Movies by Lists - German Expressionism (51 [62]) 
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| Aelita - Queen of MarsA mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers who receive it are Los, the hero, and his colleague Spiridonov. Los is an individualist dreamer. Aelita is the daughter of Tuskub, the ruler of a totalita | 1924 | Yakov Protazanov | Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (2.6K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| AsphaltJoe May's sensual drama of life in the Berlin underworld is in many ways the perfect summation of German filmmaking in the silent era: a dazzling visual style, a psychological approach to its characters, and the ability to take a sim | 1929 | Joe May | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.4 (1.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, TheHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. | 1920 | Robert Wiene (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 8.1 (61.7K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Cat and the Canary, TheRelatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will. | 1927 | Paul Leni | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | 7.1 (2.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Chronicles of the Gray House, The [Zur Chronik von Grieshuus]A lord falls in love with one of his serfs and chooses to be disinherited and stripped of his title in order to marry her. Her love and gratitude extend beyond the grave. | 1925 | Arthur von Gerlach | Drama | 6.7 (146 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| City Without Jews, The [Die Stadt ohne Juden]Jews are expelled from the city of Utopia. | 1924 | H.K. Breslauer | Drama | 6.3 (354 votes) | 80 | 20220414 |
| Crime and Punishment [Raskolnikow]Student Raskolnikow, who has written an article about laws and crime, proposing the thesis, that un-ordinary people can commit crimes if their actions are necessary for the benifit of mankind, murders an old woman, who operates a cro | 1923 | Robert Wiene (*) | Drama | 6.7 (308 votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Crown of Thorns [I.N.R.I.]By the director of Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain, who seeks to convince him that it i | 1923 | Robert Wiene (*) | Drama | 6.1 (71 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Destiny [Der Mude Tod]When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate. | 1921 | Fritz Lang (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 7.6 (5.9K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Doll, The [Die Puppe]Forced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead. | 1919 | Ernst Lubitsch (*) | Comedy, Fantasy | 7.4 (2K votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler [Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit]Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him. | 1922 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (8.2K votes) | 242 | 20211228 |
| Eerie Tales [Unheimliche Geschichten]A demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out. | 1919 | Richard Oswald | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 6.6 (543 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Explosion [Schlagende Wetter]After the revelation that Georg has seduced her, Maria is driven away by her father. Georg, fearing the wrath of Maria's father, has swiftly abandoned the girl and left for the mining town of Sankt Anton, where he expects to hide ... | 1923 | Karl Grune | Action, Drama | 6.5 (79 votes) | 65 | 20240614 |
| FaustThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul. | 1926 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.1 (14.9K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| From Morn to Midnight [Von morgens bis mitternachts]A Cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60, 000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisfaction in politics, sport... | 1920 | Karl Heinz Martin | Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (538 votes) | 65 | 20221116 |
| GenuineExtremely rare work of Robert Wiene. From the director and year of excellent "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" this work was eventually overshadowed by the success of Caligari. It has a dreamy atmosphere, like another world or something. | 1920 | Robert Wiene (*) | Horror | 6.0 (1000 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Genuine - The Tale of a VampireExtremely rare work of Robert Wiene. From the director and year of excellent "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" this work was eventually overshadowed by the success of Caligari. It has a dreamy atmosphere, like another world or something. | 1920 | Robert Wiene (*) | Horror | 6.0 (1000 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Golem, TheIn 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution. | 1920 | Paul Wegener, Carl Boese | Fantasy, Horror | 7.2 (7.5K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Golem, The [Der Golem]An antiques dealer finds a golem, a clay statue that had been brought to life four centuries earlier by a Kabbalist rabbi to protect his people from persecution. The dealer resurrects the golem as a servant but it goes on a rampage. | 1914 | Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen | Horror | 6.7 (1.2K votes) | 60 | 20240614 |
| Hands of Orlac, The [Orlacs Hände]A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer. | 1924 | Robert Wiene (*) | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.0 (2.8K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Hilde Warren and Death [Hilde Warren und der Tod]Hilde Warren, a famous actress, is impregnated by a convicted murderer and becomes plagued by visions of an extremely gaunt and sepulchral Death. Upon discovering her child is the image of its criminal father, Hilde must decide wh... | 1917 | Joe May | Horror | 5.8 (146 votes) | 80 | 20231101 |
| Kriemhild's Revenge [Die Nibelungen Kriemhilds Rache]After Siegfried's death Kriemhild marries Etzel (Atilla), the King of the Huns. She gives birth to a child, and invites her brothers for a feast. She tries to persuade Etzel and the other Huns, to kill Hagen, the murderer of Siegfrie | 1924 | Fritz Lang (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.0 (4.4K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Last Laugh, The [Der Letzte Mann]An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel. | 1924 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Drama | 8.1 (13.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Last Warning, TheA producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast. | 1928 | Paul Leni | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (601 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| MWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. | 1931 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (153.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Cheated Life, The [Der Student von Prag]For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman | 1926 | Henrik Galeen | Drama, Horror | 6.9 (669 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Laughs, TheWhen a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured. | 1928 | Paul Leni | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (6.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| MetropolisIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. | 1927 | Fritz Lang (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 8.3 (169.6K votes) | 153 | 20211228 |
