 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes 1972  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Cecilia Rivera, Peter Berling, Daniel Ades, Edward Roland, Armando Polanah, Alejandro Chavez
A 16th-century conquistador, Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski), leads a mutiny in Peru against his Spanish commander.
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, Xzibit, Fairuza Balk, Shawn Hatosy, Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Bower, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brad Dourif, Denzel Whitaker, Irma P. Hall, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Brandi Coleman
Hurricane Katrina has hit New Orleans, and corrupt cop Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) and his partner, Stevie Pruit (Val Kilmer), are cleaning out lockers when the building collapses. McDonagh suffers back injuries and uses drugs, gambling, and prostitutes to make his life "better." He falls in love with hooker Frankie Donnenfeld (Eva Mendes), and his life reaches new lows when he stops at nothing to get results from his interrogations while he is put on the case of a gangland execution.
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Cobra Verde 1988  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
aka: Slave Coast
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, Jose Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile, Nana Agyefi Kwame, Peter Berling, Pedro Oliveira, Benito Stefanelli
Herzog takes on African slave trading in this epic that didn't make it as big as some of his other films. Aggressive Francisco (Klaus Kinski) oversees a sugar plantation, but after getting the boss's three daughters pregnant he is sent to Africa to round up slaves. Instead, he overthrows the king and takes over the tribe himself.
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Even Dwarfs Started Small 1970  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Marianne Saar, Gertrud Piccini, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner, Gerard Maerz, Erna Gschwendtner, Pepi Hermine
Institutionalized dwarfs are fed up with the conditions in their compound and rebel in violent fashion against their keepers. A parable on man's inhumanity to man.
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Fata Morgana 1971 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Documentary / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog creates another unconventional film, which was shot in the Sahara Desert. It combines hallucinations, images, and music while showing the endless sands of the desert and the people who live there. Haunting music.
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Fitzcarraldo 1982  PG, 158 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jose Lewgoy, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Grande Othelo, Huerequeque Enrique Bohorquez, Peter Berling, David Espinosa, Milton Nascimento, Ruy Polanah, Salvador Godinez
Set along the Amazon during the turn of the 20th century, this is German director Werner Herzog's innovative film about Fitzcarraldo (Klaus Kinski) who wants to open a rubber plant that will provide funding for the opera to be brought to his remote area in the jungle.
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The Grand 2008 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zak Penn
Cast: Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, Chris Parnell, Ray Romano, Werner Herzog, Gabe Kaplan, Mike Epps, Judy Greer, Estelle Harris, Michael McKean, Michael Karnow, Jason Alexander
In this mockumentary, the Grand Championship of Poker is being held in Las Vegas. Newly released from rehab "One Eyed Jack" Faro (Woody Harrelson) is trying to win the $10,000,000 in order to keep his grandfather's hotel casino away from the wrecking ball. His task is not easy as he joins five other eccentric characters–siblings Lainie and Larry Shwartzman (Cheryl Hines and David Cross), autistic Harold Melvin (Chris Parnell), internet poker player Andy Andrews (Richard Kind), and Las Vegas regular "Deuce" Fairbanks (Dennis Farina)–duking it out at the table while other players and relatives provide amusing moments.
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Grizzly Man 2005  R, 103 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog
Using archival footage, this documentary provides a character study of eccentric environmentalist Timothy Treadwell who was killed, along with girlfriend Amie Huguenard, by Alaskan grizzlies in 2003. Narrated by Werner Herzog.
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Heart of Glass 1976 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Guttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba, Volker Prechtel
A small Bavarian village in the 1700s is noted for its "Ruby Glass." When the glassblower who invented the process dies without revealing the secret, the factory–and the town in which the factory is located–crumbles. This haunting film is based on a Bavarian legend, and it is rumored that Herzog had the cast hypnotized before each shooting in order to set the proper mood. In any event, Herzog again shows his visionary approach to filmmaking.
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Incident at Loch Ness 2004 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zak Penn
Cast: Werner Herzog, Kitana Baker, Gabriel Beristain, Russell Williams, David A. Davidson, Michael Karnow, Robert O'Meara, Zak Penn, Steven Gardner, John Bailey, Matthew Nicolay, Tanja Koop
In this mockumentary on the filming of a filming of a documentary recording the impossible search for the Loch Ness monster, the effort is made more difficult by the inept and comical efforts of the camera crew.
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 Invincible 2001  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari, Max Raabe, Jacob Wein, Gustav-Peter Wohler, Udo Kier, Herbert Golder, Gary Bart, Renate Krobner
When a simple, Jewish strongman, Zishe Breitbart (Jouko Ahola), auditions for a job in the 1930s at Berlin's the Palace of the Occult, clairvoyant Erik-Jan Hanussen (Tim Roth) comes up with the idea of dressing Zishe as the Aryan hero Siegfried. Zishe gains instant popularity, but political circumstances soon cause a downhill plunge for both men.
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Julien Donkey-Boy 1999 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmony Korine
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Chloe Sevigny, Werner Herzog, Evan Neumann, Joyce Korine, Chrissy Kobylak, Alvin Law, Victor Varnado
Filmmaker Harmony Koring utilized the Dogma 95 ideal of restricting the use of sound, light, and props in this sordid tale of Julien (Ewen Bremner), a schizophrenic living at home with his bizarre family. His father (Warner Herzog) is sadistic, brother Chris (Evan Neumann) appears almost normal, while sister Pearl (Chloe Sevigny) is pregnant and carrying Julian's child. But somehow amidst the chaos, family members seem to understand each other.
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Lessons of Darkness 1992 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog
This film, another creative work by Werner Herzog, lies somewhere between a Documentary, Drama, and Science Fiction. It is a visual extravaganza of the burning oil fields and ruin of Kuwait resulting from the Gulf War of the early 1990s. Herzog's narration gives no hint of what the devastation is all about.
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly 1997 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Dieter Dengler
This is a stirring documentary about the trials of Dieter Dengler who plays himself in the film. Dieter was a U.S. Navy pilot who was shot down and imprisoned in Laos during the Vietnam War.
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Man of Flowers 1983 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Cox
Cast: Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood, Sarah Walker, Julia Blake, Bob Ellis, Werner Herzog, Barry Dickins, Patrick Cook, Victoria Eagger
Bremer (Norman Kaye) is a rich old man who watches instead of participating in life. He love flowers, and also loves to pay a model for disrobing for him. Different.
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My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski 1999 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Eva Mattes, Beat Presser, Andres Vicente
This documentary revolves around the professional and personal relationship between the German actor, Klaus Kinski, and the great director, Werner Herzog. Clips–both on stage and off–are shown during work on a number of their movies, including "Aquirre, the Wrath of God," "My Best Friend," and "Fitzcarraldo."
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The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser 1975 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Every Man for Himself and God Against All
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Brigitte Mira, Walter Ladengast, Willy Semmelrogge, Hans Musaus, Michael Kroecher, Henry van Lyck, Enno Patalas, Elis Pilgrim, Volker Prechtel
Based on the true story of a boy who was raised in the wilds and was discovered as a young man in Nuremberg, this is a compelling drama.
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Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror
aka: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast, Dan van Husen, Jan Groth, Carsten Bodinus, Martje Grohmann, Rijk de Gooyer, Clemens Scheitz, Lo van Hensbergen
In this remake of F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic silent-film representing the Expressionist movement in art, the vampyre Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski) takes over a small town and then attempts to spread his evil influence to areas far and wide. He yearns for Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) who is married to Jonathan (Bruno Ganz). Will Lucy's self-sacrifice bring an end to Dracula's curse?
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Rescue Dawn 2006 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Pat Healy, Toby Huss, Evan Jones, Teerawat Mulvilai, Marshall Bell, Francois Chau, Craig Gellis, Zach Grenier, Bonnie Z. Hutchinson, Abhijati "Meuk" Jusakul, Tony B. King, Richard Manning
This film is based on the true story of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dieter Dengler's (Christian Bale) first mission over North Vietnam in 1966. When he is shot down and captured by Laotian troops, Dieter admits that he is an American, is tortured, and taken to a POW camp where he meets veterans of the camp–Americans Lt. Duane Martin (Steve Zahn) and Eugene DeBruin (Jeremy Davies)–who have been prisoners for two years. Now, Dieter plans a death defying escape in which he will lead fellow POWs through the jungles of Laos in a race to freedom.
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Signs of Life 1968 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Wolfgang Stumpf, Henry van Lyck, Julio Pinheiro, Florian Fricke, Heinz Usener, Achmed Hafiz
On the island of Crete, during World War II, German paratrooper Stroszek (Peter Brogle), his wife (Athina Zacharopoulou), and two other soldiers (Wolfgang Reichmann and Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg) are sent to guard a munitions depot. Boredom leads to Stroszek's insanity, he drives the others away, and threatens to blow up the fortress. It is now up to the German command to stop the insane renegade.
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Stroszek 1976 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Eva Mattes, Bruno S., Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest, Clayton Szaplinski, Pitt Bedewitz, Ely Rodriguez, Alfred Edel, Scott McKain
Three German emigrants arrive in America looking for fame and fortune and end up in Wisconsin. This is an excellent social satire.
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What Dreams May Come 1998  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Vincent Ward
Cast: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Rosalind Chao, Josh Paddock, Jessica Brooks Grant, Lucinda Jenney, Wilma Bonet, Werner Herzog, Maggie McCarthy, Matt Salinger, Carin Sprague, June Carryl, Paul P. Card IV
After their children were killed in a car crash four years ago, Chris and Annie Nielsen's (Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra) marriage was nearly destroyed. They have managed to work things out and are back together–until Chris is killed in a car accident. Spiritual guide Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.) helps Chris move on to the next world of Paradise where he sees his children (Josh Paddock and Jessica Brooks Grant) once again. Meanwhile, Annie's depression over her losses takes over, she commits suicide, and goes to Hell. With help from Albert and another guide, The Tracker (Max von Sydow), Chris ventures into Hell to save Annie from damnation.
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Where the Green Ants Dream 1984 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, Ralph Cotterill, Nick Lathouris, Basil Clarke, Ray Marshall, Gary Williams, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Bob Ellis
In this story about clashing cultures, geologist Lance Hackett (Bruce Spence) is mapping the subsoil for an Australian mining company that is planning to extract uranium when he meets resistance from aborigines. They believe that destroying that hill where ants dream will destroy humanity, and the company takes its case to the Australian Supreme Court.
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The Wild Blue Yonder 2005 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Brad Dourif, Capt. Donald Williams, Dr. Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Shannon Lucid, Michael McCulley, Roger Diehl, Ted Sweetser, Martin Lo
Using archival clips and actual footage shot by astronauts in space, this science fiction fantasy features a tale narrated by The Andromedan (Brad Dourif), an alien who relates the story of Earth becoming uninhabitable for humans and how a crew of astronauts sets out on a mission looking for a new world to colonize.
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| 1. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
aka: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
2. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
3. Burden of Dreams (1982)
4. Cobra Verde (1988)
aka: Slave Coast
5. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
6. Fata Morgana (1971)
7. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
8. The Grand (2008)
9. Grizzly Man (2005)
10. Heart of Glass (1976)
11. Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
12. Invincible (2001)
13. Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
14. Lessons of Darkness (1992)
15. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
16. Man of Flowers (1983)
17. My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski (1999)
18. The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (1975)
aka: Every Man for Himself and God Against All
aka: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
19. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
aka: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
20. Rescue Dawn (2006)
21. Signs of Life (1968)
22. Stroszek (1976)
23. What Dreams May Come (1998)
24. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
25. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
26. Woyzeck (1978)
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