List of German films of 2014

2014 saw the death of Luise Rainer.

The German film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by Germany. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2014.
Also included is an overview of the major events in German film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially.

Major Releases

January - June

Opening Title Cast and Crew Studio Genre(s) Ref.
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Y		 17 Reasonable Doubt Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson		 Dutch FilmWorks Crime
Thriller		 [1]
19 A Most Wanted Man Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin		 Entertainment One Thriller [2]
The Voices Director: Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver		 Lions Gate Entertainment Horror
Comedy		 [3]
22 Lost in Karastan Director: Ben Hopkins
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring, Noah Taylor, Ali Cook		 Brandstorm Entertainment AG Comedy [4]
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Y		 1 Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge Director: Marcel Walz
Cast: Manoush, Nick Principe, Sarah Hayden, Annika Strauss, Natalie Scheetz, Caroline Williams, Christa Campbell, Jared Demetri Luciano		 Boll World Sales Horror [5]
6 The Grand Budapest Hotel Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori		 Fox Searchlight Pictures Comedy [6]
7 Jack Director: Edward Berger
Cast: Ivo Pietzcker		 Drama [7]
The Lamb Director: Kutluğ Ataman
Cast: Güven Kiraç		 Drama [8]
The Monuments Men Director: George Clooney
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett		 20th Century Fox War [9]
8 Beloved Sisters Director: Dominik Graf
Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius		 Biography [10]
Land of Storms Director: Ádám Császi
Cast: András Sütő, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky		 TLA Releasing Drama [11]
Stereo Director: Maximilian Erlenwein
Cast: Jürgen Vogel		 Wild Bunch Thriller [12]
9 History of Fear Director: Benjamín Naishtat
Cast: Jonathan Da Rosa		 Drama [13]
Pierrot Lunaire Director: Bruce LaBruce
Cast: Susanne Sachsse, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko		 Die Lamb Musical [14]
Stations of the Cross Director: Dietrich Brüggemann
Cast: Hanns Zischler		 Drama [15]
Superegos Director: Benjamin Heisenberg
Cast: André Wilms		 Drama [16]
10 A Long Way Down Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Cast: Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots		 Lionsgate Comedy [17]
Age of Cannibals Director: Johannes Naber Studio TV Film Drama [18]
The Dark Valley Director: Andreas Prochaska
Cast: Sam Riley		 Western [19]
11 Futuro Beach Director: Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa		 California Filmes Drama [20]
Inbetween Worlds Director: Feo Aladag
Cast: Ronald Zehrfeld		 Drama [21]
12 Beauty and the Beast Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier		 Pathé Fantasy, Romance [22]
Diplomacy Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Cast: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup		 Gaumont Historical
Drama		 [23]
18 Pompeii Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland		 Constantin Film Historical
Disaster
Romance		 [24]
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H		 6 Fair Play Director: Andrea Sedláčková
Cast: Vlastina Svátková		 Drama [25]
The Judgement Director: Stephan Komandarev
Cast: Assen Blatechki		 Drama [26]
27 Amsterdam Express Director: Fatmir Koçi
Cast: Blerim Destani, James Biberi,Natasha Goulden		 Film and Music Entertainment Drama [27]
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Y		 15 Mr. Turner Director: Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Joshua McGuire, Dorothy Atkinson		 Entertainment One Drama
Biography		 [28]
That Lovely Girl Director: Keren Yedaya Drama [29]
16 Amour Fou Director: Jessica Hausner
Cast: Birte Schnöink, Christian Friedel, Stephan Grossmann		 Coproduction Office Comedy
Drama		 [30]
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Sasson Gabai, Simon Abkarian		 Les Films du Losange Drama [31]
Winter Sleep Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbag, Melisa Sözen, Tamer Levent, Nejat Isler		 New Wave Films Drama [32]
18 Jauja Director: Lisandro Alonso
Cast: Viggo Mortensen		 NDM Historical
Drama		 [33]
The Wonders Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, André Hennicke, Monica Bellucci		 Drama [34]
19 Maps to the Stars Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson		 Entertainment One Satire
Drama		 [35]
22 Bridges of Sarajevo Directors: Aida Begić, Leonardo Di Constanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde Documentary [36]
23 Clouds of Sils Maria Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz		 Les Films du Losange Drama [37]
White God Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Cast: Zsófia Psotta		 Drama [38]
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E		 7 Der Spalt Director: Kim Schicklang
Cast: Marie Fischer, Folker Dücker, Dorothea Baltzer		 Schöne Neue Medien Drama
Thriller		 [39]
12 Madame Bovary Director: Sophie Barthes
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans		 20th Century Fox Drama [40]

July - December

Opening Title Cast and Crew Studio Genre(s) Ref.
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Y		 2 The Chambermaid Lynn Director: Ingo Haeb
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Munster, Christian Aumer, Christine Schorn		 Sutor Kolonko Comedy
Horror		 [41]
6 Memories on Stone Director: Shawkat Amin Korki
Cast: Hussein Hassan		 Drama [42]
8 Monument to Michael Jackson Director: Darko Lungulov
Cast: Boris Milivojevic		 Comedy [43]
9 Corn Island Director: Giorgi Ovashvili
Cast: İlyas Salman		 Drama [44]
Corrections Class Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy
Cast: Mariya Poezzhaeva, Filipp Avdeev		 Drama [45]
20 Veve Director: Simon Mukali
Cast: Lowri Odhiambo, Emo Rugene, Lizz Njagah		 Drama [46]
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T		 6 Mr. Kaplan Director: Álvaro Brechner
Cast: Héctor Noguera		 Comedy [47]
9 Tour de Force Director: Christian Zübert
Cast: Florian David Fitz		 Drama [48]
11 Men Who Save the World Director: Liew Seng Tat
Cast: Wan Hanafi Su, Harun Salim Bachik, Soffi Jikan, Jalil Hamid, Azhan Rani		 Everything Films Comedy [49]
Two Shots Fired Director: Martín Rejtman
Cast: Manuela Martelli		 Drama [50]
15 Hector and the Search for Happiness Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer		 Koch Media Comedy
Drama		 [51]
22 Shockwave, Darkside Director: Jay Weisman
Cast: Mei Melançon, Bill Sage, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rich Ceraulo, Alexander Cendese		 Science Fiction [52]
The Prince Director: Brian A. Miller
Cast: Jason Patric, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Rain, Jessica Lowndes, Jonathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna, 50 Cent		 Lionsgate Crime
Thriller		 [53]
29 She's Funny That Way Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Aniston		 Lionsgate Premiere Comedy [54]
30 The President Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili		 Makhmalbaf Film House Drama [55]
Three Hearts Director: Benoît Jacquot
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve		 Wild Bunch Drama [56]
31 The Cut Director: Fatih Akın
Cast: Tahar Rahim		 Drama [57]
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R		 2 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Director: Roy Andersson
Cast: Nisse Vestblom, Holger Andersson		 Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB Comedy
Drama		 [58]
3 Sivas Director: Kaan Müjdeci
Cast: Dogan Izci		 Drama [59]
4 Maya the Bee Director: Alexs Stadermann
Cast: Coco Jack Gillies, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Joel Franco, Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes, Noah Taylor, Andy McPhee		 Shout! Factory Animation
Comedy
Adventure		 [60]
The Valley Director: Ghassan Salhab
Cast: Carol Abboud		 Drama [61]
5 Big Game Director: Jalmari Helander
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Felicity Huffman, Victor Garber, Ted Levine, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson		 Entertainment One Action
Adventure		 [62]
6 Labyrinth of Lies Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Cast: Alexander Fehling		 Drama [63]
Who Am I Director: Baran bo Odar
Cast: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek		 Thriller [64]
7 1001 Grams Director: Bent Hamer
Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Stein Winge, Per Christian Ellefsen		 Drama [65]
Meet Me in Montenegro Director: Alex Holdridge
Cast: Rupert Friend, Linnea Saasen, Jennifer Ulrich, Alex Holdridge		 The Orchard Romance
Comedy		 [66]
9 Modris Director: Juris Kursietis
Cast: Kristers Piksa		 Drama [67]
22 Break-Up Director: Alexander Tuschinski
Cast: Alexander Tuschinski, Jennifer Pakosch, Sebastian B, Philipp Metzler, Dominic Rödel, Julia Csatary		 Experimental
Comedy		 [68]
25 Phoenix Director: Christian Petzold
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens		 Drama [69]
The Seventh Dwarf Directors: Boris Aljinovic, Harald Siepermann
Cast: Peyton List, Norm MacDonald, Nina Hagen		 Universal Pictures Animation [70]
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R		 9 Northmen: A Viking Saga Director: Claudio Fäh
Cast: Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman, Leo Gregory, James Norton, Darrell D'Silva, Johan Hegg, Danny Keogh		 The Salt Company Historical
Action		 [71]
10 The Farewell Party Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon
Cast: Ze'ev Revach		 Drama [72]
16 We Are Young. We Are Strong Director: Burhan Qurbani
Cast: Devid Striesow		 Drama [73]
17 Love, Rosie Director: Christian Ditter
Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone		 Lionsgate
Based on Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern		 Drama
Comedy
Romance		 [74]
23 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Director: Jo Kastner
Cast: Joel Courtney, Jake T. Austin		 VMI Worldwide Comedy
Drama
Adventure		 [75]
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R		 27 A Borrowed Identity Director: Eran Riklis
Cast: Tawfeek Barhom		 Drama [76]
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R		 15 Head Full of Honey Director: Til Schweiger
Cast: Dieter Hallervorden, Emma Schweiger, Til Schweiger		 Drama [77]

