The Cabinet of Dr Caligari(1920, silent)
Metropolis(1927, silent)
The Blue Angel(1930)
M(1931)
Triumph of the Will(1935)
Olympia Part 1: (1938)
Das Boot(1981)
Fitzcarraldo(1982)
Run Lola Run(1998)
Nowhere in Africa(2001)
The Lives of Others(2006)
Pandora's Box - Pabst
vivling
The Princess and the Warrior, The White Ribbon, and the INCREDIBLE Jerichow should be on that list.
shareNo one for Die Blechtrommel (1979)? (The tin drum in English.)
shareIn no particular order :
Metropolis
M
The Lives of Others
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Tin Drum
Sophie Scholl-The Final Days
The Edukators
Downfall
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Good Bye Lenin!
Gordon P. Clarkson
x Kalt ist der Abendhauch (2000)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222096/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riT07YMBrTs
Great composition of story, acting, scenes and music... Hard to get in English probably
x Schultze gets the Blues (2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388395/
Very slow film...
x Halbe Treppe (2002)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304126/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAiRKHdHY_A
Very dry, very eastern German, very detailed with the underlying comedy, also probably hard to get in English
x Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119472/
A classic... don't go for the dubbed version though, ruins half the atmosphere
there's been a lot of good movies mentioned on this thread so far , I'd like to add a few more if I may..
Nosferatu (1922 of course)
Vampyr
Das experiment
Die todliche Maria
Anatomy
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
Sommersturm
Elser
Der junge Torless
Europa Europa
Of course , " das leben der anderen " and " der untergang " are my personal favourites , but these movies are also well worth a watch.