10 Best German Movies on Amazon Prime

Germany has produced some great movies in the last few years, and people from Amazon have realized that and started making and shopping for German movies. In this article, we are bringing you the best German movies you can find on Amazon Prime.

Some of the movies are already well-known German movies, while others are hidden gems you can only find on Amazon Prime. So, check them out below and choose your next watch.

Run Lola Run (1998)

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni, who accidentally left a bag with 100,000 German marks on the subway platform, only to have it stolen by a homeless person. Manni has to deliver the money to his boss, a drug dealer. If he doesn’t comply, they will most likely kill him.

His desperate plan to get out of his desperate situation is to rob a bank. Lola’s plan is to somehow, anyhow, get money from the rich banker’s father in twenty minutes and save Manni, and to achieve that, she has to run.

Duell der Brüder – Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016)

In the 1920s, the two brothers, Adolf and Rudolf Dassler start manufacturing sports shoes. Adolf is a talented craftsman and his dream is that one day all the best sportsmen in the world will wear his shoes. Rudolf, on the other hand, is the economical brain of their business, handling sales and marketing.

After World War II, they continue producing shoes, but the relationship between the two brothers starts to deteriorate. Both of them claim the company to be theirs, leading to an ever-growing rivalry. A rivalry still exists today, represented by two of the most popular sports brands.

Without Remorse (2021)

When a group of Russian mercenaries kills Kelly’s pregnant wife in revenge for his role in a covert operation, senior military official John Kelly / John Clark (Michael B. Jordan) will embark on ruthless revenge. Kelly will team up with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and the CIA agent he saved in a fatal operation (Jamie Bell), and along the way, the mission will uncover a threat that could bring the United States to war with Russia.

Kelly will find himself torn between personal revenge and loyalty to his country, and will have to continue his fight against powerful enemies to prevent absolute disaster.

Head-On (2004)

After the death of his wife, a forty-year-old Turkish man born in Germany, Cahit (B.), survives by collecting bottles in a run-down bar, intoxicating himself continuously with alcohol, cocaine and hard rock, until one evening he decides to end it all, so he crashes his car into a wall at full speed. is slightly injured, so he has to see a psychiatrist.

There he meets a young, beautiful Turkish woman, Sibel, who also failed to commit suicide, and she immediately offers him marriage, in order to get rid of the pressure of her father and brother, who want to control her life.

A Most Wanted Man (2014)

A young Chechen and devout Muslim arrives in Hamburg and arouses suspicion in the German spy community due to his possible connection with Islamic militants.

German human rights lawyer Annabel tries to save him from deportation and help him inherit the money his father left him in a secret account controlled by 60-year-old British banker Tommy Brue. The rival intelligence services of Germany, Great Britain and the USA have their own theories about who he is and who his associates are.

Frantz (2016)

In a small German town after the First World War, Anna mourns every day over the grave of her fiancé Frantz, who died in battle in France. One day, the young Frenchman Adrien also laid flowers on the grave. His presence, so soon after the German defeat, inflames passions.

Victoria (2015)

Victoria, a young Spanish girl, dances carefree at night in Berlin’s clubs. In front of a club, he meets four young men. After a short conversation with them, it becomes obvious that Victoria and one of the young men, Sonne, like each other.

They try to isolate themselves and escape from the group. But what starts out as a game will turn deadly serious.

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

The secret society “Bijela Ruza” fights non-violently against the Nazis, and their goal is to expose the regime’s crimes to the public. The company is made up of young people, mostly students, and among them are sister and brother Sophie and Hans Scholl, and their friend Cristoph Probs.

Sophie and Hans start handing out anti-Nazi leaflets at the university, but are caught. At the police station, the experienced Robert Mohr interrogates them, but the Scholls deny everything.

However, Hans soon admits everything. In order to protect the other members of the White Rose, Sophie does the same. The inspector offers her a light punishment if she renounces her beliefs and betrays the others. What will Sophie choose and how will it end?

A Minute’s Silence (2016)

The end of summer, a sleepy fishing port on the Baltic Sea and the beginning of a great feeling that shouldn’t be: Shortly before the start of the new school year, 18-year-old Christian falls in love with his new English teacher, Stella Petersen. In a moment of unexpected lightness and freedom, in the dune and seascape far away from the small town, Stella and Christian discover a shared longing and an attraction for each other, the intensity of which both overwhelms.

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But soon after classes have started again, the secret relationship between the young teacher and her student threatens to turn into a scandal: Christian’s parents, his classmates and the teaching staff express suspicion, concern and indignation. While Stella repeatedly eludes Christian, he is already making plans for a future together. When Stella had an accident in a sailing accident, the world collapsed for Christian.

Wonder Boys (2000)

University literature professor Grady Tripp wrote his first novel seven years ago, which immediately became a bestseller. Since then, he has been trying to write his second novel, but is in a creative crisis. His agent Terry Crabtree comes to visit him accompanied by the transvestite Antonia, hoping that Tripp will cheer him up with the news of a new novel.

At that time, Tripp’s wife leaves him and he gets closer and closer to his talented student James Leer, who is also attracted by the homosexual Terry. The two are looking for a rare jacket that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe. The cute student Hannah, on the other hand, is somewhat in love with the professor, who tries to win him over with her youthful charm, while Tripp is in a romantic relationship with the dean, Sara, who reveals to him that she is pregnant.