# German expressionism — shadows, angles, madness

> Weimar Republic, 1919-1933. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) painted shadows on the set walls. Nosferatu (1922) shot without permission from Bram Stoker's estate. Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) built a city that Blade Runner would rebuild fifty years later. M (1931) gave Peter Lorre the role of a lifetime. F.W. Murnau's The Last Laugh (1924) told a story with no intertitles. G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929) made Louise Brooks an icon. Then the Nazis came and most of these directors fled to Hollywood.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/german-expressionism/>

## 17 films in this list

- **[Metropolis](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/metropolis-1927/)** (1927) — ★ 8.1 · 3,083 votes · foreign-gem, cult, slow-burn
- **[M](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/m-1931/)** (1931) — ★ 8.1 · 2,453 votes · foreign-gem, cult, devastating
- **[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920/)** (1920) — ★ 7.9 · 1,757 votes · mindfuck, foreign-gem, late-night
- **[Faust](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/faust-1926/)** (1926) — ★ 7.9 · 392 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, late-night
- **[The Last Laugh](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-laugh-1924/)** (1924) — ★ 7.8 · 352 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dr-mabuse-the-gambler-1922/)** (1922) — ★ 7.7 · 210 votes · foreign-gem, cult, dread
- **[Nosferatu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/nosferatu-1922/)** (1922) — ★ 7.7 · 2,440 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, late-night
- **[The Testament of Dr. Mabuse](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-testament-of-dr-mabuse-1933/)** (1933) — ★ 7.6 · 284 votes · foreign-gem, cult, dread
- **[The Adventures of Prince Achmed](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-adventures-of-prince-achmed-1926/)** (1926) — ★ 7.5 · 232 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Berlin: Symphony of a Great City](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/berlin-symphony-of-a-great-city-1927/)** (1927) — ★ 7.5 · 129 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Pandora's Box](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/pandora-s-box-1929/)** (1929) — ★ 7.5 · 258 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Spies](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/spies-1928/)** (1928) — ★ 7.3 · 91 votes · mindfuck, foreign-gem, cult
- **[The Blue Angel](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-blue-angel-1930/)** (1930) — ★ 7.3 · 363 votes · foreign-gem, autumnal, cult
- **[Vampyr](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/vampyr-1932/)** (1932) — ★ 7.3 · 590 votes · foreign-gem, late-night, cult
- **[Woman in the Moon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/woman-in-the-moon-1929/)** (1929) — ★ 7.2 · 114 votes · foreign-gem, cult, slow-burn
- **[People on Sunday](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/people-on-sunday-1930/)** (1930) — ★ 7.2 · 113 votes · cozy, foreign-gem, cult
- **[Mädchen in Uniform](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/madchen-in-uniform-1931/)** (1931) — ★ 7.1 · 121 votes · cozy, cult, foreign-gem

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