| Year
 | 
English title
 | 
Original title
 | 
Notes
 | 
| 1965
 | 
This Night
 | 
This Night
 | 
Short. Lost.
 | 
| 1966
 | 
The City Tramp
 | 
Der Stadtstreicher
 | 
Short.
 | 
| 1966/67
 | 
The Little Chaos
 | 
Das kleine Chaos
 | 
Short.
 | 
| 1969
 | 
愛比死更冷
 | 
Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
 | 
首部劇情長片
 | 
| 1969
 | 
外籍工人
 | 
Katzelmacher
 | 
Based on his play.
 | 
| 1970
 | 
瘟疫之神
 | 
Götter der Pest
 | 
 | 
| 1970
 | 
The Coffee House
 | 
Das Kaffeehaus
 | 
Video recording for German TV. Based on a play by Carlo Goldoni.
 | 
| 1970
 | 
R先生為何會抓狂?
 | 
Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?
 | 
Co-directed and written (improvisation instructions) with Michael Fengler.
 | 
| 1970
 | 
美國大兵
 | 
Der amerikanische Soldat
 | 
 | 
| 1970
 | 
尼克勞斯豪森之旅
 | 
Die Niklashauser Fahrt
 | 
TV film. Co-directed with Michael Fengler.
 | 
| 1971
 | 
Rio das Mortes
 | 
Rio das Mortes
 | 
TV film.
 | 
| 1971
 | 
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
 | 
Pioniere in Ingolstadt
 | 
TV film. Based on a play by Marieluise Fleißer.
 | 
| 1971
 | 
Whity
 | 
Whity
 | 
 | 
| 1971
 | 
當心聖妓
 | 
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte
 | 
 | 
| 1972
 | 
與四季交易的商人
 | 
Händler der vier Jahreszeiten
 | 
 | 
| 1972
 | 
佩特拉的苦淚
 | 
Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant
 | 
Based on his play.
 | 
| 1972-1973
 | 
一天不是八小時
 | 
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
 | 
TV series, 5 episodes.
 | 
| 1972
 | 
Bremen Freedom
 | 
Bremer Freiheit
 | 
TV film. Based on his play.
 | 
| 1973
 | 
Jail Bait
 | 
Wildwechsel
 | 
TV film. Based on a play by Franz Xaver Kroetz.
 | 
| 1973
 | 
World on a Wire
 | 
Welt am Draht
 | 
TV film in two parts. Based on the novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. Co-written with Fritz Müller-Scherz.
 | 
| 1974
 | 
Nora Helmer
 | 
Nora Helmer
 | 
Video recording for German TV. Based on A Doll's House by Ibsen (German translation by Bernhard Schulze).
 | 
| 1974
 | 
恐懼吞噬靈魂
 | 
Angst essen Seele auf
 | 
啟發自道格拉斯·瑟克的《深鎖春光一院愁》。
 | 
| 1974
 | 
瑪塔
 | 
Martha
 | 
16mm TV film. Based on the story "For the Rest of Her Life" by Cornell Woolrich.
 | 
| 1974
 | 
寂寞芳心
 | 
Fontane - Effi Briest oder: Viele, die eine Ahnung haben  von ihren Möglichkeiten und Bedürfnissen und dennoch  das herrschende System in ihrem Kopf akzeptieren durch  ihre Taten und es somit festigen und durchaus bestätigen
 | 
Based on the novel by Theodor Fontane.
 | 
| 1975
 | 
Like a Bird on a Wire
 | 
Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht
 | 
TV film. Co-written with Christian Hohoff and Anja Hauptmann.
 | 
| 1975
 | 
狐狸和他的朋友們
 | 
Faustrecht der Freiheit
 | 
Co-written with Christian Hohoff.
 | 
| 1975
 | 
屈斯特婆婆上天堂
 | 
Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel
 | 
Co-written with Kurt Raab. Based on the short story "Mutter Krausens Fahrt Ins Glück" by Heinrich Zille.
 | 
| 1975
 | 
恐懼中的恐懼
 | 
Angst vor der Angst
 | 
TV film. Based on the novel by Asta Scheib.
 | 
| 1976
 | 
I Only Want You to Love Me
 | 
Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt
 | 
TV film. Based on the book Lebenslänglich by Klaus Antes and Christiane Erhardt.
 | 
| 1976
 | 
小惡魔
 | 
Satansbraten
 | 
 | 
| 1976
 | 
中國輪盤
 | 
Chinesisches Roulette
 | 
 | 
| 1977
 | 
Women in New York
 | 
Frauen in New York
 | 
TV film. Based on the play by Clare Boothe Luce.
 | 
| 1977
 | 
站長夫人
 | 
Bolwieser
 | 
TV film in two parts. Based on the play by Oskar Maria Graf.
 | 
| 1978
 | 
Germany in Autumn
 | 
Deutschland im Herbst
 | 
Fassbinder directed 26-minute episode for this omnibus film.
 | 
| 1978
 | 
絕望
 | 
Despair - Eine Reise ins Licht
 | 
Screenplay by Tom Stoppard. Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
 | 
| 1978
 | 
一年十三個月亮
 | 
In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
 | 
 | 
| 1979
 | 
瑪麗布朗的婚姻
 | 
Die Ehe der Maria Braun
 | 
Co-written with Pea Fröhlich and Peter Märthesheimer.
 | 
| 1979
 | 
第三代
 | 
Die dritte Generation
 | 
 | 
| 1979
 | 
垃圾,城市與死亡
 | 
Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod
 | 
1975年完成劇本,1976年改編成電影,但1979年方第一次出演
 | 
| 1980
 | 
柏林亞歷山大廣場
 | 
Berlin Alexanderplatz
 | 
16mm TV film series, 14 episodes. Based on the novel by Alfred Döblin.
 | 
| 1981
 | 
莉莉瑪蓮
 | 
Lili Marleen
 | 
根據德國女歌唱家拉莉·安德森的自傳 Der Himmel hat viele Farben改編, the autobiography of . Co-written with Manfred Purzer and Joshua Sinclair.
 | 
| 1981
 | 
Theater in Trance
 | 
Theater im Trance
 | 
Documentary.
 | 
| 1981
 | 
蘿拉
 | 
Lola
 | 
Co-written with Pea Fröhlich and Peter Märthesheimer.
 | 
| 1982
 | 
維洛妮卡佛斯的慾望
 | 
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss
 | 
Co-written with Pea Fröhlich and Peter Märthesheimer.
 | 
| 1982
 | 
霧港水手
 | 
Querelle
 | 
Co-written with Burkhard Driest. Based on the novel Querelle de Brest by 讓·熱內.
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