Psychology

  • Burden

    Burden

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.5min

    16

    To face a personal and collective transformation in search of new ways of being a man, 13 men go on a collective retreat.


  • Saint-Narcisse

    Saint-Narcisse

    Queer, Thriller

    2021

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Twins separated at birth, identical in appearance and shamelessness, finally get to know and love each other...


  • And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

    And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    When narcisstic obsession meets an endless free market and 45 billion cameras!


  • I Am Here!

    I Am Here!

    Drama, Independent

    2023

    1h.12min

    16

    Two childhood friends meet up again after many years to dig up a secret buried deep in the forest.


  • Hotell

    Hotell

    Drama

    2013

    1h.40min

    16

    After a blow of fate, Erika starts group therapy. One day, the group decides to create their own relief and change, and move from hotel to hotel.


  • Immerhin: Die Kunst, die Kunst

    Immerhin: Die Kunst, die Kunst

    Drama, Independent

    2024

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    A theater group takes on the powerful pharmaceutical industry and is infiltrated by its agents.


  • Franky Five Star

    Franky Five Star

    Drama

    2023

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    When it all gets too much, Franky checks into a hotel that only exists in her head and talks to the imaginary staff.


  • The Strong Sex

    The Strong Sex

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.42min

    16 FSK

    An eye-opening reflection on male sexuality, its power structures and stereotypes of masculinity in our present day.


  • Aspergirl

    Aspergirl

    Comedy, Drama

    2023

    16

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


  • James White

    James White

    Drama, Independent

    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.


  • Boarding Gate

    Boarding Gate

    Drama, Thriller

    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.


  • L' "il y a" du rapport sexuel

    L' "il y a" du rapport sexuel

    Documentary, Icons & Media Art

    2023

    1h.35min

    16+

    Two strangers, Lisa and Jos, go to San Francisco to find out, if there is sexual intercourse - based on french philosopher Jean-Luc Nancys text.


  • House of Silence

    House of Silence

    Horror, Thriller

    2023

    1h.24min

    16 FSK

    The long shadow of Sorel's stalker ex-boyfriend seems to extend to every last corner of the Lüneburg Heath.


  • La Belle Indifference

    La Belle Indifference

    Drama, Comedy

    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.


  • Get Home Safe

    Get Home Safe

    Shorts, Thriller

    2022

    13min

    16+

    The employee of a Way-Home-Phone service experiences the nightly horror of a young woman who is followed by a stranger on her way home.


  • And Yet We Were All Blind

    And Yet We Were All Blind

    Drama, Thriller

    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.


  • Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Narcissism: The Auto-Erotic Images

    Love & Sex, Queer

    2023

    1h.30min

    16+

    "Challenging Identities" - A lesbian non-binary artist's documentary on gender, self-love, and narcissism, honored at Berlin Pornfilmfestival.


  • Archipelago

    Archipelago

    Drama

    2011

    1h.50min

    16+

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


  • Janine F.

    Janine F.

    Documentary, Independent

    2004

    1h.20min

    16+

    The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.


  • Enter Mycel

    Enter Mycel

    Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2022

    1h.15min

    16 FSK

    A parasitic fungus infects humanity. It triggers visions and also enables communication with the dead.


  • The Enemy

    The Enemy

    Thriller, Drama

    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?


  • Jackie the Wolf

    Jackie the Wolf

    Documentary

    2023

    1h.33min

    16+

    Jacqueline Jencquel has decided to end her life before her 75th birthday. Her son accompanies her last year with the camera.


  • Forces

    Forces

    Drama

    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.


  • Bastard in Mind

    Bastard in Mind

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.26min

    16+

    A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.


  • Candidates - Training in Stammheim

    Candidates - Training in Stammheim

    Documentary

    2020

    58min

    16+

    In Stammheim, right next to the old RAF prison, an educational center for future correctional officers is located next to the prison wall.


  • Superior

    Superior

    Drama, Thriller

    2022

    1h.39min

    16+

    On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, bringing their worlds on the verge of a collision.


  • Compliance

    Compliance

    Drama, Thriller

    2012

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

    A riveting psychological horror film that delves into the depths of human obedience and naivety.


  • Necktie Youth

    Necktie Youth

    Drama

    2015

    1h.26min

    16

    At pool parties in the richest part of South Africa, the post-apartheid dreams of an entire generation perish in a drug-fueled dystopia.


  • News from Planet Mars

    News from Planet Mars

    Comedy

    2016

    1h.41min

    12

    In this very compelling comedy, a father reaches the boundaries of his good will and is in danger of falling prey to insanity.


  • Second Thoughts

    Second Thoughts

    Drama, Comedy

    2021

    1h.25min

    12 FSK

    In poetic tableaux, filmmaker Zora Rux tells a surrealistic-comic story about the search for the true self.


