# The best German comedies

The German comedies that score best with Kino.de, Filmstarts, Moviepilot and at the box office, from Loriot to Bully Herbig.

- 24 votes · 12 items
- Sep 27, 2023 · Miriam Roth
- https://even.best/en/l/639/the-best-german-comedies

## Top 12

1. **Ödipussi** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Loriot, 1988. A 56-year-old mummy's boy falls in love; Loriot's first feature film.
2. **Pappa ante portas** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Loriot, 1991. A purchasing manager forced into early retirement turns the household upside down.
3. **Manitou's Shoe** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Michael Herbig, 2001. A parody of the Winnetou films; one of the most successful German films.
4. **Good Bye, Lenin!** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Wolfgang Becker, 2003. A son hides the fall of the Wall from his mother.
5. **The Punch Bowl** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Helmut Weiss, 1944. Heinz Rühmann as a fake schoolboy; a cult film in student cinemas.
6. **Suck Me Shakespeer** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Bora Dağtekin, 2013. An ex-convict becomes a substitute teacher; multi-award-winning.
7. **Toni Erdmann** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Maren Ade, 2016. A father in false teeth and his career-driven daughter in Bucharest.
8. **Sun Alley** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Leander Haußmann, 1999. Growing up by the Wall in 1970s East Berlin.
9. **Rabbit Without Ears** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Til Schweiger, 2007. A gossip reporter must do community service in a nursery.
10. **The Kangaroo Chronicles** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dani Levy, 2020. Marc-Uwe Kling's communist kangaroo in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
11. **Otto – The Movie** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Xaver Schwarzenberger and Otto Waalkes, 1985. Over 14.5 million viewers, the most successful German comedy.
12. **Maybe... Maybe Not** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sönke Wortmann, 1994. Til Schweiger moves in with a gay man; based on Ralf König.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.