Directing
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Titles
- 99movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1966 to 2013, with a break from 1985 to 1999, busiest in 1971 with 9 main titles.
- Directed
- 44titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Class & Capitalism6.4average 3.3
- Social Commentary7.8average 4.9
- Historical5.2average 2.6
- Politics5.2average 2.6
- Melancholy7.2average 4.7
- Psychological7.5average 5.6
- Eroticism3.6average 1.8
- Satire & Parody4.0average 2.3
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.4
- Adrenaline3.2, average 4.9
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.4
- Wonder2.3, average 3.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character Study 7
- Social Commentary 7
- German Cinema 7
- Slow Burn 6
- German New Wave 5
- Psychological Drama 5
- Social Critique 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Dark Humor 4
- Melancholy 4
- Complex Relationships 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Peer RabenActorBerlin Alexanderplatz, Lili Marleen, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Querelle, Lola, +26 more
Hanna SchygullaActorBerlin Alexanderplatz, Lili Marleen, The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Third Generation, +16 more
Irm HermannActorThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Love Is Colder Than Death, +11 more
Michael BallhausCinematographerThe Marriage of Maria Braun, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Fox and His Friends, I Only Want You to Love Me, +11 more
Ulli LommelActorChinese Roulette, Satan’s Brew, Love Is Colder Than Death, Effi Briest, The American Soldier, +10 more
Ingrid CavenActorMother Küsters Goes to Heaven, In a Year with 13 Moons, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Satan’s Brew, Love Is Colder Than Death, +10 more- TThea EymèszEditorThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Fox and His Friends, The Merchant of Four Seasons, +10 more
Kurt RaabActorMother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Fox and His Friends, Satan’s Brew, The Stationmaster’s Wife, The Niklashausen Journey, +9 more
Margit CarstensenActorThe Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Third Generation, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Chinese Roulette, Satan’s Brew, +9 more- DDietrich LohmannCinematographerThe Merchant of Four Seasons, Baal, Love Is Colder Than Death, The Niklashausen Journey, Effi Briest, +9 more
Harry BaerActorThe Third Generation, Fox and His Friends, Katzelmacher, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Gods of the Plague, +6 more- JJuliane LorenzEditorBerlin Alexanderplatz, Lili Marleen, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Querelle, Lola, +6 more
Movies and TV shows
692020s
1 title · average score 63
Original Story
2010s
2 titles
Theatre Play
2000s
2 titles · average score 70
1980s
9 titles · average score 72
as Voice of Man and Woman in Train (voice)
Director, Screenplay
as Kinobesucher (uncredited)
as Police Lieutenant Jansen
as Günther Weissenborn (uncredited)
Editor, Director
Director, Writer
as Babiuch
TV show · as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1970s
45 titles · average score 71
as Peddler
Screenplay, Director of Photography
Art Direction, Writer
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
Director, Writer
as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf
Director, Writer
as Eugen
Director, Screenplay
as Zucker
as Franz
1960s
10 titles · average score 64
as Jorgos
as Mallard
as Mechaniker
as the pimp
as Soldier
as Man #1 on Toilet
as Franz
Writer, Cinematography
Assistant Director