Das Leben der Anderen, you can read about it here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/ One of the best movies I've seen!

Das Boot is one of the best war movies ever made, in my opinion. You should look that one up if you haven't seen it.

I've not seen many German films, but I enjoyed Lola Rennt (Run, Lola, Run).

Check out "soulkitchen" with Moritz Bleibtreu. Some call him the Brad Pitt of German TV.

The series Extr@ auf Deutsch is quite good for beginners - just search for Extr@ auf Deutsch on youtube. It is in German and also has German subtitles. It's a light hearted comedy about housemates and it gives a recap at the end of each episode in case you misunderstood anything: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urQYFFMIVJs&list=PL6AB67B348FBE5C2C

I like this question! Check out "Sonnenallee". Great insight into east Berlin in the 70's :)

Every week there is a new episode of Tatort available on www.daserste.de You can also find lots of other great videos on this website. It's also worthwhile to check out the websites of other German TV stations.

Here are 12,254 movies sorted by IMDB ranking: http://www.imdb.com/language/de

Going to move this to the German discussion, where I think it'll be more appreciated. Love this thread and want to make sure the right people add to it :)

"The life of the others". Won Oscar for best foreign movie in 2006. Great movie.

• Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FanVI8-zlsA

• Am Ende kommen Touristen (And Along Come Tourists)

http://youtu.be/Qq2jQrYG24M?t=8m

• Solino

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1568836512813

-Der Schuh des Manitu - comedy film with sarcastic German stereotypes of the Wild West -A more serious film is Bella Martha, this was later redone in English as Mostly Martha

• Jenseits der Stille (one of my favourites) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otvKzI84Klo

• Das Wunder von Bern (if you're into soccer/football): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z9XXeW1fI8

• Nirgendwo in Afrika (I like Caroline Link ;-) ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYY9Fw3MyMc

german.about.com has compiled some lists for learners of German: http://german.about.com/library/blfilm_index1.htm http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa011126b.htm

"Das Leben der Anderen," super awesome movie. I enjoyed it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

Wow, some of these films are quite heavy stuff. If you would rather like some love films, check out "what a man" with Matthias Schweighöfer or something with Til Schweiger (for example Kokowääh).

Are there some lighter films? Most listed are about war or crime; I'd like to watch some comedies

Lola Rennt

If you are a girl and into comedy/romance I recommend Til Schweiger movies :)

umm, Fassbinder.... To name a few: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant Ali: Fear Eats the Soul Angst essen Seele auf Effi Briest The Marriage of Maria Braun Die Ehe der Maria Braun Berlin Alexanderplatz

oh, and Eric Rohmer's adaptaion of Die Marquise von O

Der Untergang is a good one, it's set in Hitler's bunker, you've probably seen clips of it from parodies on YouTube.

Der Letzte Zug is pretty depressing, it's about Jews being transported to Auschwitz, via train, and their horrible conditions.

Sophie Scholl, is a biography sort of thing about the life and death of Sophie Scholl, a girl who tries to oppose the Nazis.

Das Boot

Kebab Connection

You ought to be able to browse through German channel websites and see some of the episodes (series and the like)

I find that foreign, especially English movies, dubbed are just too difficult. The great thing is that the language is neutral and actually very good, but the speed they have to talk to catch up with English... boy, that's quick!.

Subtitles in German have the problem of being... well, long. So many times they are a skeleton and they fly through the screen. I am watching "murder, she wrote" (Mord ist ihr Hobby) daily because it's somewhat simple and they have German subtitles for it.

I have looked for some bad series (I like series because of the consistency of the language and the slower plot), like Berlin, Berlin. There are tons of realities which I will not comment nor recommend, but sure they fit under "bad".

I quite like "mord mit Aussicht" and I've been looking for "komissar rex" too, although this is Austrian German, but won't hurt.

If you like science you may well have a look to Quarks & Co. I really like it.

Another recent "classic" is Goodbye Lenin

you may have a look here too

http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa011126b.htm

The four German movies I have seen, in order of preference:

"Die Fälscher" (The Counterfeiters) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/
"Das Boot" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"Lola rennt" (Run Lola Run) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/?ref_=sr_1
"Der Krieger und die Kaiserin" (The Princess and the Warrior) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203632/

I recommend Die Fälscher regardless of whether you like German movies or not. It is in my top ten list.

"Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo / We children from bahnhof zoo" is about life of drug addicts in Berlin in 80´s, I liked it much

"Die Welle" is about social experiment on german high school which does not end well

hope I helped you :)

All with subtitles... I've watched em, see what you think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPlTA5rrcc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm8Xbb8NZG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVd-YLmGk_E

Some of my favourites:

(There's some violence in the trailers)

Benny's Video (Bennys Video) Trailer: http://youtu.be/62w0j7-d4ms

Funny Games Trailer: http://youtu.be/tkbG1uSH0to

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) Trailer: http://youtu.be/_x-dJaSS3Og

Stalingrad Trailer: http://youtu.be/QHoaYW3xeRo

I like "Krabat" if you want something a little less serious.

One of my favourites is "Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" or "The Edukators" in English. Recently I have enjoyed "Wer wenn nicht wir" (If not us, who?) and "Barbara". Then there are the Wim Wenders and Rainer Werner Fassbinder back catalogues to explore. "Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari" is probably not what you are looking for but a great film.

This is a great thread, but I wonder, could you also recommend some great German Rock bands? Preferably ones that are on Spotify?

2 Klassiker aus dem vorigen Jahrhundert:
"Die Feuerzangenbowle" "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick"

amm german. he is can create a movie wait. german not won a oscar or yes ?