Drama movies about Germany

List of the best drama movies about Germany, selected by visitors to our site: The Book Thief, Schindler's List, The Greatest Showman, Step Up 3D, Black Swan, Marriage Story, The Reader, We Bought a Zoo, Remember Me, The Help.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, military
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:11

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Markimdb: 9
Genredrama, military, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration03:15

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, musical, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:25

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

      A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:04

      The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:26

      Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:12

      When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:32

      The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
      Duration01:55

      England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:00

      After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this world, Holly and Messer must set their differences aside. Juggling careers and social calendars, they'll have to find common ground while living under the same roof.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:30

      An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, music, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
      Duration02:05

      Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
      Duration02:40

      A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:46

      Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A story about contemporary materialism and the quest for the truely important things in life.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, detective, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration00:40

      After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:12

      A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA

      A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:46

        The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:30

        When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:38

        Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

          The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, adventure, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:01

          A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:44

          Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration03:00

            A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
            Duration02:04

            Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:27

            Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:45

              An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genredrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:22

                A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genredrama, sport
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:20

                The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA

                Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genredrama, biography, history
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration02:13

                In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

                Markimdb: 6.2
                Genreaction, drama, family, sport
                CountryUSA, China
                Duration02:20

                12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
                CountryUSA

                The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:32

                A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:44

                A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrecomedy, drama
                CountryUSA

                Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genrecomedy, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:11

                Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genrefantasy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:46

                Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
                CountryUSA

                A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genredrama, biography, history
                CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:05

                A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

                Markimdb: 6.6
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Argentina
                Duration02:24

                Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.




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