List of the best Klaus Kinski movies: Fitzcarraldo(1982), Nosferatu(1979), Woyzeck(1979), Cobra Verde(1987), And God Said to Cain(1970), Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead(1971), The Creature With the Blue Hand(1967), Android(1982), Venom(1981), Jack the Ripper(1976), Paganini(1989), Coffin Full of Dollars(1971) ... ...
Drama
West Germany|Peru
1982
160 Minutes
Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald - 'Fitzcarraldo'
Klaus Kinski Claudia Cardinale José Lewgoy Miguel Angel Fuentes Paul Hittscher Grande Otelo Peter Berling David Pérez Espinosa
entrepreneur madam native missionary creative fascinating gripping outlandish peru amazon mountain jungle insanity obsession ambition adventure quest pursuit 1890s
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.
Horror
West Germany|France
1979
107 Minutes
Count Dracula
Klaus Kinski Isabelle Adjani Bruno Ganz Roland Topor Walter Ladengast Dan van Husen Jan Groth Carsten Bodinus Martje Grohmann
vampire husband wife real estate broker creepy dark brooding castle transylvania death curse plagues immortality revenge quest love sacrifice 1970s
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
Drama
West Germany
1979
82 Minutes
Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck
Klaus Kinski Eva Mattes Wolfgang Reichmann Willy Semmelrogge Josef Bierbichler Paul Burian Volker Prechtel Dieter Augustin Irm Hermann Wolfgang Bächler Herbert Fux
soldier mistress doctor drum major bleak brutal disheartening provincial town pond infidelity mental breakdown scientific experiments jealousy sacrifice underdog wretched excess 1820s
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Drama
West Germany|Ghana
1987
110 Minutes
Francisco Manoel da Silva
Klaus Kinski King Ampaw José Lewgoy Salvatore Basile Peter Berling Pedro Oliveira Benito Stefanelli
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
Western
Italy|West Germany
1970
99 Minutes
Gary Hamilton
Klaus Kinski Peter Karsten Marcella Michelangeli
A man takes his revenge on the family responsible for his wrongful sentence to ten years of hard labor.
Western
Italy
1971
90 Minutes
Dan Hogan
Klaus Kinski Victoria Zinny Paul Sullivan Dean Stratford Patrizia Adiutori John Ely Anthony Rock Dante Maggio Ares Lucic Anna Zinnemann Adriana Giuffrè
outlaw girlfriend bank robber police officer intense suspenseful rousing mexican-american border trail stagecoach desert wild west border showdown law enforcement motivation banding together frontier life determination escape
After Dan Hogan and his gang rob a bank, they hire a mysterious man to guide them across the Mexican border in return for half of the loot.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
West Germany
1967
74 Minutes
Dave Emerson, Richard Emerson
Klaus Kinski Harald Leipnitz Carl Lange Ilse Steppat Hermann Lenschau Diana Koerner Gudrun Genest Albert Bessler Richard Haller Siegfried Schürenberg
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
Sci-Fi
USA
1982
80 Minutes
Dr. Daniel
Klaus Kinski Don Opper Brie Howard Norbert Weisser Crofton Hardester Kendra Kirchner Gary Corarito Mary Ann Fisher
scientist android beautiful woman criminal offbeat eerie space station laboratory technology robots jealousy obsession isolation love triangle quest rivalry forbidden love future
A strange doctor secretly experiments with androids on his space station. His assistant is Max, a curious android who wants to see the world and meet a girl. Criminals hide on their station and soon violence erupts.
Horror
UK
1981
93 Minutes
Jacques Müller
Klaus Kinski Oliver Reed Nicol Williamson Sarah Miles Sterling Hayden Cornelia Sharpe Mike Gwilym Lance Holcomb Susan George Paul Williamson Michael Gough
Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.
Horror
Switzerland|West Germany|Spain
1976
95 Minutes
Dr. Dennis Orloff, Jack the Ripper
Klaus Kinski Josephine Chaplin Herbert Fux Andreas Mannkopff Lina Romay Nikola Weisse Ursula von Wiese
A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.