  • Nachtmeerfahrten - Eine Reise in die Psychologie von C.G. Jung

    Nachtmeerfahrten - Eine Reise in die Psychologie von C.G. Jung

    Biography, Documentary

    2011

    1h.9min

    0 FSK

    A cinematic journey into the biography of the psychiatrist C. G. Jung (1875−1961) and into his powerful world of myths, dreams and symbols.


  • Too Close to the Sun

    Too Close to the Sun

    Drama, Romance

    2022

    1h.25min

    16+

    This debut feature deals with schizophrenia and the ravages that this mental illness inflicts not only on the patient himself, but also on his family.


  • Untimely

    Untimely

    Drama

    2020

    1h.17min

    16+

    In this Iranian debut feature, the dilemma of a young soldier unfolds into a visually stunning coming-of-age story spanning several time levels.


  • La Vacanza

    La Vacanza

    Drama, Independent

    2020

    1h.34min

    16+

    Valerio is 30 and bipolar. His self-destructive life changes when he meets Carla, a senior citizen with early symptoms of Alzheimer's.


  • From the Sideline

    From the Sideline

    Biography, Independent

    2015

    1h.52min

    0 FSK

    In the 1970s, Peter Brückner was an iconic figure of the German New Left and was the first university professor to lose tenure for political reasons.


  • Happiness

    Happiness

    Drama, Thriller

    2017

    1h.31min

    16 FSK

    Japanese arthouse gem from cult director Sabu, where good luck and bad luck are side by side. With Masatoshi Nagase (Paterson).


  • Auf der Suche nach Heilern oder Ich bin ein Hypochonder

    Auf der Suche nach Heilern oder Ich bin ein Hypochonder

    Documentary

    2014

    1h.23min

    0 FSK

    Director Rosa von Praunheim experiments with alternative medicine and seeks out faith healers to cure his ailments and experience enlightenment.


  • Gieselmann

    Gieselmann

    Drama, Comedy

    2021

    33min

    16+

    How do you become who you are? Dirk GIESELMANN was wronged. Now he is going to confront the people who caused his humiliation.


  • Homeopathy Unrefuted?

    Homeopathy Unrefuted?

    Documentary, Independent

    2021

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    Is homeopathy a hoax or medicine? Here, homeopaths are allowed to share their very different views.


  • The Infernal Trio

    The Infernal Trio

    Classics

    1974

    1h.37min

    18 FSK

    A trio of marriage swindlers played by Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli and Mascha Gonska, roam post-war France cheating and murdering.


  • She's Lost Control

    She's Lost Control

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.30min

    16

    Ronah is a sex worker and behavioral psychology student. As a surrogate partner, she sleeps with patients who have trouble allowing intimacy.


  • Not in my Backyard

    Not in my Backyard

    Documentary, Independent

    2011

    1h.27min

    16+

    One of the biggest taboos in society is the rehabilitation of sex offenders. This film takes the offender perspective.


  • Seahorse

    Seahorse

    Documentary, Shorts

    2020

    16min

    16+

    Hanan fled with her family from northern Iraq across the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, she did not know how to swim. She now overcomes the trauma.


  • Stress

    Stress

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.22min

    16+

    Five young veterans of the Afghanistan war, outwardly unscathed but inwardly hurting, feel misunderstood upon their return to civilian life.


  • Chasing Paper Birds

    Chasing Paper Birds

    Drama, Independent

    2020

    2h.3min

    16+

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


  • The Mouth - Our Ultimate Prison

    The Mouth - Our Ultimate Prison

    Independent

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    Jakob Fisch confesses to a murder he did not commit. Police psychologist Dr. Alea Anzu then tries to convict him of lying.


  • The Marriage Project

    The Marriage Project

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.19min

    16+

    The director of a psychiatric clinic near Tehran gives patients the opportunity to marry each other, in a model project.


  • Bias

    Bias

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.25min

    12

    The toxic effects of prejudice are well known: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. Yet few are prepared to admit it.


  • Sex: Speak

    Sex: Speak

    Documentary, Love & Sex

    2015

    1h.20min

    16 FSK

    Sex is the most beautiful thing in the world. But talking about it without straying into lasciviousness or becoming inhibited remains tricky.


  • Afterward

    Afterward

    Documentary

    2020

    1h.35min

    12

    Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch confronts her personal demons in a journey where she meets with people she was taught to hate.


  • For Miriam

    For Miriam

    Drama

    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.


  • In My Skin

    In My Skin

    Documentary

    2019

    1h.12min

    16+

    This film immerses us directly into the daily lives of three women who are trapped in violent, abusive relationships.


  • Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Happiness Is a Warm Gun

    Classics

    2001

    1h.30min

    12

    Green Party icon Petra Kelly is shot in her sleep by her partner Gert Bastian, an ex-Federal Armed Forces general, before he kills himself.


  • August 32nd on Earth

    August 32nd on Earth

    Classics

    1998

    1h.28min

    16

    In Denis Villeneuve's feature film debut, a young model narrowly escapes death and endeavors to give her life new meaning by becoming a mother.


  • Magic Mountains

    Magic Mountains

    Thriller

    2020

    1h.19min

    16+

    Unsparing psychological thriller exploring the complex aftermath of a relationship set against the stunning backdrop of Poland's Carpathian Mountains.


  • Our Lucky Hours

    Our Lucky Hours

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.17min

    16

    During World War 2, 45,000 psychiatric patients died in French hospitals. Only one facility opposed the carnage: the asylum in Saint-Alban.


  • Blue Eyed

    Blue Eyed

    Classics

    1996

    1h.33min

    0 FSK

    An eye-opening experience about deep engrained behaviour we barley are aware of in our every day life.


  • Pretenders

    Pretenders

    Independent, Thriller

    2016

    1h.42min

    16

    Two mismatched couples meet by chance in this psychologically and artistically sophisticated debut.


  • Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.15min

    16+

    Gripping drama with film noir undertones about a man's delusional search for his allegedly missing wife.


  • The Cradle of Shadows

    The Cradle of Shadows

    Horror, Independent

    2014

    1h.20min

    16+

    The bunkers of the French Maginot line from the WW2 are a living backdrop for Jérôme Jacobs indie horror THE CRADLE OF SHADOWS.


  • The Fabric

    The Fabric

    Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2019

    21min

    12

    In a strange, dark insane asylum, a brilliant physicist with no memory is being held captive. One thing preoccupies him: how to escape.


  • Overgames

    Overgames

    Documentary

    2015

    2h.44min

    16

    A film about funny and serious games, therapies of re- and self-re-education as well as the history of ideas of the permanent revolution.


  • Postcard To Daddy

    Postcard To Daddy

    Documentary, Independent

    2010

    1h.26min

    16 FSK

    While growing up, filmmaker Michael Stock was sexually abused by his own father. Two decades later he confronts his family.


  • Winna - Path of the Souls

    Winna - Path of the Souls

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    Legend tellers and legend collectors preserve the traditional knowledge of myths and traditions in Valais.


  • Gutland

    Gutland

    Drama, Independent

    2017

    1h.47min

    16 FSK

    Early one summer morning a man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work.


  • 4 Kings

    4 Kings

    Drama

    2015

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    Alex, Fedja, Timo and Lara are four troubled teens who will spend Christmas eve in a psychiatric ward.


  • Home for the Weekend

    Home for the Weekend

    Drama

    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.


  • The Unknown Girl

    The Unknown Girl

    Crime, Drama

    2016

    1h.53min

    6 FSK

    A doctor plagued by feelings of guilt tries on her own initiative to clarify the identity of a dead woman who lay on her doorstep.


  • Hands of a Mother

    Hands of a Mother

    Drama

    2016

    1h.46min

    12 FSK

    A family reunion aboard a ship becomes a turning point in the life of 39-year-old engineer Markus.


  • Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

    Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob?

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.20min

    16+

    Three brothers embark on a search for traces left by their deceased brother, Jakob, who committed suicide.


  • De chaque instant

    De chaque instant

    Documentary

    2018

    1h.47min

    0 FSK

    The documentary shows the training path of nurses in France - with all its ups and downs.


  • Of the Voice

    Of the Voice

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    The Sound of the Voice tells the story of four people who are passionate about exploring the limits of the human voice in new ways.


  • Stuttering – My Constant Companion

    Stuttering – My Constant Companion

    Documentary, Independent

    2017

    1h.29min

    0 FSK

    Birgit Gohlke has stuttered since early childhood. She deals well with it, but after watching "The King's Speech", Birgit decides to take action.


  • Domian - Interview with the Death

    Domian - Interview with the Death

    Documentary

    2015

    1h.18min

    12 FSK

    He is Germany's most famous night talker: Jürgen Domian. Thousands of people have been calling him every night for 20 years. They trust him implicitly


  • The Altruism Revolution

    The Altruism Revolution

    Documentary

    2015

    1h.31min

    6 FSK

    Is man a selfish being who thinks only of himself and his own good?


  • My Talk With Florence

    My Talk With Florence

    Biography, Documentary

    2015

    2h.9min

    12 FSK

    Florence is trapped at an early age in a hotbed of cruelty. Sexually abused and raped within her own family, she runs away from home as a teenager.


  • In the Middle of the River

    In the Middle of the River

    Drama

    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 ...


