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Werner Herzog Movies on Streaming (Summer 2026)
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A listing of Werner Herzog-directed films available on subscription and free ad/library-supported streaming services, based on the available service filters on Letterboxd as of 7/1/2026.
I compiled this for my <a href="https://boxd.it/PPFGu">inaugural 2026 Werner HerzAugust challenge</a>, taking place between Aug 1 and Aug 31 of this year. I made it to help participants find Herzog's films across multiple popular streaming services, but hopefully this will be useful to other folks just exploring his filmography.
I've arranged the titles in order of availability; You can filter by your favorite services, or look at the notes to see the full list of services for each title.
Free services Tubi and Kanopy appear to have the biggest selection of Herzog titles right now, followed by Amazon Prime, Shout Factory TV, Hoopla and Pluto TV.
(Availability of certain titles on Kanopy and Hoopla can vary depending on your local library system)
There's also some more exclusively-distributed recent works on Netflix, Disney Plus/Hulu, and MUBI, so don't count those services out necessarily.
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Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi Eggplant.place Skybridge +4
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
director:
Werner Herzog
actor:
Klaus Kinski
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伊莎贝尔·阿佳妮
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other title:
诺斯费拉图：夜晚的幽灵
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Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
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A real estate agent leaves behind his beautiful wife to go to Transylvania to visit the mysterious Count Dracula and formalize the purchase of a property in Wismar.
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
other title:
아귀레, 신의 분노
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Aguirre, a cólera de Deus
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A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2012) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
other title:
快乐的人们
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해피 피플 - 타이가에서 보낸 1년
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In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
Dieter Dengler
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Werner Herzog
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other title:
小小迪特想要飞
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小迪特想要飞
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Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
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Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place +2
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
凯文·米特尼克
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Lucianne Walkowicz
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other title:
你瞧，网络世界的幻想
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网路世界的幻想(台)
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Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
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My Best Fiend (1999) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski
other title:
我的魔鬼
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Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski
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A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.
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Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
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Denis Reichle
actor:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
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Denis Reichle
other title:
士兵的歌谣
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Ballade vom kleinen Soldaten
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A group of Miskito Indians use Nicaraguan child soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.
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Even Dwarfs Started Small (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
Helmut Döring
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Gerd Gickel
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other title:
난쟁이도 작게 시작했다
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Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen
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The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs
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Fitzcarraldo (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge +2
Fitzcarraldo
other title:
위대한 피츠카랄도
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フィツカラルド
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Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
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God's Angry Man (1981) WikiData IMDb IMDb TMDB Douban +2
Glaube und Währung - Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
Gene Scott
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沃纳·赫尔佐格
other title:
吉恩·斯科特博士
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Glaube und Währung - Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger
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The documentary follows Gene Scott, famous televangelist involved with constant fights against FCC, who tried to shut down his TV show during the 1970s and '80s, and even argues with his viewers, complaining about their lack of support by not sending enough money to keep going with the show.
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Grizzly Man (2005) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place Skybridge +3
Grizzly Man
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
Timothy Treadwell
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Amie Huguenard
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other title:
그리즐리 맨
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グリズリーマン
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Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.
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Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
Fini Straubinger
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M. Baaske
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other title:
沉默与黑暗的世界
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Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
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1971 Documentary film directed by Werner Herzog
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La Soufrière (1977) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
Werner Herzog
other title:
苏弗雷火山
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La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche Katastrophe
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Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except for one old man who refuses to leave. Herzog catches the eeriness of an abandoned city, with stop lights cycling over an empty intersection.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
other title:
儿子，你都干了什么
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아들아, 아들아 너는 무엇을 했느냐?
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Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
other title:
流浪者：追随布鲁斯·查特文的脚步
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游牧民族：跟随布鲁斯·查特文的脚步
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When Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, his friend Werner Herzog made a final visit. As a parting gift, Chatwin gave him his rucksack. Thirty years later, Herzog sets out on his own journey, inspired by Chatwin’s passion for the nomadic life, uncovering stories of lost tribes, wanderers and dreamers.
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Lebenszeichen (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Lebenszeichen
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
彼得·布罗格尔
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沃尔夫冈·施通普夫
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other title:
生命的标记
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生命的讯息
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During World War II, three German soldiers are withdrawn from combat when one of them, Stroszek, is wounded. They are assigned to a small coastal community on the Greek island of Kos while Stroszek recuperates. The men become increasingly stir crazy in their uneventful new assignment. Stroszek eventually goes mad.
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Wheel of Time (2003) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rad der Zeit
director:
Werner Herzog
actor:
Tenzin Gyatso
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Lama Lhundup Woeser
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other title:
时间之轮
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Rad der Zeit
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2003 documentary film about Tibetan Buddhism directed by Werner Herzog
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The Wild Blue Yonder (2005) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Wild Blue Yonder
director:
沃纳·赫尔佐格
actor:
布拉德·道里夫
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Donald Williams
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other title:
蓝星人怀乡曲
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浩淼的蓝色远方
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An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.