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  • The Alienated

    The Alienated

    Independent, Thriller

    2024

    1h.35min

    16

    Two sisters, one embryo, many questions: Between ethics and biology, a silent war rages over guilt, fear, and the irrational evil.


  • Carnal Sins

    Carnal Sins

    Queer, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2024

    1h.36min

    12 FSK

    To protect their gay son, a family moves to the countryside, but there they are confronted with conservatism, religion and folkloric superstition.


  • Burning Days

    Burning Days

    Crime, Thriller

    2022

    2h.10min

    16 FSK

    In this gritty Turkish crime thriller, a young prosecutor is drawn into the corruption of a small town struggling with a drought.


  • Dead Dicks

    Dead Dicks

    Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2019

    1h.23min

    18 FSK

    After every suicide, Richie returns—through a hole in the wall. Becca faces a choice: escape or an eternal cycle of horror.


  • 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...


  • In Bed

    In Bed

    Queer, Thriller

    2022

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

    Guy and Dan have a hot sex date. But the night of excess reveals more than just the monsters in Guy's head...


  • 7 Minutes

    7 Minutes

    Queer, Thriller

    2020

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    Together with the handsome Fabien, cop Jean delves into the gay world of his son, who died under mysterious circumstances...


  • If You Saw His Heart

    If You Saw His Heart

    Crime

    2017

    1h.26min

    16

    Unjustly blamed for the death of his best friend Costel, petty crook Daniel is cast out of his Roma community and finds refuge in a seedy motel.


  • Metamorphoses

    Metamorphoses

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2014

    1h.42min

    16

    An ancient drama of the gods based on the work of the poet Ovid is revived at a highway rest stop.


  • Jessica Forever

    Jessica Forever

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2018

    1h.37min

    16

    The feature debut of French duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel polarized festival audiences and left critics divided.


  • Demonlover

    Demonlover

    Drama, Thriller

    2002

    2h.1min

    18 FSK

    Diana, who works for a porn producer, travels to Tokyo on business, where she discovers a darknet torture website.


  • Beauty and the Dogs

    Beauty and the Dogs

    Drama, Crime

    2017

    1h.35min

    16

    For Mariam, a night of partying turns into a fight for her dignity and justice.


  • Dark Paradise

    Dark Paradise

    Crime, Drama

    2023

    1h.51min

    16

    An unembellished look at the depths of human desires – intense, uncomfortable and deeply impressive.


  • Pinky Swear - Whatever She Wants

    Pinky Swear - Whatever She Wants

    Independent, Thriller

    2024

    1h.31min

    16

    In this Berlin thriller, lollipops serve as a gateway to extraordinary adventures and reveal sweet and dangerous secrets.


  • Sisters Apart

    Sisters Apart

    Drama, Action & Adventure

    2021

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    Grimme Award-winning war drama about a German-Kurdish Bundeswehr soldier who gets caught between the fronts in Iraq.


  • Our River... Our Sky

    Our River... Our Sky

    Drama, Action & Adventure

    2023

    1h.57min

    12 FSK

    Baghdad 2006: In the midst of the bloody conflicts, people try to live their day-to-day life.


  • Sharaf

    Sharaf

    Crime, Drama

    2021

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    Faced with a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Sharaf decides to try to rise in the egyptian prison hierarchy.


  • Katie's New Life

    Katie's New Life

    Crime, Thriller

    2022

    16

    Katie suffers from amnesia after an accident. And a powerful family suddenly claims that Katie is the missing heir to the family fortune.


  • Working Girls

    Working Girls

    Crime, Drama

    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.


  • Miracle

    Miracle

    Crime, Drama

    2021

    1h.58min

    16

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


  • The Third Guest

    The Third Guest

    Horror, Independent

    2024

    1h.12min

    16

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


  • Alpha: The Right to Kill

    Alpha: The Right to Kill

    Crime, Thriller

    2019

    1h.33min

    16+

    Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government’s crackdown on illegal drugs, a police officer and his young informant fight for survival.


  • A Monster with a Thousand Heads

    A Monster with a Thousand Heads

    Drama, Thriller

    2016

    1h.15min

    16+

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


  • In the Shadows

    In the Shadows

    Crime, Thriller

    2010

    1h.25min

    12 FSK

    In part 1 of Thomas Arslan's Trojan trilogy, the eponymous protagonist Trojan wants to do one last big thing and retire.


