Films Directed by Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog's films as director — 62 titles ranked by popularity and rating, from the full MovieMind catalog.

Ranked by popularity and rating, filtered to titles with a poster and real votes.

7.3

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

7.0

Rescue Dawn (2007)

7.7

The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2024)

7.8

Ghost Elephants (2026)

7.4

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

6.2

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

7.5

Grizzly Man (2005)

7.6

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

7.3

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

5.8

Queen of the Desert (2015)

7.9

Lessons of Darkness (1992)

6.9

Cobra Verde (1987)

6.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)

6.5

Fata Morgana (1972)

6.5

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)

6.2

Invincible (2001)

7.3

Stroszek (1977)

7.5

Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

6.8

On Death Row (2012)

6.6

Heart of Glass (1976)

7.3

My Best Fiend (1999)

6.6

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

7.1

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

4.9

Salt and Fire (2016)

6.9

Into the Abyss (2011)

6.2

Family Romance, LLC (2019)

7.1

Ode to the Dawn of Man (2011)

7.2

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)

6.6

Woyzeck (1979)

6.4

Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971)

4.9

La Bohème (2009)

6.9

Into the Inferno (2016)

6.3

Scream of Stone (1991)

8.0

The Gauls (1988)

6.9

Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

6.9

The White Diamond (2004)

6.4

Wheel of Time (2003)

7.4

Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)

6.0

The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)

6.5

Meeting Gorbachev (2019)

7.5

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)

6.6

Signs of Life (1968)

7.0

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)

7.6

The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1985)

6.9

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)

7.3

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977)

8.3

The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)

6.8

Handicapped Future (1971)

7.3

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

7.2

Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990)

7.1

Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)

6.4

Jag Mandir: The Eccentric Private Theatre of the Maharaja of Udaipur (1991)

5.2

Huie's Sermon (1983)

6.6

Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984)

5.5

Last Words (1968)

6.5

How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)

7.0

Wings of Hope (1999)

6.0

Herakles (1962)

5.7

God's Angry Man (1983)

4.8

Pilgrimage (2001)