Dramatic

  • Bangla

    Bangla

    2019

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A comically romantic culture clash in Rome: Phaim, who is of Bengali origin, has fallen in love with the progressive Asia.


  • Kiddo

    Kiddo

    2024

    1h.31min

    12

    In this Hollywood-style mother-daughter road trip east, the two try to get closer to their dream.


  • R U There

    R U There

    2010

    1h.23min

    6

    Pro-gamer Jitze has to take a forced break from a tournament in Taipei and meets a young woman who changes his view of the world.


  • After the Fire

    After the Fire

    2023

    1h.38min

    12

    Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, Malika embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place.


  • Icons of Light

    Icons of Light

    2015

    1h.21min

    0 FSK

    Katharina and Steffen have everything but still want to escape the comforting predictability of their lives. Will they dare to take that one step?


  • Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

    2016

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    In the hedonistic Berlin of the 2010s, a writer drifts through the party scene. With Nina Hagen, Peaches, Rosa von Praunheim and Blixa Bargeld.


  • Dogs Day

    Dogs Day

    2020

    16

    Mysteries and supernatural events heat up the Saint-Henri neighborhood in a sweltering Montreal summer.


  • Holy Island

    Holy Island

    2024

    1h.27min

    12

    Rosa and David, two lost souls, try to escape purgatory. But only one of them can be saved in the end.


  • Just Kids

    Just Kids

    2020

    1h.43min

    12

    Jack, Lisa and Mathis are suddenedly orphaned. All three react to the catastrophe in their own way. Jack, who has just come of age, gets custody.


  • Into Dad's Woods

    Into Dad's Woods

    2020

    1h.31min

    12

    Fifteen-year-old Gina grew up in a loving family on the edge of a forest. She admires and loves her father Jimmy, an unpredictable and whimsical man.


  • Sweetheart

    Sweetheart

    2022

    16

    Chanelle, a 38-year-old French teacher, enters into a relationship with her 17-year-old student Sandrick.


  • Golden Youth

    Golden Youth

    2019

    1h.52min

    16

    During the "Palace years", the love story of Rose, an orphaned and destitute teenager, and Michel, a painter six years her senior.


  • Summer Frost

    Summer Frost

    2022

    1h.52min

    16

    In a cold summer, 10 strangers connect, revealing dreams and fears in an impressionist tapestry of contemporary France's soul.


  • Aspergirl

    Aspergirl

    2023

    16

    Heartwarming series in which single mother Louison and her son are simultaneously diagnosed with life-changing autism.


  • Beyond the Horizon

    Beyond the Horizon

    2020

    1h.33min

    12

    The Sutter family can no longer earn a living from their Swiss mountain farm in the 1970s. A family catastrophe is brewing.


  • With the Wind

    With the Wind

    2018

    1h.23min

    16

    For a couple living self-sufficiently, installing a wind turbine becomes a test of their relationship.


  • Storm

    Storm

    2009

    1h.45min

    12 FSK

    The war crimes tribunal in The Hague is fighting with itself and war criminals from the former Yugoslavia.


  • Working Girls

    Working Girls

    2020

    1h.31min

    16

    WORKING GIRLS is a gripping, character-driven drama about three resilient prostitutes navigating complex lives and dark secrets in a Belgian brothel.


  • And Along Come Tourists

    And Along Come Tourists

    2007

    1h.25min

    0 FSK

    In the shadow of Auschwitz, a touching story of reconciliation takes place between a young German and a concentration camp survivor.


  • Miracle

    Miracle

    2022

    1h.58min

    16

    The crime against a young nun reveals the fatalism, faith and superstition that paralyzes the Romanian province.


  • Wet Season

    Wet Season

    2019

    1h.43min

    16

    In monsoon-soaked Singapore, a teacher's struggle for identity and connection unfolds through an unlikely and transformative bond.


  • James White

    James White

    2015

    1h.30min

    16+

    New York rich kid James is forced to choose between his drug fuled lifestyle and the last chance to redeem his relationship with his mother.


  • A Monster with a Thousand Heads

    A Monster with a Thousand Heads

    2016

    1h.15min

    16+

    A taut supremely crafted social thriller about a woman seeking retribution from members of a corrupt pharmaceutical industry.


  • Ilo Ilo

    Ilo Ilo

    2013

    1h.39min

    16+

    A lovely, intimate drama of family dynamics under stress, offering an intriguing peek into previously unseen Singaporean middle-class life.


  • Body

    Body

    2015

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.


  • Talk to Me

    Talk to Me

    2023

    1h.19min

    16+

    When a mother and her daughter take a vacation at the Baltic Sea, it quickly turns into a journey into the past that opens up old wounds.


  • Babyboy

    Babyboy

    2023

    48min

    16

    A teenager grapples with masculinity amid family splits and first loves, reflecting the rawness of youth in a German town.


  • Boarding Gate

    Boarding Gate

    2006

    1h.46min

    16 FSK

    Trapped in a world of global financial transactions and erotic S&M games, Sandra (Asia Argento) tries to escape the clutches of her ex.


  • Captain Volkonogov Escaped

    Captain Volkonogov Escaped

    2023

    2h.6min

    16+

    A gripping, thrilling drama-thriller with captivating cinematography about Stalin's political purges in 1938.


  • Will My Parents Come to See Me

    Will My Parents Come to See Me

    2022

    28min

    16+

    With destabilising gentleness, Mo Harawe recounts the last hours of the terrorist Farah before his execution.


  • Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

    Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster

    2023

    1h.28min

    16+

    Director Umut Subaşı deftly captures the essence of millennial malaise in contemporary Istanbul.


  • Life on the Horn

    Life on the Horn

    2020

    25min

    16+

    A creeping, almost invisible toxic waste catastrophe is taking place on Somalia's coast.


  • A Dark, Dark Man

    A Dark, Dark Man

    2019

    16+

    In a stark portrayal of corruption in the Kazakh steppes, young policeman Bekzat is torn between loyalty and decency.


  • Para:dies

    Para:dies

    2022

    1h.16min

    16+

    Lee and Jasmin's lesbian idyll on the outskirts of Salzburg starts to crack when they give documentary filmmaker Amira a glimpse into their lives.


  • Klondike

    Klondike

    2022

    1h.40min

    16+

    A gripping film by Ukraine's Maryna Er Gorbach about the tragic events of the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014.


  • Öte

    Öte

    2023

    1h.48min

    16+

    A love letter to the unique magic of solo traveling.


  • La Belle Indifference

    La Belle Indifference

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    A dark comedy-drama, delving deep into the psyche of a man in denial and a woman confronting their grim reality, reflecting on societal pressures.


  • Somehow

    Somehow

    2022

    1h.42min

    16

    "Don’t become like my father" - a credo that will drive Alex, a man on the run from himself, to the edge of reason.


  • Snow and the Bear

    Snow and the Bear

    2022

    1h.33min

    16+

    In a snowy Turkish village, a nurse faces a web of power, mystery, and suspicion, where a missing man and rumored bears blur reality.


  • Night to Be Gone

    Night to Be Gone

    2024

    1h.31min

    16+

    In the heart of Berlin, a film noir billiard thriller unfolds with deceit, ambition, and suspense.


  • Zahorí

    Zahorí

    2022

    1h.45min

    16+

    In the vast emptiness of the Patagonian steppe, 13-year-old Mora embarks on a journey with an old, indigenous Mapuche gaucho.


  • Soultribe: A Dance of Life

    Soultribe: A Dance of Life

    2023

    1h.51min

    0 FSK

    Out of a crisis situation, a group of spiritual entrepreneurs develops new strength.


  • The Rain Bride

    The Rain Bride

    2022

    1h.39min

    16+

    Between the war's frontlines to the dance floor, a Kurdish woman's journey defies tradition and embraces liberation.


  • And Yet We Were All Blind

    And Yet We Were All Blind

    2023

    1h.31min

    16+

    A lawyer faces infanticide charges for a child she didn't know she was carrying, igniting a trial that questions motherhood's essence.


  • Good Monsters

    Good Monsters

    2021

    12

    Heartfelt musical comedy about a woman trying to save her drug-addicted husband.


  • Numb

    Numb

    2023

    1h.30min

    16+

    A riveting Iranian drama set in a unique kindergarten in Tehran, where the usual gender segregation of schools is yet to begin.


  • 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned

    2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned

    2023

    1h.22min

    16+

    The dark, dystopian horror cabinet with BDSM vibes about the man in the monkey mask enters its second round.


  • The Exam

    The Exam

    2021

    1h.26min

    16+

    For a young Kurdish woman, the entrance exam for university will decide, if she can live freely or has to submit to the men in her life.


  • Notes on a Summer

    Notes on a Summer

    2023

    1h.23min

    16+

    A summery film about lust and love and choices you have to make (or not).


  • A Fish Swimming Upside Down

    A Fish Swimming Upside Down

    2020

    1h.43min

    16+

    In a tense love triangle, a woman's presence stirs dark desires and complex emotions in a father and son, challenging moral norms.


  • 1982

    1982

    2020

    1h.40min

    12 FSK

    While Wissam fights for his love, political tensions rise and the Israeli army invades Lebanon.


  • Poppy Field

    Poppy Field

    2020

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    The threat of being outed causes an explosion of violence: Cristi, a gay Romanian policeman lives under the threat of being outed against his will.


  • Schlamassel

    Schlamassel

    2023

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    A multi-layered drama that skillfully explores how both feelings and memories stay locked away in post-reunification East Germany.


  • Polichinelles

    Polichinelles

    2019

    16+

    The journey of a French lesbian couple aspiring to become parents and the challenges on the way.


  • Archipelago

    Archipelago

    2011

    1h.50min

    16+

    Deep fractures within a family dynamic begin to surface during a getaway to the British Isles of Scilly.


  • Dreams of the City

    Dreams of the City

    1984

    2h.3min

    16+

    A poignant tale of lost innocence, young Dib navigates the tumultuous landscape of 1950s Damascus following his father's death.


  • Wolf and Dog

    Wolf and Dog

    2023

    1h.51min

    16+

    In a traditional Azorean island, Ana's journey of self-discovery and queer friendship challenges the confines of her world.


  • Respectable Girls

    Respectable Girls

    2019

    16+

    For Carys, the end of her relationship is also the end of the world. Single for the first time in ages. And now?


  • Alam

    Alam

    2022

    1h.47min

    16+

    This poignant coming-of-age drama that delves into the complexities of Palestinian identity under Israeli rule.


  • Heavy Girls

    Heavy Girls

    2012

    1h.15min

    12 FSK

    With a budget of 517 euros, Axel Ranisch created his debut, a tragicomedy in a warm-hearted, improvisational style.


  • Junkyard Dog

    Junkyard Dog

    2023

    1h.33min

    12

    Set in a remote village, Dog and Mirales face a test with the arrival of a young woman, who shatters the monotony of their lives.


  • Our Men

    Our Men

    2021

    1h.46min

    16+

    Nika leaves Ukraine to follow her boyfriend Vlad, a French foreign legionnaire, to a military camp in Corsica. There, she meets the commander's wife.


  • You Will Die at Twenty

    You Will Die at Twenty

    2020

    1h.45min

    12 FSK

    The prophecy of his death sends Muzamil on a journey of defiance and self-discovery in the midst of cultural and political upheaval.


  • Alice and the Mayor

    Alice and the Mayor

    2019

    1h.40min

    16+

    After thirty years, the Mayor of Lyon is running out of ideas, and thanks to a young and brilliant philosopher, he is now getting new hope.


  • The Enemy

    The Enemy

    2022

    1h.45min

    16+

    Based on a true story: The wife of a politician is found dead in a hotel room. What happened in room 108?


  • Khibula

    Khibula

    2017

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    In the breathtaking mountain landscape of Georgia, the first freely elected president seeks protection from the putschists.


  • Monolith

    Monolith

    2023

    1h.12min

    12 FSK

    A 24-hour odyssey through Berlin, full of subtle tension and existential questions.


  • Pacifiction

    Pacifiction

    2022

    2h.45min

    6 FSK

    The mesmerizing world of Albert Serra's PACIFICTION departs from the exotic portrayal of Tahiti, presenting an authentic glimpse into its beauty.


  • Im Spinnwebhaus

    Im Spinnwebhaus

    2015

    1h.31min

    12 FSK

    Reality and fantasy are interwoven in this fascinating drama about three children in a mystical world of isolation.


  • Brother's Keeper

    Brother's Keeper

    2021

    1h.25min

    16+

    A provincial boarding school for Kurdish boys becomes the flashpoint of a society riddled with power imbalances.


  • The Red Mountain

    The Red Mountain

    2022

    1h.50min

    16+

    Is it fact or is it fiction? A documentary-fiction hybrid about the Red Mountain near Trier and the people who dwell there.


  • Life Suits Me Well

    Life Suits Me Well

    2021

    1h.39min

    16+

    A degenerative neurological disease changes the life of family man Fouad and his relatives in this bittersweet Moroccan drama.


  • Never Sleep Again

    Never Sleep Again

    1992

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    After a wedding party, three friends from Hamburg are stranded Berlin. A fast-paced odyssey through the urban wasteland of this once divided city.


  • Bright Women

    Bright Women

    2023

    1h.42min

    16+

    Karine becomes the leader in the fight for her job, but the young woman is tetanized by an invisible handicap.


  • Youth Topia

    Youth Topia

    2023

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

    In a world driven by algorithms, a group of "forever teenagers" rebel against the dictates of self-optimization.


  • Fogaréu

    Fogaréu

    2022

    1h.40min

    16+

    In her surreal and fantastic debut, Flávia Neves masterfully combines the search for her own origins with Brazil's colonial past.


  • Just a Friday

    Just a Friday

    2022

    26min

    12 FSK

    When Germany surrenders in 1945, two reckless teenagers put their families' escape on the line to save their friendship.


  • Inertia

    Inertia

    2015

    1h.12min

    16+

    Dreamlike, Israeli indie film about a woman whose nightmare turns into a hopeful sense of autonomy.


  • Forces

    Forces

    2023

    2h.28min

    12 FSK

    Under the crushing emotional burden of his terminally ill father and violent brother, 14-year-old Daniel seeks refuge with two outcasts.


  • Geranium

    Geranium

    2020

    1h.23min

    16+

    As death approaches, repressed secrets emerge from the dark recesses of a wealthy but emotionally cold family.


  • My Emptiness and I

    My Emptiness and I

    2022

    1h.44min

    16+

    Between everyday call center life and fairy tale fantasies, Raphi goes through her gender reassignment.


  • The 9th Step

    The 9th Step

    2022

    1h.33min

    16+

    A touching portrayal of seventeen-year-old Ieva and her ex-alcoholic father’s attempt at rebuilding their tenuous relationship.


  • Eden

    Eden

    2020

    1h.32min

    16+

    In a religious summer camp, three youths who are torn between ideology, independence and falling in love.


  • Notes of Berlin

    Notes of Berlin

    2021

    1h.43min

    12 FSK

    A film in episodes based on the trend blog "Notes of Berlin" that sheds light on the urban madness of everyday life.


  • Lucie Loses Her Horse

    Lucie Loses Her Horse

    2021

    1h.22min

    16+

    From one moment to the next, actress Lucie is a knight, sword in hand, donned in armor and setting off on quixotic quests.


  • 153 Meter

    153 Meter

    2022

    1h.11min

    16+

    Two prefabricated buildings facing each other, three women, three generations, one video camera. The story of an obsession.


  • That Kind of Summer

    That Kind of Summer

    2022

    2h.17min

    16+

    In this Berlinale Golden Bear contender film, three hypersexual women are spending 26 days in a quiet house by the lake.


  • Our Eternal Summer

    Our Eternal Summer

    2022

    1h.15min

    16+

    Immerse yourself in the summer of a carefree teenager who suddenly loses her best friend and realizes that nothing lasts forever.


  • She Is a Good Boy

    She Is a Good Boy

    2022

    26min

    16+

    When Ava's father Gunter, a classic macho dude, shows up at her door, worlds collide.


  • Roi Soleil

    Roi Soleil

    2018

    1h.2min

    16+

    The last hour of the French monarch Louis XIV as a gallery performance.


  • Story of My Death

    Story of My Death

    2012

    2h.30min

    16+

    Together with his new servant, Casanova embarks on a journey to the Carpathians, to Dracula.


  • Birdsong

    Birdsong

    2008

    1h.38min

    16+

    The Three Wise Kings travel in search of the Messiah, with unexpected obstacles on the way.


  • Honour of the Knights

    Honour of the Knights

    2006

    1h.47min

    16+

    Albert Serra distills the philosophical and spiritual core of Miguel de Cervantes' classic tale.


  • East Cross

    East Cross

    1991

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 15-year-old girl tries to find a home in the Berlin of wastelands and ruins.


  • The Giant

    The Giant

    1984

    1h.22min

    16+

    An omnipresent giant who sees everything, but can’t be seen himself ... An “City Symphony” entirelly composed from material generated by CCTV.


  • Night of the Kings

    Night of the Kings

    2020

    1h.33min

    16+

    Ivorian Filmmaker Philippe Lacôte created a mesmerizing, violent and hyper-masculine film that worships the power of storytelling.


  • Gisela

    Gisela

    2005

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    Authentic, haphazard and unromantic, three residents of a high-rise housing estate search for love, friendship and sexuality.


  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

    2018

    1h.27min

    16+

    Andrei, a Russian speaking immigrant living in Ashdod, is balancing work, bills, taking care of his kid sister Chris, and rehearsing for a concert.


  • The Grass is Greener Everywhere Else

    The Grass is Greener Everywhere Else

    1989

    1h.18min

    12 FSK

    Either the grass is greener, or the houses are bigger, or the sun is warmer ... anywhere else is better.


  • Divine Love

    Divine Love

    2019

    1h.41min

    16+

    Brazil, 2027: Joana is deeply religious. At work, she encourages divorcing couples to reconsider their breakup.