Best movies on Apple TV+ (Allemagne) : our Top 20
We’ve put together a concise selection of standout films originating in Germany that are currently available on Apple TV+. Our picks focus on strong storytelling, direction and performances, and titles that have made an impact with critics or audiences. For each film we provide a short synopsis, key details (year, runtime) and its current streaming status to help you decide what to watch. We update the list regularly as Apple TV+ adds or removes titles, so check back for new arrivals.
Updated on 12/03/2026
2005 · Andrew Niccol
Yuri Orlov crisscrosses the globe peddling weapons, moving through some of the most brutal war zones while trying to stay ahead of a dogged Interpol investigator, ruthless competitors, and clients who count notorious dictators among their ranks. As his business draws him deeper into violence and betrayal, he ultimately must confront the moral fallout of the life he's built.
With Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm and Sammi Rotibi
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2014 · Wes Anderson
During the interwar years, a celebrated concierge at a storied European hotel forges a close bond with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. Their partnership is drawn into a daring plot when an invaluable Renaissance painting is stolen, setting off a fierce struggle to recover the work and to claim a vast family inheritance. As they navigate danger, loyalty, and social ritual, they witness the continent’s gradual decline and then rapid convulsions that reshape Europe in the first half of the 20th century.
With Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum and Harvey Keitel
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2005 · James Mangold
Following Johnny Cash's rise from a childhood spent laboring on an Arkansas cotton farm to his breakthrough at Sun Records in Memphis, the film traces his personal and professional journey as he makes music alongside contemporaries like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
With Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller and Larry Bagby
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2002 · Doug Liman
Severely wounded and bereft of memory after being pulled from the sea, Jason Bourne is cared for by a humble fisherman. With only a cryptic Swiss bank account number as a clue, he begins to piece together his past, only to discover that a web of assassins and covert operatives want him eliminated. As instinctive combat abilities and razor-sharp tactical thinking surface, he realizes he was more than an ordinary man — but the central mystery remains: who did he work for?
With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Gabriel Mann
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2006 · Paul McGuigan
Thrown into the crossfire of a bitter rivalry between the city’s most powerful crime lords by a case of mistaken identity, Slevin finds himself constantly monitored and hunted. With a notorious assassin closing in, he must stay one step ahead and devise a daring plan to survive and escape the deadly situation.
With Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci and Mykelti Williamson
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2007 · Richard LaGravenese
A determined young teacher empowers a group of at-risk students to develop empathy, recommit to their studies, and pursue opportunities for further education after high school.
With Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, April Lee Hernandez, Robert Wisdom and John Benjamin Hickey
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2015 ·
During the Cold War, an American U-2 pilot is shot down and taken prisoner by Soviet forces. Facing a ten-year sentence, his only chance rests with New York lawyer James Donovan, who is quietly enlisted by a CIA agent to negotiate his release. Donovan flies to Berlin to try to arrange a prisoner swap that would see the convicted Soviet spy Rudolf Abel returned to his country in exchange for the pilot’s freedom.
With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Sebastian Koch, Austin Stowell and Billy Magnussen
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2005 · Paul Haggis
In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, a fraught 36-hour stretch in Los Angeles brings together a Brentwood homemaker and her district attorney husband, a Persian corner‑store owner, two police officers, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple, whose intersecting lives ignite fear, prejudice and violent consequences.
With Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Michael Peña, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser and Nona Gaye
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2006 · Kevin Macdonald
Fresh from completing his medical training, young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan seeks adventure and travels to Uganda as President Obote’s rule collapses. When General Idi Amin seizes power, Garrigan is summoned to serve as the dictator’s personal physician, thrust into the perilous inner circle of a rapidly changing regime.
With Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, David Oyelowo and Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga
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2015 · Sebastian Schipper
A young woman from Spain, freshly arrived in Berlin, sees a chance romance with a charismatic local spiral into peril when an evening out with his friends uncovers a sinister secret that puts her in mortal danger.
With Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Max Mauff, Burak Yiğit, André Hennicke and Lena Klenke
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2013 · Brian Percival
In wartime Germany, young Liesel copes with fear by quietly lifting books and circulating their stories to anyone who will listen. Hidden in a cramped space beneath the family’s staircase, a Jewish refugee is kept safe by her adoptive parents, forging a fragile household bond amid the dangers and deprivations of the Nazi era.
With Geoffrey Rush, Sophie Nélisse, Emily Watson, Nico Liersch, Ben Schnetzer, Heike Makatsch and Barbara Auer
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2011 · Morten Tyldum
A high-flying executive recruiter plunges into a perilous game of deception and danger to recover a coveted masterpiece guarded by a retired soldier of fortune.
With Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Valentina Alexeeva and Reidar Sørensen
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2001 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
In the shattered streets of Stalingrad during World War II, a Soviet sniper and his German counterpart become embroiled in a tense, lethal duel of wits and patience, stalking one another through ruined buildings and burning ruins as the city itself collapses around them.
With Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman and Eva Mattes
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1999 · Jim Jarmusch
A Black contract killer who has adopted the discipline, rituals and code of the ancient samurai becomes the mob's marked man, thrust into a lethal game where his sense of honor clashes with outlaw vengeance.
With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach De Bankolé, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Tricia Vessey and Victor Argo
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2006 · James McTeigue
When his sister needs a kidney transplant and time is running out, a deaf man and his girlfriend turn to dangerous, illegal means to raise the money. Their plan soon unravels, triggering a violent chain reaction of betrayal and retribution that pulls friends and strangers into its orbit. As the stakes climb and choices grow darker, they must confront how far they’ll go to save a loved one — and whether redemption is still possible once blood has been spilled.
With Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith and Natasha Wightman
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2000 · Steven Soderbergh
Interwoven narratives expose the human cost of America’s battle against narcotics: the newly appointed director of the federal drug-control agency faces a private crisis when he discovers his highly accomplished daughter is secretly using cocaine in their affluent suburban home; in Mexico, a morally compromised yet determined police investigator agrees to risk everything by testifying against a high-ranking general who has been colluding with a drug cartel; and in San Diego, the arrest of a ruthless trafficker forces his sheltered, glamorous wife to confront and learn the violent mechanics of his operation if she hopes to preserve the life of privilege she has always known.
With Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Jacob Vargas and Luis Guzmán
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2001 · Iain Softley
Confined to a psychiatric ward, Prot insists he hails from a distant planet. As his psychiatrist works to unravel the man's past and ease his distress, unsettling inconsistencies in Prot’s account force the doctor to reevaluate the line between delusion and reality.
With Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, Ajay Naidu, Vincent Laresca and Kimberly Scott
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2006 · Ken Loach
In 1920s Ireland, young physician Damien O'Donovan is poised to leave for a hospital appointment in London when a visit to a friend's farm is shattered by an incursion of British Black and Tans that leaves a local man dead. Shocked and outraged, Damien enlists alongside his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but the escalating political turmoil and moral compromises of the struggle drive an increasing wedge between them.
With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane and Roger Allam
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2010 · Olivier Assayas
A tense biographical drama following Venezuelan militant Ilich Ramírez Sánchez as he builds a transnational armed network and orchestrates the 1975 assault on the OPEC headquarters, a high-stakes campaign of violence and intrigue that ultimately ends with his arrest by French authorities.
With Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora Waldstätten, Talal Jurdi, Christoph Bach, Julia Hummer and Ahmad Kaabour
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1995 · Emir Kusturica
Deep in a phantasmagoric subterranean warren, a collective of Serbian socialists girds itself for an impending war. Their hidden refuge is a feverish tableau where roaring parties dissolve into sudden calamities, and fragile romances are braided with fierce rivalries.
With Miki Manojlović, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Joković, Slavko Štimac, Ernst Stötzner, Srđan 'Žika' Todorović and Mirjana Karanović