| Nerves [Nerven]Doubt and uncertainty ensue when the figurehead of a rebellion goes to court for an alleged rape. | 1919 | Robert Reinert | Drama | 6.6 (254 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| NoseratuVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. | 1922 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Fantasy, Horror | 7.9 (93.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| OpiumA Chinese opium dealer takes revenge on Westerners who have corrupted his wife. | 1919 | Robert Reinert | Drama | 6.0 (124 votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Overcoat, The [Shinel]One of the most acknowledged film interpretations of classic short story "The Overcoat" (1842) by Nikolai Gogol, describing a fate of a "small person". | 1926 | Grigoriy Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg | Drama | 6.7 (342 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Oyster Princess, The [Die Austernprinzessin]An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince. | 1919 | Ernst Lubitsch (*) | Comedy | 7.2 (1.9K votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Pest in Florenz, DieSuddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the | 1919 | Otto Rippert | Drama, History, Horror | 6.5 (180 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| PhantomA shiftless young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and yearns to find her again. | 1922 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.8K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Power [Algol - Tragödie der Macht]An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers. | 1920 | Hans Werckmeister | Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (189 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Secrets of a Soul [Geheimnisse einer Seele]A scientist is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. | 1926 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst (*) | Drama | 6.9 (719 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Siegfroed [Die Nibelungen -.Siegfried]Bold, fearless Siegfried travels to King Gunther's castle. On the way he kills a dragon, and an evil dwarf king, thus gaining a treasure and a magic helmet of invisibility and illusion. In return for permission to marry Gunther's sis | 1924 | Fritz Lang (*) | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.1 (5.7K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Spiders, Part 1 -The Golden Lake, The [Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See]Kay Hoog finds a message that indicates that some Incas are still alive, but the secret organisation "Die Spinnen" wants the Incas' gold.... | 1919 | Fritz Lang (*) | Adventure, Western | 6.6 (1.2K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Spiders, Part 2 - The Diamond Ship, The [Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff]Kay Hoog wants to stop the organisation "Die Spinnen" to get a certain diamond, that will give the owning woman the crown of Asia, but the man, who should be the owner of that diamond, doesn't know of its existence.... | 1920 | Fritz Lang (*) | Adventure | 6.3 (922 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Street, The [Die Straße]Presents two distinct plot lines until the two eventually merge: the first is that of the bored middle-aged man seeking a departure from monotony in his life; the second is that of the blind man and the little boy, his grandson, w... | 1923 | Karl Grune | Drama | 6.8 (432 votes) | 74 | 20230728 |
| Student of PragueBalduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the | 1913 | Paul Wegener, Stellan Rye | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 6.5 (2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| SunriseA sophisticated urban woman seduces a farmer in the hopes that he will murder his neglected wife and join her in the city, but he soon finds himself rekindling his romance with the latter when she discovers their scheme. | 1927 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Drama, Romance | 8.1 (50.2K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| TartuffeA young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance. | 1925 | F.W. Murnau (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (2.4K votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The [Das Testament der Dr Mabuse]A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death. | 1933 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 8.0 (12.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Treasure, The [Der Schatz]In and around a bell maker near Marburg (today Slovenia) people tell the story of a treasure that was hidden during the Turki invasion of 1683, the year the Turkish Army was besieging Vienna. Everybody think it's nonsense except f... | 1923 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst (*) | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (343 votes) | 80 | 20240614 |
| Tunnel, The [Der Tunnel]Max Allan, a visionary engineer persuades investors to fund building an undersea railway connecting France to the United States. But there are powerful forces who wants to stop his futuristic dream. | 1915 | William Wauer | Drama | 5.9 (22 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| VampyrA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire. | 1932 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Fantasy, Horror | 7.5 (17.6K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Warning Shadows [Schatten - Eine nächtliche Halluzination]A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the hous | 1923 | Arthur Robison | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance | 6.8 (989 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| WaxworksA wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories. | 1924 | Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni | Fantasy, Horror | 6.6 (2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Wildcat [Die Bergkatze]A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained. | 1921 | Ernst Lubitsch (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.2K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Homunculus, 1. Teil | 1916 | Otto Rippert | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hoffmanns Erzählungen | 1916 | Richard Oswald | Fantasy | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Der Mandarin | 1918 | Fritz Freisler | nan | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Die Teufelskirche | 1919 | Hans Mierendorff | Horror | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Verlogene Moral | 1921 | Hanns Kobe | Drama, History | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore | 1921 | Richard Oswald | nan | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit | 1922 | Arthur von Gerlach | Drama | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Erdgeist | 1923 | Leopold Jessner | nan | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Der steinerne Reiter | 1923 | Fritz Wendhausen | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lebende Buddhas | 1925 | Paul Wegener | nan | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |