List of German films of the 1990s

This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1990s.

For an alphabetical list of articles on German films see Category:German films.

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1990
Abraham's Gold	Jörg Graser			Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival
Affengeil			Documentary
Europa Europa	Agnieszka Holland	Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy	World War II Drama	1991 Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Film; 1991 Academy Award Nominee for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Herzlich willkommen	Hark Bohm			Entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
The Nasty Girl	Michael Verhoeven			Verhoeven won the Silver Bear at Berlin; 1990 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film
1991
Lebewohl, Fremde	Tevfik Başer			Screened at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
Manta, Manta		Til Schweiger	Action comedy
Malina	Werner Schroeter			Entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
Pappa Ante Portas	Loriot	Evelyn Hamann	Comedy
Success	Franz Seitz, Jr.			Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
The Tango Player	Roland Gräf			Entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
Until the End of the World	Wim Wenders	Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Max von Sydow
Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness	Rolf Schübel			Entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival
1992
Apple Trees	Helma Sanders-Brahms			Screened at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival
The Blue Hour	Marcel Giesler		Gay drama
Damage	Louis Malle	Jeremy Irons		1992 Academy Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actress for Miranda Richardson
Gudrun	Hans W. Geißendörfer			Won an Honourable Mention at Berlin
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Schtonk!	Helmut Dietl	Götz George	Comedy	1992 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film; Satire about the Hitler Diaries hoax
1993
Body of Evidence	Uli Edel		Erotic
Faraway, So Close!	Wim Wenders	Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz	Fantasy drama	1993 Golden Globe Nominee for Best Foreign Film; 1993 Grand Prix Winner at Cannes
Just a Matter of Duty	Thomas Mitscherlich			Entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
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No More Mr. Nice Guy	Detlev Buck			Entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
Stalingrad	Joseph Vilsmaier	Thomas Kretschmann, Dominique Horwitz	War drama	Entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival
Two Small Bodies	Beth B.	Suzy Amis, Fred Ward	Thriller
1994
Asterix Conquers America	Gerhard Hahn		Animated
Back to Square One	Reinhard Münster			Entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival
Die Bartholomäusnacht		Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil	Historic drama	German-French co-production
The Blue One	Lienhard Wawrzyn			Entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival
Der bewegte Mann	Sönke Wortmann	Til Schweiger	Comedy
Felidae	Michael Schaack	Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf and Thomas Fritsch	Drama, mystery	Screened at the Trickompany company
Lisbon Story	Wim Wenders			Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival
Mario and the Magician	Klaus Maria Brandauer			Entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival
1995
After Five in the Forest Primeval	Hans-Christian Schmid	Franka Potente	Romantic comedy	2 Bavarian Film Awards
Brother of Sleep	Joseph Vilsmaier		Drama	Official Submission for the Academy Awards in 1995
Deathmaker	Romuald Karmakar	Götz George	Drama	Official Submission for the Academy Awards in 1996; Based on the interrogation of murderer Fritz Haarmann
Hades	Herbert Achternbusch			Entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival
Mutters Courage	Michael Verhoeven	Ulrich Tukur, Pauline Collins	World War II drama
The Promise	Margarethe von Trotta		Drama	Official Submission for the Academy Awards in 1994; Romantic Drama beginning during the rise and ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall
Transatlantis	Christian Wagner			Entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival
1996
Beyond Silence	Caroline Link	Sylvie Testud		1997 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film
Echte Kerle	Rolf Silber		Gay comedy	Titled Regular Guys for U.S. DVD release
The Ogre	Volker Schlöndorff	John Malkovich	Drama
Seven Servants	Daryush Shokof	Anthony Quinn	Surreal comedy	-
1997
Bandits	Katja von Garnier	Katja Riemann	Action
Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Thomas Jahn			Entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival
Life is All You Get	Wolfgang Becker			Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
Mein Herz – niemandem!	Helma Sanders-Brahms
Rossini	Helmut Dietl	Götz George, Mario Adorf, Heiner Lauterbach, Veronica Ferres	Comedy
1998
The Big Mambo	Michael Gwisdek			Entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival
Places in Cities	Angela Schanelec			Screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
Run Lola Run	Tom Tykwer	Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu	Thriller	Official Submission for the 1998 Academy Awards; 1998 BAFTA Nominee; 1999 Independent Spirit Award Winner
Widows	Sherry Hormann	Ornella Muti, Katja Flint, Eva Mattes	Comedy
1999
Aimée & Jaguar	Max Färberböck	Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler	Romantic drama	1999 Golden Globe Nominee; Official Submission for the Academy Awards in 1999; Lesbian love story set in World War II
Buena Vista Social Club	Wim Wenders		Documentary	Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary
Gloomy Sunday	Rolf Schübel		World War II drama	Co-production with Hungary
Nightshapes	Andreas Dresen			Entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival
Sonnenallee	Leander Haußmann	Robert Stadlober	Comedy

External links

• German film at the Internet Movie Database (maintains separate lists for West Germany and East Germany)