# The best German films of 2025

From Sound of Falling to Amrum: the German films of 2025 that most impressed critics, audiences and the German Film Academy (FILMSTARTS, Moviepilot, Filmdienst, German Film Award).

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- May 30, 2026 · Florian Wagner
- https://even.best/en/l/1939/the-best-german-films-of-2025

## Top 10

1. **Sound of Falling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mascha Schilinski's film about four girls on an Altmark farm across a century; eleven German Film Award nominations.
2. **Late Shift** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Leonie Benesch as a nurse in an understaffed hospital.
3. **Amrum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fatih Akin's coming-of-age story on the North Sea island at the end of the war.
4. **The Disappearance of Josef Mengele** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kirill Serebrennikov on the camp doctor's life on the run in South America.
5. **22 Bahnen** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The adaptation of Caroline Wahl's bestseller.
6. **Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Simon Verhoeven's adaptation of Joachim Meyerhoff's novel.
7. **The Tiger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dennis Gansel's war film about five men in a Tiger tank.
8. **Köln 75** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The true story of Vera Brandes and the famous Keith Jarrett concert.
9. **The Light** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tom Tykwer's family drama with Lars Eidinger and Nicolette Krebitz.
10. **Soldiers of Light** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A documentary about online healers between self-improvement and conspiracy thinking.

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