From Woyzeck to Heart of Glass to Grizzly Man, this is Collider's ranking of Werner Herzog's best movies.
Even before considering the numerous films he's directed, Werner Herzog is well-documented as being one of the coolest people ever to walk the earth. He has a singular way of looking at the world and discussing things, has a level of confidence that's almost unparalleled, and is genuinely funny, too.
It's tense and disquieting without being a true horror or thriller film, instead being an immensely confronting psychological drama about a soldier in a small town gradually being driven to madness. It's one of five films Herzog made with the always fascinating Klaus Kinski in the lead role, and though not talked about as often as some of their collaborations, Woyzeck is still very much worth a watch for fans of Herzog and/or Kinski.
For a debut, it's quite good, following three men who are taken out of combat during World War II and forced to stay on a small Greek island for a lengthy period of time. They are gradually driven mad from the isolation, which leads to the third act exploding in chaos. It's interesting to see the director's style and broad interests depicted and explored so early on, with Signs of Life showing, funnily enough, signs of greatness to come.
14 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans' In a career filled with bombastic and strangely engrossing performances, few Nicolas Cage movies are quite as bizarre as Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans. Despite the similar title, it's not exactly linked to 1992's Bad Lieutenant, which starred Harvey Keitel as a police lieutenant who wasn't exactly good.
12 'My Best Fiend' Anyone interested in the fruitful yet intense relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski ought to check My Best Fiend out. This is something of an autobiographical documentary by Herzog, as it quite openly covers the ups and downs of the truly unique bond between director and actor.
Their story is a tragic one, but their passion and bravery are celebrated to some extent here, even if Herzog frames things in a less sentimental and romantic manner than Fire of Love did. Both films are fascinating to watch, to see two different documentary takes on the same subjects, and even on its own, Herzog's film about Katia and Maurice Krafft is still visually striking, emotionally haunting, and overall thought-provoking.
7 'Land of Silence and Darkness' Land of Silence and Darkness was one of Werner Herzog's first feature-length documentaries, and remains standing to this day as one of his very best. Its central subject is Fini Straubinger, an older woman who's been blind and deaf since she was a teenager, with the film exploring how she lives her life with such a difficult condition.
5 'Lessons of Darkness' A war documentary with a twist, Lessons of Darkness represents Werner Herzog at his most experimental, and at his least willing to offer a conventional narrative. This documentary is all about the aftermath of war, and the terrible destruction conflict can cause, here centered on the oil fields of Kuwait shortly after the Gulf War.
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