German movies about killers

List of the best German killer movies selected by visitors to our site: The Golden Glove, Red Dragon, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The House That Jack Built, In Her Name, Tschiller: Off Duty, A Conspiracy of Faith, Polar, The Nile Hilton Incident, The Guardians.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, crime, biography
CountryGermany, France
Duration01:04

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:04

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, drama, crime
CountryGermany, France, Spain, USA
Duration02:27

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryDenmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
Duration02:43

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryFrance, Germany
Duration01:40

In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.

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

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Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryDenmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration02:10

An old note is found in a bottle in Jutland which has travelled across the ocean for a long time. The note is hard to decipher, but when the Danish investigators from Section Q receive it, the odd personalities within the section find a new angle on it and try to unveil yet another old and diabolic case even though the lead is cold.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:58

When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

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: 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: 5.7
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: 6
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:29

    Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredocumentary
    CountryGermany

    Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work of the exceptional artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
    Duration02:32

      An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:04

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

      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: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, history
      CountryGermany, Poland
      Duration01:38

      A disfigured concentration-camp survivor, unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.

      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: 7.1
      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: 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: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom
      Duration02:10

      Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryRussia, Germany
      Duration01:35

      Billy is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's boyfriend, Andy, Billy finds herself trapped in the studio one night and is horrified to see a snuff film being made. Billy escapes and, with the help of her sister, Kate, alerts authorities about what she saw. Unfortunately, in doing so, she makes an enemy of the Russian mafia, who funded the snuff film.

      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: 5.2
      Genrecomedy
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:38

      Two girls from very different social backgrounds discover, at the age of 25, that they had been switched at birth.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryGermany, Belgium

      The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
      CountryGermany, Italy
      Duration02:16

      Inspired by real events and spanning three eras of German history, film tells the story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of boyfriend, and vows to destroy the relationship. What neither of them knows is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.

      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: 6
      Genredocumentary
      CountryGermany, Lithuania

      Every year, on the 9th of May, people gather in Treptower Park in Berlin. They come dressed in their best outfits or in Soviet military uniform. They carry flags, banners and posters. They lay flowers at the monument to the Soviet soldier; they sing, dance and drink. They celebrate the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.The film is a direct reportage from Treptower Park 72 years after the victory.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryGermany, Austria
      Duration02:11

      Özge Dogruol, a young Vienna based taxi driver of Turkish origin. She witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The offender seems to be a crazed serial killer and he is convinced that Özge has seen him. A life-and-death struggle ensues.

      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: 5.5
      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: 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: 6.3
      Genredrama
      CountryRussia, Netherlands, Germany
      Duration02:07

      A chance meeting between Nicolai and Nina, a friend from the past, makes Nicolai return to an abandoned hotel in which, many years ago, he experienced his only love, full of tragedy and an overwhelming feeling.

      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: 4.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryGermany

      A German man fells in love with a Turkish woman and changes his lifestyle for her family.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama
      CountryGermany, France
      Duration01:50

      Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical teenage interests, but when she’s at home with her family she follows the teachings of the Society of St. Paul and their traditionalist interpretation of Catholicism. Everything that Maria thinks and does must be examined before God. And since the Lord is a strict shepherd, she lives in constant fear of committing some misconduct...

      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: 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: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryCanada, Mexico, Germany, South Africa
      Duration02:15

      With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

      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: 5.1
      Genrecomedy
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:28

      Toni and Marc want to divorce, because the great passion seems to be extinguished after 15 years of marriage. It should be a consensual separation, but the new beginning is not so easy: Both have just the chance of a job abroad.

      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: 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: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryAustria, Luxembourg, Germany
      Duration01:36

      A "romantic comedy" based loosely on the suicide of the poet Henrich von Kleist in 1811.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:28

      An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredrama
      CountryMexico, Germany
      Duration02:00

      After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable.

      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
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryGermany, France
      Duration01:18

      Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.

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

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




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