Jochen Nickel’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Jochen Nickel has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes
Daniel’s drab existence as a physics teacher takes an adventurous turn when he falls in love with a Turkish girl named Melek. He spontaneously decides to follow her to Instanbul by car. On the road across Europe, he picks up his free-spirited friend Juli, who is secretly in love with him.
Dir. Fatih Akin · With Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtuluş

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.
Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier · With Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel

One night, 18 year old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first, she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop.
Dir. Dennis Gansel · With Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich
Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last deposits on other planets and satellites. This is the situation when one of the bigger mining corporations has lost all but one mineral moons and many of their fully automatic mining robots are disappearing on their flight home. Since nobody else wants the job, they send prisoners to defend the mining station. Among them undercover agent Stone, who shall clear the whereabouts of the expensive robots. In an atmosphere of corruption, fear and hatred he gets between the fronts of rivaling groups.
Dir. Roland Emmerich · With Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Dean Devlin