Top German Cinema films

Ranked on reported gross, return on cost, momentum and audience rating, each measured against other German Cinema releases rather than against Hollywood. 118 of 396 German Cinema films have reported figures.

#	Film	Gross	Return	Audience	Score
1	Suck Me Shakespeer2013	$78M	—	7.01,793 votes	91
2	More Beautiful2025	$15Mon $8M	1.9×	7.654 votes	88
3	Wonderfully Beautiful2022	$16M	—	7.4131 votes	87
4	Grand Prix of Europe2025	$15M	—	7.166 votes	85
5	Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke2026	$13M	—	7.738 votes	85
6	Manitou's Canoe2025	$58M	—	6.6200 votes	83
7	Look Who's Back2015	$26Mon $3M	8×	6.81,970 votes	82
8	The Holy Grill2026	$22M	—	6.651 votes	81
9	Balloon2018	$12M	—	7.5500 votes	81
10	The Perfect Secret2019	$47M	—	6.5354 votes	79
11	School of Magical Animals 32024	$25M	—	6.330 votes	79
12	Amrum2025	$9M	—	7.2109 votes	79
13	Suck Me Shakespeer 22015	$83M	—	6.51,024 votes	77
14	Pina2011	$15Mon $4M	3.4×	7.4286 votes	77
15	Woodwalkers 22026	$12M	—	6.917 votes	76
16	Stromberg – The Movie2014	$15M	—	6.9268 votes	75
17	Suck Me Shakespeer 32017	$64M	—	6.1507 votes	73
18	The School of the Magical Animals2021	$22Mon $12M	1.9×	6.3105 votes	73
19	Kaiserschmarrndrama2021	$10M	—	6.985 votes	73
20	When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit2019	$9M	—	7.0182 votes	73
21	Chantal in Fairyland2024	$28M	—	5.7100 votes	72
22	A Million Minutes2024	$11M	—	6.760 votes	72
23	Leberkäsjunkie2019	$10M	—	6.9110 votes	72
24	The Three Investigators and the Carpathian Dog2025	$13M	—	6.348 votes	70
25	Who Am I2014	$8M	—	7.61,774 votes	70
26	Old White Man2024	$8M	—	6.850 votes	69
27	Late Shift2025	$4Mon $5M	0.9×	7.8351 votes	68
28	Kokowääh2011	$43Mon $6M	7.6×	6.2307 votes	67
29	The Dumpling Affair2017	$7M	—	7.1112 votes	67
30	Robinson Crusoe2016	$40Mon $14M	3×	5.8370 votes	66
31	Rhinegold2022	$10M	—	6.5106 votes	66
32	The Manny2015	$16Mon $9M	1.8×	6.3140 votes	65
33	3096 Days2013	$7M	—	7.41,028 votes	65
34	Never Look Away2018	$5Mon $18M	0.3×	7.7779 votes	65
35	Almanya: Welcome to Germany2011	$15M	—	6.6213 votes	64
36	Family Affairs2022	$7M	—	6.6104 votes	63
37	Persian Lessons2020	$4M	—	7.6521 votes	63
38	A Stork's Journey2017	$14M	—	6.1163 votes	61
39	Barbara2012	$7M	—	7.1370 votes	61
40	The Physician II2025	$5M	—	6.753 votes	61
41	Sapphire Blue2014	$5M	—	7.11,034 votes	61
42	Men in the City 22011	$15M	—	6.384 votes	60
43	Stromberg - Wieder alles wie immer2025	$10M	—	5.267 votes	60
44	Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück2026	$7M	—	5.117 votes	60
45	In the Fade2017	$5M	—	6.9916 votes	60
46	Turkish for Beginners2012	$17M	—	6.1390 votes	59
47	Nightlife2020	$10M	—	6.1166 votes	59
48	Woodwalkers2024	$6M	—	6.480 votes	58
49	Phoenix2014	$6M	—	6.8509 votes	58
50	Labyrinth of Lies2014	$5M	—	7.2616 votes	58

The method, in full

How this is scored

Reported gross: Worldwide box office as reported on TMDB, as a percentile of the industry.
Return on budget (off): Gross against budget, capped so a tiny budget cannot outrank a real blockbuster.
Audience rating: TMDB user rating, trusted more the more people have voted.
Momentum: Gross discounted by age, so a hit this year outweighs the same gross from a decade ago.
Resono members (off): Watches, favourites and written takes from members here.

Gross and rating are as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia, which are crowd-sourced and can lag or disagree with studio statements. Treat them as indicative rather than audited.