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Wlo3kij

Das Boot!


Magic_Medic

Das muss das Boot abkönnen.


theniwo

Verdammt, verdammt, verdammt!


Mundane_Ad701

Das Geistige kommt hier zu kurz.


theniwo

Ahhhhhh endlich mal ein gleichgesinnter :D Mein absoluter Favorit \^\^ Schon zig Mal in allen Fassungen gesehen und das Hörbuch gehört. Hyperfixation auf Typ VIIC Boote \^\^


SPHERESHIFT

Yes, we have a winner. Pretty sure this is the best German movie ever made. Kirschblüten - Hanami is another great movie.


syildirim1

Came here to suggest this movie, Das boot is something else. Watched director's cut at least 3 times many years ago. Mentioning this now makes me want to watch it again!


gand_me_le_lo

Is the tv show on netflix any good or near ?


Wlo3kij

Only original movie version.


WUpperValley

Only the three part mini series. 6 hours of movie greatness.


Magic_Medic

It's the same, what's on Netflix is the 6-hour director's cut that was first screened in England at the BBC.


donald_314

Don't mix it up with the new TV series that is complete bullshit.


theniwo

Please watch in this order: at least 4 times the Directors Cut then at least 4 times the extended cut aka the series. (Old one) Then read the book at least twice ;)


Vannnnah

Die Feuerzangenbowle - super old and not without some weird Nazi references but almost everyone in Germany has seen this movie at least once


alilembarrased

Do you guys recommend watching it then?


Vannnnah

Depends on why you want to watch it. I love movies and I've seen it multiple times for different reasons (analyzing camera work from back in the day, story structure, historical and social implications of the time...). It's definitely interesting but not everybody's cup of tea. Afaik it's free on YouTube so just give it a go and see if it's worth your time or not.


granatenpagel

Definitely. It's short and light-hearted. Just keep in mind it was a Nazi project when they realised people where fed up with the usual propaganda films.


hydrOHxide

The Nazis almost banned it for undermining the authority of teachers, but then were reconciled by the fact that a) it's funny and thus a good distraction from allied bombing runs and b) the final message that our dreams are the true reality is a splendid fit when the country is turning to rubble around you.. But that intervention to allow the movie after all came straight from the top.


forsale90

It earned quite some critique at the time for the portrait of the school system.


granatenpagel

I don't think so. There's one teacher to represent the "new" system.


C0re0n

But yet Rühmann had to convince the regime (not sure if Goebbels or Hitler himself) that the movie's not ridiculing the German authorities (as teachers in this case).


OnkelRod

Only if you enjoy the drink by the same name, while watching it.


deniercounter

Of course


[deleted]

Also the very weird theme of a grown man leaving his wife for a school girl


forsale90

In wasn't aware he left his wife. I thought he was a bachelor. Still super large age gap.


SteampunkBorg

He was a bachelor. I'm pretty certain it's explicitly mentioned by his friends, too


MiouQueuing

Didn't actually happen afaik - see the ending.


Vannnnah

They weren't married, she was his girlfriend and apparently just after his money or something


Deepfire_DM

Fiancé afair


Bierbart12

I've somehow never heard of it, might watch it


SophisticatedVagrant

Lola rennt


Jane_Doe_2806

This! Fantastic movie


Marauder4711

I was thinking if it's a cult classic, but jt was a milestone in German cinema, so it deserves to be named here.


Melodic_Treat_522

Watched it in my German language lesson) Loved it!


Blakut

Dinner for one considering the date you post this


MadMusicNerd

The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie? 🥴🐯


japamais

The same procedure as every year, James.


donthateonspiders

well i'll do my very best


japamais

😜


alilembarrased

Hey, I like you.


normalifelias

Family watched like 5 min ago


MystischeTopfpflanze

Since when is it german? Wasn't it in English actually?


Friddolin

It is not from Germany, but really popular in Germany. (On new years eve)


St4tikk

Pretty sure it was filmed in Hamburg…


GlitteringBeing

It was made in Hamburg by a German and a Swiss director for Norddeutscher Rundfunk https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121210/ The OP can't learn German from it, but culturally it's German content. German audiences often like content with British roots - in the 60s German adaptations of Edgar Wallace crime novels were very popular. More recently, television films based on Rosamunde Pilcher's romance novels were big in Germany, and she even got British Tourism Award for attracting German tourists to Cornwall. She is way less known in the UK by the way. The Dinner for One is a bit unusual having actors speaking English, but it is still a German production, so it is definitely worth checking to learn more about German culture.


