The German film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by Germany. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2014.
Also included is an overview of the major events in German film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially.
Major releases
January–June
Opening Title Cast and crew Studio Genre(s) Ref.JANUARY 17Reasonable Doubt Director: Peter Howitt Cast: Dominic Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson Dutch FilmWorks Crime Thriller 19A Most Wanted Man Director: Anton Corbijn Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin Entertainment One ThrillerThe Voices Director: Marjane Satrapi Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver Lions Gate Entertainment Horror Comedy 22Lost in Karastan Director: Ben Hopkins Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring, Noah Taylor, Ali Cook Brandstorm Entertainment AG ComedyFEBRUARY 1Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge Director: Marcel Walz Cast: Manoush, Nick Principe, Sarah Hayden, Annika Strauss, Natalie Scheetz, Caroline Williams, Christa Campbell, Jared Demetri Luciano Boll World Sales Horror 6The Grand Budapest Hotel Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori Fox Searchlight Pictures Comedy 7Jack Director: Edward Berger Cast: Ivo Pietzcker DramaThe Lamb Director: Kutluğ Ataman Cast: Güven Kiraç DramaThe Monuments Men Director: George Clooney Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett 20th Century Fox War 8Beloved Sisters Director: Dominik Graf Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius BiographyLand of Storms Director: Ádám Császi Cast: András Sütő, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky TLA Releasing DramaStereo Director: Maximilian Erlenwein Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Moritz Bleibtreu Wild Bunch Thriller 9History of Fear Director: Benjamín Naishtat Cast: Jonathan Da Rosa DramaPierrot Lunaire Director: Bruce LaBruce Cast: Susanne Sachsse, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko Die Lamb MusicalStations of the Cross Director: Dietrich Brüggemann Cast: Hanns Zischler DramaSuperegos Director: Benjamin Heisenberg Cast: André Wilms Drama 10A Long Way Down Director: Pascal Chaumeil Cast: Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots Lionsgate ComedyAge of Cannibals Director: Johannes Naber Studio TV Film DramaThe Dark Valley Director: Andreas Prochaska Cast: Sam Riley Western 11Futuro Beach Director: Karim Aïnouz Cast: Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa California Filmes DramaInbetween Worlds Director: Feo Aladag Cast: Ronald Zehrfeld Drama 12Beauty and the Beast Director: Christophe Gans Cast: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier Pathé Fantasy, RomanceDiplomacy Director: Volker Schlöndorff Cast: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup Gaumont Historical Drama 18Pompeii Director: Paul W. S. Anderson Cast: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland Constantin Film Historical Disaster RomanceMARCH 6Fair Play Director: Andrea Sedláčková Cast: Vlastina Svátková DramaThe Judgment Director: Stephan Komandarev Cast: Assen Blatechki Drama 27Amsterdam Express Director: Fatmir Koçi Cast: Blerim Destani, James Biberi, Natasha Goulden Film and Music Entertainment DramaMAY 15Mr. Turner Director: Mike Leigh Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Joshua McGuire, Dorothy Atkinson Entertainment One Drama BiographyThat Lovely Girl Director: Keren Yedaya Drama 16Amour Fou Director: Jessica Hausner Cast: Birte Schnöink, Christian Friedel, Stephan Grossmann Coproduction Office Comedy DramaGett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Sasson Gabai, Simon Abkarian Les Films du Losange DramaWinter Sleep Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbağ, Melisa Sözen, Tamer Levent, Nejat İşler New Wave Films Drama 18Jauja Director: Lisandro Alonso Cast: Viggo Mortensen NDM Historical DramaThe Wonders Director: Alice Rohrwacher Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, André Hennicke, Monica Bellucci Drama 19Maps to the Stars Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson Entertainment One Satire Drama 22Bridges of Sarajevo Directors: Aida Begić, Leonardo Di Constanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde Documentary 23 Clouds of Sils Maria Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz Les Films du Losange DramaWhite God Director: Kornél Mundruczó Cast: Zsófia Psotta DramaJUNE 7Der Spalt Director: Kim Schicklang Cast: Marie Fischer, Folker Dücker, Dorothea Baltzer Schöne Neue Medien Drama Thriller 12Madame Bovary Director: Sophie Barthes Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans 20th Century Fox Drama
July–December
Opening Title Cast and crew Studio Genre(s) Ref.JULY 2The Chambermaid Lynn Director: Ingo Haeb Cast: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Munster, Christian Aumer, Christine Schorn Sutor Kolonko Comedy Horror 6Memories on Stone Director: Shawkat Amin Korki Cast: Hussein Hassan Drama 8Monument to Michael Jackson Director: Darko Lungulov Cast: Boris Milivojević Comedy 9Corn Island Director: Giorgi Ovashvili Cast: İlyas Salman DramaCorrections Class Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy Cast: Mariya Poezzhaeva, Filipp Avdeev Drama 20Veve Director: Simon Mukali Cast: Lowri Odhiambo, Emo Rugene, Lizz Njagah DramaAUGUST 6Mr. Kaplan Director: Álvaro Brechner Cast: Héctor Noguera Comedy 9Tour de Force Director: Christian Zübert Cast: Florian David Fitz Drama 11Men Who Save the World Director: Liew Seng Tat Cast: Wan Hanafi Su, Harun Salim Bachik, Soffi Jikan, Jalil Hamid, Azhan Rani Everything Films ComedyTwo Shots Fired Director: Martín Rejtman Cast: Manuela Martelli Drama 15Hector and the Search for Happiness Director: Peter Chelsom Cast: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer Koch Media Comedy Drama 22Shockwave, Darkside Director: Jay Weisman Cast: Mei Melançon, Bill Sage, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rich Ceraulo, Alexander Cendese Science FictionThe Prince Director: Brian A. Miller Cast: Jason Patric, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Rain, Jessica Lowndes, Johnathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna, 50 Cent Lionsgate Crime Thriller 29She's Funny That Way Director: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Aniston Lionsgate Premiere Comedy 30The President Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf Cast: Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili Makhmalbaf Film House DramaThree Hearts Director: Benoît Jacquot Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve Wild Bunch Drama 31The Cut Director: Fatih Akın Cast: Tahar Rahim DramaSEPTEMBER 2A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Director: Roy Andersson Cast: Nisse Vestblom, Holger Andersson Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB Comedy Drama 3Sivas Director: Kaan Müjdeci Cast: Dogan Izci Drama 4Maya the Bee Director: Alexs Stadermann Cast: Coco Jack Gillies, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Joel Franco, Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes, Noah Taylor, Andy McPhee Shout! Factory Animation Comedy AdventureThe Valley Director: Ghassan Salhab Cast: Carol Abboud Drama 5Big Game Director: Jalmari Helander Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Felicity Huffman, Victor Garber, Ted Levine, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson Entertainment One Action Adventure 6Labyrinth of Lies Director: Giulio Ricciarelli Cast: Alexander Fehling DramaWho Am I Director: Baran bo Odar Cast: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek Thriller 71001 Grams Director: Bent Hamer Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Stein Winge, Per Christian Ellefsen DramaMeet Me in Montenegro Director: Alex Holdridge Cast: Rupert Friend, Linnea Saasen, Jennifer Ulrich, Alex Holdridge The Orchard Romance Comedy 9Modris Director: Juris Kursietis Cast: Kristers Piksa Drama 25Phoenix Director: Christian Petzold Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens DramaThe Seventh Dwarf Directors: Boris Aljinovic, Harald Siepermann Cast: Peyton List, Norm MacDonald, Nina Hagen Universal Pictures AnimationOCTOBER9 Northmen: A Viking SagaDirector: Claudio Fäh Cast: Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman, Leo Gregory, James Norton, Darrell D'Silva, Johan Hegg, Danny Keogh The Salt Company Historical Action 10The Farewell Party Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon Cast: Ze'ev Revach Drama16We Are Young. We Are Strong Director: Burhan Qurbani Cast: Devid Striesow Drama17Love, Rosie Director: Christian Ditter Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone Lionsgate Based on Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern Drama Comedy Romance23Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Director: Jo Kastner Cast: Joel Courtney, Jake T. Austin VMI Worldwide Comedy Drama AdventureNOVEMBER 27A Borrowed Identity Director: Eran Riklis Cast: Tawfeek Barhom DramaDECEMBER 15Head Full of Honey Director: Til Schweiger Cast: Dieter Hallervorden, Emma Schweiger, Til Schweiger Drama
Minor releases
Title Director Release date Genre2+2 Thomas Ciulei Comedy3/4 Maike Höhne 26 September 2014 (Germany) Drama
Notable deaths
Month Date Name Age Nationality Profession Notable films January 19 Gordon Hessler 88 German-English Director, Producer, Screenwriter April14 Ingeborg von Kusserow style=2text-align:center;| 95 ||style="text-align:center;"| German-English || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || |- ! rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May | style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Cornell Borchers || style="text-align:center;"| 89 ||style="text-align:center;"| Lithuanian-German || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || |- | style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Karlheinz Böhm || style="text-align:center;"| 86 ||style="text-align:center;"| German-Austrian || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || |- ! rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June | style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Wolf Koenig || style="text-align:center;"| 86 ||style="text-align:center;"| German-Canadian || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || |- ! rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July | style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Rosemary Murphy || style="text-align:center;"| 89 ||style="text-align:center;"| German-American || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || |- | style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Hans Funck || style="text-align:center;"| 61 ||style="text-align:center;"| German || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || |- ! rowspan=1 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August | style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Tom Pevsner || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| German-English || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Production Manager || |- ! rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September | style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Gottfried John || style="text-align:center;"| 72 ||style="text-align:center;"| German || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || |- | style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Joachim Fuchsberger || style="text-align:center;"| 87 ||style="text-align:center;"| German || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || |-