| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 189 | M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder | 1931 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Thriller | Crime, Straßenfilm, Police Procedural, German Expressionism, Gangster Film, Film noir | 54 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 911 | Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse | 1933 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Thriller | Crime, Mystery, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Low Fantasy, Police Procedural, German Expressionism, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 2114 | Der müde Tod | 1921 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Fantasy | Romance, German Expressionism, Anthology, Adventure, Melodrama, Low Fantasy, Gothic, Dark Fantasy | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 2475 | House by the River | 1950 | Fritz Lang | USA | Thriller | — | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 2493 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Science Fiction | Dystopian, German Expressionism, Romance, Artificial Intelligence, Epic, Steampunk | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 2544 | Secret Beyond the Door… | 1947 | Fritz Lang | USA | Thriller | — | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 3299 | Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler | 1922 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Crime | — | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 4471 | The Woman in the Window | 1944 | Fritz Lang | USA | Thriller | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 8934 | Hangmen Also Die! | 1943 | Fritz Lang | USA | War | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 8935 | The Big Heat | 1953 | Fritz Lang | USA | Thriller | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 8974 | Ministry of Fear | 1944 | Fritz Lang | USA | Thriller | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 8980 | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse | 1960 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Mystery | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 9519 | Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache | 1924 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 9520 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried | 1924 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.