German movies about spies

List of the best German movies about spies selected by visitors to our site: A Most Wanted Man, The Operative, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Charlie's Angels, Hanna, Bridge of Spies, Atomic Blonde, The Lives of Others, Hitman: Agent 47, The Bourne Supremacy.

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: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany
Duration02:02

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance, Israel, Germany, USA, United Kingdom
Duration02:02

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany
Duration02:07

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genreaction, comedy, adventure
CountryGermany, USA

When a systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels from across the globe are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect society.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany
Duration01:51

A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, history
CountryUSA, Germany, India
Duration02:39

    During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

    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: 8.4
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryGermany, France
      Duration02:17

      A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system.

      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: 7.7
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France
        Duration01:48

          When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:38

          Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
          Duration01:50

          A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

          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: 6.6
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA, Germany, China, Japan
          Duration03:07

          When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryGermany

          Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a double agent is targeted by the American foreign intelligence service CIA.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genreaction, comedy, drama, military
          CountryGermany, Austria, USA
          Duration01:45

          A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will end the war.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
          Duration03:00

          A young woman finds out that her mother worked as a spy for the British Secret Service during World War II and has been on the run ever since.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryGermany, France, Spain, USA
          Duration02:35

          While James More is held captive by terrorists in Somalia, thousands of miles away on the Greenland Sea, his lover Danny Flinders prepares to dive herself in a submersible into the deep bottom of the ocean, tormented by the memories of their brief encounter in France and her inability to know his whereabouts.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genredrama
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:10

          While searching for a condo in Berlin for his father, Nick meets Philipp, a young talented photographer and a gorgeous actress named Lilli. There is instant chemistry and both are easily seduced by Nick's charms. Lilli and Philipp begin to explore their relationship with the sexy visitor, succumbing to their passionate affections for him which intensifies their volatile emotional and physical bonds. But what Philipp and Lilli don't realize is that they are being lured into Nick's manipulative..and deadly, love game.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genremelodrama, drama, history
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:43

          Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the East German secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrethriller, drama, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
          Duration01:32

          It is 1944 and the D-Day invasion has failed, Germany's army have successfully invaded England and the Nazi war-machine is now heading west towards Wales. A group of women in an isolated Welsh village near the English border wake up to discover all of the their husbands have mysteriously vanished. They have headed into the mountains to join the Resistance.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genredocumentary
          CountryChile, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Spain

          When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new resident—and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.

          Markimdb: 8.3
          Genreaction, comedy, drama, military
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration02:33

          In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

          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: 5.6
          Genremelodrama, drama, short
          CountryGermany
          Duration00:38

          The story is about a woman who lives alone. Her son went to his father in another place. The first character is a maid in a hotel to serve the people. First, she got some serious problems in her job. She couldn't take care of both, her job and her son. Her supervisor solved some her problems because he was a good man and may like her. She was not rich and proud, she listened her colleague advice about sex because she didn't have sex for about seven years. She went accidentally to a room who a blind man is living. He was naked after a shower and he talked on his phone. after that, he looked for his socks but he touched the maid body that listened his conversation and be completely quiet. then they started to do sex.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, family, history
          CountryGermany, France, USA

          Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:24

          Breathtaking in its subtle beauty, Harvest is an achingly romantic tale of an innocent but ever increasingly passionate affair that develops between two simple farmhands. Life on a farm is all that sullen teen Marco knows- leading a perfunctory and quiet life of working, going to school and avoiding the advances of girls. However, his self-imposed solitude ends when curly-haired Jakob, rejecting the banking world for farming, arrives to train on the farm. Although initially cautious and tentative with each other, it is soon obvious that the unspoken sexual tension is becoming increasingly hard to resist - something a spontaneous trip to Berlin. Proving that true love can blossom in even the most unlikely of places, Harvest is as rich and rewarding as it is heart-warming.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:24

          You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.

          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: 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: 6.8
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryCzech Republic, Slovakia, Germany
          Duration01:40

          In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.

          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: 5.5
          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: 6.6
          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: 7.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:42

          Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

          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: 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: 6.5
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:46

          U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

          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: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, sport
          CountryHungary, Germany

          Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon after his arrival he meets Áron and a mutual attraction between the two boys develops when suddenly Szabolcs receives an unexpected phone call from Bernard: he has arrived to Hungary...

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

          Two outsiders travel around the countryside during school holidays.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden
          Duration01:55

          In Stockholm, Sweden, hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by Frans Balder, a computer engineer, to retrieve a program that he believes it is too dangerous to exist.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:40

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          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama
          CountryGermany

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

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:19

          A wolf strives through the woods around an isolated German village. Jakob the young local police officer is onto him, but scents something more in the darkness. What he finds is a man, it seems, wild eyed, of wiry build, in a dress. He carries a katana, a Samurai sword. When the Samurai invites Jakob to follow him on his crusade towards the village, it becomes Jakob's mission to pursue the lunatic to end this wanton destruction. At the end of the night Jakob has experienced too much, is too far from whom he once was. Something hidden has been unleashed to meet the first rays of daylight.

          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: 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: 5.5
          Genreadventure, family, cartoon
          CountryGermany, Belgium
          Duration01:31

          Four crazy antiheroes on the run. Their leader is the unworldly innocent, naive Marnie, a house cat who is not allowed to leave the house and only knows about real life from television

          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: 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.




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