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10 Best Movies Like Anna und Herr Goethe

If you loved Anna und Herr Goethe, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Alone in Berlin

Alone in Berlin

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna und Herr Goethe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’...

#2
Jerichow

Jerichow

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna und Herr Goethe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a small Northern German town, a dishonourably discharged Afghanistan veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former mee...

#3
Tough Enough

Tough Enough

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna und Herr Goethe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s a...

#4
Phoenix

Phoenix

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna und Herr Goethe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the aftermath of WWII, German-Jewish cabaret singer Nelly has to undergo facial reconstructive surgery following her survival from Auschwitz. Without recognising Nelly, her form...

#5
Woyzeck

Woyzeck

1979★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna und Herr Goethe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is vo...

#6
TÁR

TÁR

2022★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Anna und Herr Goethe for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present....

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