Biography, Drama, History
Italy|France
1989
85 Minutes
Director
Klaus Kinski Debora Kinski Nikolai Kinski Bernard Blier Marcel Marceau Dalila Di Lazzaro
Klaus Kinski believed that he lived through the same experiences as the legendary "devil violinist" Niccolò Paganini, who set all of nineteenth-century Europe into a frenzy and through ... See full summary »
Western, Action
Italy
1971
90 Minutes
Hagen
Klaus Kinski Jack Betts Gordon Mitchell Dean Reese Jeff Cameron Ray Saunders Renzo Arbore
There's a frontier feud on the border of Mexico. Outlaw Hagen's brothers have been killed by Nevada's Kid's family.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
USA|Israel
1980
91 Minutes
Pieter Fales
An advice columnist in the midst of getting a divorce begins receiving threatening notes from an anonymous stalker. Meanwhile, members of her group therapy session are being murdered by an unknown assailant.
Western
1985
80 Minutes
Brian Foster
Klaus Kinski Anne Puskin Marco Zuanelli Alan Collins
cowboy mexican smuggler wife outlaw brother thrilling suspenseful engaging gripping intense border mexican-american border crime danger justice fighting relationships revenge adventure
Western
1971
102 Minutes
Chester Conway
Klaus Kinski John Garko Giuseppe Castellano Alfredo Rizzo Andrea Scotti Timothy Brent
A crook is framed for the murder of a saloon girl, but a Western-style James Bond is hired to find the real killer.
Sci-Fi
1985
92 Minutes
Boetius
A medieval alchemist (Klaus Kinski), knight (Harvey Keitel) and priest (Fernando Rey) mistake a flying-saucer alien for a dragon.
Adventure
1972
94 Minutes
Don Lope de Aguirre
Klaus Kinski Ruy Guerra Helena Rojo Del Negro Cecilia Rivera Peter Berling Danny Ades Edward Roland
conquistador daughter soldier native intense brutal gripping amazon mountain jungle peru ambition expedition exploration madness rebellion obsession quest adventure rivalry
Power-mad Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) leads an ill-fated raft party from Pizarro's 16th-century Amazon expedition.
Western
Italy
1966
115 Minutes
El Santo
Gian Maria Volonte Klaus Kinski Lou Castel Martine Beswick Jaime Fernández Andrea Checchi Spartaco Conversi Joaquín Parra Aldo Sanbrell Jose Manuel Martin Valentino Macchi
guerrilla leader mexican american rebel friend gripping confident intense gritty hill town wilderness mexico city wild west unlikely allies serendipity rebellion relationships greed
A band of Mexican gun-runners employed by a revolutionary general accept an American into their gang, unaware of his intentions.
Mystery & Thriller
West Germany
1963
85 Minutes
Peter Ross
Heinz Dache Klaus Kinski Corny Collins Hans Nielsen Siegfried Schürenberg Richard Häussler Hans Clarin
family thrilling mansion england london heritage greed murder mystery 1960s
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle... See full summary »
Horror
Italy
1973
85 Minutes
Dr. Sturges
Ewa Aulin Klaus Kinski Angela Bo Sergio Doria Dean Reese Marco Mariani Luciano Rossi Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Fernando Cerulli Carla Mancini Giorgio Dolfin
Greta, a mysterious woman with amnesia, is taken in by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. von Ravensbruck. The three soon enter into a love triangle that turns deadly, as Greta's gruesome past is slowly revealed.
Sci-Fi
West Germany
1964
90 Minutes
Peter Van Eyck Klaus Kinski Sabine Bethmann
The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.
War
Italy
1973
92 Minutes
Gen. Kaufmann
Ettore Manni Klaus Kinski Lars Bloch Rosemarie Lindt Luciano Rossi Luis Joyce Frank Garfield Stan Simon
In World War II, guerrillas kidnap a German general.
War
1967
88 Minutes
John Garko Klaus Kinski Margaret Lee Aldo Canti Sal Borgese Luciano Rossi
soldier nazi nazi commandant friend brooding profound patriotic gory intense brutal italy nazi germany soldiers world war ii nazis secret mission danger adventure discovery rescue
Five brave and ruthless soldiers are chosen for a suicide mission behind enemy lines in World War II.
