Movies by Director - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (42 [Missing: 5]) 
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| QuerelleA handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality. | 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 6.7 (6.4K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Veronika Voss [Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss]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 journ | 1982 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.8 (6.8K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| LolaA 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. | 1981 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Romance | 7.5 (5.9K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Lili MarleenIn 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. | 1981 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Music, Romance, War | 7.1 (3.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Berlin AlexanderplatzIn late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld. | 1980 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Crime, Drama | 8.5 (4.4K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Third Generation, The [Die dritte Generation]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. | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (2.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Marriage of Maria Braun, The [Die Ehe der Maria Braun]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. | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.8 (13.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| In a Year with 13 Moons [In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden]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. | 1978 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.5 (4.1K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| DespairIn early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep de | 1978 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, History | 7.1 (2.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Stationmaster's Wife, The [Bolwieser]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. | 1977 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.0 (737 votes) | 201 | 20220414 |
| Women in New York [Frauen in New York]New York in the 1930's. A group of wealthy women meet in beauty and fashion salons, at parties and other social occasions. Their lives circle around their wealthy husbands or lovers. | 1977 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Comedy | 7.0 (179 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Chinese Roulette [Chinesisches Roulette]Both the parents of a young teen who walks with crutches, goes on each their secret meeting with lovers, both surprising each other at the family's county home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette" | 1976 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (4K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Satan's Brew [Satansbraten]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. | 1976 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.9K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| I Only Want You to Love MeNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Fear of Fear [Angst vor der Angst]Margot, who lives in a comfortable middle class apartment, fears that she is losing her mind after having had her second child. Her husband Kurt, who is busy studying for an exam, does not understand her situation. Her mother-in-law | 1975 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.6 (1.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven [Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel]Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The | 1975 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.6 (1.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Fox and His Friends [Faustrecht der Freiheit]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. | 1975 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Crime, Drama, Romance | 7.7 (5.9K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| Like a Bird on a WireNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Effi Briest [Fontane Effi Briest]In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. She soon bears a daughter, Annie, and hi... | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, History | 6.9 (2.5K votes) | 135 | 20220723 |
| MarthaAfter 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. | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (2.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Ali - Fear Eats the Soul [Angst essen Seele auf]A lonely widow meets a much younger Arab 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. | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Romance | 8.0 (20.9K votes) | 92 | 20220414 |
| Nora HelmerA beautiful young housewife, Nora, is trying to convince her tight-laced, bourgeois husband, Torvald, to give her some extra money for the holidays, even if he has to borrow it. Fassbinder's interpretation of "A dolls house". | 1974 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 6.9 (260 votes) | 101 | 20220414 |
| World on a Wire [Welt am Draht]Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena | 1973 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (6K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Eight Hours Don't Make a Day [Acht Stunden sind kein Tag]The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight. | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 8.3 (475 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Jail Bait [Wildwechsel]Jailbait (Wildwechsel, 1973), also known as Wild Game Crossing, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Like in many other of his films, Fassbinder analyses lower middle class life with | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.1 (439 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Bremen Freedom [Bremer Freiheit - Frau Geesche Gottfried - Ein bürgerliches Trauerspiel]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 of | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.0 (264 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, The [Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant]A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman. | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Romance | 7.6 (9.4K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Merchant of Four Seasons, TheHans 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. | 1972 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.4 (4.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Beware of a Holy WhoreOn a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director arrives the material is still missing and so | 1971 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (2.2K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| WhityWhity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south-west U.S. in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank and the d | 1971 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama, Western | 6.5 (1.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Pioneers in IngolstadtNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Rio das MortesMichel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married. | 1971 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Comedy | 6.3 (642 votes) | 84 | 20220414 |
| Niklashausen Journey, The [Die Niklashauser Fart]Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the lan | 1970 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler | Drama | 5.9 (560 votes) | 90 | 20220315 |
| American Soldier, The [Der amerikanische Soldat]Ricky is a cold-blooded U.S. German contract killer. After serving in Viet Nam, he returns to his home town of Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks for three renegade cops. He inspects his old neighborhood with his childhood acco | 1970 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 6.7 (1.8K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Why Does Herr R. Run Amok [Warum läuft Herr R. Amok]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 husband; | 1970 | Michael Fengler, Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.4 (2.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| The Coffee ShopNA | | | | | | Not Available |
| Gods of the Plague [Gotter der Pest]A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend. | 1970 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Crime, Drama | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| KatzelmacherJorgos, 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 at | 1969 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Drama | 7.0 (2.8K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Love is Colder Than Death [Liebe ist kälter als der Tod]Unusual gangster story, in which a small-time pimp Franz, who is torn between his mistress and Bruno the gangster sent after him by the syndicate that he has refused to join. Things are turned on their head when Franz and Bruno becom | 1969 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Comedy, Crime | 6.6 (3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Little Chaos, The [Das kleine Chaos]Theo, Marite, and Franz cannot make any money selling magazines door to door, so they try a little robbery. | 1967 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Short, Comedy, Crime | 6.5 (1K votes) | 9 | 20211228 |
| City Tramp, TheA tramp finds a gun lying in the street. | 1966 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Short, Drama | 6.1 (764 votes) | 10 | 20211228 |
| This NightNA | | | | | | Not Available |