# List of German films of 2014

The German film industry produced over four hundred feature films in 2014. This article fully lists all non-pornographic films, including short films, that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by Germany. It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2014.
Also included is an overview of the major events in German film, including film festivals and awards ceremonies, as well as lists of those films that have been particularly well received, both critically and financially.

## Major releases
### January–June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Studio | Genre(s) |
| J A N U A R Y | 17 | Reasonable Doubt | Director: Peter Howitt Cast: Dominic Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson | Dutch FilmWorks | Crime Thriller |
| J A N U A R Y | 19 | A Most Wanted Man | Director: Anton Corbijn Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin | Entertainment One | Thriller |
| J A N U A R Y | 19 | The Voices | Director: Marjane Satrapi Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver | Lions Gate Entertainment | Horror Comedy |
| J A N U A R Y | 22 | Lost in Karastan | Director: Ben Hopkins Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring, Noah Taylor, Ali Cook | Brandstorm Entertainment AG | Comedy |
| F E B R U A R Y | 1 | Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge | Director: Marcel Walz Cast: Manoush, Nick Principe, Sarah Hayden, Annika Strauss, Natalie Scheetz, Caroline Williams, Christa Campbell, Jared Demetri Luciano | Boll World Sales | Horror |
| F E B R U A R Y | 6 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Comedy |
| F E B R U A R Y | 7 | Jack | Director: Edward Berger Cast: Ivo Pietzcker | | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 7 | The Lamb | Director: Kutluğ Ataman Cast: Güven Kiraç | | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 7 | The Monuments Men | Director: George Clooney Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Cate Blanchett | 20th Century Fox | War |
| F E B R U A R Y | 8 | Beloved Sisters | Director: Dominik Graf Cast: Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius | | Biography |
| F E B R U A R Y | 8 | Land of Storms | Director: Ádám Császi Cast: András Sütő, Ádám Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky | TLA Releasing | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 8 | Stereo | Director: Maximilian Erlenwein Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Moritz Bleibtreu | Wild Bunch | Thriller |
| F E B R U A R Y | 9 | History of Fear | Director: Benjamín Naishtat Cast: Jonathan Da Rosa | | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 9 | Pierrot Lunaire | Director: Bruce LaBruce Cast: Susanne Sachsse, Luizo Vega, Maria Ivanenko | Die Lamb | Musical |
| F E B R U A R Y | 9 | Stations of the Cross | Director: Dietrich Brüggemann Cast: Hanns Zischler | | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 9 | Superegos | Director: Benjamin Heisenberg Cast: André Wilms | | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 10 | A Long Way Down | Director: Pascal Chaumeil Cast: Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots | Lionsgate | Comedy |
| F E B R U A R Y | 10 | Age of Cannibals | Director: Johannes Naber | Studio TV Film | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 10 | The Dark Valley | Director: Andreas Prochaska Cast: Sam Riley | | Western |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Futuro Beach | Director: Karim Aïnouz Cast: Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa | California Filmes | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Inbetween Worlds | Director: Feo Aladag Cast: Ronald Zehrfeld | | Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Beauty and the Beast | Director: Christophe Gans Cast: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier | Pathé | Fantasy, Romance |
| F E B R U A R Y | 12 | Diplomacy | Director: Volker Schlöndorff Cast: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup | Gaumont | Historical Drama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 18 | Pompeii | Director: Paul W. S. Anderson Cast: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland | Constantin Film | Historical Disaster Romance |
| M A R C H | 6 | Fair Play | Director: Andrea Sedláčková Cast: Vlastina Svátková | | Drama |
| M A R C H | 6 | The Judgment | Director: Stephan Komandarev Cast: Assen Blatechki | | Drama |
| M A R C H | 27 | Amsterdam Express | Director: Fatmir Koçi Cast: Blerim Destani, James Biberi,Natasha Goulden | Film and Music Entertainment | Drama |
| M A Y | 15 | Mr. Turner | Director: Mike Leigh Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Joshua McGuire, Dorothy Atkinson | Entertainment One | Drama Biography |
| M A Y | 15 | That Lovely Girl | Director: Keren Yedaya | | Drama |
| M A Y | 16 | Amour Fou | Director: Jessica Hausner Cast: Birte Schnöink, Christian Friedel, Stephan Grossmann | Coproduction Office | Comedy Drama |
| M A Y | 16 | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Directors: Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Sasson Gabai, Simon Abkarian | Les Films du Losange | Drama |
| M A Y | 16 | Winter Sleep | Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbağ, Melisa Sözen, Tamer Levent, Nejat İşler | New Wave Films | Drama |
| M A Y | 18 | Jauja | Director: Lisandro Alonso Cast: Viggo Mortensen | NDM | Historical Drama |
| M A Y | 18 | The Wonders | Director: Alice Rohrwacher Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, André Hennicke, Monica Bellucci | | Drama |
| M A Y | 19 | Maps to the Stars | Director: David Cronenberg Cast: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson | Entertainment One | Satire Drama |
| M A Y | 22 | Bridges of Sarajevo | Directors: Aida Begić, Leonardo Di Constanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perišić, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde | | Documentary |
| M A Y | 23 | Clouds of Sils Maria | Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz | Les Films du Losange | Drama |
| M A Y | 23 | White God | Director: Kornél Mundruczó Cast: Zsófia Psotta | | Drama |
| J U N E | 7 | Der Spalt | Director: Kim Schicklang Cast: Marie Fischer, Folker Dücker, Dorothea Baltzer | Schöne Neue Medien | Drama Thriller |
| J U N E | 12 | Madame Bovary | Director: Sophie Barthes Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Paul Giamatti, Ezra Miller, Rhys Ifans | 20th Century Fox | Drama |

### July–December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Studio | Genre(s) | Ref. |
| J U L Y | 2 | The Chambermaid Lynn | Director: Ingo Haeb Cast: Vicky Krieps, Lena Lauzemis, Steffen Munster, Christian Aumer, Christine Schorn | Sutor Kolonko | Comedy Horror | |
| J U L Y | 6 | Memories on Stone | Director: Shawkat Amin Korki Cast: Hussein Hassan | | Drama | |
| J U L Y | 8 | Monument to Michael Jackson | Director: Darko Lungulov Cast: Boris Milivojević | | Comedy | |
| J U L Y | 9 | Corn Island | Director: Giorgi Ovashvili Cast: İlyas Salman | | Drama | |
| J U L Y | 9 | Corrections Class | Director: Ivan Tverdovskiy Cast: Mariya Poezzhaeva, Filipp Avdeev | | Drama | |
| J U L Y | 20 | Veve | Director: Simon Mukali Cast: Lowri Odhiambo, Emo Rugene, Lizz Njagah | | Drama | |
| A U G U S T | 6 | Mr. Kaplan | Director: Álvaro Brechner Cast: Héctor Noguera | | Comedy | |
| A U G U S T | 9 | Tour de Force | Director: Christian Zübert Cast: Florian David Fitz | | Drama | |
| A U G U S T | 11 | Men Who Save the World | Director: Liew Seng Tat Cast: Wan Hanafi Su, Harun Salim Bachik, Soffi Jikan, Jalil Hamid, Azhan Rani | Everything Films | Comedy | |
| A U G U S T | 11 | Two Shots Fired | Director: Martín Rejtman Cast: Manuela Martelli | | Drama | |
| A U G U S T | 15 | Hector and the Search for Happiness | Director: Peter Chelsom Cast: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer | Koch Media | Comedy Drama | |
| A U G U S T | 22 | Shockwave, Darkside | Director: Jay Weisman Cast: Mei Melançon, Bill Sage, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rich Ceraulo, Alexander Cendese | | Science Fiction | |
| A U G U S T | 22 | The Prince | Director: Brian A. Miller Cast: Jason Patric, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Rain, Jessica Lowndes, Johnathon Schaech, Gia Mantegna, 50 Cent | Lionsgate | Crime Thriller | |
| A U G U S T | 29 | She's Funny That Way | Director: Peter Bogdanovich Cast: Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Aniston | Lionsgate Premiere | Comedy | |
| A U G U S T | 30 | The President | Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf Cast: Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili | Makhmalbaf Film House | Drama | |
| A U G U S T | 30 | Three Hearts | Director: Benoît Jacquot Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve | Wild Bunch | Drama | |
| A U G U S T | 31 | The Cut | Director: Fatih Akın Cast: Tahar Rahim | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 2 | A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | Director: Roy Andersson Cast: Nisse Vestblom, Holger Andersson | Roy Andersson Filmproduktion AB | Comedy Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 3 | Sivas | Director: Kaan Müjdeci Cast: Dogan Izci | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 4 | Maya the Bee | Director: Alexs Stadermann Cast: Coco Jack Gillies, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Joel Franco, Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes, Noah Taylor, Andy McPhee | Shout! Factory | Animation Comedy Adventure | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 4 | The Valley | Director: Ghassan Salhab Cast: Carol Abboud | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 5 | Big Game | Director: Jalmari Helander Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Felicity Huffman, Victor Garber, Ted Levine, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson | Entertainment One | Action Adventure | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 6 | Labyrinth of Lies | Director: Giulio Ricciarelli Cast: Alexander Fehling | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 6 | Who Am I | Director: Baran bo Odar Cast: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek | | Thriller | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 7 | 1001 Grams | Director: Bent Hamer Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Stein Winge, Per Christian Ellefsen | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 7 | Meet Me in Montenegro | Director: Alex Holdridge Cast: Rupert Friend, Linnea Saasen, Jennifer Ulrich, Alex Holdridge | The Orchard | Romance Comedy | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 9 | Modris | Director: Juris Kursietis Cast: Kristers Piksa | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 25 | Phoenix | Director: Christian Petzold Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens | | Drama | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 25 | The Seventh Dwarf | Directors: Boris Aljinovic, Harald Siepermann Cast: Peyton List, Norm MacDonald, Nina Hagen | Universal Pictures | Animation | |
| S E P T E M B E R | O C T O B E R | 9 | Northmen: A Viking Saga | Director: Claudio Fäh Cast: Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman, Leo Gregory, James Norton, Darrell D'Silva, Johan Hegg, Danny Keogh | The Salt Company | Historical Action |
| 10 | O C T O B E R | The Farewell Party | Directors: Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon Cast: Ze'ev Revach | | Drama | |
| 16 | O C T O B E R | We Are Young. We Are Strong | Director: Burhan Qurbani Cast: Devid Striesow | | Drama | |
| 17 | O C T O B E R | Love, Rosie | Director: Christian Ditter Cast: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Tamsin Egerton, Suki Waterhouse, Jaime Winstone | Lionsgate Based on Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern | Drama Comedy Romance | |
| 23 | O C T O B E R | Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn | Director: Jo Kastner Cast: Joel Courtney, Jake T. Austin | VMI Worldwide | Comedy Drama Adventure | |
| N O V E M B E R | 27 | A Borrowed Identity | Director: Eran Riklis Cast: Tawfeek Barhom | | Drama | |
| D E C E M B E R | 15 | Head Full of Honey | Director: Til Schweiger Cast: Dieter Hallervorden, Emma Schweiger, Til Schweiger | | Drama | |

## Minor releases

| Title | Director | Release Date | Genre |
| 2+2 | Thomas Ciulei | | Comedy |
| 3/4 | Maike Höhne | 26 September 2014 (Germany) | Drama |

## Notable deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Nationality | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 19 | Gordon Hessler | 88 | German-English | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | The Oblong BoxThe Girl in a Swing |
| April | 14 | Ingeborg von Kusserow | 95 | German-English | Actress | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Across the Bridge |
| May | 12 | Cornell Borchers | 89 | Lithuanian-German | Actress | The Big LiftNever Say Goodbye |
| May | 29 | Karlheinz Böhm | 86 | German-Austrian | Actor | The Wonderful World of the Brothers GrimmPeeping Tom |
| June | 26 | Wolf Koenig | 86 | German-Canadian | Director, Producer | Lonely BoyCity of Gold |
| July | 5 | Rosemary Murphy | 89 | German-American | Actress, Singer | To Kill a MockingbirdBen |
| July | 16 | Hans Funck | 61 | German | Film Editor | The InvasionDiana |
| August | 19 | Tom Pevsner | 87 | German-English | Producer, Production Manager | James BondDracula |
| September | 1 | Gottfried John | 72 | German | Actor | GoldenEyeProof of Life |
| September | 11 | Joachim Fuchsberger | 87 | German | Actor | Mystery SubmarineThe Face of Fu Manchu |
| November | 19 | Mike Nichols | 83 | German-American | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | The GraduateWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| December | 30 | Luise Rainer | 104 | German-English | Actress | The Great ZiegfeldThe Good Earth |