The Grand Budapest Hotel (
2014) | IMDb:
8.1
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
,
F. Murray Abraham
,
Tony Revolori
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Adrien Brody
,
Willem Dafoe
Tristan & Isolde (
2006) | IMDb:
6.8
An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
Enemy at the Gates (
2001) | IMDb:
7.5
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Shining Through (
1992) | IMDb:
6.4
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
Starring:
Michael Douglas
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Liam Neeson
,
Joely Richardson
,
John Gielgud
,
Hansi Jochmann
Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (
1987) | IMDb:
6.2
Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for Alex's money stolen and a group of gangsters are at the nape of the two. Soon it comes to shooting, and when the two men being killed, is good advice costly for the beleaguered driver.
Starring:
Kari Väänänen
,
Roberta Manfredi
,
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
,
Margi Clarke
,
Nino Manfredi
,
Mélanie Robeson
Directed by:
Mika Kaurismäki
Wings of Desire (
1987) | IMDb:
7.9
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.