The best films about East Germany (GDR)
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: The Lives of Others (2006) · Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) · Barbara (2012). (Updated Feb 1, 2021.)
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.
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Top 10
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1
The Lives of Others (2006)
A Stasi captain bugs a writer; Oscar for best foreign-language film.
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2
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
A son keeps the GDR alive for his sick mother.
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3
Barbara (2012)
A doctor punished with a transfer to the Baltic coast plans her escape.
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4
Solo Sunny (1980)
A pop singer looks for happiness in East Berlin.
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5
Balloon (2018)
Two families escape in a home-made hot-air balloon.
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6
The Silent Revolution (2018)
A school class holds a minute's silence for the Hungarian uprising.
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7
The Tunnel (2001)
An escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall.
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8
Gundermann (2018)
The songwriter and digger driver who informed for the Stasi.
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9
Bornholmer Straße (2014)
The night the Wall fell, at the border crossing, as a comedy.
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10
Kleinruppin Forever (2004)
East and West twins swap places.
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11
Sonnenallee (1999)
Teenagers at the short end of Sonnenallee in the 70s.
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12
NVA (2005)
Military service in the National People's Army, by Leander Haußmann.
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13
The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973)
Love against grey everyday life, the GDR's cult film.
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14
Trace of Stones (1966)
A foreman on a huge building site; banned for decades.
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