Mumblecore

  • The Third Guest

    The Third Guest

    2024

    1h.12min

    16

    A lonely hostel hides more than just silence - a secret that needs to be uncovered.


  • 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.


  • Away You Go

    Away You Go

    2018

    1h.16min

    6 FSK

    Compassionate mumblecore-style drama about a young woman's struggles with the expectations placed on her by her partner and friends.


  • Baghead

    Baghead

    2008

    1h.25min

    16

    Four unsuccessful actors retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, but their concocted horror story suddenly becomes bitter reality.


  • Chasing Paper Birds

    Chasing Paper Birds

    2020

    2h.3min

    16+

    Driven by their obsessions and fears, three Berliners lose themselves in the urban jungle.


  • Come Closer

    Come Closer

    2021

    1h.15min

    16+

    The focus is on the relationship between the two directors Bella and Andreas, who explore themes of love, sex, friendship and desire.


  • Flood

    Flood

    2019

    1h.40min

    16 FSK

    When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.


  • Occidental

    Occidental

    2018

    1h.14min

    16+

    A visually and sonically striking ensemble piece set in a hotel on the city outskirts as Paris is mired in political chaos...


  • For Miriam

    For Miriam

    2009

    58min

    16+

    Karen, a young math teacher, is involved in a traffic accident for which she is not to blame. The accident causes the death of a girl on a scooter.


  • Holiday

    Holiday

    2002

    1h.21min

    16+

    A group of young city dwellers celebrate New Year's Eve in a Tyrolean mountain hut, engaging in a alcohol fueled conflict with the locals.


  • Cosmos

    Cosmos

    1996

    1h.41min

    16+

    Six more or less ordinary lives in Montréal, connected by a Greek immigrant cab driver named Cosmos - with Denis Villeneuve.


  • Family Fever

    Family Fever

    2014

    1h.18min

    0 FSK

    A German Mumblecore tragicomedy set in a Brandenburg mansion. Three couples, six people, love, deceit, and the question: what's next?


  • Hard & Ugly

    Hard & Ugly

    2017

    1h.11min

    16+

    Ridiculously funny analysis of metropolitan hipsterism in Berlin, the German capital.


  • Stopped on Track

    Stopped on Track

    2011

    1h.49min

    6 FSK

    A heartbreaking drama about love and transience. Winner of four German Film Awards.


  • Home for the Weekend

    Home for the Weekend

    2011

    1h.24min

    12 FSK

    At the request of his mother Gitte, Marko (Lars Eidinger), travels from Berlin to his parents (Corinna Harfouch, Ernst Stötzner) in the countryside.


  • Soul Kitchen

    Soul Kitchen

    2009

    1h.39min

    12 FSK

    In Fatih Akin's cult film, German-Greek pub owner Zinos unwittingly destroys his restaurant's peaceful atmosphere.


  • Alky Alky

    Alky Alky

    2015

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    Mumblecore maestro Axel Ranisch creates a fabulous tragicomedy about the madness of alcoholism.


  • Lucky Loser

    Lucky Loser

    2017

    1h.34min

    0 FSK

    With Mike it's anything but round: flat away, job a one-way street, and to make matters worse, his little loser heart still beats for ex-wife Claudia.


  • The Hannas

    The Hannas

    2016

    1h.42min

    12 FSK

    Hans and Anna – together they make the Hannas: A hefty couple who love to cook. They meet sisters Kim and Nicola, both anorexic and excitingly different. ...


  • Nordstrand

    Nordstrand

    2014

    1h.29min

    12 FSK

    NORDSTRAND tells the story of two estranged brothers, Marten and Volker, who meet in their parents' now empty house on the coast.


  • In the Middle of the River

    In the Middle of the River

    2018

    1h.53min

    16 FSK

    Led to believe his abusive grandfather is responsible for his sister's recent death, Gabriel returns to his humble home in rural New Mexico. Yearning ...


  • Jetzt.Nicht.

    Jetzt.Nicht.

    2017

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    After losing his job, Walter, a workaholic in his forties, finds himself in an existential crisis and takes on the identity of another man.


  • Love Me!

    Love Me!

    2014

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    A German Mumblecore movie, an ode to the city of Berlin, a romantic comedy, father-daughter drama, and a portrait of a woman all rolled into one.


  • Kaptn Oskar

    Kaptn Oskar

    2013

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    Oskar and Masha made a deal: a relationship but no sex. While Oskar soon regrets it, Mascha sleeps indiscriminately with older men. Can this work out?


  • Love Steaks

    Love Steaks

    2013

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    LOVE STEAKS is the poster child of the German mumblecore genre, showcasing Franz Rogowski.


