The Cabinet of Dr Caligari(1920, silent)
Metropolis(1927, silent)
The Blue Angel(1930)
M(1931)
Triumph of the Will(1935)
Olympia Part 1: (1938)
Das Boot(1981)
Fitzcarraldo(1982)
Run Lola Run(1998)
Nowhere in Africa(2001)
The Lives of Others(2006)
There were great German movies made between 1938 and 1981, you know?
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
The American Friend (1977)
Three others you missed:
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Wings of Desire (1987)
Downfall (2004)
This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Metropolis (1927)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
Run Lola Run (1998)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Der Kongress tanzt (1931)
Das Experiment (2001)
The Lives of Others (2006)
My Lady Margarine (1919)
Oh Boy (2012)
I removed Funny Games because it's Austrian and not German.. it's a German-language film though, and still one of my favorites.
Nosferatu
Metropolis
M
Sonnenallee
Goodbye Lenin
Wolfsburg
The Lives of Others
Faust
Die Brücke - The Bridge
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Fitzcarraldo
Blechtrommel
White Ribbon
The Tunnel (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251447/
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765432/
Downfall (2004)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/
No one mentioned The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)?
Cannot believe someone mentioned Funny Games. That movie is boring beyond belief. How come a horror movie doesn't even have one scary scene in it, I will never know. That movie literally and figuratively cured my insomnia.
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Did you see these?
Felidae
Knockin on Heaven´s Door
Was tun, wenn's brennt?
Die Welle
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Aimée & Jaguar
Schtonk
Der Wixxer
Das Millionenspiel
Die Herren mit der weißen Weste
I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Die Fälscher" also known as "The Counterfeiters" (Austrian-German movie)-based on a true story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/
Gegen die Wand (called Head On in English) is great too.
shareI would like to add:
Knocking on heavens door
Das kleine Arschloch
Der Schuh des Mannitu
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Bang Boom Bang