  • Herbstflattern

    Herbstflattern

    Drama

    2013

    1h.6min

    16+

    Only armed with a phone number and a blurry profile picture, Lene searches the streets of Berlin an online acquaintance.


  • Bright Night

    Bright Night

    Horror, Independent

    2014

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    A German Mumblecore mystery and pyschodrama about two couples, a polyamorous relationship, and nightmarish reality shifts.


  • La Sapienza

    La Sapienza

    Love & Sex, Drama

    2014

    1h.53min

    12

    After a professional setback, the architect Alexandre and his wife Aliénor, a psychologist, travel to Italy to complete his book.


  • Silent Spring

    Silent Spring

    Comedy

    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.


  • Heinz und Fred

    Heinz und Fred

    Documentary, Independent

    2008

    1h.21min

    0 FSK

    Heinz and Fred have created their own strange world in the province of Saxony-Anhalt - a documentary about loss, time and the value of work.


  • Needle Boy

    Needle Boy

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.16min

    16+

    Dark psycho thriller about a Danish incel.


  • Heimlich

    Heimlich

    Comedy

    2017

    19min

    16+

    Based on Freud's essay "The Uncanny", this bizarre comedy brims with a David Lynch atmosphere.


  • Pyromaniac

    Pyromaniac

    Drama, Thriller

    2016

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    A firebug is wreaking havoc in a small Norwegian community - the culprit must come from among them.


  • Between Insanity and Beauty – The Art Collection of Dr. Prinzhorn

    Between Insanity and Beauty – The Art Collection of Dr. Prinzhorn

    Documentary, Independent

    2007

    1h.16min

    6 FSK

    Paul Klee and Max Ernst were fascinated by the visual works of psychiatric patients. The Prinzhorn Collection is the world's largest collection of such ...


  • Filthy

    Filthy

    Crime, Drama

    2017

    1h.28min

    16+

    A story about sensitive seventeen-year-old Lena whose enchanted teenage world is shattered by a horrific event.


  • HomeSick

    HomeSick

    Independent, Thriller

    2015

    1h.38min

    12 FSK

    The ambitious cello student Jessica and her boyfriend recently moved in together. But soon dark clouds are gathering above the young couple.


  • Diaries of a Flying Dog

    Diaries of a Flying Dog

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.15min

    16+

    This is both a documentary and an attempt at self-therapy for Lebanese director Bassem Fayad and his dog 'Zen'.


  • Layla Fourie

    Layla Fourie

    Drama, Thriller

    2013

    1h.51min

    12 FSK

    The story of a single mother in Johannesburg who is caught in a web of lies and deceit after a deadly accident. A contemporary South African thriller.


  • Eat Snow

    Eat Snow

    Drama

    2016

    30min

    16+

    Max Hegewald's drama is devoted to a difficult topic: suicide among teenagers.


  • The Saviour

    The Saviour

    Shorts

    2014

    23min

    16+

    Within a day, Paul's perfect life falls apart.


  • And There Was Fire in the Center of the Earth

    And There Was Fire in the Center of the Earth

    Biography, Documentary

    2013

    1h.18min

    16+

    How a Holocaust survivor and Dürckheim student became a pioneer of Zen Buddhism in Ecuador.


  • Lose My Self

    Lose My Self

    Drama, Romance

    2012

    1h.29min

    12 FSK

    Lena Ferben loses her entire memory in one fell swoop. Diagnosis: retrograde amnesia due to undiagnosed meningitis.


  • Holy Motors

    Holy Motors

    Drama, Romance

    2012

    1h.51min

    16 FSK

    From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the mysterious life of a mystical man called Monsieur Oscar.


  • The Minister

    The Minister

    Drama

    2011

    1h.47min

    12 FSK

    Minister Saint-Jean rushes to an accident site to demonstrate his concern – and then be available for the press. The people involved are just disposable ...


  • Monsieur Lazhar

    Monsieur Lazhar

    Drama

    2011

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    Simon discovers that a teacher has hung herself in the classroom. Bachir Lazhar, 55, Algerian immigrant is the substitute teacher. The class goes through ...


  • With Love... from the Age of Reason

    With Love... from the Age of Reason

    Comedy

    2010

    1h.29min

    0 FSK

    Corporate executive Margaret is turning 40 and gets old letters of her. Margaret can't believe her eyes: she herself sent the letter, 33 years ago.


  • Ready to Assemble

    Ready to Assemble

    Shorts

    2017

    20min

    16+

    Rune and Pernille find their living room table unexplainably broken. But buying a new table at IKEA seems to be a bigger challenge than expected.


  • The Last Dalai Lama?

    The Last Dalai Lama?

    Documentary

    2017

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His new film takes a fresh ...


  • The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

    Shorts

    2018

    17min

    12 FSK

    The stories of two women, who only through acts of violence, could claim visibility.