# The best films about East Germany (GDR)

The Stasi, the Wall, escape attempts and everyday life in the East: films from and about the GDR worth seeing, according to TV Movie, 11ers Filmkritiken and icestorm.

- 16 votes · 14 items
- Feb 1, 2021 · Jonas Weiß
- https://even.best/en/l/4104/the-best-films-about-east-germany-gdr

## Top 10

1. **The Lives of Others (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A Stasi captain bugs a writer; Oscar for best foreign-language film.
2. **Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A son keeps the GDR alive for his sick mother.
3. **Barbara (2012)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A doctor punished with a transfer to the Baltic coast plans her escape.
4. **Solo Sunny (1980)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A pop singer looks for happiness in East Berlin.
5. **Balloon (2018)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two families escape in a home-made hot-air balloon.
6. **The Silent Revolution (2018)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A school class holds a minute's silence for the Hungarian uprising.
7. **The Tunnel (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall.
8. **Gundermann (2018)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The songwriter and digger driver who informed for the Stasi.
9. **Bornholmer Straße (2014)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The night the Wall fell, at the border crossing, as a comedy.
10. **Kleinruppin Forever (2004)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — East and West twins swap places.
11. **Sonnenallee (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Teenagers at the short end of Sonnenallee in the 70s.
12. **NVA (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Military service in the National People's Army, by Leander Haußmann.
13. **The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Love against grey everyday life, the GDR's cult film.
14. **Trace of Stones (1966)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A foreman on a huge building site; banned for decades.

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