| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1980 |
| The Candidate |
Volker Schlöndorff |
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Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| Exit Sunset Boulevard |
Bastian Clevé |
Elke Sommer, Büdiger Kuhlbrodt |
Drama |
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| Germany, Pale Mother |
Helma Sanders-Brahms |
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Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Glaube und Währung |
Werner Herzog |
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| God's Angry Man |
Werner Herzog |
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| Huie's Sermon |
Werner Herzog |
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| Palermo or Wolfsburg |
Werner Schroeter |
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Won the Golden Bear at Berlin |
| Der Preis fürs Überleben |
Hans Noever |
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Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Put on Ice |
Bernhard Sinkel |
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Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Willi Busch Report |
Niklaus Schilling |
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Entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1981 |
| Angels of Iron |
Thomas Brasch |
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Entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
| Das Boot |
Wolfgang Petersen |
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer |
War |
Based on a novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Columbia Pictures |
| Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo |
Uli Edel |
Natja Brunckhorst |
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| Day of the Idiots |
Werner Schroeter |
|
Psycho-fantasy drama |
Entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
| Die Fälschung |
Volker Schlöndorff |
Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski |
Drama |
|
| The German Sisters |
Margarethe von Trotta |
Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa |
Drama |
|
| The Inventor |
Kurt Gloor |
Bruno Ganz, Walo Lüönd |
Comedy |
|
| Lili Marleen |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini |
Drama |
|
| Lola |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl |
|
3rd part of BRD Trilogy |
| Marianne and Juliane |
Margarethe von Trotta |
Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa |
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| Mephisto |
István Szabó |
Klaus Maria Brandauer |
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Co-production with Hungary and Austria based on a story by Klaus Mann |
| Der Neger Erwin |
Herbert Achternbusch |
|
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Entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival |
| Possession |
Andrzej Żuławski |
Isabelle Adjani |
Horror |
|
| Taxi zum Klo |
Frank Ripploh |
Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup |
Drama |
|
| Trokadero |
Klaus Emmerich |
|
|
Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1982 |
| The Beastmaster |
Don Coscarelli |
|
|
|
| Comeback |
Christel Buschmann |
Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen |
Drama |
|
| Doctor Faustus |
Franz Seitz, Jr. |
|
|
Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Eine deutsche Revolution |
Helmut Herbst |
|
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Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Fitzcarraldo |
Werner Herzog |
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| The Ghost |
Herbert Achternbusch |
|
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Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Kraftprobe |
Heidi Genée |
|
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Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Parsifal |
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
|
Musical |
Screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
| Querelle |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Brad Davis, Franco Nero |
Drama |
|
| Rendezvous in Paris |
Gabi Kubach |
Claude Jade, Harald Kuhlmann, Barry Stokes |
Thriller |
Franco-German co-production |
| The State of Things |
Wim Wenders |
Patrick Bauchau, Allen Garfield |
Drama |
|
| Veronika Voss |
Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
|
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Second in the BRD Trilogy |
| Die Weiße Rose |
Michael Verhoeven |
Lena Stolze, Wulf Kessler |
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| 1983 |
| Bella Donna |
Peter Keglevic |
|
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Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival |
| Dies rigorose Leben |
Vadim Glowna |
|
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Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Sheer Madness |
Margarethe von Trotta |
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Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Die Supernasen |
Dieter Pröttel |
Thomas Gottschalk |
comedy |
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| Utopia |
Sohrab Shahid-Saless |
|
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Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| 1984 |
| Das Autogramm |
Peter Lilienthal |
|
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Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Ballad of the Little Soldier |
Werner Herzog |
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|
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| The Dark Glow of the Mountains |
Werner Herzog |
|
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| Man Under Suspicion |
Norbert Kückelmann |
|
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Won the Silver Bear at Berlin |
| The NeverEnding Story |
Wolfgang Petersen |
Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach |
Fantasy |
|
| The Noah's Ark Principle |
Roland Emmerich |
|
|
Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Where the Green Ants Dream |
Werner Herzog |
|
|
Entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1985 |
| Angry Harvest |
Agnieszka Holland |
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar |
Drama |
|
| The Berlin Affair |
Liliana Cavani |
Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally |
|
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| Colonel Redl |
István Szabó |
Klaus Maria Brandauer |
|
|
| The Death of the White Stallion |
Christian Ziewer |
|
|
Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Morenga |
Egon Günther |
|
|
Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Woman and the Stranger |
Rainer Simon |
Kathrin Waligura, Siegfried Höchst |
|
East German |
| Wodzek |
Oliver Herbrich |
|
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Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1986 |
| Flight North |
Ingemo Engström |
|
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Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Laputa |
Helma Sanders-Brahms |
|
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Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Margarethe von Trotta |
Barbara Sukowa |
|
Sukowa won Best Actress at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
| Stammheim |
Reinhard Hauff |
|
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Won the Golden Bear at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Tarot |
Rudolf Thome |
|
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Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Wahnfried |
Peter Patzak |
|
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Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1987 |
| Bagdad Cafe |
Percy Adlon |
Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance |
Comedy |
|
| Cobra Verde |
Werner Herzog |
Klaus Kinski |
|
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| Days to Remember |
Jeanine Meerapfel |
|
|
Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Nekromantik |
Jörg Buttgereit |
Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski |
|
|
| Der Stein des Todes |
Franz Josef Gottlieb |
Heather Thomas, Elke Sommer |
Action |
|
| Wings of Desire |
Wim Wenders |
|
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Won the Best Director Award at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1988 |
| The French as seen by... |
Werner Herzog |
|
|
|
| Love and Fear |
Margarethe von Trotta |
|
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Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Passenger - Welcome to Germany |
Thomas Brasch |
|
|
Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1989 |
| Black Sin |
Straub-Huillet |
|
Short |
Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Follow Me |
Maria Knilli |
|
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Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Fool's Mate |
Mathieu Carrière |
|
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Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Hard Days, Hard Nights |
Horst Königstein |
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|
|
| Himmelsheim |
Manfred Stelzer |
Elke Sommer, Sigi Zimmerschied |
Comedy |
|
| Joan of Arc of Mongolia |
Ulrike Ottinger |
|
|
Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Rosalie Goes Shopping |
Percy Adlon |
|
|
Entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Spider's Web |
Bernhard Wicki |
|
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Entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival |
| Wodaabe - Herdsmen of the Sun |
Werner Herzog |
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