Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "speaking-german"

1. Shutter Island (2010)

R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 1,456,701 | Gross: $128.01M

2. X: First Class (2011)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Sci-Fi

In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.

Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon

Votes: 723,691 | Gross: $146.41M

3. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

R | 169 min | Drama, War

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Votes: 1,496,465 | Gross: $216.54M

4. The Last Duel (2021)

R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History

The Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter

Votes: 182,100 | Gross: $10.85M

5. Kindergarten Cop (1990)

PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt

Votes: 162,672 | Gross: $91.46M

6. A Bug's Life (1998)

G | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | Stars: Kevin Spacey, David Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere

Votes: 314,528 | Gross: $162.80M

7. Superman Returns (2006)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden

Votes: 291,355 | Gross: $200.08M

8. Counterpart (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A hapless UN employee discovers that the agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension that's in a cold war with our own, and where his other self is a top spy. The war slowly heats up thanks to spies from both sides.

Stars: J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Nazanin Boniadi

Votes: 30,978

9. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime

In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.

Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin

Votes: 153,910 | Gross: $63.49M

10. Unknown (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

When a man awakens from a coma only to discover that someone has taken on his identity, he teams up with a young woman to prove who he is.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn

Votes: 269,366 | Gross: $63.69M

11. The Debt (I) (2010)

R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller

In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain

Votes: 71,879 | Gross: $31.18M

12. Red Tails (2012)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Drama, History

A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Gerald McRaney, David Oyelowo, Andre Royo

Votes: 37,247 | Gross: $49.88M

13. Krampus (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman

Votes: 84,073 | Gross: $42.59M

14. Lilies of the Field (1963)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama

A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino

Votes: 13,575

15. Death Ship (1980)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes

Votes: 5,690

16. Bear Island (1979)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee

Votes: 2,733

17. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Romance

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis, David Horne

Votes: 9,175

18. Savage Attraction (I) (1983)

R | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

Horrific true tale set in late-1970s Australia and later West Germany about an abused wife who learns in horror that her sadistic German-born husband is actually a fanatical neo-Nazi.

Director: Frank Shields | Stars: Kerry Mack, Ralph Schicha, Gabriella Barraket, Judy Nunn

Votes: 376

19. Two of Us (2000 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In 1976, John Lennon and Paul McCartney have a chat about their lives and discuss whether The Beatles will ever reunite.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Jared Harris, Ric Reid, Martin Martinuzzi

Votes: 1,123

20. Charlotte (III) (2021)

Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon's life in the south of France between 1941 and 1943, before she was sent to Auschwitz during World War II. Inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?".

Directors: Tahir Rana, Éric Warin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Marion Cotillard, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 477

21. The Silence of the Sea (1949)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance, War

In occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Ami Aaröe

Votes: 5,656

22. Seize the Day (1986)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama

Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job, but what really gets to Tommy is seeing both his friends and family turning their backs on him one after the other. He tries to seize the day - in vain.

Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Robin Williams, Richard B. Shull, David Bickford, Glenne Headly

Votes: 1,527

23. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Adventure

A behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).

Director: David Gregory | Stars: Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys

Votes: 4,412

24. Hitler: A Career (1977)

Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History

This meticulously assembled film dissects the Third Reich with an analytical blade, charting Hitler's improbable rise, his mastery of crowd psychology and his consummate skill in exploiting others' weaknesses.

Directors: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer | Stars: Gert Westphal, Stephen Murray, Artur Axmann, General Bergeret

Votes: 3,033

25. The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.

Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen

Votes: 5,920

26. The House on 92nd Street (1945)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart

Votes: 3,294

27. Background to Danger (1943)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A German spy ring plans to publicize a false rumor that Russia, who is fighting Germany, plans to invade neutral Turkey in order to ally them with the Nazis.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre

Votes: 1,583

28. Remembrance (2011)

105 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A Polish man rescues a Jewish woman during the chaos of WWII, but they become separated until a chance encounter over 30 years later in New York reunites them.

Director: Anna Justice | Stars: Alice Dwyer, Mateusz Damiecki, Dagmar Manzel, Lech Mackiewicz

Votes: 2,335

29. The Savage Peace (2015 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

When the Second World War ended, the people of liberated Europe celebrated their freedom from Nazi tyranny. Their years of suffering had ended, but for millions of Germans, the end of the conflict opened a new and terrible chapter.

Director: Peter Molloy | Stars: Christa Ronke, Marianne Becker, Meda Mládek, Stanislava Zverinova

Votes: 310

30. The Wooden Horse (1950)

101 min | Drama, History, War

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany.

Directors: Jack Lee, Ian Dalrymple | Stars: Leo Genn, David Tomlinson, Anthony Steel, David Greene

Votes: 1,595

31. Tank Force (1958)

Approved | 86 min | Drama, War

During WW2 in North Africa, an American sergeant serving with the British 8th Army is captured by the Germans but he hatches various plans of escape from the POW camp.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Victor Mature, Leo Genn, Anthony Newley, Bonar Colleano

Votes: 388

32. Party Girl (I) (2014)

96 min | Drama

An aging nightclub hostess decides to settle down and get married.

