- Directing films
- 20
- Directing avg
- 6.27
- Peak run
- 2018’24
Directing films, 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
Sönke by the numbers
Average
6.27
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.35
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.79
rating spread
Career
36y
1991 to 2026
Total votes
1.79K
across every film
Best
7.2
Contra
Worst
4.6
The Superwife
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Die Ältern | · | 8 |
| 2024 | Weddings and Wokes: A Family Dilemma | 6.3 | 79 |
| 2022 | Family Affairs | 6.6 | 104 |
| 2022 |  Locked in Society | 6.3 | 85 |
| 2020 | Contra | 7.2 | 212 |
| 2018 | How About Adolf? | 6.8 | 299 |
| 2017 | Sommerfest | 5.2 | 26 |
| 2015 |  Frau Müller muss weg! | 6.1 | 100 |
| 2014 | Schoßgebete | 5.1 | 34 |
| 2012 | Das Hochzeitsvideo | · | 9 |
| 2009 |  Pope Joan | 6.8 | 370 |
| 2006 | Germany: A Summer's Fairytale | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2003 | The Miracle of Bern | 6.5 | 185 |
| 2002 |  The Hollywood Sign | · | 18 |
| 1999 | St. Pauli Nacht | · | 9 |
| 1998 | Der Campus | · | 6 |
| 1996 |  The Superwife | 4.6 | 27 |
| 1994 |  Maybe... Maybe Not | 6.2 | 123 |
| 1992 | Little Sharks | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | Alone Among Women | · | 7 |
Better together?
Sönke Wortmann's regulars
- Justus von DohnányiDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.42 avg▲+0.08
- Christoph Maria HerbstDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.73 avg▲+0.55
- Armin RohdeDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.57
- Helmut ZerlettComposer · 4 films · 6.57 avg
- Florian David FitzDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.50 avg▲+0.18
- Martin TodsharowComposer · 4 films · 6.20 avg
- Tom FährmannCinematographer · 4 films · 5.83 avg
- Torsten BreuerComposer · 3 films · 6.70 avg
- Claudius PlägingWriter · 3 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.46
- Jo HeimCinematographer · 3 films · 6.57 avg
- Janina UhseDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.34
- Caroline PetersDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.57 avg▲+0.30
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: Sönke Wortmann and Justus von Dohnányi movies · Sönke Wortmann and Christoph Maria Herbst movies · Sönke Wortmann and Armin Rohde movies · Sönke Wortmann and Helmut Zerlett movies
Takes