Berlinale

The Berlinale is one of the largest public film festivals in the world! Unlike Cannes, for example, Berlin's cinemas are opened to the public. Since the tickets are sold out quickly, we have collected the best films of recent years for you!
  • Carnal Sins

    Carnal Sins

    Queer, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2024

    1h.36min

    -12

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


  • All Shall Be Well

    All Shall Be Well

    Drama

    2024

    1h.33min

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    When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen ...


  • Silver Haze

    Silver Haze

    Drama

    2023

    1h.42min

    -12

    Fifteen years after being burned when the pub where she slept as a child caught fire, Franky is thirsty for revenge.


  • The Fam

    The Fam

    Drama

    2022

    1h.52min

    -12

    Teenage girls in a shelter see their fragile balance upset when an incident triggers tensions and unexpected bonds.


  • On the Adamant

    On the Adamant

    Documentary

    2023

    1h.50min

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    The Adamant is a unique day-care centre. A floating structure located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, ...


  • Here

    Here

    Drama, Romance

    2024

    1h.22min

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    As he is about to return to his country, a Romanian construction worker meets a doctoral student studying bryology.


  • Oink

    Oink

    Animation, Kids & Family

    2022

    1h.12min

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    A young girl tries to prove to her disapproving mother that she can potty train a cute but unruly piglet.


  • Passages

    Passages

    Drama, Romance

    2023

    1h.31min

    -12

    A gay couple's marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman.


  • Small, Slow But Steady

    Small, Slow But Steady

    Drama

    2022

    1h.39min

    -12

    Keiko is deaf and lives on the outskirts of Tokyo, where she trains relentlessly in boxing.


  • A separation

    A separation

    Drama

    2010

    2h.3min

    -10

    Nader's wife asks for a divorce because he refuses to leave Iran. Events then unfold at a frantic pace for him.


  • Call Jane

    Call Jane

    Drama

    2022

    2h.1min

    -12

    At a time when abortion is illegal, a married woman with an unwanted pregnancy works with a group of women to find help.


  • Tomorrow Is a Long Time

    Tomorrow Is a Long Time

    Drama

    2024

    1h.46min

    -12

    Lounging at home with his grieving father, being excluded from his family’s past, and forced into bullying other kids at school. Here is Meng's life.


  • Elaha

    Elaha

    Drama

    2023

    1h.50min

    -16

    Elaha, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin, is seeking to have her hymen reconstructed in the hope of restoring her innocence before her marriage.


  • Sweet Thing

    Sweet Thing

    Drama

    2020

    1h.31min

    -12

    A brother and sister run away from home to escape their alcoholic father and absent mother.


  • One Second

    One Second

    Drama

    2020

    1h.44min

    -12

    A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.


  • Both Sides of the Blade

    Both Sides of the Blade

    Drama, Romance

    2022

    1h.56min

    -12

    A woman is caught between two men: her long-term partner and her best friend, who is also her ex.


  • Three Colors: White

    Three Colors: White

    Comedy, Drama

    1994

    1h.32min

    -12

    Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to ...


  • Girl Picture

    Girl Picture

    Queer, Romance

    2022

    1h.40min

    -12

    Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the ...


  • Concerned Citizen

    Concerned Citizen

    Drama

    2022

    1h.22min

    -10

    Ben and Raz are painstakingly pursuing their desire to have a child, and the migrant neighbourhood where this gay couple has set up their new flat is on ...


  • Ninjababy

    Ninjababy

    Comedy, Drama

    2021

    1h.43min

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    When Rakel finds out she’s six months pregnant after a one-night stand, her world changes. She is absolutely not ready to be a mother, but since abortion ...


  • Beautiful Beings

    Beautiful Beings

    Drama

    2022

    2h.3min

    -12

    A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.


  • The Other Side of Hope

    The Other Side of Hope

    Comedy

    2017

    1h.40min

    -12

    In Helsinki, two destinies intersect in the midst of racism and loss: Cohesion and humanity can overcome everything.


  • Minyan

    Minyan

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.58min

    -12

    In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable ...


  • Fabian: Going to the Dogs

    Fabian: Going to the Dogs

    Drama, Romance

    2021

    2h.56min

    -12

    The story of Jakob Fabian, a Berlin advertising copywriter, who witnesses the collapse of pre-war German society.


  • Cocoon

    Cocoon

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.39min

    -16

    In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto ...


  • No Hard Feelings

    No Hard Feelings

    Drama

    2020

    1h.32min

    -16

    Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, copes with life in his small hometown by indulging himself with pop culture, Grindr dates, and raves. After being caught ...


  • Undine

    Undine

    Drama, Romance

    2020

    1h.30min

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    Christian Petzold interprets an ancient myth anew in this powerful, enchanting love story starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski and Maryam Zaree.


  • Taxi

    Taxi

    Documentary

    2015

    1h.22min

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    As Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies by the Iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran. Director ...


  • Stop-Zemlia

    Stop-Zemlia

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    2h.2min

    -12

    Delightfully light-hearted and wonderfully honest coming-of-age story that flows seamlessly between fiction to documentary.


  • One in a Thousand

    One in a Thousand

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    2h.0min

    -12

    Set in a community of project houses, Iris, a young woman with a tough past, meets Renata and feels immediately attracted to her. A tender coming of age ...


  • Lemonade

    Lemonade

    Drama

    2018

    1h.28min

    -10

    While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival ...


  • Greta

    Greta

    Drama, Queer

    2019

    1h.37min

    -12

    A lonely gay nurse helps a killer on the run.


  • Woman sesame oil maker

    Woman sesame oil maker

    Drama

    1993

    1h.45min

    -12

    If money can't buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Her husband is lazy ...


  • Black Snow

    Black Snow

    Drama

    1990

    1h.47min

    -16

    A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but ...


  • Medianeras

    Medianeras

    Comedy

    2011

    1h.30min

    -10

    Martín is a web developer and has a phobia. After being locked up in his house for years, he dares to go out again.


  • Retablo

    Retablo

    Drama

    2018

    1h.35min

    -12

    Segundo sees silence as his only option for dealing with his father's secret.


  • 20,000 Days On Earth

    20,000 Days On Earth

    Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

    2014

    1h.37min

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    This fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave by artists Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard combines drama and ...


  • Maggie's Plan

    Maggie's Plan

    Comedy

    2015

    1h.32min

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    Maggie (Greta Gerwig) has a plan: she wants a child - but the thirty-something New Yorker's life plan does not include a father.


  • Styx

    Styx

    Drama

    2019

    1h.34min

    -12

    Emergency room doctor Rike fulfills her dream and sails alone in a yacht across the Atlantic to Ascension Island.


  • Animals

    Animals

    Drama

    2017

    1h.35min

    -16

    Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey ...


  • System Crasher

    System Crasher

    Drama

    2019

    2h.0min

    -10

    In her mad quest for love, 9-year-old Benni scares everyone around her with her indomitable energy.


  • 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.


  • Cobain

    Cobain

    Drama

    2018

    1h.34min

    -16

    Cobain (15) tries to get his pregnant mother Mia to quit her self-destructive lifestyle. When she refuses to clean up her act, Cobain takes over.


  • Maudie

    Maudie

    Drama, Romance

    2016

    1h.56min

    -12

    In this soulful love story, housekeeper Maudie Lewis pursues an artistic career with her husband's support.


  • American Hustle

    American Hustle

    Crime, Drama

    2014

    2h.14min

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    A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.


  • The Fall

    The Fall

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2006

    1h.53min

    -10

    In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic ...