The Best Klaus Kinski Movies, Ranked
132 credits from 1948 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Great Silence (1968) (2018) comes out on top with a score of 40. The biggest box office hit is The Little Drummer Girl (1984) with $7.83M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Klaus Kinski Box Office Hits
Klaus Kinski's films have made $23.4M worldwide in total. The Little Drummer Girl (1984) is the biggest hit at $7.83M, ahead of Buddy Buddy (1981) ($7.26M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Little Drummer Girl 1984 · Thriller $7.83M $7.83M dom. - 2
Buddy Buddy 1981 · Comedy $7.26M $7.26M dom. - 3
Venom 1981 · Thriller $5.23M $5.23M dom. - 4
The Great Silence (1968) 2018 · Western $2.33M - 5
Code Name: Wild Geese 1984 · Action $600K $600K dom. - 6
A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958 · Drama $50.6K - 7
Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 · History $37.8K - 8
The Song of Roland 1978 · Adventure $24.1K - 9
That Most Important Thing: Love 1975 · Drama $19.1K $19.1K dom. - 10
Cobra Verde 1987 · Drama $12.7K $12.7K dom.
The Best Klaus Kinski Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Klaus Kinski has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 22 films, and A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) is the pick of them.
- Drama 22 films A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958 · as Gestapo Lieutenant
- Thriller 15 films The Little Drummer Girl 1984
- Western 13 films The Great Silence (1968) 2018 · as Tigrero, Loco Movie Echo Score: 40
- Action 7 films Code Name: Wild Geese 1984 · as Charleton
- Adventure 6 films The Song of Roland 1978 · as Roland / Klaus
- Comedy 3 films Buddy Buddy 1981 · as Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot
- History 1 film Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 · as Don Lope de Aguirre
The Best Klaus Kinski Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Klaus Kinski's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1950s to 2010s.
The Latest Klaus Kinski Movies
The most recent films Klaus Kinski is credited on, newest first — starting with The Great Silence (1968) (2018). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Great Silence (1968) 2018 · Tigrero, Loco
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Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski 1999 · Biography -
White Hunter 1990 · Klaus Naginsky -
Paganini 1989 · Niccolo Paganini -
Nosferatu in Venice 1988 · Nosferatu - Cobra Verde 1987 · Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
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Timestalkers 1987 · Dr. Joseph Cole -
Crawlspace 1986 · Karl Gunther -
Revenge of the Stolen Stars 1986 · Donald McBride -
Star Knight 1985 · Boetius -
Commando Leopard 1985 · Silveira -
Creature 1985 · Hans Rudy Hofner
The Best Klaus Kinski Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Klaus Kinski films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Klaus Kinski movie?
The Great Silence (1968) (2018) is the best-rated Klaus Kinski film, with a Movie Echo Score of 40. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Great Silence (1968): cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Klaus Kinski movie?
The Little Drummer Girl (1984) made the most at the box office, with $7.83M worldwide, followed by Buddy Buddy (1981) with $7.26M. Together, Klaus Kinski's films with box office figures have made $23.4M.
What is the best Klaus Kinski drama movie?
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) is the best-rated of Klaus Kinski's drama films. In other genres: The Little Drummer Girl (thriller), The Great Silence (1968) (western) and Code Name: Wild Geese (action).
What is the newest Klaus Kinski movie?
The newest film on Klaus Kinski's filmography is The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2025), with Klaus Kinski as Self.
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