List of German films of 2014

2014 saw the death of Luise Rainer.

The German film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by Germany. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2014.

Also included is an overview of the major events in German film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially.

Major releases

January–June

Opening Title Cast and crew Studio Genre(s) Ref.
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Y 		17 Reasonable Doubt Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson 		Dutch FilmWorks Crime
Thriller 		[1]
19 A Most Wanted Man Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin 		Entertainment One Thriller [2]
The Voices Director: Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver 		Lions Gate Entertainment Horror
Comedy 		[3]
22 Lost in Karastan Director: Ben Hopkins
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring, Noah Taylor, Ali Cook 		Brandstorm Entertainment AG Comedy [4]
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Y 		1 Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge Director: Marcel Walz
Cast: Manoush, Nick Principe, Sarah Hayden, Annika Strauss, Natalie Scheetz, Caroline Williams, Christa Campbell, Jared Demetri Luciano 		Boll World Sales Horror [5]
6 The Grand Budapest Hotel Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori 		Fox Searchlight Pictures Comedy [6]
7 Jack Director: Edward Berger
Cast: Ivo Pietzcker 		Drama [7]
The Lamb Director: Kutluğ Ataman
Cast: Güven Kiraç 		Drama [8]
The Monuments Men Director: George Clooney
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett 		20th Century Fox War [9]
8 Beloved Sisters Director: Dominik Graf
Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius 		Biography [10]
Land of Storms Director: Ádám Császi
Cast: András Sütő, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky 		TLA Releasing Drama [11]
Stereo Director: Maximilian Erlenwein
Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Moritz Bleibtreu 		Wild Bunch Thriller [12]
9 History of Fear Director: Benjamín Naishtat
Cast: Jonathan Da Rosa 		Drama [13]
Pierrot Lunaire Director: Bruce LaBruce
Cast: Susanne Sachsse, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko 		Die Lamb Musical [14]
Stations of the Cross Director: Dietrich Brüggemann
Cast: Hanns Zischler 		Drama [15]
Superegos Director: Benjamin Heisenberg
Cast: André Wilms 		Drama [16]
10 A Long Way Down Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Cast: Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots 		Lionsgate Comedy [17]
Age of Cannibals Director: Johannes Naber Studio TV Film Drama [18]
The Dark Valley Director: Andreas Prochaska
Cast: Sam Riley 		Western [19]
11 Futuro Beach Director: Karim Aïnouz
Cast: Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa 		California Filmes Drama [20]
Inbetween Worlds Director: Feo Aladag
Cast: Ronald Zehrfeld 		Drama [21]
12 Beauty and the Beast Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier 		Pathé Fantasy, Romance [22]
Diplomacy Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Cast: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup 		Gaumont Historical
Drama 		[23]
18 Pompeii Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland 		Constantin Film Historical
Disaster
Romance 		[24]
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H 		6 Fair Play Director: Andrea Sedláčková
Cast: Vlastina Svátková 		Drama [25]
The Judgment Director: Stephan Komandarev
Cast: Assen Blatechki 		Drama [26]
27 Amsterdam Express Director: Fatmir Koçi
Cast: Blerim Destani, James Biberi,Natasha Goulden 		Film and Music Entertainment Drama [27]
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Y 		15 Mr. Turner Director: Mike Leigh
Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Joshua McGuire, Dorothy Atkinson 		Entertainment One Drama
Biography 		[28]
That Lovely Girl Director: Keren Yedaya Drama [29]
16 Amour Fou Director: Jessica Hausner
Cast: Birte Schnöink, Christian Friedel, Stephan Grossmann 		Coproduction Office Comedy
Drama 		[30]
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Sasson Gabai, Simon Abkarian 		Les Films du Losange Drama [31]
Winter Sleep Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbağ, Melisa Sözen, Tamer Levent, Nejat İşler 		New Wave Films Drama [32]
18 Jauja Director: Lisandro Alonso
Cast: Viggo Mortensen 		NDM Historical
Drama 		[33]
The Wonders Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, André Hennicke, Monica Bellucci 		Drama [34]
19 Maps to the Stars Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson 		Entertainment One Satire
Drama 		[35]
22 Bridges of Sarajevo Directors: Aida Begić, Leonardo Di Constanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde Documentary [36]
23 Clouds of Sils Maria Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz 		Les Films du Losange Drama [37]
White God Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Cast: Zsófia Psotta 		Drama [38]
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E 		7 Der Spalt Director: Kim Schicklang
Cast: Marie Fischer, Folker Dücker, Dorothea Baltzer 		Schöne Neue Medien Drama
Thriller 		[39]
12 Madame Bovary Director: Sophie Barthes
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans 		20th Century Fox Drama [40]

July–December

Opening Title Cast and crew Studio Genre(s) Ref.
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Y 		2 The Chambermaid Lynn Director: Ingo Haeb
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Munster, Christian Aumer, Christine Schorn 		Sutor Kolonko Comedy
Horror 		[41]
6 Memories on Stone Director: Shawkat Amin Korki
Cast: Hussein Hassan 		Drama [42]
8 Monument to Michael Jackson Director: Darko Lungulov
Cast: Boris Milivojević 		Comedy [43]
9 Corn Island Director: Giorgi Ovashvili
Cast: İlyas Salman 		Drama [44]
Corrections Class Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy
Cast: Mariya Poezzhaeva, Filipp Avdeev 		Drama [45]
20 Veve Director: Simon Mukali
Cast: Lowri Odhiambo, Emo Rugene, Lizz Njagah 		Drama [46]
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T 		6 Mr. Kaplan Director: Álvaro Brechner
Cast: Héctor Noguera 		Comedy [47]
9 Tour de Force Director: Christian Zübert
Cast: Florian David Fitz 		Drama [48]
11 Men Who Save the World Director: Liew Seng Tat
Cast: Wan Hanafi Su, Harun Salim Bachik, Soffi Jikan, Jalil Hamid, Azhan Rani 		Everything Films Comedy [49]
Two Shots Fired Director: Martín Rejtman
Cast: Manuela Martelli 		Drama [50]
15 Hector and the Search for Happiness Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer 		Koch Media Comedy
Drama 		[51]
22 Shockwave, Darkside Director: Jay Weisman
Cast: Mei Melançon, Bill Sage, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rich Ceraulo, Alexander Cendese 		Science Fiction [52]
The Prince Director: Brian A. Miller
Cast: Jason Patric, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Rain, Jessica Lowndes, Johnathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna, 50 Cent 		Lionsgate Crime
Thriller 		[53]
29 She's Funny That Way Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Aniston 		Lionsgate Premiere Comedy [54]
30 The President Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili 		Makhmalbaf Film House Drama [55]
Three Hearts Director: Benoît Jacquot
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve 		Wild Bunch Drama [56]
31 The Cut Director: Fatih Akın
Cast: Tahar Rahim 		Drama [57]
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R 		2 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Director: Roy Andersson
Cast: Nisse Vestblom, Holger Andersson 		Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB Comedy
Drama 		[58]
3 Sivas Director: Kaan Müjdeci
Cast: Dogan Izci 		Drama [59]
4 Maya the Bee Director: Alexs Stadermann
Cast: Coco Jack Gillies, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Joel Franco, Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes, Noah Taylor, Andy McPhee 		Shout! Factory Animation
Comedy
Adventure 		[60]
The Valley Director: Ghassan Salhab
Cast: Carol Abboud 		Drama [61]
5 Big Game Director: Jalmari Helander
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Felicity Huffman, Victor Garber, Ted Levine, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson 		Entertainment One Action
Adventure 		[62]
6 Labyrinth of Lies Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
Cast: Alexander Fehling 		Drama [63]
Who Am I Director: Baran bo Odar
Cast: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek 		Thriller [64]
7 1001 Grams Director: Bent Hamer
Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Stein Winge, Per Christian Ellefsen 		Drama [65]
Meet Me in Montenegro Director: Alex Holdridge
Cast: Rupert Friend, Linnea Saasen, Jennifer Ulrich, Alex Holdridge 		The Orchard Romance
Comedy 		[66]
9 Modris Director: Juris Kursietis
Cast: Kristers Piksa 		Drama [67]
22 Break-Up Director: Alexander Tuschinski
Cast: Alexander Tuschinski, Jennifer Pakosch, Sebastian B, Philipp Metzler, Dominic Rödel, Julia Csatary 		Experimental
Comedy 		[68]
25 Phoenix Director: Christian Petzold
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens 		Drama [69]
The Seventh Dwarf Directors: Boris Aljinovic, Harald Siepermann
Cast: Peyton List, Norm MacDonald, Nina Hagen 		Universal Pictures Animation [70]
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R 		9 Northmen: A Viking Saga Director: Claudio Fäh
Cast: Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman, Leo Gregory, James Norton, Darrell D'Silva, Johan Hegg, Danny Keogh 		The Salt Company Historical
Action 		[71]
10 The Farewell Party Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon
Cast: Ze'ev Revach 		Drama [72]
16 We Are Young. We Are Strong Director: Burhan Qurbani
Cast: Devid Striesow 		Drama [73]
17 Love, Rosie Director: Christian Ditter
Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone 		Lionsgate
Based on Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern 		Drama
Comedy
Romance 		[74]
23 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Director: Jo Kastner
Cast: Joel Courtney, Jake T. Austin 		VMI Worldwide Comedy
Drama
Adventure 		[75]
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R 		27 A Borrowed Identity Director: Eran Riklis
Cast: Tawfeek Barhom 		Drama [76]
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R 		15 Head Full of Honey Director: Til Schweiger
Cast: Dieter Hallervorden, Emma Schweiger, Til Schweiger 		Drama [77]

Minor releases

Title Director Release Date Genre
2+2 Thomas Ciulei Comedy
3/4 Maike Höhne 26 September 2014 (Germany) Drama

Notable deaths

Month Date Name Age Nationality Profession Notable films
January 19 Gordon Hessler 88 German-English Director, Producer, Screenwriter
April 14 Ingeborg von Kusserow 95 German-English Actress
May 12 Cornell Borchers 89 Lithuanian-German Actress
29 Karlheinz Böhm 86 German-Austrian Actor
June 26 Wolf Koenig 86 German-Canadian Director, Producer
July 5 Rosemary Murphy 89 German-American Actress, Singer
16 Hans Funck 61 German Film Editor
August 19 Tom Pevsner 87 German-English Producer, Production Manager
September 1 Gottfried John 72 German Actor
11 Joachim Fuchsberger 87 German Actor
November 19 Mike Nichols 83 German-American Director, Producer, Screenwriter
December 30 Luise Rainer 104 German-English Actress

See also

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