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Joachim Król has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Run Lola Run.
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Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
Dir. Tom Tykwer · With Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup
Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.
Dir. Caroline Link · With Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring

Mirco von Juterczenka's novel "Wir Wochenendrebellen" is the story of a father and his ten-year-old son, who is Asperger's autistic. The boy has set his mind on finally finding his favourite football club. But his selection criteria are very specific and besides, he wants to experience all the clubs (no matter in which league they play) live in the stadium.
Dir. Marc Rothemund · With Florian David Fitz, Aylin Tezel, Cecilio Andresen

After two pregnancies, Sonja struggles with her body feeling and the relationship with her husband Milan. Frauke, shortly before her 60th birthday, shares this fate and feels almost invisible to her husband. Daughter Julie is working on her modeling career, but a flaw is discovered on her body again and again ...
Dir. Karoline Herfurth · With Karoline Herfurth, Nora Tschirner, Martina Gedeck

Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.
Dir. Tom Tykwer · With Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Król

The heterosexual man Axel is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him and when his girlfriend wants him back he must make a tough decision.
Dir. Sönke Wortmann · With Til Schweiger, Joachim Król, Katja Riemann

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.
Dir. Danis Tanović · With Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen, Cush Jumbo

After again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
Dir. Paul Schrader · With Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Derek Jacobi
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