Tom Schilling’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Tom Schilling has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Who Am I.
Recurring themes

Rust and Bone
2012
Drama · Romance

The Secret Scripture
2017
Drama · Romance

The Immigrant
2013
Drama · Romance

My Days of Mercy
2018
Romance · Drama

Welcome to the Rileys
2010
Drama

A Thousand Times Good Night
2013
Drama

After the Wedding
2019
Drama

Sami Blood
2017
Drama
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Dir. Baran bo Odar · With Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.
Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · With Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer

Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war.
Dir. Philipp Kadelbach · With Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
Dir. Simon Curtis · With Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Tatiana Maslany

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
Dir. Saul Dibb · With Michelle Williams, Kristin Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts

Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.
Dir. Jan Ole Gerster · With Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Dir. Dennis Gansel · With Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow

Oliver is a banker and portfolio manager and leads a life in the fast lane, which one day comes to an abrupt end, as he builds a self-inflicted accident on highway with 230 km / h and raced through a guardrail. When he wakes up in the hospital again, he faces a devastating diagnosis: paraplegia. Actually, a rehabilitation stay of several months is planned in the hospital, but Oliver soon falls on his head and ends up in a disabled shared flat with the name "Die Goldfische"
Dir. Alireza Golafshan · With Jella Haase, Birgit Minichmayr, Kida Khodr Ramadan

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Christiane. In the meantime, Michael meets Annabelle, the love of his youth, again.
Dir. Oskar Roehler · With Christian Ulmen, Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck
Benjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reach grammar school. Adjusting to his new environment is difficult as he has to struggle with being a teen... specially when he falls in love to the school's dream girl, Malen.
Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid · With Robert Stadlober, Tom Schilling, Oona-Devi Liebich