The Best August Diehl Movies, Ranked
46 credits from 1998 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Ice Tower (2025) comes out on top with a score of 79. The biggest box office hit is Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. (2024) with $12.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated August Diehl Movies
The 12 highest-rated films August Diehl is credited on. The Ice Tower (2025) leads with 79, followed by The Last Vermeer (2019) at 76. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 The Ice Tower 2025 · Fantasy -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 The Last Vermeer 2019 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 A Hidden Life 2019 · Biography -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 The Last Vermeer 2020 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 The Ice Tower 2025 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 The Command 2019 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Kursk 2018 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 The Young Karl Marx 2018 · Biography -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 The Birdcatcher 2019 · War -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 54 Munich: The Edge of War 2022 · Biography -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 The Emperor of Paris 2018 · Crime -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. 2024 · Drama
Biggest August Diehl Box Office Hits
August Diehl's films have made $73.7M worldwide in total. Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. (2024) is the biggest hit at $12.7M, ahead of Buddenbrooks (2008) ($12.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. 2024 · Drama $12.7M $12.2M dom.
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Buddenbrooks 2008 · Drama $12.6M - 3
Frau Ella 2013 · Comedy $12.1M - 4 The Emperor of Paris 2018 · Crime $7.63M
- 5 The Command 2019 · Action $6.82M
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The Robber Hotzenplotz 2022 · Adventure $6.07M - 7 The Young Karl Marx 2018 · Biography $4.87M $126K dom.
- 8 A Hidden Life 2019 · Biography $4.65M $1.73M dom.
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Sidonie in Japan 2023 · Drama $1.44M - 10
Love in Thoughts 2004 · Drama $1.19M
The Best August Diehl Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre August Diehl has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 19 films, and The Last Vermeer (2019) is the pick of them.
- Drama 19 films The Last Vermeer 2019 · as Alex De Klerks Movie Echo Score: 76
- Comedy 7 films Frau Ella 2013 · as Klaus
- Biography 3 films A Hidden Life 2019 · as Franz Jägerstätter Movie Echo Score: 75
- Crime 3 films The Emperor of Paris 2018 · as Nathanaël Movie Echo Score: 53
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Thriller 3 films The Disappearing Illusionist 2015 · as Dirk Ohm - Adventure 2 films The Robber Hotzenplotz 2022 · as Petrosilius Zwackelmann
- Action 2 films The Command 2019 · as Anton Markov Movie Echo Score: 69
- Fantasy 1 film The Ice Tower 2025 · as Max Movie Echo Score: 79
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Mystery 1 film The Perfumier 2022 Movie Echo Score: 36
The Best August Diehl Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of August Diehl's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest August Diehl Movies
The most recent films August Diehl is credited on, newest first — starting with The Ice Tower (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Ice Tower 2025 · Max
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele 2025 · Josef Mengele - The Ice Tower 2025 · Max
- Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. 2024 · Martin Niemoller
- Sidonie in Japan 2023 · Antoine Perceval
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Plan A 2022 · Max - The Robber Hotzenplotz 2022 · Petrosilius Zwackelmann
- The Perfumier 2022 · Mystery
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Sauerdogs 2022 · Hans - Munich: The Edge of War 2022 · Franz Sauer
- The Last Vermeer 2020 · Alex De Klerks
- A Hidden Life 2019 · Franz Jägerstätter
The Best August Diehl Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest August Diehl films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best August Diehl movie?
The Ice Tower (2025) is the best-rated August Diehl film, with a Movie Echo Score of 79, ahead of The Last Vermeer (2019) (76) and A Hidden Life (2019) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Ice Tower: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing August Diehl movie?
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. (2024) made the most at the box office, with $12.7M worldwide, followed by Buddenbrooks (2008) with $12.6M. Together, August Diehl's films with box office figures have made $73.7M.
What is the best August Diehl drama movie?
The Last Vermeer (2019) is the best-rated of August Diehl's drama films, with a score of 76. In other genres: Frau Ella (comedy), A Hidden Life (biography) and The Emperor of Paris (crime).
What is the newest August Diehl movie?
The newest film on August Diehl's filmography is The Ice Tower (2025), with August Diehl as Max.
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