# The best Wim Wenders films

From Alice in the Cities to Perfect Days: the Wenders films that score best with critics and audiences (Filmstarts, Moviepilot, High On Films).

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- Sep 10, 2026 · thorstenleipzig
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## Top 12

1. **Paris, Texas (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Harry Dean Stanton walks out of the desert; Palme d'Or.
2. **Wings of Desire (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Angels listen to Berliners' thoughts; Best Director at Cannes.
3. **Perfect Days (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Tokyo toilet cleaner and his cassette tapes.
4. **Alice in the Cities (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A journalist and a girl searching for her grandmother.
5. **The American Friend (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dennis Hopper as Ripley, from Patricia Highsmith.
6. **Kings of the Road (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two men drive from cinema to cinema along the inner German border.
7. **Buena Vista Social Club (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cuban music legends; Oscar-nominated.
8. **Pina (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pina Bausch's dance theatre in 3D.
9. **The Salt of the Earth (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About photographer Sebastião Salgado.
10. **Until the End of the World (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A round-the-world journey with a camera for the blind.
11. **The Wrong Move (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Goethe's Wilhelm Meister as a road movie.
12. **The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From Peter Handke.
13. **Anselm (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The painter Anselm Kiefer, in 3D.

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