Nora Fingscheidt (/ˈfɪŋʃaɪt/ FING-shyte born 17 February 1983) is a German director and screenwriter. She has been a participant of the Max Ophüls Preis film festival since 2011 for her short films, winning the prize in 2017 for Without This World (Ohne diese Welt). She became widely known for her critically acclaimed film System Crasher, which premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019 and for which she won the Alfred Bauer Prize, as well as other awards. In 2020, her film also won eight awards at the German Film Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. She directed The Unforgivable, featuring Sandra Bullock, based on the 2009 series Unforgiven. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nora Fingscheidt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 17, 1983 (43)
- Braunschweig, Germany
- Director and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Nora Fingscheidt's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Nora Fingscheidt's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Nora Fingscheidt'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
7 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Outrun(2024)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Unforgivable(2021)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
H24: 24 Hours, 24 Women, 24 Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
System Crasher(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Without This World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The License (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Boulevard's End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 2014 to 2024.
Awards
2 major awards from 6 major nominations, 2019–2025.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Outstanding British Film of the Year
- Berlinale award, nominated · Feature Film
- Berlinale award, won · Alfred Bauer Prize
- Berlinale award, won
- Berlinale award, nominated · Best Film
- Berlinale award, nominated · Best First Feature
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Nora Fingscheidt's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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.
Is Nora Fingscheidt's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Nora Fingscheidt work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nora Fingscheidt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stephan Bechinger shares the most, 3.
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Stephan BechingerShared titles: The Outrun (2024), The Unforgivable (2021), System Crasher (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Stephan Bechinger
- John GürtlerShared titles: The Outrun (2024), System Crasher (2019)See all 2 shared titles with John Gürtler
- Yunus Roy ImerShared titles: The Outrun (2024), System Crasher (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Yunus Roy Imer
Producers
- Jakob WeydemannShared titles: The Outrun (2024), System Crasher (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jakob Weydemann
- Jonas WeydemannShared titles: The Outrun (2024), System Crasher (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jonas Weydemann
- Milena KlemkeShared titles: The Outrun (2024), System Crasher (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Milena Klemke