German films by setting

Where 1,923 films and series are set. Titles are ranked by German Wikipedia lookups, not viewings or sales.

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ShapeRegionTitlesSharesTop 200Most looked-up filmMost looked-up series
Berlin40036.0% ↑Der Untergang 2004Babylon Berlin 2017
Bayern15013.0% ↑Sissi 1955Hubert ohne Staller 2011
Hamburg834.5%Der Goldene Handschuh 2019Inas Nacht 2007
Nordrhein-Westfalen397.5% ↑Bang Boom Bang – Ein todsicheres Ding 1999Mord mit Aussicht 2008
Baden-Württemberg211.5%Und morgen die ganze Welt 2020Schülergeschichten
Hessen181.5%Meine teuflisch gute Freundin 2018Perfekt Verpasst
Niedersachsen110.5%Harter Brocken 2015none set here
Sachsen102.5% ↑Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde 2021SOKO Leipzig 2001
Sachsen-Anhalt81.0%Und morgen die ganze Welt 2020Blutige Anfänger 2020
Brandenburg70.5%Army of Thieves 2021Deutschland 86 2018
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern71.0%Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht 1979SOKO Wismar 2004
Thüringen70.0%Nackt unter Wölfen 2015none set here
Schleswig-Holstein51.0%Falsche Bewegung 1975Neues aus Büttenwarder 1997
Bremen30.5%Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush 2022none set here
Rheinland-Pfalz10.0%Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht 2013none set here
Saarlandnothing set here
Set outside Germany1,24745.5% ↓Im Westen nichts Neues 2022Der Palast 2021
Share of allShare of the 200 most looked-up, greyed where a region has under ten titles

How this list is made

Placed by where the story is set, not where it was filmed. A title set in two regions counts in both.

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