German films about surveillance

List of the best German films about surveillance, selected by visitors to our site: Tehran Taboo, Fast Five, Wim Wenders, Desperado, Easy Money II, Quo Vadis, Aida?, I'm Off Then, Young Light, Necronos, Radiant Sea, The Bourne Legacy.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, cartoon
CountryGermany, Austria

The lives of three strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling modern metropolis, avoiding prohibition has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:10

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredocumentary, biography
CountryGermany

"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema. With never before shown archive material and extraordinary encounters with companions and contemporary witnesses such as Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Andie MacDowell, Hanns Zischler, Patti Smith and Werner Herzog, this documentary provides unique insights into the life and work of one of the most multifaceted artists of our times. Renowned documentary filmmaker Eric Friedler ("It Must Schwing. The Blue Note Story") and his co-director Andreas Frege were given the exclusive opportunity to portray Wenders for this film. From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders' work as director, producer, photographer and author.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountrySweden, Germany, Denmark, France
Duration01:39

JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's made peace with an old enemy. This all proves to be an illusion. On leave from prison, and back in contact with his former gang, JW learns that once you've walked in the shoes of a criminal there just may be no going back.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, military, history
CountryAustria, Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Norway, Turkey

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people - rescue or death? Which move should she take?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy
CountryGermany

Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountryGermany

Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrehorror
CountryGermany
Duration02:07

Necronos, one of the mightiest minions of the devil himself has come to earth to create an invincible army of the undead under leadership of barbaric demons, called Berzerkers. To achieve his goal Necronos needs numerous often very macabre and difficult to come by ingredients. So Satan sends him two assistants to achieve his goal - Goran, a Blood Demon and footman loyal to Necronos as well as The Mighty Witch to locate the chosen one - a virgin witch.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama
CountryGermany
Duration01:19

Marek starts as a trainee on a container ship. It's 197 meters long, 30 meters wide, and bound for Martinique in the Caribbean. Full of anticipation, he leaves his parents' farm in Western Pomerania in Germany and goes on board his ship at Saint-Nazaire in Brittany. Marek wants to find freedom and falls in love with the enigmatic sailor Jean. Will it just be a fling or will it last forever? Does Jean actually have a lover in every port? On his trip across the Atlantic, Marek may not actually become a sailor, but he does grow up. A romantic coming-of-age trip over the Atlantic and a maritime boy's dream about love under the conditions of modern cargo shipping.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Japan
Duration02:15

    New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, Serbia

    After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Germany
    Duration02:18

    A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires and passion through poetic dialogue.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryGermany

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    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, USA
    Duration02:31

    Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryGermany, Italy, Austria, Spain
    Duration01:30

    Lilli is traveling to India, to solve a mystery.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, India, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany
    Duration02:35

    The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySweden, Germany, Denmark, Morocco, France
    Duration01:35

    In Cairo, weeks before the 2011 revolution, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a murdered singer. He soon realizes that the investigation concerns the power elite, close to the President’s inner circle.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryIran, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Belgium

    Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
    Duration02:09

    A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:34

    Inexperienced guardian angel, Buddy (Michael Herbig) arrives to assist Eddie (Alexander Fehling) with getting his life back on track, but instead only causes more chaos.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryRussia, Germany

    In a future in which the earth has been sent out of control, affected by a cruel and inhuman mechanism that turns back Darwin's theory of Evolution, Hamming and Liv try to survive. It seems that nothing can stand in the way of their relationship, but every person gradually starts to feel animal instincts: uncontrolled aggression, protection of offspring, spontaneous sexual desire. When Liv disappears, Hamming has to make an important step – to face the world endangering his very own life in order to find her.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryDenmark, Germany, Faroe Islands, Iceland

    After a missing animal rights activist is found amid a local whale hunt, journalist Hannis Martinsson risks his own skin on the trail of a spectacular story, sending shock waves through the isolated island community of the Faroes

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
    CountryGermany

    A student moves in with a family that lives in an underground house in the middle of the forest, far from civilization. His hopes of peace and quiet are soon shattered, when it becomes apparent that both the parents and their son have a screw loose.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:45

    Lose Your Head is a psycho thriller about a Spanish party tourist who gets lost in Berlin. The film is inspired by the true story of a young Portuguese man who disappeared some years ago after a night at Berghain.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryGermany

    Four young Jews survive the Third Reich in the middle of Berlin by living so recklessly that they become "invisible."

