- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 6.53
- Peak run
- 1981’91
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Barbara by the numbers
Average
6.53
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.54
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.67
rating spread
Career
45y
1981 to 2025
Total votes
697K
across every film
Best
7.5
Europa
Worst
5.4
The Sicilian
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | Leibniz - Chronicle of a Lost Painting | Sophie of Hannover | · | 179 |
| 2023 | Enkel für Fortgeschrittene | Philippa | · | 282 |
| 2023 |  Air | · | 7.4 | 200K |
| 2022 | Daliland | Gala | 5.9 | 3,232 |
| 2022 |  White Noise | · | 5.7 | 48,258 |
| 2020 | Granny Nanny | Philippa | 6.5 | 1,078 |
| 2019 | Two of Us | Nina Dorn | 7.2 | 4,365 |
| 2019 | Native Son | · | 5.7 | 3,149 |
| 2019 | Rocca Changes the World | Dodo | · | 675 |
| 2017 |  Atomic Blonde | · | 6.7 | 223K |
| 2016 | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | Friderike Zweig | 6.7 | 2,865 |
| 2015 | Fassbinder | · | · | 268 |
| 2012 |  Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | 7.1 | 12,636 |
| 2009 | Vision | Hildegard von Bingen | 6.5 | 1,389 |
| 2009 |  Veronika Decides to Die | Mrs. Deklava | 6.3 | 13,640 |
| 2005 |  Romance & Cigarettes | Gracie | 6.1 | 13,603 |
| 2003 | A Birthday to Remember | Rosemarie | · | 387 |
| 2001 |  13 Conversations About One Thing | · | 7.0 | 10,686 |
| 1999 | The Third Miracle | · | 6.5 | 3,795 |
| 1999 |  Cradle Will Rock | · | 6.7 | 9,873 |
Better together?
Barbara Sukowa's regulars
- Margarethe von TrottaDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.95 avg▲+0.22
- Wolfgang GroosDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.50 avg▲+0.19
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Margarethe von Trotta and Barbara Sukowa movies · Wolfgang Groos and Barbara Sukowa movies
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