# The best Klaus Kinski movies

Aguirre, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu and Woyzeck with Werner Herzog, plus Sergio Leone and Edgar Wallace: the Kinski films ranked highest on Filmstarts and DerFilmeBlog.

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- May 18, 2026 · Thorsten Klein
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## Top 11

1. **Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Werner Herzog. A conquistador searching for El Dorado.
2. **Fitzcarraldo (1982)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Werner Herzog. A ship over a mountain, for an opera in the jungle.
3. **Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Werner Herzog. Count Dracula after Murnau; German Film Award in Gold.
4. **Woyzeck (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Werner Herzog. From Georg Büchner.
5. **Cobra Verde (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Werner Herzog. A bandit turned slave trader in West Africa; their last collaboration.
6. **For a Few Dollars More (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sergio Leone. Wild, the hunchbacked bandit.
7. **The Great Silence (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sergio Corbucci. Bounty hunter Loco in the snow.
8. **Doctor Zhivago (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Lean. The anarchist Kostoyed on the train.
9. **Again the Ringer (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alfred Vohrer. One of the Edgar Wallace films.
10. **Last of the Renegades (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Harald Reinl. A villain in the Karl May series.
11. **A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Damiano Damiani. With Terence Hill.

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