The Lives of Others is one of the best films I've seen. It's German and was made in 2006. Have you seen it? It's certainly not a comedy. Heartbreaking stuff.
I'm personally a huge fan of Werner Herzog, my favourites being Stroszek, Woyzeck and Grizzly Man. Edit: There seems to be an issue with links. Here they are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroszek
No, I haven't seen this one yet. I didn't even know that it was German... I should probably change "all of them are comedies" to "many of them are comedies" - i completely forgot movies like "Das Boot" and "Der Untergang", the ones that I named were only the first ones that came to my mind. I think I'm going to watch The Life Of The Others this weekend - from what I heard, this movie has to be pretty good.
It's a fantastic film. Let me know what you think of it.