This is a list of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 1990s.
For an alphabetical list of articles on German films see :Category:1990s German films.
1990 Title Director Cast Genre Notes Abraham's Gold Jörg Graser Hanna Schygulla, Günther Maria Halmer Drama Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival Affengeil Rosa von Praunheim Lotti Huber Documentary Life is Like a CucumberThe African Woman Margarethe von Trotta Stefania Sandrelli, Barbara Sukowa, Sami Frey Drama Die Rückkehr. Italian-French-West German co-production Georg Schiemann Biography Alles im Griff Ralf Richter, Werner Kreindl, Hans Korte Comedy Amaurose Dieter Funk Otto Sander, Bernd Tauber, Milva Drama Ein anderer Liebhaber Xaver Schwarzenberger Karlheinz Hackl, , , Friedrich von Thun, , Lisa Kreuzer, Drama The Prison The Beatles Forever Angelica Domröse, Joachim Bißmeier Drama Der Bettler vom Kurfürstendamm Hans Clarin Comedy Der Bierkönig Raf Vallone, Laure Marsac, Wera Frydtberg, Drama Le Roi de la bière Uwe Ochsenknecht Biography, History Der blaue Mond Monika Schmid , Ludvik Mann, Rolf Zacher, Adelheid Arndt Comedy Bread and Butter Gabriel Barylli Gabriel Barylli, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Heinz Hoenig Comedy ButterbrotBuster's Bedroom Rebecca Horn Amanda Ooms, Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Chaplin, Valentina Cortese Comedy West German-Canadian-Portuguese co-production Barbara Auer, Jacques Breuer, August Zirner, Mario Adorf, Raimund Harmstorf Comedy Carmen on Ice Horant H. Hohlfeld Katarina Witt, Brian Boitano, Brian Orser Dance The Complaint of an Empress Pina Bausch , Dominique Mercy, , Dance Die Klage der Kaiserin A Crazy Couple Sönke Wortmann Barbara Auer, Thomas Heinze Comedy Eine Wahnsinnsehe Dana Lech Frank Guido Blasberg Brygida Mich Drama Peter Patzak Reuben Pillsbury, Philippe Léotard, Christopher Chaplin, Robert Munic, , Alan Cox, Hartmut Becker, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Alexis Arquette, Slobodan Dimitrijević, Zaim Muzaferija, Ivica Pajer Biography, History Gavre Princip – Himmel unter Steinen. Austrian-German co-production Dort oben im Wald bei diesen Leuten Peter Keglevic Günter Lamprecht Crime Dr. M Claude Chabrol Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Andrew McCarthy, Jan Niklas, Hanns Zischler, Wolfgang Preiss Thriller, Science fiction French-West German-Italian co-production Drehort Pfarrhaus Gottfried John, Cornelia Froboess, Joachim Bißmeier, Dieter Pfaff, Gedeon Burkhard Drama Franz Josef Gottlieb Susanne Uhlen, , Manfred Zapatka, Hans Clarin, Crime comedy A Desperate Hour Echoes from a Sombre Empire Werner Herzog Documentary Reinhard Münster Katharina Thalbach, Hans Christian Blech, Hannelore Elsner, Heinz Hoenig, Lukas Ammann, Peter Simonischek Thriller The 8th Day Sigi Rothemund Constanze Engelbrecht, , Wolf Roth Drama Das einfache Glück Edzard Onneken Jürgen Tonkel, Drama Embezzled Heaven Ottokar Runze Elisabeth Epp, Paulus Manker, Peter Simonischek, Nikolaus Paryla, Gertraud Jesserer, Drama Der veruntreute Himmel Europa Europa Agnieszka Holland Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, Hanns Zischler, André Wilms World War II Drama Hitlerjunge Salomon. German-French-Polish co-production. 