- German Films and TV
I'm having a hard time finding films and TV, other than Goodbye Lenin, das Boot and a weird police drama about the Russian Mafia that I didn't really understand. Do you guys have any suggestions? I like comedy, historical, fantasy and pretty much everything except horror which I only really watch with friends.
That weird police drama was probably Im Angesicht des Verbrechens.
Some German (and Austrian) movies of the past years I recommend:
Toni Erdmann, Er ist wieder da, Victoria, Who Am I, Das finstere Tal, Das weiße Band, Fack ju Göhte (not because it is good, but it's the most successful German movie in recent time)
Good German TV shows are rare for various reasons, but there are some:
Deutschland 83 (show about an undercover Stasi spy in West Germany, was successful outside of Germany, but not in Germany)
Weissensee (another show about the GDR and Stasi, in my opinion better than Deutschland 83, but requires some knowledge about the GDR)
Stromberg (inofficial German version of The Office)
Jerks (similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Tatortreiniger (Comedy about a crime scene cleaner, I'm not really a fan but it always gets recommended)