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 gemdreadsurreal
Fitzcarraldo
foreign gemepicraw
Grizzly Man
gut punchoutsiderraw
Encounters at the End of the World
slow burntender
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
foreign gemdreadoutsider
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
foreign gemcerebraloutsider
Stroszek
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
My Best Fiend
foreign gemparanoidtender
Nosferatu the Vampyre
foreign gemdreadslow burn
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
cerebraloutsiderslow burn
Into the Inferno
cerebraldreadslow burn
Rescue Dawn
outsiderrawslow burn