List of the best Wim Wenders movies: The Salt of the Earth(2014), Paris, Texas(1984), Alice in the Cities(1974), Wings of Desire(1987), Kings of the Road(1976), Buena Vista Social Club(1999), Pina(2011), The American Friend(1977), The Soul of a Man(2003), Tokyo-Ga(1985), Faraway, So Close!(1993), Lisbon Story(1994) ... ...
Documentary
France|Brazil|Italy
2014
109 Minutes
Director
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
photographer brazilian major engaging earth the past history career transformation 2010s
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting deprived societies in hidden corners of the world.
Drama
West Germany|France|UK
1984
148 Minutes
Director
Harry Dean Stanton Nastassja Kinski Dean Stockwell Aurore Clément Hunter Carson Bernhard Wicki Viva Auder Socorro Valdez Tom Farrell John Lurie
middle-aged man brother wife son brooding emotional paris, texas desert los angeles household amnesia missing persons family reunion traumatic past marriage discovery transformation 1980s
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
Drama
West Germany
1974
110 Minutes
Director
Rudiger Vogler Yella Rottlander Elisabeth Kreuzer Edda Kochl Didi Petrikat Ernest Boehm
journalist single mother little girl gripping germany travel photography wim wenders pursuit 1970s
A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.
Fantasy
West Germany|France
1987
128 Minutes
Director
Bruno Ganz Solveig Dommartin Otto Sander Curt Bois Lajos Kovács Elmar Wilms Sigurd Rachman
angel circus performer actor elderly person heartwarming tender inspiring emotional berlin germany church love aspirations miracles hope transformation sacrifice forbidden love 1980s
An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.
Drama
West Germany
1976
176 Minutes
Director
Rudiger Vogler Hanns Zischler Elisabeth Kreuzer Rudolf Schündler Marquard Bohm Dieter Traier Franziska Stömmer Patric Kreuzer
pediatrician repairman touching calm creative germany small town movie theater truck cinema history male bonding road trip pop culture adventure 1970s
A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.
Documentary, Music
Germany|USA|UK|France|Cuba
1999
101 Minutes
Director
singer guitarist pianist musician spirited emotional havana apartment recording studio new york city amsterdam cuba aging performance revitalization musicians ry cooder underdog discovery rise
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.
Documentary
Germany|France|UK|USA
2011
104 Minutes
Director
Malou Airaudo Regina Advento Ruth Amarante Jorge Puerta Rainer Behr Andrey Berezin Bénédicte Billet Ales Cucek
dancer woman choreographer thrilling striking engaging offbeat dance studio stage germany dance choreography pursuit 2010s
A tribute to the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
Mystery & Thriller
West Germany|France
1977
127 Minutes
Director
Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Elisabeth Kreuzer Gérard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller Peter Lilienthal Daniel Schmid Jean Eustache Rudolf Schündler Sandy Whitelaw
art dealer husband artist forger friend wife uneasy profound dark suspenseful hamburg, germany car train city apartment murder plot unlikely criminal family desperation terminal illness
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Documentary
Germany|USA
2003
100 Minutes
Director
The dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of director Wim Wenders's favorite blues artists.
Documentary
USA|West Germany
1985
92 Minutes
Director
Moved by the work of director Yasujirô Ozu, Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in Ozu's films.
Fantasy
Germany
1993
140 Minutes
Director
Otto Sander Peter Falk Horst Buchholz Nastassja Kinski Bruno Ganz Solveig Dommartin Willem Dafoe
angel human devil musician mikhail gorbachev police officer brooding emotional uplifting germany warehouse car street apartment bar angels evil save humanity emotion helping others
A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.
