Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is credited on 38 movies and 3 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Marriage of Maria Braun and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.
Born May 31, 1945 in Bad Wörishofen, Germany; died June 10, 1982.
Filmography · 41 titles
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · Movie
On HBO Max
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979 · Movie
On HBO Max
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972 · Movie
On HBO Max
Querelle
1982 · Movie
On HBO Max and Prime Video
Veronika Voss
1982 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Fox and His Friends
1975 · Movie
On HBO Max
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000 · Movie
On BFI Player
Chinese Roulette
1977 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
World on a Wire
1973 · TV show
Not on a US subscription app
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Lili Marleen
1981 · Movie
Martha
1974 · Movie
Beware of a Holy Whore
1971 · Movie
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980 · TV show
Love Is Colder Than Death
1970 · Movie
Katzelmacher
1969 · Movie
Effi Briest
1974 · Movie
Despair
1978 · Movie
The Third Generation
1979 · Movie
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975 · Movie
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973 · Movie
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Movie
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976 · Movie
The Little Chaos
1966 · Movie
Germany in Autumn
1978 · Movie
Fear of Fear
1976 · Movie
Gods of the Plague
1970 · Movie
The City Tramp
1966 · Movie
The American Soldier
1976 · Movie
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972 · TV show
Kamikaze '89
1982 · Movie
Whity
1971 · Movie
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
1971 · Movie
Baal
1970 · Movie
Jail Bait
1973 · Movie
Rio das Mortes
1971 · Movie
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
1971 · Movie
The Stationmaster’s Wife
1977 · Movie
La Paloma
1974 · Movie
About Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 — 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, and actor. Considered one of the most important figures in the New German Cinema, Fassbinder was prolific; in a professional career less than fifteen years, he completed forty feature-length films, two...
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