Berlinale 2026 critics ratings

Scaled to 0-10

Very Good New Films

1. "Mouse" (Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson, USA 2026) [9.00/4 1.0]

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Wettbewerb

Encounters

Panorama [6.66/5]

1. "Mouse" (Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson, USA 2026) [9.00/4 1.0]
2. "Jaripeo" (Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, Mex/USA/F 2026) [8.33/3 1.2]
3. "Shibire (Numb)" (Takuya Uchiyama, Japan 2025) [6.33/3 2.1]
4. "Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter)" (Patric Chiha, F 2026) [6.00/1 0.0]
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5. "Allegro Pastell" (Anna Roller, D 2026) [3.62/8 2.0]
"Iván & Hadoum" (Ian de la Rosa, Spa/D/Bel 2026) [-]
"London" (Sebastian Brameshuber, Österreich) [-]
"Staatsschutz (Prosecution)" (Faraz Shariat, D 2026) [-]
"Trop c’est trop (Enough is Enough)" (Elisé Sawasawa, F/Kongo 2026) [-]
"Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest" (Viv Li, D/NL 2026) [-]

Generation [8.72/4]

1. "A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo (The Fabulous Time Machine)" (Eliza Capai, Brasilien 2026) [10.00/2 0.0]
2. "Ghost School" (Seemab Gul, Pak/D/Saudi-Arabien 2025) [8.60/2 0.0]
3. "Black Burns Fast" (Sanduela Asanda, Südafrika 2025) [8.50/2 1.5]
4. "Papaya" (Priscilla Kellen, Bra 2025) [7.80/2 0.0]
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"Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry (Everyone's Sorry Nowadays)" (Frederike Migom, Bel/NL/D 2026) [-]

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Special

Retrospektive [8.40/8]

1. "Bamboozled" (Spike Lee, USA 2000) [10.00/2 0.0]
2. "Boyz n the Hood" (John Singleton, USA 1991) [10.00/2 0.0]
3. "Tito pro drugi put među Srbima (Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time)" (Zelimir Zilnik, Jugoslawien 1994) [9.50/2 0.0]
4. "Gorilla Bathes at Noon" (Dušan Makavejev, Ju/D 1993) [8.40/2 0.0]
5. "Berlin, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße 1990" (Konstanze Binder, Lilly Grote, Ulrike Herdin, Julia Kunert, D 1991) [8.30/2 0.0]
6. "Der Kontrolleur (The Border Guard)" (Stefan Trampe, D 1995) [7.00/6 1.0]
7. "Im Glanze dieses Glückes (In the Splendour of Happiness)" (Johann Feindt, Jeanine Meerapfel, Helga Reidemeister, Dieter Schumann, Tamara Trampe, D 1990) [7.00/1 0.0]
8. "So schnell es geht nach Istanbul (Shortcut to Istanbul)" (Andreas Dresen, Deutsche Demokratische Republik / D 1991) [7.00/2 0.0]
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"Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro" (Jean-Luc Godard, F / D 1991) [-]
"Bells from the Deep. Faith and Superstition in Russia" (Werner Herzog, D/USA 1993) [-]
"D'Est (From the East | Von Osten)" (Chantal Akerman, Bel/F/Por 1993) [-]
"Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia" (Ulrike Ottinger, Bundesrepublik D 1989) [-]
"Juice" (Ernest R. Dickerson, USA 1992) [-]
"La double vie de Véronique" (Krzysztof Kieślowski, F/Pol/Nor 1991) [-]
"Lola rennt (Run Lola Run)" (Tom Tykwer, D 1998) [-]
"Lola und Bilidikid" (Kutluğ Ataman, D 1999) [-]
"Oranzhevye zhilety (Orange Vests | Orange Westen)" (Yury Khashevatsky, Belarus/D 1993) [-]
"Party Girl" (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, USA 1995) [-]
"Prinz in Hölleland (Prince in Hell)" (Michael Stock, D 1993) [-]
"Raspad (Decay | Der Zerfall)" (Mykhailo Belikov, UdSSR/Ukrainische SSR/USA 1990) [-]
"Slacker" (Richard Linklater, USA 1990) [-]
"Sunny Point" (Wolf Vogel, D 1995) [-]
"Videogramme einer Revolution" (Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica, D 1992) [-]
"Wildwood, NJ" (Ruth Leitman, Carol Weaks Cassidy, USA 1994) [-]

