Where to start with Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog has 16 films in our catalog with a 6.5+ score. The reasonable entry order is below — most approachable first, deep cuts last. Skip ahead if you already know the early work.
Lessons of Darkness
foreign gemcerebraldread
Fitzcarraldo
foreign gemepicoutsider
Grizzly Man
bittersweetcerebraldread
Encounters at the End of the World
cerebralslow burntender
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
foreign gemsurrealdread
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
foreign gembittersweetcerebral
Stroszek
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
My Best Fiend
foreign gemrawtender
Nosferatu the Vampyre
foreign gembittersweetdread
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
cerebraloutsiderslow burn
Into the Inferno
cerebraldreadslow burn
Rescue Dawn
gut punchoutsiderraw