres du temps	René Laloux, Tibor Hernádi (technical director)	—	Independent animated science fiction	a.k.a.Time Masters. French-Swiss-West German-British-Hungarian co-production
The Man on the Wall  [ de ]	Reinhard Hauff	Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Julie Carmen, Towje Kleiner  [ de ]	Drama
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl  [ de ]	Ulrich König  [ de ]	Hans Clarin (voice), Gustl Bayrhammer	Family
Mira's House	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Brigitte Fossey, Doris Kunstmann, Dieter Laser, Franz Buchrieser  [ de ], Tilo Prückner, Marie Colbin  [ de ]	Drama
The Mysterious Stranger	Peter H. Hunt	Chris Makepeace, Bernhard Wicki, Fred Gwynne, Herbert Fux, Christoph Waltz, Towje Kleiner  [ de ]	Fantasy	American-West German co-production
Neon City  [ de ]	Dominik Graf, Wolfgang Büld  [ de ], Helmer von Lützelburg  [ de ]	Michaela May, Billie Zöckler  [ de ], Christiane F., Lisa Kreuzer	Anthology	a.k.a.The City of Neon
Night of the Wolves  [ de ]	Rüdiger Nüchtern  [ de ]	Daniela Obermeir  [ de ], Ali Arkadas, Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit	Drama
Parsifal	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Edith Clever	Musical	West German-French co-production. Screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival
The Passerby	Jacques Rouffio	Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Mathieu Carrière, Maria Schell	Drama	French-West German co-production [3] [4]
The Passionate	Thomas Koerfer	Lutz Weidlich, Sunnyi Melles, Hanns Zischler	Drama, Biography	a.k.a.Die Leidenschaftlichen. West German-Swiss-Austrian co-production
Piratensender Powerplay  [ de ]	Sigi Rothemund	Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger	Comedy
Praying Mantis	Jack Gold	Jonathan Pryce, Cherie Lunghi, Pinkas Braun, Friedrich von Thun, Arthur Brauss	Crime	British-West German co-production
Querelle	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau	Drama	French-West German co-production
Red Love	Rosa von Praunheim	Sascha Hammer, Mark Eins, Helga Goetze, Eddie Constantine	Drama
Rendezvous in Paris	Gabi Kubach  [ de ]	Claude Jade, Harald Kuhlmann  [ de ], Barry Stokes	Thriller	a.k.a.Men Never Know. French-West German co-production
Room 666	Wim Wenders		Documentary	French-West German co-production
Sapiches  [ de ]	Boaz Davidson	Yftach Katzur, Jonathan Sagall, Zachi Noy	Comedy	a.k.a.Private Popsicle. Israeli-West German co-production
Second Sight  [ it ]	Dominik Graf	Greta Scacchi, Thomas Schücke  [ de ]	Thriller	a.k.a.The Second Face
Single liebt Single	Wolf Dietrich  [ de ]	Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Angelika Bender  [ de ]	Comedy
Sleepless Days	Diethard Klante  [ de ]	Hans Peter Hallwachs, Hannelore Hoger	Drama
The State of Things	Wim Wenders	Patrick Bauchau, Allen Garfield, Rebecca Pauly  [ de ]	Drama	West German-American-Portuguese co-production
Stella	Franz Josef Wild  [ de ]	Judy Winter, Dietlinde Turban, Robert Atzorn	Drama
Die Stunde des Löwen	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Judy Winter, Dietmar Schönherr, Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ], Udo Vioff  [ de ]	Thriller
The Sunshine Boys	Rolf von Sydow	Johannes Heesters, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Herbert Herrmann  [ de ]	Comedy
Tarabas	Michael Kehlmann	Helmuth Lohner, Günter Mack, Klausjürgen Wussow	War	Austrian-West German co-production
Der Tod in der Waschstraße  [ de ]	Friedemann Schulz  [ de ]	Benjamin Völz  [ de ], Beate Finckh, Henning Venske  [ de ], Rosemarie Fendel	Drama
Tscherwonez	Gábor Altorjay	The Wirtschaftswunder , Péter Halász, Stephan Balint, Sheryl Sutton	Crime	a.k.a.Chervonets
The Unapproachable  [ pl ]	Krzysztof Zanussi	Leslie Caron, Danny Webb, Leslie Malton	Drama
Ungleicher Lohn	Christa Maar  [ de ]	Walo Lüönd, Franz Xaver Kroetz, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Veronika Fitz, Rolf Zacher	Drama
Veronika Voss	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess	Drama	Second in the BRD Trilogy
The Visit	Max Peter Ammann  [ de ]	Maria Schell, Günter Lamprecht	Drama	a.k.a.Der Besuch der alten Dame. West German-Swiss co-production.
War and Peace	Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Axel Engstfeld  [ de ]	Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Angela Winkler, Heinz Bennent, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Manfred Zapatka	Anthology
Warum hast du so traurige Augen	Tom Toelle  [ de ]	Werner Stocker, Ingrid Caven, Martin Semmelrogge, Michael Habeck, Monika Baumgartner, Kurt Weinzierl, Helga Anders, Irm Hermann, Ulrich Matschoss	Musical	a.k.a.Vorstadt-Tango a.k.a.Geschichten aus einem Tango-Lokal
We	Vojtěch Jasný	Dieter Laser, Sabine von Maydell	Science fiction
Die Weiße Rose	Michael Verhoeven	Lena Stolze, Wulf Kessler, Werner Stocker, Ulrich Tukur, Martin Benrath	Historical drama, War	a.k.a.The White Rose
Who's Crazy, Doc?  [ de ]	Stefan Lukschy  [ de ], Christian Rateuke	Otto Sander, Sunnyi Melles, Peter Fitz, Hannelore Elsner, Richy Müller, Loriot	Comedy
Wings of Night	Hans Noever	Christine Boisson, Michael König  [ de ], Armin Mueller-Stahl	Science fiction
Woman with the Red Hat  [ ja ]	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Kristina van Eyck  [ de ], Toshiyuki Nagashima, Shigeru Izumiya	Drama	Japanese-West German co-production

