Best German Films (1895,1913-)

1895

"Boxing Kangaroo" (Max Skladanowsky)

1896-1902

1903

"Akt-Skulpturen Studienfilm fur bildende Kunstler" (Oskar Messter)

1904-1912

1913

"The Student Of Prague" (Paul Wegener, Stellan Rye)

1914

"Engelein" (Urban Gad)

1915

"Der Zahnteufel" (Julius Pinschewer, cartoon)

1916

"Homunculus" (Otto Rippert)

1917

"The Merry Jail" (Ernst Lubitsch)

1918

"I Don't Want To Be A Man" (Ernst Lubitsch)

1919

"The Oyster Princess" (Ernst Lubitsch)

1920

"The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari" (Robert Wiene)

1921

"Der mude Tod" (Fritz Lang)

1922

"Dr Mabuse" (Fritz Lang)

1923

"The Street" (Karl Grune)

1924

"The Last Laugh" (F.W. Murnau)

1925

"Variety" (E.A. Dupont)

1926

"Faust" (F.W. Murnau)

1927

"Metropolis" (Fritz Lang)

1928

"Spione" (Fritz Lang)

1929

"Pandora's Box" (G.W. Pabst)

1930

"The Blue Angel" (Josef von Sternberg)

1931

"M" (Fritz Lang)

1932

"The Blue Light" (Leni Riefenstahl)

1933

"The Testament Of Dr Mabuse" (Fritz Lang)

1934

"My Heart Calls You" (Carmine Gallone)

1935

"Triumph Of The Will" (Leni Riefenstahl)

1936

"Final Accord" (Douglas Sirk)

1937

"La Habanera" (Douglas Sirk)

1938

"Olympia" (Leni Riefenstahl)

1939

"Der Opernball" (Geza von Bolvary)

1940

"Jew Suss" (Veit Harlan)

1941

"Ohm Kruger" (Hans Steinhoff)

1942

"Der Grosse Konig" (Veit Harlan)

1943

"Baron Munchhausen" (Josef von Baky)

1944

"Opfergang" (Veit Harlan)

1945

"Kolberg" (Veit Harlan)

1946

"Murderers Among Us" (Wolfgang Staudte, East Germany)

1947

"Seven Journeys" (Helmut Kautner)

1948

"Berliner Ballade" (Robert A. Stemmle)

1949

"The Last Night" (Eugen York)

1950

"Heart Of Stone" (Paul Verhoeven, East Germany)

1951

"Die Sunderin" (Willi Forst)

1952

"Alraune" (Arthur Maria Rabenalt)

1953

"The Story Of Little Mook" (Wolfgang Staudte, East Germany)

1954

"Tiefland" (Leni Riefenstahl)

1955

"Ernst Thalmann: Fuhrer seiner Klasse" (Kurt Maetzig, East Germany)

1956

"Hauptmann von Kopenick" (Helmut Kautner)

1957

"The Devil Strikes At Night" (Robert Siodmak)

1958

"A Time To Love And A Time To Die" (Douglas Sirk)

1959

"The Bridge" (Bernhard Wicki)

1960

"The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Mabuse" (Fritz Lang)

1961

"Daniella By Night" (Max Pecas)

1962

"Die Parallelstrasse" (Ferdinand Khittl)

1963

"Naked Among Wolves" (Frank Beyer, East Germany)

1964

"Geliebte Weisse Maus" (Gottfried Kolditz, East Germany)

1965

"The Rabbit Is Me" (Kurt Maetzig, East Germany)

1966

"Yesterday Girl" (Alexander Kluge)

1967

"Heathens Of Kummerow" (Werner Jacobs, East Germany)

1968

"Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos" (Alexander Kluge)

1969

"Love Is Colder Than Death" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1970

"The American Soldier" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1971

"Beware Of A Holy Whore" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1972

"Aguirre: The Wrath Of God" (Werner Herzog)

1973

"The Legend Of Paul And Paula" (Heiner Carow, East Germany)

1974

1. "Alice In The Cities" (Wim Wenders)

2. "Martha" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

3. "Ali: Fear Eats The Soul" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1975

"Fox And His Friends" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1976

"Kings Of The Road" (Wim Wenders)

1977

"Stroszek" (Werner Herzog)

1978

"Seven Freckles" (Herrmann Zschoche, East Germany)

1979

"Tin Drum" (Volker Schlondorff)

1980

"Taxi zum Klo" (Frank Ripploh)

1981

"Lili Marleen" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1982

"Das Boot" (Wolfgang Petersen)

1983

"Woman In Flames" (Robert van Ackeren)

1984

"Paris, Texas" (Wim Wenders)

1985

"Sugarbaby" (Percy Adlon)

1986

"Menu Total" (Christoph Schlingensief)

1987

"Wings Of Desire" (Wim Wenders)

1988

"Bagdad Café" (Percy Adlon)

1989

"Helmut Newton: Frames From The Edge" (Adrian Maben)

1990

"The Nasty Girl" (Michael Verhoeven)

1991

"Europa, Europa" (Agnieszka Holland)

1992

"Schtonk" (Helmut Dietl)

1993

"The Wonderful, Horrible Life Of Leni Riefenstahl" (Ray Muller)

1994

"Felidae" (Michael Schaack)

1995

"Roula" (Martin Enlen)

1996

"Beyond Silence" (Caroline Link)

1997

"The Harmonists" (Joseph Vilsmaier)

1998

"Lola Rennt" (Tom Tykwer)

1999

"Aimee And Jaguar" (Max Farberbock)

2000

"Tuvalu" (Veit Helmer)

2001

"Das Experiment" (Oliver Hirschbiegel)

2002

"Sophiiie!" (Michael Hofmann)

2003

"Good Bye Lenin" (Wolfgang Becker)

2004

"Downfall" (Oliver Hirschbiegel)

2005

"Das Goebbels Experiment" (Lutz Hachmeister)

2006

"The Lives Of Others" (Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck)

2007

"Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer" (Tom Tykwer)

2008

"This Night" (Werner Schroeter)

2009

"Mein" (Detlef Bothe)

2010

"Run If You Can" (Dietrich Bruggemann)

2011

"Cracks In The Shell" (Christian Schwochow)

2012

"Lore" (Cate Shortland)

2013

"Wetlands" (David Wnendt)

2014

"Jack" (Edward Berger)

2015

"Victoria" (Sebastian Schipper)

2016

"Toni Erdmann" (Maren Ade)

2017

"Taste Of Life" (Roland Reber)

2018

"Never Look Away" (Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck)

2019

"System Crasher" (Nora Fingscheidt)

2020

"Cocoon" (Leonie Krippendorff)

2021

"Gluck" (Henrika Kull)

2022

"All Quiet On The Western Front" (Edward Berger)

2023

"One Day We'll Tell Each Other Everything" (Emily Atef)