Harun Farocki: movies and TV shows
Harun Farocki has 233 credits in the archive: 231 films and 2 TV series, from 1964 to 2026. Highest rated: Barbara (7.2/10).
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Career timeline
1964 – 2026 · busiest year: 2010 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 82 |
| 2025 | About Narration | Film | 8.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | About Narration | Film | 8.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | The Words of the Chairman | Film | 8.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | The Words of the Chairman | Film | 8.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | Single. A Record is Being Produced | Film | 10.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | Single. A Record is Being Produced | Film | 10.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | Make Up | Film | 10.0 | 81 | |
| 2025 | Remember Tomorrow is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life | Film | 9.0 | 81 | |
| 2020 | Labour in a Single Shot | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2017 | Confusion | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2016 | EXPRMNTL | Himself | Film | — | 72 |
| 2015 | A German Youth | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2015 | As If We Were Somebody Else | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2014 | Phoenix | Film | 6.8 | 70 | |
| 2014 | Harun, who only drinks beer, has a glass of wine (2011). | Harun Farocki | Film | 4.0 | 70 |
| 2014 | Parallel I–IV | Film | 8.0 | 70 | |
| 2013 | Sauerbruch Hutton Architects | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2012 | Barbara | Film | 7.2 | 68 | |
| 2012 | A New Product | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2012 | A New Product | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2012 | A New Product | Film | 6.5 | 68 | |
| 2011 | Serious Games 1–4 | Film | 8.0 | 67 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down" | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 2 – Three Dead | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 2 – Three Dead | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 2 – Three Dead | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 3 – Immersion | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 3 – Immersion | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | Serious Games 3 – Immersion | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 2010 | The Silver and the Cross | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2010 | Repouring, Variation 1 | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2009 | In Comparison | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2009 | In Comparison | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2009 | In Comparison | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2009 | In Comparison | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2008 | Feasting or Flying | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2007 | Übertragung | Film | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Yella | Film | 6.2 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Deep Play | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2007 | Respite | Film | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Respite | Film | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Respite | Film | 6.3 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Memories | Film | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Memories | Film | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Memories | Film | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Memories | Film | 5.5 | 63 | |
| 2007 | Comparison via a Third | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2006 | Am Rand der Städte | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2006 | Dubbing | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2006 | On Construction of Griffith’s Films | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2005 | Ghosts | Film | 6.1 | 61 | |
| 2005 | Ghosts | Film | 6.1 | 61 | |
| 2005 | Palette revisited | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2005 | Who is Helene Schwarz? | Self | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2005 | A Way | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2005 | Aufstellung | Film | 10.0 | 61 | |
| 2005 | Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki | Self | Film | — | 61 |
| 2004 | Kulturplatz | Self | TV | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2004 | Counter-Music | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2004 | Nothing Ventured | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2004 | Nothing Ventured | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2003 | War at a Distance | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 2003 | War at a Distance | Film | 6.4 | 59 | |
| 2003 | Eye / Machine III | Film | 10.0 | 59 | |
| 2003 | Eye / Machine III | Film | 10.0 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Starbuck Holger Meins | Self | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 2002 | Eye / Machine II | Film | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 2002 | Eye / Machine II | Film | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 2001 | The State I Am In | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 2001 | The Creators of the Shopping Worlds | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2001 | The Creators of the Shopping Worlds | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2001 | The Creators of the Shopping Worlds | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2001 | The Creators of the Shopping Worlds | Film | 6.5 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Eye / Machine I | Film | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 2001 | Eye / Machine I | Film | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 2000 | Prison Images | Film | 7.2 | 56 | |
| 2000 | Prison Images | Film | 7.2 | 56 | |
| 2000 | I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts | Film | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 2000 | I Thought I Was Seeing Convicts | Film | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 1999 | Deutsche Polizisten: Viele Kulturen - eine Truppe | Film | 7.0 | 55 | |
| 1998 | What Farocki Taught | Film | 5.4 | 54 | |
| 1998 | Words and Games | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 1998 | Words and Games | Film | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 1997 | Still Life | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 1997 | Still Life | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 1997 | Still Life | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 1997 | Documenta X - Die Filme | Film | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1997 | The Expression of Hands | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 1997 | The Expression of Hands | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 1997 | The Expression of Hands | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 1997 | The Interview | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 1996 | The Appearance | Film | 6.6 | 52 | |
| 1996 | Cuba Libre | Film | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 1995 | Workers Leaving the Factory | Narrador | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1995 | Workers Leaving the Factory | Film | 6.4 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Workers Leaving the Factory | Film | 6.4 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Workers Leaving the Factory | Film | 6.4 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Interface | Self | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1995 | Interface | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Interface | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Interface | Film | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1995 | Pilots | Film | 6.2 | 51 | |
| 1994 | Re-education | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 1994 | Re-education | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 1994 | The Leading Role | Film | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1993 | Navy Cut | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1993 | A Day in the Life of a Consumer | Film | 5.8 | 49 | |
| 1992 | Videograms of a Revolution | Film | 7.9 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Videograms of a Revolution | Film | 7.9 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Videograms of a Revolution | Film | 7.9 | 48 | |
