No One Will Play with Me (Werner Herzog, 1976)

A short film by Werner Herzog. The film focuses on a boy, Martin, who is outcast from the other children at his school. The film was made with pre-school children in Munich, and is partially based on true stories which Herzog heard from the children themselves. The use of a raven as a central plot element was inspired by the story of the raven from Herzog’s earlier film The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner.

The film can be seen below:

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (Werner Herzog, 1989)

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (German: Wodaabe - Die Hirten der Sonne) is a documentary film by Werner Herzog. The film explores the social rituals and cultural celebrations of the Saharan nomadic Wodaabe tribe. Particular focus is given to the Gerewol celebration, which features an elaborate male beauty contest to win wives.

Although the film may be considered to be ethnographic, Herzog commented that: "[My films] are anthropological only in as much as they try to explore the human condition at this particular time on this planet. I do not make films using images only of clouds and trees, I work with human beings because the way they function in different cultural groups interests me. If that makes me an anthropologist then so be it." The opening shots of the film depicts a celebration of male beauty, showing males dancing in elaborate costume, accentuating their height and whites of their eyes and teeth to attract females, as we hear "Ave Maria" in the background (a 1901 recording made by the last castrato of the Vatican).

God's Angry Man (Werner Herzog, 1983)

This documentary film revolves around Doctor Gene Scott, one of the more famous televangelists in California. He stars in a show where he exhibits a strong, aggressive temperament and talks about beatitude, urging his listeners to send sums of money to his church’s bank account. Scenes from this show alternate with a series of dialogues with the preacher in which he talks about himself and his private life.

The film was produced for television.

M (Fritz Lang, 1931)

M (German: M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder) is a 1931 German drama-thriller directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou. It was Lang's first sound film, although he had directed more than a dozen films previously.

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)

Metropolis, 1927 [2001 Restored Version]

Metropolis is a German expressionist film directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism. The film was produced in the Babelsberg Studios by Universum Film A.G. (UFA). The most expensive silent film ever made, it cost approximately 5 million Reichsmark. About $200 million in todays money.

Precautions Against Fanatics (Werner Herzog, 1969)

Precautions Against Fanatics (German: Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker) is a short film by Werner Herzog filmed at a harness racing track near Munich, Germany. It was Herzog’s first film shot in color.