1983

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Abduction of the Sabine Women  [ de ]	Rolf von Sydow	Gert Fröbe, Martin Held, Edda Seippel, Désirée Nosbusch	Comedy
Angst vor dem Leben	Hagen Mueller-Stahl  [ de ]	Hilmar Thate, Hannelore Hoger, Heinz Hoenig	Drama
Banks and Robbers  [ de ]	Rolf Silber  [ de ]	Christoph M. Ohrt, Britta Pohland, Kai Fischer, Tilo Prückner	Comedy	a.k.a.Kassensturz
Die Beine des Elefanten	Michael Günther  [ de ]	Viyada Umarin  [ th ], Gerhard Olschewski, Reinhard Kolldehoff	Drama
Bella Donna	Peter Keglevic	Krystyna Janda, Erland Josephson, Friedrich-Karl Praetorius  [ de ], Brigitte Horney	Drama	Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival
Bolero	Rüdiger Nüchtern  [ de ]	Michael König  [ de ], Katja Rupé  [ de ], Paul Hubschmid	Drama
Burning Patience  [ es ]	Antonio Skármeta	Óscar Castro Ramírez, Roberto Parada, Marcela Osorio	Comedy	West German-Portuguese co-production
Cats' Play  [ de ]	István Szabó	Maria Becker, Helmut Qualtinger, Joana Maria Gorvin  [ de ], Jane Tilden	Drama	a.k.a.Cat's Game a.k.a.Catsplay
Chained Heat	Paul Nicholas	Linda Blair, Sybil Danning, Stella Stevens	Exploitation	West German-American co-production
City of Lost Souls	Rosa von Praunheim	Jayne County, Angie Stardust, Joaquín La Habana	Musical
Class Enemy  [ de ]	Peter Stein	Udo Samel, Stefan Reck, Tayfun Bademsoy, Ernst Stötzner	Drama
Closed Circuit  [ de ]	Rudolf Thome	Bruno Ganz, Hanns Zischler, Dominique Laffin	Crime drama	a.k.a.System Without Shadow
Danni	Martin Gies  [ de ]	Brigitte Karner  [ de ], Robert Hunger-Bühler  [ de ]	Thriller
Deep Water  [ de ]	Franz Peter Wirth	Constanze Engelbrecht, Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Sky du Mont, Raimund Harmstorf, Robert Atzorn	Thriller
Dies rigorose Leben	Vadim Glowna	Ángela Molina, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Viveca Lindfors, Vera Tschechowa	Drama	a.k.a.Nothing Left to Lose. Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival
Dingo	Ilse Hofmann  [ de ]	Hilmar Thate, Katrin Schaake  [ de ], Eric Oldfield, Desmond Tester	Drama
Due to an Act of God  [ de ]	Rainer Boldt  [ de ]	Karl-Heinz von Hassel, Gunnar Möller, Hermann Lause	Disaster	a.k.a.In the Sign of the Cross
Edith's Diary	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Angela Winkler, Vadim Glowna	Drama
Embers	Thomas Koerfer	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Katharina Thalbach, Krystyna Janda, Matthias Habich, Sigfrit Steiner	Drama	a.k.a.Glut. Swiss-West German co-production
Empfänger unbekannt	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Umran Ertok  [ de ], Iris von Reppert-Bismarck, Manfred Zapatka	Drama	a.k.a.Addressee Unknown
Eréndira	Ruy Guerra	Irene Papas, Cláudia Ohana, Michael Lonsdale	Drama	Mexican-French-West German co-production
Für'n Groschen Brause	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Bernd Benneck	Drama
The Garden	Wolfgang Liebeneiner	Elisabeth Bergner, Gert Fröbe	Drama
Gefährliches Spiel	Theo Mezger  [ de ]	Helmut Zierl  [ de ], Simone Rethel, Tommi Piper  [ de ]	Drama, Sport
Geheimsender 1212	Rudolf Nussgruber	Michael Hinz, Dietrich Mattausch, Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit, Helen Vita	War, Docudrama	a.k.a.Radio 1212
Gib Gas – Ich will Spass	Wolfgang Büld  [ de ]	Nena, Markus, Karl Dall	Musical comedy	a.k.a.Hangin' Out
Die große Kapitulation	Wolfgang F. Henschel  [ de ]	Arthur Brauss, Ernst Stankovski, Volkert Kraeft	Drama
Hanna von acht bis acht	Egon Günther	Angelica Domröse, Karl Michael Vogler, Heidi Brühl, Lisa Kreuzer, Claus Theo Gärtner, Christoph Eichhorn, Anja Jaenicke	Drama
The Heartbreakers  [ de ]	Peter F. Bringmann  [ de ]	Maria Ketikidou  [ de ], Sascha Disselkamp, Uwe Bohm	Musical
How Would You Like to Have It?  [ de ]	Rolf von Sydow	Jutta Speidel, Robert Atzorn, Michaela May, Horst Janson, Günther Maria Halmer  [ de ], Herbert Herrmann  [ de ]	Comedy
The Island of the Bloody Plantation  [ de ]	Kurt Raab	Udo Kier, Barbara Valentin, Karl-Otto Alberty	Adventure, Drama, War	a.k.a.Escape from Blood Plantation a.k.a.Prison Camp Girls. West German-Filipino co-production
Joseph's Daughter	Gustav Ehmck  [ de ]	Linda Manz, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ana Torrent	Drama	West German-Spanish co-production
Joyride  [ de ]	Manfred Stelzer  [ de ]	Rolf Zacher, Iris Berben	Comedy	a.k.a.Bootleg Driver a.k.a.Midnight Blues a.k.a.Schwarzfahrer
Julie Darling	Paul Nicholas	Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias, Reinhard Kolldehoff	Thriller	a.k.a.Daughter of Death. West German-Canadian co-production
Kampftag	Manfred Grunert  [ de ]	Siegfried Rauch, Josef Bierbichler, Monika Baumgartner	Drama
Kehraus  [ de ]	Hanns Christian Müller  [ de ]	Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger  [ de ], Dieter Hildebrandt, Jochen Busse, Nikolaus Paryla	Comedy
Kiez  [ de ]	Walter Bockmayer, Rolf Bührmann	Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger  [ de ], Katja Rupé  [ de ]	Drama
Kinder unseres Volkes	Stephan Rinser	Leslie Malton	Drama
Leuchtturm des Chaos	Wolf-Eckart Bühler  [ de ], Manfred Blank	Sterling Hayden	Documentary	a.k.a.Pharos of Chaos
A Love in Germany	Andrzej Wajda	Hanna Schygulla, Piotr Łysak  [ pl ], Armin Mueller-Stahl, Daniel Olbrychski, Bernhard Wicki	Drama, War	West German-French co-production
Martin Luther  [ de ]	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Lambert Hamel, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Klaus Grünberg, Dieter Pfaff	Biography
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt  [ de ]	Jürgen Karl Klauß  [ de ]	Siemen Rühaak  [ de ], Gottfried John, Pinkas Braun, Gert Haucke, Dietrich Mattausch, Werner Kreindl, Jacques Breuer	History	a.k.a.The Sailors of Kronstadt
Mensch Berni	Joachim Hess  [ de ]	Christian Kohlund, Peer Augustinski, Hans Richter	Drama
Nachruf auf Othello	Michael Braun  [ de ]	Werner Hinz, Herbert Fleischmann, Barbara Rütting, Dietlinde Turban, Jörg Pleva  [ de ]	Crime
The Oppermanns  [ de ]	Egon Monk	Wolfgang Kieling, Rosel Zech, Michael Degen	Drama	a.k.a.Oppermann Family
Pankow '95	Gábor Altorjay	Udo Kier, Christine Kaufmann, Magdalena Montezuma  [ de ], Dieter Thomas Heck, Nina Hagen	Science fiction
Peppermint Peace  [ de ]	Marianne Rosenbaum  [ de ]	Peter Fonda, Cleo Kretschmer  [ de ], Konstantin Wecker, Hans Brenner, Saskia Tyroller	Drama	a.k.a.Peppermint Freedom
The Power of Feelings  [ de ]	Alexander Kluge	Hannelore Hoger, Alexandra Kluge	Drama	a.k.a.The Power of Emotion a.k.a.Die Macht der Gefühle
Randale  [ de ]	Manfred Purzer	Angelica Domröse, Jocelyne Boisseau	Drama	a.k.a.Girls Riot
Red Lights	Wolfgang Storch  [ de ]	Bernd Tauber	Thriller	a.k.a.The Hitchhiker a.k.a.Feux Rouges a.k.a.Reifenwechsel
The Road into the Open	Karin Brandauer	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krista Posch, Hans Clarin	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
The Roaring Fifties	Peter Zadek	Juraj Kukura, Boy Gobert, Peter Kern, Sunnyi Melles, Christine Kaufmann, Freddy Quinn, Eva Mattes, Willy Millowitsch, Ilja Richter, Ingrid Caven, Brigitte Mira, Ivan Desny	Comedy
Die Roppenheimer Sau	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Gérard Buhr, Helmut Zierl  [ de ]	War, Comedy
Ruhe sanft, Bruno	Hajo Gies  [ de ]	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Constanze Engelbrecht, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger  [ de ]	Comedy
The Sandman	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Christoph Waltz, Rudolf Schündler, Irina Wanka  [ de ], Claus Eberth  [ de ]	Mystery
Sheer Madness	Margarethe von Trotta	Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler	Drama	West German-French co-production. Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival
Solo Run	Wolfgang Staudte	Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ], Hannelore Elsner, Hans Christian Blech, Wolfgang Kieling	Drama	a.k.a.Satan ist auf Gottes Seite
Die Spider Murphy Gang  [ de ]	Georg Kostya  [ de ]	Spider Murphy Gang	Musical
Spring Symphony	Peter Schamoni	Nastassja Kinski, Herbert Grönemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Bernhard Wicki, André Heller	Biography
Straight Through the Heart	Doris Dörrie	Beate Jensen  [ de ], Josef Bierbichler	Drama
Strange Fruits  [ de ]	Tankred Dorst	Gerhard Olschewski, Hannelore Hoger, Susanne Lothar, Hans-Michael Rehberg	Drama	a.k.a.Eisenhans
Sunshine Reggae in Ibiza	Franz Marischka	Karl Dall, Gottlieb Wendehals, Olivia Pascal	Comedy
Die Supernasen	Dieter Pröttel  [ de ]	Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger	Comedy
The Swing	Percy Adlon	Anja Jaenicke, Lena Stolze, Christine Kaufmann	Drama
Tage im Hotel	Ulrich Stein  [ de ]	Rolf Witt, Rebecca Pauly  [ de ], Maja Maranow	Drama	a.k.a.Cold Skin
The Train Killer  [ hu ]	Sándor Simó	Michael Sarrazin, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Towje Kleiner  [ de ], Constanze Engelbrecht, Teri Tordai, Róbert Koltai, János Derzsi, Dorottya Udvaros	Crime, Historical drama	Hungarian-West German-American co-production
Traumlage	Konrad Sabrautzky  [ de ]	Karin Baal, Richard Haller  [ de ], Ilse Neubauer  [ de ]	Drama
Utopia	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Manfred Zapatka	Drama	Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival
Variation	Michael Haneke	Hilmar Thate, Elfriede Irrall  [ de ]	Drama
White Star  [ de ]	Roland Klick	Dennis Hopper, Terrance Robay, David Hess	Drama	a.k.a.Let It Rock
White Trash  [ de ]	Uwe Schrader  [ de ]	Peter Franke  [ de ], Brigitte Janner  [ de ], Gerhard Olschewski	Drama
Why Am I So Happy?	Michael Kehlmann	Karlheinz Hackl, Vilma Degischer, Alexander Kerst, Klausjürgen Wussow, Gertraud Jesserer	War, Drama	a.k.a.Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin. Austrian-West German co-production
Wie es geschah	Thomas Engel	Jutta Speidel, Reinhild Solf	Drama
A Winter in Majorca	Imo Moszkowicz  [ de ]	Eleonore Weisgerber, Krystian Martinek, Anton Diffring	Biography
A Woman in Flames	Robert van Ackeren	Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, Hanns Zischler	Drama	a.k.a.Die flambierte Frau
Zausel	Peter Schulze-Rohr  [ de ]	Werner Hinz	Drama
Zuckerhut	Vivian Naefe	Despina Pajanou  [ de ]	Comedy