Comedy, Drama
Germany|Portugal
1994
105 Minutes
Director
Rudiger Vogler Patrick Bauchau Vasco Sequeira Canto e Castro Viriato Jose da Silva Joao Canijo Ricardo Colares Joel Cunha Ferreira Sofia Benard da Costa Vera Cunha Rocha Elisabete Cunha Rocha
engineer director sad powerful lisbon, portugal city journey movies fate film industry adventure mystery 1990s
The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks ... See full summary »
Drama
Spain|UK|Germany|Finland|China|USA|Japan|Canada
2002
91 Minutes
Director
Aki Kaurismäki Werner Herzog Spike Lee Markku Peltola Kati Outinen Marko Haavisto Frédérique Tirmont Ana Sofia Liaño
actress farmer husband elderly person sick person tribesman dense fascinating profound south america florida new york city rural community desert time fate illness scandal delusions humanity
This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries, Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.
Drama
USA|Germany|Canada
2004
110 Minutes
Director
Michelle Williams John Diehl Shaun Toub Wendell Pierce Richard Edson Burt Young Bernard White Gloria Stuart
american woman vietnam vet pastor pakistani friend old woman bleak creative powerful los angeles california homeless shelter church middle east terrorism paranoia patriotism friendship road trip xenophobia
A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
Documentary
Switzerland|Holy See (Vatican City State)|Italy|Germany|France
2018
96 Minutes
Director
Ignazio Oliva Daniele De Angelis Carlo Falconetti
Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
Drama
West Germany|Spain
1973
94 Minutes
Director
Senta Berger Hans Christian Blech Lou Castel Yelena Samarina Yella Rottlander
young woman husband father emotional america town adultery life society rivalry 17th century
In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older ... See full summary »
Romance, Drama
Germany|France|Spain|USA
2017
112 Minutes
Director
James McAvoy Alicia Vikander Alexander Siddig Celyn Jones Reda Kateb Mohamed Hakeemshady Julien Bouanich Loïc Corbery Thibaut Evrard Harvey Friedman Godehard Giese
couple prisoners islamic fundamentalist bleak emotional africa arctic ocean prison camp love romance separation reminiscence love 2010s
James and Danielle meet on vacation and fall in love. She's going to the dark North Atlantic bottom to find life. He's going to Somalia to find a terrorist but gets a dark cell.
Drama
1971
100 Minutes
Director
Arthur Brauss Kai Fischer Erika Pluhar Maria Bardischewski
Drama
1995
80 Minutes
Director
Udo Kier Nadine Buttner Cristhoph Merg Otto Kuhnle Bodo Lang Alfred Sczcot
Documentary
2014
165 Minutes
Wim Wenders Michael Glawogger Margreth Olin
Six acclaimed filmmakers profile classic buildings around the globe: the Berlin Philharmonic, the National Library of Russia, Halden Prison, the Salk Institute, the Oslo Opera House, and the Centre Pompidou.
Drama
1995
113 Minutes
Director
John Malkovich Kim Rossi-Stuart Ines Sastre Sophie Marceau Fanny Ardant Peter Weller Chiara Caselli Irène Jacob Vincent Perez Jean Reno
The observations of a filmmaker (John Malkovich) separate four vignettes about tormented love affairs.
Drama
1975
95 Minutes
Director
Rudiger Vogler Hanna Schygulla Hans Christian Blech Peter Kern Nastassja Kinski Ivan Desny Marianne Hoppe Elisabeth Kreuzer Adolf Hansen Gustav Leonhardt
young man actress teen girl poet boyfriend wealthy man brooding offbeat germany forest train aspirations traveling friendship secrets self-discovery discovery 1970s
A young German (Rudiger Vogler) and his companions (Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech) discuss dreams, poetry and politics.
Documentary, Biography
USA|Switzerland
2012
77 Minutes
Harry Dean Stanton David Lynch Sam Shepard Kris Kristofferson Wim Wenders Deborah Harry
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction is a mesmerizing, impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his own ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1978
85 Minutes
Charles Gormley Neville Smith Ann Zelda David Stone Suzanne Danielle Ron Taylor Wim Wenders Stephen Frears
Filmed around the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, Long Shot is a deadpan satire about the trials and tribulations of British independent filmmaking.