  • 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.


  • Huda's Salon

    Huda's Salon

    Thriller

    2022

    1h.32min

    16

    Two Palestinian women become the pawns of both the Israeli and Palestinian security authorities.


  • Captain Volkonogov Escaped

    Captain Volkonogov Escaped

    Thriller, Drama

    2021

    2h.6min

    16

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


  • All Through the Hall

    All Through the Hall

    Crime, Thriller

    2022

    1h.14min

    16+

    Ben, a night watchman with a troubled past, struggles to survive in a warehouse when three intruders challenge his routine.


  • 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.


  • The Devil's Tail

    The Devil's Tail

    Horror, Independent

    2021

    1h.35min

    16 FSK

    The eerie experiences of a nurse form the framework of this uniquely shocking horror anthology.


  • The Red Book Ritual

    The Red Book Ritual

    Horror, Independent

    2022

    1h.23min

    16 FSK

    This horror anthology brings tales of eerie encounters and spooky despair to life.


  • A Dark, Dark Man

    A Dark, Dark Man

    Crime, Drama

    2019

    16+

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


  • Klondike

    Klondike

    Drama, Action & Adventure

    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.


  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

    Queer, Thriller

    2017

    16+

    The murder of the transsexual artist Madorilyn Crawford reveals the dark schemes of Colombian politics.


  • Night to Be Gone

    Night to Be Gone

    Crime, Drama

    2024

    1h.31min

    16+

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


  • The Leaking Bookstore

    The Leaking Bookstore

    Crime, Thriller

    2022

    16+

    The owner of a detective bookstore finds himself entangled in a murder case reminiscent of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories.


  • 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.


  • 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned

    2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned

    Drama, Horror

    2023

    1h.22min

    18

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


  • 1982

    1982

    Drama, Action & Adventure

    2020

    1h.40min

    12 FSK

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


  • 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?


  • Monolith

    Monolith

    Drama, Thriller

    2023

    1h.12min

    12 FSK

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


  • The Death of My Mother

    The Death of My Mother

    Documentary, Thriller

    2022

    2h.15min

    12 FSK

    In her moving feature film, Jessica Krummacher tells the story of dying without fear of contact, just as it happens in reality.


  • Im Spinnwebhaus

    Im Spinnwebhaus

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2015

    1h.31min

    12 FSK

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


  • Pacifiction

    Pacifiction

    Drama, Thriller

    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.


  • Youth Topia

    Youth Topia

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2023

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

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


  • Junk Space Berlin

    Junk Space Berlin

    Thriller, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2023

    1h.45min

    16 FSK

    Welcome to the marginal deviation of reality. An inexplicable rift runs through the dystopian Berlin and four outsiders venture to find their friend.


  • The Light at the End

    The Light at the End

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller

    2023

    1h.27min

    16+

    A group of radical climate activists takes matters into their own hands and eliminates suspected climate sinners.


  • Night of the Kings

    Night of the Kings

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2020

    1h.33min

    12

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


  • Here and Now

    Here and Now

    Crime, Drama

    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.


  • Divine Love

    Divine Love

    Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2019

    1h.41min

    16

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


  • Trash Humpers

    Trash Humpers

    Independent, Thriller

    2009

    1h.18min

    18 FSK

    A group of elderly 'Peeping Toms' crash against a torn and frayed America as they document their own shockingly debased actions.


  • First Date

    First Date

    Comedy, Crime

    2021

    1h.43min

    16+

    Mike’s first date plans with Kelsey spiral out of control when he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.


  • 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.


  • Girl Asleep

    Girl Asleep

    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2015

    1h.17min

    16

    A socially awkward teen falls asleep at her disastrous and unwanted 15th birthday party and enters a fantasy world.


  • Compliance

    Compliance

    Drama, Thriller

    2012

    1h.30min

    12 FSK

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


  • Adoration

    Adoration

    Romance, Thriller

    2019

    1h.38min

    16+

    Paul falls head over heels in love with the schizophrenic Gloria and decides to escape with her.


