German movies thrillers

List of the best German thriller movies selected by visitors to our site: A Cure for Wellness, Resident Evil: Retribution, Don't. Get. Out!, Heilstätten, Werewolf, A Pure Place, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Prime Time, 7500, The Marco Effect, Bermuda Triangle North Sea.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:52

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

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: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryGermany

    Taking his kids to school with the car, Berlin real estate developer Karl gets a call from a blackmailer: If he doesn’t pay up, the car will blow up. A deadly race against time begins.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryGermany

    Group of Youtubers enter an abandoned surgery ward for 24-hour challenge, hoping to go viral. They will soon learn that they're not welcome.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, military, history
    CountryPoland, Netherlands, Germany

    Summer of 1945. A temporary orphanage is established in an abandoned palace surrounded by forests for the eight children liberated from the Gross-Rosen camp. Hanka, also a former inmate, becomes their guardian. After the atrocities of the camp, the protagonists slowly begin to regain what is left of their childhood but the horror returns quickly. Camp Alsatians roam the forests around. Released by the SS earlier on, they have gone feral and are starving. Looking for food they besiege the palace. The children are terrified and their camp survival instinct is triggered.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryGermany, Greece

    A tale of dirt, soap, and magic set in a cult on a remote Greek island.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySweden, Germany, Denmark

    It is Midsummer's Eve and ten people are on a deserted castle for a TV recording. The next morning the program leader is shot dead. Kvällspressens Annika Bengtzon a mandate to monitor the murder, but she soon learns that her best friend Anne Snapphanevägen is one of the ten suspects. When the police released all one after another - all except Anne - it becomes personal for Bengtzon who will do anything to exonerate her friend.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryGermany, Austria, USA

    When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryDenmark, Germany

    When 14-year-old Marco, a homeless Romani boy, is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and his Department Q team are tasked with finding the connection. The old case contains several suspicious elements: The public servant was accused of pedophilia shortly before he disappeared, and his case was closed unusually quickly. But the silent, traumatized Marco refuses to talk to them and it's not long before he's on the run from those who intend to kill him because of what he knows.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure
    CountryGermany

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    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryMexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
    Duration01:45

    Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
    CountryLuxembourg, Germany, Portugal
    Duration01:50

    Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration03:00

    Discover the shocking secret behind one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century in this powerful, exhilarating, world war two thriller. When a chance encounter throws a young engineer into the depths of a deadly plot he begins a race against time to uncover a secret that could throw the world into shock. But when money, politics and the girl he loves all enter the picture too, the game starts to get even more complicated...

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:20

    A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Romania, Germany, France
    Duration01:30

    When Max, who is recovering from a traumatic accident, takes a job as a nighttime security guard, he begins to see visions of a young mysterious woman in the store's mirror.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:34

    Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When their guide has a bad fall, two of the girls in the group frantically set off to seek help while Denis, the young American, stays behind. Armin, a former East German border guard suddenly appears from nowhere. Out of sheer desperation, Denis allows Armin to lead them and their unconscious guide to safety and it is at this moment that Denis realizes he has just made the biggest mistake of his life!

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryGermany

    After 14 years of prism Nabil is released and thrown back into his live.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryPhilippines, France, United Kingdom, Germany
    Duration02:00

    A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, documentary, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:54

    In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Poitras is a great and brave filmmaker, but she is also a masterful storyteller: she compresses the many days of questioning, waiting, confirming, watching the world’s reaction and agonizing over the next move, into both a great character study of Snowden and a narrative that will leave you on the edge of your seat as it inexorably moves toward its conclusion.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
    CountryGermany

    After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary
    Duration01:51

    Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrehorror, action, thriller
    CountryCanada, Germany
    Duration01:32

    A stranger named Silas flees from a devastating storm and finds refuge with Tom and Gillian on their farm. While struggling with the Storm, Silas seems to be the only one who can help Tom and Gillian to find their son but there are other more dangerous forces out there, that are waiting for the three.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryGermany, Czech Republic

    After most of her family is murdered in a terrorist bombing, a young woman is unknowingly lured into joining the very group that killed them.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:06

    Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Republic of Ireland

    When her boyfriend Ben suddenly dies in an accident, mother-to-be Charlotte collapses upon receiving the news. She wakes up in Ben’s family home, a crumbling old manor house in the middle of nowhere with Ben’s overbearing mother and his controlling stepbrother who are determined to care for her. Grief-stricken and increasingly haunted by visions possibly brought on by the pregnancy, Charlotte begins to doubt the family's intentions and her suspicions grow that they may be trying to control her and her unborn baby.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France
    Duration01:58

      A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryIran, Germany
      Duration01:30

      In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted are difficult to perceive.

      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: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France, China
      Duration02:17

      The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

      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: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
      CountryGermany, United Kingdom
      Duration01:38

        As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, military
        CountryIsrael, Germany, Belgium
        Duration01:39

        Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a very close, almost fatherly relationship to him. Now 17, Sanfur tries to navigate between Razi’s demands and his loyalty to his brother, living a double life and lying to both men. Co-written by director Yuval Adler and Ali Waked—an Arab journalist who spent years in the West Bank—Bethlehem gives an unparalleled, moving and authentic portrait of the complex reality behind the news.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, biography
        CountryGermany

        It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryTurkey, Germany

        After months without pay, the already disgruntled crew on a Turkish cargo ship arrives in an Egyptian port and learns that the Port Authority is foreclosing on them. Ordered to anchor offshore, the remaining skeleton crew has their passports seized and must maintain the vessel until its owner’s debts are paid. Tensions quickly arise between the authoritarian Cypriot captain, his devoutly religious second-in-command, an affable cook, and a trio of newcomers to the ship—a pair of druggie ne’er-do-wells and the near-mute, hulking Kurd. As months pass, food and entertainment dwindle, alliances shift, and the men take out their raw frustration on one another.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, drama, short
        CountryGermany, Austria
        Duration01:27

        A divorced father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every second weekend, but after a while Lea can't help feeling that something isn't right. So begins a fateful journey.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
        CountrySpain, Germany, France

        Successful architect Jeremy Angust is approached on his trip to the Tokyo International Airport by a chatty girl called Texel Textor. She is a strange young woman who seems to be looking for captive victims whom she forces to listen to her strange stories. Jeremy loses the flight because of Texel and once they are installed in the lounge area, he will not be able to get rid of the annoying stranger. Although the meeting seems fortuitous, soon there be a turn that will transform the character of that encounter into something much more sinister and criminal.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryDenmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
        Duration01:54

        Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q members leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller
        CountryLuxembourg, Germany, United Kingdom

        A wide variety of Iraqis in exile meet at Café Abu Nawas in London, including the architect Amal, the poet Taufiq and the gay IT specialist Muhannad. They all want to finally feel free in London - something that was denied them in their homeland. But adversity threatens...

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryGermany

        15-year-old Caro is one of the inconspicuous students in her school. One day she get noted by a handsome, wealthy Turkish guy who is 5 years older than her. Since they start seeing each other she turns into a totally different person

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryGermany

        A team of Special Ops elite soldiers, led by Captain Gus, formed a strong allegiance in battle. Gus is forced to bring the team back into action including a persuasive ex-priest Andreas "Doc" Clemens and fighter Benjamin Scholz when their ex-Commander's daughter is kidnapped. However, the teams' loyalties are tested when a member is framed for shooting another member. Together, Gus and the team must use all their skills in weaponry, martial arts, brute force and technology. The mission to track down the force behind the kidnapping causes the team to sacrifice their lives to uncover the truth, save the daughter and deliver justice - ultimate justice!

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