Directing
Werner Herzog
- Titles
- 226movies34TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2026, busiest in 2012 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 85titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Conan O'Brien Must Go91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wonder4.9average 3.4
- Spiritual3.3average 2.0
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Historical3.8average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Uncanny3.2average 2.5
- Politics3.3average 2.6
- Pathos5.8average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Romance1.9, average 3.8
- Family Dynamics2.8, average 4.7
- Coming of Age1.2, average 2.9
- Crime2.2, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Werner Herzog 7
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Educational 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Documentary 4
- Character Study 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Bleak 4
- Philosophical 3
- Cultural Clash 3
- Existential Reflection 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, Fata Morgana, +17 more
Peter ZeitlingerCinematographerBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Bucking Fastard, Rescue Dawn, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, Queen of the Desert, +15 more
Jörg Schmidt-ReitweinActorNosferatu the Vampyre, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Fata Morgana, Heart of Glass, Where the Green Ants Dream, +7 more
Ernst ReijsegerActorGhost Elephants, Bucking Fastard, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, Salt and Fire, +5 more- TThomas MauchActorAguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Even Dwarfs Started Small, Signs of Life, Stroszek, +4 more
- MMarco CapalboEditorGhost Elephants, Bucking Fastard, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, +3 more
Klaus KinskiActorNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cobra Verde, +2 more- RRainer StandkeEditorLessons of Darkness, Echoes from a Sombre Empire, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, The Gauls, Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices, +2 more
- PPopol VuhComposerNosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, +2 more
- MMaximiliane MainkaEditorCobra Verde, The Dark Glow of the Mountain, Ballad of the Little Soldier, Portrait: Werner Herzog, Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun
Rainer KlausmannCinematographerScream of Stone, Lessons of Darkness, Bride of the Orient, The Dark Glow of the Mountain
Movies and TV shows
322020s
2 titles · average score 85
Reeling (2025)
Executive Producer
85
The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024)
as Narrator (voice)
2010s
8 titles · average score 71
The Last Scene (2019)
Executive Producer
40
Queen of the Desert (2015)
Writer, Director
86
Red Army (2015)
Executive Producer
88
The Look of Silence (2014)
Executive Producer
63
On Death Row (2012)
TV show · as Werner Herzog
87
The Act of Killing (2012)
Executive Producer
78
Into the Abyss (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
55
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)
Screenplay, Director
2000s
7 titles · average score 76
75
Plastic Bag (2009)
as Plastic Bag (voice)
83
Mister Lonely (2008)
as Father Umbrillo
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera (2008)
Stage Director
77
Rescue Dawn (2007)
Director, Author
84
Grizzly Man (2005)
Director
Ten Thousand Years Older (2002)
as Narrator
63
Invincible (2001)
Writer, Producer
1990s
6 titles · average score 75
75
My Best Fiend (1999)
Writer, Director
72
Wings of Hope (1999)
Director, Writer
87
Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
78
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Director, Writer
1980s
2 titles · average score 75
73
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
78
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Director, Screenplay
1970s
7 titles · average score 82
81
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Producer, Director
78
Woyzeck (1979)
Screenplay, Director
87
Stroszek (1977)
Screenplay, Director
80
Heart of Glass (1976)
as Glass Transporter
74
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Producer, Screenplay
88
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Director, Writer
84
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971)
Director, Producer