  • Açúcar

    Açúcar

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2017

    1h.30min

    16+

    The estate of a wealthy family in Brazils costal region becomes a microcosm that represents the ethnic, social and cultural divide in the country.


  • 18 Kilohertz

    18 Kilohertz

    Drama, Crime

    2020

    1h.19min

    16+

    A drug-fueled coming-of-age drama about Kazakh youth's desire for freedom in the post-Soviet upheaval.


  • t=E/x²
    euro-sign

    t=E/x²

    Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2020

    1h.22min

    16 FSK

    In this unusual time travel film with a steampunk touch, the protagonists have to escape a time loop, with 90's Pop-Star Jasmin Wagner and Götz Otto.


  • Women Hell Song

    Women Hell Song

    Crime, Love & Sex

    1970

    1h.16min

    16+

    One of the few Pink Films produced by a woman, this movie combines Buddhist symbolism with the genres of adventure and samurai films.


  • Evil in the Woods

    Evil in the Woods

    Horror, Independent

    2022

    1h.19min

    18 FSK

    The "German indie machine" Malte Wirtz turns to horror and does it so successfully that the audience left the cinema hall in fear.


  • Wild Zero OmU

    Wild Zero OmU

    Horror, Comedy

    1999

    1h.39min

    18 FSK

    Inspired by George Romero as well as The Ramones, this Japanese trash zombie rock 'n' roll film comes up with a surprisingly inclusive message.


  • Pornostar

    Pornostar

    Crime, Independent

    1998

    1h.33min

    18 FSK

    In Shibuya, the neon-lit epicenter of Japanese youth culture, a lone perpetrator begins his orgy of violence against the ruling Yakuza.


  • Tezuka's Barbara

    Tezuka's Barbara

    Love & Sex, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2020

    1h.40min

    16 FSK

    To mark the 90th birthday of the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, his son filmed the live-action version of his Manga, 'Barbara'.


  • Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

    Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller

    2016

    1h.27min

    16 FSK

    Filipino enfant terrible Khavn (de la Cruz) paints a frightening vision of a world running headlong towards the abyss.


  • Blue Film Woman

    Blue Film Woman

    Drama, Thriller

    1969

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    Visually colorful, gritty in content, Japanese erotic revenge film by the master of the pink film genre, Kan Mukai.


  • Jam

    Jam

    Comedy, Thriller

    2018

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Three stories converge in a brilliant and hilarious finale from SABU, the Japanese master of darkly humorous arthouse cinema.


  • Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands

    Crime, Love & Sex

    1967

    1h.26min

    16+

    This style-setting iconic film by Japan's pink film movement offers an experimental mix of genres about gender roles, violence, and obsession.


  • I.K.U.

    I.K.U.

    Love & Sex, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2000

    1h.13min

    18 FSK

    „This film is not made for masturbation. It’s made for collective orgasm.“


  • Orphea

    Orphea

    Music, Dance, Theater, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2021

    1h.39min

    12 FSK

    Alexander Kluge and the multi-media artist Khavn revive the Orpheus myth and use it as a starting point for a true revolution.


  • 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).


  • Fluidø

    Fluidø

    Love & Sex, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2017

    1h.17min

    18 FSK

    A post-porn multimedia artwork of bodily fluids that challenges gender norms.


  • Name Me

    Name Me

    Drama, Action & Adventure

    2014

    1h.30min

    16+

    An adeptly played debut in which a yearning for paternal affection plays out against a background of teenage sexual manipulation.


  • Songs for a Fox

    Songs for a Fox

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

    2021

    2h.5min

    12

    After his lover's death, a rock singer studies the art of lucid dreaming and descends into a netherworld in hopes of being together again.


  • Another Way to Make a Living

    Another Way to Make a Living

    Crime, Independent

    2022

    1h.4min

    16 FSK

    In a small German town, local journalist Eric investigates the drug scene on his own initiative and at great personal risk.


  • In the Woods

    In the Woods

    Horror, Thriller

    2022

    1h.21min

    16 FSK

    After the success of his series "Ebersberg", director Manuel Weiss takes a father-daughter duo into the gloomy depths of the German forest.


