Cast: Tom Schilling

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Tom Schilling. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Generation War (TV Miniseries)

2013 · Series · 270 min. · Germany

Direction Philipp Kadelbach

Cast Volker Bruch · Tom Schilling · Katharina Schüttler · Miriam Stein

Synopsis Generation War (TV Miniseries) (2013) follows five close friends in Berlin as World War II erupts in 1941. Idealistic brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm enlist in the German army, while their Jewish friend Viktor faces persecution. Charlotte, a nurse, and Greta,...

7.8

13K votes

7.8

13K votes

Oh Boy

2012 · Movie · 83 min. · Germany

Direction Jan Ole Gerster

Cast Tom Schilling · Marc Hosemann · Friederike Kempter · Justus von Dohnanyi

Synopsis Niko (Tom Schilling) is an aimless twentysomething who drops out of university and ends up wandering the streets of the city he lives: Berlin. The film deals with the desire to participate in life and the difficulty to find one's...

6.8

3K votes

6.8

3K votes

6.8

4K votes

Never Look Away

2018 · Movie · 188 min. · Germany

Direction Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cast Sebastian Koch · Tom Schilling · Paula Beer · Lars Eidinger

Synopsis German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

The Same Sky (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Series · 120 min. · Germany

Direction Paula Milne · Oliver Hirschbiegel

Cast Friederike Becht · Tom Schilling · Sofia Helin · Ben Becker

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2017). A six-hour tv mini series set in Cold War Germany and it portrays fates of two families on either side of the Berlin Wall. Written by Paula Milne and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel .

6.5

252 votes

6.5

252 votes

Murder Mindfully

2024 · Series · Germany

Direction Boris Kunz · Martina Plura · Max Zähle

Cast Tom Schilling · Emily Cox · Michael Ihnow · Sascha Alexander Gersak

Synopsis When mafia lawyer Björn attends a mindfulness class to find a better work-life balance, he discovers surprising new coping strategies — including murder.

6.5

881 votes

6.5

881 votes

Who Am I - No System Is Safe

2014 · Movie · 102 min. · Germany

Direction Baran bo Odar

Cast Tom Schilling · Elyas M'Barek · Wotan Wilke Möhring · Antoine Monot Jr.

Synopsis Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Ludwig II

2012 · Movie · 130 min. · Germany

Direction Peter Sehr · Marie Noëlle

Cast Sabin Tambrea · Sebastian Schipper · Paula Beer · Gedeon Burkhard

Synopsis Ludwig II is directed by Peter Sehr (Love the Hard Way) and Marie Noelle and follows the life of the Bavarian king.

6.3

21 votes

6.3

21 votes

Lara

2019 · Movie · 98 min. · Germany

Direction Jan Ole Gerster

Cast Corinna Harfouch · Tom Schilling · Volkmar Kleinert · André Jung

Synopsis It's Lara's 60th birthday, and she has every reason to celebrate: this evening, her son Viktor will be giving the most important piano concert of his career. Lara was, after all, the one who'd mapped out and driven his musical...

6.3

811 votes

6.3

811 votes

Woman in Gold

2015 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Helen Mirren · Ryan Reynolds · Daniel Brühl · Tatiana Maslany

Synopsis In 1998, Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Max

6.3

5K votes

6.3

5K votes

Point Blank

2016 · Movie · 90 min. · Germany

Direction Philipp Kadelbach

Cast Tom Schilling · Jens Albinus · Edin Hasanovic · Emilia Schüle

Synopsis Undercover cop Klaus infiltrates the Serb gambling mafia. His boss Frank doesn't think much of Klaus' qualifications, but he needs an officer with Serb roots. The guy they're after is a Bosnian bookie named Aco Goric, whom Frank takes to...

6.3

117 votes

6.3

117 votes

Suite française

2014 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Saul Dibb

Cast Michelle Williams · Matthias Schoenaerts · Kristin Scott Thomas · Sam Riley

Synopsis Suite française (2014) is a poignant wartime drama set during the German occupation of France in 1940. As chaos ensues, the lives of villagers and refugees intertwine, revealing love, survival, and moral dilemmas. Lucile, a reserved young woman, finds herself...

6.3

6K votes

6.3

6K votes

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

2021 · Movie · 176 min. · Germany

Direction Dominik Graf

Cast Tom Schilling · Albrecht Schuch · Saskia Rosendahl · Meret Becker

Synopsis 1930s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future...

6.2

79 votes

6.2

79 votes

Brecht

2019 · Documentary · 187 min. · Germany

Direction Heinrich Breloer

Cast Burghart Klaußner · Tom Schilling · Adele Neuhauser · Trine Dyrholm

Synopsis Heinrich Breloer turns his attentions to the biography of the writer Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). In a mixture of fiction and documentary, his film sketches a self-confident man who was nonetheless beset by doubts, full of a lust for life and...

6.1

54 votes

6.1

54 votes

Crazy

2000 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany

6.1

105 votes

6.1

105 votes

Elementary Particles

2006 · Movie · 107 min. · Germany

Direction Oskar Roehler

Cast Moritz Bleibtreu · Christian Ulmen · Martina Gedeck · Franka Potente

Synopsis Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, this movie focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more...

6.1

2K votes

6.1

2K votes

5.7

66 votes

German Genius (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 30 min. · Germany

Direction Detlev Buck · Cüneyt Kaya

Cast Mark Naji · Tanju Bilir · Andrea Guo · Seumas F. Sargent

Synopsis Ramadan convinces Gervais to give him the rights for a German adaptation of Extras. However, as he attempts to progress the show to production, he comes up against the fact that the Germans aren't particularly known for their humour.

Max

5.6

21 votes

5.6

21 votes

Joy Division

2006 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Reg Traviss

Cast Ed Stoppard · Tom Schilling · Bernadette Heerwagen · Bernard Hill

Synopsis A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by a Commissar. Years later he is sent to London during the Cold war to work for the KGB, where he...

5.1

140 votes

5.1

140 votes