Filmography
Year | Title | German title | Summary |
1970 | Summer in the City | First full length feature film (Dedicated to The Kinks) | |
1972 | The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (UK) or The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (USA) | Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter | Adaptation of a novel by Peter Handke |
1973 | The Scarlet Letter | Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe | Adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
1974 | Alice in the Cities | Alice in den Städten | First part of Wenders' Road Movie Trilogy |
1975 | The Wrong Move | Falsche Bewegung | Second part of Wenders' Road Movie Trilogy, with Nastassja Kinski |
1976 | Kings of the Road | Im Lauf der Zeit | Third part of Wenders' Road Movie Trilogy |
1977 | The American Friend | Der Amerikanische Freund | Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel Ripley's Game |
1980 | Lightning Over Water | Documentary about the last days of Nicholas Ray | |
1982 | Hammett | Fictional story about Dashiell Hammett, American writer; based on a novel by Joe Gores | |
1982 | Room 666 | Chambre 666 | Short documentary interviews directors on the future of cinema, including Steven Spielberg, Jean-Luc Godard, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Filmed at Cannes |
1982 | Reverse Angle | Short film documents Wenders' disputes with Coppola during Hammett | |
1982 | The State of Things | Stand der Dinge | |
1984 | Paris, Texas | ||
1985 | Tokyo-Ga | Documentary about Japanese film director Yasujirō Ozu | |
1987 | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | Written with Peter Handke. A guardian angel is tempted to prefer human experience over the outsider's immortality. |
1989 | Notebook on Cities and Clothes | Aufzeichnungen zu Kleidern und Städten | Documentary about Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto. |
1990 | Red Hot + Blue | Music video for "Night and Day" performed by U2 | |
1991 | Until the End of the World | Bis ans Ende der Welt | |
1992 | Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring | Arisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring | |
1993 | Faraway, So Close! | In weiter Ferne, so nah! | Sequel to Wings of Desire |
1994 | Lisbon Story | Partially a sequel to The State of Things | |
1995 | Beyond the Clouds | Jenseits der Wolken | (with Michelangelo Antonioni) |
1995 | A Trick of Light | Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky | Also known as The Brothers Skladanowsky |
1997 | The End of Violence | ||
1998 | Willie Nelson at the Teatro | ||
1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | Documentary about Cuban musicians; made with Ry Cooder | |
2000 | The Million Dollar Hotel | ||
2001 | Souljacker Part 1 | Music Video for "Souljacker Pt 1" by Eels | |
2002 | Ode to Cologne: A Rock 'N' Roll Film | Viel passiert - Der BAP-Film | Documentary about the Cologne rock group BAP |
2002 | Ten Minutes Older | Contributed segment "Twelve Miles to Trona" | |
2003 | The Soul of a Man | Documentary about Blues musicians | |
2004 | Land of Plenty | ||
2005 | Don't Come Knocking | ||
2008 | Palermo Shooting | ||
2011 | Pina | Premiered Out of Competition at the Berlin Film Festival. |
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