Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
Abwärts | Carl Schenkel | Götz George, Renée Soutendijk, Wolfgang Kieling, Hannes Jaenicke | Thriller | a.k.a. Out of Order |
After Your Decrees [de] | Jerzy Hoffman | Sharon Brauner [de], Anna Dymna, Günter Lamprecht, Mathieu Carrière | War | a.k.a. Ruth. Polish-West German co-production |
Anna's Mother [de] | Burkhard Driest | Gudrun Landgrebe | Drama | |
Das Autogramm | Peter Lilienthal | Juan José Mosalini | Drama | a.k.a. The Autograph. Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
Baby [de] | Uwe Frießner [de] | Udo Seidler, Volkmar Richter, Reinhard Seeger | Crime | |
Bali [de] | István Szabó | Winfried Glatzeder, Loni von Friedl, Michael König [de], Nicole Heesters | Drama | |
Ballad of the Little Soldier | Werner Herzog | | Documentary | |
Beautiful Wilhelmine | Rolf von Sydow | Anja Kruse, Rainer Hunold | Biography | |
Bluebeard [pl] | Krzysztof Zanussi | Vadim Glowna, Karin Baal, Vera Tschechowa, Margarethe von Trotta, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Barbara Lass | Drama | |
Chinese Boxes | Chris Petit | Will Patton, Robbie Coltrane, Adelheid Arndt, Gottfried John, Beate Jensen [de] | Thriller | British-West German co-production |
Code Name: Wild Geese | Antonio Margheriti | Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Klaus Kinski, Mimsy Farmer | Action | Italian-West German co-production |
Cold Fever | Josef Rusnak | Klaus Rohrmoser [de], Lisa Kreuzer, Hans-Michael Rehberg | Crime | |
Decoder | Muscha | F.M. Einheit, William "Bill" Rice, Christiane F., William S. Burroughs | Drama | |
The Devil's Lieutenant | John Goldschmidt | Helmut Griem, Ian Charleson, Barbara De Rossi, Claudine Auger | Drama | British-West German-Italian-French co-production |
Don Carlos | Franz Peter Wirth | Jacques Breuer, Robert Atzorn, Rolf Boysen [de], Marita Marschall [de], Bernhard Minetti, Rolf Becker, Renan Demirkan | Drama | |
Dorado – One Way | Reinhard Münster | Uwe Schwalbe, Adriana Altaras, Dominik Bender [de], Uwe Büschken [de] | Comedy | |
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press [de] | Ulrike Ottinger | Veruschka von Lehndorff, Delphine Seyrig | Drama | a.k.a. The Image of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press |
Die ewigen Gefühle | Peter Beauvais | Michael Degen, Christine Merthan [de], Gila von Weitershausen, Renate Krößner, Rolf Hoppe, Jörg Gudzuhn [de], Rolf Ludwig, Herbert Grönemeyer | Drama | |
Fear of Falling [de] | Christian Rischert [de] | Horst Buchholz, Franziska Bronnen [de], Tilo Prückner, Constanze Engelbrecht | Drama | a.k.a. Wenn ich mich fürchte |
Fire for the Big Dragon [de] | Eberhard Itzenplitz [de] | Peter Sattmann, Ulrike Luderer [de], Erdal Merdan, Tayfun Bademsoy | Drama | |
Forbidden | Anthony Page | Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow | Drama, War | West German-British co-production |
The Future of Emily | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Brigitte Fossey, Hildegard Knef, Ivan Desny | Drama | a.k.a. Flügel und Fesseln. West German-French co-production |
Gnadenlos | Wolfgang Panzer [de] | Birgit Doll, Rüdiger Vogler, Günter Lamprecht, Winfried Glatzeder | Drama | |
Heimat | Edgar Reitz | Marita Breuer, Jörg Hube, Kurt Wagner, Michael Lesch [de], Gudrun Landgrebe | Drama | TV series |
Horror Vacui | Rosa von Praunheim | Lotti Huber, Ingrid van Bergen | Drama | |
House Guest | Jürgen Roland | Horst Frank, Judy Winter, Jürgen Goslar, Anton Diffring, Evelyn Opela, Diana Körner | Thriller | a.k.a. Der Besuch |
Jungle Warriors | Ernst R. von Theumer [de] | Nina Van Pallandt, Sybil Danning, Woody Strode, Alex Cord, Paul L. Smith, John Vernon | Exploitation | |
Kerbel's Escape | Erwin Keusch [de] | Peter Sattmann, Barbara Rudnik, Jan Niklas, Bernd Tauber | Drama | |
A Kind of Anger | Uli Edel | Rolf Zacher, Klaus Löwitsch, Hannelore Elsner, Bernhard Wicki | Thriller | |
Klassenverhältnisse | Straub-Huillet | Christian Heinisch, Mario Adorf, Laura Betti | Drama | a.k.a. Class Relations. West German-French co-production |
Knock on the Wrong Door [de] | Gabriela Zerhau [de] | Claudia Demarmels [de], Rolf Zacher, August Zirner, Iris Berben | Comedy | a.k.a. Tapetenwechsel |
Kolossale Liebe | Jutta Brückner | Kirsten Dene [de], Richard Münch | Biography | |
Kolp [de] | Roland Suso Richter | Frank Röth [de], Katja Flint, Ottfried Fischer, Heiner Lauterbach, Charles M. Huber | Crime | |
Lenin in Zürich | Rolf Busch [de] | Wolf-Dietrich Berg [de], Hans Christian Blech | Biography | |
Love Is Not an Argument [de] | Marianne Lüdcke [de] | Günter Lamprecht, Erika Pluhar | Drama | |
Love Is the Beginning of All Terror | Helke Sander | Helke Sander, Lou Castel, Rebecca Pauly [de] | Comedy | |
The Lufthansa Heist | Wolfgang Storch [de] | Peter Bongartz [de], Christian Brückner, Günther Maria Halmer [de], Grażyna Dyląg [pl] | Crime | a.k.a. The Million Dollar Hijack |
Mama Mia – Don't Panic [de] | Dieter Pröttel [de] | Uschi Glas, Thomas Gottschalk, Helmut Fischer | Romantic comedy | |
A Man Like E.V.A. [de] | Radu Gabrea | Eva Mattes, Werner Stocker, Lisa Kreuzer, Charles Regnier, Charles M. Huber | Biography | |
Man Under Suspicion | Norbert Kückelmann | Maximilian Schell, Lena Stolze, Wolfgang Kieling | Drama | a.k.a. Morgen in Alabama. Won the Silver Bear at Berlin |
Ein Mann namens Parvus | Rudolf Nussgruber | Günter Lamprecht, Constanze Engelbrecht, Wolfgang Preiss, Iris Berben, Wolf-Dietrich Berg [de] | Biography | |
Marlene | Maximilian Schell | | Documentary | |
Meeting Place at Infinity | Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein [de] | Till Topf [de], Angelika Thomas [de], Vera Tschechowa | Biography | a.k.a. Meeting Point in Infinity a.k.a. Rendezvous in Infinity |
Moving Targets | Volker Vogeler | Bernard Fresson, William Berger, Oliver Stritzel | Crime | |
The NeverEnding Story | Wolfgang Petersen | Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach | Fantasy | West German-American co-production |
No One Cries Forever [de] | Jans Rautenbach | Howard Carpendale, Zoli Marki [af], Elke Sommer, Siegfried Rauch | Romance | West German-South African co-production |
No Time for Tears: The Bachmeier Case [de] | Hark Bohm | Marie Colbin [de] | Drama | |
No Time to Die [de] | Helmut Ashley | John Phillip Law, Christopher Mitchum, Horst Janson, Grażyna Dyląg [pl], Winfried Glatzeder | Adventure | a.k.a. Hijacked to Hell |
The Noah's Ark Principle | Roland Emmerich | Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser [de] | Science fiction | Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
Non-Stop Trouble with My Double [de] | Reinhard Schwabenitzky | Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | a.k.a. Didi – Der Doppelgänger |
The Other Side of the Moon | Michael Lähn | Gudrun Landgrebe, Alexander Radszun | Crime | |
Overheard | Rolf von Sydow | Götz George, Peter Ustinov, Hansjörg Felmy, Heidelinde Weis | Comedy | |
Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Hunter Carson, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki | Drama | West German-French co-production. Won the Palme d'Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
Peaceful Days | Richard Blank [de] | Katharina Thalbach | Science fiction | |
Pogo 1104 | Wigbert Wicker [de] | Richy Müller, Ralf Richter, Anja Schüte, Erich Bar [de] | Comedy | |
Rallye Paris – Dakar | Peter Welz | Hanno Pöschl, Iris Berben | Adventure | a.k.a. Paris–Dakar Rally |
Rambo Zambo | Reinhard Donga [de] | Werner Stocker, Bettina Redlich [de], Horst Kummeth, Eddie Constantine, Peter Kern, Barbara Valentin, Walter Sedlmayr | Crime comedy | |
The Return of the Time Machine [de] | Jürgen Karl Klauß [de] | Klaus Schwarzkopf, Peter Pasetti, Siegfried Wischnewski | Science fiction | |
Das schöne Ende dieser Welt [de] | Rainer Erler | Robert Atzorn, Claire Oberman, Judy Winter, Götz George, Werner Kreindl | Thriller | |
Silent Poison | Erwin Keusch [de] | Peter Sattmann, Peter Bongartz [de], Günter Lamprecht, Sabine Bach [de] | Drama | a.k.a. Slow Poison |
Sleep of Reason | Ula Stöckl | Ida Di Benedetto | Drama | |
Der Snob | Wolfgang Staudte | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Heinz Bennent, Sigfrit Steiner, Nicole Heesters | Comedy | |
Der Sohn des Bullen | Heinz Schirk [de] | Martin May, Edwin Marian [de], Jan Fedder, Richy Müller | Crime | |
The Sprinter [de] | Christoph Böll | Wieland Samolak, Gerhard Olschewski, Dieter Eppler | Comedy | |
Super | Adolf Winkelmann | Udo Lindenberg, Renan Demirkan, Hannelore Hoger, Günter Lamprecht, Gottfried John, Inga Humpe | Science Fiction | |
Swann in Love | Volker Schlöndorff | Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant | Drama | French-West German co-production |
Thousand Eyes [de] | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg [de] | Barbara Rudnik, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe, Karin Baal, Peter Kraus, Vera Tschechowa, Hannelore Hoger | Crime | |
Trauma [fr] | Gabi Kubach [de] | Birgit Doll, Lou Castel, Armin Mueller-Stahl | Drama | |
Treffer [de] | Dominik Graf | Dietmar Bär, Barbara Rudnik, Beate Finckh, Tayfun Bademsoy, Maximilian Wigger [de], Guido Gagliardi [de] | Drama | |
Unser Mann vom Südpol | Peter Adam | Jan Fedder, Tilo Prückner, Monika Baumgartner | Comedy | |
The Wannsee Conference | Heinz Schirk [de] | Dietrich Mattausch, Reinhard Glemnitz, Jochen Busse, Robert Atzorn | Docudrama, War | |
What's Up, Chancellor? [de] | Gerhard Schmidt [de] | Tommi Piper [de], Constanze Engelbrecht, Günter Lamprecht, Wolfgang Neuss, Dieter Hildebrandt, Dieter Hallervorden | Comedy | |
What Shall Become of You [it] | Horst Flick [de] | Michael Karnowsky, Peter Seum [de], Anita Lochner | Drama | |
Where the Green Ants Dream | Werner Herzog | Bruce Spence | Drama | West German-Australian co-production. Entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
Who Was Edgar Allan? [de] | Michael Haneke | Paulus Manker, Rolf Hoppe | Mystery | Austrian-West German co-production |
The Willow Tree | Sohrab Shahid-Saless | Josef A. Stehlík | Drama | West German-Czechoslovak co-production |
The Woman Without a Body and the Projectionist [lb] | Niklaus Schilling | Gabriel Barylli, Liane Hielscher | Drama | West German-Luxembourgian co-production |
Work and Leisure [de] | Detlev Buck | Detlev Buck | Comedy | a.k.a. First the Work – And Then? |
Wundkanal | Thomas Harlan | Alfred Filbert | Drama | |
Zwei Nasen tanken Super [de] | Dieter Pröttel [de] | Thomas Gottschalk, Mike Krüger | Comedy | |