1984

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Abenteuer aus dem Englischen Garten	Margit Saad	Werner Stocker, Silvia Janisch  [ de ]	Drama
Abwärts	Carl Schenkel	Götz George, Renée Soutendijk, Wolfgang Kieling, Hannes Jaenicke	Thriller	a.k.a.Out of Order
After Your Decrees  [ de ]	Jerzy Hoffman	Sharon Brauner  [ de ], Anna Dymna, Günter Lamprecht, Mathieu Carrière	War	a.k.a.Ruth. Polish-West German co-production
Anna's Mother  [ de ]	Burkhard Driest	Gudrun Landgrebe	Drama
Auf einem langen Weg	Christian Görlitz	Nils Viktor Sorge, Mark Heine	War
Der Ausflug	Otto Schnelling	Alina De Simone, Gert Haucke, Gerhard Olschewski	Drama
Das Autogramm	Peter Lilienthal	Juan José Mosalini	Drama	a.k.a.The Autograph. Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
Baby  [ de ]	Uwe Frießner  [ de ]	Udo Seidler, Volkmar Richter, Reinhard Seeger	Crime
Bali  [ de ]	István Szabó	Winfried Glatzeder, Loni von Friedl, Michael König  [ de ], Nicole Heesters	Drama
Ballad of the Little Soldier	Werner Herzog		Documentary
Beautiful Wilhelmine	Rolf von Sydow	Anja Kruse, Rainer Hunold	Biography
Bluebeard  [ pl ]	Krzysztof Zanussi	Vadim Glowna, Karin Baal, Vera Tschechowa, Margarethe von Trotta, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Barbara Lass	Drama
Chinese Boxes	Chris Petit	Will Patton, Robbie Coltrane, Adelheid Arndt, Gottfried John, Beate Jensen  [ de ]	Thriller	British-West German co-production
Code Name: Wild Geese	Antonio Margheriti	Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski, Mimsy Farmer	Action	Italian-West German co-production
Cold Fever	Josef Rusnak	Klaus Rohrmoser  [ de ], Lisa Kreuzer, Hans-Michael Rehberg	Crime
Decoder	Muscha	F.M. Einheit, William "Bill" Rice, Christiane F., William S. Burroughs	Drama
Deutschland-Tournee	Berengar Pfahl  [ de ]	Ulrike Kriener  [ de ], Verena Plangger  [ de ]	Comedy
The Devil's Lieutenant	John Goldschmidt	Helmut Griem, Ian Charleson, Barbara De Rossi, Claudine Auger	Drama	British-West German-Italian-French co-production
Don Carlos	Franz Peter Wirth	Jacques Breuer, Robert Atzorn, Rolf Boysen  [ de ], Marita Marschall  [ de ], Bernhard Minetti, Rolf Becker, Renan Demirkan	Drama
Donauwalzer  [ de ]	Xaver Schwarzenberger	Christiane Hörbiger, Hans-Michael Rehberg	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
Dorado – One Way	Reinhard Münster	Uwe Schwalbe, Adriana Altaras, Dominik Bender  [ de ], Uwe Büschken  [ de ]	Comedy
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press  [ de ]	Ulrike Ottinger	Veruschka von Lehndorff, Delphine Seyrig	Drama	a.k.a.The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press
Die ewigen Gefühle	Peter Beauvais	Michael Degen, Christine Merthan  [ de ], Gila von Weitershausen, Renate Krößner, Rolf Hoppe, Jörg Gudzuhn  [ de ], Rolf Ludwig, Herbert Grönemeyer	Drama
Fear of Falling  [ de ]	Christian Rischert  [ de ]	Horst Buchholz, Franziska Bronnen  [ de ], Tilo Prückner, Constanze Engelbrecht	Drama	a.k.a.Wenn ich mich fürchte
Fire for the Big Dragon  [ de ]	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Peter Sattmann, Ulrike Luderer  [ de ], Erdal Merdan, Tayfun Bademsoy	Drama
Forbidden	Anthony Page	Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow	Drama, War	West German-British co-production
The Future of Emily	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Brigitte Fossey, Hildegard Knef, Ivan Desny	Drama	a.k.a.Flügel und Fesseln. West German-French co-production
Gefühlssachen	Klaus Ickert	Vera Tschechowa, Gabriel Barylli	Drama
Gnadenlos	Wolfgang Panzer  [ de ]	Birgit Doll, Rüdiger Vogler, Günter Lamprecht, Winfried Glatzeder	Drama
Heimat	Edgar Reitz	Marita Breuer, Jörg Hube, Kurt Wagner, Michael Lesch  [ de ], Gudrun Landgrebe	Drama	TV series
Horror Vacui	Rosa von Praunheim	Lotti Huber, Ingrid van Bergen	Drama
House Guest	Jürgen Roland	Horst Frank, Judy Winter, Jürgen Goslar, Anton Diffring, Evelyn Opela, Diana Körner	Thriller	a.k.a.Der Besuch
Jagger und Spaghetti  [ de ]	Karsten Wichniarz  [ de ]	Stephan Schwartz  [ de ], Peter Buchholz  [ de ]	Crime comedy	a.k.a.Jagger & Spaghetti
Julius geht nach Amerika	Hans Noever	Hanno Pöschl, Gabi Marr, Silvia Janisch  [ de ]	Drama
Jungle Warriors	Ernst R. von Theumer  [ de ]	Nina Van Pallandt, Sybil Danning, Woody Strode, Alex Cord, Paul L. Smith, John Vernon	Exploitation
Kerbel's Escape	Erwin Keusch  [ de ]	Peter Sattmann, Barbara Rudnik, Jan Niklas, Bernd Tauber	Drama
A Kind of Anger	Uli Edel	Rolf Zacher, Klaus Löwitsch, Hannelore Elsner, Bernhard Wicki	Thriller
Klassenverhältnisse	Straub-Huillet	Christian Heinisch, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti	Drama	a.k.a.Class Relations. West German-French co-production
Knock on the Wrong Door  [ de ]	Gabriela Zerhau  [ de ]	Claudia Demarmels  [ de ], Rolf Zacher, August Zirner, Iris Berben	Comedy	a.k.a.Tapetenwechsel
Kolossale Liebe	Jutta Brückner	Kirsten Dene  [ de ], Richard Münch	Biography
Kolp  [ de ]	Roland Suso Richter	Frank Röth  [ de ], Katja Flint, Ottfried Fischer, Heiner Lauterbach, Charles M. Huber	Crime
Ein Kriegsende	Volker Vogeler	Rüdiger Kirschstein  [ de ]	War
Lenin in Zürich	Rolf Busch  [ de ]	Wolf-Dietrich Berg  [ de ], Hans Christian Blech	Biography
Love Is Not an Argument  [ de ]	Marianne Lüdcke  [ de ]	Erika Pluhar, Friedrich-Karl Praetorius  [ de ], Günter Lamprecht, Nina Hoger  [ de ], Heinz Schubert, Karin Baal	Drama
Love Is the Beginning of All Terror	Helke Sander	Helke Sander, Lou Castel, Rebecca Pauly  [ de ]	Comedy
The Lufthansa Heist	Wolfgang Storch  [ de ]	Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Christian Brückner, Günther Maria Halmer  [ de ], Grażyna Dyląg  [ pl ]	Crime	a.k.a.The Million Dollar Hijack
Mama Mia – Don't Panic  [ de ]	Dieter Pröttel  [ de ]	Uschi Glas, Thomas Gottschalk, Helmut Fischer	Romantic comedy
A Man Like E.V.A.  [ de ]	Radu Gabrea	Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker, Lisa Kreuzer, Charles Régnier, Charles M. Huber	Biography
Man Under Suspicion	Norbert Kückelmann	Maximilian Schell, Lena Stolze, Wolfgang Kieling	Drama	a.k.a.Morgen in Alabama. Won the Silver Bear at Berlin
Man Without Memory	Kurt Gloor	Michael König  [ de ], Lisi Mangold, Hannelore Elsner	Drama	Swiss-West German co-production
Ein Mann namens Parvus	Rudolf Nussgruber	Günter Lamprecht, Constanze Engelbrecht, Wolfgang Preiss, Iris Berben, Wolf-Dietrich Berg  [ de ]	Biography
Marlene	Maximilian Schell		Documentary
Mascha	Hans-Eberhard Quelle	Rosel Zech	Drama
Meeting Place at Infinity	Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein  [ de ]	Till Topf  [ de ], Angelika Thomas  [ de ], Vera Tschechowa	Biography	a.k.a.Meeting Point in Infinity a.k.a.Rendezvous in Infinity
Moving Targets	Volker Vogeler	Bernard Fresson, William Berger, Oliver Stritzel	Crime
Nebenwirkungen	Ralph Bridle	Bernd Tauber, Ulrich Matschoss, Ursela Monn	Drama
The NeverEnding Story	Wolfgang Petersen	Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach	Fantasy	West German-American co-production
No One Cries Forever  [ de ]	Jans Rautenbach	Howard Carpendale, Zoli Marki  [ af ], Elke Sommer, Siegfried Rauch	Romance	West German-South African co-production
No Time for Tears: The Bachmeier Case  [ de ]	Hark Bohm	Marie Colbin  [ de ]	Drama
No Time to Die  [ de ]	Helmut Ashley	John Phillip Law, Christopher Mitchum, Horst Janson, Grażyna Dyląg  [ pl ], Winfried Glatzeder	Adventure	a.k.a.Hijacked to Hell
The Noah's Ark Principle	Roland Emmerich	Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser  [ de ]	Science fiction	Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
Non-Stop Trouble with My Double  [ de ]	Reinhard Schwabenitzky	Dieter Hallervorden	Comedy	a.k.a.Didi – Der Doppelgänger
The Other Side of the Moon	Michael Lähn	Gudrun Landgrebe, Alexander Radszun	Crime
Overheard	Rolf von Sydow	Götz George, Peter Ustinov, Hansjörg Felmy, Heidelinde Weis	Comedy
Paris, Texas	Wim Wenders	Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki	Drama	West German-French co-production. Won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
Peaceful Days	Richard Blank  [ de ]	Katharina Thalbach	Science fiction
Die Platzanweiserin	Peter Schulze-Rohr  [ de ]	Brigitte Karner  [ de ], Thomas Anzenhofer  [ de ], Maria Hartmann  [ de ]	Drama
Pogo 1104	Wigbert Wicker  [ de ]	Richy Müller, Ralf Richter, Anja Schüte, Erich Bar  [ de ]	Comedy
Rallye Paris – Dakar	Peter Welz	Hanno Pöschl, Iris Berben	Adventure	a.k.a.Paris–Dakar Rally
Rambo Zambo	Reinhard Donga  [ de ]	Werner Stocker, Bettina Redlich  [ de ], Horst Kummeth, Eddie Constantine, Peter Kern, Barbara Valentin, Walter Sedlmayr	Crime comedy
The Return of the Time Machine  [ de ]	Jürgen Karl Klauß  [ de ]	Klaus Schwarzkopf, Peter Pasetti, Siegfried Wischnewski	Science fiction
Das schöne Ende dieser Welt  [ de ]	Rainer Erler	Robert Atzorn, Claire Oberman, Judy Winter, Götz George, Werner Kreindl	Thriller
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen	Götz Fischer	Renan Demirkan, Christian Berkel, Marcel Ophuls, Martha Mödl, Heinz Schubert, Herbert Fux	Drama
Silent Poison	Erwin Keusch  [ de ]	Peter Sattmann, Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Günter Lamprecht, Sabine Bach  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Slow Poison
Sleep of Reason	Ula Stöckl	Ida Di Benedetto	Drama
Der Snob	Wolfgang Staudte	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Heinz Bennent, Sigfrit Steiner, Nicole Heesters	Comedy
Der Sohn des Bullen	Heinz Schirk  [ de ]	Martin May, Edwin Marian  [ de ], Jan Fedder, Richy Müller	Crime
The Sprinter  [ de ]	Christoph Böll	Wieland Samolak, Gerhard Olschewski, Dieter Eppler	Comedy
Super	Adolf Winkelmann	Udo Lindenberg, Renan Demirkan, Hannelore Hoger, Günter Lamprecht, Gottfried John, Inga Humpe	Science Fiction
The Story of the Dolls	Hubert Frank	Tetchie Agbayani, Max Thayer, Sabine Mucha  [ de ], Vanessa Vaylord  [ fr ], Carina Schally, Brigitta Cimarolli  [ de ], Jean Saburit	Drama, Romance	a.k.a.Taifun der Zärtlichkeit. West German-Filipino co-production
Swann in Love	Volker Schlöndorff	Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant	Drama	French-West German co-production
Thousand Eyes  [ de ]	Hans-Christoph Blumenberg  [ de ]	Barbara Rudnik, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Karin Baal, Peter Kraus, Vera Tschechowa, Hannelore Hoger	Crime	a.k.a.1000 Eyes
Titanic – Nachspiel einer Katastrophe	Lutz Büscher	Hans Korte, Volkert Kraeft, Arthur Brauss, Sigmar Solbach  [ de ]	Docudrama
Trauma  [ fr ]	Gabi Kubach  [ de ]	Birgit Doll, Lou Castel, Armin Mueller-Stahl	Drama
Treffer  [ de ]	Dominik Graf	Dietmar Bär, Barbara Rudnik, Beate Finckh, Tayfun Bademsoy, Maximilian Wigger  [ de ], Guido Gagliardi  [ de ]	Drama
Unerreichbare Nähe	Dagmar Hirtz  [ de ]	Kathrin Ackermann, Brigitte Karner  [ de ], Klaus Grünberg, Loni von Friedl	Drama
Unser Mann vom Südpol	Peter Adam	Jan Fedder, Tilo Prückner, Monika Baumgartner	Comedy
The Wannsee Conference	Heinz Schirk  [ de ]	Dietrich Mattausch, Reinhard Glemnitz, Jochen Busse, Robert Atzorn	Docudrama, War
What's Up, Chancellor?  [ de ]	Gerhard Schmidt  [ de ]	Tommi Piper  [ de ], Constanze Engelbrecht, Günter Lamprecht, Wolfgang Neuss, Dieter Hildebrandt, Dieter Hallervorden	Comedy
What Shall Become of You  [ it ]	Horst Flick  [ de ]	Michael Karnowsky, Peter Seum  [ de ], Anita Lochner	Drama
Where the Green Ants Dream	Werner Herzog	Bruce Spence	Drama	West German-Australian co-production. Entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
Who Was Edgar Allan?  [ de ]	Michael Haneke	Paulus Manker, Rolf Hoppe	Mystery	Austrian-West German co-production
The Willow Tree	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Josef A. Stehlík	Drama	West German-Czechoslovak co-production
The Woman Without a Body and the Projectionist  [ lb ]	Niklaus Schilling	Gabriel Barylli, Liane Hielscher	Drama	West German-Luxembourgian co-production
Work and Leisure  [ de ]	Detlev Buck	Detlev Buck	Comedy	a.k.a.First the Work – And Then?
Wundkanal	Thomas Harlan	Alfred Filbert	Drama
Zwei Nasen tanken Super  [ de ]	Dieter Pröttel  [ de ]	Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger	Comedy

