| 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. |  |