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantasy, family
    CountryGermany
    Duration00:59

    Pre-teen foundling Emil and slightly older middle class orphan Inga seek to comfort each-other in the pitiful conditions at Mrs. Landfried's orphanage. She sells the shoes the produce in a Dickensian poorhouse workshop but keeps most profits, only ambitious eldest turned foreman Franz gets a bonus. For Christmas, the kids must sell I town the sets of matchsticks she bargained as bonus with the shoes, the winner gets a goose helping, sub)standard sale means a caning. After chasing the duo from the lucrative market, Frans wins and even gets to cane Emil, but lets him off with loud pretense. Inga ran away, dreaming in the rundown family home of her late parents welcoming her home whenever she strikes a match. Emil informs the homonymous friendly cop they met on the market, who sees the tyrant is replaced by a proper administrator.

    Markimdb: 2.1
    Genrehorror
    CountryCanada, Germany
    Duration01:18

    Coming back from her bachelor party in Las Vegas, Christine and her friends are driving through the hot desert of Nevada. But they are not alone - serial killer Max Seed is back and he brought the whole family.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredocumentary
    CountryAustria, Denmark, France, Germany
    Duration02:16

    Africa. In the wild expanses, where bush-bucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday. German and Austrian hunting tourists drive through the bush, lie in wait, stalk their prey. They shoot, sob with excitement and pose before the animals they have bagged. A vacation movie about killing, a movie about human nature.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryGermany

    In a powerful story about teamwork, acceptance and finding one's calling, little Raven and his friends take part in an exciting and tumultuous race through the forest.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredocumentary, crime, biography
    CountryGermany

    Wolfgang Beltracchi got away with forging art masterpieces for over 40 years. He may be egotistical and nihilistic, but his genius in undeniable. He managed to fool gallery owners, historians and investors with the stroke of a brush. This documentary follows his last days as a free man.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada
    Duration02:26

      An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

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      Genredocumentary
      CountryGermany
      Duration00:53

      Experience a virtual Bahamas dream in 3D. The turquoise blue sea, glittering in the sunlight, invites us to explore its secrets. From the depths, the mysterious contours of a huge, sunken ship appear. Accompany us on an extraordinary subterranean voyage to the still largely unexplored cave systems of the Bahamas.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, military, music
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:40

      Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredocumentary, music, biography
      CountryFrance, Germany

      Thorsten Schütte’s film is a sharply edited and energetic celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences. Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into the musician’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredocumentary, crime, detective, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Ecuador, Germany, Norway
      Duration02:00

      Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredocumentary
      CountryGermany

      Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive discipline. It is a synthesis of liberated imagination and stringent structure; cross-medial concepts that embellish and enrich our existence, illumination and clarity, order and playfulness. But Bauhaus was never just an artistic experiment. Confronted with the social conditions of that particular time, as well as the experience of WWI, the movement concerned itself with the political and social connotations of design from the very outset. Hence, Bauhaus history is not just the history of art, but also the history of an era that stretches from the early 20th century to the modern day.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama
      CountryGeorgia, Germany, France
      Duration02:04

      Tbilisi, Georgia, 2016: In a patriarchal society, an ordinary Georgian family lives with three generations under one roof. All are shocked when 52-year-old Manana decides to move out from her parents’ home and live alone. Without her family and her husband, a journey into the unknown begins.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrethriller
      CountryGermany, USA, Luxembourg

      A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally’s conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryHungary, Germany, France
      Duration02:02

      A young immigrant is shot down while illegally crossing the border. Terrified and in shock, wounded Aryan can now mysteriously levitate at will. Thrown into a refugee camp, he is smuggled out by Dr Stern, intent on exploiting his extraordinary secret. Pursued by enraged camp director Laszlo, the fugitives remain on the move in search of safety and money. Inspired by Aryan's amazing powers, Stern takes a leap of faith in a world where miracles are trafficked for small change...

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryFinland, Germany, Belgium, Australia, France, Norway, Denmark, United Kingdom
      Duration01:33

        In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.

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