Best German Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best German Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 52 titles in category code 58755. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. System Crasher (2020)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 2h 00m. Traumatized, violent and yearning for love, 9-year-old Benni bonds with a gruff mentor as child-services workers struggle to find her a home.
2. Bonnie & Bonnie (2019)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 1h 27m. After Albanian German teen Yara and tough orphan Kiki fall in love, they steal a car and go on the run to escape Yara's impending arranged marriage.
3. Nowhere in Africa (2001)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2001, 2h 15m. A Jewish couple and their daughter emigrate from Germany to Kenya to escape the Nazis and are forced to adapt to life on an unfamiliar continent.
4. Homevideo (2012)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 28m. A teenager's intimate video of himself accidentally fall into the hands of bullies, wreaking havoc in his already troubled life.
5. Before the Fall (2004)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 49m. When an aspiring boxer is recruited to train with the Nazis, he eagerly accepts -- despite the objections of his father, who adamantly opposes Hitler.
6. Gundermann (2018)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 2h 07m. A fascinating portrait of coal miner-turned-songwriter Gerhard 'Gundi' Gundermann, whose ties to the German Stasi fueled his views and work.
7. Berlin Calling (2008)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2008, 1h 49m. Life is good for electronic music composer Martin as he tours the globe with his manager and girlfriend and prepares to release what's be his biggest album yet -- then he's admitted to a Berlin psych ward whacked out of his mind on drugs.
8. Delphinsommer (2004)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 25m. A young woman who has grown up in a strict, cult-like religious community begins to rebel during her teenage years, creating conflict in her family.
9. Dornroschen erwacht (2006)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 1h 28m. After three years in a coma, a woman wakes up to discover parts of her memory missing, and her husband and child now living with her best friend.
10. The Invisibles (2018)
Rated 7.1/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 50m. In this docudrama set in 1943 Berlin, four Jewish young adults take harrowing risks to stay in their city and hide in plain sight from the Third Reich.