Best TV shows on Netflix (Allemagne) : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we’ve put together a concise selection of the best series originating in Germany that are currently available on Netflix. The list spans genres — from tense crime dramas and psychological thrillers to smart comedies and historical pieces — so you can find something that fits your mood. For each title we provide a short synopsis, practical info about seasons and episodes, and tips on who might enjoy it. Our goal is to help you quickly discover quality German-made series on Netflix without having to search the whole catalogue.
Updated on 12/03/2026
2017 · Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese · 3 seasons
A child's disappearance plunges four families into a desperate search for answers, pulling back layers of a reality-shifting mystery that reaches across three generations.
With Louis Hofmann, Lisa Vicari, Andreas Pietschmann, Jördis Triebel, Maja Schöne, Stephan Kampwirth and Paul Lux
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2020 · Alexa Karolinski, Anna Winger · 1 season
After escaping an arranged marriage in Brooklyn, a Hasidic woman slips into a new life in Berlin where an eclectic group of musicians gives her shelter and a chance to reinvent herself. But the secrets she left behind refuse to stay buried, and soon her past threatens the fragile freedom she’s found.
With Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid, Delia Mayer, Ronit Asheri and Aaron Altaras
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2019 · Philipp Käßbohrer, Matthias Murmann · 4 seasons
A shy, tech-savvy teenager, desperate to win back his ex, starts discreetly selling ecstasy from his bedroom via the internet — a small gambit that quickly snowballs into him becoming one of Europe’s most notorious dealers.
With Maximilian Mundt, Danilo Kamperidis, Lena Klenke, Damian Hardung, Leonie Wesselow, Roland Riebeling and Jolina Amely Trinks
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2022 · Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese · 1 season
In 1899, an immigrant vessel bound for New York is thrown off course by inexplicable phenomena, plunging its passengers into a disorienting mystery that forces them to question reality and one another.
With Emily Beecham, Andreas Pietschmann, Aneurin Barnard, Isabella Wei, Maciej Musiał, Yann Gael and Miguel Bernardeau
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2020 · Arne Nolting, Jan Martin Scharf, Andreas Heckmann · 2 seasons
In 9 AD, amid the ambush in the Teutoburg Forest, the destinies of three individuals collide as Germanic warriors deliver a decisive blow that halts the Roman Empire’s advance into their lands.
With Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud, David Schütter, Gaetano Aronica, Bernhard Schütz, Eva Verena Müller and Florian Schmidtke
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2022 · Katharina Eyssen · 2 seasons
When headstrong Elisabeth captures Emperor Franz’s heart and becomes his unexpected wife, she is plunged into the perilous games of power and hidden conspiracies that define life at the Viennese court.
With Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, Elisa Schlott, Jördis Triebel and Almila Bagriacik
2022 · Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad · 2 seasons
Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a former East German intelligence officer is determined to discover who betrayed her and why — and to deploy the lethal skills she honed to avenge herself.
With Jella Haase, Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Vladimir Burlakov, Vincent Redetzki, Marta Sroka and Alessija Lause
2024 · 1 season
A mob lawyer named Björn enrolls in a mindfulness course to regain some balance, but the techniques he learns alter his stress responses in dark ways — escalating from calm composure to calculated murder.
With Tom Schilling, Emily Cox, Britta Hammelstein, Murathan Muslu, Peter Jordan, Pamuk Pilavci and Johannes Allmayer
2023 · 1 season
Once-respected investigator reduced to living on the streets, he is forced back into the shadows of his old life when a new fatality casts doubt on a murder everyone thought closed. Haunted by past mistakes and mistrusted by the force he once served, he chases fragile clues through a tangle of lies and corruption, risking his fragile sobriety and safety to uncover the truth behind a case that may have been deliberately buried.
With Max Riemelt, Luise von Finckh, Carlo Ljubek, Peri Baumeister, Antonio Wannek, Mélodie Wakivuamina and Bernd Hölscher
2026 · 1 season
Old secrets resurfacing pull two former operatives back into each other's orbit — but their real struggle isn't high-speed chases, gunfire, or brawls; it's finding the courage to be honest with one another.
With Felix Kramer, Susanne Wolff, Samuel Finzi, Natalia Belitski, Andreas Pietschmann, Maja Bons and Genija Rykova
2018 · Christian Alvart · 1 season
When a killing with explosive political consequences shakes Berlin, two unlikely detectives find themselves pulled into the city's criminal underbelly and forced to confront the moral compromises that have shaped their lives.
With Felix Kramer, Fahri Yardım, Katharina Schüttler, Anna Maria Mühe, Urs Rechn, Kais Setti and Samy Abdel Fattah
2020 · Christian Ditter · 2 seasons
A determined medical student enrolls at a leading German university under false pretenses to expose a conspiracy that ties a devastating family tragedy to a charismatic, visionary biology professor.
With Luna Wedler, Jessica Schwarz, Adrian Julius Tillmann, Thomas Prenn, Jing Xiang, Caro Cult and Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer
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2020 · Marvin Kren, Benjamin Hessler, Stefan Brunner · 1 season
Ambitious and hungry for recognition in late-19th-century Vienna, a young Sigmund Freud forms an unlikely alliance with a visionary medium and a pragmatic police inspector to unravel a spate of grisly, enigmatic crimes.
With Manuel Ossenkopf, Robert Finster, Georg Friedrich, Ella Rumpf, Brigitte Kren, Anja Kling and Philipp Hochmair
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2023 · Anna Winger, Daniel Hendler · 1 season
Set in Marseille in 1940, the series follows an improvised rescue network led by two Americans and a group of determined allies who work to shepherd artists, writers and other refugees out of Nazi-threatened Europe. Created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler and adapted from Julie Orringer’s 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio, this historical drama brings to life the Emergency Rescue Committee’s clandestine operations across France, Spain and Portugal after the fall of France. The story interweaves the lives of real-life intellectuals and artists who were aided by—or crossed paths with—the Committee. The show closed the 2023 Series Mania festival and premiered on Netflix on April 7, 2023.
With Gillian Jacobs, Lucas Englander, Cory Michael Smith, Corey Stoll, Ralph Amoussou, Deleila Piasko and Amit Rahav
2019 · Jim Field Smith, George Kay · 1 season
In the stark confines of the interview room, detectives wage psychological battles with suspects, willing to bend the rules and risk everything to force the truth out.
With Christian Berkel, Eva Meckbach, Peter Kurth, Sylvester Groth, Florence Kasumba, Christian Kuchenbuch and Jonathan Berlin
2022 · Philipp Käßbohrer, Matthias Murmann · 1 season
Determined to break into the startup spotlight, a ruthless finance prodigy resorts to deception, manipulation and elaborate fraud to catapult his questionable company to success.
With Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Thomas Schubert, Matthias Brandt, Larissa Sirah Herden, Maryam Zaree, Jasin Challah and Andreas Döhler
2019 · Peter Thorwarth, Jan Berger, Dennis Gansel · 1 season
An enigmatic new student rallies four earnest classmates to resist a surging wave of nationalism overtaking their country. What begins as a hopeful movement founded on conviction and solidarity slowly unravels, spilling into violence, betrayal and moral compromise.
With Luise Befort, Ludwig Simon, Michelle Barthel, Mohamed Issa, Daniel Friedl and Milena Tscharntke
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2019 · Dennis Schanz · 1 season
A rising hip-hop producer finds his career and conscience shaken when the exiled, mob-connected brother of his label’s owner returns to demand his cut, dragging him into a dangerous web of loyalties, violence and moral compromise.
With Edin Hasanović, Peri Baumeister, Murathan Muslu, Sahin Eryilmaz, Richy Müller, Lisa Maria Potthoff and Benjamin Heinrich
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2020 · Ronny Schalk, Christian Limmer, Alexis Wittgenstein · 1 season
A spirited young woman falls for the son of a working-class brewer, sparking a forbidden romance that sets her against her father — a wealthy mob boss who has arrived in Munich intent on strong-arming his way into the exclusive world of the city’s brewery dynasties.
With Mišel Matičević, Martina Gedeck, Klaus Steinbacher, Mercedes Müller, Francis Fulton-Smith, Brigitte Hobmeier and Maximilian Brückner
2020 · Christian Huber · 1 season
Struggling musician Bastian comes back to his hometown for Christmas hoping for a fresh start, but a chain of unexpected setbacks and painful revelations forces him to confront his failures and decide whether to rebuild his life.
With Luke Mockridge, Seyneb Saleh, Cristina do Rego, Lucas Reiber, Johanna Gastdorf, Rudolf Kowalski and Carmen-Maja Antoni