Werner Herzog Movies

"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the...

After a failed suicide attempt, a woman wakes up on a strange beach with the ability to talk to rocks.

Werner Herzog returns to the South American jungle with Juliane Koepcke, the German woman who was the sole survivor of a plane crash there in 1971....

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

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

A short film which debuted in a secret location in London to coincide with the release of the NikeCraft x Tom Sachs Mars Yard Overshoe

Part of a series of opera shorts by different directors. Herzog combines O Soave Fanciulla ("Oh you vision of beauty" from Puccini's La Boheme) with...

Werner Herzog fulfills a bet he made with his assistant Errol Morris to inspire him to complete his first feature film, "Gates of Heaven".

After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride...

Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.

A veteran film critic explores the legacy of Cannes Film Festival regular Pierre Rissient.

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the...

Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.

Through examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since her teens, and her work on behalf of other deaf-blind people, this...

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

A plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the way discovers the world.

Al borde del abismo visits the locations in the Peruvian jungle where Werner Herzog filmed Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972) and Fitzcarraldo (1982),...

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

This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to design and test a unique airship during its maiden...

Werner Herzog follows mountaineers Hans Kammerlander and Reinhold Messner during their expedition into climbing the Gasherbrum mountains, which has...