The best Fritz Lang films
The top 3 according to 1 vote: Ministry of Fear (1944) · M (1931) · Metropolis (1927). (Updated Jan 27, 2020.)
From Metropolis to The Big Heat: the Fritz Lang films that critics and audiences rate highest (BFI, Moviepilot, Letterboxd).
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Top 15
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1
Ministry of Fear (1944)
From Graham Greene: a cake full of secrets.
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2
M (1931)
Peter Lorre as a hunted child killer, Lang's first sound film.
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3
Metropolis (1927)
The city of the future, robot Maria included.
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4
The Big Heat (1953)
Glenn Ford as a cop taking on the mob, pure film noir.
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5
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Mabuse runs his gang even from the asylum.
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6
Scarlet Street (1945)
Edward G. Robinson as a cashier and amateur painter who walks into a trap.
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7
Fury (1936)
Spencer Tracy barely survives a lynch mob; Lang's first Hollywood film.
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8
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
The criminal with a thousand faces, in two parts.
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9
Destiny (1921)
A young woman bargains with Death for her lover.
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10
Die Nibelungen (1924)
Siegfried and Kriemhild's revenge as a silent epic.
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11
The Woman in the Window (1944)
A professor, a portrait and a killing.
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12
You Only Live Once (1937)
Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney on the run.
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13
Spies (1928)
A spy thriller with a wheelchair-bound master villain.
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14
Woman in the Moon (1929)
A Moon rocket, for which Lang invented the countdown.
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15
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Marlene Dietrich in an unusual western.
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16
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
Lang's last film, back in Germany.
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