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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Known for directing

175 credits in the catalog. Only top-billed cast and key crew are tracked.

Directing 65

2026Bucking Fastard6.010 votes
2026Ghost Elephants7.669 votes
2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft7.835 votes
2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds6.5100 votes
2019Family Romance, LLC6.278 votes
2019Meeting Gorbachev6.671 votes
2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin6.934 votes
2016Into the Inferno6.9246 votes
2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World6.6337 votes
2016Salt and Fire4.983 votes
2015Queen of the Desert5.8313 votes
2013From One Second to the Next7.032 votes
2012On Death RowTV · 4 ep6.810 votes
2011Into the Abyss6.9293 votes
2010Cave of Forgotten Dreams7.1372 votes
2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga7.3142 votes
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done6.1237 votes
2009Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans6.21.3K votes
2009La Bohème4.910 votes
2008Encounters at the End of the World7.5307 votes
2007Rescue Dawn6.91.5K votes
2005Grizzly Man7.51K votes
2005The Wild Blue Yonder6.093 votes
2004The White Diamond7.086 votes
2003Wheel of Time6.449 votes
2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet6.951 votes
2001Invincible6.261 votes
2001Pilgrimage4.816 votes
1999My Best Fiend7.4233 votes
1999Wings of Hope7.036 votes
1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly7.5103 votes
1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices6.816 votes
1993Bells from the Deep7.131 votes
1992Lessons of Darkness7.8167 votes
1991Scream of Stone6.338 votes
1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire7.123 votes
1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun7.321 votes
1988The French as Seen by…6.919 votes
1987Cobra Verde6.9170 votes
1986Portrait: Werner Herzog7.112 votes
1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains7.632 votes
1984Ballad of the Little Soldier6.634 votes
1984Where the Green Ants Dream6.962 votes
1983God's Angry Man5.727 votes
1983Huie's Sermon5.219 votes
1982Fitzcarraldo7.6934 votes
1979Nosferatu the Vampyre7.31.1K votes
1979Woyzeck6.6209 votes
1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe7.266 votes
1977Stroszek7.3317 votes
1976Heart of Glass6.6137 votes
1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck6.432 votes
1976No One Will Play with Me5.723 votes
1974The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser7.3392 votes
1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner7.273 votes
1972Aguirre, the Wrath of God7.41.3K votes
1972Fata Morgana6.589 votes
1971Even Dwarfs Started Small6.4128 votes
1971Handicapped Future6.818 votes
1971Land of Silence and Darkness7.578 votes
1969Precautions Against Fanatics5.930 votes
1968Last Words5.535 votes
1968Signs of Life6.653 votes
1967The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz5.233 votes
1962Herakles6.030 votes

Writing 55

2026Bucking Fastard · Writer6.010 votes
2026Ghost Elephants · Screenplay, Writer7.669 votes
2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft · Writer7.835 votes
2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds · Writer6.5100 votes
2019Family Romance, LLC · Writer6.278 votes
2019Meeting Gorbachev · Writer6.671 votes
2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin · Writer6.934 votes
2016Into the Inferno · Writer6.9246 votes
2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World · Writer6.6337 votes
2016Salt and Fire · Writer4.983 votes
2015Queen of the Desert · Writer5.8313 votes
2012On Death RowTV · Creator, Writer6.810 votes
2011Into the Abyss · Writer6.9293 votes
2010Cave of Forgotten Dreams · Screenplay7.1372 votes
2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga · Writer7.3142 votes
2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done · Screenplay6.1237 votes
2008Encounters at the End of the World · Writer7.5307 votes
2005The Wild Blue Yonder · Screenplay6.093 votes
2004The White Diamond · Screenplay7.086 votes
2003Wheel of Time · Writer6.449 votes
2002Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet · Writer6.951 votes
2001Invincible · Writer6.261 votes
1999My Best Fiend · Writer7.4233 votes
1999Wings of Hope · Writer7.036 votes
1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly · Writer7.5103 votes
1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices · Writer6.816 votes
1993Bells from the Deep · Writer7.131 votes
1992Lessons of Darkness · Writer7.8167 votes
1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire · Writer7.123 votes
1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun · Writer7.321 votes
1987Cobra Verde · Screenplay6.9170 votes
1986Portrait: Werner Herzog · Writer7.112 votes
1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains · Writer7.632 votes
1984Ballad of the Little Soldier · Writer6.634 votes
1984Where the Green Ants Dream · Writer6.962 votes
1983God's Angry Man · Writer5.727 votes
1982Fitzcarraldo · Screenplay7.6934 votes
1980Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe · Writer7.074 votes
1979Nosferatu the Vampyre · Writer7.31.1K votes
1979Woyzeck · Screenplay6.6209 votes
1977Stroszek · Screenplay7.3317 votes
1976Heart of Glass · Writer6.6137 votes
1976No One Will Play with Me · Writer5.723 votes
1974The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · Screenplay7.3392 votes
1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner · Screenplay7.273 votes
1972Aguirre, the Wrath of God · Writer7.41.3K votes
1972Fata Morgana · Screenplay6.589 votes
1971Even Dwarfs Started Small · Screenplay6.4128 votes
1971Handicapped Future · Writer6.818 votes
1971Land of Silence and Darkness · Screenplay7.578 votes
1969Precautions Against Fanatics · Writer5.930 votes
1968Last Words · Screenplay5.535 votes
1968Signs of Life · Writer6.653 votes
1967The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz · Screenplay5.233 votes
1962Herakles · Screenplay6.030 votes

