Direction: Doris Dörrie
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Doris Dörrie. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 19
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami
2008 · Movie · 122 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Elmar Wepper · Hannelore Elsner · Aya Irizuki · Nadja Uhl
Synopsis Trudi is the only one who knows that her husband is terminally ill with cancer. When his doctor suggests that the couple undertake one last trip together, Trudi persuades her husband to accompany her to visit her children and grandchildren...
7.2
3K votes
7.2
3K votes
Enlightenment Guaranteed
2000 · Movie · 109 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Uwe Ochsenknecht · Gustav-Peter Wöhler · Petra Zieser · Ulrike Kriener
Synopsis Uwe (Uwe Ochsenknecht) and Gustav (Gustav-Peter Wöhler) could hardly be more different as brothers: the former is an utter slob and the latter a practising feng shui expert. When Uwe's wife leaves him suddenly, taking the entire contents of their...
6.8
500 votes
6.8
500 votes
Nobody Loves Me
1994 · Movie · 105 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Maria Schrader · Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss · Michael Von Au · Elisabeth Trissenaar
Synopsis On the brink of her 30th birthday, Fanny feels the door to marital happiness closing up on her. She is obsessed with death, even visits evening classes on dying and so it seems fitting, that she encounters a skeleton in...
6.7
473 votes
6.7
473 votes
Am I Beautiful?
1998 · Movie · 117 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Franka Potente · Steffen Wink · Anica Dobra · Iris Berben
Synopsis Am I Beautiful? is about the dream of one's ability to be someone else. The film is a kind of a round, tells of people who want to make a change, come together and lose sight of each other again,...
6.5
185 votes
6.5
185 votes
Men
1985 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Heiner Lauterbach · Uwe Ochsenknecht · Ulrike Kriener · Janna Marangosoff
Synopsis A successful, womanizing middle-aged man decides to move out of the house he shares with his wife after she confesses to having an affair. He looks for a new place to live and ends up moving into his wife's lover's...
6.4
304 votes
6.4
304 votes
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Alba Rohrwacher · Andrea Sawatzki · Vinzenz Kiefer · Matthias Brandt
6.4
94 votes
6.4
94 votes
The Hairdresser
2010 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Gabriela Maria Schmeide · Natascha Lawiszus · Ill-Young Kim · Christina Große
Synopsis “Our profession is an aesthetic,” a tough Berlin beauty salon owner tells hair stylist Kathy Konig (Schmeide), an obese woman who has been sent by the unemployment office to interview for what appears to be a certain job. “You are...
6.4
83 votes
6.4
83 votes
Fukushima, Mon Amour
2016 · Movie · 104 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Rosalie Thomass · Kaori Momoi · Moshe Cohen · Nami Kamata
Synopsis Marie (Rosalie Thomas), a young German woman, bonds with an elderly Japanese woman while touring the Fukushima region of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.
6.2
384 votes
6.2
384 votes
The Fisherman and His Wife
2005 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Alexandra Maria Lara · Christian Ulmen · Simon Verhoeven · Young-Shin Kim
Synopsis Otto (Ulmen) and his friend Leo (Verhoeven) are German veterinarians, travelling Japan looking for Fish to buy and sell. They meet young German fashion designer Ida (Lara) and they both fall in love with her.
6.2
35 votes
6.2
35 votes
How to Cook Your Life
2007 · Documentary · 94 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Synopsis This documentary profiles Zen Master Edward Espe Brown and shows the art of Zen and cooking.
6.1
168 votes
6.1
168 votes
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Benno Fürmann · Heike Makatsch · Jürgen Vogel · Alexandra Maria Lara
Synopsis After Emilia (Heike Makatsch) and Felix (Benno Fürmann) broke up, Charlotte (Nina Hoss) and Dylan (Mehmet Kurtulus) think about to disperse too. Only Annette (Alexandra Maria Lara) and Boris (Jürgen Vogel) seem to be the perfect couple. All of them...
5.7
281 votes
5.7
281 votes
Me & Him
1988 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Griffin Dunne · Ellen Greene · Steve Marcus · Craig T. Nelson
Synopsis A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.
4.9
91 votes
4.9
91 votes
Happy Birthday, Türke!
1992 · Movie · 109 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Hansa Czypionka · Özay Fecht · Meret Becker · Doris Kunstmann
Synopsis Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, is hired by a Turkish woman, Ilter, to search for her husband Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of...
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Paradise
1986 · Movie · 106 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Heiner Lauterbach · Katharina Thalbach · Sunnyi Melles · Hanne Wieder
Synopsis Viktor and Angelika are a straight couple. He is a professor of veterinary science and she has studied arts history. Both are more interested in their hobbies and professions than into each other. Additionally Viktor is not really interested in...
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Geld
1989 · Movie · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Billie Zockler · Uwe Ochsenknecht · Sybille Waury
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In the Belly of the Whale
1985 · Movie · 97 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Janna Marangosoff · Eisi Gulp · Peter Sattmann · Silvia Reize
Synopsis After an argument with her father, 15-year-old Carla starts looking for her mother, who left them years ago, accompanied by a young musician.
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Straight Through the Heart (TV)
1983 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Beate Jensen · Josef Bierbichler · Gabrielle Litty · Nuran Filiz
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Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Andrea Sawatzki · Maria Happel · Nilam Farooq · Lisa Wagner
Synopsis It's summer and very hot in Germany's only open-air swimming pool for women. There, women bathe topless, in a bikini, bathing suit or burkini. Each follows different rules. This always leads to friction, which the overwhelmed lifeguard is not quite...
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Cherry Blossoms & Demons
2019 · Movie · 115 min. · Germany
Direction Doris Dörrie
Cast Golo Euler · Aya Irizuki · Hannelore Elsner · Elmar Wepper
Synopsis A man stricken by grief at the death of his parents returns to the family home, in an attempt to face down his demons.
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