Best movies on Prime Video (Allemagne) : our Top 20
We at Stream Tracker have put together a concise selection of notable German films currently available on Prime Video. The list highlights titles chosen for their storytelling, direction, or cultural significance, ranging from contemporary dramas to established classics. For each film you’ll find a short synopsis, reasons to watch, and practical streaming details to help you decide. Keep in mind that availability can change, so check Prime Video for the most up-to-date listings.
Updated on 02/06/2026
2006 · Paul Verhoeven
A fast-food-obsessed hitman, his contemplative accomplice, a narcotics-addled mobster’s companion and a once-promising prizefighter collide in a wide-ranging, darkly comic crime romp. Their intertwined misadventures play out across three interlocking episodes that slyly leap backward and forward through time.
With Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Matthias Schoenaerts and Theo Maassen
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2009 · Quentin Tarantino
In occupied France during World War II, a squad of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds is assembled to spread terror inside the Third Reich by relentlessly hunting and killing Nazi personnel. Led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine, their brutal campaign soon intersects with the life of a young Jewish-French woman who runs a movie theater in Paris—a modest venue that becomes central to the dangerous plans unfolding around them.
With Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger and Daniel Brühl
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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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2004 · Oliver Hirschbiegel
the Third Reich is unraveling as Soviet armies pour in from the east and Allied forces advance from the west. Inside a besieged Berlin, Hitler insists on fighting to the bitter end, ordering his commanders into a hopeless defense. After his suicide, the surviving military leaders must confront the reality of defeat, find a way to stop the slaughter engulfing the city and bring their forces to surrender.
With Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch and Christian Berkel
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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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2023 · Wim Wenders
Hirayama lives a quiet, contented life as a public restroom cleaner in Tokyo. Beyond his measured routine he finds comfort in cassette tapes, well-worn books and the small ritual of photographing trees. A string of unexpected encounters gently disrupts his solitude, prompting him to notice and appreciate the delicate beauty woven into everyday moments.
With Koji Yakusho, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Tokio Emoto, Yumi Asou, Sayuri Ishikawa and Tomokazu Miura
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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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2025 · Joachim Trier
Sisters Nora and Agnes reconnect with their long-estranged father, the magnetic Gustav — a once-celebrated director who offers Nora, a devoted stage actress, a part in the comeback film he’s determined to make. When she turns him down, Nora soon learns he has given the role to an ambitious young Hollywood star.
With Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Andreas Stoltenberg Granerud, Øyvind Hesjedal Loven and Anders Danielsen Lie
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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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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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2004 · Paul Greengrass
When a CIA sting to buy secret Russian files is compromised by a rival operative, that agent surfaces in the quiet coastal town where Bourne and Marie have been hiding. The couple must flee for their lives, and with his vow to strike back if anyone from his old world reappeared, Bourne is forced to resume the lethal tradecraft of his past to keep them alive.
With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann and Joan Allen
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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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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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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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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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2009 · Michael Haneke
An elderly tailor looks back on his time as the village schoolteacher in a small community in northern Germany, remembering a series of eerie, inexplicable events that unsettled the town in the year leading up to the First World War.
With Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Burghart Klaußner, Steffi Kühnert, Maria Dragus, Susanne Lothar and Rainer Bock
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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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2004 · Reverge Anselmo
Determined to leave their troubled pasts behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start over, only to find a far darker menace lurking in the shadows.
With Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Agnes Bruckner, Daniel Franzese, Carrie Fisher, Joe Mantegna and Val Kilmer
2023 · Nikolay Lebedev
After World War II, an American psychiatrist is assigned to assess whether prominent Nazi detainees are mentally fit to stand trial for their crimes. Tasked with evaluating Hermann Göring, he becomes locked in a tense clash of intellect and conscience, probing the ex-leader’s mind while confronting the moral complexities of justice.
With Sergey Kempo, Lyubov Aksyonova, Evgeny Mironov, Sergei Bezrukov, Aleksey Bardukov, Igor Petrenko and Wolfgang Cerny