1985

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
250.000 Mücken im Pappkarton	Norbert Schultze Jr.  [ de ]	Peer Schmidt, Heinz Baumann	Crime comedy
Die Abschiebung	Marianne Lüdcke  [ de ]	Tayfun Bademsoy, Nina Hoger  [ de ], Franz Buchrieser  [ de ], Karin Baal	Drama	a.k.a.The Deportation
Abschied in Berlin	Antonio Skármeta	Bernhard Veith, Käte Jaenicke, Gabriel Skármeta, Ernesto Malbrán  [ es ]	Comedy	West German-Portuguese co-production
The Accomplices	Stanislav Barabáš  [ de ]	Günter Lamprecht	Drama
Ain't Nothin' Without You	Pia Frankenberg  [ de ]	Pia Frankenberg  [ de ], Klaus Bueb	Comedy	a.k.a.Noisy Martha
Alles Paletti  [ de ]	Michael Lentz  [ de ]	Levin Kress, Maria Ketikidou  [ de ], Peter Lohmeyer, Branko Pleša	Drama
Alpha City  [ de ]	Eckhart Schmidt	Al Corley, Claude-Oliver Rudolph	Thriller
Eine andere Frau	Marco Serafini  [ de ]	Bruno Dallansky, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Leslie Malton, Helmut Zierl  [ de ]	Drama
Andre Handles Them All	Peter Fratzscher	Franco Nero, Ingrid Steeger, Willeke van Ammelrooy	Comedy
Angry Harvest	Agnieszka Holland	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak	Drama, War
The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time	Alexander Kluge	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jutta Hoffmann, Rosel Zech, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Alfred Edel  [ de ]	Drama
Backfischliebe	Rolf Hädrich	Chris Ahrens, Maria von Bismarck  [ de ], Manuela Joest  [ de ], Diana Körner, Karl-Heinz von Hassel	Comedy
Bartolomé oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Gottfried John, Elpidia Carrillo, Carmen Bunster, Rubén Pagura  [ es ]	Biography	West German-Mexican-Costa Rican co-production
Beethoven's Nephew	Paul Morrissey	Wolfgang Reichmann, Dietmar Prinz, Jane Birkin, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Carrière	Drama	French-West German co-production
Beinah Trinidad	Oliver Storz  [ de ]	Iris Berben, Elmar Wepper, Peter Zilles  [ de ]	Crime comedy
The Berlin Affair	Liliana Cavani	Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki, Hanns Zischler	Drama	West German-Italian co-production
Black and Without Sugar	Lutz Konermann  [ de ]	Edda Heiðrún Backman, Lutz Konermann  [ de ]	Drama
Close-Up	Peter Schulze-Rohr  [ de ]	Armin Mueller-Stahl	Thriller	a.k.a.Hautnah
Colonel Redl	István Szabó	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Hans Christian Blech, Jan Niklas	Drama	West German-Hungarian co-production
Commando Leopard	Antonio Margheriti	Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski	Action	Italian-West German co-production
Concert for Alice	Thomas Koerfer	Beate Jensen  [ de ], Towje Kleiner  [ de ]	Musical	Swiss-West German- Austrian co-production
The Cop and the Girl  [ de ]	Peter Keglevic	Jürgen Prochnow, Annette von Klier  [ de ]	Action, Drama
A Crime of Honour	John Goldschmidt	David Suchet, Maria Schneider, Dietmar Schönherr	Drama	a.k.a.A Song for Europe a.k.a.Streng vertraulich. British-West German-Austrian-Swiss co-production
Crooks in Paradise	Thomas Fantl	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jutta Speidel, Walo Lüönd, Ruth Maria Kubitschek	Crime comedy
Daheim sterben die Leut’  [ de ]	Klaus Gietinger  [ de ], Leo Hiemer  [ de ]	Walter Nuber, Heribert Weber, Norbert Hauber, Anni Rapps	Comedy
The Dark Glow of the Mountains	Werner Herzog		Documentary
Day Thieves	Marcel Gisler	Dina Leipzig, Rudolf Nadler  [ de ], Lutz Deisinger	Drama	a.k.a.Tagediebe
Deadly Twins	Joe Oaks	Audrey Landers, Judy Landers, Jan Fedder	Thriller	a.k.a.Deadly Trigger
The Death of the White Stallion	Christian Ziewer  [ de ]	Thomas Anzenhofer  [ de ], Angela Schanelec, Udo Samel, Ulrich Wildgruber, Dietmar Schönherr	Drama	Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival
Dormire	Niklaus Schilling	Sunnyi Melles, Sabina Trooger  [ de ]	Drama
Double Exposure	Hajo Gies  [ de ]	Wolfram Berger, Gunnar Möller, Brigitte Karner  [ de ]	Thriller	a.k.a.Geheime Mission
Drei gegen Drei  [ de ]	Dominik Graf	Trio, Sunnyi Melles, Ralf Wolter, Peer Augustinski, Günter Meisner	Comedy
Edvige Scimitt	Matthias Zschokke	Ingrid Kaiser	Drama	Swiss-West German co-production
The Father of a Murderer	Carlheinz Caspari	Hans Korte	Drama
Feel the Motion  [ de ]	Wolfgang Büld  [ de ]	Ingolf Lück, Limahl, Falco, Pia Zadora, Die Toten Hosen	Music	a.k.a.Der Formel Eins Film
Feuerwanzen küss ich nicht	Karl Heinz Deickert  [ de ]	Christian Quadflieg, Gaby Dohm	Comedy
Forget Mozart	Miloslav Luther	Max Tidof, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Winfried Glatzeder, Wolfgang Preiss	Biography
German Dreams	Lienhard Wawrzyn  [ de ]	Ilona Lewanowski, Angela Leiberg	Drama
Das Gespinst	Ilse Hofmann  [ de ]	Heiner Lauterbach, Wolfgang Reichmann	Science fiction
Girl in a Boot  [ de ]	Herbert Ballmann  [ de ]	Ursela Monn, Christian Kohlund	Comedy	a.k.a.A Berlin Love Story
Grünstein's Clever Move  [ de ]	Bernhard Wicki	Fred Düren, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Jörg Gudzuhn  [ de ], Rolf Hoppe	Drama	West German-East German co-production
Hans: A Young Man in Germany	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Martin Pasko	Drama	a.k.a.Hans: A Boy in Germany
Hart an der Grenze	Wolfgang Tumler	Klaus Löwitsch	Thriller
Der Hochzeitstag  [ de ]	Konrad Sabrautzky  [ de ]	Witta Pohl, Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ], Maja Maranow	Drama
Die Hose	Otto Schenk	Hilmar Thate, Angelica Domröse, Sabine Sinjen, Friedrich-Karl Praetorius  [ de ]	Comedy
Der Hund im Computer	Rudolf Nussgruber	Christian Wolff	Comedy
In the Belly of the Whale  [ de ]	Doris Dörrie	Janna Marangosoff  [ de ], Eisi Gulp  [ de ], Peter Sattmann, Silvia Reize	Drama
Joey	Roland Emmerich	Joshua Morrell, Tammy Shields, Eva Kryll  [ de ]	Horror	a.k.a.Making Contact. West German-American co-production
Kaminsky	Michael Lähn	Klaus Löwitsch, Hannelore Elsner, Beate Finckh, Alexander Radszun	Drama
Käthe Kollwitz	Herbert Ballmann  [ de ]	Cordula Trantow	Biography, Docudrama
Der Krieg meines Vaters	Nico Hofmann  [ de ]	Hans-Joachim Grau	War
Die Liebesforscherin	Annelie Runge  [ de ]	Grischa Huber	Drama
Lindhoops Frau	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Cornelia Meinhardt  [ de ]	Drama
Mamas Geburtstag	Egon Günther	Brigitte Horney, Helmuth Lohner, Angelica Domröse, Michael Hinz	Drama
Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden	Thomas Engel	Hannelore Elsner, Robert Atzorn, Georg Thomalla, Erik Schumann	Thriller
Mary Ward  [ de ]	Angelika Weber	Hannelore Elsner, Mario Adorf, Bernhard Wicki, Mathieu Carrière	Biography
Men...	Doris Dörrie	Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener  [ de ]	Comedy
Mit Axel auf Achse	Wilfried Dotzel  [ de ]	Uwe Friedrichsen	Comedy
Die Mitläufer	Erwin Leiser, Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Karin Baal, Lisi Mangold, Horst Bollmann	Docudrama, War	a.k.a.The Sympathizers a.k.a.Following the Führer
Mord im Spiel	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Gerd Baltus, Krista Posch, Stephan Schwartz  [ de ], Gerhard Olschewski	Crime
Morenga	Egon Günther	Jacques Breuer, Ken Gampu	Drama	Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival
Die Nacht	Hans-Jürgen Syberberg	Edith Clever	Drama	a.k.a.The Night
The Nice Old Man and the Pretty Girl	Margit Saad	Peter Pasetti, Leslie Malton, Klaus Schwarzkopf	Comedy	a.k.a.Die Geschichte vom guten alten Herrn und dem schönen Mädchen
Non-Stop Trouble with the Family  [ de ]	Dieter Hallervorden, Christian Rateuke	Dieter Hallervorden	Comedy	a.k.a.Didi und die Rache der Enterbten
November Moon  [ de ]	Alexandra von Grote  [ de ]	Gabriele Osburg, Christiane Millet  [ fr ], Danièle Delorme	Drama, War	West German-French co-production
On the Killer's Track  [ de ]	Hajo Gies  [ de ]	Götz George, Renan Demirkan, Charles Brauer  [ de ], Rufus, Eberhard Feik  [ de ]	Action, Drama	a.k.a.A Tooth for a Tooth. Film with TV hero Schimanski ( Tatort )
Otto – Der Film	Xaver Schwarzenberger	Otto Waalkes, Sky du Mont, Jessika Cardinahl, Elisabeth Wiedemann, Peter Kuiper, Johannes Heesters	Comedy	a.k.a.Otto: The Movie
The Play at the Castle	Otto Schenk	Martin Benrath, Ursela Monn, Helmuth Lohner, Hans Clarin	Comedy
Power of Evil	Krzysztof Zanussi	Vittorio Gassman, Marie-Christine Barrault, Benjamin Völz  [ de ], Raf Vallone, Hark Bohm	Drama	French-Italian-West German co-production
Red Heat	Robert Collector	Linda Blair, Sylvia Kristel, Elisabeth Volkmann	Exploitation	West German-American co-production
Retouche	Beat Lottaz, Dieter Funk	Bernd Tauber	Drama
Richy Guitar  [ de ]	Michael Laux  [ de ]	Die Ärzte	Coming of Age, Music
Die Sache ist gelaufen	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Uwe Ochsenknecht, Cornelia Köndgen  [ de ]	Comedy
Der Schiedsrichter	Rolf von Sydow	Wolfgang Kieling	Drama
Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste	Marco Serafini  [ de ]	Karl Walter Diess  [ de ], Peer Schmidt, Brigitte Mira	Crime
Seduction: The Cruel Woman	Elfi Mikesch  [ de ], Monika Treut	Mechthild Großmann  [ de ], Udo Kier	Drama
Sie rüsten zur Reise ins Dritte Reich	Jens-Peter Behrend  [ de ]	Klaus Schwarzkopf, Peter Matić	Docudrama	a.k.a.Kurt Tucholsky und der Prozeß Harden
The Snowman  [ de ]	Peter F. Bringmann  [ de ]	Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Polly Eltes, Towje Kleiner  [ de ]	Action thriller
Die Spur der anderen	Daniel Christoff  [ de ]	Manfred Zapatka, Nicole Heesters	Drama
Der Stadtbrand	Oliver Storz  [ de ]	Ernst Stankovski	Drama
Sterne fallen nicht vom Himmel	Ulrich Stark  [ de ]	Diether Krebs, Tilo Prückner, Reiner Schöne, Sky du Mont	Comedy
The Strangers in the House	Bernd Fischerauer  [ de ]	Walter Buschhoff, Anja Jaenicke, Karl Michael Vogler, Werner Stocker	Thriller	a.k.a.Stranger in the House
Suddenly at Home  [ de ]	Thomas Engel	Jutta Speidel, Michael Degen, Monika Peitsch  [ de ], Udo Vioff  [ de ]	Crime	a.k.a.Plötzlich und unerwartet
Sugarbaby	Percy Adlon	Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp  [ de ]	Comedy
Sunday	Stanislav Barabáš  [ de ]	Lisa Kreuzer, Hans Georg Panczak, Catriona MacColl, Wolfgang Büttner, Eva Maria Meineke, Francesco Carnelutti	Thriller
Tango im Bauch	Ute Wieland  [ de ]	Karina Fallenstein  [ de ]	Drama
Time to Kill  [ de ]	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Gila von Weitershausen, Ursela Monn, Peer Augustinski	Thriller	a.k.a.Bereit zum Mord. West German-Swiss co-production
Tokyo-Ga	Wim Wenders		Documentary
Le Transfuge  [ fr ]	Philippe Lefebvre	Bruno Cremer, Heinz Bennent, Lisa Kreuzer, Jean-François Balmer	Cold War spy film	a.k.a.Stegers letzte Chance. French-West German co-production
Verworrene Bilanzen	Peter Beauvais	Gottfried John, Beatrice Kessler  [ de ], Michael Hampe, Siemen Rühaak  [ de ]	Crime
Walkman Blues	Alfred Behrens  [ de ]	Heikko Deutschmann  [ de ]	Drama
Westler	Wieland Speck	Rainer Strecker, Sigurd Rachman	Drama
Wodzeck	Oliver Herbrich	Detlev Kügow	Drama	Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival
Das Wunder  [ de ]	Eckhart Schmidt	Anja Schüte, Raimund Harmstorf, Dagmar Lassander	Drama
Die Wupper	Jürgen Flimm	Klaus Pohl  [ de ], Willy Millowitsch, Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger  [ de ], Peter Franke  [ de ], Felix von Manteuffel, Angela Schanelec, Christoph Waltz	Drama
Zwischen den Zeiten	Lutz Büscher	Manfred Günther  [ de ], Manfred Heidmann  [ de ], Katja Flint	Drama

1986

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
40 Quadratmeter Deutschland	Tevfik Başer	Özay Fecht, Yaman Okay, Demir Gökgöl	Drama	a.k.a.Forty Square Meters of Germany a.k.a.40 m2 Deutschland
Abschiede	Gedeon Kovács  [ de ]	Karlheinz Hackl, Mijou Kovacs  [ de ]	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
Am Morgen meines Todes	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Christoph Moosbrugger  [ de ], Ilse Matheis	Biography
Die Andere	Ilse Hofmann  [ de ]	Heiner Lauterbach, Magdalena Ritter  [ de ]	Thriller
Aranka  [ de ]	Gernot Eigler	Anke Sevenich  [ de ], Suzanne von Borsody	Drama
Auf den Tag genau	Michael Lähn	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Günther Maria Halmer  [ de ], Werner Kreindl, Ivan Desny	Thriller
Bankgeheimnisse  [ de ]	Frank Strecker  [ de ]	Hans Peter Korff, Volkert Kraeft	Drama
Blinding Moment: Anton Webern's Death	Gert Jonke	Stuart Rudin  [ fr ], Peter Fitz	War	a.k.a.Geblendeter Augenblick – Anton Weberns Tod
Boundaries of Time: Caspar David Friedrich	Peter Schamoni	Helmut Griem, Sabine Sinjen, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Otto Sander, Rolf Hoppe	Biography, Docudrama	West German-East German-French co-production
Die Brücke am schwarzen Fluß	Berengar Pfahl  [ de ]	Judy Winter	Drama
Didi Drives Me Crazy  [ de ]	Wigbert Wicker  [ de ]	Dieter Hallervorden	Comedy	a.k.a.Didi auf vollen Touren
Der Drücker  [ de ]	Uwe Frießner  [ de ]	Andreas Buttler  [ de ], Heinz Hoenig	Drama
Du mich auch	Anja Franke  [ de ], Helmut Berger  [ de ], Dani Levy	Anja Franke  [ de ], Dani Levy	Comedy	a.k.a.Same to You
Egomania: Island Without Hope  [ fr ]	Christoph Schlingensief	Tilda Swinton, Udo Kier	Drama
Fatal Love	Wolf Gremm	Dietlinde Turban, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Brigitte Mira	Thriller	a.k.a.Possession
Fatherland	Ken Loach	Gerulf Pannach  [ de ], Fabienne Babe  [ fr ], Cristine Rose	Drama	a.k.a.Singing the Blues in Red. British-West German-French co-production
Fire and Ice	Willy Bogner	Suzy Chaffee, John Eaves  [ de ]	Sport, Romantic comedy
Der Flieger  [ de ]	Erwin Keusch  [ de ]	Martin May, Ulrike Kriener  [ de ]	Drama
Flight North	Ingemo Engström  [ de ]	Katharina Thalbach, Jukka-Pekka Palo  [ fi ], Lena Olin	Drama	Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival
Flucht nach vorn	Heidi Genée	Nina Hoger  [ de ], Magdalena Ritter  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Flucht nach vorne
Franza	Xaver Schwarzenberger	Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gabriel Barylli, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sky du Mont, Gottfried John	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
Die Frau des Reporters	Heide Pils  [ de ]	Marthe Keller, Alejandro Parodi  [ es ], Malena Doria  [ es ]	Drama	West German-Austrian co-production
Fraulein	Michael Haneke	Angelica Domröse, Lou Castel	Drama
Die Fräulein von damals	Dietrich Haugk	Horst Buchholz, Karin Baal, Johanna von Koczian, Doris Kunstmann, Judy Winter, Klaus Schwarzkopf	Drama
Das Go! Projekt	Oliver Hirschbiegel	Diego Wallraff  [ de ], Hans Peter Hallwachs, Hark Bohm	Science fiction
Herschel und die Musik der Sterne	Percy Adlon	Josef Meinrad, Rolf Illig  [ de ], Karin Anselm  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Herschel and the Music of the Stars
Jimmy Allegretto	Berengar Pfahl  [ de ]	Sona MacDonald, Guido Gagliardi  [ de ], Volker Lippmann  [ de ], Judy Winter, Ivan Desny	Musical
Johnny Flash  [ de ]	Werner Nekes	Helge Schneider	Comedy
The Journey	Markus Imhoof	Markus Boysen  [ de ], Corinna Kirchhoff  [ de ], Will Quadflieg, Claude-Oliver Rudolph	Drama	West German-Swiss co-production
Der Junge mit dem Jeep	Michael Werlin  [ de ]	Richy Müller, Christina Plate, Klaus Schwarzkopf	Comedy
Kennwort Möwe	Tom Toelle  [ de ]	Hans Christian Blech, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ], Beatrice Kessler  [ de ]	Thriller
Killing Cars  [ de ]	Michael Verhoeven	Jürgen Prochnow, Senta Berger, William Conrad, Agnès Soral, Bernhard Wicki, Daniel Gélin	Action thriller
Kolping	Wilm ten Haaf  [ de ]	Robert Atzorn	Biography	a.k.a.Adolph Kolping
Laputa	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Sami Frey, Krystyna Janda	Drama	Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
Die letzte Rolle	Egon Günther	Hans Christian Blech, Jürgen Holtz, Corinna Kirchhoff  [ de ], Juraj Kukura	Drama
Das Mädchen und die Tauben	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Ilse Matheis, Thomas Schücke  [ de ]	Fantasy
Mademoiselle Fifi	Karl Fruchtmann  [ de ]	Christoph Eichhorn, Desirée Meiser, Rüdiger Vogler	Drama, War
Meier  [ de ]	Peter Timm  [ de ]	Rainer Grenkowitz  [ de ], Nadja Engelbrecht  [ de ]	Comedy
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars	Frank Ripploh	Miko  [ de ]	Music, Comedy
Miscellaneous News	Alexander Kluge	Marita Breuer, Rosel Zech, André Jung, Sabina Trooger  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Vermischte Nachrichten
Momo	Johannes Schaaf	John Huston, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Radost Bokel	Fantasy	West German-Italian co-production
Murder with Love	Wolf Dietrich  [ de ]	Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Barbara Rudnik, Peter Fricke, Arthur Brauss, Tilo Prückner	Crime	a.k.a.Kein Alibi für eine Leiche
The Name of the Rose	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman, Helmut Qualtinger, Michael Lonsdale, Michael Habeck, Volker Prechtel, Valentina Vargas	Mystery	West German-Italian-French co-production [5] [6] [7]
November Cats  [ de ]	Sigrun Koeppe  [ de ]	Angela Hunger, Ursela Monn, Katharina Brauren	Drama
Now or Never  [ de ]	Christel Buschmann  [ de ]	Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker	Drama	a.k.a.Auf immer und ewig
Nuclear Conspiracy	Rainer Erler	Birgit Doll, Albert Fortell  [ de ]	Thriller	a.k.a.News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future
One Glance and Love Breaks Out	Jutta Brückner	Rosario Bléfari, Regina Lamm  [ es ]	Anthology
Operation Dead End  [ de ]	Nikolai Müllerschön	Uwe Ochsenknecht, Hannes Jaenicke, Isabelle Willer, Hannelore Elsner	Thriller
Paradise  [ de ]	Doris Dörrie	Katharina Thalbach, Heiner Lauterbach, Sunnyi Melles, Hanne Wieder	Drama
Please, Let the Flowers Live  [ de ]	Duccio Tessari	Klausjürgen Wussow, Birgit Doll, Hannelore Elsner, Hans Christian Blech, Radost Bokel	Drama
Der Polenweiher	Nico Hofmann  [ de ]	Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger  [ de ], Gerhard Olschewski, Eberhard Feik  [ de ], Ursula Cantieni, Britta Pohland, Heinz Meier	Crime, War
Der Prinz	Sven Severin	Robert Düssler, Marcus Sauk	Drama
Rosa Luxemburg	Margarethe von Trotta	Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander	Biography	Sukowa won Best Actress at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
The Rose King  [ fr ]	Werner Schroeter	Magdalena Montezuma  [ de ], Mostéfa Djadjam  [ fr ], Antonio Orlando  [ it ]	Drama	French-West German-Portuguese-Dutch co-production
Rückfahrt in den Tod	Hans-Jürgen Tögel  [ de ]	Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Iris Berben, Dominique Pinon	Thriller	a.k.a.Terminus
Runaway Horse  [ de ]	Peter Beauvais	Vadim Glowna, Rosel Zech	Drama
Seine letzte Chance	Alexander von Eschwege  [ de ]	Gerhard Olschewski, Jürgen Vogel	Crime
Stammheim	Reinhard Hauff	Ulrich Tukur, Therese Affolter  [ de ], Ulrich Pleitgen  [ de ], Hans-Michael Rehberg	Drama	Won the Golden Bear at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival
Storm, der Schimmelreiter	Claudia Holldack	Erland Josephson, Till Topf  [ de ]	Biography	a.k.a.Theodor Storm
Die Stunde des Léon Bisquet  [ de ]	Lutz Büscher	Klaus Schwarzkopf, Beatrice Kessler  [ de ], Hans Peter Hallwachs, Matthias Ponnier  [ de ], Günter Mack	Drama
Süchtig	Manfred Grunert  [ de ]	Michael König  [ de ]	Drama
The Summer of the Samurai  [ de ]	Hans-Christoph Blumenberg  [ de ]	Cornelia Froboess, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Wojciech Pszoniak, Nadja Tiller	Crime
Tarot	Rudolf Thome	Hanns Zischler, Rüdiger Vogler, Katharina Böhm, Vera Tschechowa	Drama	Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival
Ticket to Rome	Vivian Naefe	Leslie Malton, Hanno Pöschl, Rainer Grenkowitz  [ de ]	Drama
Time Of Silence	Thorsten Näter  [ de ]	Irina Hoppe, Pavel Sacher	Drama
Tommaso Blu  [ it ]	Florian Furtwängler  [ de ]	Alessandro Haber	Drama	West German-Italian co-production
Das Totenreich	Karin Brandauer	Leslie Malton, Michael König  [ de ], Vadim Glowna, Kurt Raab, Richard Münch	Drama
The Two Faces of January	Wolfgang Storch  [ de ]	Charles Brauer  [ de ], Yolande Gilot  [ de ], Thomas Schücke  [ de ]	Thriller
Transitträume	Hartmut Jahn, Peter Wensierski	Marita Marschall  [ de ]	Comedy	a.k.a.Dream On
Der Unfried	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Christine Neubauer	Drama
Va banque	Diethard Küster  [ de ]	Winfried Glatzeder, Grażyna Dyląg  [ pl ], Achim Reichel	Crime
A Virus Knows No Morals	Rosa von Praunheim	Rosa von Praunheim, Hella von Sinnen	Comedy
Wahnfried	Peter Patzak	Otto Sander, Tatja Seibt  [ de ], Christoph Waltz, Anton Diffring	Biography	Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
Die Walsche  [ de ]	Werner Masten  [ de ]	Marie Colbin  [ de ], Lino Capolicchio, Remo Remotti, Hannes Thanheiser  [ de ]	Drama	West German-Italian-Austrian-Swiss co-production
Was zu beweisen war	Peter Weck	Martin Held	Crime comedy
Der wilde Clown	Josef Rödl  [ de ]	Sigi Zimmerschied  [ de ], Sunnyi Melles, Peter Kern	Drama
Wilhelm Busch	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Peter Ehrlich, Christiane Hörbiger, Rosemarie Fendel, Towje Kleiner  [ de ], Jörg Hube, Tobias Moretti	Biography	a.k.a.Wer einsam ist, der hat es gut, weil keiner da, der ihm was tut
Zerbrochene Brücken	Franz Peter Wirth	Monika Woytowicz, Christian Wolff, Jürgen Schmidt  [ de ], Rolf Becker, Maria Sebaldt, Alice Treff, Dietrich Mattausch, Charles Brauer  [ de ], Eleonore Weisgerber, Evelyn Meyka  [ de ], Helmut Zierl  [ de ]	Biography	a.k.a.Lily Braun – Memoiren einer Sozialistin
Zischke	Martin Theo Krieger  [ de ]	David Strempel	Drama
Zoning  [ de ]	Ulrich Krenkler	Hubertus Gertzen  [ de ], Norbert Lamla  [ de ], Dieter Meier	Crime
Zweikampf	Gert Steinheimer  [ de ]	Joachim Wichmann  [ de ], Adolf Laimböck  [ de ]	Crime

