German movies about cool guys

List of the best German films about tough guys, selected by visitors to our site: F9, Death Race: Beyond Anarchy, Bastille Day, The Expendables, The Bourne Legacy, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Iron Sky: The Coming Race, Hitman: Agent 47, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, The Man with the Iron Heart.

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: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, Germany

Dominic Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he’s going to save those he loves most. His crew joins together to stop a world-shattering plot led by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered: a man who also happens to be Dom’s forsaken brother, Jakob.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
Duration01:02

Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, Germany
Duration02:25

Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany, Bulgaria, China, Spain
Duration01:43

    Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert, heavy weapons specialist, demolitionist, and a loose-cannon sniper. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.

    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: 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: 5
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryFinland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom
      Duration02:23

      Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. The truth behind the creation of mankind will be revealed when an old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity they must fight the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race and their army of dinosaurs.

      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.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Germany, Belgium
        Duration01:46

        Since his triumphant rise to power in the original blockbuster "The Scorpion King", Mathayus' kingdom has fallen and he's lost his queen to plague. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew. Starring Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") and Billy Zane ("Titanic"), and featuring 6-time WWE champion Dave Bautista and UFC star Kimbo Slice, "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption" takes "The Mummy" phenomenon to an all-new level of epic action and non-stop adventure.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, thriller, military, biography
        CountryUSA, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Hungary
        Duration02:07

        With the Third Reich is at his peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhardt Heydrich – head of the SS, the Gestapo and the architect of the Final Solution.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryGermany
        Duration02:10

        A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryGermany, Italy
        Duration01:44

        The breath-taking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, one said a radical No: Georg Elser, disparaged as an assassin, is one of the greatest resistance fighters.

        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: 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: 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
        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: 3
        Genredrama, music, biography
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:34

        The life story of German gangsta rapper, Bushido.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy
        CountryGermany, Liechtenstein, France
        Duration01:46

        In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have preferred) from Nazi-Berlin, and finds himself in the legendary Hotel Lux, the 'lost paradise' of the Comintern, in Moscow. Everyone believes that Zeisig is a man named Hansen, Hitler's personal astrologer. But Zeisig quickly realizes that he's gone from the frying pan into the fire. In the Hotel Lux he meets his friends Frida and later Meyer again, still passionate communists. For the three idealists an adventure between love and death begins to run his course.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genreaction, drama, military, biography
        CountryGermany, France, Poland
        Duration01:48

        Run Boy Run is the true story of Jurek, an eight-year-old boy, who escapes from the Warsaw ghetto, then manages to survive in the woods and working as a farmhand, disguising himself as a Polish orphan. He encounters people who will betray him for a reward, who will beat him up or try to kill him, and he meets those, who will do and risk almost everything to help him. Jurek’s resilience is put to the ultimate test, when an accident cripples him, making it harder to find work. But he struggles on against all odds. Eventually the Russians reach his area and Jurek even finds a family where he could stay. Yet he is betrayed again, and a young man from a Jewish orphanage forcefully tries to bring Jurek back to his people and his faith.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:33

        Öllers and Niederländer have everything under control. For the past six years, the two successful business consultants have been traveling through some of the seediest countries around the world in order to satisfy their clients greed. They have achieved almost everything, but there is one career move left: to finally become a partner in the company! When they find out that their team colleague Hellinger made the cut, they are at their wits end. Up or Out is the name of the game. The fact that Hellinger falls from an office window for no explainable reason doesnt seem to help the situation. Of all people, the young and ambitious Bianca steps in for Hellinger. Öllers and Niederländer are irritated, sarcasm spreads, neuroses break out. The fight for survival within the company takes its toll the AGE OF CANNIBALS dawns.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryGermany

        Four men, betrayed by the bank, unite to take revenge.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genredrama, history
        CountryFrance, Germany, Netherlands
        Duration01:54

        Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum into a magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.

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

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

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, adventure, family, biography
        CountryGermany
        Duration02:11

        A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

        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: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryGermany, Austria
        Duration02:15

        Without warning a father comes to visit his daughter abroad. He believes that she lost her humor and therefore surprises her with a rampage of jokes.

        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: 6.3
        Genremelodrama, drama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
        Duration01:44

        In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.

        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: 5.8
        Genreadventure, family
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:30

        New summer adventure of the Crocodiles, who set up their detective skills to find out who is behind the accidents of the factory where Ollie and Mary's parents work , which could mean the closure of the plant, the move of the family and the dissolution of the gang.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:34

        Lukas, 20, is a prisoner in his own body. As a pre-op transgendered person, he is constantly finding himself trapped in uncomfortable, compromising positions. His best friend, Ine introduces him to the gay scene in Cologne where he meets the confident and gorgeous, Fabio. The two develop a romantic relationship that tests the boundaries of love. ROMEOS forgoes stereotypes and conventions to offer an honest and humorous examination of the most basic of human conditions: friendship, sex, and love.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:34

        Hartmut Mackowiak, a German taxi driver, tries to help 6 year old Turkish girl to find her mother.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama
        CountryNorway, Germany, Iraq
        Duration01:45

        Before Snowfall starts with a dramatic escape: Eighteen year-old Nermin runs away from her wedding in a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. Being the elder of the family, her younger brother Siyar becomes responsible for finding her and restoring the family reputation. The mission proves a dangerous one for the inexperienced Siyar. First stop is Istanbul, where he meets Elvin, a young girl who becomes his travel companion. On the way from east to west, through Europe and all the way to Norway, Siyar comes to realize his own need for respect, and for love.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, history
        CountryGermany, Austria, Luxembourg

        A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.

        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: 6.3
        Genrehorror
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:03

        When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryGermany
        Duration02:04

        After losing his brick laying job, Christian begins to work at a supermarket.

        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: 7.4
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
        CountryGermany

        Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:50

        A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all...

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany
        Duration02:14

        Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
        CountryGermany
        Duration02:03

        Henry is a playboy who has no idea that he is the father of a beautiful, cute girl out of a One-night-Stand. Her mother left the daughter in front of Henry door after her husband realized after 8 years of marriage that he is not the father so their relationship now is breaking up... By the way: Kokowääh, is how a German (in this case an 8 Year old child) that has never heard the dish before - would pronounce "Coq Au Vin" (chicken in a wine sauce).

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genremelodrama, biography
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:42

        After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryGermany, Turkey
        Duration02:26

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        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrecomedy
        CountryGermany

        A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryFrance, Germany

        Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrecomedy
        CountryGermany
        Duration01:48

        Confirmed bachelor Paul falls for Iris, who’s unfortunately as good as married. Although his friends have women problems of their own, and all end up moving into Paul’s apartment, they concoct a daring plan to help Paul save Iris from marrying the wrong man.

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

        Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genredrama
        CountryGermany
        Duration02:27

        The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam and became a victim of the Holocaust.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, military
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:58

        Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?




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