| 1992 | The Warm Money | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Camera and Reality | Film | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1991 | Images of the World and the Inscription of War | Self (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1991 | Images of the World and the Inscription of War | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1991 | Images of the World and the Inscription of War | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1991 | Images of the World and the Inscription of War | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1991 | Images of the World and the Inscription of War | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1991 | What’s Up? | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1990 | Kinostadt Paris | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1990 | How to Live in the German Federal Republic | Film | 6.0 | 46 | |
| 1989 | Image und Umsatz, oder: Wie kann man einen Schuh darstellen? | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith | Self | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1988 | Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith | Film | 6.2 | 44 | |
| 1988 | Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith | Film | 6.2 | 44 | |
| 1987 | Indoctrination | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1987 | Indoctrination | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1987 | Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1987 | Die Menschen stehen vorwärts in den Straßen | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1986 | Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1986 | Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1986 | Schlagworte – Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilém Flusser | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1986 | Filmbooks | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1986 | As You See | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1986 | As You See | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1985 | Betrayed | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1985 | Betrayed | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1985 | Film-Tip: Le thé au harem d’Archimède | Film | 5.0 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Class Relations | Delamarche | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1984 | The Double Face of Peter Lorre | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1984 | The Double Face of Peter Lorre | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1984 | The Double Face of Peter Lorre | Film | 5.8 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1983 | Straub/Huillet: Work on "Class Relations" | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1983 | An Image | Film | 5.7 | 39 | |
| 1983 | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika | Film | 6.4 | 39 | |
| 1983 | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika | Film | 6.4 | 39 | |
| 1983 | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika | Film | 6.4 | 39 | |
| 1983 | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika | Film | 6.4 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Before Your Eyes - Vietnam | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1982 | Filme von Peter Weiss | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1982 | Filme von Peter Weiss | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1982 | Filme von Peter Weiss | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1982 | Filme von Peter Weiss | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1981 | Zeit der langen Nächte | Günter | Film | — | 37 |
| 1981 | "Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 1980 | Henry Angst | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Putting Things Straight | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1979 | Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1979 | Zur Ansicht: Peter Weiss | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1979 | The Taste of Life | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1979 | Industry and Photography | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1978 | A Picture of Sarah Schumann | Self / Interviewer | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1978 | A Picture of Sarah Schumann | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1978 | A Picture of Sarah Schumann | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1978 | Cinématon | N°1068 | Film | 4.9 | 34 |
| 1978 | "Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. | Film director | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1978 | Between Two Wars | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1978 | Between Two Wars | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1978 | Between Two Wars | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1977 | Bedtime Stories: Cat | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1977 | Bedtime Stories: Railways | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1977 | Bedtime Stories: Bridges | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1977 | Bedtime Stories: Ships | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1976 | Es stirbt allerdings ein jeder, fragt sich nur wie und wie Du gelebt hast (Holger Meins) | Film | 7.1 | 32 | |
| 1976 | Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1975 | Kampf um ein Kind | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1975 | Bent or Broken | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1975 | About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright | (voice) | Film | — | 31 |
| 1975 | About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1975 | About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1974 | Moderatoren im Fernsehen | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1974 | Moderatoren im Fernsehen | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1973 | The Trouble with Images. A Critique of Television | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1973 | Brunner is Next | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1973 | Brunner is Next | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1973 | Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1973 | Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1971 | Something Self Explanatory (15x) | Film | 10.0 | 27 | |
| 1971 | Something Self Explanatory (15x) | Film | 10.0 | 27 | |
| 1971 | Something Self Explanatory (15x) | Film | 10.0 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Die Teilung aller Tage | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1970 | Die Teilung aller Tage | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1970 | Zum Begriff des 'kritischen Kommunismus' bei Antonio Labriola (1843-1904) | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1969 | The Inextinguishable Fire | Film | 6.2 | 25 | |
| 1969 | The Inextinguishable Fire | Film | 6.2 | 25 | |
| 1969 | The Inextinguishable Fire | Film | 6.2 | 25 | |
| 1969 | The Inextinguishable Fire | Film | 6.2 | 25 | |
| 1969 | The Inextinguishable Fire | Film | 6.2 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Instructions on how to Pull off Police Helmets | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Wochenschau I: Requiem für eine Firma | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1969 | Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1969 | Untitled or: Nixon Comes to Berlin | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1968 | White Christmas | Film | 5.7 | 24 | |
| 1968 | White Christmas | Film | 5.7 | 24 | |
| 1968 | White Christmas | Film | 5.7 | 24 | |
| 1968 | Their Newspapers | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1968 | Their Newspapers | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1968 | Their Newspapers | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1968 | Their Newspapers | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1968 | Break the Power of the Manipulators | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1968 | Three Shots at Rudi | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1968 | Untitled or: The Wandering Cinema for Engineering Students | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1967 | 3000 Houses | Film | 9.0 | 23 | |
| 1967 | The Campaign Volunteer | Film | 10.0 | 23 | |
| 1967 | The Campaign Volunteer | Film | 10.0 | 23 | |
| 1967 | Farocki dreht | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1966 | Two Paths | Film | 7.0 | 22 | |
| 1966 | Two Paths | Film | 7.0 | 22 | |
| 1966 | Everybody a Berliner Kindl | Film | 10.0 | 22 | |
| 1966 | Everybody a Berliner Kindl | Film | 10.0 | 22 | |
| 1964 | Grimme Award | Self | TV | — | 20 |
| Cinématon n°1068 : Harun Farocki | Film | — | — | ||
| Häuser 1–2 | Film | — | — |