Directors: Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | Stars: Angélique Litzenburger, Joseph Bour, Mario Theis, Samuel Theis

Votes: 1,528

33. The Cross of Lorraine (1943)

Approved | 90 min | War, Drama

A group of French soldiers during WWII are captured by German troops and sent to a POW camp. There they have to make use of his best resources to stay alive - and sane, while at the same time scheming a way out.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf

Votes: 960

34. Fly Away Baby (1937)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Gordon Oliver, Hugh O'Connell

Votes: 480

35. Back from the Front (1943)

19 min | Short, Comedy, War

Set in WW II, the stooges are the only survivors of an American ship sunk by an enemy torpedo. Adrift on a raft, they come upon a German battleship and by various means, such as Moe ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone

Votes: 508

36. Crustacean (2009)

92 min | Comedy, Horror

A lobster-clawed freak from a lurid sideshow wreaks a wrath of bloody horror - through a rural community so small that only two families live there - in this outrageous parody of grind ... See full summary »

Director: L.J. Dopp | Stars: Hannah Harper, Peter Atkins, Angela Berliner, Brian Sheridan

Votes: 51

37. Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, Willard Robertson

Votes: 412

38. La Maison de la radio (2013)

Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary

Twenty-four hours in the life of Radio France, from one dawn to another. Along its corridors, inside its recording studios, with its producers, presenters, journalists and various guests. ... See full summary »

Director: Nicolas Philibert | Stars: Jean-François Achilli, Evelyne Adam, Jean-Claude Ameisen, Arno

Votes: 306 | Gross: $0.01M

39. Meet Marlon Brando (1966)

Not Rated | 28 min | Documentary, Short

Journalists from all over America meet Marlon Brando in a New York hotel room to interview him about his new film, Morituri. Seeing this as an opportunity to let the legendary actor promote... See full summary »

Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Marlon Brando, Rex Morgan, Mary Frann, Lee Murray

Votes: 375

40. Homework (I) (2016)

7 min | Short, Drama, Family

A young father (27), his twelve year old daughter, one night club, two secrets and a lie that will solve everything.

Director: Annika Pinske | Stars: Emma Frieda Brüggler, Tim Kalkhof, Matus Krajnak

Votes: 36

41. Les casse-pieds (1948)

Approved | 71 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Noël-Noël, Bernard Blier, Jean Tissier, Henri Crémieux

Votes: 95

42. It's a Hard Goth Life (2016–2021)

10 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A look at what it means to be a goth in today's society.

Stars: Bethany Kable, Robin Nicolle, Gareth James, Morgan Beattie

43. Skitser & Skygger (2012)

12 min | Short, Drama

Right before going on stage a young actress breaks up with her male co-lead, causing drama backstage. But the show must go on.

Director: Kristian Ahm | Stars: Marie Elisabet Hogsbro, Luke McQuillan

44. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode: Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom (1993)

TV-G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

November, 1916. Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin have managed to get a transfer from the European trenches to the plains of Africa. On arrival they both receive a promotion to the rank of ... See full summary »

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Paul Freeman, Freddie Jones

Votes: 200

45. 24 (2001–2010)
Episode: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (2002)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being falsely informed his daughter has been killed, the enraged Jack Bauer goes to the dock to kill the Drazens whilst the traitor at CTU tries to make a quick escape.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert

Votes: 2,603

46. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
Episode: German Week (1975)

TV-G | 28 min | Comedy

Ordered to cooperate in the store's German themed week, the Grace Brothers' staff try to find a way to get into the Teutonic spirit.

Director: David Croft | Stars: Trevor Bannister, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, John Inman

Votes: 265

47. Batman (1966–1968)
Episode: Instant Freeze (1966)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Dr. Shivel aka Mr. Freeze has returned and is seeking revenge on Batman, who accidentally spilled a freeze solution on him, being forced to live in a -50 climate. He is committing crimes involving diamonds, or "ice," in different forms. He freezes the duo, who look like goners.

Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 636

48. Combat! (1962–1967)
Episode: The Squad (1963)

60 min | Action, Drama, War

A new replacement overanxious to capture or kill Germans during a recon mission, disobeys orders and makes surprising progress.

Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Shecky Greene, Steven Rogers

Votes: 108

49. Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode: Time on My Hands (1972)

28 min | Comedy, War

The platoon is called to seize a German pilot whose parachute is caught on the church steeple clock. Getting him down is hard enough, given the language barrier. Then Jones manages to drop ... See full summary »

Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie

Votes: 139

50. Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode: An Affair to Forget (1995)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

One of Frasier's callers, a German woman named Gretchen, suspects that her husband is having an affair with his client. Frasier suspects that the woman is Maris. When Niles finds out, he challenges the (very large) man to a duel.

Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin

Votes: 1,277