Auteur

Wim Wenders

Born 1945 · German filmmaker

Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker and photographer. Regarded as a major figure of New German Cinema and widely considered an auteur director, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Palme d'Or, a Golden Lion, and an Honorary Golden Bear, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy Award.

Wim Wenders, in order

  1. 1967 Schauplätze (short film): directed
  2. 1968 Same Player Shoots Again (short film): directed, wrote
  3. 1969 3 American LPs (short film): directed
  4. 1969 Alabama: 2000 Light Years from Home (short film): directed, wrote
  5. 1969 Polizeifilm (short film): directed
  6. 1969 Silver City (short film): directed
  7. 1970 Summer in the City: directed, wrote, produced, acted · streaming on Kanopy
  8. 1972 The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty: directed, wrote, acted · streaming on Criterion Channel
  9. 1973 The Scarlet Letter: directed, wrote · audiences 29%
  10. 1974 Alice in the Cities: directed, wrote, acted · critics 100%, audiences 91% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  11. 1975 Wrong Move: directed, wrote · critics 71%, audiences 61%
  12. 1976 Kings of the Road: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 100%, audiences 87% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  13. 1977 The American Friend: directed, wrote, acted · critics 87%, audiences 80%
  14. 1977 The Left-Handed Woman: produced · directed by Peter Handke
  15. 1978 Cinématon: acted · directed by Gérard Courant
  16. 1980 Lightning Over Water: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 63%, audiences 69% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  17. 1982 Hammett: directed, wrote · critics 75%, audiences 61% · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex, Fawesome
  18. 1982 Room 666: directed, wrote, acted · audiences 53% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  19. 1982 The State of Things: directed, wrote, acted · critics 40%, audiences 83%
  20. 1984 Paris, Texas: directed · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV
  21. 1985 King Kongs Faust: acted · directed by Heiner Stadler
  22. 1985 Tokyo-Ga: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 60%, audiences 78% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  23. 1987 Iron Earth, Copper Sky: produced · directed by Zülfü Livaneli
  24. 1987 Wings of Desire: directed, wrote, produced · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max
  25. 1988 Chocolat: produced · directed by Claire Denis · critics 71%, audiences 67% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  26. 1988 Helsinki Napoli All Night Long: acted · directed by Mika Kaurismäki
  27. 1989 Notebook on Cities and Clothes: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 80%, audiences 71%
  28. 1991 Until the End of the World: directed, wrote · critics 89%, audiences 89% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  29. 1992 Arisha (short film): directed, wrote, produced
  30. 1993 Faraway, So Close!: directed, wrote, produced · critics 54%, audiences 87%
  31. 1994 Lisbon Story: directed, wrote, produced · audiences 86%
  32. 1995 A Trick of Light (short film): directed, wrote, acted · audiences 53%
  33. 1995 Beyond the Clouds: directed, wrote · critics 70%, audiences 67%
  34. 1995 Lumière and Company: directed · critics 100%, audiences 77%
  35. 1997 The End of Violence: directed, wrote, produced · critics 29%, audiences 43% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  36. 1998 City of Angels: wrote · directed by Brad Silberling · critics 56%, audiences 82% · streaming on Prime Video
  37. 1999 Buena Vista Social Club: directed, wrote, acted · critics 90%, audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
  38. 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel: directed, acted · critics 26%, audiences 67% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  39. 2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet: directed, wrote, acted · critics 83%, audiences 77%
  40. 2003 The Soul of a Man: directed · audiences 86%
  41. 2004 Edgar G. Ulmer - The Man Off-screen: acted · directed by Michael Palm · critics 57%, audiences 67%
  42. 2004 Land of Plenty: directed, wrote · critics 63%, audiences 62% · streaming on Tubi
  43. 2004 Words in Progress: acted
  44. 2005 Don't Come Knocking: directed, wrote · critics 41%, audiences 60% · streaming on Roku Channel
  45. 2007 Invisibles (2007 film): directed, wrote
  46. 2007 One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years: acted · directed by Marcel Wehn · streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV
  47. 2007 To Each His Own Cinema: directed · critics 100%, audiences 71%
  48. 2008 8: directed · audiences 20%
  49. 2008 Palermo Shooting: directed, wrote, produced · audiences 63% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  50. 2010 Au Revoir Taipei: produced · directed by Arvin Chen · audiences 60%
  51. 2010 If Buildings Could Talk: directed
  52. 2010 Il Volo (short film): directed, wrote
  53. 2011 Hitler in Hollywood: acted · directed by Frédéric Sojcher
  54. 2011 Pina: directed, wrote, produced · critics 95%, audiences 81% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
  55. 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  56. 2012 Invisible World: directed, wrote
  57. 2013 Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction: acted · directed by Sophie Huber · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
  58. 2014 Cathedrals of Culture: directed, wrote · audiences 56%
  59. 2014 Cathedrals of Culture: directed
  60. 2014 The Salt of the Earth: directed, wrote, acted · critics 94%, audiences 90%
  61. 2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine: directed · critics 28%, audiences 24% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
  62. 2015 Our Last Tango: produced · directed by German Kral · critics 90%, audiences 57%
  63. 2015 Then Is It the End?: acted · directed by Dominik Graf
  64. 2016 National Bird: produced · directed by Sonia Kennebeck · critics 100%, audiences 60% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
  65. 2016 The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez: directed · critics 30%, audiences 33%
  66. 2016 Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma, the Colours of Life: acted · directed by Fariborz Kamkari · critics 70% · streaming on Kanopy
  67. 2017 Submergence: directed · critics 22%, audiences 31% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  68. 2018 Pope Francis: A Man of His Word: directed, wrote, acted · critics 82%, audiences 74%
  69. 2020 Wim Wenders – Desperado: acted · directed by Campino and Eric Friedler
  70. 2023 Anselm: directed · streaming on Kanopy
  71. 2023 Perfect Days: directed, wrote, produced · critics 96%, audiences 93% · streaming on Kanopy
  72. 2023 Room 999: acted · directed by Lubna Playoust · streaming on Criterion Channel
  73. 2026 From Inside Out – The Architecture of Peter Zumthor: directed
  74. Twelve Miles to Trona (short film): directed