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Is the movie Good Bye, Lenin! available on Netflix, Disney+, Prime or Apple TV+?

At Stream Tracker, we take a look at Good Bye, Lenin! — Wolfgang Becker's bittersweet tragicomedy about Alex Kerner's elaborate attempt to shield his mother from the shock of the Berlin Wall's fall. Equal parts political satire and tender family drama, the film earned widespread acclaim and collected several awards in Germany and across Europe. In this article the Stream Tracker team checks where you can watch it right now — whether it’s on Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video or Apple TV+ — and points out which services currently host Alex’s staged East German world, from faux state broadcasts to recreated GDR apartment life.

Good Bye, Lenin!

Synopsis

When Alex Kerner’s mother awakens from a coma she fell into before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he faces an impossible choice: conceal the collapse of the regime she devoted her life to or risk shattering her faith — and her fragile heart. Posing as a protector, Alex constructs an elaborate fiction of continuity to spare her the shock that could trigger another fatal attack. As the world outside moves on, his web of half-truths tightens, forcing him to weigh loyalty, guilt and the price of living inside a lie.

Release date

2011

Duration

1h 40min

Rating

Genre(s)

Drame

Watch on which platform Good Bye, Lenin!

Updated on 12/03/2026

Netflix

Not available

Disney+

Available

Prime Video

Available

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Apple TV+

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