How to read: !: Classic, *: one of my favourites, ?: havent seen it yet
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder - 1931 !* Freaking awesome criminal film set in Berlin
Das Boot - 1981 !? ww2 submarine movie, you already know
Das Leben der Anderen - 2006 !? GDR espionage by the state
One of these two; comedies by the biggest german funny guy (not comedian, i dont know how to explain), Loriot. Very reliant on dialog, might be shit in english
Pappa ante Portas - 1991 * A guy who basically lives for his job is forced to retire, hilarity ensues
Ödipussi - 1988 * 56 year old guy still lives with his mom, wants to break free, hilarity ensues
Gegen die Wand - 2004 !? german-turkish woman (sibel kekilli!) does stuff to please her family (drama)
Angst essen Seele auf - 1974 !? old woman finds love? (drama)
Lola rennt - 1998 ! lola has to help her criminal boyfriend
Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte - 2009 * pre ww1 german village, weird things happen. watch it!
Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren - 2013/14 or so * unusual tatort about a detective who gets visited by an old enemy
Oh Boy - 2012 !(modern classic) dude doesnt know what to do with his life
Die Feuerzangenbowle - 1944 ! "comedy" about a 30 year old dude who visits school again
Good Bye, Lenin! - 2003 ! some guy has to pretend the GDR is still going strong after the wall fell
Der Untergang - 2004 !? Hitler is a dumbass
Der bewegte Mann - 1994 ? never seen it, don't know how good it actually is, but thats like the most famous lgbt themed movie
Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter - 2013 * ww2 miniseries about group of friends and their stories during war
Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders - 2006 ! after the book
Elementarteilchen - 2006 * after the book by houellebecq
Der Schuh des Manitu - 2001 ! most successfull german film in germany, comedy about the wild west (parodizing Karl May), many germans dressed as native Americans though
Werner - Beinhart! - 1990 !* half Cartoon, half actual movie about a biker in north germany/cartoon artist making a deal with a demon(?) to make better cartoons
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo - 1981! Kids prostitute themselves and do drugs in berlin
Oh in case you want shitty RomComs, basically all movie by and with Til Schweiger and/or Matthias Schweghöfer
Aaand in case you want a run of the mill whodunit, Tatort is for you, a new one (almost) every sunday, switching cities/detectives.