Werner Herzog Movies

Shortly after the Gulf War, oil fires were raging all through Kuwait. In the week before this sea of fire would be extinguished, Werner Herzog filmed...

The Dumpster Kid is an artistic creation: in every story society forces her to learn something. But she, fully grown from the moment of her birth,...

Accompanied only by music the film alternates between shots of pilgrims near the tomb of Saint Sergei in Sergiyev Posad, Russia and pilgrims at the...

A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.

Reverend Huie Rogers is a preacher at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn. He is the topic of this short film, during which...

Cast and crew speak on adapting One Shot as the first Jack Reacher film, casting Tom Cruise, earning Lee Child's blessing, additional character...

Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’...

A squid dreams of becoming the star of a wildlife documentary. But when an aircraft sinks into the ocean, her peaceful world is suddenly thrown into...

In 1974 Werner Herzog walked from Munich to Paris, an act of faith to prevent the 
death of his mentor Lotte Eisner. In 2020, a young filmmaker...

A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.

Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the...

German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.

Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the...

Two celebrities (Gaspar Noe and Harmony Korine) meet for the first time to spend an evening in each others and the camera’s company.

A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.

A strongly visual look at the life, work and obsessions od the writer Bruce Chatwin, who died of AIDS in 1989. Chatwin was hailed as the greatest...

Documentary examining Bokassa's rule in the Central African Republic using the testimony of witnesses and visits to key sites.

An examination of the artistic and historical roots of today's tattoo explosion.

When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much...

Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.