- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 6.21
- Peak run
- 2004’16
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Dennis by the numbers
Average
6.21
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.33
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.84
rating spread
Career
25y
2001 to 2025
Total votes
9.19K
across every film
Best
7.5
The Wave
Worst
6.0
We Are the Night
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | The Tank | 7.1 | 498 |
| 2020 | Jim Button and the Wild 13 | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2019 |  Berlin, I Love You | 4.8 | 66 |
| 2018 |  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver | 6.4 | 184 |
| 2016 |  Mechanic: Resurrection | 6.1 | 3,779 |
| 2012 |  The Fourth State | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2010 |  We Are the Night | 6.0 | 318 |
| 2008 |  The Wave | 7.5 | 3,715 |
| 2004 |  Before the Fall | 7.1 | 382 |
| 2001 |  Girls on Top | 5.2 | 127 |
Better together?
Dennis Gansel's regulars
- Max RiemeltDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.36 avg▲+0.12
- Torsten BreuerCinematographer · 4 films · 6.75 avg
- Heiko MaileComposer · 4 films · 6.65 avg
- Jennifer UlrichDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.76 avg▲+0.63
- Milan PeschelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg●−0.04
- Solomon GordonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg●−0.03
- Ralf WengenmayrComposer · 2 films · 6.15 avg
- Dirk AhnerWriter · 2 films · 6.15 avg●+0.02
- Henning BaumDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg●+0.04
- Annette FrierDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg▼−0.14
- Uwe OchsenknechtDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.15 avg▲+0.25
- Maggie PerenWriter · 2 films · 6.13 avg●+0.04
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: Dennis Gansel and Max Riemelt movies · Dennis Gansel and Torsten Breuer movies · Dennis Gansel and Heiko Maile movies · Dennis Gansel and Jennifer Ulrich movies
Takes