Action
1985
103 Minutes
Silveira
Lewis Collins Klaus Kinski Cristina Donadio Manfred Lehmann John Steiner Hans Leutenegger Thomas Danneberg Francis Derosa
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
1961
104 Minutes
Edgar Strauss
Joachim Fuchsberger Klaus Kinski Karen Baal Dieter Borsche Wolfgang Lukschy Eddi Arent Franz Schafheitlin Harry Wüstenhagen
villain blind person beautiful woman investigator melodramatic suspenseful london household street murder investigation deception blindness mystery quest 1960s
A Scotland Yard inspector (Joachim Fuchsberger) ties the deaths of heavily insured old men to blind killers working for a crooked cleric.
Western
1968
105 Minutes
Jean-Louis Trintignant Klaus Kinski Frank Wolff Luigi Pistilli Vonetta McGee Mario Brega Carlo D'Angelo Marisa Merlini Vonette McGee
mute person gunman corrupt businessman enemy widow bounty hunter suspenseful shocking raw thrilling gory utah mountain wilderness fear bounty hunters gunfight poverty trust murder
The mountains in winter provide the backdrop for this tale of a mute gunslinger who battles a band of bounty hunters.
Western
1972
81 Minutes
Scott
George Martin Marina Malfatti Klaus Kinski Daniel Martin Augusto Pescarini Susanna Atkinson
Trinity, an ex-gunslinger, desperately wants to be forgiven and accepted by his family after he abandoned them. A ruthless bounty hunter tracks Trinity down and forces him to return to face justice for his crimes.
Western
1968
92 Minutes
Morgan
John Garko William Berger Klaus Kinski Sydney Chaplin Gianni Rizzo Fernando Sancho Andrea Scotti
fighter mysterious man enemy villain brutal shocking engaging thrilling gripping crime danger fighting mysterious past secret adventure discovery mystery rivalry pursuit 1960s
Horror
1970
98 Minutes
Reinfierd
Christopher Lee Herbert Lom Klaus Kinski Fred Williams Maria Rohm Soledad Miranda Paul Muller Jack Taylor
count dracula young woman vampire lawyer bleak brutal creepy disturbing eerie transylvania castle vampires fear bloodlust death violence discovery escape mystery rescue
Van Helsing (Herbert Lom) hunts the white-haired vampire count (Christopher Lee) who needs human blood to feel young.
Documentary
USA
1982
95 Minutes
Fitzcarraldo, Himself
filmmaker actor native mick jagger cinematographer shocking passionate spectacular peru amazon mountain steamboat movie set river werner herzog obsession filmmaking collaboration bad luck quest
A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Crime, Drama
Italy|Spain|West Germany
1967
121 Minutes
Erich Weiss
Edward G. Robinson Janet Leigh Adolfo Celi Klaus Kinski Jorge Rigaud Robert Hoffmann Riccardo Cucciola Miguel del Castillo
professor safecracker small-time crook soldier engineer playboy confident suspenseful office building metro city city apartment safe rio de janeiro change of lifestyle unintended consequences financial scheme greed consequences get rich quick 1960s
At the suggestion of a retired professor, a motley group of criminals plans the robbery of a Brazilian diamond company but it must contend with a new alarm system and the mutual distrust among its members.
Comedy
USA
1981
96 Minutes
Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Paula Prentiss Klaus Kinski Dana Elcar Miles Chapin Michael Ensign Joan Shawlee Nino Formicola C.J. Hunt Bette Raya
During a high profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Horror
UK|Italy|West Germany
1969
86 Minutes
Ahmed Kortobawi
James Darren Barbara McNair Maria Rohm Klaus Kinski Dennis Price Margaret Lee Aldo Lastretti
A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on those responsible for her death.
Adventure, Western
1964
87 Minutes
David Lukas `Luke'
Lex Barker Pierre Brice Karin Dor Klaus Kinski Anthony Steel Terence Hill Renato Baldini Klaus Schichan
native american outlaw intense thrilling wild west oil business interracial relationship rivalry unknown era
Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and Castlepool battle a ruthless oil baron trying to create a war between Native Americans and white settlers.
Western
1968
96 Minutes
Brent il Biondo
Van Heflin Gilbert Roland George Hilton Klaus Kinski Sarah Ross Sergio Doria Giorgio Gruden Hardy Reichelt Doro Corrà
Prospectors combat the elements and one another in an attempt to retrieve a fortune in gold from the hills of Nevada.
Action
UK
1967
95 Minutes
President Boong
Frankie Avalon George Nader Shirley Eaton Wilfrid Hyde-White Klaus Kinski
amazon tough woman fbi agent fighter enemy man engaging suspenseful thrilling gripping fiery powerful hong kong fighting absolute power abuse of power female bonding feminism adventure escape
Sumuru is a beautiful but evil woman who plans world domination by having her sexy all-female army eliminate male leaders and replace them with her female agents.
Western
1965
132 Minutes
Wild, the Hunchback
Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef Gian Maria Volonte Josef Egger Mara Krup Rosemarie Dexter Klaus Kinski Mario Brega
bounty hunter rival colonel outlaw woman adult gritty intense emotional wild west texas new mexico train saloon bank teamwork crime murder betrayal partnership
A man with no name (Clint Eastwood) and a man with a mission (Lee Van Cleef) hunt a Mexican bandit (Gian Maria Volonte) for different reasons.
Sci-Fi
USA
1985
97 Minutes
Hans Rudy Hofner
Stan Ivar Wendy Schaal Lyman Ward Robert Jaffe Annette McCarthy Diane Salinger Marie Laurin Klaus Kinski
An expedition to Titan uncovers an alien being, that goes on a rampage.
War
USA
1958
132 Minutes
John Gavin Liselotte Pulver Jock Mahoney Don DeFore Keenan Wynn Erich Maria Remarque Dieter Borsche Barbara Rütting Thayer David Charles Régnier Klaus Kinski
soldier young woman refugee military officer villager bureaucrat brooding emotional germany small town battlefield office new love world war ii family search destruction marriage quest love
On the Russian front in 1944 German Private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.
Crime, Drama
West Germany
1963
95 Minutes
Joachim Fuchsberger Dieter Borsche Grit Boettcher Charles Régnier Eva Ingeborg Scholz Werner Peters Alice Treff Harry Wüstenhagen Friedrich Schoenfelder Eddi Arent Klaus Kinski
scotland yard detective lord murderer murder suspect murder victim airy amusing suspenseful thrilling shocking brooding scotland yard castle united kingdom murder investigation treasure adventure discovery rivalry
Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
Drama
1962
140 Minutes
William Holden Lilli Palmer Hugh Griffith Ernst Schroeder Eva Dahlbeck Eulf Palme Carl Raddatz Helo Gutschwager Erica Beer Charles Régnier Klaus Kinski
oil merchant intelligence officer spy nazi lover old friend tense gripping thrilling oil refinery prison sweden germany denmark working undercover espionage dangerous job blacklisting world war ii deception
A British intelligence officer (Hugh Griffith) pressures a Swedish oilman (William Holden) to spy on his Nazi customers.
Comedy, Western
1975
116 Minutes
Sergio Leone Terence Hill Miou-Miou Robert Charlebois Patrick McGoohan Raimund Harmstorf Piero Vida Rik Battaglia Mario Valgoi Mario Brega Jean Martin
major con man deadbeat woman con artist goofy playful amusing wild witty old west small town united states railroad tracks plains desert love triangle heist gunfight friendship
Joe Thanks (Terence Hill) plots to steal a fortune in cash from Maj. Cabot (Patrick McGoohan), a corrupt cavalry officer.
Romance, War, Drama, History
Italy|UK|USA
1965
197 Minutes
Omar Sharif Julie Christie Geraldine Chaplin Tom Courtenay Alec Guinness Rod Steiger Siobhan McKenna Ralph Richardson Rita Tushingham Adrienne Corri Geoffrey Keen
doctor brother niece wife politician mistress passionate emotional tender russia moscow siberia world war i russian revolution doomed romance politics marriage poetry forbidden love discovery
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.