Best Modern German Movies...

Well, try:

Soul Kitchen - funny, modern
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex - 70s terrorism in West-Germany
Knockin on heavens door - funny, modern
Das Boot - WW2 - submarine-drama
Gegen die Wand - hefty drama of turkish imigrants, modern
Downfall - WW2 - last days of Hitler
The lives of others - GDR-drama (won an oscar)
The miracle of Bern - fairytale-drama about a boy following germanys national soccer-team become worldchampion in '54

Hi there,

I don't know much of modern day german movies, but here are some:

1. Kirschblüten - Hanami (this one got several awards)
2. Shoppen (sooooooooo funny :)
3. Vincent will Meer (a friend of mine likes it, haven't seen it myself)
4. Alles auf Zucker! (really funny too, more on the black side of humour)
5. Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (this is sort of a cult-movie in my clique)
6. Das Experiment (thrilling as hell :)

I have to say i enjoyed all of them, though they are not my favorite movies.
If you like the series "The office" you should try "Stromberg". It's the german version of it and in my opinion better than the original or the american version. It's a bit darker but great.

Now some bands who use the german language in a -in my opinion- quite rhythmic way. I guess it's important to like the music cause then it's easier to listen to. I'm more into rock music, so I'll name some bands out of that genre:

1. Tocotronic (indie-rock)
2. Blumfeld (indie-rock, the last albums like "verbotene früchte" are more folky, i really like that phase of them)
3. Die Ärzte ( a punk/pop/rock-Band that is really famous in germany and totally unknown in other countries. Funny, sometimes sad, cynical, absurd and always with love for great melodies. It's great to grow up listening to their music)
4. Huah! (indie-pop-rock-soul with quite cryptical lyrics)
5. Spliff (new wave)
6. Die goldenen Zitronen ( go for theri later albums like "Lenin" or "Das bisschen Totschlag", experimental music with cynical lyrics)
7. Einstürzende Neubauten (monolithic music with monolithic lyrics)
8. F.S.K. (indie-rock)
9. Rammstein ( you know them, don't you? I'm not a big fan, still their lyrics are sort of cool sometimes)

Now i hope you're not into hip-hop, because then the list would'nt really be useful :)

Bye

Most of the recommendations by others but that doesn't make them bad. There is a lot to say of german history so there are plenty of movies about ww2 as it changed so many peoples' lives.

Check out:::

The Princess and the Warrior (actually also with Franka Potente): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203632/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_33

The Lives of Others:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

Gegen die Wand: (it's multilingual)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0347048/

The Baader Meinhof Complex
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765432/



Other movies about war:
Lore: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1996310/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

aimee und jaguar (true story, Jewish woman falls in love with the wife of a Nazi soldier)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130444/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Barbara: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2178941/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Goodbye Lenin!

Although that movie takes place in the 80s and 90s, so modern-ish.

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