1987

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Aggression	Theodor Kotulla  [ de ]	Michael König  [ de ], Pascale Petit, Claude-Oliver Rudolph	Drama
Das andere Leben	Nicolas Gessner	Christiane Hörbiger, Dietrich Mattausch	Drama
Anita: Dances of Vice	Rosa von Praunheim	Ina Blum	Biography
Aquaplaning	Eva Hiller  [ de ]	Werner Stocker, Martina Gedeck	Drama
Bagdad Café	Percy Adlon	Marianne Sägebrecht, C. C. H. Pounder, Jack Palance	Comedy	a.k.a.Out of Rosenheim
Bang! You're Dead!  [ de ]	Adolf Winkelmann	Ingolf Lück, Rebecca Pauly  [ de ], Hermann Lause	Spy comedy
Cargo	Michael Gutmann  [ de ]	Stefan Wood	Drama
Changeling	Sohrab Shahid-Saless	Friederike Brüheim, Katharina Bacarelli, Henning Gissel  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Wechselbalg
Die Chinesen kommen	Manfred Stelzer  [ de ]	Jörg Hube, Hans Brenner, Monika Baumgartner, Martin Sperr, Rolf Zacher	Comedy
Cobra Verde	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski	Drama
The Colony  [ de ]	Orlando Lübbert	Michael Degen, Grischa Huber	Drama
The Cry of the Owl	Tom Toelle  [ de ]	Matthias Habich, Birgit Doll, Jacques Breuer, Hans Christian Blech, Doris Kunstmann	Thriller
Days to Remember	Jeanine Meerapfel	Barbara Sukowa, Horst-Günter Marx  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Die Verliebten. Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival
The Death of Empedocles	Straub–Huillet	Andreas von Rauch	Drama
Death Stone	Franz Josef Gottlieb	Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer, Brad Harris, Tony Kendall, Siegfried Rauch	Action, Drama
Deshima	Beat Kuert	Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Kaho Minami, Leon Askin, Miyoko Akaza	Drama	Swiss-Japanese-West German co-production
Devil's Paradise  [ de ]	Vadim Glowna	Jürgen Prochnow, Sam Waterston, Suzanna Hamilton, Mario Adorf, Dominique Pinon, Ingrid Caven	Drama	a.k.a.Victory
The Distant Land	Luc Bondy	Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier	Drama	West German-French-Austrian co-production
Dolly, Lotte and Maria	Rosa von Praunheim	Dolly Haas, Lotte Goslar, Maria Ley-Piscator	Documentary
Dragon Chow  [ de ]	Jan Schütte	Bhasker Patel, Ric Young	Drama	West German-Swiss co-production
Empty World	Wolfgang Panzer  [ de ]	Tilman Schaich	Science fiction
Die Erbschaft	Wolfgang Luderer  [ de ]	Inge Meysel, Günter Lamprecht, Hans Peter Korff, Angelika Bender  [ de ], Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Anke Sevenich  [ de ]	Comedy
Erloschene Zeiten  [ pl ]	Krzysztof Zanussi	Elisabeth Trissenaar, Mathieu Carrière, Maja Komorowska	Docudrama
Evelyn und die Männer  [ de ]	Rolf von Sydow	Evelyn Hamann, Loriot, Rüdiger Vogler, Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Hans Clarin, Diether Krebs	Comedy
Flohr und die Traumfrau	Günter Gräwert  [ de ]	Heidelinde Weis, Siegfried Lowitz	Comedy
Francesca	Vérénice Rudolph  [ de ]		Mockumentary
Friedenspolka	Rolf Hädrich	Eva Renzi, Pinkas Braun, Gert Westphal	Drama
Gambit  [ de ]	Peter F. Bringmann  [ de ]	Despina Pajanou  [ de ], Rolf Zacher, Dominic Raacke, Max Tidof, Heinz Bennent, Werner Kreindl	Thriller
Gegen die Regel	Michael Verhoeven	Günter Lamprecht, Helmut Zierl  [ de ]	Drama
The Gentle Hook  [ de ]	Günter Gräwert  [ de ]	Gila von Weitershausen, Hans Caninenberg, Peer Augustinski	Thriller	a.k.a.Dies Bildnis ist zum Morden schön
The Girl with the Lighters  [ it ]	Ralf Huettner  [ de ]	Rupert J. Seidel  [ de ], Stefan Wood, Enrico Boetcher, Arnold Frühwald	Comedy	a.k.a.Cripples Go Christmas
The Glass Sky	Nina Grosse	Helmut Berger  [ de ], Sylvie Orcier  [ fr ]	Drama
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long	Mika Kaurismäki	Kari Väänänen, Roberta Manfredi, Eddie Constantine, Samuel Fuller	Comedy thriller	Finnish-West German-Swiss co-production
Hollywood-Monster	Roland Emmerich	Jason Lively, Paul Gleason, Chuck Mitchell	Comedy	a.k.a.Ghost Chase. West German-American co-production
The Hothouse	Peter Goedel  [ de ]	Christian Doermer, Jörg Hube, Hanns Zischler	Drama	a.k.a.Das Treibhaus
In der Wüste  [ de ]	Rafael Fuster Pardo  [ de ]	Claudio Caceres Molina, Mustafa Saygili	Drama
Komplizinnen	Margit Czenki  [ de ]	Pola Kinski, Therese Affolter  [ de ], Ilse Pagé, Marianne Rosenberg	Drama
Kunyonga: Murder in Africa  [ de ]	Hubert Frank  [ de ]	Ron Williams  [ de ], Werner Kreindl, Christoph Eichhorn	Action
Lethal Obsession	Peter Patzak	Peter Maffay, Michael York, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Gould, Tahnee Welch	Action, Drama	a.k.a.Der Joker
The Little Prosecutor  [ de ]	Hark Bohm	Hark Bohm, Martin Lüttge  [ de ]	Drama
Lockwood Desert, Nevada	Hans Noever	Tobias Hoesl	Crime
Losers  [ de ]	Bernd Schadewald  [ de ]	Ralf Richter, Campino	Drama
The Madonna Man  [ de ]	Hans-Christoph Blumenberg  [ de ]	Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Renée Soutendijk, Michael Lonsdale, Peter Kraus	Thriller	a.k.a.Operation Madonna
Magic Sticks  [ de; es ]	Peter Keglevic	George Kranz, Kelly Curtis, Chico Hamilton	Music
Maschenka	John Goldschmidt	Cary Elwes, Irina Brook, Freddie Jones, Sunnyi Melles, Lena Stolze, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michael Gough	Drama	British-West German-French-Finnish co-production
Nächtliche Schatten	Hagen Mueller-Stahl  [ de ]	Barbara Freier  [ de ], Christiane Lemm, Claudia Butenuth	Thriller	a.k.a.Night Shade
Nebel im Fjord	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Hannes Jaenicke, Hans Korte, Rosel Zech, Kjersti Døvigen, Janne Kokkin  [ no ], Kjell Stormoen, Even Stormoen	Drama, War	a.k.a.Nebel im Fjord der Lachse
Nichts ist, wie es ist	Karl Heinz Kramberg  [ de ]	Rita Russek  [ de ], Christiane-Bettina Pfannkuch, Miroslav Nemec  [ de ]	Drama
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel	Thees Klahn	Jean-Pierre Léaud, Hark Bohm, Alfred Edel  [ de ]	Comedy
Otto: The New Movie  [ de ]	Xaver Schwarzenberger, Otto Waalkes	Otto Waalkes, Anja Jaenicke, Dirk Dautzenberg  [ de ], Friedrich Schoenfelder	Comedy	Most popular film of the year with 6.4 million admissions [8]
Our Man in the Jungle  [ de ]	Rudolf Steiner, Peter Stripp  [ de ]	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Katja Rupé  [ de ]	Adventure	a.k.a.Amazonas Mission
Reichshauptstadt – privat  [ de ]	Horst Königstein  [ de ]	Ruth Niehaus, Heinz Baumann, Rolf Becker	War, Docudrama
Eine Reise nach Deutschland	Heidi Genée	Hannes Jaenicke, Heike Faber	Drama
Sansibar oder der letzte Grund	Bernhard Wicki	Peter Kremer, Michael Gwisdek, Peter Sodann	Drama	a.k.a.Flight to Afar. East German-West German co-production
Schlange, Herz und Pantherkopf	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Joachim Bißmeier	Drama
Sentimental Journey	Peter Patzak	Otto Sander, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jean-Pierre Cassel	Drama
Sierra Leone  [ de ]	Uwe Schrader  [ de ]	Christian Redl, Ann-Gisel Glass  [ fr ], Constanze Engelbrecht	Drama
Storms in May	Xaver Schwarzenberger	Gabriel Barylli, Claudia Messner  [ de ]	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
Sturmflut	Lutz Büscher	Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Susanne Beck  [ de ], Hildegard Krekel, Dietrich Mattausch	Disaster, Docudrama
Taxi nach Kairo	Frank Ripploh	Frank Ripploh, Christine Neubauer	Comedy	a.k.a.Taxi to Cairo
Three Crazy Jerks  [ de ]	Franz Josef Gottlieb	Thomas Gottschalk, Michael Winslow, Helmut Fischer, Dey Young	Comedy	a.k.a.Lovable Zanies
Der Unsichtbare	Ulf Miehe	Klaus Wennemann, Barbara Rudnik, Nena	Comedy	a.k.a.The Invisible Man
Das Wahlergebnis	Joachim Roering  [ de ]	Michael Degen, Volkert Kraeft, Rosemarie Fendel, Gerd Baltus, Uwe Friedrichsen, Jörg Pleva  [ de ], Rainer Hunold	Comedy, Mockumentary
Wann, wenn nicht jetzt	Michael Juncker	Friedrich von Thun, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Gudrun Gabriel  [ de ], Hannelore Schroth	Comedy
Wer ist dran?	Hartmut Griesmayr  [ de ]	Rosemarie Fendel, Heinz Reincke	Drama
Der Werwolf von W.	Manfred Müller	Henry Hübchen, Michael Gwisdek	Mystery
Wings of Desire	Wim Wenders	Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Peter Falk, Solveig Dommartin, Curt Bois	Drama	a.k.a.Der Himmel über Berlin. Won the Best Director Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
The Winner Takes All	Marianne Lüdcke  [ de ]	Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Bernhard Wicki	Drama	a.k.a.Pattberg's Legacy
Wir sind Utopia	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Michael König  [ de ], Alexander Radszun	Drama

