Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2014 | The Fassbinder Story | Self |
| 2000 | Water Drops on Burning Rocks | Writer |
| 1983 | Kamikaze '89 | Polizeileutnant Jansen |
| 1982 | Veronika Voss | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1982 | Querelle | Director, Film Editing, Screenwriter |
| 1982 | Lola (1982) | Director, Film Editing, Screenwriter |
| 1981 | Lili Marleen | Director |
| 1981 | Theater in Trance | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1979 | Despair | Director, Film Editing |
| 1979 | The Third Generation | Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | Director |
| 1978 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | Director, Film Editing, Writer |
| 1978 | In a Year of 13 Moons | Cinematographer, Director, Film Editor, Producer, Writer |
| 1977 | The Stationmaster's Wife | Director, Film Editing, Writer |
| 1976 | Chinese Roulette | Director |
| 1976 | Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Satan's Brew | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | I Only Want You to Love Me | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1976 | Shadow of Angels | Raoul |
| 1975 | Fear of Fear | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1975 | Fox and His Friends | Franz Bieberkopf alias 'Fox' |
| 1974 | Effi Briest | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1974 | Martha (1967) | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1974 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Director, Music, Producer, Production Design |
| 1974 | Nora Helmer | Director |
| 1973 | Tenderness of the Wolves | Film Editing, Producer |
| 1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1971 | Beware of a Holy Whore | Sascha, Herstellungsleiter |
| 1971 | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Whity | Director, Film Editing, Screenwriter |
| 1971 | Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Rio Das Mortes | Hannas Tanzpartner |
| 1970 | The American Soldier | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1970 | Gods of the Plague | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Director, Screenwriter |
| 1970 | The Niklashausen Journey | Black Monk |
| 1969 | Katzelmacher | Jorgos |
| 1969 | Love Is Colder Than Death | Franz |
| 1968 | The Bridegroom, the Comedienne and the Pimp | The pimp / Freder in the play |
