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What are your favorite German movies so far in 2003 and 2004?


Here are mine:

1. “Sophiiiie!” (IMDB: 7.5. My vote: 10)
2. “Gegen die Wand” (IMDB: 8.3. My vote: 10)
3. „Der Untergang“ (IMDB: 9.2. My vote: 9)
4. „Sommersturm“ (IMDB: 8.6. My vote: 9)
5. „Good bye, Lenin“ (IMDB: 8.0. My vote: 9)
6. “Ganz und gar” (IMDB: 7.9. My vote: 8)
7. “Liegen lernen” (IMDB: 7.1. My vote: 8)
8. „Muxmäuschenstill“ (IMDB: 7.7. My vote: 8)
9. “Eierdiebe” (IMDB: 7.9. My vote: 8)
10. “Kleinruppin Forever” (IMDB: 7.2. My vote: 7)

Please note that the IMDB rating listed above is the much fairer arithmetic mean, not the pointless so-called “weigthed average” (not sure which morons are responsible for weighing that). Also: I posted the same message on the boards of all my Top-10 movies.

I’d be glad if some of you could find the time to reply since I’m really curious about your preferences!

Hopefully I didn’t forget too many other good German flicks...

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Sophiiiie! by Michael Hofmann (9.5/10)
Goff in der Wüste by Heinz Emigholz (9/10)
Schussangst by Dito Tsintsadze (9/10)
Madrid by Daphne Charizani (8/10)
Lichter by Hans-Christian Schmid (8/10)
Golden Lemons by Jörg Siepmann (7.5/10)
Gegen die Wand by Fatih Akin (7.5/10)
Godd Bye Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker (7/10)
Narren by Tom Schreiber (7/10)
Muxmäuschenstill by Marcus Mittermeier (7/10)

German Cinema is alive, and getting as good as any other cinema in the world. Dozens of great new directors, and great low-budget films.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Some other overlooked masterpieces from Germany are:
Unter der Milchstraße by Matthias X. Oberg / 1995 (10/10)
l'amour, l'argent, l'amour by Philip Gröning / 2000 (9/10)

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I totally agree with you! Together with South Korean movies those from Germany curently are my absolute favorites.

By the way: How did you interpret the ending of "Sophiiiie!"? It kind of left me a little bit confused...

And what is "Narren" about?

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The "ending" of Sophiiiie! can imo be interpreted in many ways.
The ending of the plot may be, that Sophie dies under the train, and her opening the eyes is meant for the viewer. Open your eyes!, see what the world is really like (after the trip with sophie), but do something yourself. Don't wait till you are as far in the *beep* as sophie, and it's too late.
Maybe she isn't dead at the end, but her opening the eyes is the end of all her "stupid" behaviour, and she's emancipated herself enough from everything, to try and start her life "anew".
I like both possibilities.
Narren takes place at the Kölner Karneval, and is a kind of "Selbstfindungsgeschichte" of the main character who is a total loser at the beginning, and later finds some self-esteem. A Debut film on digital camera, produced by Wim Wenders' production company.

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