85 Maximilian Schell Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

This is a dramatized version of 3rd Nuremberg trial for war crimes held by the US authorities after WWII. Four German judges, who officiated during the Nazi regime, are tried before Chief Trial Judge Dan Haywood for crimes against humanity. Haywood has the most challenging task of deciding whether they are guilty of international crimes or were observing the orders of their government. 

During the Second World War, Captain Rolf Steiner, a reputed member of the German military, who is also a recipient of the Iron Cross, earns jealousy from one of his comrades, Captain Hauptmann Stransky.  Stransky, who badly wants the Iron Cross as well, clashes with Steiner while leading soldiers into battle along the Russian front. 

Julia is a drama film which revolves around two friends Julia and Lillian, living during the time of the Second World War. After they meet in Russia after a long time, they plan to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany, to aid the anti-Nazi movement.

It is based on the events of ‘Operation Market Garden’ of September, 1944. In order to bring a quick end to the WWII, the allied forces decide to drop thousands of paratroopers to secure strategic bridges in Netherlands to obtain access into Germany. The main bridge was the one to Arnhem. But tough German resistance and faulty allied intelligence led to failure.

The Reluctant Saint is a biographical comedy drama film which tells the story of an inefficient young priest-in-training, whose life takes a turn when he begins to float around the monastery during prayer service. Therefore, he is soon declared a saint.

This biographical drama film revolves around the life as well as the career of Marlene Dietrich, a popular actress.

Stanislaus Pilgrin is an expert chess player, who is looking for a way to inherit a fortune. He eventually gets married to Dr. Michele Wolf, a wealthy Jewish widow. However, things get complicated when he finds himself attracted to her stepdaughter. This leads to a web of seduction and deception, that eventually leads to murder.

This action war drama film revolves around the lives of three soldiers fighting in the Second World War. One of them is Noah, a Jewish American man who has to deal with anti-Semitism after enlisting in the Army.

The Castle is a mystery drama film which tells the story of a man who comes to a small village to begin his new job as the attendant at a castle nearby. However, the villagers start telling him that he is mistaken as there is no need at the castle for an attendant.   

Louise and Philip Harrington have been married for a long time, but they are going through problems in their relationship. Philip remains busy with his work, and therefore he remains distant and disconnected with his family, while Louise is somewhat self-deluded. When Walter, a charming young tutor arrives, it further complicates their troubles.

After an elderly Jewish man commits suicide, an investigative journalist named Peter Miller finds his diary. He learns about a former concentration camp commander, who is still alive, and therefore he decides to investigate.

After being denounced by the Gestapo, a German war criminal hides in a secluded house owned by his rich father, for over 15 years, thinking that the war is still going on. 

In 1944, while entertaining American soldiers in Belgium, the members of a US symphonic orchestra are captured by the Germans.  While they are waiting to be executed, a music-loving German general orders them to hold a special concert for the Nazis.  Realizing that they have time till the concert is over, they start hatching a plan for their escape. 

A 16-year old young boy Alexander falls for a 21-year old woman Sinaida. However, she doesn’t show much affection towards him. Alexander soon learns that she has fallen for his father.  

This drama film tells the story of Heinz Alfred Geise, who is a successful businessman, but he has a dark past with the Nazis during the Second World War. When his son Andreas finds out that he had helped the Nazis, he tries to kill both his father as well as himself. However, his father survives and only Andreas is killed, which leaves Alfred with a lot of guilt.

This drama film takes us to 1930 Vienna, and it revolves around a young woman who falls for a gambler, and decides to leave her fiancé. They soon get married and have a baby, but things take a turn when he leaves them. Without any means to support herself, the woman is forced to turn to prostitution.    

During the latter part of the Second World War, several young boys decide to fight for the German army, due to their enthusiasm of doing something for the country. When they learn that their sons are about to be sent to the Russian front, their mothers attempt to get their sons back.

The Black Hole is a science fiction action film which revolves around a research vessel that finds a missing spaceship, which is being commanded by a mysterious scientist.

Joshua is a hitman working for the Russian-Jewish mafia in Brooklyn, who has been away from his family for a long time. Due to an assignment, he is forced to revisit his hometown. As she stands outside his family’s apartment, he is spotted by Sasha, an old friend, who informs his brother Rueben about his visit.  

The Brothers Bloom is a comedy-drama film, which tells the story of Stephen and Bloom, who are successful con men. However, Bloom wants to leave this business, but Stephen convinces him to pull off one final job, which involves an eccentric heiress. 

This historical drama film takes us to the early 20th century, and revolves around the events leading to the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne.

Dedicated Swiss police detective, Hans Baerlach, spent years trying to get evidence against powerful business-mogul, Richard Gastmann who was apparently involved in the murder of the woman Baerlach loved. His partner, who gets killed during the investigations, is replaced by Walter Tschanz. But the case takes unexpected turn when, in addition to the political interference, Anna Crawley gets involved in the case.  

Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director arrives in New York City. He is robbed by Victor, moments within he lays his feet on the city's soil. Few days later Kellogg runs into Victor who not only assures him that he will return his money, but also offers him a job with his Uncle Carmine Sabatini, a local mobster who shares a stunning resemblance with an illustrious cinematic godfather. As Carmine takes Kellogg under his wings, demanding complete allegiance, everything is not as it seems. 

Ship captain Hanson is headed for the Dutch East Indies, in order to hunt for a precious treasure, along with his mistress and a group of convicts. His mistress has been accompanying them as she knows about the whereabouts of the treasure, but the real reason she is coming with them, is to look for her young  son, whom she believes to be lost somewhere in the region.    

Pope Joan tells the story of a Midwestern evangelist who thinks that she is a reincarnation of a Pope in the ninth-century. She explains why she feels this way to her psychiatrist.

The sci-fi disaster movie follows a group of astronauts on-board the Orion spacecraft, led by Commander Oren Monash and veteran astronaut Captain Spurgeon ‘Fish’ Tanner. The team races against time to stop the comet Wolf-Biederman from crashing into Earth and causing an extinction-level event.  

This action horror film revolves around Jack and his team of mercenaries as they hunt down vampires and attempt to retrieve the Black Cross of Berziers, an ancient relic, that could give the vampires the ability to endure sunlight. 

Avalanche Express is an action thriller film which tells the story of a CIA agent who is planning to use the defection of a Soviet official as an opportunity to assassinate a Soviet expert on germ-warfare.  

A rising tennis star starts having an affair with an older lady who is engaged to a wealthy man. He soon realizes that she doesn’t love the man she is engaged to.