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 02/06/2026
1966 · Sergio Leone
As the Civil War tears the nation apart, a silent drifter, a remorseless hitman, and a Mexican outlaw roam the lawless American Southwest in pursuit of a locked chest holding $200,000 in purloined gold.
With Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov and Enzo Petito
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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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1964 · Sergio Leone
A nameless gunslinger rides into the Mexican village of San Miguel, where a fragile balance of power between the three Rojo brothers and Sheriff John Baxter is about to snap. When a military convoy carrying gold meant to buy new weapons is ambushed by the Rojo faction, the stranger inserts himself into the escalating conflict, trading fabricated intelligence and half-truths to whichever side pays best. As deception spreads and loyalties fracture, the town descends into a deadly game of greed and survival.
With Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, Joseph Egger and Antonio Prieto
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2018 · Wes Anderson
In a near-future Japan, a virulent canine flu pushes the city’s mayor to exile every dog to an island that has become a sprawling landfill. Abandoned and forced to survive among the refuse, the animals form a fragile community—until a determined 12-year-old washes up on their shore searching for his missing pet. His arrival sparks a dangerous, heartfelt odyssey: the outcasts must band together, brave hostile terrain and human threats, and fight to protect their bonds and reclaim a life beyond the island’s borders.
With Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum and Kunichi Nomura
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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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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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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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2000 · Lars von Trier
Selma, a Czech émigré facing the loss of her sight, scrambles to support herself and her young son, who has inherited the same degenerative condition and will need an expensive operation to avoid the same fate. Crushed by mounting bills and the strain of making ends meet, she finds refuge in daydreams—turning everyday noises into rhythms and staging small, imagined musical numbers that lift her through the darkest moments.
With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour and Vladica Kostic
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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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2000 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
Accused of killing her husband, a woman finds herself at the center of a criminal investigation. Their blind son—the only person who can bear witness—must choose between protecting his mother and revealing the truth.
With Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Oliver Wnuk, Sebastian Blomberg, Holger Speckhahn and Traugott Buhre
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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 ·
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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2008 · Stephen Daldry
Michael Berg, now a German lawyer, is haunted by a clandestine relationship he had as a teenager with an older woman, Hanna. Years after she inexplicably vanished, she reappears as a defendant in a postwar trial for her role as a concentration camp guard near the end of the conflict. Michael alone recognizes that Hanna is illiterate and realizes she may be concealing this secret at the cost of her liberty.
With Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain and Hannah Herzsprung
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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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1997 · Taylor Hackford
Kevin Lomax, a promising defense attorney from Florida, accepts an offer to join a prestigious New York law firm. As the cases grow more consequential and the rewards escalate, he soon discovers that his charismatic boss is hiding a far darker, malicious agenda.
With Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen and Craig T. Nelson
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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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2003 · Alan Parker
An outspoken opponent of capital punishment is accused of killing a fellow activist and ends up condemned to death row.
With Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Rhona Mitra, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven and Jim Beaver
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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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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