Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

Directing

Born August 14, 1945 · Düsseldorf, Germany

74 films as director · Active 1967–2026

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes, Venice…

Known for

Morgenmagazin

Morgenmagazin

1992

ZIBB

2003

Volle Kanne

1999

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

1979

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974

Westpol

2010

Nachtcafé

Nachtcafé

1987

Directed(74)

2026Das Geheimnis der Orte

The Keys to Freedom

2025The Keys to Freedom

Perfect Days

2023Perfect Days★ 7.8

Some Body Comes Into the Light

2023Some Body Comes Into the Light★ 5.2

Anselm

2023Anselm★ 6.7

Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper

2020Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper★ 8.0

Veränderung

2020Veränderung

Submergence

2018Submergence★ 5.5

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

2018Pope Francis: A Man of His Word★ 7.2

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

2016The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez★ 4.4

Every Thing Will Be Fine

2015Every Thing Will Be Fine★ 5.4

Cathedrals of Culture

2014Cathedrals of Culture★ 5.7

The Salt of the Earth

2014The Salt of the Earth★ 8.1

2014The Berlin Philharmonic

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014Henri Langlois vu par...★ 4.0

Invisible World

2013Invisible World★ 5.7

2012Ver ou Não Ver

Pina

2011Pina★ 7.4

Il Volo

2010If Buildings Could Talk

Palermo Shooting

2008Palermo Shooting★ 6.1

To Each His Own Cinema

2007To Each His Own Cinema★ 6.5

Invisibles

2007Invisibles★ 4.8

Invisible Crimes

2007Invisible Crimes

Don't Come Knocking

2005Don't Come Knocking★ 6.2

Land of Plenty

2004Land of Plenty★ 6.2

The Soul of a Man

2003The Soul of a Man★ 6.6

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet★ 6.9

BAP - Ode to Cologne

2002BAP - Ode to Cologne★ 6.5

The Million Dollar Hotel

2000The Million Dollar Hotel★ 5.9

One Morning All Over the World

2000One Morning All Over the World★ 4.7

Buena Vista Social Club

1999Buena Vista Social Club★ 7.5

Willie Nelson at the Teatro

1998Willie Nelson at the Teatro★ 10.0

The End of Violence

1997The End of Violence★ 5.4

Lumière & Company

1995Lumière & Company★ 6.3

A Trick of the Light

1995A Trick of the Light★ 6.2

Beyond the Clouds

1995Beyond the Clouds★ 6.2

Lisbon Story

1994Lisbon Story★ 7.2

Faraway, So Close!

1993Faraway, So Close!★ 6.9

Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring

1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring★ 6.6

Until the End of the World

1991Until the End of the World★ 6.7

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Notebook on Cities and Clothes

1989Notebook on Cities and Clothes★ 6.4

Wings of Desire

1987Wings of Desire★ 7.8

Tokyo-Ga

1985Tokyo-Ga★ 7.1

Room 666

1985Room 666★ 6.6

Paris, Texas

1984Paris, Texas★ 8.1

The State of Things

1982The State of Things★ 6.4

Hammett

1982Hammett★ 6.2

Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982

1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982★ 7.0

Lightning Over Water

1980Lightning Over Water★ 6.7

The American Friend

1977The American Friend★ 7.1

Kings of the Road

1976Kings of the Road★ 7.4

Wrong Move

1975Wrong Move★ 6.7

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick★ 5.9

Alice in the Cities

1974Alice in the Cities★ 7.7

From the Family of Reptiles

1974From the Family of Reptiles★ 10.0

The Island

1974The Island★ 10.0

The Scarlet Letter

1973The Scarlet Letter★ 5.4

Summer in the City

1972Summer in the City★ 6.1

3 American LPs

19693 American LPs★ 5.3

Alabama (2000 Light Years)

1969Alabama (2000 Light Years)★ 6.3

Polizeifilm

1969Polizeifilm★ 5.8

Silver City Revisited

1969Silver City Revisited★ 5.8

Kaspar Hauser

1969Kaspar Hauser

Same Player Shoots Again

1968Same Player Shoots Again★ 6.0

1968Klappenfilm★ 10.0

1968Victor I.★ 8.0

Schauplätze

1967Schauplätze★ 7.0

Acting(156)

2026Mein liebster DokumentarfilmSelf

2025Films to Die ForSelf - Interviewee

2025La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione

2025The Ozu DiariesSelf

2025Wim Wenders: Der ewig SuchendeSelf

2025The Keys to FreedomWim Wenders

2024Now is Now: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'Self

2023Room 999Self

2023Directors TalksSelf

2023Cannes UncutSelf

2023German GeniusWim Wenders

2022Werner Herzog: Radical DreamerSelf

2022CAN and MeSelf

2022Bruno Ganz - The Longing RevolutionarySelf

2022From Our Side

2022Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf

2022Film: The Living Record of Our MemorySelf

2022Die 2050er - Everything will change

2021Why Are We (Not) Creative?Self

2021A Life for Movies: Lotte EisnerSelf

2020Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und TräumenSelf

2020High MaintenanceSelf

2020Good Morning, the Wind BlowsSelf

2020Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf

2020VeränderungSelf

2019ZerovilleLarry

2019Paul Auster: What IfSelf - Filmmaker

2018Beyond the BolexSelf

2018Living the Light: Robby MüllerSelf

2018Why Are We Creative?Self

2018Was tut sich - im deutschen Film?Self

2018Pope Francis: A Man of His WordSelf - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2018Leçon de cinéma avec Wim WendersSelf - filmmaker

2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)

2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of LifeSelf

2017The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg SentsovSelf

2016Along for the RideSelf

2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy RiderSelf

2016Three for the RoadSelf

2015A Weekend at the BeachSelf

2015Filmstudio, mon amourSé stesso

2015Chris Marker: Never Explain, Never ComplainSelf

2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelf

2015Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in GermanySelf

2015The Legend of the Palme d'OrSelf

2015Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael AlthenSelf

2015Restoring TimeSelf

2014The Salt of the EarthSelf

2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self

2013Harry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionSelf

2013A Fuller LifeSelf - Reader (segment "A River of Tears")

2012Edward Hopper and the Blank CanvasSelf

2012Close UpSelf (archive footage)

2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardSelf

2011The Story of Film: An OdysseySelf

2011SchawinskiSelf

2011Hitler in HollywoodWim Wenders

2011Zwischen den Zeiten

2011Viaggio in BergmaniaSelf

2011Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterSelf

2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2010SnowblindGray Fox

2010Cronología

2010Westpolself

2009What Do You Know About MeSelf

2008Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva stradaSelf

2008Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche FilmgeschichteSelf

2008Wim Wenders' Story Of His Early YearsSelf

2008Counter Shot: Departure of the FilmmakersSelf

2008Back to Room 666Self

2008One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early YearsSelf

2007Dickes BSelf

2007Cannes: All AccessSelf

2006The Art of Football from A to ZSelf

2006Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof KieslowskiSelf

2004Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-ScreenSelf

2004KulturplatzSelf

2004Im PalaisSelf

2004Dennis Hopper: The Decisive MomentsSelf

2004Leçon de CinémaSelf

2004La torcedura

2003Wings of Desire: The Angels Among UsSelf

2003Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)Self

2002Fassbinder in HollywoodSelf

2002Ten Minutes Older: The TrumpetDoctor #1 (segment "Twelve Miles to Trona")

2001Janela da AlmaSelf

2000The Million Dollar Hotel

2000FreeDogmehimself

1999Volle KanneSelf

1998Alekan le magnifiqueSelf

1998Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL ShowSelf

1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf

1998Sabine ChristiansenSelf

1997NachtstudioSelf

1997Im Dialogself

1997Tango Berlin

1996Love in HollywoodSelf

1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf

1995A Trick of the LightRegisseur / Milchmann

1995To Make a Film Is to Be AliveSelf (uncredited)

1995The Night of the FilmmakersSelf

1995In Bildern leben - Die filmischen Reflexionen des Wim WendersSelf

1994Kleiner Mann ganz großSelf

1994Nick Cave: Straight To You - A PortraitSelf

1993Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone RingSanta Claus

1993Talking with OzuSelf

1993Without MeHimself

1992MorgenmagazinSelf

1992RiverboatSelf

1991Dream Island

1990Wim Wenders in TokyoSelf

1990Pictures of EuropeSelf

1990Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'Self

1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim WendersSelf

1989Notebook on Cities and ClothesSelf

1989The Heart and the LegsSelf

1988Alekan, la lumièreSelf

1987Helsinki Napoli All Night LongGas Station Attendant

1987live - die ZDF-talkshowSelf

1987NachtcaféSelf

1985King Kongs FaustRegisseur

1985Room 666Self

1985Report from Hollywood

1984Tausend AugenDieb im Videoladen

1984Goldene KameraSelf

1984De droomproducentenSelf

1983Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair ActHimself

1982Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982Self

1982Cinématon XXIIN°212

1982Cinématon n°212 : Wim Wenders

1982The State of ThingsTram Passenger (uncredited)

1982MenschenSelf

1982WortwechselSelf

1980Lightning Over WaterSelf

1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf

1979NDR Talk ShowSelf

1978CinématonN°212

1978Long ShotAnother Director

1977The American FriendFigure Wrapped in Plaster Bandages in Ambulance (uncredited)

1976Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaSelf

1976Kings of the RoadSpectator at Pauline's Theater (uncredited)

1976Kölner TreffSelf

1975The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickMan Walking through Vienna Bus Station (uncredited)

1975Wrong MoveMan in Dining Car (uncredited)

1975Midi PremièreSelf

1974Spécial cinémaSelf

1974Alice in the CitiesMan by Jukebox in American Cafe (uncredited)

1972Summer in the CityBillardspieler (uncredited)

19693 American LPs

1968Love and So ForthStudent

1951German Film AwardSelf

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