Woche der Kritik

All films

Sorted by avg vote, unfiltered:
1. "A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo (The Fabulous Time Machine)" (Eliza Capai, Brasilien 2026) [10.00/2 0.0]
2. "Bamboozled" (Spike Lee, USA 2000) [10.00/2 0.0]
3. "Boyz n the Hood" (John Singleton, USA 1991) [10.00/2 0.0]
4. "Tito pro drugi put među Srbima (Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time)" (Zelimir Zilnik, Jugoslawien 1994) [9.50/2 0.0]
5. "Mouse" (Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson, USA 2026) [9.00/4 1.0]
6. "Ghost School" (Seemab Gul, Pak/D/Saudi-Arabien 2025) [8.60/2 0.0]
7. "Black Burns Fast" (Sanduela Asanda, Südafrika 2025) [8.50/2 1.5]
8. "Gorilla Bathes at Noon" (Dušan Makavejev, Ju/D 1993) [8.40/2 0.0]
9. "Jaripeo" (Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig, Mex/USA/F 2026) [8.33/3 1.2]
10. "Berlin, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße 1990" (Konstanze Binder, Lilly Grote, Ulrike Herdin, Julia Kunert, D 1991) [8.30/2 0.0]
11. "Papaya" (Priscilla Kellen, Bra 2025) [7.80/2 0.0]
12. "Der Kontrolleur (The Border Guard)" (Stefan Trampe, D 1995) [7.00/6 1.0]
13. "Im Glanze dieses Glückes (In the Splendour of Happiness)" (Johann Feindt, Jeanine Meerapfel, Helga Reidemeister, Dieter Schumann, Tamara Trampe, D 1990) [7.00/1 0.0]
14. "So schnell es geht nach Istanbul (Shortcut to Istanbul)" (Andreas Dresen, Deutsche Demokratische Republik / D 1991) [7.00/2 0.0]
15. "Un hiver russe (A Russian Winter)" (Patric Chiha, F 2026) [6.00/1 0.0]
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16. "Shibire (Numb)" (Takuya Uchiyama, Japan 2025) [5.50/4 2.1]
17. "Allegro Pastell" (Anna Roller, D 2026) [3.62/8 2.0]
"Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro" (Jean-Luc Godard, F / D 1991) [-]
"Bells from the Deep. Faith and Superstition in Russia" (Werner Herzog, D/USA 1993) [-]
"D'Est (From the East | Von Osten)" (Chantal Akerman, Bel/F/Por 1993) [-]
"Iván & Hadoum" (Ian de la Rosa, Spa/D/Bel 2026) [-]
"Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia" (Ulrike Ottinger, Bundesrepublik D 1989) [-]
"Juice" (Ernest R. Dickerson, USA 1992) [-]
"La double vie de Véronique" (Krzysztof Kieślowski, F/Pol/Nor 1991) [-]
"Lola rennt (Run Lola Run)" (Tom Tykwer, D 1998) [-]
"Lola und Bilidikid" (Kutluğ Ataman, D 1999) [-]
"London" (Sebastian Brameshuber, Österreich) [-]
"Oranzhevye zhilety (Orange Vests | Orange Westen)" (Yury Khashevatsky, Belarus/D 1993) [-]
"Party Girl" (Daisy von Scherler Mayer, USA 1995) [-]
"Prinz in Hölleland (Prince in Hell)" (Michael Stock, D 1993) [-]
"Raspad (Decay | Der Zerfall)" (Mykhailo Belikov, UdSSR/Ukrainische SSR/USA 1990) [-]
"Slacker" (Richard Linklater, USA 1990) [-]
"Staatsschutz (Prosecution)" (Faraz Shariat, D 2026) [-]
"Sunny Point" (Wolf Vogel, D 1995) [-]
"Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry (Everyone's Sorry Nowadays)" (Frederike Migom, Bel/NL/D 2026) [-]
"Trop c’est trop (Enough is Enough)" (Elisé Sawasawa, F/Kongo 2026) [-]
"Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest" (Viv Li, D/NL 2026) [-]
"Videogramme einer Revolution" (Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica, D 1992) [-]
"Wildwood, NJ" (Ruth Leitman, Carol Weaks Cassidy, USA 1994) [-]

188/191 Critics

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