1988

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A.D.A.M.  [ de ]	Herbert Ballmann  [ de ]	Désirée Nosbusch, Helmut Berger  [ de ]	Comedy
Adrian und die Römer	Klaus Bueb, Thomas Mauch	Klaus Bueb, Gertraud Jesserer, Katharina Abt  [ de ], Gert Haucke, Sabine von Maydell	Comedy
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Terry Gilliam	John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Robin Williams	Fantasy adventure	British-American-West German co-production
Anna  [ de ]	Frank Strecker  [ de ]	Silvia Seidel, Patrick Bach, Anton Diffring	Musical	Sequel of the TV miniseries Anna
Autumn Milk	Joseph Vilsmaier	Dana Vávrová, Werner Stocker	Drama
Ballhaus Barmbek: Let's Kiss and Say Goodbye	Christel Buschmann  [ de ]	Nico, Ulrich Tukur, Zazie de Paris  [ fr ], Jörg Pfennigwerth  [ de ], Kiev Stingl  [ de ]	Musical
Bei Thea	Dominik Graf	Hannes Jaenicke, Marianne Hoppe, Ida Ehre	Drama
Beule	Ralf Gregan  [ de ]	Diether Krebs, Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Dirk Dautzenberg  [ de ], Towje Kleiner  [ de ], Ursula Karven, Oliver Stritzel	Comedy
The Black Obelisk	Peter Deutsch  [ de ]	Udo Schenk  [ de ], Rainer Hunold, Karina Thayenthal	Drama	a.k.a.Der schwarze Obelisk
The Bomb  [ de ]	Christian Görlitz	Michael Degen, Rolf Becker, Matthias Fuchs, Rosel Zech	Thriller, Disaster
The Boss from the West	Vivian Naefe	Barbara Auer, Alexander Radszun, Eberhard Feik  [ de ]	Comedy
Burning Beds  [ de ]	Pia Frankenberg  [ de ]	Ian Dury, Pia Frankenberg  [ de ]	Comedy
Burning Secret	Andrew Birkin	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Faye Dunaway	Drama	West German-British co-production
The Case of Mr. Spalt  [ de ]	René Perraudin  [ de ]	Otto Sander, Katharina Thalbach, Rolf Zacher	Comedy
The Cat	Dominik Graf	Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Heinz Hoenig, Ralf Richter	Crime thriller
Chimeras	Nico Hofmann  [ de ]	Hans Peter Hallwachs	Science fiction
The Commander  [ de ]	Antonio Margheriti	Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence	Action	Italian-West German co-production
Crash	Tom Toelle  [ de ]	Matthias Habich, Corinne Touzet	Drama
The Curse	Ralf Huettner  [ de ]	Dominic Raacke, Barbara May  [ de; it ]	Horror
Cycling the Frame	Cynthia Beatt  [ de ]	Tilda Swinton	Short
A Father's Revenge	John Herzfeld	Brian Dennehy, Ron Silver, Joanna Cassidy, Christoph M. Ohrt	Thriller	American-West German co-production
Faust  [ de ]	Dieter Dorn	Helmut Griem, Romuald Pekny  [ de ], Sunnyi Melles, Cornelia Froboess	Drama
Felix  [ it ]	Margarethe von Trotta, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Helke Sander, Christel Buschmann  [ de ]	Ulrich Tukur	Comedy
Fifty-Fifty  [ de ]	Peter Timm  [ de ]	Heinz Hoenig, Dominique Horwitz, Suzanne von Borsody	Comedy
The French as Seen by...	Werner Herzog		Short film
Geheime Reichssache  [ de ]	Michael Kehlmann	Alexander Kerst, Hans Schulze  [ de ], Michael Degen, Werner Pochath	Docudrama, War
Hanussen	István Szabó	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson	Drama	West German-Hungarian co-production
Hell Hunters	Ernst R. von Theumer  [ de ]	Maud Adams, Stewart Granger, George Lazenby	Exploitation	a.k.a.Rage to Kill. West German-American co-production
In guten Händen	Rolf von Sydow	Rainer Hunold, Helmut Berger  [ de ], Anke Sevenich  [ de ], Günter Mack, Peter Pasetti	Thriller
Incident at Twilight	August Everding	Mario Adorf, Horst Bollmann	Crime	a.k.a.One Autumn Evening
Judgment in Berlin	Leo Penn	Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker, Jutta Speidel, Heinz Hoenig	Drama	American-West German co-production
The Kiss of the Tiger	Petra Haffter  [ de ]	Beate Jensen  [ de ], Stéphane Ferrara	Thriller	West German-French co-production
Der Knick – Die Geschichte einer Wunderheilung	Joachim Roering  [ de ]	Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Claudia Demarmels  [ de ], Peter Pasetti, Rolf Becker	Comedy
Der Krähenbaum  [ de ]	Frank Guthke  [ de ]	Holger Hartung, Christoph Wendelmuth, Florian Schmidt-Foß, Ilona Grübel  [ de ], Ruth Hausmeister	War
Land der Väter, Land der Söhne	Nico Hofmann  [ de ]	Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit	Drama, War
Lenin...The Train	Damiano Damiani	Ben Kingsley, Leslie Caron, Dominique Sanda	Historical drama	Italian-West German-Austrian-French-Spanish co-production
Linie 1  [ de ]	Reinhard Hauff	Inka Groetschel  [ de ], Rainer Strecker, Dieter Landuris  [ de ], Petra Zieser  [ de ]	Musical
Der Lockspitzel	Michael Lähn	Tilo Prückner, Vadim Glowna, Rita Russek  [ de ]	Crime
Love and Fear	Margarethe von Trotta	Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino	Drama	a.k.a.Three Sisters. French-Italian-West German co-production. Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Man spricht deutsh  [ de ]	Hanns Christian Müller  [ de ]	Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger  [ de ], Dieter Hildebrandt, Werner Schneyder, Pamela Prati, Enzo Cannavale	Comedy
Manöver	Helma Sanders-Brahms	Johannes Herrschmann  [ de ], Adriana Altaras, Alfred Edel  [ de ]	Comedy
Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community  [ de ]	Karin Brandauer	Franziska Walser, August Schmölzer, Inge Maux	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
Martha Jellneck	Kai Wessel	Heidemarie Hatheyer, Dominique Horwitz, Ulrich Matschoss	Drama
Me and Him	Doris Dörrie	Griffin Dunne, Ellen Greene	Comedy	West German-American co-production
Michas Flucht	Claus Peter Witt  [ de ]	Martin May, Dieter Kirchlechner  [ de ], Witta Pohl	Drama
Midnight Cop	Peter Patzak	Morgan Fairchild, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael York, Frank Stallone	Thriller	a.k.a.Killing Blue
Mother's Mask	Christoph Schlingensief	Karl Friedrich Mews, Helge Schneider, Udo Kier	Drama
Die Nacht des Marders	Maria Theresia Wagner  [ de ]	Annamirl Bierbichler  [ de ], Franz Buchrieser  [ de ], Claus Eberth  [ de ]	Drama
Ein naheliegender Mord	Oliver Storz  [ de ]	Michael Roll, Iris Berben, Peter Sattmann	Crime
Nekromantik	Jörg Buttgereit	Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski  [ de ]	Horror
Ödipussi	Loriot	Loriot, Evelyn Hamann	Comedy
An Odd Couple  [ de ]	Peter Keglevic	Judy Winter, Diego Wallraff  [ de ], Karl Michael Vogler	Drama	a.k.a.Ein ungleiches Paar
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany	Thomas Brasch	Tony Curtis, Katharina Thalbach, Matthias Habich	Drama	Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Pizza Express	Vivian Naefe	Bettina Kupfer, August Zirner, Hannelore Elsner	Crime comedy
Plaza Real	Herbert Vesely	Mia Nygren  [ fr ], Jon Finch	Drama
The Post Office Girl	Édouard Molinaro	Évelyne Bouix, Mario Adorf, Niels Arestrup, Vera Tschechowa	Drama	French-West German co-production
Quicker Than the Eye  [ de ]	Nicolas Gessner	Ben Gazzara, Mary Crosby, Jean Yanne, Ivan Desny, Christoph Waltz	Thriller	Swiss-Austrian-West German-French co-production
Red Roses for a Call Girl	Bobby A. Suarez	Maria Isabel Lopez, Robert Marius, Werner Pochath, Julia Kent  [ de ], Manfred Seipold  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Rose Tattoo a.k.a.Manila Tattoo. Philippine-West German co-production
Rosinenbomber	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Carl Raddatz, Rüdiger Kirschstein  [ de ], Barbara Schöne, Rolf Zacher, Ernst Stankovski	Drama
Schloß Königswald  [ de ]	Peter Schamoni	Camilla Horn, Marika Rökk, Marianne Hoppe, Carola Höhn, Dietlinde Turban, Anja Kruse	War, Comedy
Schmetterlinge	Wolfgang Becker	Bertram von Boxberg  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Butterflies
Schön war die Zeit	Klaus Gietinger  [ de ], Leo Hiemer  [ de ]	Gottfried John, Edgar Selge, Ewa Błaszczyk	Drama
Singles	Eckehard Ziedrich  [ de ]	Helmut Zierl  [ de ], Claudia Demarmels  [ de ]	Comedy
Sleepless Nights	Marcel Gisler	Rudolf Nadler  [ de ]	Drama
Starke Zeiten	Otto Retzer, Rolf Olsen, Sigi Rothemund	Dey Young, David Hasselhoff, Michael Winslow, Rudi Carrell, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Karl Dall	Comedy, Anthology	a.k.a.Strong Times
Stowaways on the Ark	Wolfgang Urchs  [ de ]	—	Animated
The Summer of the Hawk  [ de ]	Arend Agthe  [ de ]	Janos Crecelius, Andrea Lösch, Rolf Zacher, Hermann Lause	Family, Adventure
Three D  [ de ]	Sönke Wortmann	Michael Schreiner  [ de ], Katharina Müller-Elmau	Comedy
Torquemada	Stanislav Barabáš  [ de ]	Francisco Rabal, Jacques Breuer, Michel Auclair, Dietmar Schönherr, Constanze Engelbrecht, Rainer Hunold	Drama, Biography	a.k.a.Darkness Covers the Earth a.k.a.The Inquisitors. West German-British-Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production
A Touch of Danger  [ de ]	Franz Josef Gottlieb	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Iris Berben, Hans Clarin	Thriller	a.k.a.Tagebuch für einen Mörder
Das Traumauto	Hajo Gies  [ de ]	Ralf Komorr  [ de ], Maria Ketikidou  [ de ], Klaus Herm, Erich Bar  [ de ], Elisabeth Volkmann, Towje Kleiner  [ de ]	Comedy
Ein Treffen mit Rimbaud	Ernst-August Zurborn  [ de ]	Anke Sevenich  [ de ], Sven Wollter, Hannelore Elsner	Crime	a.k.a.Encounter with Rimbaud
Ein Unding der Liebe	Radu Gabrea	Erich Bar  [ de ], Doris Kunstmann	Drama	a.k.a.An Absurdity of Love
The Venus Trap  [ de ]	Robert van Ackeren	Sonja Kirchberger, Hanns Zischler, Myriem Roussel, Horst-Günter Marx  [ de ]	Comedy
Vergessen Sie's	C. Cay Wesnigk  [ de ]	Edgar M. Marcus  [ de ]	Thriller
Das Viereck	Oliver Storz  [ de ]	Iris Berben, Towje Kleiner  [ de ], Michael Roll, Monika Schwarz  [ de ]	Comedy
Virgin Machine	Monika Treut	Ina Blum	Drama
The Vulture Wally  [ de ]	Walter Bockmayer	Samy Orfgen  [ de ], Elisabeth Volkmann, Ralph Morgenstern, Joy Fleming	Comedy
Wherever You Are...  [ it ]	Krzysztof Zanussi	Julian Sands, Renée Soutendijk	Drama	Polish-British-West German-French co-production
Why Is There Salt in the Sea?	Peter Beauvais	Nicolin Kunz, Siemen Rühaak  [ de ]	Drama
The Winter Beach	Wolf Gremm	Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Ferdy Mayne, Heinz Baumann	Science fiction	a.k.a.Dem Tod auf der Spur
Das Winterhaus	Hilde Lermann  [ de ]	Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Vogler, Werner Kreindl, Elfriede Rückert  [ de ]	Drama
Wohin?	Herbert Achternbusch	Gabi Geist  [ de ], Josef Bierbichler, Kurt Raab	Drama
Yasemin	Hark Bohm	Ayse Romey, Uwe Bohm	Drama
Year of the Turtle	Ute Wieland  [ de ]	Heinz Bennent, Karina Fallenstein  [ de ]	Drama
Der Zauberbaum	Martin Wiebel  [ de ]	Paulus Manker, Traugott Buhre, Rolf Illig  [ de ]	Drama

