A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides...

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. I...

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up tem...

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, g...

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his schedul...

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after hi...

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated...

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines...

In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is r...

Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton...

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the fo...

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the Sout...

A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loo...

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a pros...

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcera...

In a very large prison , 7 of the most important and largest personalities in society. They have an ...

In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the...

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...