Portrait of Wolfgang Becker

Directing

Wolfgang Becker

Career

Active from 1961 to 2025, with a break from 1962 to 1980, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Good Bye, Lenin!
Good Bye, Lenin!
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wolfgang Becker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 4.0
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 2
  • Political Satire 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 64
Berlin Hero
Berlin Hero (2025)
GoodWatch score 64

Co-Writer, Director

2010s

1 title · average score 62
Me and Kaminski
Me and Kaminski (2015)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Producer

2000s

3 titles · average score 69
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation
Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Welcome to São Paulo
Welcome to São Paulo (2004)

Director

Good Bye, Lenin!
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Screenplay

1990s

4 titles · average score 73
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run (1998)
GoodWatch score 82

Thanks

Life Is All You Get
Life Is All You Get (1997)
GoodWatch score 74

as Fleischhof-Chef

Child's Play
Child's Play (1993)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Editor

Nicht mit uns
Nicht mit uns (1991)

Director

1980s

3 titles · average score 63
Sturzflug
Sturzflug (1989)

Cinematography

Butterflies
Butterflies (1988)

Director

A Lot of Coal
A Lot of Coal (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sparkassenangestellter

1960s

1 title
Riviera-Story
Riviera-Story (1961)

Writer

1940s

1 title
Die seltsame Geschichte des Brandner Kaspar
Die seltsame Geschichte des Brandner Kaspar (1949)

Editor

1930s

1 title
Menschen vom Varieté
Menschen vom Varieté (1939)

Editor