The BEST episodes of Babylon Berlin

Every episode of Babylon Berlin ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Babylon Berlin!

Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gareon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

Last Updated: 10/10/2025Network: Sky DeutschlandStatus: Continuing

7.95

423 votes

#1 - Episode 16

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/1/2017

The gripping noir reaches a climax as Rath faces a stand-off for train carriage TY 23-05, and the truth behind the Sorokin's gold is revealed.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.79

291 votes

#2 - Episode 28

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/28/2020

Litten remembers a legal loophole that could save Greta's life. Charlotte visits the inn mentioned in her mother's love letters. Wall Street crashes.

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7.78

172 votes

#3 - Episode 40

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/12/2022

The SA face the SS at 'Stennes Putsch' as Toni meets an ally and Goldstein boards a Zeppelin heading for America.

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7.78

441 votes

#4 - Episode 15

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/2017

Rath and Lotte race to stop the train robbery in time, while Greta's conscience is torn when she falls into an assassination plot.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.76

282 votes

#5 - Episode 27

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/28/2020

Benda's widow gives Wendt a piece of evidence. A crisis bonds Helga and Nyssen. Fingerprints are found on the knife, but Charlotte notices an oddity.

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7.75

171 votes

#6 - Episode 37

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2022

While Malu Seegers and Dr Völcker pursue a deadly plan, Charlotte makes a terrible discovery and Helga tries to escape from her kidnappers.

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7.67

176 votes

#7 - Episode 38

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/2022

Despite Gennat's doubts, Rath organises a meeting with all of the wrestling club bosses. Malu rethinks her plan and Esther looks for work as a musician.

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7.61

296 votes

#8 - Episode 23

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2020

Rath picks up Richard for a lineup. Ullrich finds a hair in a locket Tilly wore. Nyssen presents a proposal to Gen. Seegers. The Phantom strikes again.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.60

421 votes

#9 - Episode 14

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2017

Crucial evidence literally falls into Rath's hands, while Lotte unearths a conspiracy to murder an international envoy.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.59

209 votes

#10 - Episode 30

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2022

A dead man in the Tiergarten occupies the homicide squad - Rath believes the case is connected to the wrestling clubs. Toni gets caught and Charlotte makes a wrong decision.

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7.56

217 votes

#11 - Episode 29

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2022

New Year's Eve 1930/31: While a marauding SA squad is marching through the city, Charlotte is called to a crime scene. Nyssen gives a big party with Helga and makes an announcement.

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7.54

452 votes

#12 - Episode 10

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/2017

Gereon is reunited with Helga, but his joy is short lived. With her mother dead, Lotte's situation at home worsens.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.50

285 votes

#13 - Episode 25

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/21/2020

Nyssen finds a way to get his mother's money. Rath learns who Helga's benefactor is. Marie-Luise Seegers approaches Katelbach's landlady with an offer.

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7.50

179 votes

#14 - Episode 34

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/2022

Rath brings Moritz to the castle. Charlotte tells a lawyer about the deaths among street children. Goldstein takes drastic measures.

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7.49

279 votes

#15 - Episode 26

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/21/2020

Desperate to find Weintraub, the police consult a psychic. Toni's job takes an unexpected turn. Moritz's association with Horst puts him in danger.

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7.49

301 votes

#16 - Episode 22

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2020

Nazis storm Tempo's office in search of Katelbach. The name list leads Rath to identify the men behind Benda's murder. Charlotte catches Vera in a lie.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.49

166 votes

#17 - Episode 39

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/2022

Rath is celebrated as Charlotte meets a boxer. Stennes plots a coup against Hitler while Goldstein learns the truth about the diamond.

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7.48

182 votes

#18 - Episode 33

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2022

Weintraub investigates the boxing match betting fraud. Rath makes a confession to Charlotte, who asks him to find out more about Benni's death.

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7.48

441 votes

#19 - Episode 13

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/2017

Lotte is kidnapped and held in an ominously familiar location, while Rath and Benda's case against the Black Reichswehr stalls.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.48

283 votes

#20 - Episode 24

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/14/2020

Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta's conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers's daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.47

319 votes

#21 - Episode 18

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/24/2020

Rath hits an unexpected snag while investigating the Benda case, and later tracks down the movie set gaffer. Charlotte is visited by her older sister.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.46

451 votes

#22 - Episode 12

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2017

After discovering one of his most trusted colleagues has been murdered, Rath comes to suspect that the killer was someone on the inside.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.42

318 votes

#23 - Episode 19

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/31/2020

Wendt finds a way to change Greta's testimony. Nyssen's aide asks bank clients about their stock purchases. A casting call is held to replace Betty.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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7.42

180 votes

#24 - Episode 35

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2022

Rath takes part in a risky experiment, a brutal gang war breaks out in Berlin, Widow Behnke tries to help Katelbach and Toni finds herself in danger.

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7.41

343 votes

#25 - Episode 17

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/24/2020

An associate of the Armenian is released from prison. An act of sabotage kills an actress during filming. Helga secretly visits a doctor, as does Rath.

Directors: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

Writer: Achim von Borries, Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer

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