Popular from Austria
Downfall
(Der Untergang)
April 1945, a nation awaits its... Downfall
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- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2004
- Director Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Cast Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Köhler, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Scene of the Crime
(Tatort)
German, Austrian, and Swiss police solve complex crimes in this long-running crime procedural.
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- West Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 1970
- Creator Günter Rohrbach, Gunther Witte
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Leave No Trace
Presenter Richard Crawford travels around the world showing prospective tourists how to vacation in an environmentally-friendly way.
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- Austria • 2020
- Creator Ben Alcott
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Wall
(Die Wand)
A woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible wall suddenly surrounds her countryside cabin.
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- Austria, Germany • 2012
- Director Julian Pölsler
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Ulrike Beimpold, Karlheinz Hackl, Wolfgang Maria Bauer, Julia Gschnitzer, Hans-Michael Rehberg
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Freud
Young psychiatrist Sigmund Freud investigates a murder while navigating Viennese high society, drug addiction, and academic ridicule.
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- Austria, Germany • 2020
- Creator Marvin Kren, Benjamin Hessler, Stefan Brunner
- Cast Manuel Ossenkopf
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Goodnight Mommy
(Ich seh, Ich seh)
A mother should look out for her sons.
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- Austria • 2014
- Director Veronika Franz
- Cast Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher, Elfriede Schatz, Karl Purker
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Funny Games
A family is held hostage and forced to play a series of sadistic and deadly games
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- Austria • 1997
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Weapon of Choice
This is the story of the Glock, perhaps the most recognizable pistol in the world.
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- Austria, Iraq, United States • 2018
- Director Eva Hausberger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Great Freedom
(Große Freiheit)
A gay Jewish man is sent to prison after World War 2, immediately after being released from a concentration camp.
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- Austria, Germany • 2021
- Director Sebastian Meise
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Thomas Stecher, Alfred Hartung
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
Corsage
A stunning exploration of beauty, aging, and loneliness through a fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
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- Austria, France, Luxembourg • 2022
- Director Marie Kreutzer
- Cast Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Finnegan Oldfield
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hulu, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
New from Austria
The Ground Beneath My Feet
(Der Boden unter den Füssen)
Business consultant Lola controls her personal life with ruthless efficiency, until a tragic event forces a confrontation with the past.
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- Austria • 2019
- Director Marie Kreutzer
- Cast Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger, Michelle Barthel, Marc Benjamin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Razzennest
In this bizarre meta satire, a film critic meets with an auteur filmmaker to produce an audio commentary track, which goes horribly wrong.
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- Austria • 2022
- Director Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Cast Sophie Kathleen Kozeluh, Michael Smulik, Anne Weiner, Roland Gratzer, Jim Libby, Bob Rose
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History, Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Cineverse, Plex, Plex Channel
Scene of the Crime
(Tatort)
German, Austrian, and Swiss police solve complex crimes in this long-running crime procedural.
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- West Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 1970
- Creator Günter Rohrbach, Gunther Witte
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Earth
(Erde)
Stories of the people and machines that transform the Earth.
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- Austria • 2019
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Corsage
A stunning exploration of beauty, aging, and loneliness through a fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
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- Austria, France, Luxembourg • 2022
- Director Marie Kreutzer
- Cast Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Finnegan Oldfield
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hulu, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
(Grbavica)
A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria • 2006
- Director Jasmila Žbanić
- Cast Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijović, Leon Lučev, Kenan Ćatić, Jasna Beri, Dejan Aćimović
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla
Mutzenbacher
The famous erotic literature about the adventures of Josefine Mutzenbacher is playfully reflected on by wide ranges of men.
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- Austria • 2022
- Director Ruth Beckermann
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
Notes on Marie Menken
A look at the life of avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
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- Austria, United States • 2006
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie, Gerard Malanga, Jonas Mekas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Hoopla
Sunshine
The story of a Jewish-Hungarian family across three generations during the tumultuous 20th century.
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- Germany, Austria, Canada • 1999
- Director István Szabó
- Cast Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger, William Hurt
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
Telescope Recommends
Toni Erdmann
In this absurdist tale of estrangement, a practical joker visits his workaholic daughter in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.
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- Germany, Austria, Monaco • 2016
- Director Maren Ade
- Cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter, Ingrid Bisu
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Paradise: Hope
(Paradies: Hoffnung)
Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2013
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz, Verena Lehbauer, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch, Johanna Schmid
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
The Seventh Continent
(Der siebente Kontinent)
A haunting tale of a middle-class Austrian family’s dissatisfaction with life — based on a true story
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- Austria • 1989
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Silvia Fenz, Robert Dietl
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Revanche
An ex-con laying low after a robbery nearly blows his cover when he befriends the wife of a policeman.
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- Austria • 2008
- Director Götz Spielmann
- Cast Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Michael-Joachim Heiss, Andreas Lust, Hanno Pöschl, Ursula Strauss
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max, Amazon Video
We Come as Friends
Documentarian Hubert Sauper examines the independence struggle of South Sudan.
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- France, Austria • 2014
- Director Hubert Sauper
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Our Daily Bread
(Unser täglich Brot)
An unsettling look at modern food processing only using sounds and images.
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- Germany, Austria • 2006
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Tibor Korom, András Szarvas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla, myfilmfriend
The Dawn Wall
Legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell takes on his most formidable challenge yet --- El Capitan.
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Peter Mortimer
- Cast Tommy Caldwell, John Branch, Kevin Jorgeson
- Genre Documentary, Adventure
- Available on Outside Watch
Caché
All the moments they thought nobody was watching, caught on tape.
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- France, Austria, Germany • 2005
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Daniel Duval, Maurice Bénichou
- Genre Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Museum Hours
At the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna, a security guard’s friendship with an enigmatic visitor is affected by the historic artwork.
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- Austria, United States • 2012
- Director Jem Cohen
- Cast Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits, Marcus O'Hara, Deborah Gzesh, Marco Calamita
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy
Documentaries from Austria
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
(Im Spiegel der Maya Deren)
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
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- Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland • 2002
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Judith Malina, Alexander Hammid, Chao Li Chi, Miriam Arsham
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kanopy
Earth
(Erde)
Stories of the people and machines that transform the Earth.
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- Austria • 2019
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Homme Less
A documentary on Mark Reay, a homeless photographer and actor in Manhattan.
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- Austria • 2015
- Director Thomas Wirthensohn
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
A Good American
A documentary profiling William Binney, a former NSA official, code-breaker, and whistleblower.
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- Austria • 2015
- Director Friedrich Moser
- Cast William Binney, Thomas Drake, Edward Loomis, Jesselyn Radack, Diane Roark
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
In Search of Memory
(Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis)
He was one of the most important neural scientists that ever lived.
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- Austria • 2008
- Director Petra Seeger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Dreams Rewired
A genealogy of connection.
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- Austria, Germany, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Thomas Tode
- Cast Tilda Swinton
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Wheel of Time
(Rad der Zeit)
A mesmerizing documentary from Werner Herzog that immerses the viewer in Tibetan Buddhist tradition and rituals.
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- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2003
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Tenzin Gyatso, Lama Lhundup Woeser, Takna Jigme Sangpo, Matthieu Ricard, Tenzin Dhargye
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Abendland
A documentary of Europe at night.
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- Austria • 2011
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films
The Family
(Družina)
A man born into a family of people with special needs opts for a radical exit out of the vicious cycle of his community.
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- Slovenia, Austria • 2017
- Director Rok Biček
- Cast Matej Rajk, Nia Kastelec, Barbara Kastelec, Alenka Rajk, Boris Rajk
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Great Museum
(Das große Museum)
This feature documentary follows the work that goes into running one of the most important art museums in the world.
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- Austria • 2014
- Director Johannes Holzhausen
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
In the Basement
(Im Keller)
What do people do in their basements when they can do anything they want?
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- Austria, Germany • 2014
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Alessa Duchek, Gerald Duchek, Inge Ellinger, Manfred Ellinger, Walter Holzer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Notes on Marie Menken
A look at the life of avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
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- Austria, United States • 2006
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie, Gerard Malanga, Jonas Mekas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Hoopla
Plastic Planet
An up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic.
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- Austria, Germany • 2009
- Director Werner Boote
- Cast Werner Boote, John Taylor, Peter Lieberzeit
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
Mutzenbacher
The famous erotic literature about the adventures of Josefine Mutzenbacher is playfully reflected on by wide ranges of men.
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- Austria • 2022
- Director Ruth Beckermann
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
The Wild Blue Yonder
Human astronauts attempt to find an alternate planet for humanity while an alien narrates the story of his dying planet.
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- Germany, France, Austria • 2005
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Brad Dourif, Donald Williams, Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Shannon Lucid, Michael McCulley
- Genre Documentary, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel