Werner Herzog Movies

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

An old painter recounts the story of when he met a strange mountain climber, or perhaps, an explorer from another world.

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

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

A darkly humorous short documentary about a preschool-age boy ostracised from interactions with his classmates until a girl who has become interested...

The Rai fiction on Lucano and the Riace model that will never see the light.

A laidback Mediterranean man discovers a mute mermaid while fishing and, enchanted by her otherworldliness, brings her to his backyard pool, unaware...

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

Werner Herzog sets his sights on yet another mysterious landscape — the human brain — for clues as to why a hunk of tissue can produce...

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...

The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed...

Herzog's documentary of the Wodaabe people of the Sahara/Sahel region. Particular attention is given to the tribe's spectacular courtship rituals and...

In this surreal documentary, Werner Herzog shows us how, following a saint’s suggestion, the king of Udaipur invited various artists and tribes...

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

"Rescue Dawn: The Making of a True Story" is a documentary film that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the movie "Rescue Dawn"...

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless by Mahmoud Behraznia is a documentary with a different perspective on Sohrab Shahid Saless, a leading Iranian filmmaker....

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative...

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows...