1:15 Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter 2:05 Deutschland 83 2:40 Der Gleiche Himmel 3:23 Babylon Berlin 4:02 Dark (not sure I agree this is easy to follow...) 4:58 4 Blocks 5:37 Heute Show (ZDF Mediathek) 6:25 Neo Magazin Royale I recommend Mord mit Aussicht and Tatortreiniger.
"it cuts to this weird other dimension" yeah, not 33 years into the past or anything It's a really great show and they matched the 4 times really well imo
@@tobias5740 there's kids that disappear, there's 80s, there's a mysterious scientific thing, there's flickering light every time this mysterious thing happens. On the surface it has a lot of simillarities. Sure the plot develops to something completely different throughout the series and the atmosphere is way more serious but there are still simillarities
Farkas Krisztina finally someone who also loves Dark haha I‘m from Germany and no one of my friends likes Dark cause it‘s German and so boring and idk haha
yep, also the series is packed with hidden things that all work toghter as gears in a clockwork. even things they never talk about. For example all claudias in all 3 times have heterochromia (one blue and one brown eye) and there is a gen mutation called the waardenburg syndrome. Persons who have waardenburg syndrom can have either heterochromia, deafness or a white hair forlock. Now here is the deal... Young Elisabeth is deaf. And Jana (the wife of Tronte) has a white hair forlock. That might be because all have the same gen mutation. And ALL i mean ALL in the show are maybe connected (maybe even as one family). Those are the real hidden crazy things in this show.... and there is a lot more.... This show is like a escape room. You have that what you see and a second hidden level with symbolism and stuff. For me its a masterpiece if you are willing to understand and decode "dark". Its more of a strager things for grownups.
I would not call Dark the German Stranger Things as these two series are quite different. They have elements in common for sure, but there is more that divides them than what connects them.
I agree! I hate when people compare these two, the only thing connecting is the 80's (in one part of Dark). Dark is so much deeper than Stranger Things, the latter is more like a story for the kids.
@@PropertyOfK It always feels so condescending when two media things have similarities only for the non-English/American one to be made out to be the 'foreign version of [x]'. As if we should see English as the default. The thing about Babylon Berlin being the most expensive 'foreign language' series also made me cringe. I'm not even German but it just gets annoying when non-English media is ostracized for not being English. All English media is "foreign language" for me.
@@glowmilk7948 agree in 100%, to be honest it's like Americans just learn how do make more interesting movies/series, earlier "European cinema" was something of higher cultural value to them. And agree with the language. Although British series are also very good.
"Tatortreiniger" is a great German series, actually one of the best series I've ever seen. It's about a guy whose job it is to clean up after murders and accidents have happened. Every time he meets weird people at the crime scene and they begin to have bizarre, intelligent and hilariously funny dialogues. Very clever series with amazing characters!
I completely agree, best show on Netflix thus far (every season). And while I like Stranger Things, I still don't understand why everyone compares the two. They both have teenagers (different ends of the teenager spectrum), the 80's are involved in both (to completely different degrees), and both have sci-fi elements (again completely different elements). Comparing the two seems a stretch to me.
Basically, because it is such a peaceful time in Germany. No German under 75 has experienced war and very few any sort of violent crimes. So, it is thrilling for them. If you live in a war zone or a high crime area this sort of movies is the least thing you would like to see, but in German television or Swedish novels everything is about people being murdered. Just because in their real world, this does not happen so often.
This is incredibly useful. I study languages at university and one year ago I decided to start learning German. I am Italian and I can speak English pretty well, but German is definitely more challenging. I have been searching for some shows in German to understand the language better and I have just stumbled upon this channel. You gave amazing suggestions and I will definitely check these shows out. Vielen Dank!
Ive seen DARK already and i was hesitating for a long time because of the level of difficulty on the story but i have to admit that being A1 level it really help to understand basic questions words such as wo, was? 😅 and i loved it
While I agree that Dark is an absolutely phenomenal show I’m a bit hesitant to recommend it for learning German as it has a very complex storyline. I’d say it is better suited for quite advanced learners but definitely give it a watch! You won’t regret it. And if you really want to catch all the subtleties you’ll need to rewatch it once anyways ;)
I couldnt find a series which includes daily conversations like friends or himym. I don’t want to watch spy series or anything about history. I am at the zero point in deutch but i can see that germans are also at the zero point at basic sitcoms
Andreas Vogler "Die Anstalt" is really good! And funny. It's a bit the 'heute show' but they're playing more with the stage and it looks less like a news channel ^^
I’ve watched Generation War many, many times...and I have no facility in German. It really drew me in, and the characters are so well done. I forget I’m reading subtitles after awhile!
nice collection! i m german and have never heard from 4 blocks. i will watch it! babylon berlin is awesome, maybe the best german show ever. as a movie i suggest "lola rennt". greetings from germany!
Unsere Mütter unsere Väter is my favourite series of time! Tom schilling is an absolutely great actor. I think German actors like him and Volker Bruch are much to underrated!
what is their story? I prefer series like "Friends",because it consists ordinary and necessary conversations, phreases, words that a guy needs to communicate with people in life. "Friends" covers all of these options.
watch "türkisch für anfänger" its on netflix (all 3 seasons) and its about a german mother with her two kids and a turkish father with two kids who immigrated to berlin. so the mother and the father get together and move in together with all of their kids and its about culture clash between these two families and overall just great. its from lenas perspective (the daughter of the mother) and there are a lot of prejudices but in the end they overcome them obviously. the series is already a bit older, from the 2000s i think, but still as cool as it was and my go-to when i dont know what to watch
Honestly, Charité and Charité: At War is a wonderful series. (It’s the Same series just cut into Season 1 and 2). It’s about the hospital Charité in Berlin and the first series plays out in the 1890s(?), the second season plays out in Nazi Germany. The second season in my opinion is 1000 times better than the first. It’s great for anyone who wants loves historicity accurate TV shows. The costumes are accurate and the hair is accurate enough. The story in itself is based on reality and I’ve watched it a few times already. The German subtitles are alright and English ones are available. Overall it’s series I would highly encourage anyone to watch.
Second that. All though season 2 (Charité: At War) is superior to season 1, it is also a much more familiar setting for most viewers taking place during World War Two rather than during the Bismarch years.
Dark is objectively a really good show tho, I'd definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't yet. It's probably my favorite show of all time at this point.
@@theclau If you really don't like this stuff at all, I highly recommend watching 'Türkisch für Anfänger', it has like 3 seasons and a movie I think. I personally also don't like crime shows, but there is a really funny one called 'Mord mit Aussicht'. Aside from that, the 3 'Fack ju Göhte' movies are really funny, but I guess it's a little hard to follow with a lot of puns and 'German inside jokes'. If you like war and doctors, you should look at 'Charité'. I believe almost all of what I've listed is on Netflix.
@@theclau It might just be me but I feel like historic dramas and the like is the only genre that regularly produces good material out of Germany. Most of our comedians are more cringeworthy than the American ones and anything else on TV is just horrible reality TV and the big name shows we get are just dubbed imports. That being said, I haven't owned an actual TV for 10 years, for that very reason. And yeah, I guess there are also good documentaries on the documentary channels but TH-cam provides much better infotainment, anyways. I did really like "Die Deutschen" though. But again, that's history.
Edris Aminashayeri there‘s no german sitcoms unfortunately. If you still want to watch a comedy series I can recommend Stromberg to you. It‘s kinda like the German version of the office.
In Germany everything gets dubbed, you can just watch the translations. German comedy on TV is mostly sketches, late shows and (political) stand up shows.
Oookay, just finished Unsere Mütter today and reaaallly loved it . And now started watching Deutchland 83 - haven't really learnt any german yet, but I'm definitely loving the music/soundtracks for sure!! Really well made shows even if you can't speak german for s*it - it's still nice to see things from a completely different angle and think along. Really great stuff!! Very well made. Very happy with how I've spent the last 10 hours of my life. If somebody thinks it sounds like sarcasm, it's really not! - i genuinely feel like a smarter/more considerate person so I think that's last 2 days well spent and I personally am really grateful/happy with that :) Thanks for these recommendations :)
You can also watch at ARD 3 series 1. Tatort 2. Lindenstraße 3. Sendung mit der Maus ( This is for kids but I like Sachgeschichten they explain how something works or how something is produced - nice to listen because it’s not difficult 😉
Ich empfehle sehr die Serie "In aller Freundschaft", es geht um Ärzte in einem Krankenhaus, die Sprache ist sehr klar und deutlich und die Serie ist sehr realistisch, es erzählt Geschichten vom wahren Leben.
Israel Malka hihi it also has an endless supply of episodes ;) i think my mum has been watching this show for over 10 years. But now i missed so many episodes i don't really know whats going on anymore. But still fun to watch nice and shallow evening entertainment. Did you watch Türkisch für Anfänger?
I suggest you people movies of Fatih Akın: Soul Kitchen (super funny, easy to understand) Im Juli (funny and lively road movie) Tschick (also called as Goodbye Berlin)
Ladykracher, Heute-Show, comedian Jürgen von der Lippe, Stromberg, tatortreiniger; but you can watch almost every English series in german synchro as well (burning-series is an illegal example but quite helpful) . my favourite movie is Bornholmer Straße. Best high fives from Erfurt, Bundesrepublik ;)
mitzi rummelmayr The Heute Show is shit, when you don’t have interest and knowledge - German politics. Die Anstalt is a global under the sheets series, but made by the same producers. If you want to learn language, your choice is the best ;)
If you feel confident enough you should try to watch some "Die Sendung ohne Namen" (Just search it here on YT ^^). I don't think that any subtitles are available but even for native speakers this "show" is almost an information overflow as you are confronted with fast monologues, pictures that match some of the mentioned words (sometimes in a ridiculous way), text that adds further information on either the spoken word or on the picture in the back and then some needed pauses filled with some kind of philosophic meaning.
eine andere Sendung die ich sehr mochte, und mir beim Lernen sehr geholfen hat, war Verbotene Liebe. wie der Name raten lässt, geht es um Liebesgeschichten, aber nicht nur. die Gespräche sind sehr reel, ich meine, so wie die Menschen wirklich im Alltag sprechen, und es ist sehr hilfreich für das Lernprozess.
I loved this! Thank you for sharing!! Watching TV series and movies is my favorite method for language learning. It worked very good for me while learning English and Italian, but for German it has been difficult to find something I want to watch repeatedly.... I'm definitely gonna try your suggestions!
That Tom Schilling is a cutie. I probably spelled his name wrong. Anyways I wish he was in the tv show Dark. That show is awesome. Its truly a psychological thriller. Very sci-fi, the cast, crew, staff were amazing and I can't wait for season 2. Who's Noah? That's everybody question.
one thing that I have problem with on netflix is subtitles - from those films that I have seen, they are not 1:1 with the spoken German and usually use different words, so I cant really follow easily...
which location are you watching from? I am in german and cannot watch half of them. even was chatting with netflix help and they confirmed that babylon berlin and gleiche himmel are not available in german netflix... confused.
Hi Jakob! I'm watching from Germany, but you're right that not all of them are Netflix. Try Amazon Prime or Sky and see if you can get ahold of them. I bought a lot of mine rather than stream them!
Babylon Berlin is a Sky/Öffentlich-Rechtliche Co-production (most expensive German TV show ever made). As such Sky got the right of first airing but it should air in free TV this year. Just a little bit more patience and you can save the money for Sky. I really should look up myself when it airs, because I wanted to watch it when it was released, but I am not ready to spring for Sky just for one show I know will be available one year later anyway.
try watching Skyline (love this series, not just the story but the music), Dogs in Berlin (action and socially relevant, i think), Freud ( strange but it drew me in as i watched every episode), Parfum (interesting plot or story).... i love watching films or series both in German audio and subtitle... thanks for sharing ur recommendations... do add films you‘ve watched.. so i can put it on my list to watch as well☺️
I was about to comment that, it is so good and there are two seasons but you can watch either of those without having to watch the other one. So if you're interested in WW2 but not life in 1888, you can watch season 2 without any problems 😁
Bad Banks is a genius Show. Currently it has only one season but i read somewhere that they are shooting the second one. Some part is in french bc the series is set in frankfurt and Luxemburg. Its about the financial world in germany, but if someone like me loved it, and i dont understand a thing about financial stuff, than its gonna be no problem at all for you. BUT Dont watch it without subtitles (especially when they talk about finances😂) other than finances, its about manipulation and each episode you learn about the characters and theyre ugly past. I can only recommend it and you can watch it on the arte.de/mediathek
Definitely a possibility but to me, German dubs almost always feel so forced. Everyone has to speak extremely clearly. People are not really doing voices or using dialects. You're forced to basically just read stuff clearly. It feels fake to me. That's why I definitively switched to watching English originals, 15 years ago. Once you've done that, you realise that in German dubs, all voices are interchangable and everyone just sounds the same.
I was also gonna suggest that! Doctor's Diary is great for people who like rom-com. Inspired by Bridget Jones's Diary, but the main character is a doctor.
Speaking of which, loved SAT 1 on my TV from my many trips to London in the hotel room. Saw Der Familia Feuerstein (The Flintstones); Hallo Onkel Dok; Frasier and Trapper John MD, each of those dubbed Im Deutsch...on to Der Heute Show, etc., etc.
Alessa G because they are speaking not very clearly and easy. Cem for example is hard to understand for non native speakers because of his pronunciation. you may learn words the wrong or vulgar way and for beginners this is unnecessarily hard or complicated it may be funny but not very easy to understand. this is a show for people who already speak german very good.
Interesting to see. I have never really had trouble following German shows, because I had it on highschool. Talking German has become a bit rusty though. Haven't been there in a couple of years now. As a Dutchie, I would like to see the same for Dutch. I fully enjoyed your 20-days challenge. You did amazing, even though some little pronunciation mistakes kept creeping in. I can advice you Zondag met Lübach and Hollands Hoop.
Best German comedy: Ladykracher, Heute-Show, comedian Jürgen von der Lippe, Stromberg, tatortreiniger; but basically... you can watch almost every English series in german synchro as well (burning-series is an illegal example but quite helpful) . my favourite movie is Bornholmer Straße. Best high fives from Erfurt, Bundesrepublik ;)
If you never saw them I would recommend 'Kriegerin' (2012; th-cam.com/video/ZBHQQ5BVK-4/w-d-xo.html) a drama which is about a Neonazi woman which decides to help a refugee after almost killing another. Another GREAT movie is 'Das finstere Tal' (2014; th-cam.com/video/wZqYbJM3JJc/w-d-xo.html) which I think is an Austrian movie (with quite a bit of a dialect, but with subs very manageable) about an isolated Austrian village in the late 1800s which is rather tightly controlled by a patriarchal family. Suddenly an American photographer appears and seems to stir the slumber. Great version of an "European western". I would also recommend giving 'Gegen die Wand' (2004; th-cam.com/video/gGd6RaoYPxo/w-d-xo.html) and the comedy 'Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland' (2011; th-cam.com/video/1symyME8TdE/w-d-xo.html) a chance. The first is really the breakthrough of Fatih Akin and the second manages to portrait the same German-Turkish milieu but rather differently - and of course wittier. And of course, there are the two films I always answer: 1. Friendship (2009, th-cam.com/video/p1WrRmJ_p2Q/w-d-xo.html) which is a lovely little road movie about two Eastgerman friends shortly after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, traveling through the USA to find the father of one of them, which fled the GDR years ago. Matthias Schweighöfer gets a lot of bad rap for his mediocre rom-coms these days, that movie was one of his last gems in my view. 2. Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders (2006; th-cam.com/video/d62GcKN08Hs/w-d-xo.html) Now, admitelty, its only German production so the original language is English and people might find i odd to hear Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman speaking German, but I recommend it anyway. :P
I have a beginner question. Is it better to watch shows/movies with German subs, even though I'm not able to understand more than 50%. Is it better to keep watching with English subs until I get a greater grasp of vocabulary?
Ultimately, I think the most important thing is that you're having fun and enjoying the process. German subtitles are really great and I totally recommend trying it, but I certainly *wouldn't* recommend using *any* learning technique that leaves you feeling frustrated or annoyed. Here's an idea: try reading some simple books in German first (perhaps on a kindle so you can press-to-translate) and then come back to films once your vocabulary has expanded by using the books. Roald Dahl in translation is a good place to start at ~A2 level!
A lot of native English-speakers find "Dark" hard to follow in English. "Babylon Berlin" is a little easier. "The Same Sky" (Der Gleiche Himmel) is easier still. (All on Netflix.) There are movies (and probably series) available on TH-cam aimed at A1 or A2 or B1 German-speakers. For example, "Nicos Weg" is available on TH-cam, apparently in an A1 and an A2 version. These can be watched with German subtitles. NOTE: Beginner = A1 < A2 < B1 < B2 < C1 < C2 = almost bilingual.
Inception Thank you very much ! Seems most people still do not understand that what we learn about history is pure propaganda. In addition : Simple people don't fight each other in wars. They get forced by their governments which cooperate with powerful companies and financial institutions.
Laurenz Peter You forgot the whole rest of white collar criminals from the UK, the US and some other nice participants of the war. Their goal was never to liberate peoples from communism or from fascism. But to keep their rivals down.
No, there certainly were many people who I'd never claim were victims. My great-grandfather was sent to a KZ after saying "Hitler should be burried so deep you'd never find him again" in a pub. He was snitched on by another guy from the pub. Was this snitch a victim? I wouldn't say so. Luckily he survived and got out relatively fast due to him owning some kind of construction company which was then forced to build SS barracks in the north of Hamburg (which are a hospital nowadays, a shitty hospital, but a hospital at least :p ). The main victims in Germany were those who grew up short before and during the war. The son of my great-grandfather was forced into the Wehrmacht once he became 17, somewhere towards the end of '44 I believe. He then got into soviet war prisonership for several years. Those young people, who came from decent families that were not totally loyal, had a very low chance to not participate in the war directly. Anybody from the SS, higher rank Wehrmacht officers and many of those in positions of some kind of responsibility weren't victims for the most part, even though there might be a few exceptions.
Laurenz Peter we're talking about the people, the citizens not the politicians or the dictators. We're talking about crowd control. And the fear of thinking differentely that was everywhere at that time. People were shoot to dead or ended up in the guilotine just for say what they thought. And last, but not less important, different time with a different social construction.
4 Blocks' characters and actors are all of near-east descendant, so their German is mostly that of foreigners as well, and maybe easy to get but not always perfect.
As I German I can tell u : Don't watch German TV shows... Most of them are painfull to watch... Pick yourself a fancy TV show u like (Perhaps Game of Thrones, Rick and morty or whatever u like) and use German Audio with an English subtitle... It helps a lot if u brain Know what is going on until u can connect German words with they English counterparts....
Cybios Maybe you're right about german tv shows but all the TVS series mentioned in the video are fantastic 👏👏👏 And yes, GOT it's cool too even to learn German.
1:15 Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter
2:05 Deutschland 83
2:40 Der Gleiche Himmel
3:23 Babylon Berlin
4:02 Dark (not sure I agree this is easy to follow...)
4:58 4 Blocks
5:37 Heute Show (ZDF Mediathek)
6:25 Neo Magazin Royale
I recommend Mord mit Aussicht and Tatortreiniger.
Thank you.
THANK YOU!
Thank you very much. Its hard for beginers know the names. Thank you.
Vielen Dank!
Danke!
i just watched Tatortreiniger, it's super funny! thanks!
I'm german, why am I watching this
Reggie haha same, i‘m mainly here cause i‘m surprised someone actually managed to dig out decent German tv shows within the sh*thole that is our media
I am so envious. Haha it just comes naturally when it's one's mother tongue.
Same here 😂
same.
oh man i laughed so hard at this comment i don't know why
You should put the name of the series in the description.
Anthony SCHURR when he writes the titles in the description, many guys just quitting afterwards
Yes please :(
Or in the video.
agreed
Fabio Cuschera Thank you very much. Its hard for beginers know the names. Thank you.
4:11 are you kidding me !!!
this show is at another level.
stranger things is no match to this!
"it cuts to this weird other dimension"
yeah, not 33 years into the past or anything
It's a really great show and they matched the 4 times really well imo
It‘s absolutely nothing like Stranger Things, I don‘t get this comparison at all. There‘s kids, there‘s the 80s, that‘s it.
@@tobias5740 there's kids that disappear, there's 80s, there's a mysterious scientific thing, there's flickering light every time this mysterious thing happens. On the surface it has a lot of simillarities. Sure the plot develops to something completely different throughout the series and the atmosphere is way more serious but there are still simillarities
It is a really unfair comparison, indeed, Dark is WAY better.
@@tobias5740 there are kids, there are the 80s ...*
I’ve seen ‘Dark’ and for me this is the best series i’ve ever seen! Its story is really interesting ,and well filmed ! Love it! Everyone should watch
It's so much fun! I really enjoyed it
Farkas Krisztina finally someone who also loves Dark haha I‘m from Germany and no one of my friends likes Dark cause it‘s German and so boring and idk haha
yep, also the series is packed with hidden things that all work toghter as gears in a clockwork. even things they never talk about. For example all claudias in all 3 times have heterochromia (one blue and one brown eye) and there is a gen mutation called the waardenburg syndrome. Persons who have waardenburg syndrom can have either heterochromia, deafness or a white hair forlock. Now here is the deal... Young Elisabeth is deaf. And Jana (the wife of Tronte) has a white hair forlock. That might be because all have the same gen mutation. And ALL i mean ALL in the show are maybe connected (maybe even as one family). Those are the real hidden crazy things in this show.... and there is a lot more.... This show is like a escape room. You have that what you see and a second hidden level with symbolism and stuff. For me its a masterpiece if you are willing to understand and decode "dark". Its more of a strager things for grownups.
Same!!! I thought it was boring but when I really watched it, damn I was so hooked!!
Do you watch it with english subtitles ort German subtitles?
There's just the problem that Netflix doesn't provide the same series everywhere
Use the Hola! plug in. You will be able to browse the German Netflix. And any other country you want.
@@captainabigail I believe netflix blocks all those vpns
Deutschland 83 & 86 are on Hulu in the US.
Just change your region on your phone lmao
@@Lol-st7sk It doesn't block ExpressVPN. I'm a Turk from Istanbul and I can watch Netflix via Germany
I would not call Dark the German Stranger Things as these two series are quite different. They have elements in common for sure, but there is more that divides them than what connects them.
I agree! I hate when people compare these two, the only thing connecting is the 80's (in one part of Dark). Dark is so much deeper than Stranger Things, the latter is more like a story for the kids.
@@PropertyOfK So true, so true.
@@PropertyOfK well also the theme of nuclear experimentation but yeah
@@PropertyOfK It always feels so condescending when two media things have similarities only for the non-English/American one to be made out to be the 'foreign version of [x]'. As if we should see English as the default. The thing about Babylon Berlin being the most expensive 'foreign language' series also made me cringe. I'm not even German but it just gets annoying when non-English media is ostracized for not being English. All English media is "foreign language" for me.
@@glowmilk7948 agree in 100%, to be honest it's like Americans just learn how do make more interesting movies/series, earlier "European cinema" was something of higher cultural value to them. And agree with the language. Although British series are also very good.
The first show is called Our mothers our fathers and translators just went: "Hm, generations war sounds adequate."
Our mother*s our father*s - but yes. Can't blame them though what with how many times US/UK films and series get really stupid titles in Germany. ^^
yeh the series la Casa de Papel on Netflix is money heist but the actual translation is the house of paper
@@hermelamarkos3435 money heist isnt a stupid title the show is about a money heist and jeez calm down
"Tatortreiniger" is a great German series, actually one of the best series I've ever seen. It's about a guy whose job it is to clean up after murders and accidents have happened. Every time he meets weird people at the crime scene and they begin to have bizarre, intelligent and hilariously funny dialogues. Very clever series with amazing characters!
Watch Disney movies in german it’s amazing!😊 my personal suggestion!
Ruby Abc that's true!! 👍
I almost know all the lines from the characters in my native lenguage 😹😹 thanks for the good idea 👏
Haha such a fun idea! Might do!
How to change disney movies audio to german on Netflix? I don't have the deutsch option...
Try changing your netfilx location to Germany. Maybe it'll help
I‘m German and I do this with other languages to learn it haha 😂
I honestly believe „Dark“ is one if the best (if not the best) series! It’s insanely good!
The 1st season for sure. What about the rest of the seasons?
@@JennHolt Better than season 1.
I completely agree, best show on Netflix thus far (every season). And while I like Stranger Things, I still don't understand why everyone compares the two. They both have teenagers (different ends of the teenager spectrum), the 80's are involved in both (to completely different degrees), and both have sci-fi elements (again completely different elements). Comparing the two seems a stretch to me.
Hello, Janine. how are you doing today?
Why is mostly german movies I find about war or crime :/
ikr. I just wanna watch something cute and cheerful.
can you list them bro? I've already watched some, but I like those genre for german language film
@@aero_cats try turkischer fur anfanger
@@Superfawwaz danke
Basically, because it is such a peaceful time in Germany. No German under 75 has experienced war and very few any sort of violent crimes.
So, it is thrilling for them.
If you live in a war zone or a high crime area this sort of movies is the least thing you would like to see, but in German television or Swedish novels everything is about people being murdered. Just because in their real world, this does not happen so often.
'Dark' has become one of my all-time favourite shows
I ve seen Dark already 3 times the 1st season. Its my favorite German series. You should definitely watch it !
This is incredibly useful. I study languages at university and one year ago I decided to start learning German. I am Italian and I can speak English pretty well, but German is definitely more challenging. I have been searching for some shows in German to understand the language better and I have just stumbled upon this channel. You gave amazing suggestions and I will definitely check these shows out.
Vielen Dank!
Hi! How is your German?
Do you have any tips?
Ive seen DARK already and i was hesitating for a long time because of the level of difficulty on the story but i have to admit that being A1 level it really help to understand basic questions words such as wo, was? 😅 and i loved it
While I agree that Dark is an absolutely phenomenal show I’m a bit hesitant to recommend it for learning German as it has a very complex storyline. I’d say it is better suited for quite advanced learners but definitely give it a watch! You won’t regret it. And if you really want to catch all the subtleties you’ll need to rewatch it once anyways ;)
I couldnt find a series which includes daily conversations like friends or himym. I don’t want to watch spy series or anything about history. I am at the zero point in deutch but i can see that germans are also at the zero point at basic sitcoms
If you like satire, you might also like "Die Anstalt". As for Drama, you can watch the first 3 seasons of "Weißensee" on Netflix.
Andreas Vogler "Die Anstalt" is really good! And funny. It's a bit the 'heute show' but they're playing more with the stage and it looks less like a news channel ^^
The Anstalt is for People 50+. For me it not funny at all.
Just because you don't think it's funny, it doesn't mean it's just for old people. Tastes differ. I am far from 50 and I still like it.
I would say Die Anstalt is preferable to other German satire shows when it comes to political options.
@@akileaf4029 heute show looking like a news channel is because it is a parody of the heute journal which is the actual news show at ZDF.
I recommend "Nico weg film"
Me too... i uave just finished watching the three series..
Did Nico get his bag and passport back?🤔
All I remember from that movie is "Die Tasche"
durgesh nandini yes he got it back😁
I was looking for this comment!
I’ve watched Generation War many, many times...and I have no facility in German. It really drew me in, and the characters are so well done. I forget I’m reading subtitles after awhile!
nice collection! i m german and have never heard from 4 blocks. i will watch it! babylon berlin is awesome, maybe the best german show ever. as a movie i suggest "lola rennt". greetings from germany!
Thanks! I've actually seen Lola Rennt and I really liked it! Loved the concept of showing the same story a few times :)
thanks for your answer! your videos are interesting
Unsere Mütter unsere Väter is my favourite series of time! Tom schilling is an absolutely great actor. I think German actors like him and Volker Bruch are much to underrated!
Couldn’t agree more,they’re amazing
Never Look Away.
Extra is the easiest online series to learn German (just for beginners), it's also available on TH-cam .
As a german I have to admit, that beside the Late night shows I don't know one of these shows at all.
Same 😂
Unsere Mütter unsere Väter ist KLASSE
Get Netflix. Watch Dark first and be amazed.
Me too but i don't watch german shows at all because i don't like most of them😂
Ich kann "Dark" nur wärmstens empfehlen 😇
I've seen most of these and they are very good. Will check out 4 blocks and talk shows.
If you want to get a little bit more into german humor, go watch 'Mord mit Aussicht' and 'Der Tatortreiniger'
what is their story? I prefer series like "Friends",because it consists ordinary and necessary conversations, phreases, words that a guy needs to communicate with people in life. "Friends" covers all of these options.
@@edrisaminashayeri9218 there is a short TH-cam show called "Knallerfrauen". Maybe you'll find that humorous?
@@JennHolt 🙏🌷🌹thank you
I've been obsessed with Babylon Berlin, can't wait for the next season
Ihr müsst wissen, dass "Die Anstalt" die beste Satiresendung von allen ist.
You have to know that "Die Anstalt" is the best satirical show of all.
watch "türkisch für anfänger"
its on netflix (all 3 seasons) and its about a german mother with her two kids and a turkish father with two kids who immigrated to berlin. so the mother and the father get together and move in together with all of their kids and its about culture clash between these two families and overall just great. its from lenas perspective (the daughter of the mother) and there are a lot of prejudices but in the end they overcome them obviously.
the series is already a bit older, from the 2000s i think, but still as cool as it was and my go-to when i dont know what to watch
is it only available in some countries because I can't find it...
Als ich ein Kind war habe ich Deutsch in meiner Schule in Amerika gelernen. Ich hab a bisschen Deutsch vergessen.
Aber das war trotzdem sehr gut! :)
habe * ein bisschen*
Teresa sorry im still at level A1 and im just trying to feel that im doing any progress at all 😂😂 hahahah good day
Tom Crewther Danke! ^_^
Mahmoud anwar sometimes Germans shorten habe to hab
Tom, I want to know that your work is really helping me in my process of learning German. Danke
Danke für die Empfehlungen!
Try the Tatortreiniger!
It can get pretty colloquial at times, though :) Nevertheless, it's a hell of a funny series!
Honestly, Charité and Charité: At War is a wonderful series. (It’s the Same series just cut into Season 1 and 2).
It’s about the hospital Charité in Berlin and the first series plays out in the 1890s(?), the second season plays out in Nazi Germany.
The second season in my opinion is 1000 times better than the first.
It’s great for anyone who wants loves historicity accurate TV shows. The costumes are accurate and the hair is accurate enough. The story in itself is based on reality and I’ve watched it a few times already. The German subtitles are alright and English ones are available. Overall it’s series I would highly encourage anyone to watch.
I watched the first season a few days ago and I am currently watching the second season, it really is a great show
@@teee1111 I've probably watched the second season more times than I want to admit. It's just so unbelievably good.
Second that.
All though season 2 (Charité: At War) is superior to season 1, it is also a much more familiar setting for most viewers taking place during World War Two rather than during the Bismarch years.
@@dennistomsen5822 really? I thoroughly enjoyed Season 1. I'll have to investigate season 2 then!
You definitely chose the best which German TV has to offer so far!
Me, a German, that really doesn't like german shows: how interesting
Same
Just for the sake of learning your language... I would appreciate some show without murder or death.
Dark is objectively a really good show tho, I'd definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't yet. It's probably my favorite show of all time at this point.
@@theclau If you really don't like this stuff at all, I highly recommend watching 'Türkisch für Anfänger', it has like 3 seasons and a movie I think. I personally also don't like crime shows, but there is a really funny one called 'Mord mit Aussicht'. Aside from that, the 3 'Fack ju Göhte' movies are really funny, but I guess it's a little hard to follow with a lot of puns and 'German inside jokes'. If you like war and doctors, you should look at 'Charité'. I believe almost all of what I've listed is on Netflix.
@@theclau It might just be me but I feel like historic dramas and the like is the only genre that regularly produces good material out of Germany. Most of our comedians are more cringeworthy than the American ones and anything else on TV is just horrible reality TV and the big name shows we get are just dubbed imports. That being said, I haven't owned an actual TV for 10 years, for that very reason.
And yeah, I guess there are also good documentaries on the documentary channels but TH-cam provides much better infotainment, anyways. I did really like "Die Deutschen" though. But again, that's history.
I've been looking for recommendations. Thank youu!
I need a series such as "Friends" or "How I Met Your Mother" to learn German language.Can anyone help or recommend something?? 🙏
Edris Aminashayeri there‘s no german sitcoms unfortunately. If you still want to watch a comedy series I can recommend Stromberg to you. It‘s kinda like the German version of the office.
@@fuzzifreak99 thanks a lot for your attention🌺🙏
Maybe there are 3 older series called "Mein Leben und Ich", "Verliebt in Berlin" and "Berlin, Berlin".
@@Svennybaerchen thank you so much! 🌺🌻🙏
In Germany everything gets dubbed, you can just watch the translations. German comedy on TV is mostly sketches, late shows and (political) stand up shows.
You’re so humble saying I don’t have a job. Thanks for your critique and honesty!
5:06 "I'm going to break the rule about stuff being easy to follow."
And mentioning "Dark" didn't already break that rule? Hahaha.
exactly :D
I think he didn't even watch the whole season before making this video.
Oookay, just finished Unsere Mütter today and reaaallly loved it . And now started watching Deutchland 83 - haven't really learnt any german yet, but I'm definitely loving the music/soundtracks for sure!! Really well made shows even if you can't speak german for s*it - it's still nice to see things from a completely different angle and think along. Really great stuff!! Very well made. Very happy with how I've spent the last 10 hours of my life. If somebody thinks it sounds like sarcasm, it's really not! - i genuinely feel like a smarter/more considerate person so I think that's last 2 days well spent and I personally am really grateful/happy with that :) Thanks for these recommendations :)
Love Babylon Berlin!!!!! Love Love love...
did you find it on netflix? I couldnt for some reason
Thats an exclusive Sky Germany show....
Watching Dark definitely taught me a few German words like "Es tut mir leid"," Meine werld"
I didn't even try to learn German
I'm a German and I'm watching dark in English 😂🤣
But the English is terrible compared to the German!
Why would anyone want to do that?
Come teach me German pls🇩🇪 🙏
I love the German language so much
You can also watch at ARD 3 series 1. Tatort 2. Lindenstraße 3. Sendung mit der Maus ( This is for kids but I like Sachgeschichten they explain how something works or how something is produced - nice to listen because it’s not difficult 😉
Hello, Hande. How are you doing today?
Ich empfehle sehr die Serie "In aller Freundschaft", es geht um Ärzte in einem Krankenhaus, die Sprache ist sehr klar und deutlich und die Serie ist sehr realistisch, es erzählt Geschichten vom wahren Leben.
Israel Malka hihi it also has an endless supply of episodes ;) i think my mum has been watching this show for over 10 years. But now i missed so many episodes i don't really know whats going on anymore. But still fun to watch nice and shallow evening entertainment.
Did you watch Türkisch für Anfänger?
Da werde ich ganz nostalgisch das habe ich immer mit meiner Oma und Mama zusammen geschaut :D ich kann die Serie auch sehr empfehlen! :)
Great list and thank you for telling us about subtitles.
I've been watching German shows to help me learn as well.
such a cool list man! And Crime is my favourite type, so Thanks!!
Das Leben der Anderen is the finest German film I have seen. Tense drama about the Stasi. Handkerchief ready for the final scene though.
Hello, Kristina. How are you doing today?
I suggest you people movies of Fatih Akın:
Soul Kitchen (super funny, easy to understand)
Im Juli (funny and lively road movie)
Tschick (also called as Goodbye Berlin)
Ladykracher, Heute-Show, comedian Jürgen von der Lippe, Stromberg, tatortreiniger; but you can watch almost every English series in german synchro as well (burning-series is an illegal example but quite helpful) . my favourite movie is Bornholmer Straße. Best high fives from Erfurt, Bundesrepublik ;)
mitzi rummelmayr The Heute Show is shit, when you don’t have interest and knowledge - German politics. Die Anstalt is a global under the sheets series, but made by the same producers. If you want to learn language, your choice is the best ;)
Stromberg ist super👍
If you feel confident enough you should try to watch some "Die Sendung ohne Namen" (Just search it here on YT ^^). I don't think that any subtitles are available but even for native speakers this "show" is almost an information overflow as you are confronted with fast monologues, pictures that match some of the mentioned words (sometimes in a ridiculous way), text that adds further information on either the spoken word or on the picture in the back and then some needed pauses filled with some kind of philosophic meaning.
eine andere Sendung die ich sehr mochte, und mir beim Lernen sehr geholfen hat, war Verbotene Liebe. wie der Name raten lässt, geht es um Liebesgeschichten, aber nicht nur. die Gespräche sind sehr reel, ich meine, so wie die Menschen wirklich im Alltag sprechen, und es ist sehr hilfreich für das Lernprozess.
I loved this! Thank you for sharing!! Watching TV series and movies is my favorite method for language learning. It worked very good for me while learning English and Italian, but for German it has been difficult to find something I want to watch repeatedly.... I'm definitely gonna try your suggestions!
Hello, Carolina. how are you doing today?
Hi
That Tom Schilling is a cutie. I probably spelled his name wrong. Anyways I wish he was in the tv show Dark. That show is awesome. Its truly a psychological thriller. Very sci-fi, the cast, crew, staff were amazing and I can't wait for season 2. Who's Noah? That's everybody question.
one thing that I have problem with on netflix is subtitles - from those films that I have seen, they are not 1:1 with the spoken German and usually use different words, so I cant really follow easily...
Dark is my favorite series
I'm looking forward to next season.
Jonas 😍👌
From india ❤️
You could just try and get the ZDF or ARD Mediathek. It's basically for free, but unfortunately not all videos are available in other countries.
which location are you watching from? I am in german and cannot watch half of them. even was chatting with netflix help and they confirmed that babylon berlin and gleiche himmel are not available in german netflix... confused.
Hi Jakob! I'm watching from Germany, but you're right that not all of them are Netflix. Try Amazon Prime or Sky and see if you can get ahold of them. I bought a lot of mine rather than stream them!
Right. When you said Netflix in the beginning, I took it literally. Thanks for recommendations anyway. Will look for them. Cheers.
Babylon Berlin is on
Sky
Babylon Berlin is a Sky/Öffentlich-Rechtliche Co-production (most expensive German TV show ever made). As such Sky got the right of first airing but it should air in free TV this year. Just a little bit more patience and you can save the money for Sky.
I really should look up myself when it airs, because I wanted to watch it when it was released, but I am not ready to spring for Sky just for one show I know will be available one year later anyway.
Amazon Prime, for free... at least they were for free when I was watching them.
if you're a teenager i recommend the shows druck and intimate/the movie tigermilch.all the other recommendations here are also really good!!
Babylon Berlin is a masterpiece!!! I fell in love with it!
try watching Skyline (love this series, not just the story but the music), Dogs in Berlin (action and socially relevant, i think), Freud ( strange but it drew me in as i watched every episode), Parfum (interesting plot or story).... i love watching films or series both in German audio and subtitle... thanks for sharing ur recommendations... do add films you‘ve watched.. so i can put it on my list to watch as well☺️
"Charité" is really really cool too and its on Netflix:))
I was about to comment that, it is so good and there are two seasons but you can watch either of those without having to watch the other one. So if you're interested in WW2 but not life in 1888, you can watch season 2 without any problems 😁
YES thank you!! I was searching for that kind of video
German Movies: (Beispiele)
1: Who am I
2. Fack ju Göhte
3. Honig im Kopf
great, thanks Tom!
Bad Banks is a genius Show. Currently it has only one season but i read somewhere that they are shooting the second one. Some part is in french bc the series is set in frankfurt and Luxemburg. Its about the financial world in germany, but if someone like me loved it, and i dont understand a thing about financial stuff, than its gonna be no problem at all for you. BUT Dont watch it without subtitles (especially when they talk about finances😂) other than finances, its about manipulation and each episode you learn about the characters and theyre ugly past. I can only recommend it and you can watch it on the arte.de/mediathek
ok, thanks! What platform did you find it on?
I prefer something somewhat more lighthearted. I recommend Kommissar Rex. Very easy to follow.
1. Unsere Mütter Unsere Väter
2. Deutschland 83
3. Gleicher Himmel
4. Babylon Berlin
5. Dark
6. 4 Blocks
7. Heute Show
8. Neo Magazin Royale
Better to add the list in description :) But you've done a good job!!
or you could watch an english movie you already know with german dub
Definitely a possibility but to me, German dubs almost always feel so forced. Everyone has to speak extremely clearly. People are not really doing voices or using dialects. You're forced to basically just read stuff clearly. It feels fake to me. That's why I definitively switched to watching English originals, 15 years ago. Once you've done that, you realise that in German dubs, all voices are interchangable and everyone just sounds the same.
fantastic job! well done! Exactly what I was looking for as live in the UK as well
I also recommend Doctor‘s Diary.
I was also gonna suggest that! Doctor's Diary is great for people who like rom-com. Inspired by Bridget Jones's Diary, but the main character is a doctor.
Speaking of which, loved SAT 1 on my TV from my many trips to London in the hotel room. Saw Der Familia Feuerstein (The Flintstones); Hallo Onkel Dok; Frasier and Trapper John MD, each of those dubbed Im Deutsch...on to Der Heute Show, etc., etc.
I also recommend "Türkisch für Anfänger"
Alessa G no it’s not good I think.
Ruby Abc why not? I think it would be a great choice
Ruby Abc Why? I think especially the first two seasons are really funny
Alessa G
because they are speaking not very clearly and easy. Cem for example is hard to understand for non native speakers because of his pronunciation. you may learn words the wrong or vulgar way and for beginners this is unnecessarily hard or complicated
it may be funny but not very easy to understand. this is a show for people who already speak german very good.
That's a good one!
Interesting to see. I have never really had trouble following German shows, because I had it on highschool. Talking German has become a bit rusty though. Haven't been there in a couple of years now.
As a Dutchie, I would like to see the same for Dutch. I fully enjoyed your 20-days challenge. You did amazing, even though some little pronunciation mistakes kept creeping in. I can advice you Zondag met Lübach and Hollands Hoop.
any German funny tv shows / sitcoms suggestions ?
Türkisch für Anfänger
Best German comedy: Ladykracher, Heute-Show, comedian Jürgen von der Lippe, Stromberg, tatortreiniger; but basically... you can watch almost every English series in german synchro as well (burning-series is an illegal example but quite helpful) . my favourite movie is Bornholmer Straße. Best high fives from Erfurt, Bundesrepublik ;)
stromberg
Stromberg klappt nur in Deutschland, und selbst dort versteht es wohl nur ein minimaler Teil der Bevölkerung (leider)!
The most funny is big bang therory dubbed in german.
Great selection.
If you never saw them I would recommend 'Kriegerin' (2012; th-cam.com/video/ZBHQQ5BVK-4/w-d-xo.html) a drama which is about a Neonazi woman which decides to help a refugee after almost killing another.
Another GREAT movie is 'Das finstere Tal' (2014; th-cam.com/video/wZqYbJM3JJc/w-d-xo.html) which I think is an Austrian movie (with quite a bit of a dialect, but with subs very manageable) about an isolated Austrian village in the late 1800s which is rather tightly controlled by a patriarchal family. Suddenly an American photographer appears and seems to stir the slumber. Great version of an "European western".
I would also recommend giving 'Gegen die Wand' (2004; th-cam.com/video/gGd6RaoYPxo/w-d-xo.html) and the comedy 'Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland' (2011; th-cam.com/video/1symyME8TdE/w-d-xo.html) a chance. The first is really the breakthrough of Fatih Akin and the second manages to portrait the same German-Turkish milieu but rather differently - and of course wittier.
And of course, there are the two films I always answer: 1. Friendship (2009, th-cam.com/video/p1WrRmJ_p2Q/w-d-xo.html) which is a lovely little road movie about two Eastgerman friends shortly after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, traveling through the USA to find the father of one of them, which fled the GDR years ago. Matthias Schweighöfer gets a lot of bad rap for his mediocre rom-coms these days, that movie was one of his last gems in my view. 2. Das Parfum - Die Geschichte eines Mörders (2006; th-cam.com/video/d62GcKN08Hs/w-d-xo.html) Now, admitelty, its only German production so the original language is English and people might find i odd to hear Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman speaking German, but I recommend it anyway. :P
Thanks! Great recommendations. I'll give them a look.
Great idea!! I needed some tips for series to watch to re-learn german!! Thanks!
Watch germen TH-cam it's pretty useful especially with subs 😶
First time I've come across your spot, Tom, nice recommendations and commentary.
I have a beginner question.
Is it better to watch shows/movies with German subs, even though I'm not able to understand more than 50%. Is it better to keep watching with English subs until I get a greater grasp of vocabulary?
Ultimately, I think the most important thing is that you're having fun and enjoying the process.
German subtitles are really great and I totally recommend trying it, but I certainly *wouldn't* recommend using *any* learning technique that leaves you feeling frustrated or annoyed.
Here's an idea: try reading some simple books in German first (perhaps on a kindle so you can press-to-translate) and then come back to films once your vocabulary has expanded by using the books.
Roald Dahl in translation is a good place to start at ~A2 level!
I'd love to try that method, but I have limited TV-time per week :'s
I'll try to make some room for reading, thank you!
I did the same, but the other way round. I'm german and my english improved by watching american series. :)
What subtitles did you use? English or German?
Just watched ‘Dark’. Got instantly hooked! Just beautiful! Thanks a lot for the suggestion!
It really is a beautiful series! I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
"Türkisch für Anfänger" is the best German show ever & I recommend it to everyone
yes and its also verry easy to understand. So its greate to watch it at a "not german"
@@Toni-ze6no Fack ju Göhte Movies are the best comedy. With Elyas M Barek from Türkisch für Anfänger.
Hello, Vanesssa. How are you doing today?
A lot of native English-speakers find "Dark" hard to follow in English. "Babylon Berlin" is a little easier. "The Same Sky" (Der Gleiche Himmel) is easier still. (All on Netflix.) There are movies (and probably series) available on TH-cam aimed at A1 or A2 or B1 German-speakers. For example, "Nicos Weg" is available on TH-cam, apparently in an A1 and an A2 version. These can be watched with German subtitles. NOTE: Beginner = A1 < A2 < B1 < B2 < C1 < C2 = almost bilingual.
Learning german while watching DARK, I think german themselves doesn't understand the hell of it.
Even English can't fully be comprehended
I liked your research! Thanks for the list!
the truth is everybody WAS a victim that time, doesnt matter if theyre german british or russian whatever
Inception
Thank you very much !
Seems most people still do not understand that what we learn about history is pure propaganda.
In addition :
Simple people don't fight each other in wars. They get forced by their governments which cooperate with powerful companies and financial institutions.
Well, there were people in high positions who obviously weren't victims, come on. Fascists aren't victims, wether they're German, Italian or Russian!!
Laurenz Peter
You forgot the whole rest of white collar criminals from the UK, the US and some other nice participants of the war.
Their goal was never to liberate peoples from communism or from fascism. But to keep their rivals down.
No, there certainly were many people who I'd never claim were victims. My great-grandfather was sent to a KZ after saying "Hitler should be burried so deep you'd never find him again" in a pub. He was snitched on by another guy from the pub. Was this snitch a victim? I wouldn't say so. Luckily he survived and got out relatively fast due to him owning some kind of construction company which was then forced to build SS barracks in the north of Hamburg (which are a hospital nowadays, a shitty hospital, but a hospital at least :p ).
The main victims in Germany were those who grew up short before and during the war. The son of my great-grandfather was forced into the Wehrmacht once he became 17, somewhere towards the end of '44 I believe. He then got into soviet war prisonership for several years. Those young people, who came from decent families that were not totally loyal, had a very low chance to not participate in the war directly.
Anybody from the SS, higher rank Wehrmacht officers and many of those in positions of some kind of responsibility weren't victims for the most part, even though there might be a few exceptions.
Laurenz Peter we're talking about the people, the citizens not the politicians or the dictators. We're talking about crowd control. And the fear of thinking differentely that was everywhere at that time. People were shoot to dead or ended up in the guilotine just for say what they thought. And last, but not less important, different time with a different social construction.
Dark is my absolute favourite!!! Its very good, as i am trying to keep up my German after being an exchange student!
Starting learning German just because of Dark lol
Dark is epic, here waiting for second season
You should really watch tatortreiniger. Its funny but has also very deep themes. And it showcases Hamburg and its people perfectly.
Wow, your English is really good.
Hold the door because he is English
Claudia Tho wooosh
4 Blocks' characters and actors are all of near-east descendant, so their German is mostly that of foreigners as well, and maybe easy to get but not always perfect.
As I German I can tell u : Don't watch German TV shows... Most of them are painfull to watch... Pick yourself a fancy TV show u like (Perhaps Game of Thrones, Rick and morty or whatever u like) and use German Audio with an English subtitle... It helps a lot if u brain Know what is going on until u can connect German words with they English counterparts....
Cybios Maybe you're right about german tv shows but all the TVS series mentioned in the video are fantastic 👏👏👏
And yes, GOT it's cool too even to learn German.
Which ones are that much bad according to you?
Rick and Morty is kinda painful for me to watch.
Great video! :) Another series I can recommend would be Charité.
C4 series is Walter Presents, very good foreign language shows. Ku'damm 56 also on Netflix and very good.
Thank you these shows really helped me