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Thorsten Näter

Director, writer and editor · Born January 1, 1953 (73) · Hamburg, Germany

Thorsten Näter is a German film director, screenwriter and film editor best known for his television crime films.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1953 (73)
From
Hamburg, Germany
Works as
Director, writer and editor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 36% in 30 days

What are Thorsten Näter's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Power
15%
Morality
12%
Self
10%
Survival
10%
Society
10%
Ideas
7%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Warm
2
Joyful
2
Melancholic
2
Romantic
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Thorsten Näter's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Thorsten Näter's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

56 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • In ewiger Freundschaft (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • School of Magical Animals 4(2025)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • School of Magical Animals 3(2024)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • School of Magical Animals 2(2022)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Tödliche Gier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director · Writer

  • Jenseits der Angst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Stumme Schreie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Writer

  • Matula: Der Schatten des Berges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Matula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Die letzte Reise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer

  • Die Kanzlei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • Rentnercops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 82 episodes · Director

  • Bis zum Ende der Welt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer

  • Verhängnisvolle Nähe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Secret Hope(2014)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Stiller Abschied (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer

  • Nur eine Nacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer

  • Mord nach Zahlen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer

  • Am Ende die Hoffnung(2011)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Wie ein Licht in der Nacht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Screenplay

  • Ungesühnt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Die Toten vom Schwarzwald (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Screenplay

  • 30 Tage Angst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Writer

  • A Night at the Grand Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Mordgeständnis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Späte Rache - Eine Familie wehrt sich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Einfache Leute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Die Abrechnung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Die Bullenbraut 2 - Der Tod hat 17 Karat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer

  • Mit dem Rücken zur Wand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • Liebe. Macht. Blind. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director

  • Verhängnisvolles Glück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Im Club der Millionäre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Racheengel - Stimme aus dem Dunkeln (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Editor

  • Bangkok - Ein Mädchen verschwindet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Delta Team - Auftrag geheim! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

  • Totalschaden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director

  • Gegen den Strom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Napoleon Fritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Napoleon Fritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Frauen morden leichter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Wilsberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Nadja – Heimkehr in die Fremde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director

  • Operation Medusa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Ein starkes Team (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 105 episodes · Director

  • Molls Reisen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director

  • Die Bombe tickt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Editor

  • Sturzflug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • Zeit der Stille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director · Editor

  • Der Sprung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Producer

  • Kamikaze 89(1982)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Die Perle der Karibik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Editor

  • Emigration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Cinematographer

  • Police Call 110(1971)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 5 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 54 titles from 1970 to 2026.

Biggest box office

School of Magical Animals 3 (2024)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

Midcredits 47th

Most popular right now

School of Magical Animals 3 (2024)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing41 of 54: 20 only directing, 21 with another roleWriting27 of 54: 10 only writing, 17 with another role · typical Midcredits score41stProducing2 of 54: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleCinematography3 of 54: 1 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing9 of 54: 2 only editing, 7 with another role

54 titles, 21 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 17 of them.

By decade

1970s3 · crew1980s5 · crew1990s15 · crew2000s11 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Thorsten Näter's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 8 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · director, writer

Police Call 110 (1971)

60th percentile spread · 18% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

Midcredits 47th · 43% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Thorsten Näter work with?

People who share at least 2 of Thorsten Näter's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sven Unterwaldt Jr. shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers