Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog Movies and TV Shows

Werner Herzog (German: [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈhɛɐ̯tsoːk]; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with unique talents in obscure fields, or individuals in conflict with nature. He is known for his unique filmmaking process, such as disregarding storyboards, emphasizing improvisation, and placing the cast and crew into similar situations as characters in his films. Herzog started work on his first film Herakles in 1961, when he was nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature films and documentaries, such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974), Heart of Glass (1976), Stroszek (1977), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987), Lessons of Darkness (1992), Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997), My Best Fiend (1999), Invincible (2000), Grizzly Man (2005), Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010). He has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. French filmmaker François Truffaut once called Herzog "the most important film director alive." American film critic Roger Ebert said that Herzog "has never created a single film that is compromised, shameful, made for pragmatic reasons, or uninteresting. Even his failures are spectacular." He was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Herzog, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 9/5/1942 (81 years old)
  • Place of birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • nationality: German
  • height: 1.85 m
  • Net worth: $20,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Orion and the Dark
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 67%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2024

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
67%
2020

Documentary

7.0
65%
Family Romance, LLC
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 61%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2019

Drama

6.7
61%
Meeting Gorbachev
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 66%
role:
Writer & 2 more
2019

Documentary

7.2
66%
2019

Documentary

6.9
66%
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2018

Documentary

7.5
72%
A Gray State
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 63%
role:
Executive Producer
2017

Documentary

6.2
63%
Salt and Fire
IMDB 4.2
TMDB 48%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2016

Drama

Thriller

4.2
48%
Into the Inferno
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Writer & 2 more
2016

Documentary

7.2
70%
2016

Documentary

7.0
66%
Freaks of Nature
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 62%
role:
Perfect Being (voice)
2015

Comedy

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
62%
Queen of the Desert
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 59%
role:
Writer & 1 more
2015

Adventure

Drama

History

5.7
59%
Penguins of Madagascar
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 65%
role:
Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
2014

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.6
65%
The Look of Silence
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 80%
role:
Executive Producer
2014

Documentary

History

8.3
80%
Life Itself
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 76%
role:
Self - Filmmaker
2014

Documentary

7.8
76%
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2013

Documentary

6.9
65%
2013

Drama

History

7.9
83%
2013

Documentary

7.4
71%
Jack Reacher
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 66%
role:
Zec Chelovek
2012

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.0
66%
The Act of Killing
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Executive Producer
2012

Documentary

8.2
77%
Dinotasia
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Narrator
2012

Animation

Documentary

5.7
64%
2011

Crime

Documentary

7.3
70%
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Director & 2 more
2010

Documentary

Family

7.4
72%
2010

Documentary

7.7
75%
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Director & 1 more
Not available
2009

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.1
61%
Not available
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Plastic Bag
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Not available
2009

Drama

7.6
75%
Not available
2009

Crime

Drama

6.6
61%
Mister Lonely
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 66%
role:
Father Umbrillo
2008

Comedy

Drama

6.4
66%
Encounters at the End of the World
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
2007

Documentary

7.7
74%
Not available
The Grand
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
The German
2007

Comedy

5.9
60%
2007

Documentary

7.2
70%
Rescue Dawn
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Author & 1 more
2006

Adventure

Drama

War & Politics

7.3
69%
Paranoia Agent
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 79%
role:
Screenplay & 2 more
2004

Animation

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.0
79%
Julien Donkey-Boy
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 69%
role:
Father
Not available
1999

Drama

6.7
69%
Not available
My Best Fiend
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 74%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1999

Documentary

7.8
74%
1998

Drama

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
72%
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 75%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1997

Documentary

8.0
75%
Lessons of Darkness
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 79%
role:
Writer & 3 more
1992

Documentary

War & Politics

8.0
79%
Portrait: Werner Herzog
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 74%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
1986

Documentary

6.6
74%
Not available
Woyzeck
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Director & 1 more
1979

Drama

7.0
67%
Nosferatu the Vampyre
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 74%
role:
Writer & 3 more
1979

Drama

Horror

7.4
74%
Battlestar Galactica
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Himself & 2 more
1978

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
71%
Stroszek
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Director & 1 more
1977

Comedy

Drama

7.7
74%
Heart of Glass
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 66%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1976

Comedy

Drama

6.8
66%
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Producer & 2 more
1974

Drama

History

7.7
74%
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 76%
role:
Writer & 2 more
1972

Adventure

Drama

History

7.8
76%
Even Dwarfs Started Small
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
Producer & 2 more
1970

Comedy

Drama

6.7
66%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Werner Herzog are, for example, Orion and the Dark, Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds and Family Romance, LLC.
The streaming services with the largest selection are iTunes, Prime Video and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are The Look of Silence (8.2), Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision (8.1) and Paranoia Agent (8.0).
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