1991 Golden Globe Winner for Best Foreign Film; 1991 Academy Award Nominee for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Falsche Spuren Heidelinde Weis, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Radost Bokel Crime Mystery of the Red Red Herrings Farewell Sidonia Karin Brandauer , , Arghavan Sadeghi-Seragi Drama, War Sidonie. Austrian-German co-productionFire, Ice and Dynamite Willy Bogner Jr. Roger Moore, Shari Belafonte, Uwe Ochsenknecht Action comedy The Gamblers Dominik Graf Peter Lohmeyer, Anica Dobra, , Anthony Dawson Comedy Gefährliche Verführung Leslie Malton, Stephen Brennan, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Aurore Clément, Winfried Glatzeder, Günter Meisner Thriller Stolen Minds Il piccolo popolo. Italian-West German co-production Iris Berben, Pierre Malet, Susanne Lothar Thriller Spells of Evil. West German-French co-production The German Chainsaw Massacre Christoph Schlingensief , Udo Kier, , Volker Spengler, Irm Hermann Horror Blackest Heart Die Gleichung geht nicht auf Dietlinde Turban, Thriller The Tube L'ingénieur aimait trop les chiffres. French-West German co-production Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Humphrey Burton Leonard Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Ottokar Runze Ilse Werner, Gisela May, Harald Juhnke, Tuncel Kurtiz Drama Christian Redl Thriller Das Haus am Watt Sigi Rothemund Gudrun Landgrebe, Hannes Jaenicke, Hanns Zischler Thriller The Handmaid's Tale Volker Schlöndorff Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall Dystopian American-West German co-production Herz mit Löffel , Rosel Zech, Marianne Sägebrecht, Adelheid Arndt, Hannelore Schroth, Tilo Prückner Comedy (Shot in 1987) Herzlich willkommen Hark Bohm Uwe Bohm, Barbara Auer Drama Welcome Indeed! Crossing Borders. Entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival High Score James Brolin, Hannes Jaenicke, Gudrun Landgrebe, Alexis Arquette, Anne Carlisle, Ralf Wolter Science fiction Hopnick Detlev Buck Detlev Buck, Sophie Rois Comedy Hüpfendes Fleisch Christian Doermer, Liane Hielscher, , Crime In inniger Feindschaft Claude Faraldo Hildegard Knef, Micheline Presle, Inge Meysel Thriller Champ clos. French-West German co-production Der Kameramann Nicolai Karo , Margit Geissler Drama Kann ich noch ein bisschen bleiben? Rolf von Sydow Heidelinde Weis Drama Kann ich noch ein bißchen bleiben?Kill Cruise Peter Keglevic Elizabeth Hurley, Patsy Kensit, Jürgen Prochnow Thriller Der Skipper König der Eidechsen Andreas Piontkowitz Martin Plass, Harald Kleber Comedy The Lizard King Die Kupferfalle Leslie Malton, , Klaus J. Behrendt, Ivan Desny Drama Landläufiger Tod Michael Schottenberg , Paulus Manker, Helmut Griem, Karl Michael Vogler, Mercedes Echerer, Heinz Schubert, Bernhard Minetti Crime drama Austrian-German co-production Letzten Sommer in Kreuzberg Heike Faber, Comedy Eine Liebe in Istanbul Oliver Rohrbeck, Jale Arıkan, Rolf Becker Drama One Love in Istanbul Heiner Lauterbach, Black comedy Liebe und Maloche , , Tilo Prückner Drama Ulrich Mühe Drama Marleneken Karin Brandauer Hannelore Hoger, , Karin Baal, Elisabeth Trissenaar Drama Martha and I Jiří Weiss Michel Piccoli, Marianne Sägebrecht Drama Czechoslovak-French-West German co-production Michael Kehlmann Helmuth Lohner, Michael Degen, Ernst Stankovski, Alexander Kerst, Günter Mack Mystery The Master of Doomsday. Austrian-German co-production Mich will ja keiner Sigi Rothemund Steven Bennett, Ursela Monn, Peter Sattmann, Drama Nobody Wants Me Wolfram Paulus Christoph Schnell, Gerald Bachler, Nikolaus Dobrowolsky, Stefan Steger Drama Austrian-West German co-production Drama, War Moon 44 Roland Emmerich Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Malcolm McDowell Science fiction The Mountain Markus Imhoof Susanne Lothar, Mathias Gnädinger, Peter Simonischek