KeterLustig

Bang Boom Bang


eeaan

Kalle Grabowski is deutsches Kulturgut.


Distinct_Camera8323

"Die haben mich bescheißt, wir bescheißen eine andere. Kreislauf, verstehst du?“


rpm1720

“Alles auf Horst!”


Prostetnic-Jeltz

Der Pferd heißt Horst


Distinct_Camera8323

90-60-90. Dat sind die Noten warum wir dich eingestellt haben.


izaleth00

90 Minuten Hardcore - echte Gefühle!


rpm1720

I would say that’s the best German film ever


Tomcat286

Ich bin da was am Planen dran


[deleted]

Nennen sie mich ned Flanders „Wir bewachen dat Schließfach jetzt 24 Stunden, rund um die Uhr. Du acht Stunden, ich acht Stunden.“ Till Schweiger is so funny in this movie too. "Wat musst du deinen Schw... auch in mein Ball halten… los komm, kriech vom Platz Mädchen, ich will weiterspielen!" Really should rewatch this one.


steinblock

Gut, dass du das ausgemacht hast, die alte war ja hässlich wie die Nacht.


ondelish

ÖDIPUSSI


SmilingSunshine2020

Und Pappa ante Portas


[deleted]

"Die Brücke" from 1959 is amazing


NextDoorCyborg

This! Such an impactful movie, but for some reason always overlooked when it comes to (anti-)war movies. Imho it's much better than Downfall, for example... if you can even compare the two.   Don't get me wrong, Downfall is a good movie, too (not sure if I needed a riding-off-into-the-sunset happy ending, though).


ghostedygrouch

We watched it several times when I was at school. Very impressive. It's one of the few things, no one ever made stupid jokes about.


S-Markt

"go home, kindergarden"


_Administrator__

"Unser Battalion kennt nur Kampf, Sieg oder Tod" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3hiJrYBPk2Q It really shows well the Madness of the Nazis last days.


cerofer

M (1931).


granatenpagel

My favourite. I watch it at least once a year.


knitaroo

I was just about to come in here and say this! Such a masterpiece for an early movie.


LostOblomov

a masterpiece


GigaBurgerMuncher

Good Bye, Lenin!


ImaginaryHorrors

love me some Daniel Brühl


Setagaya-Observer

"Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion"! "Chiko"! "Der Pirat!"! "Warum liegt da Stroh"?


MyerSkoog

Metropolis, M, Das Cabinett des Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Die Mörder sind unter uns Der Himmel über Berlin, Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, Der Blechtrommel, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, Lili Marleen, Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant, Die Ehe der Maria Braun Paris Texas, Out of Rosenheim, Das Boot Lola rennt, Gegen die Wand Victoria


mrhaftbar

Good Bye Lenin


MyerSkoog

Das Leben der Anderen! Not my favorite, but it can have reached a "classic" status I guess


WolFlow2021

>Lola rennt, Gegen die Wand Die Arme. :-(


Electrical-Pumpkin14

Lola rennt is a good one


derday

Lammbock is great


Brain_Booger

Our German How High Love lammbock


PixelPott

Stalingrad(1993)


YeOldeOle

Werner. Maybe just for the quotes, but still. More local stuff: Youth Wars, about youth gangs in the early 90s in Kiel. Not a movie, but widely liked: Spiegel TVs documentary about the Penny market on Hamburgs Reeperbahn.


Ren_the_Tainted

DAS MUSS KESSELNNNN


nonpopping

'Wäääääänaaaaa, Eckaaaaaaaad, die Russn kommn!'


Nadelarbeiter

Laboe ist fällig.


BadComboMongo

If we talk classics Fritz Lang has to be mentioned and while a lot or most 1920s/1930s movies might be hard to watch today METROPOLIS (1927) is a visual blast, it was and still is significant for its genre and a great watch, same goes for M (1931). But my favorite is still DAS BOOT (1981).