1989

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
100 Years of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour in the Führerbunker	Christoph Schlingensief	Udo Kier, Margit Carstensen, Alfred Edel  [ de ], Volker Spengler	Drama, War
Affäre Nachtfrost  [ de ]	Sigi Rothemund	Gudrun Landgrebe, Hansjörg Felmy	Thriller
Bangkok Story  [ de ]	Rolf von Sydow	Heiner Lauterbach, Günther Maria Halmer  [ de ], Rolf Hoppe	Thriller	a.k.a.Killing Drugs
Berta Garlan	Peter Patzak	Birgit Doll, Kitty Speiser  [ de ], Hans-Michael Rehberg, Riccardo De Torrebruna	Drama	Austrian-West German-Swiss co-production
Black Sin	Straub-Huillet	Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Howard Vernon	Short	Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
Blue Eyed  [ de ]	Reinhard Hauff	Götz George, Miguel Ángel Solá	Drama	West German-Argentine co-production
Eine Bonner Affäre	Bernd Schadewald  [ de ]	Helmut Zierl  [ de ], Gerhard Olschewski, Ursela Monn, Ulrich Pleitgen  [ de ], Monika Baumgartner, Hark Bohm	Drama
Boomerang Boomerang  [ de ]	Hans W. Geißendörfer	Jürgen Vogel, Katja Studt  [ de ], Lambert Hamel, Jan Plewka  [ de ]	Crime
The Break  [ de ]	Frank Beyer	Götz George, Rolf Hoppe, Otto Sander	Crime	West German-East German co-production
C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale  [ de ]	Norbert Kückelmann	Armin Mueller-Stahl, Rolf Zacher, Claudia Messner  [ de ], Hans-Michael Rehberg	Comedy	a.k.a.Schweinegeld
Come into My Parlor	Gerhard Klingenberg	Judy Winter	Crime	a.k.a.Ich melde einen Selbstmord
Coming Out	Heiner Carow	Matthias Freihof, Dirk Kummer, Dagmar Manzel	Drama	East German DEFA film studio production; Premiered November 1989. Silver Bear and Teddy Award at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival in 1990.
The Dancing Girl	Masahiro Shinoda	Hiromi Go, Lisa Wolf  [ de ], Rolf Hoppe, Brigitte Grothum, Haruko Kato, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Christoph Eichhorn	Drama	a.k.a.The Dancer a.k.a.Maihime. Japanese-West German co-production
Der Doppelgänger	Emanuel Boeck	Uwe Ochsenknecht, Simon Oates	Thriller	West German-Swiss co-production
Er – Sie – Es	Sven Severin	Renan Demirkan, Helmut Berger  [ de ], Lotti Huber, Vadim Glowna, Sissi Perlinger  [ de ], Eberhard Feik  [ de ]	Comedy
Farewell to False Paradise	Tevfik Başer	Zuhal Olcay	Drama
Follow Me	Maria Knilli  [ de ]	Pavel Landovský, Marina Vlady, Katharina Thalbach	Drama	Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
Fool's Mate	Mathieu Carrière	Michael Marwitz  [ de ], Victoria Tennant	Drama	a.k.a.Zugzwang. Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
Francesco	Liliana Cavani	Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol, Mario Adorf, Hanns Zischler	Biography	Italian-West German co-production
Frei zum Abschuss	Manfred Grunert  [ de ]	William Mang  [ de ], Hilmar Thate, Vera Tschechowa	Thriller
Ein gemachter Mann	Manfred Grunert  [ de ]	Nikolaus Paryla, Grischa Huber, Leslie Malton	Drama
Das geregelte Leben der Gertie H.	Franz Josef Wild  [ de ]	Christa Berndl  [ de ]	Drama
The Grass Is Greener Everywhere Else	Michael Klier  [ de ]	Mirosław Baka, Marta Klubowicz  [ pl ]	Drama
Gummibärchen küßt man nicht	Walter Bannert  [ de ]	Christopher Mitchum, Angela Alvarado, Draco Rosa, Ernest Borgnine, John Hillerman, Art Metrano	Comedy	a.k.a.Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
Hard Days, Hard Nights	Horst Königstein  [ de ]	Wigald Boning, Rita Tushingham, Al Corley	Comedy
Herdsmen of the Sun	Werner Herzog		Documentary
Die Hexe von Köln	Hagen Mueller-Stahl  [ de ]	Marita Breuer	Historical drama
Himmelsheim	Manfred Stelzer  [ de ]	Elke Sommer, Sigi Zimmerschied  [ de ], Hanns Zischler	Comedy
In der Stille ... Mord!	Sylvia Hoffman  [ de ]	Karin Anselm  [ de ], Dietrich Mattausch, Ingmar Zeisberg, Jean Le Mouël  [ fr ], Alexander Kerst	Thriller
Joan of Arc of Mongolia	Ulrike Ottinger	Delphine Seyrig, Gillian Scalici  [ de ], Irm Hermann, Peter Kern	Drama	Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
Karambolage  [ de ]	Franz Peter Wirth	Iris Berben, Constanze Engelbrecht, Peter Sattmann, Volkert Kraeft	Comedy
Laser Mission	BJ Davis	Brandon Lee, Ernest Borgnine, Werner Pochath	Action	American-West German co-production
Last Exit to Brooklyn	Uli Edel	Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Lang, Burt Young	Drama	West German-British co-production
Laurin	Robert Sigl	Dóra Szinetár	Mystery	West German-Hungarian co-production
Der Leibwächter	Adolf Winkelmann	Franz Xaver Kroetz, Raymond Pellegrin, Hanns Zischler, Heinz Hoenig	Thriller
Lockvögel	Rolf Silber  [ de ]	Winfried Glatzeder, Krista Posch	Comedy
Maria von den Sternen	Thomas Mauch	Katja Junge, Robert Duessler, Heikko Deutschmann  [ de ], Michael Lott  [ de ]	Drama
Der Mitwisser	Ulrike Neulinger	Thomas Kretschmann, Joachim Bißmeier	Crime drama
Money  [ de ]	Doris Dörrie	Billie Zöckler  [ de ], Uwe Ochsenknecht, Sunnyi Melles, August Zirner	Comedy
Noch ein Wunsch	Thomas Koerfer	Matthias Habich, Hannelore Elsner, Johanna Lier	Drama	Swiss-West German co-production
Otto: The Alien from East Frisia  [ de ]	Otto Waalkes, Marijan David Vajda  [ de ]	Otto Waalkes, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Barbara May  [ de; it ]	Comedy
The Philosopher  [ de ]	Rudolf Thome	Johannes Herrschmann  [ de ], Adriana Altaras	Comedy
The Play with Billions	Peter Keglevic	Ulrich Tukur, Barbara Auer, Friedrich von Thun, Hans Christian Blech, Vadim Glowna	Drama	a.k.a.Das Milliardenspiel
Quarantine  [ de ]	Nico Hofmann  [ de ]	Günther Maria Halmer  [ de ], Renan Demirkan, Ulrich Matschoss, Ben Becker	Disaster
Reunion	Jerry Schatzberg	Jason Robards, Françoise Fabian, Samuel West, Christien Anholt	Drama	British-French-West German co-production
RobbyKallePaul	Dani Levy	Dani Levy, Frank Beilicke, Josef Hofmann, Maria Schrader, Anja Franke  [ de ]	Comedy	West German-Swiss co-production
Rosalie Goes Shopping	Percy Adlon	Marianne Sägebrecht, Brad Davis, Judge Reinhold	Comedy	Entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
The Rose Garden	Fons Rademakers	Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda, Jan Niklas, Hanns Zischler	Drama	American-West German-Austrian co-production
Schulz & Schulz	Ilse Hofmann  [ de ]	Götz George, Martina Gedeck, Klaus J. Behrendt	Comedy
Schwarzenberg  [ de ]	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Max Tidof, Ulrich Pleitgen  [ de ], Thomas Heinze	Drama
Sealed in Salt	Rainer Wolffhardt  [ de ]	Michael Roll, Patricia Adriani  [ es ], Rolf Illig  [ de ]	Drama	a.k.a.Der Mann im Salz. Austrian-West German-Czechoslovak co-production
Seven Minutes  [ de ]	Klaus Maria Brandauer	Klaus Maria Brandauer, Brian Dennehy	Drama, War	a.k.a.Georg Elser – Einer aus Deutschland
Seven Women  [ de ]	Rudolf Thome	Johannes Herrschmann  [ de ], Adriana Altaras	Comedy
Silence Like Glass	Carl Schenkel	Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard	Drama	a.k.a.Two Women. West German-American co-production
Ein Sohn aus gutem Hause	Karin Brandauer	Alexander Lutz  [ de ], Angelica Ladurner  [ de ], Georg Friedrich, Felix von Manteuffel, Ewa Błaszczyk, Rolf Boysen  [ de ], Walter Schmidinger	Drama	Austrian-West German co-production
The Sparrow Murderer	Wolf Gremm	Paul Cabanis, Hans Clarin, Robert Atzorn, Anita Kupsch  [ de ], Eberhard Feik  [ de ]	Thriller
Spider's Web	Bernhard Wicki	Ulrich Mühe, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl	Drama	Entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
The State Chancellery	Heinrich Breloer	Roland Schäfer  [ de ], Hermann Lause, Dietrich Mattausch, Grischa Huber, Burghart Klaußner	Docudrama	a.k.a.Die Staatskanzlei
The Story Teller	Rainer Boldt  [ de ]	Udo Schenk  [ de ], Anke Sevenich  [ de ], Christine Kaufmann, Peter Sattmann	Thriller	a.k.a.A Suspension of Mercy a.k.a.Der Geschichtenerzähler
Sugar  [ de ]	Rainer Erler	Helmuth Lohner, Bruce Spence, Colin McEwan	Science fiction	a.k.a.Zucker – Eine wirklich süße Katastrophe
Sukkubus  [ de ]	Georg Tressler	Pamela Prati, Peter Simonischek, Giovanni Früh  [ de ]	Horror	a.k.a.Succubus
Tennessee Waltz	Nicolas Gessner	Julian Sands, Stacey Dash, Ned Beatty, Rod Steiger	Thriller	Swiss-American-West German co-production
Tiger, Lion, Panther	Dominik Graf	Natja Brunckhorst, Martina Gedeck, Sabine Kaack  [ de ], Peter Lohmeyer	Comedy
Umwege nach Venedig	Joachim Roering  [ de ]	Heidelinde Weis, Peter Bongartz  [ de ], Heiner Lauterbach	Comedy
Ungewiss ist die Zukunft der Leibwächter	Volker Einrauch  [ de ], Lothar Kurzawa  [ de ]	Martin Lüttge  [ de ], Peter Lohmeyer	Crime
Eine unheimliche Karriere  [ de ]	Eberhard Itzenplitz  [ de ]	Helmut Zierl  [ de ], Hans Peter Hallwachs	Comedy
Verfolgte Wege	Uwe Janson	Barbara Auer, Peter Cieslinski	Drama
The Voice	Gustavo Graef Marino  [ es ]	Jon Finch, Ian Dury, Suzanna Hamilton, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Heinz Hoenig, Richy Müller, Claude-Oliver Rudolph	Thriller
The Voice of the Turtle	Margit Saad	Leslie Malton, Erich Hallhuber	Comedy	a.k.a.Das Lied der Taube
Waller's Last Trip	Christian Wagner	Herbert Knaup	Drama
Wedding  [ de ]	Heiko Schier  [ de ]	Harald Kempe  [ de ], Roger Hübner  [ de ], Angela Schmid-Burgk, Heino Ferch	Drama
Die weißen Zwerge	Dirk Schäfer  [ de ]	Nirit Sommerfeld  [ de ], Michael Schech	Drama
Wie du mir ...	Dagmar Damek  [ de ]	Ernst Jacobi, Michael Degen, Otto Sander	Crime comedy
With the Next Man Everything Will Be Different  [ de ]	Xaver Schwarzenberger	Antje Schmidt, Dominic Raacke, Volkert Kraeft, Despina Pajanou  [ de ], Billie Zöckler  [ de ]	Comedy
Zwiebelmuster, oder Wenn einer keine Reise tut	Claudia Holldack	Günter Mack, Antje Hagen  [ de ]	Drama

References

1. "Girls - Die kleinen Aufreisserinnen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
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3. "Die Spaziergängerin von Sans Souci". Filmportal.de. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
4. "La PASSANTE DU SANS SOUCI". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
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External links

• German film at the Internet Movie Database (maintains separate lists for West Germany and East Germany)