  • Akilla's Escape

    Akilla's Escape

    Crime, Drama

    2021

    1h.30min

    16+

    Neo-noir thriller set to the soundtrack of Massive Attack's 3D


  • Madalena

    Madalena

    Crime, Drama

    2021

    1h.25min

    16

    The body of a trans woman discovered in a soybean field is the start of a storytelling triptych that explores the darker side of Brazilian society.


  • On the Third Day

    On the Third Day

    Horror

    2020

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

    In this atmospheric, retro-styled horror film, Cecilia must find her son, who has disappeared after a car accident with a mysterious priest.


  • Sons of Honour

    Sons of Honour

    Crime, Documentary

    2020

    1h.26min

    16+

    The sons of mafia families are forcibly removed from their families to protect them from the violent fate of their fathers.


  • Strassenkaiser

    Strassenkaiser

    Crime, Comedy

    2017

    1h.25min

    16

    Noah (12) arrives in Berlin to visit his father and gets caught up in adventures at the Carnival of Cultures.


  • Live or Let Die

    Live or Let Die

    Horror, Independent

    2020

    1h.37min

    18 FSK

    In this zombie horror splatter road movie, two apocalypse buddies have to fight zombies and other humans to reach a safe refuge.


  • Buy Me a Gun

    Buy Me a Gun

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2018

    1h.24min

    16

    In a dystopian Mexico, a drug-addicted father tries to survive, as a groundskeeper at a baseball field, with his young daughter Huck.


  • Montrak

    Montrak

    Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2017

    2h.1min

    16 FSK

    After the dark prince MONTRAK (Sönke Möhring - Inglourious Basterds) vanished centuries ago, his henchmen are once again descending upon the land.


  • Under Electric Clouds

    Under Electric Clouds

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2015

    2h.12min

    16+

    This episode film explores Russia's state of mind, which is characterized by disorientation, in a dystopian vision of the future.


  • The Presence

    The Presence

    Horror, Independent

    2014

    1h.23min

    16 FSK

    New spin on the found footage genre: three friends spend a week in a haunted castle to investigate supernatural phenomena.


  • Trouble Every Day

    Trouble Every Day

    Drama, Horror

    2001

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Claire Denis uses intimate imagery to tell the story of two couples whose self-destructive desires will have deadly consequences.


  • Rapunzels Fluch

    Rapunzels Fluch

    Horror, Independent

    2020

    1h.20min

    18 FSK

    In this atmospheric horror movie, film student Alina Grimm wants to film her graduation movie in an old castle, but fiction turns into reality.


  • Nightlife

    Nightlife

    Crime, Drama

    2015

    1h.25min

    16+

    After winning a highly charged case, a lawyer is found seriously injured on the side of the road.


  • Der Wolf

    Der Wolf

    Horror, Thriller

    2021

    1h.24min

    16 FSK

    Emma's father was a lighting technician at a theater in the Alps until his accidental death. Since then, she has suffered from stage fright.


  • The Head of the Cat

    The Head of the Cat

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2021

    29min

    12 FSK

    Isolated from the outside world a mother lives with her daughter in a remote house. The mother is training her daughter to be a survival specialist.


  • The Cage

    The Cage

    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2017

    1h.23min

    16+

    After humananity has been nearly wiped out by aliens, it seems that only two people are left on the planet. Until a third person enters their lives.


  • The Massacre of Anroechte

    The Massacre of Anroechte

    Comedy, Crime

    2021

    1h.0min

    16

    This German indie film is a satirical declaration of love for the German small-town crime thriller.


  • Baghead

    Baghead

    Horror, Comedy

    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.


  • Primer

    Primer

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller

    2004

    1h.17min

    16+

    When two small time engineers accidentally create a time machine, their friendship is put to the test.


  • Upstream Color

    Upstream Color

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2013

    1h.36min

    16

    The film begins with a man called 'Thief' who is harvesting a type of larva for the bizarre effects it has on the human mind.


  • Dark Dreamer

    Dark Dreamer

    Drama, Thriller

    2020

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.


  • Reported Missing

    Reported Missing

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller

    2012

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A reactor safety engineer follows the trail of his disappearing daughter through the Kafkaesque West German province.


  • 2551.01

    2551.01

    Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2021

    1h.5min

    16+

    Re-interpretation of Chaplin's The Kid. Set in a claustrophobic world, it transports the classic tale into a dystopian, grotesque masquerade ball.