Acting 49

2026Ghost Elephants as Self - Narrator (voice)7.669 votes
2024The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft as Narrator (voice)7.835 votes
2022Last Exit: Space as Narrator (voice)6.810 votes
2022Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer as Self7.616 votes
2020Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds as Self - Narrator (voice)6.5100 votes
2019Meeting Gorbachev as Self6.671 votes
2019Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin as Self - Interviewer and Narrator (voice)6.934 votes
2016Into the Inferno as Self6.9246 votes
2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World as Self6.6337 votes
2016Salt and Fire as Man with One Story (uncredited)4.983 votes
2013The Unbelievers as Self6.5144 votes
2012Dinotasia as Narrator (voice)5.318 votes
2012Jack Reacher as Zec Chelovek6.78K votes
2012On Death RowTV as Werner Herzog · 8 ep6.810 votes
2011Into the Abyss as Narrator (voice)6.9293 votes
2010Cave of Forgotten Dreams as Narrator (voice)7.1372 votes
2010Happy People: A Year in the Taiga as Narrator (voice)7.3142 votes
2009Plastic Bag as Plastic Bag (voice)7.437 votes
2008Encounters at the End of the World as Narrator (voice)7.5307 votes
2008Mister Lonely as Father Umbrillo6.6145 votes
2007The Grand as The German5.8100 votes
2005Grizzly Man as Self / Narrator (voice)7.51K votes
2004Incident at Loch Ness as Self5.8100 votes
2004The White Diamond as Narrator (voice)7.086 votes
2003Wheel of Time as Narrator (voice)6.449 votes
1999Julien Donkey-Boy as Father7.0128 votes
1999My Best Fiend as Self7.4233 votes
1999Wings of Hope as Self7.036 votes
1997Little Dieter Needs to Fly as Narrator (voice)7.5103 votes
1995Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices as Narrator (voice)6.816 votes
1993Bells from the Deep as Narrator (voice)7.131 votes
1992Lessons of Darkness as Self - Narrator (voice)7.8167 votes
1990Echoes from a Sombre Empire as Self7.123 votes
1989Bride of the Orient as Businger9.524 votes
1989Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun as Narrator (voice)7.321 votes
1986Portrait: Werner Herzog as Self7.112 votes
1985Room 666 as Self6.662 votes
1985The Dark Glow of the Mountains as Self (voice)7.632 votes
1985Tokyo-Ga as Self7.1106 votes
1984Ballad of the Little Soldier as Self (voice)6.634 votes
1983God's Angry Man as Narrator (voice)5.727 votes
1983Man of Flowers as The Father5.414 votes
1982Burden of Dreams as Self - Filmmaker7.6158 votes
1980Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu7.526 votes
1980Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe as Self7.074 votes
1977La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe as Narrator (voice)7.266 votes
1976How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck as Self6.432 votes
1974The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner as Self7.273 votes
1971Handicapped Future as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)6.818 votes

Cinematography 1

2019Family Romance, LLC6.278 votes

Editing 3

2003Wheel of Time6.449 votes
1967The Unprecedented Defence of the Fortress Deutschkreuz5.233 votes
1962Herakles6.030 votes