  • Klappe Cowboy!

    Klappe Cowboy!

    2011

    1h.24min

    6 FSK

    A newbie filmmaker from Hamburg arrives in Berlin, convinced that he'll make it big. Instead, he ends up shooting an 'adult' art movie!


  • Floating!

    Floating!

    2015

    1h.26min

    12 FSK

    A lesbian bachelorette’s night out with "the guys", including, alas, her future sperm donor. A mumblecore comedy on a raft.


  • A Decent Man

    A Decent Man

    2015

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    Conflict-avoidant Thomas just wants a relaxing holiday in the Swiss Alps. But, it's a slippery slope from the beginning. In an effort to repair his own ...


  • Time Out

    Time Out

    2011

    49min

    16+

    A bunch of men go on a short vacation and set their inhibitions aside.


  • Papa Gold

    Papa Gold

    2011

    1h.17min

    12 FSK

    Denny lives in in the city, boozes and dances through the night, and sleeps with one girl after another.


  • Silent Spring

    Silent Spring

    2008

    45min

    12 FSK

    Nico Sommer brilliantly blurs boundaries between fiction and documentary in this story of a 21 year old man looking to lose his virginity.


  • Rocket Perelman

    Rocket Perelman

    2017

    1h.48min

    12 FSK

    In a quest for self-directed living, ten artists near Berlin join forces to start the artist's colony 'Rakete Perelman'. But, they need money.


  • Kissing?

    Kissing?

    2017

    1h.17min

    16+

    Danny and Stella, turning thirty soon, feel lost and disorientated. Are they too good for this world, or is the world too bad for them?


  • Rüdiger - Exit as Ascension

    Rüdiger - Exit as Ascension

    2017

    21min

    16+

    Rüdiger decides to pursue an alternative life plan. Now he lives in seclusion with imaginary animals and recites lofty quotes heavy with meaning.


  • Beat Beat Heart

    Beat Beat Heart

    2017

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A playful romanticist has been waiting for the love of her life to return – when suddenly her newly separated mother moves in.


  • Anhedonia - Narcisis

    Anhedonia - Narcisis

    2016

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Inexplicably, millions of first-world citizens experience an epidemic of "anhedonia," the inability to feel joy, pleasure, and contentment.


  • Lotte

    Lotte

    2016

    1h.15min

    16 FSK

    LOTTE, with her snappy, big city attitude, is impulsive and rough around the edges. No wonder she's constantly clashing with everybody.


  • Sin and Illy Still Alive

    Sin and Illy Still Alive

    2015

    1h.7min

    12 FSK

    The young woman Sin is addicted to heroin and wants to get clean. Her plan is to fly to a Greek island where she will give up drugs.


  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

    2014

    28min

    16+

    Rebecca is shaken by life and drifts between her shared room and the retirement home where her father, who suffers from dementia, lives.


  • 5 Stories in 4 Days

    5 Stories in 4 Days

    2015

    1h.22min

    16+

    The lives of Paula, Louise, Max, Randolf and Donnie are getting out of hand.


  • Schmitke

    Schmitke

    2014

    1h.38min

    6 FSK

    What should have been a ordinary job in the Czech Ore Mountains, becomes a mysterious expedition for the aging engineer Julius Schmitke.


  • Party of Eight

    Party of Eight

    2013

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    Years ago Anton disappeared. Out of the blue he invited his family and friends to a party. But everyone's joyful expectation soon fades.


  • Frontalwatte

    Frontalwatte

    2011

    1h.17min

    12 FSK

    FRONTALWATTE is like running against a wall and falling softly. Franz, Adrian and Anastasia stumble through a world without consequences.


  • Hans Dampf

    Hans Dampf

    2013

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    Modern Fairytail about a young man who quits his jobs and looks for new challenges in the whole wide world.


  • Blind & Ugly

    Blind & Ugly

    2017

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    Ferdi thinks he's ugly. And he really wants a girlfriend. But he can't, because he's ugly. But one day he meets Jonah and Jonah is blind.


  • Unwritten Laws

    Unwritten Laws

    2010

    17min

    16+

    It's not easy for Tom (Mario Mentrup) to find a partner in the big city. With millions of people around, it's easy to feel like an anonymous nobody.


  • Reuber

    Reuber

    2013

    1h.10min

    6 FSK

    Robby is supposed to look after his little sister. While he goes to the supermarket to buy sweets for her, she and her baby carriage are snatched.


  • Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    2005

    1h.35min

    16 FSK

    The film follows two couples. Without their respective partners' knowledge, all four set up dates with a person of the other couple.