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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Summary: A lonely widow meets a much younger Moroccan worker in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise and to the outright shock of their families, colleagues, and drinking buddies.

Release Date: October 31, 1974

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Tango Film, Filmverlag der Autoren

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 260,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 8,103

8.4 - Douban
194 votes

Bremen Freedom (1972)

Summary: A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Geesche is a nineteenth century woman who wants to have a mind...

Release Date: December 12, 1972

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Dietrich Lohmann

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

Production: Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR), Telefilm Saar GmbH

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 240,000

8.3 - Douban
7448 votes

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

Summary: Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.

Release Date: March 23, 1979

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Pea Fröhlich

, Peter Märthesheimer

, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Albatros Filmproduktion, Fengler Films, Filmverlag der Autoren, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, New Yorker Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 1,975,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 3,715

8.3 - Douban
1487 votes

I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)

Summary: A man is interviewed by a sympathetic woman. His tale unfolds, of hard work that never pleases his parents, of a father who denigrates his efforts, of an indifferent mother. He builds them a house. Instead of offering their flat t...

Release Date: March 23, 1976

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Klaus Antes

, Christiane Erhardt

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Bavaria Atelier, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributor: Olive Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 800,000

8.1 - Douban
1988 votes

In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)

Summary: A transgender woman tries to salvage something from the wreckage love has made of her life by confronting her anguished past, hoping to find ultimate acceptance among former acquaintances and herself.

Release Date: June 11, 1980

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmverlag der Autoren, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Tango Film

Distributor: Fantoma, New Yorker Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 700,000

8.1 - Douban
984 votes

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)

Summary: Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the p...

Release Date: January 02, 1976

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Kurt Raab

, Heinrich Zille

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

Production: Filmverlag der Autoren, Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 750,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

8 - Douban
2199 votes

Chinese Roulette (1976)

Summary: Both parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."

Release Date: March 30, 1977

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Albatros Filmproduktion, Les Films du Losange

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max

Countries: France, West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.9 - Douban
4351 votes

Lili Marleen (1981)

Summary: In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top brass.

Release Date: January 14, 1981

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Manfred Purzer

, Joshua Sinclair

, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Rialto Film, Roxy Films, Roxy-Film GmbH & Co. KG

Distributor: United Artists Classics

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 10,500,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.9 - Douban
2070 votes

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)

Summary: Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.

Release Date: February 10, 1972

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max, New Yorker Video, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 325,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.9 - Douban
1449 votes

Fox and His Friends (1975)

Summary: A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends.

Release Date: February 02, 1976

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Christian Hohoff

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: City Film, Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, New Yorker Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 450,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.8 - Douban
2383 votes

Veronika Voss (1982)

Summary: Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports jo...

Release Date: May 13, 1982

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Pea Fröhlich

, Peter Märthesheimer

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Laura Film, Tango Film, Rialto Film, Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,600,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.7 - Douban
2195 votes

Lola (1981)

Summary: A seductive cabaret singer-prostitute pits a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, launching an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything-and everyone-is for sale.

Release Date: August 04, 1982

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Pea Fröhlich

, Peter Märthesheimer

, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Rialto Film, Trio Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributor: United Artists Classics, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 1,186

7.7 - Douban
1902 votes

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Summary: A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.

Release Date: October 05, 1972

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 325,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 1,838

7.7 - Douban
499 votes

Martha (1974)

Summary: After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.

Release Date: May 28, 1974

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Cornell Woolrich

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

Production: Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Distributor: Fantoma

Country: West Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 500,000

7.7 - Douban
482 votes

Germany in Autumn (1978)

Summary: Germany in Autumn has no typical plot; it mixes documentary footage with standard movie scenes to present the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The film covers 2 months in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped and murdered by...

Release Date: March 17, 1978

Genres: Drama, Documentary

Directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Alf Brustellin

, Hans Peter Cloos

Writers: Alf Brustellin

, Heinrich Böll

, Hans Peter Cloos

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

Production: ABS Filmproduktion, Tango Film, Kairos-Film, Hallelujah Film, Edgar Reitz Film (ERF), Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Filmverlag der Autoren

Distributor: New Line Cinema

Country: West Germany

Language: German

7.6 - Douban
754 votes

Satan's Brew (1976)

Summary: A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dim-witted brother, and a murder investigation.

Release Date: March 02, 1977

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

Production: Albatros Filmproduktion, Trio Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 600,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.6 - Douban
347 votes

The Third Generation (1979)

Summary: A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

Release Date: September 09, 1980

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

Production: Filmverlag der Autoren, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 800,000

7.6 - Douban
318 votes

The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)

Summary: Lackluster, plodding stationmaster Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town's siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.

Release Date: July 31, 1977

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

, Oskar Maria Graf

Runtime: 3 h 21 min

Production: Bavaria Atelier, Bavaria Film

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 1,800,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.5 - Douban
1344 votes

Katzelmacher (1969)

Summary: Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a "Communist" and "Greek dog". After having been...

Release Date: November 22, 1969

Genre: Drama

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Antiteater-X-Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 80,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 4

7.5 - Douban
844 votes

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)

Summary: With slicked-down hair and three-piece suits, dependable Herr Raab is a technical draftsman. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness to problem solving. He's a dutiful husba...

Release Date: November 17, 1977

Genre: Drama

Directors: Michael Fengler

, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers: Michael Fengler

, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Antiteater-Produktion, Maran Film, Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 135,000

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Bremen Freedom (1972)

The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)

In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)

Chinese Roulette (1976)

Lili Marleen (1981)

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)

Fox and His Friends (1975)

Veronika Voss (1982)

Lola (1981)

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Martha (1974)

Germany in Autumn (1978)

Satan's Brew (1976)

The Third Generation (1979)

The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)

Katzelmacher (1969)

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)

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