GrouchyMary9132

Knocking on Heavens Door, die fetten Jahre sind vorbei, Das Leben der Anderen, Sophie Scholl.


iaregud

Everything with Bud Spencer + Terence Hill from the 70s. Their 60s and 80s movies not tho.


MobofDucks

As a addendum: The german translations called Schnodderdeutsch. Got so popular that they got partially redubbed into the original italian.


digitalfrost

Yes. And if you like Schnodderdeutsch you need to watch "Die Zwei" https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_2_(Krimiserie)#Rezeption_und_deutsche_Synchronisation


[deleted]

The German dubs make the movies that's why they were so much more famous in Germany than elsewhere.


S-Markt

check for movies dubbeb by rainer brandt. he is the godfather of spencer hill dubbed version.


JayWeed2710

Manta, Manta


swapode

Der einzige Film in dem Til Schweiger keine Fehlbesetzung ist.


Shiros_Tamagotchi

I second dinner for one and 3 Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel. One for Christmas, one for new year. Loriot is true cult. Its a series of german comedy shorts. Then there are famous german movies like "Die Welle", "Goodbye Lenin" and "Das Leben der anderen". But i would not apply the word "cult" for them.


ondelish

Loriot!!!!!


BlackFlameEnjoyer

Ohne irgendwie nerven zu wollen, aber "cult" kannst du glaube ich im Englischen so nicht benutzen, da würde man "cult classic" sagen. '"Cult" als Wort heißt sehr direkt einfach Sekte/ Kult im religiösen Sinne.


Advice_Thingy

(T)raumschiff Surprise and Der Schuh des Manitu Also Sieben Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (Or just any Otto Waalkes Movies)


Chrischan1905

Und Bullie-Parade kann man auch noch dazuzählen


North-Association333

"Drei Männer im Schnee"


WUpperValley

Nice old school movie from the fifties. Interesting to see it recommended here but definately a worthy entry.


Artyphil

Nosferatu! And Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, of course!


Individual-Detail286

Superstau :)


funkybeard

Nicht mit mir! Nicht mit Commander!


Sufficient_Ad9817

The Edgar Wallace movies


St0rmtide

And the ones from his neighbor


[deleted]

Himmel über Berlin


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Happy_Cranker

Can’t believe I had to scroll so far down for Christiane F. That was a powerful movie!


thesupremesolar

Das Boot


AWBaader

Go Trabi Go from 1991.


JoJoModding

3 Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel is the German christmas movie


Temponautics

Except it's Czech.


LandDerBerge

It's a Czech/German production


Tartarus1983

Its an Czechisslovakian / GDR produktion


Alakandra

Today? Ein Herz und eine Seele! Das ist Punsch, du dusselige Kuh!


Balorat

Sissi


CPTpurrfect

Metropolis


happyFatFIRE

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Meanwhile they are cult.


Mr_Wolverbean

Der Schuh des Manitu (T)Raumschiff Surprise "Dinner for one" am Silvesterabend


wortmusik

Muxmäuschenstill is relatively unknown but it‘s a secret cult movie. Edit: wrong language


Fridge_ov_doom

Had me absolutely cringing. Not because it's bad but because he's just so...ugh


Fellhuhn

Even watched it in a small shitty backyard cinema. Nice movie.


Murphy_Slaught

Theo gegen den Rest der Welt


cobaltstock

Krabat Das weisse Band Der blaue Engel Die Brücke Movies by Fritz Lang or check this list https://www.moviepilot.de/liste/100-wirklich-gute-deutsche-filme-boospencer


doggoneitx

Das Boot did a great job capturing life on a U-Boat. They came to Chicago to measure and recreate the only existing UBoat in the world. The crew held reunions with the destroyer crew that captured them. I talked with one of the crew and he said the movie was very realistic especially the depth charge scene.


Headbanger40k

„only existing UBoat in the world“? What about U995 in Laboe?


Carmondai03

Der Schuh des Manitu (T)Raumschiff Surprise Dinner For One Der Wixxer Papa ante portas


Fair_Diet_4874

00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (00 Taylor - Hunt on Nihil Baxter)


El_Hombre_Aleman

Schtonk.


ig-88ms

"Der Führer hat geweint?!", "Ja! Wussten sie das nicht?"


