I am to start learning German. Could anyone recommend to me good German movies?

It depends what kind of movies particularly you like.
So maybe you tell me some movies you liked and i will think about german productions which should fit your taste.
Germany had a really big movietime in the 20s and 30s but maybe these kind of films are much too old for you.

any movie that has people talking in standard German, not dialects, will be good. 20s  or 30s are fine too.

Old movies first:
Feuerzangenbowle has a lot of dialogs and is really funny:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Feuerzangenbowle
Der blaue Engel famous movie with Marlene Dietrich:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Angel

Quote from: grp_photo on June 07, 2008, 18:44
Old films first:
Feuerzangenbowle has a lot of dialogs and is really funny:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Feuerzangenbowle
Der blaue Engel famous movie with Marlene Dietrich:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Angel

thanks a lot! I will try to get them.

Also old 1959 black and white
Die Brücke one of the very few movies that i would really consider anti-war a must-see for me:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCcke_%28novel%29

Two modern comedies about the former DDR:
Sonnenalle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnenallee
Good bye Lenin!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye_Lenin!

A movie from east-germany also old 1963 bw about the holocaust really great and deeply play by actor Armin Müller-Stahl.
Nackt unter Wölfen:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nackt_unter_W%C3%B6lfen

The Boat  (in German) Das Boat

Quote from: Imagecom on June 07, 2008, 19:59
The Boat  (in German) Das Boat

yes also a very good one actually the only good movie of Wolfgang Petersen. In german Das Boot (not Boat)

Link to wiki for Das Boot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

Best German movie I have seen in a long time, in fact best movie I have seen in a long time:
"The life of others" (Das Leben der anderen).  Received an Oscar for best foreign movie last year and truly deserved it. 
But if you are just starting out: maybe some soaps like "Lindenstrasse"or "Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten" would be easier, albeit much less enjoyable and I have no idea how you would get access to them.  If you life in the US there are in some places German news (Deutsche Welle, DW) on TV and/or radio.  Also check on youtube for previews and or short films or study lyrics from songs (many English hits got translated - freely - into German, some the other way around like some songs of Nena and Falco).  I am using all of these sources to study Spanish.
Good luck with your efforts.  Very admirable to study my difficult mother tongue!

Tina

Quote from: grp_photo on June 07, 2008, 18:59
A movie from east-germany also old 1963 bw about the holocaust really great and deeply play by actor Armin Müller-Stahl.
Nackt unter Wölfen:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nackt_unter_W%C3%B6lfen

thanks, but I prefer not to watch war or holocaust movies.  All other movies that you recommend I will get.

I heard also very good things about "Das Leben der Anderen" unfortunately i didn't see it so far.

The dubbing of the movies you have in Germany is excellent, so you can watch any other movie with a german sound track to learn the language.

Quote from: bbettina on June 07, 2008, 20:05
Best German movie I have seen in a long time, in fact best movie I have seen in a long time:
"The life of others" (Das Leben der anderen).  Received an Oscar for best foreign movie last year and truly deserved it. 
But if you are just starting out: maybe some soaps like "Lindenstrasse"or "Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten" would be easier, albeit much less enjoyable and I have no idea how you would get access to them.  If you life in the US there are in some places German news (Deutsche Welle, DW) on TV and/or radio.  Also check on youtube for previews and or short films or study lyrics from songs (many English hits got translated - freely - into German, some the other way around like some songs of Nena and Falco).  I am using all of these sources to study Spanish.
Good luck with your efforts.  Very admirable to study my difficult mother tongue!

Tina

thank you for the youtube hint. It never occurred to me. You have scared me telling that German is difficult. If it has a difficult grammar  I am doomed. Words I can memorize, grammar  rules in any language elude me.

Grammar is less difficult than in english.
And the are no rules for der,die,das the only way to learn this is by listening.

Quote from: grp_photo on June 07, 2008, 21:07
Grammar is less difficult than in english.
And the are no rules for der,die,das the only way to learn this is by listening.

I was wandering about der,die, das and you answered it. thanks !

No, you aren't doomed.  It can be done and I know people who did it    Didn't want to scare you either, just prepare you that - at times - you might wish you had choose to study, say quantum mechanics or neuroscience 
There are actually some rules concerning the articles.  Here are the two I remember off-hand:
plurals are always "die" regardless of what the singular is, e.g. "der Hund", "die Hunde"
all (well, there might be exceptions but not many) words ending on -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft are female.  These are often abstract nouns such as Gesellschaft (society), Krankheit (sickness), Ordnung (order), etc (strange selection, I admit it).

Frohes lernen!

thanks! I found a curious German word Heimweh, it should be das Heimweh ?

Quote from: vphoto on June 07, 2008, 22:20
thanks! I found a curious German word Heimweh, it should be das Heimweh ?

right! richtig!

Quote from: grp_photo on June 07, 2008, 18:55
Good bye Lenin!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye_Lenin!

A great movie.  Having been to the former East Germany right after reunification for just a few days, I could really relate with what they showed there (the joy and the expectation of a new way of life). Moreover, the idea was quite creative.

And unlike some German movies, this one is not boring nor depressive. 

Regards,
Adelaide

Check out Lola rennt.

Quote from: madelaide on June 08, 2008, 00:12

Quote from: grp_photo on June 07, 2008, 18:55
Good bye Lenin!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye_Lenin!

A great movie.  Having been to the former East Germany right after reunification for just a few days, I could really relate with what they showed there (the joy and the expectation of a new way of life). Moreover, the idea was quite creative.

And unlike some German movies, this one is not boring nor depressive. 

Regards,
Adelaide

have you been to Furstenberg ? It were I may have to move to ....

Later when you are more into German you should give a try to "Schtonk!" (a hilarious comedy about the true story of the faked Hitler diaries) or "Mein Führer" - I always enjoyed learning English from comedies (like "Blackadder", "Fawlty Towers", Monthy Python stuff etc.)!

Quote from: lathspell on June 08, 2008, 01:34
Later when you are more into German you should give a try to "Schtonk!" (a hilarious comedy about the true story of the faked Hitler diaries) or "Mein Führer" - I always enjoyed learning English from comedies (like "Blackadder", "Fawlty Towers", Monthy Python stuff etc.)!

thanks! i did not expect so many replies