Best West Germany

For a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italian-German-Spanish Western directed by Sergio Leone. It features Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters pursuing Gian Maria Volonté’s character, alongs...

The Trial, directed by Orson Welles in 1962, adapts Franz Kafka’s novel of the same name. The film utilizes narration alongside artist-created visuals inspired by Kafka's “Before the Law” parable. It...

Pippi Longstocking was a television series adapted from Astrid Lindgren’s novels. It consisted of thirteen episodes, with the initial broadcast occurring in 1969 through Sveriges Television. The produ...

A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Italian-German-Spanish Western directed by Sergio Leone. Clint Eastwood stars in his film debut alongside Gian Maria Volonté, set during an international production with...

Návštěvníci is a science fiction television series created between 1981 and 1983. Co-produced across multiple European countries including Czechoslovakia, Germany, Switzerland, and France, the origina...

Raumpatrouille, also known as Space Patrol Orion, was a West German science fiction television series produced by ARD. Broadcast from 1966, it marked the first German science fiction TV show and achie...

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant is a 1972 West German drama directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapting his own play. The film centers on the complex relationships within the home of fashion des...

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis portrays the daily life of a wealthy Italian Jewish family residing in Ferrara before and during the rise of Fascism. Adapted from Giorgio Bassani’s novel, the film de...

Medea, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, adapts the ancient Greek myth surrounding Medea and Jason. Maria Callas portrays the titular character in this film, which closely follows the narrative of Euri...

Cruising, directed by William Friedkin, centers on a New York Police Department detective investigating a series of murders targeting gay men within the city’s leather scene. The film is based on Gera...