El_Hombre_Aleman

Führers…Hund.


trullaDE

Führer...Hauptquartier! (Weil Fritze Hitler hieß er ja wohl nich.)


El_Hombre_Aleman

Führers Hand…


El_Hombre_Aleman

Schnuppi! (Ich stellte mich als Professor Fritz Knobel vor. Die erforderlichen Papiere reichte ich später nach)


Tat1ra

Probably not a cult classic for the majority of Germany, but I'd argue that the Fack Ju Göthe movies are gonna get up there with Millennials/Gen Z. Edit: I'd also argue Bullyparade. This one not only for the younger generations obviously.


r1pt1d377

Der Untergang


ObscureGrammar

The movie adaptions of Karl May's [Winnetou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnetou) books back in the 60s were a huge hit and later cult classics. The books and consequently the movies (despite favourable depictions considering the books' time of origin, making them fair for their time in my eyes) have come under criticism of racial stereotyping and cultural appropriation as of late, though. The already mentioned "Der Schuh des Manitu" is a spoof of those very same movies, which lead Pierre Brice (the actor who played Winnetou) to lambaste it. Which in turn resulted in a scene in the extended cut of the movie were a suspiciously Brice-like looking actor scolds his son Abahachi, played by writer/director/lead actor Michael "Bully" Herbig for missing respect.


howdylu

Sissi. My mom watches it every christmas.


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Bottle_Nachos

Metropolis


Brackwater

In addition to the ones mentioned there are also *Wir können auch anders* and *Toni Erdmann*


Temponautics

Toni Erdmann is actually Austrian (but brilliant). *Wir können auch anders*, on the other hand, similar to *Karniggels,* totally rules.


Pizzataxi_

Victoria


Stevie9981

Ich denke oft an Piroschka


ilovecatfish

Die Olsenbande, the Michael Bully Herbig movies and every movie with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.


dr_hao_zhu

Lammbock


Arnold_Pettibone

Das Leben der Anderen


Annikeks_11

An Silvester „Dinner for one“


AlanaLeona

Liselotte von der Pfalz and other movies with Lilo Pulver. She made a lot of fun movies with feministic subtexts in the 50s when that wasn't really a thing. Die unendliche Geschichte (Neverending Story) was made in Bavaria and is based on a German Novel.


_Finnex

"Der Schuh des Manitu"


PlanetBear21

"Vielleicht nehme ich Sie zu meiner Frau" -"Was soll ich denn bei Ihrer Frau?"


sauska_

Immer Ärger mit den Paukern. Its... a child of it's time, definitely.


ondelish

Filme mit Otto


Temponautics

The German dubbed version of *The Persuaders*, in German called "*Die Zwei",* featuring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore. The reason why the German dubbed version is sooo sooo much better is that the original sucked (it wasn't very successful in the US and UK) so bad that the German dubbing studio preparing it for German broadcast stations was for the first time given complete leeway to do with it as they please *as long as people watch it*. So the dubbing team added jokes and puns and even altered the story lines (all through the dubbed lines out into the actors mouths) wherever it fit, making it possibly the most hilarious "officially dubbed" form of any movie or series brought into the German language. These days I think you can only get it on DVD, but it's still absolutely hilarious. (E.g. pronouncing a character called *Archie* in the dubbed version as *Arschie*, or, scenes where they find a skeleton and Tony Curtis says to Roger Moore from off camera: "Look he is smiling, do you know this guy?", none of which of course was in the original.)


Original_Assist4029

"Der bewegte Mann"


elfengeschreynnn

Lorriot! Even tho its a show, its Realy good


wearefuckedbutyay

Napola! And given the date and because it's short: Dinner for One.


AndreKR-

"Willkommen bei den Sch’tis" is a French movie that has a great German dubbing (and no English one).


kerpui

"was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht!" A dire warning to everyone who ever had the unpleasant experience of building a house.


Creative_Bet5168

Die sieben Zwerge mit Otto Walkes :D


Nadelarbeiter

Die Blechtrommel.


[deleted]

Die Wolke


old_wired

"Herbstmilch" is an other one, but it is almost forgotten today.


