List of films set in Berlin
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- Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, 1927 - Expressionist documentary film of 1920s by Walter Ruttmann
- Metropolis, 1927 - Berlin inspired futuristic classic by Fritz Lang
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, 1931 - 1920s Berlin, Film of the novel written by Alfred Döblin
- M, 1931 - Berlin thriller by Fritz Lang; beginnings of film noir and the endings of expressionism
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, 1933 - Berlin thriller by Fritz Lang
- Olympia (Parts 1 & 2), 1938 - Strikingly aesthetic propaganda by Leni Riefenstahl
- Berliner Ballade, 1948 - Daily life of a veteran home from the war. Director Robert A. Stemmle
- The Big Lift, 1950 - Stars Montgomery Clift in the Berlin Air Lift - film by George Seaton
- One, Two, Three, 1961 - Cold War before the Wall, comedy by Billy Wilder
- Funeral in Berlin, 1966 - Spy film starring Michael Caine
- Cabaret, 1972 - Set in the early 1930s showing Weimar Berlin by Bob Fosse
- Die Legende von Paul und Paula, 1973 - Love story set in East Berlin by Heiner Carow
- Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, 1981 - 1970s portray of West-Berlin's drug scene by Uli Edel
- Berlin Tunnel 21, 1981 - a former American officer who leads an attempt to build a tunnel underneath the wall as route to rescue.
- Taxi zum Klo, 1981 - Groundbreaking film documenting gay culture in West Berlin by Frank Ripploh
- Octopussy, 1983 - James Bond film starring Roger Moore
- Linie 1, 1988 - Film of the 1986 Musical about U-Bahn Line 1 in West Berlin by Reinhard Hauff
- Der Himmel über Berlin, 1987 (Wings of Desire) - A cult film about the divided city by Wim Wenders
- Aus der Mitte, 1995 Documentary about young people in the postwall Berlin by Peter Zach
- Das Leben ist eine Baustelle, 1997 - romantic comedy in post-unification Berlin Wolfgang Becker
- Sonnenallee, 1999 - A teen comedy set in East Berlin in the 1970s by Leander Haußmann
- Lola rennt, 1998 (Run Lola Run) - Film in post-reunification Berlin by Tom Tykwer
- Berlin Babylon, 2001 - A documentary film on the rebuilding projects after the fall of the Wall
- Invincible, 2001 - True story of a Jewish strongman in Berlin by Werner Herzog
- Was Tun, Wenn's Brennt?, 2002
- Rosenstrasse, 2003 - flashback retelling of the 1943 events in the Rosenstrasse, by Margarethe von Trotta
- Good Bye Lenin!, 2003 - Award winning reunification drama by Wolfgang Becker
- Der Untergang, 2004 - Film depicting the last days of Hitler, set in and around the "Führerbunker"; also depicts the Battle of Berlin
- The Bourne Supremacy, 2004 - American film with many scenes filmed/based in Berlin and Germany
- Alles auf Zucker, 2005 - Comedy set mostly in eastern Berlin, Ossi-Wessi and secular-orthodox Jewish themes. Director Dani Levy
- Das Leben der Anderen, 2005 - The cultural scene of East Berlin, riddled by secret agents of the Stasi drama by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Knallhart, 2006 - A film about the run-down district of Berlin-Neukölln. Directed by Detlev Buck
