Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Not the thrill of immortality, not the hunt, not the gothic romance. What it offers instead is two ancient lovers, the crumbling cities they haunt, and the slow pleasure of their company.
Filming Location: Germany
Films in this library shot in Germany, a production base with a history running from Weimar expressionism to contemporary international shoots. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
Czech RepublicNosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Werner Herzog remakes Murnau as a tragedy, and Klaus Kinski's Dracula is the genre's saddest monster. The vampire here is not merely frightening.
BerlinThe Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter earns its 6.5 by taking a few haunting pages from Dracula and building an entire film from them, with mixed but genuinely entertaining results. The film's great strength is its vision of Dracula as…
GermanySuspiria (1977)
Dario Argento directs the giallo horror about an American dance student who discovers her German ballet academy is run by witches. Suspiria is Dario Argento's 1977 Italian horror film depicting an American ballet student who arrives at a prestigious German…
France28 Days Later (2002)
Danny Boyle directs the British zombie film about a man waking from a coma to find London depopulated by a rage virus. 28 Days Later is Danny Boyle's 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film depicting a bicycle courier who wakes from…
BerlinCitizenfour (2014)
Citizenfour is Laura Poitras's 2014 American documentary depicting Edward Snowden's June 2013 meetings with Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald in Hong Kong, when Snowden disclosed classified National Security Agency documents revealing extensive surveillance programs. Citizenfour proves how documentary could operate…
GermanyThe Name of the Rose (1986)
Jean-Jacques Annaud's 1986 Eco adaptation. Sean Connery as Franciscan monk investigating monastery murders.
GermanyPaths of Glory (1957)
Kubrick's 1957 WWI French army drama. Kirk Douglas defends three soldiers court-martialed for cowardice.
BerlinOctopussy (1983)
1983 John Glen Bond film with Moore in India. Maud Adams as Octopussy, jewel-smuggling circus train, Soviet nuclear plot.
CaliforniaDiamonds Are Forever (1971)
1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.
BerlinMetropolis (1927)
Fritz Lang's 1927 German silent SF epic. The film every dystopian city movie has copied.
BerlinDownfall (2004)
Hirschbiegel's 2004 German WWII drama. The film YouTube remix culture turned into meme footage.