Minor releases

Title Director Release Date Genre
2+2 Thomas Ciulei Comedy
3/4 Maike Höhne 26 September 2014 (Germany) Drama

Notable Deaths

Month Date Name Age Nationality Profession Notable films
January 19 Gordon Hessler 88 German-English Director, Producer, Screenwriter
April 14 Ingeborg von Kusserow 95 German-English Actress
May 12 Cornell Borchers 89 Lithuanian-German Actress
29 Karlheinz Böhm 86 German-Austrian Actor
June 26 Wolf Koenig 86 German-Canadian Director, Producer
July 5 Rosemary Murphy 89 German-American Actress, Singer
16 Hans Funck 61 German Film Editor
August 19 Tom Pevsner 87 German-English Producer, Production Manager
September 1 Gottfried John 72 German Actor
11 Joachim Fuchsberger 87 German Actor
November 19 Mike Nichols 83 German-American Director, Producer, Screenwriter
December 30 Luise Rainer 104 German-English Actress

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "A Most Wanted Man". BBFC. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Voices". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lost in Karastan". BBFC. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge (2014)". Dead Central. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Grand Budapest Hotel". BBFC. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jack". Berlinale. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kuzu". Berlinale. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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  10. ↑ "Beloved Sisters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Land of Storms". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Stereo at the Voices Festival 2014". Voices Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Berlin Film Review: 'History of Fear'". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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  15. ↑ "Stations of the Cross". BBFC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "ÜBER-ICH UND DU". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "A Long Way Down". BBFC. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Age of Cannibals (Zeit der Kannibalen): Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "The Dark Valley". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Futuro Beach". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "Zwischen Welten (Inbetween Worlds)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "Beauty and the Beast". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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  24. ↑ "Pompeii". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Oscars: Czechs Nominate Andrea Sedlackova's 'Fair Play' in Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "Stephan Komandarev's film "The Judgment" premiered at Sofia Film Fest 2014". FilmFund. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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  30. ↑ "Amour Fou". BBFC. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  31. ↑ "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem". BBFC. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  32. ↑ "Winter Sleep". BBFC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  33. ↑ "Jauja". BBFC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  34. ↑ "The Wonders". BBFC. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  35. ↑ "Maps to the Stars". BBFC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  36. ↑ "LES PONTS DE SARAJEVO (BRIDGES OF SARAJEVO)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  37. ↑ "Clouds of Sils Maria". BBFC. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  38. ↑ "White God". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  39. ↑ "Der Spalt". QueerMD. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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  41. ↑ "The Chambermaid Lynn". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  42. ↑ "Film Review: 'Memories on Stone'". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  43. ↑ "Filmovi u konkurenciji za domaćeg kandidata za Oskara". b92. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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  46. ↑ "Veve". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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  52. ↑ "Shockwave, Darkside (movie review).". SFcrowfest. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  53. ↑ "The Prince". BBFC. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  54. ↑ "She's Funny That Way". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  55. ↑ "The President". BBFC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  56. ↑ "3 Hearts". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  57. ↑ "The Cut". BBFC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  58. ↑ "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence". BBFC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  59. ↑ "Turkey's Oscar Entry Sivas: No Country for Little Boys". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  60. ↑ "Maya the Bee". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  61. ↑ "'The Valley' ('Al-Wadi'): Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  62. ↑ "Big Game". BBFC. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  63. ↑ "Labyrinth of Lies". Box Office. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  64. ↑ "Who Am I". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  65. ↑ "1001 Grams". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  66. ↑ "Meet Me in Montenegro". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  67. ↑ "Modris". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  68. ↑ "Trilogy of Rebellion - Menschenliebe, Break-Up, Timeless". Alexander Tuschinski. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  69. ↑ "Phoenix". BBFC. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  70. ↑ "FAIRYTALE: STORY OF THE SEVEN DWARVES". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  71. ↑ "Northmen: A Viking Saga". BBFC. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  72. ↑ "The Farewell Party". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  73. ↑ "Germany Picks 8 Titles to Vie for Oscar Submission". Indiewire. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  74. ↑ "Love, Rosie". BBFC. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  75. ↑ "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  76. ↑ "Dancing Arabs". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  77. ↑ "Honig im Kopf". Honig im Kopf. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

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