The Best Thorsten Merten Movies, Ranked
51 credits from 1992 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Donbass (2019) comes out on top with a score of 68. The biggest box office hit is Exit (2020) with $69.5M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Thorsten Merten Box Office Hits
Thorsten Merten's films have made $116M worldwide in total. Exit (2020) is the biggest hit at $69.5M, ahead of Gravity (2009) ($29.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Exit 2020 · Thriller $69.5M $471K dom. - 2
Gravity 2009 · Drama $29.4M - 3
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World 2018 · Music $3.17M - 4
Locked in Society 2022 · Comedy $2.77M $212 dom. - 5
Grill Point 2002 · Comedy $2.02M - 6
Sushi in Suhl 2012 · Drama $1.53M - 7
Brothers 2017 · Drama $1.42M - 8
What You Can See from Here 2022 · Drama $1.33M - 9
Gundermann 2018 · Drama $1.32M - 10
In Times of Fading Light 2017 · Drama $798K
The Best Thorsten Merten Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Thorsten Merten has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 26 films, and Donbass (2019) is the pick of them.
The Best Thorsten Merten Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Thorsten Merten's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Thorsten Merten Movies
The most recent films Thorsten Merten is credited on, newest first — starting with The Next Level (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Next Level 2025 · Matt -
Bach - A Christmas Miracle 2024 · Adrian Stieglitz -
Der Fall Marianne Voss 2024 · Fritz Malowski -
Miss Merkel - Mord auf dem Friedhof 2024 · Achim Sauer -
From Hilde, with Love 2024 · Dr. Minergerode -
Der zweite Kurzschluss 2023 · Oliver -
Miss Merkel - Ein Uckermark-Krimi 2023 · Joachim Sauer -
Berlin Bad Trip 2023 · Jens Lamprecht -
Sam: A Saxon 2023 · Major Schreier - What You Can See from Here 2022 · Herr Rödder
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Alfons Jitterbit – Class Trip Chaos! 2022 · Herr Flickendorf - Locked in Society 2022 · Manfred Prohaska
The Best Thorsten Merten Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Thorsten Merten films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Thorsten Merten movie?
Donbass (2019) is the best-rated Thorsten Merten film, with a Movie Echo Score of 68. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Donbass: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Thorsten Merten movie?
Exit (2020) made the most at the box office, with $69.5M worldwide, followed by Gravity (2009) with $29.4M. Together, Thorsten Merten's films with box office figures have made $116M.
What is the best Thorsten Merten drama movie?
Donbass (2019) is the best-rated of Thorsten Merten's drama films, with a score of 68. In other genres: Locked in Society (comedy), The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (music) and Exit (thriller).
What is the newest Thorsten Merten movie?
The newest film on Thorsten Merten's filmography is The Next Level (2025), with Thorsten Merten as Matt.
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