Alraune (1928)
Rating: ★★
Evil Artificially-Birthed Woman
Director: Henrik Galeen
Actors: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Wolfgang Zilzer, Louis Ralph, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)
Rating: ★★★★
Sinister Hypnotist/German Expressionism
Director: Robert Wiene
Actors: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, …
Category: Horror
Careful (1992)
Rating: ★★★★
Kitsch Surrealism
Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Kyle McCulloch, Brent Neale, Victor Cowie, Katya Gardner
Category: Fantasy
Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)
Rating: ★★★★
Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind
Director: Fritz Lang
Category: Fantasy
Dr Petiot (1990)
Rating: ★★
True Life French Serial Killer
Director: Christian de Chalonge
Actors: Michel Serrault
Category: Horror
Faust (1926)
Rating: ★★★★★
Pact with the Devil
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Emil Jannings
Category: Fantasy
Genuine (1920)
Rating: ★★
German Expressionism/Femme Fatale
Director: Robert Wiene
Category: Horror
The Golem (1920)
Rating: ★★★½
Artificial Creature of Clay
Director: Carl Boese, Paul Wegener
Actors: Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmanova
Category: Horror
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Rating: ★★★★
Possessed Hands/Silent German Classic
Director: Robert Wiene
Actors: Conrad Veidt
Category: Horror
Kafka (1991)
Rating: ★★½
Fictionalised Author Biopic/Mad Scientists
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Ian Holm, Theresa Russell, Alec Guinness, …
Category: Science Fiction
Metropolis (1927)
Rating: ★★★★
Dystopia/Social Revolution/Mad Scientist/Android Temptress
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Fritz Rasp, …
Category: Science Fiction
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Rating: ★★★½
Mad Scientist
Director: Robert Florey
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Leon Waycoff, Sidney Fox, Bert Roach, …
Category: Horror
Nosferatu (1922)
Rating: ★★★★★
Silent Dracula Adaptation
Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Actors: Max Schreck, Gustav von Waggenheim
Category: Horror
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Rating: ★★★★
Making Nosferatu with a Real Vampire
Director: E. Elias Merhige
Actors: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Cary Elwes, Udo Kier, …
Category: Horror
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Rating: ★★
Kafka and German Expressionism Homage
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy
Siegfried (1924)
Rating: ★★★½
Epic Heroic Legend
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Paul Richter, Theodor Loos, Margerete Schön, Bernard Goetzke, …
Category: Fantasy
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Rating: ★★★★
Retro SF Adventure/Flying Ace Hero
Director: Kerry Conran
Actors: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, …
Category: Science Fiction
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Rating: ★★★½
Universal Frankenstein Sequel
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Actors: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, …
Category: Horror
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Rating: ★★★½
Film Noir Psycho-Thriller
Director: Boris Ingster
Actors: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Elisha Cook Jr, …
Category: Horror
The Student of Prague (1926)
Rating: ★★★½
Pact with the Devil/Malevolent Doppelganger
Director: Henrik Galeen
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss
Waxworks (1924)
Rating: ★★★★
Historical Anthology/German Expressionism
Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, John Gottowt
Category: Horror
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Rating: ★★★★
Expedition to the Moon
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Marcus, Gustav von Waggenheim, Fritz Rasp
Category: Science Fiction