Award-Winning German-Language Films
231 films in German were recognised at the Oscars, the Golden Globes, Cannes or the Berlinale. The language is each film's original spoken language.
The most awarded is All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), with 4 wins, followed by Europa Europa (3) and Die Blindgänger (3). Among the 100 shown here, 8 won at least one Oscar, 8 won a Golden Globe, 18 won a prize at Cannes and 71 won a prize at the Berlinale. They were released between 1945 and 2026.
Here are the 100 with the most wins. See all languages.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
2022 · 2h 27m
War · Drama
Europa Europa
1990 · 1h 52m
History · Drama · War
Die Blindgänger
2004 · 1h 28m
Family · Drama
Everyone Else
2009 · 1h 59m
Drama · Romance
Land gewinnen
2006 · 20m
Drama
That’s All From Me
2024 · 23m
Drama
The White Ribbon
2009 · 2h 24m
Drama · Mystery
Mephisto
1981 · 2h 25m
Drama
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005 · 1h 57m
Drama · History
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 · 2h
Drama
Before Sundown
1956 · 1h 43m
Drama
Blue Noise
2022 · 17m
Burkina Brandenburg Komplex
2018 · 19m
David
1979 · 2h 7m
Drama
Die Ordnung
1971 · 10m
From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services No.1
1985 · 11m
Drama
Gesicht von der Stange?
1961 · 12m
Drama
Kirdi
1964 · 25m
Mutzenbacher
2022 · 1h 41m
Nelly
2015 · 17m
Family · Drama
Neukölln Unlimited
2010 · 1h 36m
No Place for Wild Animals
1956 · 1h 19m
Ortsfremd... wohnhaft vormals Mainzer Landstraße
1977 · 12m
Our Man in Nirvana
2006 · 10m
Questions to my Father
2011 · 11m
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
2022 · 1h 59m
Drama · History
Rod Gröth
1980 · 10m
Rose
2026 · 1h 33m
Drama
Stations of the Cross
2014 · 1h 50m
Drama
Tausend kleine Zeichen
1957 · 12m
The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial
1986 · 1h 47m
Drama · History · Action · Crime
The Girl and the Spider
2021 · 1h 39m
Drama
The Legend of Rita
2000 · 1h 42m
Drama
The Tin Drum
1979 · 2h 42m
Drama · History · War
The Trouble with Being Born
2020 · 1h 34m
Sci-Fi · Drama
Things Life Offers
1983 · 12m
Drama
Unrest
2022 · 1h 34m
Drama · History
Colonel Redl
1985 · 2h 32m
Drama · History
Fitzcarraldo
1982 · 2h 37m
Drama · Adventure
The Nasty Girl
1990 · 1h 32m
Comedy · Drama
Aimée & Jaguar
1999 · 2h 5m
Drama · History · Romance
Cloud 9
2008 · 1h 38m
Drama · Romance
Corsage
2022 · 1h 54m
Drama · History
Dead Woman from Beverly Hills
1964 · 1h 50m
Crime · Comedy · Drama
Everytime
2025 · 2h 3m
Drama
Four in a Jeep
1951 · 1h 35m
Drama
Good Bye, Lenin!
2003 · 2h 1m
Comedy · Drama
Great Freedom
2021 · 1h 56m
Drama · Romance · Crime
In the Fade
2017 · 1h 46m
Drama · Crime
Inter-View
1999 · 45m
Drama
Jacob the Liar
1974 · 1h 40m
History · Drama · Comedy
Nowhere in Africa
2001 · 2h 20m
Drama
Rosa Luxemburg
1986 · 2h 2m
Drama · History
Stopped on Track
2011 · 1h 50m
Drama
The Boat Is Full
1981 · 1h 41m
Drama · History · War
The Bridge
1959 · 1h 43m
Drama · History · War
The Edge of Heaven
2007 · 2h 2m
Drama
The Last Chance
1945 · 1h 53m
Drama · War
The Lives of Others
2006 · 2h 17m
Drama · Thriller
The Pedestrian
1973 · 1h 38m
Drama
Umbra
2019 · 20m
Wiesensommer
1957 · 17m
Woyzeck
1979 · 1h 22m
Drama
A Lost Life
1976 · 1h 32m
Drama
A Piece of Sky
2022 · 2h 16m
Drama
Afire
2023 · 1h 43m
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Alle Jahre wieder
1967 · 1h 27m
Drama
Apollo
2010 · 6m
Drama · Fantasy · Sci-Fi
Baader
2002 · 1h 55m
Action · Crime · Drama
Balance
1989 · 7m
Drama
Ballett ist ausgefallen
2002 · 14m
Drama
Barbara
2012 · 1h 45m
Drama
Bear Ye One Another's Burden...
1988 · 1h 58m
Drama
Black Rider
1993 · 12m
Comedy
Bright Nights
2017 · 1h 26m
Drama
Circusboy
2025 · 1h 26m
Class Relations
1984 · 2h 7m
Drama
Coming Out
1989 · 1h 53m
Drama · Romance
Confessions of Felix Krull
1957 · 1h 48m
Comedy · Crime
Das Knalleidoskop
1959 · 9m
Der Spielverderber
1960 · 16m
Desperado City
1981 · 1h 38m
Drama
Dr. Holl
1951 · 1h 39m
Drama
Dreamland of Desire
1961 · 1h 30m
Dying
2024 · 3h 2m
Drama · Comedy
Galapagos - Trauminsel im Pazifik
1962 · 1h 29m
Germany in Autumn
1978 · 2h 3m
Drama
Grill Point
2002 · 1h 51m
Comedy · Drama
Gudrun
1992 · 1h 37m
Drama
Gutter Pirates
1993 · 10m
Hafenrhythmus
1960 · 13m
Head-On
2004 · 2h 2m
Drama · Romance
I Was at Home, But...
2019 · 1h 45m
Drama
I'm Your Man
2021 · 1h 48m
Sci-Fi · Comedy · Romance
If Not Us, Who?
2011 · 2h 6m
Drama
In the Name of the People
1974 · 2h 8m
In the Shadow of Karakorum
1955 · 1h 27m
Journey of Hope
1990 · 1h 50m
Drama
Kontraste
1964 · 10m
Königin im Frauenreich
1958 · 16m