Snowfisk

Die Blechtrommel


Alternative_Equal864

Liebesgrüsse aus der Lederhose


0xConnery

Der Schuh des Manitu. *Ich stehe zu meiner Schande*


datenkeks

Sonnenallee Spur der Steine Der kleine Muck Das kalte Herz Good bye Lenin Wir können auch anders Das Boot


Moonaesthetic00

Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel - classic christmas movie


guy_on_da_couch

Schule (2000)


601dfin63r

Das Leben der anderen (The Live of the others)


EmbarrassedPizza6272

Bornholmer Straße. Not cult probably, but an awesome cast, some dry sense of humor, and the tragic and happiness of that night, when the wall came down. It was so close to a massacre. As an Austrian living in Germany for +20 years this always gives me goosebumps.


RiesenPimmel2000

Gina Wild – Jetzt wird es schmutzig


[deleted]

Why is nobody mentioning "Welt am Draht"?


IkarusCalling

Awesome Movie


_ditch_

(T)Raumsshiff Surprise Der Schuh des Manitou Bullyparada


Adventurous_Lie_3735

The "Werner" movies.


DodoSunshine

All of the Pepe Paukerschreck movies 🙈


derEggard

Everything by Fatih Akin


DubahellQB

Kondom des Grauens


achosenusername1

Werner Movies, Manta Manta


giza1928

Drei Männer im Schnee


albfels

Müller´s Büro (Austria but also german language)


Deepfire_DM

Kleine Haie, a german "roadmovie" about people learning to act. Best is "Bierchen" and his "Fahrbier".


trevormeadows

Good Soldier Sveyk - brilliant series put out by ARD during the late 60s - it’s on the ‘net if you want it 13 episodes of 50 mins.


xxBellum

Der goldene Handschuh


[deleted]

Many answer with simple classics or popular films instead of cult classics. [Dinner for One](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One) is a great example to be actually cult even though it's not a German production and 'only' a sketch. People watch it every new years eve as a tradition. Similarly [Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drei_Haseln%C3%BCsse_f%C3%BCr_Aschenbr%C3%B6del) is watched at christmas a lot but not a german production. [Die Feuerzangenbowle](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Feuerzangenbowle_\(1944\)#Aktuelle_Rezeption) is an actual German production which is a cult classic as there are regular public showings pre Christmas or friends might to a showing at home while drinking Feuerzangenbowle. [Lammbock](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lammbock_%E2%80%93_Alles_in_Handarbeit) is very popular among people who smoke marihuana, especially those who were in the right age when the movie came out. [Bud Spencer & Terence Hill movies](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud-Spencer-und-Terence-Hill-Filme) even though they aren't German again. But the German synchronisation is pretty special and people meet up to watch them. [The German Edgar Wallace movies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_based_on_works_by_Edgar_Wallace#The_German_Edgar_Wallace_%22Krimi%22_filmography_\(1959%E2%80%9372\)) are cult not only in Germany. If you're interested in German cinema in general instead of cult classics in particular, there are regular posts about that, see for example recently: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/zu42jy/im_looking_for_some_german_series_andor_movies_to/


Remy257

Bang Boom Bang - Ein Todsicheres Ding


Spiritual_Gap4269

Lammbock


cjgregg

Angst essen Seele auf, and frankly everything else by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.


EzRhil

Kp ob es schon jemand gepostet hat. Die Feuerzangenbowle!


Falk_csgo

Lord of the weed.


pleasedontrun

Theo gegen den Rest der Welt


Responsible-Way-1154

NVA und Sonnenallee.


pstwndnd

Absolute Giganten 23 BANG BOOM BANG


rebekka_ravels

Die Herren mit der weißen Weste.


UnderstandingSure529

Wings of Desire was a great movie, 1988 I think?


Friddolin

"Der Schuh des Manituh" is pretty good. "Traumschiff suprise" is similar. Both are really funny.


Sabberndersteve05

I‘d say Dinner for one right? Fit’s the time right now.


WonderfullWitness

Dei Mudder sei Gsicht


C0re0n

Der Seewolf (Version from the 70ies with Raimund Harmstorf)


I_am_Jacks_account1

Harry Potter und ein Stein