# The best Rainer Werner Fassbinder films

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Marriage of Maria Braun, World on a Wire: Fassbinder's best films according to critics and audiences (Filmstarts, BFI, Moviepilot).

- 24 votes · 13 items
- Feb 7, 2020 · popcorn_frankfurt
- https://even.best/en/l/2050/the-best-rainer-werner-fassbinder-films

## Top 12

1. **Veronika Voss (1982)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A forgotten UFA star; Golden Bear.
2. **The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hanna Schygulla in the economic miracle years.
3. **World on a Wire (1973)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sci-fi about a simulated world, made for television.
4. **In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Elvira's last days, his most personal film.
5. **Fox and His Friends (1975)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A lottery winner gets fleeced.
6. **The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A fashion designer and her obsession, all in one room.
7. **The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A fruit seller broken by his family.
8. **Effi Briest (1974)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Hanna Schygulla as Effi, in black and white.
9. **Lola (1981)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Barbara Sukowa and the building commissioner in a provincial town.
10. **Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Döblin adaptation in 14 parts.
11. **Katzelmacher (1969)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Greek guest worker in a Munich clique.
12. **Querelle (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — From Genet, his last film.
13. **Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — An older cleaning lady and a Moroccan guest worker fall in love.

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