German films about the pandemic

List of the best German films about the pandemic according to the audience: Resident Evil: Retribution, Russendisko, The Silence, Dreamgirls, Naked Among Wolves, Pina, Look Who's Back, Love Steaks, Mute, Home for the Weekend.

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

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
Duration01:36

    The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:40

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    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryGermany

    13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:09

    Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love and romance, Leni who runs a coffee shop and has just been ditched by her long term boyfriend, and Vivienne who ends up falling in love with a puppy-eyed pasta designer with 21 dogs.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryGermany

    Taking place at the Concentration camp Buchenwald at the end of March 1945, prisoner Hans Pippig discovers in a carrying case of an incoming prisoner a Jewish child. If reported the three-year-old is sure to die. On the other hand, a violation of the rules of the camp would threaten the long prepared uprising of the concentration camp prisoners against the SS.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremusical, documentary
    CountryGermany, France, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:12

    Adolf Hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in Berlin, with no knowledge of anything that happened after 1945. Homeless and destitute. Although everyone recognizes him, nobody believes that he is Hitler; instead, they think he is either a comedian, or a method actor.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:29

    A luxury hotel. Steaks frizzle, muffintops getting massaged. Clemens (rare) joins the wellness area as a rookie. Lara (well-done) needs to assert herself in the kitchen pack. The elevator brings the two of them together. They encounter each other, until they clash.

    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: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:25

    On the request of his mother Gitte, Marko, who has been living in Berlin for years, drives off to the countryside to visit his parents. His hopes of spending a quiet and relaxing time with his family fall short when Gitte surprises everyone by revealing that she has recovered after a long mental illness. Marko is the only one who respects her wish from now on to be treated as a full member of this family and, as a result, ends up tipping more than just the delicate balance of his parent’s seemingly harmonious relationship.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:42

    East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:45

    A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.

    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: 5.6
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:21

    "The Crocodiles" are celebrating the birthday of Hannes and the beginning of the best summer vacation they have ever had. Although the boys have grown and developed different interests, the band remains united against all odds. During a wild karts race that ends in a terrible accident, Frank is taken to hospital by ambulance. His life is in danger: he needs a transplant from a close relative to save his life. The only possible donor is his brother, Dennis, who was put behind bars by the Crocodiles with their teammate Kevin. Time is running out, but true friends never give up! With the help of Jenny and Hannes' mother , the band surprises us with a bold plan

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryGermany

    A young man struggles with the pressure of caring for his terminally ill father while trying to unlock a secret that his father seems determined to keep from him. The story takes another dramatic turn when Ron, Burghardt’s long-lost friend from his youth, re-appears — and a well-kept family secret is uncovered.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, China, USA
    Duration01:41

    An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryBelgium, Germany

    Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:53

    Mr. Müller is not satisfied with his new work at the Goethe-Gesamtschule. The early getting up and correcting exams annoy him. Director Gerster wants to improve the image of the Goethe-Gesamtschule because she wants to be a symbol of the new company. To achieve this, she wants to take away the partnership from the Schillergymnasium with a Thai school. So, Mr. Müller, Mrs. Schnabelstedt and the 10b must go on a school trip to Thailand.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:52

    The sequel of the "Men in the city" movie which reunites all the characters.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration02:25

    The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryGermany, France
    Duration01:18

    Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryFrance, Germany, Armenia, Monaco
    Duration01:42

    The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genreaction
    CountryGermany

    The "Bloods" are the most intimidating and violent gang in the city. A lawless city... where gangs rule the streets... The vicious and blood thirsty murderer Slater is their leader. The city is his domain... he rules! There are those who are not members of gangs such as Mikey and his friends. Mikey lives on the edge, he is daring and always in trouble and fights. His brother Mathis and his friends try to avoid trouble at any cost. Revenge becomes the motive to Mikey when his brother Mathis goes missing and is killed..... Written by Generation X Group GmbH

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryGermany, Denmark

    Successful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryGermany, Austria
    Duration02:20

    A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and to his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world, an epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur.

    Markimdb: 4
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:25

    A pair of Tactical Units Police Officers from different walks of life come together to rescue an ambassador's daughter.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryRomania, Germany, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic
    Duration01:15

    "I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryGermany, Norway
    Duration01:37

    Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in Norway for the last 20 years, is a “war child”; the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. She enjoys a happy family life with her mother, her husband, daughter and granddaughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealments and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or the lie it is based on?

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryMexico, Germany

    Miguel and Johnny know each other since childhood. They are dedicated to skate and have fun. To earn easy money and continue skating, they sell their own blood to a clandestine contact in a hospital. The activity becomes business until a large transaction is not as they imagined.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, short
    CountryGermany
    Duration00:21

    A 30-sth. businessman gets stuck on a man-eating traffic island in the middle of a forest for an entire year.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany

    The film tells different stories in a kind of parallel Germany about love, affection and hatred.