Drama Swiss-Austrian-German co-production The Nasty Girl Michael Verhoeven Lena Stolze, Rudolf Schündler, Monika Baumgartner, Fred Stillkrauth Drama Das schreckliche Mädchen. Verhoeven won the Silver Bear at Berlin; 1990 Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film Maja Maranow, Edgar Selge, , , Karin Baal Comedy Manfred Krug, Klaus Wennemann, Drama The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter George T. Miller Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, Alexandra Johnes Fantasy German-American co-production Nie im Leben , Nina Grosse Anica Dobra, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Crime comedy Never in Life. Austrian-German co-production Notenwechsel Franz Peter Wirth Klaus Herm, Stefan Wigger Crime comedy Marcel Ophuls Documentary British-German co-production Parfum für eine Selbstmörderin Leslie Malton, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Angelo Infanti, Marie-José Nat Thriller La mort a dit peut-être. French-West German co-production Peter in Magicland Animated Positive Rosa von Praunheim Documentary Quiet Days in Clichy Claude Chabrol Andrew McCarthy, Nigel Havers, Barbara De Rossi, Mario Adorf, Stéphane Audran Drama French-West German-Italian co-production Der Rausschmeißer Xaver Schwarzenberger , David Martin, Tobias Moretti, Manfred Zapatka, Hanno Pöschl Crime drama Absturz Requiem for Dominic Robert Dornhelm , , August Schmölzer Drama Austrian-West German co-production Die Richterin Inge Meysel, Klaus Schwarzkopf, Ursela Monn, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Christoph M. Ohrt Comedy Egon Günther Anica Dobra, Jürgen Vogel, Richy Müller, Mario Adorf, Manfred Krug, Mathieu Carrière Crime Sázka – Die Wette , Rudolf Hrušínský, Otto Šimánek Comedy Journey's End. West German-Czechoslovak co-production Schlaraffenland Michael Verhoeven , , Drama Der Schnee der Anden Constanze Engelbrecht, Gérard Blain, Jürgen Vogel, Dieter Pfaff Thriller Second Hand Jutta Speidel, Alexander Radszun, Oliver Stritzel, Drama The Second Life Vadim Glowna, Iris Berben Thriller The Man on the Bench in the Barn The Hand Silence = Death Rosa von Praunheim Documentary Solo für Georg , , Marina Krauser, , Hannes Jaenicke, Klaus Schwarzkopf Comedy, Music Staub vor der Sonne Erik Stappenbeck Drama Step Across the Border , Fred Frith Documentary, Music Swiss-West German co-production Der Todesking Jörg Buttgereit Hermann Kopp, Heinrich Ebber, Horror, Anthology The Death King Tote leben nicht allein Nina Grosse Myriem Roussel, Peter Sattmann, Klaus J. Behrendt Thriller La Tenaille. West German-French co-production The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake Animated The Wall Busters Gang Davia Dannenberg, Stefanie Stappenbeck Family Die Mauerbrockenbande Jürgen Flimm Hans Christian Blech, , Christoph Bantzer, , Hans Paetsch, Friedrich W. Bauschulte Docudrama Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution Werner – Beinhart! , Rötger Feldmann, Meret Becker, Ludger Pistor Animated/live-action, Comedy Werner and the Wizard of Booze Winckelmann's Travels Jan Schütte , Susanne Lothar, Traugott Buhre, Udo Samel Drama The Wonderbeats: Kings of Beat Claude-Oliver Rudolph Richy Müller, Jürgen Vogel, Ralf Richter, Sabine von Maydell, Music Der Zauberkasten Sarah Brückner, Hans Peter Korff, Hannelore Elsner Science fiction, Family Die Zeugin Michael Lähn Babett Arens, , Christian Doermer Crime Die zukünftigen Glückseligkeiten Fred van der Kooij , Ben Becker, Tilo Prückner, Isolde Barth Drama West German-Swiss co-production
1991