Directing
Werner Herzog
- Titles
- 224movies34TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2024, busiest in 2012 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 84titles as director
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
The Mandalorian80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Wonder4.8average 3.4
- Social Commentary6.2average 4.9
- Historical3.8average 2.6
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Uncanny3.3average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Romance2.1, average 3.8
- Coming of Age1.3, average 2.9
- Family Dynamics3.0, average 4.7
- Situational Comedy1.5, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Werner Herzog 6
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Educational 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Bleak 4
- Philosophical 3
- Documentary 3
- Psychological Descent 3
- Biographical Drama 3
- Arthouse 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Joe BiniEditorBad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, Rescue Dawn, Queen of the Desert, Grizzly Man, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, +18 more- BBeate Mainka-JellinghausEditorNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Heart of Glass, +17 more
Peter ZeitlingerCinematographerBad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, Rescue Dawn, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Queen of the Desert, Grizzly Man, +13 more
Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinActorNosferatu the Vampyre, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Where the Green Ants Dream, +7 more- TThomas MauchActorAguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Even Dwarfs Started Small, Signs of Life, Stroszek, +4 more
Ernst ReijsegerActorBucking Fastard, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Salt and Fire, +4 more
Klaus KinskiActorNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cobra Verde, +2 more- MMarco CapalboEditorThe Ghost Elephants, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, +2 more
- RRainer StandkeEditorLessons of Darkness, The Gauls, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Echoes from a Sombre Empire, Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, +2 more
- PPopol VuhComposerNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cobra Verde, +1 more
- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorCobra Verde, The Dark Glow of the Mountain, Ballad of the Little Soldier, Portrait: Werner Herzog, Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Brad DourifActorBad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Scream of Stone, The Wild Blue Yonder
Movies and TV shows
143Upcoming
7 titles
71
Director
as Director
Director, Novel
Writer, Director
Director
Director
2020s
16 titles · average score 67
76
as Narrator (voice)
51
Executive Producer
64
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
58
as Narrator (voice)
Director, Executive Producer
85
TV show · as Hermann Göring
Producer
67
Writer, Director
as Narrator (voice)
as The Painter (Narrator)
2010s
39 titles · average score 70
80
TV show · as The Client
65
Director, Writer
45
as Man with One Story (uncredited)
67
Director, Producer
71
Director, Writer
57
Director, Writer
68
as Zec Chelovek
73
TV show · as Werner Herzog
71
as Narrator (voice)
61
Screenplay, Director
72
as Narrator (voice)
75
as Narrator (voice)
2000s
27 titles · average score 66
75
as Plastic Bag (voice)
53
Director
70
Director, Author
58
as The German
75
as Narrator (voice)
76
Director
60
Screenplay, Director
71
as Narrator (voice)
67
as Narrator (voice)
68
Writer, Director
62
Director, Writer
1990s
16 titles · average score 69
75
Writer, Director
68
as Father
72
Director, Writer
77
as Narrator (voice)
Writer, Executive Producer
68
as Narrator (voice)
71
as Narrator (voice)
78
Director, Writer
62
as TV-Regisseur
71
Writer, Producer
1980s
17 titles · average score 69
71
as Narrator (voice)
as Businger
82
TV show · as Dr. Lund (voice) / Werner Herzog (voice)
66
Director
69
Screenplay, Director
69
Director, Writer
75
Producer, Director
68
as Lawyer (uncredited)
67
Writer, Director
54
Director
77
Director, Screenplay
1970s
16 titles · average score 72
73
Producer, Director
78
Screenplay, Director
75
Screenplay, Director
74
as Narrator (voice)
66
as Glass Transporter
75
Producer, Director
73
Director, Producer
76
Director, Writer
66
Sound, Producer
76
Producer, Director
68
Sound Recordist, Director
65
Director, Screenplay
1960s
5 titles · average score 58
56
Writer, Producer
67
as Soldier (uncredited)
56
Screenplay, Director
54
Screenplay, Director
57
Editor, Sound