Best German movies on Netflix in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
54 movies on Netflix in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 5.8. Newest addition: Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend, added to Netflix on 2 Oct. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity; showing the top 30.
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1. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Movie · German · 2h 27m · War, Drama · IMDb 7.8 (3.5L votes)
Visually stunningDark & grittyMatureEdge-of-seat
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
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2. Schumacher (2021)
Movie · German · 1h 52m · U/A 13+ · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (28.0K votes)
StraightforwardLow-stakesLight-heartedFamily-friendly
Through exclusive interviews and archival footage, this documentary traces an intimate portrait of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher.
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3. Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021)
Movie · German · 1h 36m · U/A 16+ · Documentary, Crime · IMDb 7.3 (6.6K votes)
Cold & detachedMatureDialogue-drivenDark & gritty
Max S. reveals how he built a drug empire from his childhood bedroom in this story that inspired the series "How to Sell Drugs Online."
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4. Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis (2022)
Movie · German · 1h 31m · Documentary · IMDb 7.5 (3.5K votes)
Cold & detachedEdge-of-seatMatureDark & gritty
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths.
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5. Hitler: A Career (1977)
Movie · German · 2h 30m · Documentary, History · IMDb 7.5 (3.4K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittySlow-burn
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
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6. Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 32m · U/A 16+ · Documentary · IMDb 7.5 (1.9K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesMatureStraightforward
A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler’s rise to power.
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7. Babo: The Haftbefehl Story (2025)
Movie · German · 1h 32m · A · Documentary, Music · IMDb 7.1 (4.1K votes)
Dialogue-drivenSlow-burnMatureDark & gritty
Personal interviews with Haftbefehl and those closest to him reveal the story behind the German rap icon as he takes a brutally honest look at his life.
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8. Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend (2026)
Movie · German · 1h 45m · U/A 13+ · Documentary · IMDb 7.2 (1.5K votes)
StraightforwardSeriousFamily-friendly
Michael Schumacher's first World Championship win roars to life through personal interviews and archival footage of the legendary 1994 Formula 1 season.
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9. Faraway (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 49m · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 6.7 (7.0K votes)
Slow-burnFunnyLow-stakesHeartwarming
Zeynap Altin is at the end of her tether: she works far too much and is not valued at all by her husband, daughter and father. To make matters worse, the funeral home dressed her beloved late mother in a man's suit instead of her favorite dress. Enough is enough: Zeynep flees from Munich to the previously unknown holid
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10. Race to the Summit (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 30m · Documentary, Action · IMDb 6.7 (1.8K votes)
Visually stunningEdge-of-seatFast-pacedCold & detached
Fearless alpine climbers Ueli Steck and Dani Arnold enter into a death-defying rivalry to set speed records on the Swiss Alps' great north faces.
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11. The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
Movie · German · 1h 34m · Comedy · IMDb 6.6 (5.3K votes)
FunnyLight-heartedMatureLow-stakes
The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. The situation gets even more complicated, when Motti secretly fa
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13. Blood & Gold (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 40m · Drama, War · IMDb 6.5 (20.7K votes)
MatureDark & grittyEdge-of-seatFast-paced
At the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.
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15. Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 42m · U/A 13+ · Documentary · IMDb 6.4 (1.8K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittySerious
This documentary reveals how a group of hackers powered the darkest corners of the internet from a Cold War-era bunker in a quiet German tourist town.
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16. Hazel Brugger: Tropical (2020)
Movie · German · 59m · Comedy · IMDb 6.4 (475 votes)
FunnyDialogue-drivenLight-heartedLow-stakes
In this stand-up special, comedian Hazel Brugger offers her breezy takes on unruly geese, chatty gynecologists, German bank loans and more.
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18. Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 30m · Documentary · IMDb 6.1 (568 votes)
Dialogue-drivenCold & detachedTwistyDark & gritty
A man is convicted of a robbery he didn't commit and spends six years in jail. Decades later, he becomes a suspect again — but is he still innocent?
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19. Isi & Ossi (2020)
Movie · German · 1h 53m · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 6.4 (11.9K votes)
FunnyHeartwarmingLight-heartedLow-stakes
Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a lon
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20. Felix Lobrecht: Hype (2020)
Movie · German · 59m · Comedy, Documentary · IMDb 5.9 (369 votes)
FunnyDialogue-drivenLow-stakesStraightforward
Felix Lobrecht aims his dark humor at overly polite culture, weird laughter, the sheer awkwardness of a walking baby and more in this stand-up special.
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21. Enissa Amani: Ehrenwort (2018)
Movie · German · 1h 5m · Comedy · IMDb 5.6 (211 votes)
FunnyDialogue-drivenLight-heartedLow-stakes
Live from Hamburg, Iranian-German comedian Enissa Amani shares her take on German engineering, tax deductions and online fan-mail etiquette.
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22. Paradise (2023)
Movie · German · 1h 57m · Science Fiction, Thriller · IMDb 6.3 (26.2K votes)
Cold & detachedDark & grittyEdge-of-seatMature
A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own life.
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23. The Heartbreak Agency (2024)
Movie · German · 1h 36m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 5.4 (812 votes)
Low-stakesHeartwarmingDialogue-drivenStraightforward
When a skeptical journalist reluctantly participates in heartbreak therapy for an article, he ends up opening his heart to his charming therapist.
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24. My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026)
Movie · German · 1h 38m · Comedy · IMDb 5.4 (905 votes)
Light-heartedFunnyLow-stakesDialogue-driven
Olli and Matze are best friends living, working and planning to travel the world together — until Matze's romance with Rebecca turns it all upside down.
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25. What We Wanted (2020)
Movie · German · 1h 34m · Drama · IMDb 5.9 (2.2K votes)
Slow-burn
Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have everything they ever wished for. But appearances can be deceiving...
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26. Latte and the Magic Waterstone (2019)
Movie · German · 1h 29m · Animation, Adventure · IMDb 5.6 (1.4K votes)
Family-friendlyLight-heartedHeartwarmingStraightforward
When a greedy bear steals a magic stone to keep the forest’s water for himself, a brave hedgehog and a timid squirrel must work together to retrieve it.
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27. And Tomorrow the Entire World (2021)
Movie · German · 1h 51m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.0 (3.9K votes)
MatureDark & gritty
Luisa, a 20-year-old law student, joins a cell of the Antifa group when she and her friends Alfa and Lenor get to know about an upcoming attack planned by a local neo-Nazi gang. As they try to find out more, the three youngsters delve deeper into the scene linked to right-wing movements and their political connections,
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29. Je suis Karl (2021)
Movie · German · 2h 6m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 5.6 (1.8K votes)
MatureEdge-of-seatDark & grittyCold & detached
An explosion sends fear and terror through Berlin. Young Maxi's home is reduced to rubble and ashes, burying her mother and little brothers. Only she and her father survive the terrorist bomb attack. When she happens to meet the charismatic Karl, who tells her about a conference for young people in Prague, she seizes t
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30. Rumspringa (2022)
Movie · German · 1h 42m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 5.4 (1.3K votes)
Slow-burnLow-stakesHeartwarmingStraightforward
During a trip to Berlin, a young Amish in the middle of a rite of passage reconnects with his roots, explores other ways of life, falls in love — and faces a big decision.
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