    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: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:59

    Hanna and Simon are in a 20 year marriage with an unexiting relationship. By chance, they both meet and start separate affairs with Adam. Adam has no idea that his two lovers are married, until they are all found out when Hanna becomes pregnant, with the natural doubts stemming from their situation.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg
    Duration01:31

    A teenage girl helps an escaped fugitive flee Germany into France, after extracting a promise that he will help her commit suicide.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama
    CountrySerbia, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia

    Circles (Serbian: Krugovi) is a Serbian movie based on the true story of a Serbian soldier who risked his life to protect a Muslim civilian during the war in Bosnia. During the war in Bosnia in 1993, a Serbian soldier pays for his life after protecting a Muslim civilian from being attacked by three other soldiers. 12 years later, the consequences of this act of heroism are still having their repercussions.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:38

    Erik has is own motorbike workshop in a sleepy little town. He may have the telling word ‘scoundrel’ tattooed onto his lower arm but he nonetheless creates an impression of a well-behaved average Joe. His relationship with his girlfriend Julia is going well and her daughter Linda is very fond of her new Dad. But then all of a sudden the mysterious Henry appears and begins following him about like a sinister shadow. The more Erik tries to shake off his diabolical guest the more Henry intrudes into his life. But then when a violent gangster named Keitel enters the fray and threatens not only Erik but Julia and Linda, Erik’s seemingly ideal world begins to run off the rails.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryFrance, Germany
    Duration02:05

    In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family
    CountryGermany

    Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in the middle of thunderstorm and land in Foggy Lane. Santa is on the run from the ruthless Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and his army of nutcrackers who have outlawed all of the old magical ways and have transformed the bright and peaceful Christmas world into a dark and hostile place, governed by greed and money. Goblynch has banned work for all Santas and confined the Christmas angels to tiny prison cells, where they can no longer hear the dearest wishes of children. Goblynch also wants to force Santa Niklas Goodfellow, the last real Santa, to work for his commercialized Christmas company and forces him to do hard labour in the ordering department of the Christmas Palace.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:13

    15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she has nobody she can trust. When corrupt businessman Thomas Backer sends five killers after Nina, witness protection officer, Max, a former special-forces soldier, is responsible for her safety. They soon overcome their initial distance to find common ground. While on the run from the ruthless Backer, Rudi, one of Max’s former comrades, comes to their rescue – and continues to help the two out of some precarious situations. Even Max’s ex-girlfriend Sara is not just there to help him as a federal prosecutor. Nevertheless, Nina and Max face ever-increasing danger, and soon the teenager is not the only one in need of a guardian angel – Max could use one too.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:40

    A girl who always tends to fall in love with the wrong guy meets one who believes the world is coming to an end next Tuesday.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:53

    An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, drama, cartoon
    CountryChile, Germany

    María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at the service of the military dictatorship ruled by Augusto Pinochet—, is punished for having lost three pigs, so she decides to run away and take refuge in an abandoned house hidden in the forest.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, military
    CountryAustralia, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:48

    Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, sport
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:54

    A former Olympic champion wants to compete in the Berlin Marathon one last time.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, Bulgaria, Austria
    Duration02:22

    A group of German construction workers set out for a foreign construction site in the Bulgarian province. The strange country awakens adventure feelings among the men. At the same time, they are confronted with their prejudices and mistrust. For two of the men, a nearby village becomes the stage for a competition for the recognition and favor of the village.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genredrama, military, biography, sport
    CountryGermany, Croatia
    Duration01:43

    Based on the true story of Max Schmeling. A national hero in the 1930's when he became World heavyweight champion. He lost favour with the Nazi regime when he lost to a black man, Joe Louis, and is sent to the front in the hope he will be killed in battle.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, France
    Duration02:08

    Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Clemens Meyer's novel about a group of East German friends right after the fall of the Wall.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:08

    An overwhelmed family man (Bastian Pastewka) starts to produce counterfeit money in his own run down print shop.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:45

    It is the summer of 1980 in East Germany and, alone, Barbara is confined to living and working as a doctor in a small provincial town - her punishment for attempting to emigrate to the West. She has only one focus; to escape and for this, she has to wait patiently. Until Andre, her supervisor in the hospital, takes her off course. Are his motives of love or duty to the authorities? The day-to-day pretense, and content supervision slowly take their toll as the tension builds.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryGermany, Netherlands, France, Canada

    An adaptation of Doblin's text to 2015 Berlin to tell the story of 30-year-old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat which crossed the Mediterranean illegally. Without citizenship papers, Francis is drawn into the underbelly of the city.




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