Wim Wenders

Director · Born 14 August 1945 in Düsseldorf, Germany · 53 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

18 of Wim Wenders’ films and series stream in Sweden right now — 17 on Cineasterna, 7 on Prime Video and 4 on Pluto TV. Highest rated available: Paris, Texas (1984) ★ 8.1.

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has received are prizes from the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals. He has also received a BAFTA Award and been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award.

Wenders made his feature film debut with Summer in the City (1970). He earned critical acclaim for directing the films Alice in the Cities (1974), The Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), later known as the Road Movie trilogy. Wenders won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the Palme d'Or for Paris, Texas (1984) and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award for Wings of Desire (1987). His other notable films include The American Friend (1977), Faraway, So Close! (1993), and Perfect Days (2023).

Wenders has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature: for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Willie Nelson at the Teatro (1998). He is also known for directing the documentaries Tokyo-Ga (1985), The Soul of a Man (2003), and Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018).

Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy since 1996 and won an Honorary Golden Bear in 2015. He is an active photographer, emphasizing images of desolate landscapes. He is considered an auteur director.

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Acting

• Kings of the Road (1976)
• A Trick of the Light (1995)

Directing

• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Wings of Desire (1987)
• The American Friend (1977)
• The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
• Don't Come Knocking (2005)
• Submergence (2018)
• Alice in the Cities (1974)
• Faraway, So Close! (1993)
• Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
• Anselm (2023)
• Kings of the Road (1976)
• Land of Plenty (2004)

Writing

• Wings of Desire (1987)
• The American Friend (1977)
• Don't Come Knocking (2005)
• Alice in the Cities (1974)
• Faraway, So Close! (1993)
• Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
• Anselm (2023)
• Kings of the Road (1976)
• Land of Plenty (2004)
• Room 666 (1985)
• Pina (2011)
• The State of Things (1982)

Producing

• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Wings of Desire (1987)
• The American Friend (1977)
• Alice in the Cities (1974)
• Faraway, So Close! (1993)
• Anselm (2023)
• Kings of the Road (1976)
• Pina (2011)
• The State of Things (1982)
• The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016)
• A Trick of the Light (1995)
• Tokyo-Ga (1985)

As self

• Why Are We Creative? (2018)
• Cannes Uncut (2023)
• Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)
• Room 666 (1985)
• Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013)
• One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years (2008)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Perfect Days (2023)
• The Salt of the Earth (2014)
• Until the End of the World (1991)
• Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
• To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
• Beyond the Clouds (1995)
• Lisbon Story (1994)
• Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
• Wrong Move (1975)
• Hammett (1982)
• The End of Violence (1997)