The Best Anke Engelke Movies, Ranked
38 credits from 2000 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Manitou’s Shoe (2001) with $75.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Anke Engelke Box Office Hits
Anke Engelke's films have made $140M worldwide in total. Manitou’s Shoe (2001) is the biggest hit at $75.7M, ahead of The Little Polar Bear (2001) ($14.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Manitou’s Shoe 2001 · Western $75.7M - 2
The Little Polar Bear 2001 · Family $14.8M - 3
The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island 2005 · Drama $9.61M - 4
Frau Müller muss weg! 2015 · Comedy $9.13M - 5
The Pasta Detectives 2014 · Family $5.03M - 6
About the Looking for and the Finding of Love 2005 · Comedy $4.8M - 7
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 2018 · Music $3.17M - 8
Pinocchio 2013 · Drama $2.79M - 9
Locked in Society 2022 · Comedy $2.77M $212 dom. - 10
The Trip to Panama 2006 · Animation $2.76M
The Best Anke Engelke Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Anke Engelke has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 16 films, and Frau Müller muss weg! (2015) is the pick of them.
- Comedy 16 films Frau Müller muss weg! 2015 · as Jessica Höfel
- Family 5 films The Little Polar Bear 2001 · as Mutter Eisbär (voice)
- Drama 4 films The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island 2005 · as Iguanita (voice)
- Music 1 film The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 2018 · as Cyrils Mutter Anja
- Animation 1 film The Trip to Panama 2006 · as Fisch
- Western 1 film Manitou’s Shoe 2001 · as Mutter (extended edition)
The Best Anke Engelke Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Anke Engelke's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Anke Engelke Movies
The most recent films Anke Engelke is credited on, newest first — starting with Chabos (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Chabos 2025 · Comedy -
Kurzschluss hoch drei 2024 · Bettina Maurer -
Der zweite Kurzschluss 2023 · Bettina Maurer -
The Interpreter of Silence 2023 · Edith Bruhns -
The Hawk 2022 · Gloria - Locked in Society 2022 · Heidi Lohmann
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Tödliche Geheimnisse - Das Versprechen 2020 · Karin Berger -
Rate Your Date 2019 · Angie - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 2018 · Cyrils Mutter Anja
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Südstadt 2017 · Anne Lehmann -
Tödliche Geheimnisse – Jagd in Kapstadt 2017 · Karin Berger -
Happy Burnout 2017 · Alexandra
The Best Anke Engelke Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Anke Engelke films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Anke Engelke movie?
Manitou’s Shoe (2001) made the most at the box office, with $75.7M worldwide, followed by The Little Polar Bear (2001) with $14.8M. Together, Anke Engelke's films with box office figures have made $140M.
What is the best Anke Engelke comedy movie?
Frau Müller muss weg! (2015) is the best-rated of Anke Engelke's comedy films. In other genres: The Little Polar Bear (family), The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (drama) and The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (music).
What is the newest Anke Engelke movie?
The newest film on Anke Engelke's filmography is Chabos (2025).
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